1,145 research outputs found
Adult education in Malta
No full textThis book provides a historical overview and critical analysis of adult education provision in Malta and Gozo till 2006. It should b of interest to students of education and specifically the history, philosophy and sociology of education and adult education in particular. It analyses contemporary issues and provides a comprehensive list of references on adult education in Malta and Gozo till 2006. It concludes with a chronology of significant events and landmarks in adult education and a list of agencies in the field.peer-reviewe
The ship-surgeon in the navy of the Order of St. John in Malta
No full textBy the time the Knights came to Malta in 1530, they had evolved into a highly efficient naval force. In this article the author describes the training provided to the surgical students of the Order of St. John. It describes in detail the day to day tasks performed when on board of the galleys and describes also the dangers the surgical teams encountered whilst sailing.peer-reviewe
Technophobic and asexual? I don't think so! Older adults and their online romantic relationships
No full textSue Malta discusses the findings of her research into the online romantic behaviour of older people
Society and the inquisition in Malta 1743-1798
No full textThe thesis falls into two main sections. It endeavours to analyse the major aspects of Maltese society in the second half of the eighteenth century as they emerge from a close scrutiny of the Archives of the Inquisition in Malta. The approach is mainly that of the ethnologist, a social history written 'from below'. The ultimate purpose was to try to arrive at as clear and accurate a picture of the Maltese mentalite as the archives permitted. Unfortunately, the Archives of the Inquisition in Malta have hardly ever been seriously studied by the social historian. Their richness and diversity not only cast enormous insight into the mental habits and frame of mind of a wide cross-section of Maltese society; they even shed sufficient light on a wide range of the social life of the Maltese. The subject is also approached from the point of view of the legal historian. The Inquisition was a Tribunal of Faith set up to stop the onslaught of Protestantism, as well as to reform the superstitious accretions to popular religion practised by the remaining part of the Catholic Church. The thesis examines the events leading to the charge and possibly arrest of the accused. Most of the reports were self-accusations and those arrested were taken into custody only after much deliberation. If the Inquisitors did make use of torture the accused was assisted by the defence counsel and produced his own witnesses. No instance of death sentences are encountered with in the second half of the eighteenth century and those found guilty were kindly dealt with, the Inquisitors being only after their conversion
Huntington's chorea with special reference to its incidence in Malta
No full textHuntington's Chorea is known to be a hereditary degenerative disease of the basal ganglia and of the cortex of the brain. It commonly manifests itself clinically at middle age in the form of choreiform movements or of muscular rigidity, which are often accompanied by mental deterioration. A brief historical overview of this anomaly and hereditary aspects are presented, with special reference to its incidence in Malta. The case material of the study is based upon the observations carried out by the author himself, from normal relatives of affected indiviuals, or gathered from past records at the Attard Mental Hospital since 1861 and at the St. Vincent De Paule Hospital since 1892. Furthermore, several summaries of Maltese case histories are reported and explained according to age, mental manifestations and physical behaviours. The occurences of the disease across Malta are mentioned, whereby the only method of prevention is eugenic control. Of utmost importance is therefore the need for notification of the disease, so that prompt measures could be taken to limit its advance in time.peer-reviewe
Further bills of health from Malta, 1576-1805
No full textThe Bill of Health was a certificate drawn up by the sanitary authorities or by highly-placed state officials at seaports and delivered to a ship master at the time of his sailing from a harbour. This certificate declared either the existence of communicable disease, usually plague, at the port of departure (known as a Foul Bill of Health) or else it testified to the absence of such a disease (such a certificate being qualified as a Clean Bill of Health). In this article the author describes some of the Bills of Health recorded to be issued in Malta, testifying to the presence of good public health and to the absence of communicable diseases as early as 1576.peer-reviewe
Imsejhin ghall-qadi tal-komunita` Nisranija permezz tal-ministeru sacerdotali
No full textThe article focuses upon the call to service through the exercise of the priestly ministry. The point of departure of the study is the Johannine pericope which describes the washing of the disciples' feet by Jesus (Jn 13:1-20). The article describes how the celebration of the liturgy is a fount of vocations to the ordained ministry. The author then studies three documents of the Second Vatican Council -- Optatam Totius, Presbyterorum Ordinis and Christus Dominus -- in order to depict the centrality of service to priestly ministry. A number of evocative texts are referred to, as well as formation documents from the local Church of Malta. Furthermore, the respective contributions of Bishop Tonino Bello, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis are also given pride of place, as more light is thrown on the theme of the article.peer-reviewe
Maltese with genetic susceptibility to poliomyelitis : sibs with paralysis at different times
No full textThe author of this article found the records of 1,072 Maltese cases of
poliomyelitis in the islands of Malta from 1909 to 1964.
These cases and baptism matched controls were traced
to their great grand-parents and all marriages were
checked for consanguinity. There were no twins among
the polios or controls, but there were 70 pairs of sibs. Of
these, 13 pairs suffered poliomyelitis in different
epidemics even though the younger sib was born after
the elder was paralysed. The 27 pairs of polio sibs were
directly related to more than twice as many other polios
(through grand-parents and great grand-parents) as the
22 pairs of control sibs. The families of polio sibs
contained more consanguineous marriages than either
the 21 sibs of which one was a polio and the other a
control or the control sibs. The polio sibs provide further
evidence of genetic susceptibility to poliomyelitis and
possible problems arising from the eradication of the
diseasepeer-reviewe
Coastal land use in the Maltese islands: a description and appraisal
No full textThe area of the Maltese Islands is 316 km , and with an official coastal length of 180 km(^2) possess a high ratio of coastal length to area. The physical properties of the coast include a highly indented and largely accessible coastline having a low sloping profile, on the north, east and south-east littoral of Malta, presenting inlets, bays and deep harbours. Most of the recreational, industrial and coastal residential areas are situated around these areas together with a wide range of fortifications and military defensive structures built as part of the coastal defensive network of Malta over the last five centuries. In contrast, the other parts of the coast, including Gozo, consists of a largely inaccessible coastline made up of cliffs and boulder scree slopes with the few indentations marking sandy beaches. These areas have a high aesthetic quality. The rapid pace of development over last half-century has witnessed an economic transformation from an economy based on British military spending to one based on the development of coastal areas for marine-related services, tourism and residential and second-home development. Coastal land use conflicts have intensified with economic development and as people have sought to make a more use of the coast. This thesis is concerned with the evaluation of the coastal land use in the Maltese Islands. A historical overview of the coast is first presented, then a methodology for the mapping, surveying and estimation of the land uses along the coastal zone of the Maltese Islands is developed. This is based on a number of coastal field surveys that the author participated in between 1989 and 1998. The coastal zone was divided into sixteen segments and mapping is covered by sixteen land uses. The main results were that coastal development was centred in areas where a high natural coastal indentation and good physical accessibility of the coast were present, these, in turn, gave rise to land use conflict. In addition, civil engineering works and modifications such as rock-cutting, jetties, breakwaters and, in densely populated areas, promenades, intensified land use conflict. A notable difference in the type of coastal development processes to the north (tourism) and south (industry) of the Great Fault is evident. The thesis also includes the part played by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority in influencing coastal land uses, the main land use modifications proposed in the European Union accession talks and a brief assessment of the land use situation in selected localities in 2003
New records of ichneumon wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Malta
No full textRecently some Maltese Hymenoptera were donated to the Hungarian Natural History Museum
(HNHM) and some other material was sent to the Natural History Museum in London (BMNH)
for identification by the second author. Amongst these specimens were six ichneumon wasp species
new to the fauna of Malta.
Ichneumonidae taxonomy and nomenclature follow Yu et al. (2012), and host records were
traced through this resource. Identifications were based on keys provided by Szépligeti (1905),
Schmiedeknecht (1909), Bajári (1960), Townes et al. (1965), Bajári & Móczár (1969), Townes
(1969; 1970a; 1970b; 1971), Horstmann (1976), Gauld & Mitchell (1977), Fitton et al. (1988),
Wahl (1993), and Tolkanitz (2007). The voucher specimens are deposited in the Hymenoptera
Collection of HNHM, Budapest, Hungary (those indicated by a HNHM id. number below), and
some duplicate specimens in D. Mifsud’s private insect collection (CDM) in Malta.peer-reviewe
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