171 research outputs found
Wiring the Nervous System
No full textThis book examines recent key findings on the mechanisms of axonal and dendritic remodeling in different model organisms. Each chapter is contributed by a panel of experts in their respective subfields of neurosciences, to provide and discuss the latest discoveries ranging from neuronal morphogenesis during development, experience-dependent structural plasticity, to neuronal degeneration, regeneration, and pathologies in neurological disorders.
The process of neuronal remodeling, specifically their axons and dendrites, is essential for the proper wiring of the nervous system during early development and continues during postnatal ages to shape the pattern of synaptic connections throughout the life of the organism, including humans. Over recent years, substantial progress has been made in our understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that control neuronal remodeling. In addition, there is accumulating evidence demonstrating how the nervous system could remodel in response to injury and in pathological conditions.
Topics discussed in the book include:
Axonal degeneration during development and in pathological or disease conditions
Neuronal morphogenesis (axons and dendrites)
Experience-dependent structural plasticity to synaptogenesis
Dendrite degeneration and regeneratio
Economic utopia of the Torah. Economic concepts of the Hebrew Bible interpreted according to the Rabbinical Literature
No full textHebrew Bible offers alternative Economic utopia for building Theocratic society. In this paper, various economic concepts and themes are presented, as found in the Hebrew Bible. These economic concepts include taxation, property rights, labor market, social policy, banking, years of Sabbath and Jubilee, and business cycles. Most economic issues of the Bible are found in the texts of Torah, also known as five Books of Moses. These texts are analyzed by using classical Rabbinical commentaries for better insight. Contrary to the modern Economic theory which is based on the assumptions of scarcity of resources and unlimited needs of consumers, Economics of the Torah is based on God’s resources which are enough for all true needs of His people.Hebrew Bible, History of Economics, History of Economic Thought, Ancient Israel, Judaism
Avraham Tory. Kauno getas: diena po dienos : recenzija
No full textAvrahamo Tory knyga „Kauno getas: diena po dienos“, parašyta įvykių liudininko, nuo savo pasirodymo užėmė reikšmingą vietą Holokausto tyrimuose. Tai vienas svarbiausių, kai kuriais atžvilgiais ir svarbiausias, šaltinis, kalbantis apie Kauno geto istoriją vokiečių okupacijos metais. A. Tory sugebėjo peržengti dienoraščio žanro rėmus: jo knygą galima pavadinti pirmąja Kauno geto tragedijos „istorija“ ne tik alegoriškai, bet ir moksline šio žodžio prasme. Metodiškai, tiksliai ir paliekant galimybę patikrinti aprašomus įvykius parašyta knyga gali būti traktuojama kaip mokslo kriterijus atitinkantis istorinis tyrimas. Dėl potencialios politinės ir istorinės reikšmės A. Tory dienoraštis nėra tik asmeninis autoriaus reikalas. Jis pilnas vardų ir pavardžių, įvairių gyvenimo istorijų, kurių daugelio baigtį skaitytojas, deja, gali numatyti iš anksto. A. Tory surinkti vokiečių režimo išleisti dokumentai, skelbimai, įstatymai, įspėjimai atskleidžia gyvenimo gete tvarką ir aplinkybes. Vis dėl to dienoraštyje daugiausiai pasakojama apie asmeninę patirtį. A. Tory dienoraštis savotiškai įsilieja į diskusiją apie lietuvių vaidmenį Holokauste. Iš A. Tory teksto galima susidaryti nuomonę, kad autorius galvoja, jog visa lietuvių tauta prisidėjo prie žydų genocido – ar žudymu, ar įžeidinėjimais, ar stebėjimu, ar tiesiog abejingumu. Tarp lietuvių jis randa ir išimčių tačiau jos greičiau patvirtina taisyklę. Kaip matyti iš dienoraščio, tiek okupacijos pradžioje, tiek jai baigiantis, žydai dažniau surasdavo bendrą kalbą su vokiečiais nei lietuviais. Reikšminiai žodžiai: Avraham Tory; Dienoraštis; Holokaustas; Kauno getas; Tautiniai stereotipai; Avraham Tory; Diary; Kaunas Ghetto; Kaunas' ghetto; National stereotypes; The HolocaustA book of Avraham Tory “Kaunas Ghetto: Day by Day”, written by the witnesses of events, since its release has played a prominent part in studies of Holocaust. Speaking about the history of Kaunas ghetto during the German occupation, this is one of the most important and in some cases the most important source. A. Tory was able to transcend genre frames of the diary: the book can be called as the first tragedy "story" of Kaunas ghetto not only allegorically, but also in scientific sense of the word. Methodically, accurately and with the possibility to verify the events described, the written book can be considered as historical research that fulfills criteria of science. Because of a potential political and historical significance A. Tory’s diary is not just a personal matter of the author. It is full of names and surnames, different life stories, whose ending reader, however, might predict. A. Tory’s collected documents, announcements, regulations, warnings, released by German regime, reveal manner and circumstances of life in the ghetto. However, the diary is based mainly on personal experience. A. Tory’s diary in a certain way enters into a discussion about the role of the Lithuanian Holocaust. You can form an opinion from the A. Tory‘s text, that the whole Lithuanian nation had contributed to the genocide of the Jews – by killing or harassing, or monitoring, or simply neglecting them. Among Lithuanian he also finds exceptions but exception rather proves the rule. As can be seen from the diary, at the beginning of the occupation, as well as at the end of it, the Jews had more in common with the Germans than Lithuanians
Yemenite Jews in Israeli Cinema
No full textThe bachelor's thesis explores the representation of Yemenite identity in Israeli cinema across different historical periods. It focuses on how these representations reflected broader social and political changes in Israel. The thesis is theoretically based on postcolonial theory and cultural studies, through applying textual and intertextual analyses based on the approaches of Ella Shohat and Yaron Shemer to six films about Yemeni Jews from the 1950s to the present. Key themes include the hybridization of film characters, the use of language, the representation of Yemeni customs and history, and the role of production in shaping film narratives. The work traces the transformation of stereotyped and exoticized characters into deeper and more complex protagonists. The result is a new perspective on the study of ethnic groups with cultural heritage in Israeli cinema and their impact on the contemporary understanding of Israeli society beyond the Ashkenazim/Mizrahim dichotomy. Keywords: Israeli cinema, Yemeni identity, Mizrahi Jews, postcolonial theory, minority representation in fil
Trauma overcoming in the memories by avraham suckever "vilnius ghetto" and in the novel by icchokus merus "a stalemate lasts but a moment".
No full textTrauma Overcoming in the Memories by Avraham Suckever "Vilnius Ghetto" and in the Novel by Icchokus Merus "A Stalemate Lasts but a Moment" The Bachelor's Research Paper “Trauma Overcoming in the Memories by Avraham Suckever Vilnius Ghetto and in the Novel by Icchokus Merus A Stalemate Lasts but a Moment” analyses the impact of the Holocaust trauma expressed in the texts of different genres: documentary and fictional narrative. The main research question – how the Holocaust trauma was overcome in the memoirs of the Vilnius Ghetto. In Suckever's memories spiritual resistance is expressed by writing poems in the face of death, which enhances human survival. The emphasis is laid on the unarmed resistance; cultural and artistic activities in the Vilnius Ghetto (the theatre, music concerts, literary readings and art exhibitions). In I. Mer's work novel the author tells of Isaac and Ester's love story based on the biblical narratives and Jewish writer Sholem Aleichem's novella The Song of Songs. The richness of the inner world of man is opposed to an unbearable reality of the Ghetto by allowing the imagination to escape from its limiting frontiers
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