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MacDonald, Ryan J., and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Modelling the potential impacts of climate change on snowpack in the St. Mary River watershed, Montana." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Geography, c2008, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/2511.
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Climate change poses significant threats to mountain ecosystems in North America (Barnett et al., 2005) and will subsequently impact water supply for human and ecosystem use. To assess these threats, we must have an understanding of the local variability in hydrometeorological conditions over the mountains. This thesis describes the continued development and application of a fine scale spatial hydrometeorological model, GENESYS (GENerate Earth SYstems Science input). The GENESYS model successfully simulated daily snowpack values for a 10 year trial period and annual runoff volumes for a thirty year period. Based on the results of these simulations the model was applied to estimate potential changes in snowpack over the St. Mary River watershed, Montana. GCM derived future climate scenarios were applied, representing a range of emissions controls and applied to perturb the 1961-90 climate record using the “delta” downscaling technique. The effects of these changes in climate were assessed for thirty year time slices centered on 2020s, 2050s, and 2080s. The GENESYS simulations of future climate showed that mountain snowpack was highly vulnerable to changes in temperature and to a lesser degree precipitation. A seasonal shift to an earlier onset of spring melt and an increase in the ratio of rain to snow occurred under all climate change scenarios. Results of mean and maximum snowpack were more variable and appeared to be highly dependent on scenario selection. The results demonstrated that although annual volume of available water from snowpack may increase, the seasonal distribution of available water may be significantly altered.viii, 93 leaves ; 29 cm
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Seeger, Mary Olivia. "Mary for Today: Renewing Catholic Marian Devotion After the Second Vatican Council Through St. Louis-Marie de Montfort's True Devotion to Mary." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1565537822533763.
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Clough, Daniel M. "St. Lawrence of Brindisi: Mary in the Psalms as Model of the Spiritual Life." IMRI - Marian Library / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=udmarian1624398994284175.
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Calloway, Donald H. M. I. C. "Purest of all lilies: the Virgin Mary in the spirituality of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska." IMRI - Marian Library / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=udmarian1431436028.
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Lavery, Simon Peter James. "A study of the English lives of St Mary of Egypt in their literary context." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318199.
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Raymond, Stuart A. "Seventeenth-century Week St. Mary, Cornwall : including an edition of the probate records, 1598 to 1699 /." Title page, abstract and contents only, 1988. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARM/09armr272.pdf.
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Walbel, Pauline Rose. "A history of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon's mission in Tamshiyacu, Peru 1966-1973." PDXScholar, 1990. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4132.
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On August 17, 1961, Pope John XXIII appealed to religious communities in the United States to send ten-percent of their personnel to assist the Church in Latin America. Thousands answered his call. This unprecedented effort drew four members of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon to the village of Tamshiyacu in the jungles of Peru from 1966 to 1973.
The purpose of this thesis ls to examine the experience of the sisters within the context of the total missionary effort and the religious changes affecting the Catholic Church in the United States and Latin America during the 1960/s.
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Larson, Robert, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Modelling climate change impacts on mountain snow hydrology, Montana-Alberta." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2008, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/669.
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A modelling approach focused on snow hydrology was developed and applied to project
future changes in spring streamflow volumes in the St. Mary River headwaters basin,
Montana. A spatially distributed, physically-based, hydrometeorological and snow mass
balance model was refined and used to produce snow water equivalent (SWE) and
rainfall surfaces for the study watershed. Snowmelt runoff (SR) and effective rainfall
runoff (RR) volumes were compiled for the 1961-2004 historical period. A statistical
regression model was developed linking spring streamflow volume (QS) at Babb,
Montana to the SR and RR modelled data. The modelling results indicated that SR
explained 70% of the variability in QS while RR explained another 9%.
The model was applied to climate change scenarios representing the expected range of
future change to produce annual QS for the period 2010-2099. Compared to the base
period (1961-1990), average QS change ranged from -3% to -12% for the 2020s period.
Percent changes increased to between -25% and -32% for the 2050s, and -38% and -55%
for the 2080s. Decreases in QS also accompanied substantial advances in the onset of
spring snowmelt. Whereas the spring pulse onset on average occurred on April 8 for the
base period, it occurred 36 to 50 days earlier during the 2080s. The findings suggest that
increasing precipitation will not compensate for the effects of increasing temperature in
watershed SWE and associated spring runoff generation. There are implications for
stakeholder interests related to ecosystems, the irrigation industry, and recreation.xii, 136 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. --
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Weis, Anthony John. "Structural constraints to development and land use in rural Jamaica, the case of long road, St. Mary." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0003/MQ30258.pdf.
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Foale, Marie Therese. "The Sisters of St. Joseph : their foundation and early history, 1866-1893." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1986. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phf649.pdf.
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Cantara, Linda Miller. "St. Mary of Egypt in BL MS Cotton Otho B.X new textual evidence for an old English saint's life /." Lexington, Ky. : [University of Kentucky Libraries], 2001. http://lib.uky.edu/ETD/ukyengl2001t00018/pdf/lcantara.pdf.
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Warren, Eleanor Margaret. "Community and identity in the shadow of York Minster : the medieval Chapel of St Mary and the Holy Angels." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2013. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/6432/.
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This thesis examines the development of the institutional identity of the Chapel of St Mary and the Holy Angels, York, from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. Following its foundation next to York Minster in the late 1170s, the chapel went through a series of reforms and re-foundations. It is these moments of activity and change which enable us to examine how the chapel’s identity was being constructed and conceived. Over the course of its history, the community and its identity developed in response both to the wishes of its founder and its relationship with the cathedral church. This thesis accordingly explores the relationship between the constitutions, administration, personnel and liturgy of the two institutions. The thesis is split into two parts: Part One examines the foundations and constitution of the chapel. Chapter One surveys existing approaches to the chapel and examines the context of the foundation of St Mary and the Holy Angels’ within the cathedral close and some elements of its early purpose and function. Chapter Two explores the development of the chapel’s constitution in the thirteenth century, with a focus upon its administrative figures. Chapter Three considers the challenges to the chapel and its identity from external influences upon its personnel and architectural developments within the cathedral in the fourteenth century. Part Two focuses on the long fifteenth century. Chapter Four is a prosopographical study of the chapel’s canons, demonstrating the cohesion between the communities of the chapel and minster. Chapter Five offers a study of the York Antiphonal, considering its relevance to the York Use and liturgical renewal in the fifteenth century. Chapter Six addresses aspects of the liturgical identity of the chapel using the York Antiphonal. Chapter Seven concludes the history of the chapel and considers the community and dissolution of the chapel in the sixteenth century.
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Beachum, Edwin P. "Francis and the feminine: a study of women and the Blessed Mother in the life of St. Francis." IMRI - Marian Library / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=udmarian1417006966.
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Cantara, Linda M. "ST. MARY OF EGYPT IN BL MS COTTON OTHO B. X: NEW TEXTUAL EVIDENCE FOR AN OLD ENGLISH SAINT'S LIFE." UKnowledge, 2001. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/276.
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Scholarship of the anonymous Old English prose Life of St. Mary of Egypt ranges from source studies and linguistic analyses to explorations of Anglo-Saxon female sexuality and comparisons to saints' lives translated by the monk Ælfric, but all of these studies have been based on either the text extant in BL MS Cotton Julius E. vii or on W. W. Skeat's edition of the Julius manuscript, Ælfric's Lives of Saints (1881-1900). There is, however, an as yet unedited fragmentary copy of the Old English Mary of Egypt in BL MS Cotton Otho B. x, a manuscript severely damaged by fire in 1731. Digital imaging of damaged manuscripts in concert with ultraviolet fluorescence and other special lighting techniques has been shown to be effective for restoring the legibility of previously inaccessible texts. By means of such digital facsimiles I have transcribed the text of Mary of Egypt in Otho B. x, have collated this text with Skeat's edition, and have discovered that Otho B. x contains textual evidence not found in Julius E. vii. In this thesis, I present my findings and discuss the significance of this new textual evidence for the Old English Life of St. Mary of Egypt.
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Morgan, Laura Bonnie Colleen. "Class and congregation : social relations in two St. John's, Newfoundland, Anglican parishes, 1877-1909 /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq23163.pdf.
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Kryscynski, Kristina Gayle Heiss. "'Seek the Eyes of Mary': A Widow and a Virgin's Illuminating Invitation." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8416.
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A deep visual analysis of Ludovico Carracci’s 1588 Madonna and Child, Angels, and Saints Francis, Dominic, Mary Magdalene and the Donor Cecilia Bargellini Boncompagni with an emphasis on the role of the patron, the significance of the locality, and the visual semiotics of the Virgin Mary’s gaze in prompting conversion in the repentant prostitutes of the Carmelite convertite convent associated with Ss. Filippo and Giacomo in Bologna, Italy. Including a commentary on contemporary social expectations of modest behavior and the painting’s deliberate incorporation of inappropriate female behavior towards a religious purpose. A discussion of uniquely Carmelite iconography, the use of Ignatian mental prayer in convents, and self-determination in imagery by a Bolognese aristocratic woman.
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Bahman, Heedar. "SYSTEMATICS AND PALEOECOLOGY OF MIOCENE PORTUNID AND CANCRID DECAPOD FOSSILS FROM THE ST. MARYS FORMATION, MARYLAND." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1532100209164188.
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Lott, Stefanie B. "Mary Magdalen, Franciscan ideal : a theological analysis of the frescoes in the Magdalen Chapel in the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13378.
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In the small town of Assisi in Italy, there is a chapel dedicated to Mary Magdalen. This well known figure from the New Testament Gospels is an anomaly. To many she is the prostitute turned disciple: to others she is a key witness to the resurrection. The frescoes show this Magdalen, but they also show her in strange scenes not found in the Bible. The Gospels tell us that Mary Magdalen was with Jesus in his ministry, at the crucifixion and at the resurrection. Early church fathers picked up on this and linked her with other unnamed women in the Gospels to develop an ideal model of discipleship. From there, legends developed this conflated Magdalen into the embodiment of chastity, penitence and devotion. As such, she became the focus of one of the greatest cult followings of the Middle Ages and her relics where at the heart of the fourth most visited pilgrimage site in Christendom. In the thirteenth century, a young man, Francis of Assisi helped to revolutionise and revive the life of the Church by his personal example of poverty, benevolence and pure devotion; virtues embodied by the Magdalen. It is then understandable that a chapel dedicated to her should be found in the basilica built to honour Francis. However, the reasons behind the chapel's existence and location also have a great deal to do with the power and influence of the secular (Angevin) and religious establishment of the time as well as the controversies burgeoning within the Franciscan Order including the roles of second order women and the influence of the two factions of Franciscanism, Spirituals and Conventuals. Finally, it must not be forgotten that the Magdalen chapel, a means of theological and political dogma, was also a very tangible and real visual sermon to the masses of pilgrims who flocked to visit the shrine of Francis. This project is an attempt to uncover the identity of the woman in and the meaning of the Magdalen Chapel in the Lower Church of the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi.
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Willis, Sean. "In what sense is Mary a type of the Church? : using two models to illuminate some developments in twentieth century Roman Catholic Mario-ecclesiology." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/14431.
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This thesis has two aims. Firstly, in order to answer the question, ‘In what sense do people see Mary as a type of the Church?’, this thesis will set up original typological models of the relationship between Mary and the Church (chapter 1). It will then demonstrate how and why an eschatological element came to be present in these models (chapter 2).It will be a contention of this thesis that looking at the Mario-ecclesial discussions set out in chapters 3 and 4 through these typological models will allow a greater depth of analysis. The models allow one to discern differences between and nuances in various views of the relationship between Mary and the Church that would be impossible to discern if one were using just the language of ‘type’. Secondly the thesis will show how each Mario-ecclesial discussion has been affected by the socio-political context of the time. Specifically, the thesis will analyse the Mario-ecclesial discussions of the patristic, medieval and modern periods in the light of the typological models. In chapter 1, the patristic Mario-ecclesiologies of Irenaeus and Ambrose will be considered. In chapter 2, Bernard of Clairvaux will be used to analyse the eschatological nature of the Mario-ecclesiology in the medieval period. In chapter 3, the contrasting Mario-ecclesiologies of the Second Vatican Council and Hans Urs von Balthasar will be compared. In chapter 4, it will be suggested that John Paul’s model of the Mario-ecclesial relationship was based on his eschatological vision for the Church and the role that Mary plays in that future which is both imminent and already realised. This thesis will demonstrate that by using the typological models in these periods a greater depth of analysis can be achieved. This will be particularly true of the complex and nuanced discussions on Mary in the Roman Catholic Church in the twentieth century. This analysis will culminate in the particular Mariology of John Paul II.
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Ogden, Alan R., and F. Lee. "Dental health and disease." Council for British Archaeology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4707.
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Williams, Gregory Stacey. "Moving forward after death: an adaptation of Kubler-Ross’ five stages of grief with a biblical understanding at ST. Mary United Methodist church Hogansville, Georgia." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2007. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/324.
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The issue of death and dying, despite its inevitableness, may be one of the most complex phenomena within the context of ministry. This paper addresses how mourning persons may move beyond grief through an adaptation of Kubler-Ross’ Five Stages of Grief paradigm while examining the construct of death and dying from a biblical and theological perspective. Kubler-Ross’ five stages provide the framework from which a model was designed to help empower grieving members of St. Mary United Methodist Church to overcome the loss of loved ones. The purpose of the model was to develop a mechanism that could be replicated in the church that equips congregants to cope with grief and move on to productive, spiritually whole lives.
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Nuttli, Emily E. "“Fixing the Italian Problem”: Archbishop of New Orleans John W. Shaw and the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, 1918-1933." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2016. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2178.
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In 1918, Archbishop Shaw invited the Texas Catholic religious order, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, to New Orleans to manage the St. Louis Cathedral and its filial parish for Southern Italians, St. Mary’s Church. This thesis will look at the personalities and preferentialism that affected this early 20th century transfer of religious power from secular priests to a religious order. Comparing the language used by Archbishop Shaw in correspondence with Oblate Fathers with the language he used with his secular priests will determine that Shaw displayed favoritism in his decision to invite the Oblates. This decision was affected by four primary factors: Shaw’s prior relationship with the Oblates as Bishop of San Antonio, his concerns with archdiocesan finances, his perceived threat of encroaching Protestantism, and politics of discontent amongst his secular clergy. Shaw’s distinct idealistic pragmatism shows the dynamic nature of the institution of the Catholic Church in Louisiana.
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Banda, Rogers Hansini. "A missiological assessment of ethnicity in urban Anglican churches in Zambia :|ba case study of the establishment and growth of St Mary Magdalene's Church, Kabulonga /R.H. Banda." Thesis, North-West University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9494.
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This research examines present day urban Anglican churches in Zambia which are ethnically “homogeneous” in a heavily multi-ethnic environment. I give Attention to the understanding of the biblical, theological, and missiological background and seek to find a way to attract many ethnic groups into the churches. The research notes that the present scenario does not represent a healthy urban church. I argue that a biblical, theological and holistic Gospel proclamation, that is, in word and deeds, will attract other ethnic groups into the urban church and make it truly multi-ethnic and multi-cultural.Thesis (MA (Missiology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.
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Bruno, Emilie. "Psallendae Mariae: Marian Processional Chants of the Ambrosian Rite." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23567.
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This interdisciplinary study examines a collection of chants intrinsically connected to the larger body of Western Chant: the psallendae. These chants of the Ambrosian rite, the form of Christian worship proper to the archdiocese of Milan, were sung during religious processions. With over 700 psallendae assigned to the Church calendar, this study examines only those assigned to feast days of the Virgin Mary, and in doing so, reveals a rich history of devotion to her.
The primary sources examined are thirteenth-century manuscripts and medieval liturgical manuals. The processional chants are subjected to a thorough literary and musical analysis. Rooted in François-Auguste Gevaert's thematic theory, and using tools of reticular and stemmatic analysis, the psallendae are grouped according to melodic profile. Each group is then reduced to a core melodic theme, which, when juxtaposed with the ancient practice of religious processions, makes a compelling argument for the psallendae as among the oldest Christian chants.
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Gresko, Jacqueline. "Gender and mission : the founding generations of the Sisters of Saint Ann and the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in British Columbia, 1858-1914." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0018/NQ46349.pdf.
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O'Mara, Veronica Margaret. "A study and edition of selected Middle English sermons : Richard Alkerton's Easter Week sermon preached at St Mary Spital in 1406, a Sermon on Sunday observance, and a Nunnery sermon for the feast of the Assumption /." Leeds : University of Leeds, 1994. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35790750m.
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Gordon, Gary (Gary Adrian). "Four Evening Service Settings of Joel Martinson: An American's Contribution to Anglican Evensong Repertoire." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1505135/.
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The Evening Service settings of great British composers like Charles Stanford, A. Herbert Brewer, Charles Wood and Herbert Howells are well known and performed often throughout the world. However, little is known about the body of settings created by American composers. There are currently approximately 75 American composers dating from 1890 to the present, with Evening Service settings in print. Joel Martinson, based in Dallas, Texas, is an American composer, church musician, concert organist, and presenter. Although Martinson has composed four Evening Service settings (Evening Service for the St. Mark's School 1996, Evening Service for the Incarnation 2000, Evening Service for Church of the Nativity 2002, and Evening Service for the Transfiguration 2015), these works are not widely known outside of Dallas and small Anglican circles, nor is the value of his contributions to Anglican Evensong repertoire recognized. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that Martinson's four settings make a valuable American contribution to Anglican repertoire through his neo-classical style and creative counterpoint. The four settings are modern and challenging but remain approachable for both choir and audience.
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Beavis, M. A. L. "Literary and sociological aspects of the function of Mark 4:11-12." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.233664.
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Although there is a vast body of secondary literature on Mark 4:11-12, the interpretation of this passage has been dominated by source, form, and redaction critical methods which have tended to limit, or even discount, the importance of these verses in the Gospel. This study, in contrast, uses reader response criticism. Graeco-Roman rhetoric, and sociological approaches as aids to understanding the literary and social functions of Mark 4:11-12. Since the methods used in this study are still fairly novel in New Testament research, the first two chapters provide a detailed introduction to interpreting Mark from the perspectives of reader response, ancient literary theory (Chapter 1), and social setting (Chapter 2). The main questions posed in these chapters are: 'how would Mark have been evaluated literarily by a Graeco-Roman reader?'; and 'what was the Gospel used for in its original setting?' After a survey of the literature on Mark 4:11-12 (Chapter 3), material in Mark which seems to echo these verses verbally or thematically is reviewed in detail (Chapter 4), and the passage is studied in its immediate context, the parable chapter (Mark 4:1-34) (Chapter 5). Two final chapters summarize the findings of the study from literary and sociological perspectives. Mark 4:11-12, it is concluded, is not, as several important interpreters (E. Schweizer, T.H. Weeden, H. Raisanen) have asserted, a 'foreign element' to be ascribed to pre-Marcan tradition, but integral to the Gospel as a literary whole, and to the function of the book in its original setting. Mark 4:11-12, part of Mark's secrecy motif, focuses the reader's attention on certain aspects of the Gospel's eschatological teaching (parables, miracle stories, confession scenes, apocalyptic discourse), and served the needs of early Christian missionaries anxiously awaiting the parousia of the son of man and the establishment of the kingdom of God.
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McMullin, Julia Alice Jardine. "The Artistic and Architectural Patronage of Countess Urraca of Santa MarÃa de Cañas: A Powerful Aristocrat, Abbess, and Advocate." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2005. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/423.
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Countess Urraca Lope de Haro was the daughter of the noble Lord Diego Lope de Haro, friend and advisor to King Alfonso VIII of Castilla-León and granddaughter of Lord Lope Díaz de Haro and Lady Aldonza Ruiz de Castro, aristocratic courtiers as well as popular monastic patrons. As a young and wealthy widow, Countess Urraca took monastic vows at the Cistercian nunnery of Santa María de Cañas founded by her grandparents. Within a short time of uniting herself to this monastery, she was chosen as its fourth abbess in 1225, a position she held for thirty-seven years until her death in 1262. Following the tradition of monastic patronage established by her noble family members, Countess Urraca expanded the monastery's small real estate holdings, oversaw extensive building projects to create permanent structures for the nunnery, and patronized artistic projects including statuettes of the Virgin Mary and St. Peter in addition to her own decorative stone sarcophagus during her term as abbess. This thesis examines the artistic decoration and architectural patronage of this powerful woman and the influences she incorporated into the monastic structures at Cañas as she oversaw their construction. In dating the original buildings of the monastery at Cañas to the period of Countess Urraca's leadership, the predominant architectural features and decorative details of female Cistercian foundations in northern Spain are discussed. Comparisons with additional thirteenth-century Cistercian monasteries from the same region in northern Spain are offered to demonstrate the artistic connections with the structures Countess Urraca patronized. In addition, this thesis examines Countess Urraca's obvious devotion to the Virgin Mary and St. Peter by considering the medieval monastic world in which she lived and the strong emphasis the Cistercian Order placed on such worship practices. The potent spiritual connections Countess Urraca made by commissioning images of essential, holy intercessors testifies to her devotion to them and the powerful salvatory role she herself played in the lives of the nuns for whom she was responsible. As a nun and abbess, Countess Urraca was urged to emulate Mary's mothering, nurturing qualities, and, as she did so was simultaneously empowered by the Virgin's heavenly authority as administrator of mercy. Indeed, through studying her art it is clear that she saw herself as an intercessor on behalf of the nuns for whom she was responsible. Furthermore, discussion of the imagery displayed on Countess Urraca's decorative stone sarcophagus demonstrates not only a similar message of salvation through intercessors such as Peter and Mary, but also testifies of Abbess Urraca's aristocratic lineage. Through this artistic commission, the Abbess creates another direct, personal link between herself and the Virgin by including the symbol of the rosary throughout the iconography of her tomb. Such a symbol represents her devotion to Mary as Queen of Heaven and simultaneously empowers Countess Urraca as an intercessor herself. All of these architectural and artistic commissions confirm that she was a powerful woman who wielded a great deal of influence.
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Benedict, Mark Russell. "The Ministry of Passion and Meditation: Robert Southwell's Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares and the Adaptation of Continental Influences." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2010. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/english_theses/79.
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In his most popular prose work, Mary Magdalens Funeral Teares (1591), English Jesuit Robert Southwell adapts the Mary Magdalene tradition by incorporating the meditative practices of St. Ignatius Loyola coupled with the Petrarchan language of poetry. Thus, he creates a prose work that ministered to Catholic souls, appealed to Protestant audiences, and initiated the literature of tears in England. Southwell readapts the traditional image of Mary Magdalene for a Catholic Early Modern audience by utilizing the techniques of Jesuit meditation, which later flourished in the weeper texts of Richard Crashaw and George Herbert. His vividly imagined scenes also employ the Petrarchan and Ovidian language of longing and absence and coincide with both traditional and mystic early church writers such as Bernard and Augustine. Through this combination, Southwell’s Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares resonated with Catholics deprived of both ministry and the presence of Christ in the Eucharist. These contributions solidify Southwell’s place as a pivotal figure in the religious and literary contexts of Early Modern England.
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Hastings, Jason Michael, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Christian rebellion theories as delivered by St. Paul from Mars Hill by Augustine, Calvin and Adams." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2003, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/181.
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This thesis explicates teh rebellion theories of three reowned Christian political thinkers and evaluates the extent that each can communicate an intelligible rebellion theory to a non-Christian audience. Augustine of Hippo, at a dawn of the medieval ages, John Calvin of Geneva during the Reformation and John Adams of the USA in the midst of the Enlightenment are the three thinkers selected for consideration. These thinkers have produced ideas that have transcended time and geographical location. Rebellion is an issue of the utmost political importance as it reveals the limits, and the first principles of politics. The issues surrounding the involovement of religion in politics have created a place for confusion in minds of many people today. The issues surrounding religion and politics need further elucidation. The way these thinkers were able to translate the divine command from Romans 13:1, which decrees an absolute prohibition against rebellion, into an intelligible rebellion theory to non-Christians, is an important consideration in this thesis.ix, 158 leaves ; 28 cm.
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Roe, Jerry Allen. "A biblical development of modern home fellowship leaders with special emphasis on Acts 2:42-47." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p064-0117.
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Zhu, Zhi. "Monitoring the Phytoplankton Community Response to Recent Geoengineering Initiatives at Grand Lake St. Marys." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1343415539.
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Soga, Hector Ian. "The sacred vocal works of Gottfried August Homilius (1714-1785) with particular reference to his St. Mark Passion." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1989. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3961/.
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The chance discovery of a composer of whom the present writer had previously been unaware; who was allegedly a pupil of J.S. Bach; whose list of compositions occupied no small space in modern lexicographical entries, let alone in Eitner's now largely obsolete catalogue; who, according to Feder in his article entitled Decline and Restoration in Protestant Church Music - a History, though highly regarded in his day, had not received detailed consideration: such were the factors which gave impetus to the present day. No sooner was that study underway than it transpired that others, too, had been struck by the deficiency noted by Feder. Already in 1970, the American scholar Robert Ellis Snyder had prepared a doctoral thesis on the choral music of Gottfried August Homilius. More significantly, the East German scholar Hans Hohn had published a comprehensive survey of the composer's life and work which was subsequently published in a revised and shortened form in 1980. Far from undermining the work undertaken by the present writer, the above-mentioned studies helped to give it sharper focus. Snyder's contribution, valuable both for the attention drawn anew, through his editorial work in Volume 2, to the composer's music, and still more for his English translation of the Generalbass, nonetheless left room for deeper analysis and evaluation of Homilius' works. John's signal achievement, his painstaking collation of documentary evidence of the composer's life, remains largely inaccessible to the English reader who has no command of German. Further, his evaluation of the man and his compositions, based on an albeit rigorous survey, is vitiated by a tendency to play down the importance of theology in the formation of the composer's character and to portray him, in a one-sided way, as a torch-bearer for an emergent and emancipated bourgeoisie. Thirdly, John failed to distinguish correctly between the Passion Cantata So gehst du nun mein Jesu hin on the one hand and on the other the Markuspassion which bears the same subtitle and which turned out to be one of Homilius' lengthiest and most substantial works. These factors, then, helped to give shape to the present study which, as far as its author has been able to establish, is the first of substantial length to be undertaken in Britain. The first chapter of Volume I is devoted to a summary of Homilius' life. Relying, though by no means exclusively, on John, details are given of the composer's background, of his earlier life and education, of his first frustrated attempts to secure employment and his eventual success in being appointed organist of the Frauenkirche in Dresden in 1742, of his subsequent preferment in 1755 to the post of Cantor of the Kreuzkirche in the same city, of his varied life and success as cantor, teacher and organist over against a background of social upheaval, and finally of the circumstances of his death in 1785. Chapter 2 is deovoted to a general survey of the music. While account is taken of John's findings, the content is larely an independent survey of Homilius' music based on the main on manuscripts held in the Music Department of the Staatsbibliothek der Stiftung PreussischerKulturbesitz in West Berlin. The chapter contains details of the extant works, both published and in manuscript, new information about the dating of works established in the course of research, and, following a brief description of the main genres of music encountered (Oratorios, cantatas, motets and settings of the Magnificat), a discussion of the texts which underpin the works. Attention is then directed to the music: to the characteristics of the composer's musical language and to the techniques of composition and orchestration which he employs. From this study there emerges the picture of a composer who had full command of the musical dialects of his day, but whose obedience to a task which was essentially musico-theological kept him from producing music of lasting appeal. Chapters 3 and 4 constitute the main burden of the present study. The first of these is devoted to a study of the St Mark Passion both as a structure and as a theological statement. Through detailed analysis and comparison with similar works it is suggested that Homilius' work has its own particular theological stamp, in particular that he is more concerned with the life which faces his listeners in the here and now and with present moral choices than with affording to the listener a spiritual experience of the road to Golgothe. Unlike J.S. Bach who is content to let the gospel speak for itself, Homilius incorporates in the work a particular theological view of the work of Christ. Both factors conspire with others of a more musical nature to deprive this work of that timeless quality which characterises Bach's great Passions. In Chapter 4 the music is subjected to systematic analysis. If the arias emerge as the least satisfactory component, the recitatives are remarkably fluent, and the work as an entity proves to have been carefully and indeed ingeniously planned. Conclusions are drawn in Chapter 5, though a review of the most important literature, about the man, the composer and the St Mark Passion in particular. While there is some evidence to support the view, championed by John, that Homilius had certain progressive reflexes, Rudolf Steglich's 1915 analysis of him as an essentially conservative being seems the more perceptive and compelling, however dubious his comparison of Homilius with C.P.E. Bach. As a composer Homilius had great facility, but his musical language, shot through with gracious vocabulary and popular idiom, lacked innate strength. It is a language limited, too, by the composer's intellectual horizons and by his very pre-occupation with theology and his ecclesiastically based méier. As an oratorio Passion the St Mark Passion, a monumental work, is unique among the pieces which Homilius composed for performance during Holy Week. Of his entire oeuvre this work above all is both an expression of his debt to the Baroque past and at the same time an acknowledgement that he has left that past far behind. Volume I is furnished with three appendices. The first is devoted to a Choralbuch which sheds light both on the dating of works and on Homilius' treatment of the chorale. The second contains details of larger works and cantatas in manuscript. Musical incipits are given, where they were available, in order to facilitate more reliable identification of works. Appendix 3 contains diagrams and musical examples relevant to Chapters 2 and 4. Volume II contains a performance edition of Homilius' St Mark Passion furnished with a 3-part Critical Apparatus, containing 1) Text and Translation, 2) Notes on the Edition - including details of the manuscript, its provenance, an attempt to date the work, and an evaluation of its dedication to Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia - and 3) Notes on Performance.
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Peterson, Sandra Rubinstein. ""One heart, many souls" the National Council of Jewish Women and identity formation in St. Louis, 1919-1950 /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5567.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on July 28, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.
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Ascher, George P. "Looking back in order to reach out an experiment in ministry to aid one culture in reaching another with the Gospel /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1987. http://www.tren.com.
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Garbrecht, Marc [Verfasser]. "ST-Strecken Hebungsinfarkt – zeitliche Abläufe der Akutversorgung in der Routinearbeitszeit und Bereitschaftszeit in einem neu etablierten Herzinfarktversorgungsmodell / Marc Garbrecht." Köln : Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1024511448/34.
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O'Hanlon, Joseph. "The leaven of Mark : an investigation of St Mark's introductory verse in the light of his prologue and gospel." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.243636.
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Burbridge, Joshua D. Flader Susan Pasley Jeffrey L. "The veering path of progress politics, race, and consensus in the north St. Louis Mark Twain Expressway fight, 1950-1956 /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6472.
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Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on Feb 17, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Thesis advisor: Dr. Susan Flader and Dr. Jeffrey L. Pasley. Includes bibliographical references.
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Taylor, Astrea. "Phosphorus mass balance for hypertrophic Grand Lake St. Marys, Ohio." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1347933945.
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Taccone, Raphaelle. "Marie-Madeleine en Occident : les dynamiques de la sainteté dans la Bourgogne des IXème-XVème siècles." Phd thesis, Université d'Avignon, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00871277.
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Le culte de sainte Marie-Madeleine, élaboré dès le second quart du XIème siècle au monastère de Vézelay, sous l'abbatiat de Geoffroi, est unanimement célébré par les foules de fidèles et inspire la sainte plèbe de Dieu sur le chemin du repentir. Particulièrement fécond et consacrant Vézelay, ville gardienne du tombeau de la sainte pénitente des Evangiles comme un haut-lieu de pèlerinage, le culte périclite et plonge dans une situation bipolaire dès le quatrième quart du XIIIème siècle suite à la découverte supposée du véritable corps de la Madeleine à Saint-Maximin en Provence. Beaucoup d'auteurs envisagent le déclin du pèlerinage bourguignon or, il est plus juste d'observer une contraction régionale. En effet, la persistance des témoignages dévotionnels au sein de son berceau primitif et l'implication progressive de la famille ducale de Bourgogne dans la promotion du culte vézelien concourent très largement à une relecture du culte de la sainte.D'une politique monastique, primitivement élaborée par les moines de Vézelay,à une politique princière, s'affirmant pleinement avec l'avènement de la dynastie des Valois, le culte vézelien de la Madeleine est constamment perçu comme une gloire de la Bourgogne. Des sources écrites aux sources liturgiques,à travers le foisonnement des indices dévotionnels en son honneur (reliques,sanctuaires, autels,...) et un corpus iconographique bourguignon la mettant en scène, en regard de l'implication des chanoines de Saint-Maximin et des comtes de Provence - fervent soutien du culte provençal de la Madeleine, les destinées du culte magdalénien, d'une échelle régionale à un ensemble plus grand englobant l'Occident chrétien, méritaient ainsi d'être redéfinies par une approche critique
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Linöcker, Melanie. "Der Unzucht und Lastern derbey entspringende Krankheit Syphilis und deren Bekämpfung in der Frühen Neuzeit am Beispiel des Wiener Bürgerspitals St. Marx." Saarbrücken VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2006. http://d-nb.info/988567938/04.
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Candido, Lafayette Pereira. "Busca de extratos e compostos ativos com potencial herbicida e inseticida nas espécies Davilla elliptica St. Hill e Ocotea pulchella Nees & Mart." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/8003.
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Brazil by presenting incomparable biodiversity, distributed in mosaic wonderfully distinct biomes becomes a promising the field of study in seeks of new phytochemicals extracted from native plants with biological activity on weeds and insects of medical importance. Species of Lauraceae and Dilleniaceae family have an immense potential in the production of secondary compounds with herbicide and insecticide properties. Thus, this study objective was to clarify the following questions: leaf extracts the stem and root Ocotea pulchella and Davilla elliptica could interfere with the growth and development of Triticum aestivum, Euphorbia heterophylla and Panicum maximum and thus make a new alternative for the control of weeds? Amongst the donor species and crude extracts which more promising to start a bioprospecting, allowing isolate and identify the present compounds? The extracts show insecticidal activity against eggs and larvae of Aedes aegypti? Coleoptile bioassays were performed using hexane extracts, dichloromethanic, acetoetilicos, methanolic and aqueous leaf, stem and root of O. pulchella and D. elliptica 0.2, 0.5 and 0.8 mg.mL-1. Most active extracts have been evaluated on the germination and early seedling growth of E. heterophylla and P.maximum using doses of 0.25, 0.5, 1 and 2 mg.mL-1. The larvicidal activity was evaluated at concentrations of 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2 and 3 mg.mL-1 and ovicidal effect with the LC50 and LC90 lethal concentrations estimated in test A. aegypti larvae. The leaf extracts O. pulchella inhibit coleoptile growth of wheat and seed germination and seedling growth of weeds and standard species. In general, the ethyl acetate extract O. pulchella showed higher phytotoxic activity. Eleven compounds were isolated and characterized. Compounds 1, 2, 4 and 6 have not been identified before in O. pulchella and Ocoteol was first described in the literature. The compounds 5, 10 and 11 were most active with superior inhibition values of 90% in the standard species. P. maximum has been the target species most affected by O. pulchella and D.elliptica leaf extracts in all evaluated parameters. The reduction in root growth of wild poinsettia seedlings can be related to the decrease in the elongation of metaxylem cells submitted at the ethyl acetate extract (O. pulchella) and methanol (D.elliptica). The extracts from root hexane and dichloromethane O. pulchella at a concentration 3 mg.mL-1 have produced bigger effect larvicide. Lower values of CL50 and CL90 were estimated for larvae subjected to the root extract from O. pulchella dichloromethane. Hatching rate, TME and VME have been affected by DCM and hexane root extracts from O. pulchella. Specie O. pulchella showed higher potential herbicide on the germination and the growth pattern and weed species and insecticide on larvae and eggs of A. aegypti.
O Brasil, por apresentar uma grande biodiversidade, torna-se um campo de estudo promissor na busca de novos fitoquímicos extraídos de plantas nativas, com atividades biológicas sobre plantas infestantes e insetos de importância médica. As espécies da família Lauraceae e Dillineaceae possuem potencial na produção de compostos secundários com propriedades herbicida e inseticida. Sendo assim, o presente estudo objetivou esclarecer os seguintes questionamentos: os extratos de folha, caule e raiz de Ocotea pulchella e Davilla elliptica interferirem no crescimento e desenvolvimento de Triticum aestivum, Euphorbia heterophylla e Panicum maximum possibilitando, assim, uma nova alternativa no controle de plantas infestantes? Entre as espécies doadoras , qual o mais promissor para se iniciar uma bioprospecção, permitindo isolar e identificar os compostos presentes? Os extratos brutos de ambas as espécies apresentam atividade inseticida sobre ovos e larvas de Aedes aegypti? Para tanto, foram realizados bioensaios de coleóptilos de trigo utilizando os extratos hexânicos, diclorometânicos, acetoetílicos, acetônicos, metanólicos e aquosos de folha, caule e raiz de O. pulchella e D. elliptica a 0,2, 0,4 e 0,8 mg.mL-1. Os extratos mais ativos foram avaliados sobre a germinação e o crescimento inicial de plântulas de E. heterophylla e P. maximum utilizando as doses de 0,25, 0,5, 1 e 2 mg.mL-1. Para os compostos puros foi utilizado as doses de 10-3, 3x10-4, 10-4, 3x10-5 e 10-5. A atividade larvicida foi avaliada nas concentrações de 0,25, 0,5, 1, 2 e 3 mg.mL-1 e o efeito ovicida por meio das concentrações letais CL50 e CL90, estimadas no teste com larvas de A. aegypti. Os extratos foliares de O. puchella inibiram o crescimento de coleóptilos de trigo, a germinação e o crescimento das plântulas das espécies daninhas e das espécies padrão. Em geral, o extrato de acetato de etila extraído de folha de O. pulchella apresentou maior atividade fitotóxica. Onze compostos do extrato de acetato de etila foram isolados e caracterizados. Os compostos dihidroxi-eudesma, hidroxi-eudesma, loliolide e ácido dimorfecolico não foram descritos antes em O. pulchella e o Ocoteol foi descrito pela primeira vez na literatura. Os compostos espatulenol, benzil salicilate e benzil benzoate foram os mais ativos, com valores de inibição superior a 90% nas espécies padrão. P. maximum foi a espécie alvo mais afetada pelos extratos de folha de O. pulchella e D.elliptica em todos os parâmetros avaliados. A redução no crescimento radicular das plântulas de amendoim-bravo pode estar relacionada com a diminuição no alongamento das células do metaxilema submetidas ao extrato de acetato de etila (O. pulchella) e metanólico (D.elliptica). Os extratos hexânico e diclorometânico de raiz de O. pulchella, na concentração de 3 mg.mL-1 produziram maior efeito larvicida. Os menores valores das CL50 e CL90 foram estimados para larvas submetidas ao extrato de raiz de O. pulchella extraído com diclorometano. A taxa de eclosão, tempo médio e velocidade média de eclosão foram afetados pelos extratos diclorometano e hexano de raiz de O. pulchella. A espécie O. pulchella apresentou maior potencial como herbicida sobre a germinação e o crescimento de espécies padrão e infestantes e atividade inseticida sobre larvas e ovos de A. aegypti.
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Papaphilippopoulos, Rosalind. "Can a gospel convey truth? : an examination of the epistemology of New Testament hermeneutics with special reference to the Gospel of St Mark." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1996. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU076843.
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This thesis explores the hermeneutical implications of a Barthian epistemology, so that the givenness (of knowledge, ontology, talk of God and Scripture, the community of the Church) is paramount. This priority challenges both 'liberal' despair and fundamentalist arrogation of true reference to theological language and appropriate Biblical interpretation. This hermeneutical position also faces the postmodern challenge that there can be any truth at all, and, in particular, truth brought through the deconstruction of textuality as a medium. Thus knowledge, and especially knowledge of God, the language used to communicate that knowledge and that language as Scriptural textuality are important features of the discussion. There is an exploration of the role of inter-subjectivity (and thus community) as a prerequisite for knowledge and truth claims, critical assessment of these, and a discussion of the different ways that various 'communities' interpret Scripture (focusing on St. Mark's Gospel). The presuppositions of the different starting places are brought into view and the appropriateness of methodologies and approaches discussed. Questions regarding certainty and critical control of this community-generated variety of readings are tackled. The Quest for the Historical Jesus is seen as a 'test case' for historical knowledge and also the need and appropriateness of different approaches to the Gospels. The 'problem' that the Resurrection and post-Easter faith always seem to pose to the Quest is challenged and the former is taken as a priority rather than a stumbling block.
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Černá, Daniela. "Městská knihovna v Přerově." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-215891.
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The main goal of this thesis is to prove the suitability of the chosen locality called “Na Marku“ for building of a new object – the City Library in Přerov. The project shows one of the possible solutions, which takes into account keeping part of the archeological findings in this locality and its access to the public. As the building would be located on the banks of the river Bečva, organic materials have been suggested for the building, which would harmonize with the river and the town.
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Ahlström, Andreas, and Johan Löfgren. "Sell in may and go away : Effektens existens och utveckling på Stockholmsbörsen." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-346249.
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Studien undersöker om den svenska aktiemarknaden i regel presterar sämre mellan månaderna maj och september enligt den så kallade “ sell-in-may-and-go-away- effekten”. Vi använder den logaritmerade avkastningen för det svenska indexet OMXS30 som delas upp i olika perioder; maj till september, samt oktober till april. Avkastningen för dessa perioder jämförs genom att använda en regressionsmodell. Resultatet från undersökningen visar att effekten är positiv, samt signifikant på en-procentsnivå mellan 1986 till 2017 för OMXS30 iSverige. Studien tittar även på sell-in-may-and-go-away- effektens utveckling, och finner indikationer för att effekten avtar efter publiceringen av Bouman & Jacobsens undersökningav effekten år 2002. Indikationen på att effekten avtar kan betyda en högre grad av rationalitet hos investerare samt en mer effektiv marknad allt eftersom sell-in-may-and-go-away- effekten blir mer allmänt känd. Resultatet för att effekten skulle vara avtagande är dock inte statistisk signifikant och därmed inte heller statistiskt säkerställd.
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Black, Thomas William. "Ecology of an island mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/20411.
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An island subspecies endemic to the remote St Kilda archipelago, Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis is considered of national importance but has been little studied, despite its inclusion in the criteria for the islands’ designation as a World Heritage Site. This study expands our knowledge of the core ecology of the mice; distribution, morphology, age structure, breeding phenology, population density, range size, survival and fecundity are all described and quantified using data collected from 4462 captures of 787 individuals between 2009-2012 on three sites (Carn Mor, Glen Bay & Village Bay), 1-2km apart on the main island of Hirta. Morphological analysis confirmed the reputed gigantism the mice, with maximum body weights of 60g for males and 50.5g for a non-gravid female both being approximately double that of a mainland specimen (the heaviest gravid female caught weighed 56g). Sexual dimorphism was evident, with males >1 year old being 8.7% heavier than females on average. Significant geographical variation in size was also found; mice on the seabird breeding colony of Carn Mor were heavier, longer and in better condition than mice elsewhere. Mice were observed to have a well-defined breeding season between April and September, shorter than on the mainland, with most individuals not breeding until their second year and very few surviving two winters. No geographical differences were found in the proportion of adult mice more than a year old that were in breeding condition at any given time, although there were significant geographical differences in the proportion of individuals in breeding condition for ‘young adult’ mice entering their first spring and sub adult mice in the autumn of the year in which they were. Spatially explicit capture-recapture (SECR) methods were used to quantify population densities free from ad hoc methods of trapping area estimation. Temporal variation in population size typical of temperate small mammals was found, with densities as low as 2 mice/ha in spring, increasing through summer and autumn with juvenile recruitment until reaching a peak at the beginning of winter of up to 50 mice/ha. Geographical variation was again observed, with frequent significant differences between trapping sites and an overall trend of highest population densities on the seabird breeding site. Mean individual range sizes varied between 0.3-3.0ha and were largest in Village Bay and in males in breeding condition. Pradel robust design recruitment models were used to quantify monthly survival (0.67-1.00) and fecundity (0.03- 0.41) and overall rate of population change (0.81-1.52) between sessions. Survival varied little between grids outside of the breeding season, but tended to be greater in Carn Mor than Village Bay during the summer. Fecundity rates varied little between years and grids, with one exception where increased summer fecundity followed a severe winter decline on Carn Mor. The possible role of differences in the quality of the food supply (in particular the seabird breeding colony and spatial variation in sheep grazing pressure) on creating geographical variation in body size, condition, breeding phenology, density and population dynamics are discussed in detail, as is the overall pattern of insular traits found in the mice.
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Ermak, Jessica Lea. "The Social Structure and Mating Strategies of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the St. Johns River." UNF Digital Commons, 2014. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/533.
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Across populations, bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) exhibit a fission-fusion pattern of associations, in which group size and composition change fluidly throughout the day. Beneath this seemingly ephemeral social structure, considerable variation exists across study sites. While females typically have moderate bonds with one another within a large social network, male-male bonds are variable, though males typically take one of two strategies; some males encounter females individually for opportunities to breed while others cooperate within a first-order alliance to collectively herd females. In addition, multi-tiered alliances in which two first-order alliances cooperate to defend or assist in the theft of a female have been documented within Shark Bay, Australia. However, these patterns do not apply to all study sites, as intersexual bonds are strong within several bottlenose dolphin populations. Given the variation in the presence and complexity of male alliances, greater documentation of social structure and male mating strategies across study sites is needed to draw conclusions as to the ultimate factors behind alliance formation. As such, chapter one documents the inclusion of a new study site in the St. Johns River (SJR) in Northeast Florida where males form first and second-order alliances. In addition, variables from the SJR are included within a meta-analysis in chapter two, the first systematic examination of what variables correlate with alliance presence and complexity, with the conclusion that male-male competition best describes the patterns seen in male alliance formation. Chapter three builds upon this conclusion by examining seasonal trends in tooth rake marks, a proxy for aggression, across the sexes and males of two different mating strategies, ultimately highlighting the potential for non-reproductive aggression. Together, this work provides greater insight as to the social structure and mating patterns of bottlenose dolphins, as well as to the ecological pressures that result in complex sociality.
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Sterner, Andrew. "Modeling Survival of Immature Loggerheads (Caretta caretta) and Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) from 10 Years of Mark-Recapture Data at the Florida Power and Light St. Lucie Plant." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5707.
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Loggerheads (Caretta caretta) are listed as Threatened and green turtles (Chelonia mydas) are listed as Endangered under the United States Endangered Species Act. While green turtle nest production in Florida has increased markedly in recent years, loggerhead nest production has followed a more tenuous path. Reasons for these differences are unknown. Limited demographic information is available for these species of conservation concern. I used Barker models, which incorporated mark-recapture, live-resight and dead recovery data, implemented in Program MARK. These models were used to estimate apparent survival for immature loggerhead (<85cm SCL) and green turtle (<60cm SCL) populations foraging in the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the Florida Power and Light St. Lucie Plant on Hutchinson Island, Florida between 2002 and 2011. My results indicated annual apparent survival was decreasing (from 0.75 to 0.59) for resident immature loggerheads and was stable (~0.81) for resident immature green turtles over the ten year study period. I found that permanent emigration models were better supported than no movement models for both species. Size (straight carapace length) was found to be an important covariate for survival and fidelity parameters in the green turtle analysis but not in the loggerhead analysis. My study is the first to compare survival of two species of immature marine turtles foraging at the same location in the Atlantic. These estimates are also the first available survival estimates for immature marine turtle populations in Florida based on modern mark-recapture techniques, filling a critical knowledge gap. This information is vitally important for managers when evaluating the long-term recovery of these endangered species.M.S.
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Galvão, Franklin 1952. "Variação sazonal da fotossíntese líquida e respiração de Cabralea canjerana (Vell.)Mart., Ilex paraguariensis St. Hill. e Podocarpus lambertii Klotz em função da intensidade luminosa e temperatura." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFPR, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1884/25376.
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Neste trabalho são apresentadas algumas informações ecofisiológicas obtidas através do desempenho assimilatório em plantas jovens de canjerana - Cabralea canjerana (Vell.) Mart., erva-mate - Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil. e pinheiro-bravo - Podocarpus lambertii K1. em relação a intensidade luminosa e temperatura ambiental. Com auxílio de um analisador de gás infra-vermelho, plantas de 18 meses de idade foram submetidas, durante um período vegetativo, a uma combinação de duas temperaturas (uma fixa, de 22,6°C e outra variável, correspondente a temperatura média em Curitiba referente ao mês em que se fez a avaliação e a cinco condições de luminosidade (escuridão; 2,2; 15; 25 e 40 klux - equivalente a 0; 30,8; 210; 350 e 560 µE.s-1.m-2). Foram determinadas a fotossíntese líquida, a respiração no escuro, o ponto de compensação lumínico e o coeficiente econ6mico aparente. O desempenho fotossintético de canjerana e erva-mate confirmam a característica umbrófila. destas espécies, assim como a heliofilia de pinheiro-bravo. Os baixos valores do ponto de compensação encontrados para pinheiro-bravo poderiam justificar.a ocorrência de regenerações em condições de subosque. Observou-se uma nítida variação anual das taxas de fotossíntese líquida e respiração das plantas, mesmo quando condicionadas a temperatura fixa de 22,60C. Do montante anual assimilado,38% ocorre no verão, 27% no outono, 23% na primavera e 12% no inverno, para. canjerana. Para erva-mate, 47% ocorre no vergo, 23% no outono, 20% na primavera e 10% no inverno. Para pinheiro-bravo, 33% ocorre no verão, 28% no outono, 23% na primavera e 16% no inverno. Baseado no coeficiente econômico aparente, as espécies estudadas mostram-se mais "econômicas" na utilização dos carboidratos quando submetidas a 40 klux. Constatou-se ainda, que os maiores coeficientes ocorrem sempre no inverno. Devido a reduzida capacidade fotossintética apresentada pelas espécies quando avaliadas a 2,2 klux, é aconselhável que os silvicultores adotem medidas adequadas de manejo para assegurar um bom desempenho em condições de regenerações naturais. Como 47% da produção fotossintética anual de erva-mate ocorre no verão, sugere-se intensificar as pesquisas relacionadas a exploração das erveiras na "safrinha" (dezembro-fevereiro), pois tais valores indicam ser uma prática executada num período desfavorável a espécie.