This work presents an investigation of Hebrew Bible passages containing the heavenly sanctuary/temple motif in order to achieve a threefold purpose: (1) to ascertain the function of the heavenly anctuary/temple; (2) to determine the relationship of the heavenly sanctuary/temple with its earthly counterpart, and (3) to provide a comprehensive picture of the heavenly anctuary/temple motif in the Hebrew Bible

Toward a Theology of the Heavenly Sanctuary in the Hebrew Bible

De Souza, Elias Brasil

Religion & Spirituality

VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K.

The purpose of this book is to systematically explain whether and how attitudes toward the power of the European Parliament (EP) affect voter turnout in EP elections. The EP is the only European Union institution that ensures democratic representation within the EU; members of the EP have been directly elected by European citizens every five years since 1979. Based on turnout, however, it appears that few people care about the EP elections. Turnout rate for these elections is not only lower than that for national elections, but it has also steadily declined from 1979 to 1999. Do people abstain from voting because less is at stake in the EP elections? Are Euroskeptics less likely to vote in EP elections? My findings confirm that attitudes toward the EP influence and support for the EU influence the decision to turnout in the EP elections, even after controlling for contextual and demographic variables.

Why do People Abstain from the European Parliament Elections?

Politics & Social Sciences

Kentmen, Cigdem

Politics & Government

To lose teeth and be obliged to use removable prostheses might impact dramatically on your everyday activities. Prosthodontics is aiming to enable the patients to eat whatever they like, but also to make them feel socially comfortable with artificial teeth. However, there is an individual diversity which makes it impossible to assess the impact of tooth loss without concern for individual attributes. The aim of this thesis was to study the impact of oral prostheses on oral health- related quality of life (OHRQOL). Additional aims were to study social inequalities in oral health, attitudes towards costs for dental care and care utilization. The number of remaining teeth was more important than the type of denture when explaining OHRQOL. The type of replacement, in terms of fixed or removable denture, was less important for those with few or no remaining teeth, than for all others. Interactions were observed between number of remaining teeth and type of denture when explaining OHRQOL. As a whole the thesis shows that social and dental conditions and cost for dental care play a great role for dental care utilization as well as for OHRQOL.

Prosthodontics and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life

Medical Books

Bagewitz, Ingrid Collin

Dentistry

Nowadays, network infrastructures are increasingly  used in support to commercialization of digital  multimedia content. Non-material goods (videos,  music, images and any other type of multimedia  information) are migrating from traditional delivery  technologies to a full-electronic delivery model.  Incidentally, the same features that make the  management of digital content so easy are also  responsible for the difficulties of selling it  on-line. Digital information as it is can be easily  copied an unlimited number of times and transferred  to an unlimited number of people. Thus it is of  crucial importance for the digital multimedia market  to insure that the holders of intellectual property  over the content are appropriately rewarded and that  only authorized parties can access the valuable  information.   The goal of this work is to describe how to implement  interoperable protection systems by providing a  behavioral description of terminal reactions to given  inputs. This approach will enable the implementation  of Intellectual Property Management and Protection  (IPMP) tools allowing both wide interoperability  among different platforms and rapid reconfiguration  in case of tampering.

Intellectual Property Management and Protection for Multimedia Content

Alberti, Claudio

Computers & Technology

An Evaluation of the Conventional Wisdom on Capital Flow Volatility

Perea, José Ramón

Business & Money

Chief Crowfoot’s plea in 1877 “Take pity on me with regard to …the waters…and do not take them from myself and my children for ever,” indicates that he had no intention of relinquishing their title to the lands and waters of their traditional territories. For this reason, project proponents that have obtained water licences under Alberta’s current water regulations cannot be certain of their tenures. Aboriginal legal issues dominate the list of major risks facing industry in Alberta, Canada regarding project development associated with water. This book explains that Aboriginal and treaty rights to water have not been extinguished by any Crown legislation or policy. Aboriginal and treaty water rights are protected by the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement, 1930 and s.35 of the Canadian Constitution. Because Alberta’s legal regime and consultation policies circumvent the treaty relationship between the Crown and First Nations, they are vulnerable to constitutional challenge. This in-depth analysis will be especially useful to First Nations, legal practitioners, industry, and government executives who need to understand the meaning of Indian treaties and the duty to consult.

"Do not take them from myself and my children forever" - Aboriginal Water Rights in Treaty 7 Territories and the Duty to Consult

Beisel, Vivienne

Boys? underachievement has become a topical issue in recent years. Within the New Zealand primary school that is the focus of this study it was a catalyst for a ?Boys? Project? which encompassed a range of innovations designed to address boys? underachievement by re-culturing the school to make it a more positive environment for them.Literature reveals contrasting and conflicting theoretical perspectives that contribute to the debate around boys? achievement. One perspective accepts that boys and girls are different and schools should be expected to change so that these differences can be accommodated. The alternative perspective suggests that differences between girls and boys should not be viewed as inevitable and that, for boys, schools and society should work to change unhelpful attitudes and behaviours if their learning needs are to be addressed. Boys? underachievement is indeed a complex issue. This research concludes that educational outcomes for boys will be positively affected by a school culture that fosters strong relationships, a focus on learning, and an understanding of how beliefs and attitudes about gender are influential on learning.

Connecting School Culture to Boys' Learning

Education & Teaching

Hyndman, Robert

Schools & Teaching

Species-oriented Model Approaches to Daphnia

Science & Math

Rinke, Karsten

Biological Sciences

Since the ancient past scholars have wondered about the relationship between creative activity and the tangible reward of producing that activity. Does getting paid to be creative have a positive or detrimental effect on the outcome? Recent studies have shown an "overjustification" effect, wherein participants not expecting a reward produce more creative output than those expecting a reward. The goal of the current research was to immunize college students against the overjustification effect, the case in which the expectation of an external reward leads to lowered levels of creativity and intrinsic motivation. Participants received immunization through video and writing activities, then were asked to write two poems with or without the expectation of reward at the end. Participants’ intrinsic motivation was assessed, and their poems were rated for creativity. Participants showed an overjustification effect but the immunization did not produce a significant result. The study contains a substantial overview of the literature on overjustification and immunization and is of interest to anyone working in Educational or Behavioral Psychology.

Reward and Creativity: Immunizing Students Against the Negative Effects of Reward on Creativity

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Jillson, Chris

Psychology & Counseling

Teaching a second language to very young children... Is that a crime? Do their minds get overloaded? Do they get confused by being exposed to two languages? How about the babies who have parents speaking different languages, or those whose parents moved to a foreign country? Is there a common experience or a research that claims bilingual children have remarkable deficiencies? My work is intended to find the answer to these questions. In the first part you can read about theorists and researchers'' findings about language acquisition and bilinguality. In the second half of the book I introduce my own research, which was done in a Budapest kindergarten. On the one hand, I had a great time there, on the other hand, my assumption about the right answer to the questions above was only made stronger.

Introducing English As a Foreign Language in Pre-school Situations

Barzso, Balint

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