... The purpose of this chapter isto set the scene ofthe thesis Firstly, a research context and critique ofthe study of medieval city walls in the Holy Land (see section 1.2) is offered This is ... occupations during the Frankish era, thus leading me to choose these sites as the major case studies of this thesis It was later decided that a full analysis of Jerusalem s walls was unnecessary and ... thesis s aims, effectively by-passing the research rut 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTION AND AIMS This then leads us tothe central question of this thesis: what were the social and military functions of...
... Nowadays, finding covered songs are so easy, they appear in most CDs of most singers “Music cover” is not a new concept Most singers choose to cover a song of other musicians or singers to make their ... exposure to all types of students in other university, NEU students are theperfect entity to take the research The study illustrates the effects of music cover and NEU students’ behaviors towards the ... at all So what is an exactly concept of “music cover”? To have a clear concept about this issue, the study was done It gives some reasons for people s answers The paper is finished by researching...
... more use of specialists or even higher hospital admission rates)? A third issue is whether there will be substantial growth in the number of visits by elderly people who perceive themselves to be ... variables in the logistic regression model, and for age and sex We chose sets of measures from the NPHS to provide various perspectives on the health status of Canada s elderly population: (1) the ... systems will be prepared to deal with the health problems ofthe elderly population in the future Self-assessed health status It is customary in population health surveys to ask respondents to...
... adapted system is probably more adapted tothe acoustic characteristics of these speakers than tothe state Motherese itself Furthermore, it has to be noted that the test set (Mont M) is rather small ... NMDS The more likely the classes are to be confused by the human labellers, the closer they are in this arrangement The quality ofthe NMDS result is given in Figure 1; it is assessed using Kruskal s ... are discarded for experiments presented in this paper The samples ofthe subset Ohm N (479 chunks) are chosen randomly from the 7383 available neutral chunks The subset Ohm base consists of the...
... came to Sir Alastair when he stood at his kitchen sink washing dishes The float process gives a distortion-free glass of uniform quality with bright, fire-polished surfaces Savings in costs are ... for the artist the act of careful analytical observation is only part ofthe story Ideas and emotions are fused into the paint in the heat of inspiration What the artist knows and feels is married ... correct Every man starts with all there is Everything is here – the essence and substance of all there is. ’ The potential materials – the elements, constituents or substances of which something can...
... of bank stock returns 1001 of factor risk premia For the sample of banks used in this study the above analysis establishes the significance ofthe sensitivity of bank stock returns tothe assumed ... presents the multifactor model and discusses several issues associated with its use The micro international banking model is presented in section andthe empirical results on the sensitivity of bank ... vector of risk factors with mean zero and unitary variance, Sis a matrix ofthe sensitivity coefficients tothe risk factors, and z is a vector of idiosyncratic terms which are mean zero and serially...
... came to Sir Alastair when he stood at his kitchen sink washing dishes The float process gives a distortion-free glass of uniform quality with bright, fire-polished surfaces Savings in costs are ... for the artist the act of careful analytical observation is only part ofthe story Ideas and emotions are fused into the paint in the heat of inspiration What the artist knows and feels is married ... correct Every man starts with all there is Everything is here – the essence and substance of all there is. ’ The potential materials – the elements, constituents or substances of which something can...
... correct Every man starts with all there is Everything is here – the essence and substance of all there is. ’ The potential materials – the elements, constituents or substances of which something can ... we humans cannot make anything out of nothing Once, a distinguished visitor to Henry Ford s auto plants met him after an exhaustive tour ofthe factory The visitor was lost in wonder and admiration ... from studying the uses of reflected sound waves from bats The way a clam shell opens suggested the design for aircraft cargo doors The built-in system weakness ofthe pea pod suggested a way of...
... came to Sir Alastair when he stood at his kitchen sink washing dishes The float process gives a distortion-free glass of uniform quality with bright, fire-polished surfaces Savings in costs are ... The essential ingredients ofthe story are as follows Tull was confronted with a problem and dissatisfied with the existing solutions to it Suddenly a spark jumped between the problem and his ... because ofthe need for grinding and polishing surfaces to get a brilliant finish Pilkington s proprietary process eliminated this final manufacturing stage by floating the glass, after it is cast...
... Sherlock to his assistant Dr Watson in one of their cases At the lowest level it implies the ability to see what is actually in front of you As scientists know, this is not as easy as it sounds It is ... for the artist the act of careful analytical observation is only part ofthe story Ideas and emotions are fused into the paint in the heat of inspiration What the artist knows and feels is married ... hearer only hears what the other person is saying; a listener discovers the real import of their words The act of comprehension, then, should come before the process of analysis and evaluation...
... questions.’ Never miss a chance to shut up The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent ‘It isthe province of knowledge to speak, and it isthe province of wisdom to listen’, said Oliver ... thus have been kept active through use The loss of these tastes is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious tothe intellect, and more probably tothe moral character, by enfeebling the ... you may discover ideas, practices, facts or technologies in these distant times and places that suddenly connect with your present interests and concerns You may be surprised to discover the unexpected...
... great discovery is made without a bold guess’, said Isaac Newton I have emphasized the words above in italics because this kind of exploratory thinking does need to be sharply distinguished from ... his reach He mixes this thing with his normal experience, and out ofthe mixture he makes a work of art.’ Obviously some vocations – authors, inventors, playwrights, scientists and composers ... analysing, synthesizing and valuing And when it has done its work it sometimes – not unlike a computer – prints out its findings or solutions into our consciousness Of course these ‘printouts’ are...
... process (as psychological analysts have constantly attempted to do), still less a system It is not a stately procession from analysis to synthesis, and from synthesis to evaluation The nearest ... sensible bodies he is studying andto let them answer for themselves It isthe chemist s job to observe and report the answers with minimal distortion; only then can he attempt to interpret them.’ ... unconsciousness of man isthe consciousness ofGod There is a dark Inscrutable workmanship that reconciles Discordant elements, makes them cling together In one society William Wordsworth 76 Art of Creative...
... praise nor blame isthe object of true criticism Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe and honestly to be aware – these are the true aims and duties of criticism To ... simple? Is it true? Is it beautiful? Is it useful? Is it practicable? Is it commercial? A person is judged not by his or her answers but by the questions they ask To raise new questions, new possibilities, ... the wing’ Any sensible person should, of course, be open tothe criticism of others It is one ofthe offices of a friend, if no one else, to offer you constructive criticism about your work and...
... down the steps of his wine cellar to fetch a bottle for some guests, he promptly abandoned his errand The bemused guests discovered him some time later hard at work in his study! Quite why sleep ... constellations of brain cells There may be some sort of shaking up ofthe kaleidoscope, resulting in new patterns forming in the mine shafts ofthe mind We just not know This ignorance of how the ... relationship between the two concepts of creative thinking and creativity is suggested by dividing them into two distinct phases: thinking precedes making But in most instances this separation is entirely...
... strangeness see familiarity and strangeness suspending judgement 89–92 and criticism 90–91 key points for 92 synthesis 75 switching off see drifting, waiting and obeying testing assumptions see ... enlargement ofthe eye of a fly, and that gave him the general lines for the vault Linear motors 10 Ball -and- socket joints 11 Magnifying glasses 12 The arch Possibly the Eskimos were the first to use the ... thinking is still relevant to you For our lives are unfinished creations Shaping and transforming the raw materials of our lives and circumstances is endlessly interesting and often challenging Almost...
... characteristics of teaching CPGs; although some ofthe associations were statistically significant, they were not consistent enough to support our hypothesis Conclusion The findings of this study ... regression analyses in orderto identify factors that are associated with the characteristics ofthe teaching of CPGs We used logistic models with each ofthe options for the characteristics ofthe teaching ... residency programs The main limitation of this study isthe potential for selection bias with a response rate of 52% This response rate, however, is consistent with the mean response rate of...
... characteristics of teaching CPGs; although some ofthe associations were statistically significant, they were not consistent enough to support our hypothesis Conclusion The findings of this study ... regression analyses in orderto identify factors that are associated with the characteristics ofthe teaching of CPGs We used logistic models with each ofthe options for the characteristics ofthe teaching ... residency programs The main limitation of this study isthe potential for selection bias with a response rate of 52% This response rate, however, is consistent with the mean response rate of...
... provided The discussion on those results has been given in this chapter as well Chapter Seven presents how the DSSSSM was established This includes the processes and methods of establishment of weighting ... weighting system, rating system and aggregation After the DSSSSM is constructed, the DSSSSM and how to apply the DSSSSM are explained The DSSSSM validation method and results are provided in this chapter ... whether the frame recommended by the DSSSSM was consistent with the actual choice made by experts The results showed that this system is robust andisof practical use This study showed that the...
... answered me and sent me his works Here isthe summary of some extracts from them: "Jesus Christ is my Lord and teacher," says Ballou in one of his essays exposing the inconsistency of Christians who ... on the history ofthe question of nonresistance to evil; then ofthe views of this question maintained by spiritual critics, that is, by professed believers in the Christian religion, and also ... hundreds of thousands of one 's fellow-men, to outrage women, to raze and burn towns, andto practice every possible cruelty? It is time to dismiss all these false sentimentalities It isthe truest...