Kohti maailman ympäristöhistoriaa

Kirjallisuusarvostelu

Myndighetsperson, själasörjare eller driftkucku : en studie av prästgestalter i svenska romaner 1809–2009

Syftet med avhandlingen är att undersöka hur prästgestalter i svenska romaner skildras. Eftersom sockenprästerna under lång historisk tid har innehaft en långtgående världslig och andlig makt över församlingsborna i kraft av prästämbetet, var och är prästskildringar intressanta för många romanläsare. Prästen som romangestalt har många liknande drag från roman till roman och går att kategorisera. Mitt studium av lutherska prästgestalter i svenska romaner 1809–2009 tar sin utgångspunkt i följande kategorier: Prästen som myndighetsperson (ämbetsbärare, patriark och förebild), som själasörjare (församlingsherde, predikant, biktfader och troskämpe) och prästen som driftkucku (hycklare, hatobjekt och skrattspegel). Avhandlingens teoretiska utgångspunkter tar sikte på skildringen av prästgestalterna och utgår från Blakey Vermeule som har undersökt varför romaner och romangestalter är intressanta för läsaren. Jon Helt Haarder har formulerat teorin om den performativa biografismen som är givande i studiet eftersom många romaner med prästkaraktärer är (själv)biografiska. Med Eric Donald Hirsch Jr. hävdar jag att författaren har betydelse för texten och menar att författarens avsikter med en prästkaraktär kan påverka analysen av karaktärerna. Mitt typologiska studium genom cirka 150 romaner visar hur de humoristiska prästskildringarna finns representerade under hela perioden av 200 år. Tidigare teorier som förbundit vissa prästtyper till litterära epoker, till exempel den hycklande prästen vid det moderna genombrottet i Norden, blir genom min studie modifierade. Ett annat fynd är att prästers utomäktenskapliga förbindelser tenderar att skildras som en svårare synd i senare historiska romaner än i samtida 1800-talsromaner. ---------------------------------------------------------- Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää, miten pappien hahmot eroavat toisistaan ruotsinkielisissä romaaneissa. Koska pitäjän papeilla on pitkään historiassa ollut mittavaa maallista ja hengellistä valtaa seurakuntalaisiin nähden pappisviran puolesta, ovat pappishahmojen eroavaisuudet mielenkiintoisia monille romaanien lukijoille. Papeilla romaanien hahmoina on monia romaanista toiseen toistuvia piirteitä, joita voi kategorisoida. Lähtökohtana tutkielmalleni luterilaisten pappien hahmoista ruotsalaisissa romaaneissa vuosina 1809-2009 ovat seuraavat kategoriat: papit viranomaisina (viranhaltijoina, patriarkkoina ja esikuvina), sielunpaimenina (seurakuntien paimenina, saarnaajina, rippi-isinä ja uskon taistelijoina) sekä papit pilkan kohteena (tekopyhinä, vihan ja naurun kohteina). Väitöskirjan teoreettiset lähtökohdat ottavat näkökulmaa pappishahmojen eroavaisuuksiin, ja pohjautuvat Blakey Vermeulen tutkimukseen siitä, miksi romaanit ja romaanien hahmot ovat mielenkiintoisia lukijalle. Jon Helt Haarder on kehittänyt teorian performatiivisesta elämäkerrallisuudesta, joka on antoisaa tälle tutkielmalle, sillä monet pappishahmoja sisältävät romaanit ovat (oma)elämäkerrallisia. Väitän yhdessä Eric Donald Hirsch Jr.:n kanssa, että kirjailijan persoonalla on merkitystä tekstille, tarkoittaen sitä, että kirjailijan tarkoitusperät pappishahmoa kohtaan voivat vaikuttaa hahmojen analyysiin. Noin 150 romaanin typologinen tutkimukseni osoittaa, kuinka humoristiset pappishahmojen kuvaukset ovat esillä koko kahdensadan vuoden ajanjakson. Tulen käyttämään tutkielmassani muunnelmia aiemmista teorioista, jotka ovat liittäneet tietyt pappishahmojen tyypit kirjalliseen aikakauteen, kuten esimerkiksi tekopyhien pappien esiintulo modernissa läpimurrossa Pohjoismaissa. Toinen löytö on, että pappien avioliittojen ulkopuoliset suhteet ollaan taipuvaisia näkemään vakavampana syntinä myöhemmissä historiallisissa romaaneissa kuin samanaikaisissa 1800-luvun romaaneissa.

Digital Preservation Tools, Practices, and Policies in Islandora

Presentation at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

A Distributed Microservices Framework Integrating Taverna

Presentation at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

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Kirjallisuusarvostelu

Markkinoiden aineellinen konstruointi

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SENSORY ANALYSIS OF A MODEL SYSTEM USING 5'-IMP AND CYSTEINE AT DIFFERENT pH

Sensory analysis was used to get an overall flavour description of a reaction mixtures containing 5'-IMP and Cysteine. Ribose/cysteine systems were used as reference systems. Results from triangle and aroma profiling show a clear correlation between the terms used and the volatile analysis described in literature for these model systems. For instance reactions at pH 3.0 and 4.5 for 5'-IMP/cysteine systems, which were described as "meaty" and "boiled meat" by panellists, presented, in the literature, the higher number of "meaty" compounds in volatile analysis (1, 7, 8, 20) .

1970-71 Curling Team

1970-71 Brock curling team in action. From L to R: Rob Kelly, John Donald, and John Goodwin

1971-72 Varsity Curling

Pictured here from left to right are: Front - John Donald, Greg Reid, Steve Thomas, John Glennie, and Mike Wilder. Back - Ed Davis (Coach). The 1971-72 curling team boasted a number of achievements including being the Niagara Distrcit Major Champions, University of Toronto Bonspiel Champions, and the Ontario University Athletic Association Champions.

Amputation and heat induced protein synthesis in the regenerating forelimb of Notophthalmus viridescens

This thesis compares the responses of regenerating forelimb tissues of the newt Notophthalmu..f vlridescens to the stresses of hyperthermia and ID.echanical injury of amputation. In particular, both quantitative and qualitative changes in the synthesis of soluble proteins in stump tissues, including those of the heat shock protein family (HSP70-1ike) were examined. Results from SDS-PAGEfluorography indicate that the trauma of amputation mimics the heat shock response both quantitatively and temporally in its transient repression of the synthesis of most normal cellular proteins, and qualitatively. in the locaJized expression of two unique proteins (hsp30 and hsp70). Fluorography of proteins separated by twodimensional gets revealed that thelCl4:alizedt amputation induced 70kDa protein (amp70) was distinct from the more basic newt hsp/hsc70 isoforms. Although limb amputation resulted in an increase in the synthesis of HSP70 mRNA analogous to that induced by heat 3.b.OCKf amp70 did not cross-react with murine monoclonal antibodies directed against both the inducible and cognate HSP70 proteins of the human. Thus, the possible relationship of amp70 to other members of the HSP70-1ike protein family remains unclear. Western analyses indicated that the levels of the constitutive form of HSP70 (hsc70) were found to be regulated in a stage-dependent manner in the distal stump tissues of the regen,erating forelimb of the newt. The highest levels were found in the mid-late bud stage, a period during which rapidly dividing blastema cells begin to redifferentiate in a proximodistal direction. Immediately after amputation) hsc70 synthesis and accumulation was depressed below steady-state levels measured in the unamputated limb~ The results are discussed in light of a possible role for HSPs and amputatio~ induced proteins in the epimorphic regeneration of the amphibian limb.

Business leadership in the classroom

This action research assesses a framework that assists business educators in promoting leadership within a classroom. It is designed to better prepare students to assume leadership and fill the "leadership gap" in business. Two classes of 2nd-year community college business students participated in running and managing their own business community as teams of sales professionals by developing and practicing their own individual leadership for 28 weeks during their sales courses. The intent was to assess the development of leadership resulting from the implementation of the "Business Leadership in the Classroom" framework. This framework balances leadership principles to simulate a business environment with the practical elements of a learning community under the facilitation of an experienced business educator. The action research approach was used to assess and adjust approaches to business leadership on a continuous basis throughout the research. Data were collected from 61 students based on journals, surveys, peer group reviews, and my (facilitator) reflective journal.The findings reveal that both individual and collective business leadership views and practical skills developed over time. A business leadership mind-set evolved that ranged from a general awareness of the importance of leadership, to a conscious and deliberate use of individual leadership. Areas important in building a progression of leadership included: leadership teams, membership roles, weekly leadership teams, peer feedback, and activity-based learning. Emerging themes included leadership, leadership style, teamwork, as well as influence and motivation. The research framework was effective in supporting the development of business leadership but required some adjustments. These included increased structure and feedback mechanisms. Interpretation of the findings demonstrates the importance of real-world practical education in the classroom. Results show how focusing on a single mind-set such as business leadership, can result in enormous individual growth and development. When business students are encouraged to act as real businesspeople, managing their own learning, the results are effective in preparing them for the business world. All participants expressed their leadership in different ways based on personality and individual strengths. There was an overwhelming and, in some cases, passionate interest in leadership. The use of action research with a range of data collection methods provides a way to measure and track individual student learning and to generate adjustments to the research framework design and learning approaches. The findings generate implications and recommendations to continue this research further. Key recommendations center around how to ensure leadership development is sustained, including improved approaches to heighten the real-world feel of the classroom. Specifically, the use of leadership goals and action plans for each individual participant and an active use of outside business resource people as contacts for participants is recommended.

Education, sport and myth in the community of Glengarry, Ontario : the athletic career of Roderick R. McLennan. 260 St. Catharines, Ont. : Faculty of Education, Brock University ;

This study examined how the athletic career of Roderick R. McLennan contributed to the popularization and subsequent development of Caledonian games in Ontario during the latter nineteenth century. Initially, the development of Caledonian games during the 1800s was examined to provide a contextual framework for McLennan's career. This investigation revealed that the games emerged from rural athletic events at pioneer working bees in the first quarter of the nineteenth century to regional sporting events by the mid-1800s, and finally into annual federated Caledonian games in 1870. Noteworthy primary source material for this chapter included the John MacGillivray Papers at the National Archives of Canada, the Scottish American Journal (NY) and the files retained by the Glengarry Sport Hall of Fame in Maxville, Ontario. Following the investigation of Caledonian games, McLennan's early athletic career was studied. Analysis of the Roderick and Farquhar McLennan Papers at the Archives of Ontario and the newspapers from the period revealed that McLennan rose to popularity in 1865 through a "Championship of the World" hammer throwing match in Cornwall and two "Starring Tours". The next chapter examined the height of McLennan's career through an investigation of the Roderick McLennan versus Donald Dinnie rivalry of the early .. n 1870s. It was detennined that the rivalry between McLennan and Dinnie, the champion athlete of Highland games in Scotland, was a popular attraction and had an impact on the Toronto and Montreal games of 1870 and the Toronto games of 1872. Finally, the athletic records established by McLennan during the 1860s and 1870s were investigated. These records were examined through the context of a media controversy over McLennan's feats that developed in the early 1880s between two newspapers. This controversy erupted between the Toronto Mail and the Spirit of the Times. Caledonian games in Canada have only been briefly examined and a thorough examination of prominent Canadian figures in this context has yet to be undertaken. This study unearths a prominent Canadian athlete of Scottish decent and details his involvement in the Caledonian games of nineteenth century Ontario.

Habitat selection of three rodents in a frequently burned boreal environment : productivity and habitat diversity

How does fire affect the plant and animal community of the boreal forest? This study attempted to examine the changes in plant composition and productivity, and small mammal demography brought about by fire in the northern boreal environment at Chick Lake, N.W.T. (65053fN, 128°14,W). Two 5*6 ha plots measuring 375m x 150m were selected for study during the summers of 1973 and 197^. One had been unburned for 120 years, the other was part of a fire which burned in the spring of 1969. Grids of 15m x 15m were established in each plot and meter square quadrats taken at each of the 250 grid intersections in order to determine plant composition and density. Aerial primary production was assessed by clipping and drying 80 samples of terminal new production for each species under investigation. Small mammal populations were sampled by placing a Sherman live trap at each grid intersection for ten days in every month. The two plots were similar in plant species composition which suggested that most regrowth in the burned area was from rootstocks which survived the fire. The plant data were submitted to a cluster analysis that revealed nine separate species associations, six of which occured in the burned area and eight of which occured in the control. These were subsequently treated as habitats for purposes of comparison with small mammal distributions. The burned area showed a greater productivity in flowers and fruits although total productivity in the control area was higher due to a large contribution from the non-vascular component. Maximum aerial productivity as dry wieght was measured at 157.1 g/m and 207.8 g/m for the burn and control respectively. Microtus pennsylvanicus and Clethrionomys rutilus were the two most common small mammals encountered; Microtus xanthognathus, Synaptomys borealis, and Phenacomys intermedius also occured in the area. Populations of M. pennsylvanicus and C. rutilus were high during the summer of 1973; however, M. pennsylvanicus was rare on the control but abundant on the burn, while C. rutilus was rare on the burn but abundant in the control. During the summer of 197^ populations declined, with the result that few voles of any species were caught in the burn while equal numbers of the two species were caught in the control. During the summer of 1973 M. pennsylvanicus showed a positive association to the most productive habitat type in the burn which was avoided by C. rutilus. In the control £• rutilus showed a similar positive association to the most productive habitat type which was avoided by M. pennsylvanicus. In all cases for the high population year of 1973# the two species never overlapped in habitat preference. When populations declined in 197^f "both species showed a strong association for the most productive habitat in the control. This would suggest that during a high population year, an abundant species can exclude competitors from a chosen habitat, but that this dominance decreases as population levels decrease. It is possible that M. pennsylvanicus is a more efficient competitor in a recently burned environment, while C. rutilus assumes this role once non-vascular regrowth becomes extensive.

Marketing Brock University in the 1980's: assessing freshman student feedback in strategic planning approach

Universities have entered a period of rapid change and upheaval due to an external environment beyond their control which includes shifting demographic patterns, accelerating technology, funding shortages, and keener competition for students. Strategic planning, a comprehensive vision which challenges universities to take bold and creative measures to meet the threats and opportunities of the future, is an institutional imperative in the 1980's. This paper examines freshman student feedback in an effort to incorporate this important element into a strategic plan for Brock University, a small, predominantly liberal arts university in St. Catharines, Ontario. The study was designed to provide information on the characteristics of the 1985-86 pool of freshman registrants: their attitudes towards Brock's recruitment measures, their general university priorities, and their influences in regard to university selection (along with other demographical and attitudinal data). A survey involving fixed-alternative questions of a subjective and objective nature was administered in two large freshman classes at Brock in which a broad cross-section of academic programs was anticipated. Computer analysis of the data for the 357 respondents included total raw frequencies and rounded percentages, as well as subgroup cross-tabulation by geographic home area of respondent, academic major, and high school graduating average. The four directional hypotheses put forward were all substantiatied by the survey data, indicating that 1) the university's current recruitment program had been a positive influence during their university search 2) parents were the most influential group in the students' decisions related to university 3) respondents viewed institutional reputation as less of a priority than an enjoyable university lifestyle in a personal learning atmosphere 4) students had a decided preference for co-operative study and internship programs. Strategic planning recommendations included a reduction in the faculty/student ratio through faculty hirings to restore the close rapport between professors and students, increased recruitment presentations in Ontario high schools to enlarge the applicant pool, creation of an Office of Co-operative Study and Internship Programs, institutional emphasis on a "customer orientation", and an extension of research into student demographics and attitudinal data.