Hādhihi nabdhah muḥtawīyah ʻalá baʻḍ manāqib al-ghawth al-shahīr wa-al-quṭub al-munīr /

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Nad Kodatsʹkym porohom (pro hetʹmana Ivana Sulymu); istorychne opovidannia.

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Mana : der begriff des "ausserordentlich wirkungsvollen" bei Südseevölkern /

"Anmerkungen": p.[115]-131.

The goede vrouw of Mana-ha-ta at home and in society, 1609-1760,

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Publichnyi︠a︡ lekt︠s︡īi o. professorov Geĭmana, Rulʹe, Solovʹeva, Granovskago i Shevyreva : chitany v 1851 godu v Imperatorskom Moskovskom universiteti︠e︡.

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Kitāb Manār al-hudá fī bayān al-waqf wa-al-ibtidāʾ [microform] /

Microfilm.

Itinéraire de Constantinople à la Mecque : extrait de l'ouvrage turc intitulé Kitab menassik el-hadj Kitāb manāsik al-ḥajj : livre des prières et des cérémonies relatives au pélerinage imprimé en 1232 (1816-17) /

With notes by Barbié du Bocage and Jomard.

Hādhā Kitāb Rawḍat al-nāẓirīn wa-khulāṣat manāqib al-ṣāliḥīn [microform] /

Caption title.

Evaluation of visual stress symptoms in Age-matched Dyslexic, Meares–Irlen syndrome (MIS) and normal adults

AIM To examine the prevalence of dyslexia and Meares–Irlen syndrome (MIS) among female students and determine their level of visual stress in comparison with normal subjects. METHODS A random sample of 450 female medical students of King Saud University Riyadh (age range, 18 - 30 years) responded to a wide range of questions designed to accomplish the aims of this study. The detailed questionnaire consisted of 54 questions with twelve questions enquiring on ocular history and demography of participants while 42 questions were on visual symptoms. Items were categorized into; critical and non-critical questions (CQ and NCQ) and were rated on four point Likert scale. Based on the responses obtained, the subjects were grouped into normal (control), dyslexic with or without MIS (Group 1) and subjects with MIS only (Group 2). Responses were analysed as averages and mean scores were calculated and compared between-groups using one way analysis of variance to evaluate total (TVSS = NCQ + CQ), critical and non-critical visual stress scores. The relationship between categorical variables such as age, handedness and condition were assessed with Chi- Square test. RESULTS The completion rate was 96.8% and majority of the respondents (92%) were normal readers, 2% dyslexic and 6% had MIS. They were age-matched. More than half of the participants had visited an eye care practitioner in the last 2yrs. About 13% were recommended eye exercises and one participant experienced pattern glare. Hand preference was not associated with any condition but Group 1 subjects (3/9, 33%) were significantly more likely to be diagnosed of lazy eye than Group 2 (2/27, 7%) and control (27/414, 5%) subjects. The mean ± SD of TVSS responses were 63 ± 14 but it was 44 ± 9 for CQ and 19 ± 5 for NCQ. Responses from all three variables were normally distributed but the CQ responses were on the average more positive (82%) in Group 2 and less positive (46%) in Group 1 than control. With NCQ, the responses were equally less positive in Group 1 and 2 than control. Group 2 subjects showed significantly higher TVSS (P = 0.002), NCQ (P = 0.006) and CQ (P = 0.008) visual stress scores than control but no difference between Group 1 and control subjects, was observed for all scores (P > 0.05, for all comparisons). CONCLUSION The prevalence of dyslexia and MIS among Saudi female students was 2 and 6%, respectively. Critical questions performed best for assessing visual stress symptoms in dyslexic and MIS subjects. Generally, students with MIS were more sensitive to visual stress than normal students but dyslexics were more likely to present with a lazy eye than MIS and normal readers.

Eru Ilúvatar : Jumala J.R.R. Tolkienin legendariumissa

The purpose of my research is to inquire into the essence and activity of God in the legendarium of the English philologist and writer J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973). The legendarium, composed of Tolkien’s writings related to Middle-earth, was begun when he created two Elvish languages, Quenya based on Finnish, Sindarin based on Welsh. Tolkien developed his mythology inspired by Germanic myths and The Kalevala. It is a fictional ancient history set in our world. The legendarium is monotheistic: God is called Eru ‘The One’ and Ilúvatar ‘Father of All’. Eru is the same as the Christian God, for Tolkien wanted to keep his tales consistent with his faith. He said his works were Christian by nature, with the religious element absorbed into the story and the symbolism. In The Silmarillion, set in the primeval ages of Middle-earth, the theological aspects are more conspicuous, while in The Lord of the Rings, which brings the stories to an end, they are mostly limited to symbolic references. The legendarium is unified by its realistic outlook on creaturely abilities and hope expressing itself as humbly defiant resistance. ”The possibility of complexity or of distinctions in the nature of Eru” is a part of the legendarium. Eru Ilúvatar is Trinitarian, as per Tolkien’s faith. Without contextual qualifiers, Eru seems to refer to God the Father, like God in the Bible. Being the creator who dwells outside the world is attributed to Him. The Holy Spirit is the only Person of the Trinity bestown with names: the Flame Imperishable and the Secret Fire. When Eru creates the material world with His word, He sends the Flame Imperishable to burn at the heart of the world. The Secret Fire signifies the Creative Power that belongs to God alone, and is a part of Him. The Son, the Word, is not directly mentioned, but according to one writing Eru must step inside the world in order to save it from corruption, yet remain outside it at the same time. The inner structure of the legendarium refers to the need for a future salvation. The creative word of Eru, “Eä! Let these things Be!”, probably has a connection with the Logos in Christianity. Thus we can find three “distinctions” in Eru: a Creator who dwells outside the world, a Sustainer who dwells inside it and a Redeemer who shall step inside it. Some studies of Tolkien have claimed that Eru is distant and remote. This seems to hold water only partially. Ilúvatar, the Father of All, has a special relation with the Eruhíni, His Children, the immortal Elves and the mortal Men. He communicates with them directly only through the Valar, who resemble archangels. Nevertheless, only the Children of Eru can fight against evil, because their tragic fortunes turn evil into good. Even though religious activities are scarce among them, the fundamental faith and ultimate hope of the “Free Peoples” is directed towards Eru. He is present in the drama of history as the “Author of the Story”, who at times also interferes with its course through catastrophes and eucatastrophes, ‘good catastrophes’. Eru brings about a catastrophe when evil would otherwise bring good to an end, and He brings about a eucatasrophe when creaturely strength is not sufficent for victory. Victory over corruption is especially connected with mortal Men, of whom the most (or least) insignificant people are the Hobbits. However, because of the “primeval disaster” (that is, fall) of Mankind, ultimate salvation can only remain open, a hope for the far future.

On concave univalent functions

We consider functions that map the open unit disc conformally onto the complement of an unbounded convex set with opening angle pa, a ? (1, 2], at infinity. In this paper, we show that every such function is close-to-convex of order (a - 1) and is included in the set of univalent functions of bounded boundary rotation. Many interesting consequences of this result are obtained. We also determine the extreme points of the set of concave functions with respect to the linear structure of the Hornich space.

On the images of Sobolev spaces under the heat kernel transform on the Heisenberg group

The aim of this paper is to obtain certain characterizations for the image of a Sobolev space on the Heisenberg group under the heat kernel transform. We give three types of characterizations for the image of a Sobolev space of positive order H-m (H-n), m is an element of N-n, under the heat kernel transform on H-n, using direct sum and direct integral of Bergmann spaces and certain unitary representations of H-n which can be realized on the Hilbert space of Hilbert-Schmidt operators on L-2 (R-n). We also show that the image of Sobolev space of negative order H-s (H-n), s(> 0) is an element of R is a direct sum of two weighted Bergman spaces. Finally, we try to obtain some pointwise estimates for the functions in the image of Schwartz class on H-n under the heat kernel transform. (C) 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

Sound radiation from a perforated panel set in a baffle with a different perforation ratio

A finite flexible perforated panel set in a differently perforated rigid baffle is considered. The radiation efficiency from such a panel is derived using a 2-D wavenumber domain formulation. This generalization is later used to represent a more practical case of a perforated panel fixed in an unperforated baffle. The perforations are in the form of an array of uniformly distributed circular holes. A complex impedance model for the holes available in the literature is used. An averaged fluid particle velocity is derived using the continuity equation and the surface pressure is derived using an appropriate momentum equation. The discontinuity in the perforate impedance (due to different hole dimensions or perforation ratio) at the panel-baffle interface is carefully taken into account. It is found that there exists a `coupling' of different wavenumbers of the spatially mean fluid particle velocity field. The change in the resonance frequencies and the modeshapes of the panel due to the perforations is taken into account using the Receptance method. Analytical expressions for the radiated power and radiation efficiency are derived in an integral form and numerical results are presented. Several comparisons are made to understand the radiation efficiency curves. Since both the resistive and reactive components of the hole impedance are taken into account, the model is directly applicable to micro-perforated panels also. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Evaluación de hongos entomopatogenos sobre plagas claves en el cultivo del arroz (Julio a octubre del 2000)

Con el objetivo de evaluar el efecto de tres cepas de hongos entomopatógenos formuladas en polvo y aceite, sobre las poblaciones del chinche de la espiga del arroz Oebalus insularis (Stal), la novia del arroz Rupela albinella (Cramer) y el saltamonte Conocephalus sp se realizó un experimento en condiciones de campo y laboratorio durante Agosto a Diciembre del 2000. A nivel de laboratorio se evaluaron las cepas 38, 64, 114 y 121 de Beauveria bassiana (Bals), sobre la mortalidad del chinche, las cepas evaluadas a nivel de campo fueron 114 y 121 también de Beauveria bassiana(Bals) y la cepa Niña bonita de Metarhizium anisopliae (Metch); se evaluó además la mezcla de las cepas Ma-NB más Bb-121, comparadas con una parcela sin aplicación de hongos y uso de Metamidofos. Se utilizó el umbral de 0.6 chinches en 10 redadas para realizar las aplicaciones, los muestreos se realizaron cada se mana, iniciando antes de la floración hasta finalizar el período de protección de espiga. Se seleccionaron cinco sitios al azar en cada tratamiento y se registró el número de plagas capturadas. Se inició con una aplicación preventiva del hongo, cuando se observó entre el 5 y 10% de floración, posteriormente fueron aplicados cuando se alcanzó el umbral de daño. Los resultados obtenidos indican que los tratamientos tuvieron un comportamiento similar, se encontró diferencias significativas entre las poblaciones de plagas en las fechas de muestreo (P:0.0001); sin embargo, se pudo observar que las cepas Ma-N B y Bb-114 formuladas en polvo iniciaron con la mayor población y al final del ciclo la incidencia de la plagas en dichas parcelas fue un poco menor que en las demás. En cambio los tratamientos Ma-NB + Bb-121 y Bb-114 formuladas en aceite presentaron poblaciones de la plaga ligeramente mayores que los demás tratamientos. Las cepas Bb-114 y Ma-NB, así como la mezcla de ambas, formuladas en polvo, en concentraciones de 10 12 conidias/ml son promisorias para el manejo de las plagas objeto de estudio. A nivel de laboratorio las cepas que se comportaron mejor fueron la 64 y 114 de Beauveria bassiana.