Kitāb al-Anwār wa-al-asrār al-mushīr ilá ʻilm al-taksīr : manuscript, undated

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين والحمد لله المتعال الكريم ... :Incipit

Hādhihi risālat Ṣiḥāḥ al-nuqūl fī radd al-fatwá bi-ṭahārat al-kuḥūl / lil-ʻĀlim al-Fāḍil ... al-Shaykh Muḥammad ʻAṭāʼ al-Kasm : manuscript, 1904

Paginated 1-24.

Hādhihī al-risālah Naṣīḥat al-ikhwān fī ṣawm Rajab wa-Shaʻbān wa-Ramaḍān / taʼlīf al-Shaykh al-ʻĀlim al-ʻĀllāmah al-ʻUmdah al-Fahhāmah al-Shaykh Ismāʻīl al-Jarrāḥī al-ʻAjlūnī : manuscript, undated

Holograph copy.

Mecmua : manuscript, undated

1. Turkish letter samples (ff. 1v-10v) -- 2. Risālah fī bayān ḥurmat shurb dukhān al-tunbāk / Mawlānā ʻAbd al-Nāfiʻ (ff. 11v-19v) -- 3. Risālah fī lubs al-aḥmar al-baḥt / Shaykh Qāsim (ff. 20v-21v) -- 4. Excerpt from Ibn al-ʻArabī (ff. 23v-24r) -- 5. Excerpt from Ayyuhā al-walad of al-Ghazzālī (ff. 26v-28r) -- 6. Excerpt from Kitāb Laṭāʼif al-adabīyah (ff. 30r-32r) -- 7. Şerh-i Hilyeti'n-Nebî (ff. 33r-35v) -- 8. Sharḥ Jannat al-asmāʼ wa-al-āyāt Allāh [sic] (ff. 35v-38v) -- 9. Fetvâlar (ff. 39v-96v) -- 10. ??? (ff. 98r-103v) -- 11. Persian and Turkish poems (ff. 104r-133r) -- 12. Manzume-i Nidâî Kaysûnîzâde (ff. 134v-157v) -- 13. Excerpts, hadiths and fatwas (ff. 158r-162r) -- Mā jāʼa fī ṭarīq al-taṣawwuf wa-arkānihi (ff. 162v-164v).

هذه رسالة الابحاث الملخصة في حكم كي الحمصة / لعبد الغني الشهير بابن النابلسي : مخطوطة، 1813

Unbound.

Hādhihi risālat al-Aḥkām al-mulakhkhaṣah fī ḥukm māʼ al-ḥimmaṣah / li-Mawlā al-Shaykh Ḥasan al-Shurunbulālī : manuscript, 1813

Copy completed on 3 Muḥarram 1229 [December 26, 1813] from the autograph copy of the author.

Salāt-i Masʻūdī : manuscript, 1298-1299 [i.e. 1881-1882]

A manuscript treatise on prayer, ablution, alms, fasting, divorce, etc. The first volume opens with a chapter on "Tawḥīd", i.e. Islamic theology. This is followed by a chapter on Abū Ḥanīfah and his school of law.

A Comparison of the Impacts of Lithium Extraction and Lithium Recycling Processes

Lithium is used in the cathode and electrolyte of rechargeable batteries in many portable electronics and electric vehicles, and is thus seen as a critical component of modern technology (Gruber et al., 2011). Electric vehicles are promoted as a way to reduce carbon emissions associated with the transportation sector, which accounts for 14.3% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (OECD International Transport Forum, 2010). However, the sustainability of lithium procurement will influence the overall environmental impact of this proposed “green” solution. It is estimated that 66% of the world’s lithium resource is contained in natural brines, 24% in pegmatites, and 8% in sedimentary rocks such as hectorite clays (Gruber et al., 2011). It has been shown that “[r]ecycling of lithium from Li-ion batteries may be a critical factor in balancing the supply of lithium with future demand” (Gruber et al., 2011). In an attempt to quantify energy and materials consumption associated with production of a unit of useful lithium compounds, industry reports and peer-reviewed scientific literature concerning lithium mining and lithium recycling were reviewed and compared. Other aspects of sustainability, such as waste or by-products produced in the production of a unit of useful lithium, were also explored. Thus, this paper will serve to further the evaluation of the comparative environmental consequences associated with lithium production via extraction versus recycling. Efficiencies must be made in both processes to maximize productivity while minimizing ecological harm.

Reciprocal Prospective Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Perceived Relationship With Parents in Early Adolescence

Objective: Adolescent depressive symptoms are associated with difficult family relationships. Family systems and interpersonal theories of depression suggest that this association could reflect a circular process in which symptoms and family functioning affect each other over time. Few longitudinal studies have tested this hypothesis, and the results of these studies have been equivocal. In this study, we examine reciprocal prospective associations in early adolescence between depressive symptoms and 2 important aspects of parent–child relationships: communication and conflict. Methods: Participants were 3862 students who annually filled out self-reports. Path analysis was used to examine prospective associations between depressive symptoms and perceived communication and conflict with parents from the age of 12 to 13 and 14 to 15 years. Independence of these associations was assessed by controlling for family context (parental separation and family socioeconomic status) and adolescent behaviour problems (delinquent behaviours and substance use). Sex differences were evaluated with multiple group analysis. Results: Reciprocal prospective associations were found between depressive symptoms and perceived conflict with parents, but not between depressive symptoms and communication with parents. Depressive symptoms were found to predict poorer communication with parents over time, but communication was not predictive of lower depressive symptoms in subsequent years. All paths were sex-invariant and independent from family context and behaviour problems. Conclusion: This study highlights the importance of considering the potential impact of adolescent symptomatology on parent–child relationships and suggests that reciprocity may characterize the association between depressive symptoms and negative aspects of parent–child relationships. The role of adolescent perceptions in the interplay between depressive symptoms and family relationships remains to be clarified.

The Catholic Identity of Malta after Ten Years of Membership in the European Union: Challenges and Prospects. Occasional Paper 2/2014

Introduction. Ten years have elapsed since Malta’s accession in the European Union. One can still recall vividly the intense and acrimonious campaign prior to the membership referendum and the ensuing electoral victory that confirmed the Nationalist Party (PN) in power under the leadership of Edward Fenech Adami in 2003. In both cases the Maltese voted in favour of entry into the EU. During both exercises in democracy the Maltese were exposed to the rhetoric of both prophets of doom and prophets of plenty. For the former accession meant a loss of national and territorial independence, for the latter it meant the beginning of opportunity for all and, in some cases, the answer to all of Malta’s woes. Now, ten years later, a further appraisal of Malta’s membership and place in the European Union is called for. The purpose of this paper, however, is to reflect upon how this membership has affected the Roman Catholic Church in Malta and what prospects lie ahead for the Catholic community within Maltese society that remains in a state of constant flux on both the social and the religious level. It traces the major events that have accelerated the transformation of Malta into a secular society. The paper describes how these events, together with pressures that are being brought to bear by secular movements upon Maltese society, are profoundly affecting its Catholic identity and redrawing its moral landscape. It also discusses ways and means by which the Catholic Church in Malta can address these challenges and contribute towards the construction of a more humane Maltese society. In order to achieve this, it must first and foremost remain a coherent witness of a faith that is forever alive, dynamic and relevant.

Reciprocal Prospective Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Perceived Relationship With Parents in Early Adolescence

Objective: Adolescent depressive symptoms are associated with difficult family relationships. Family systems and interpersonal theories of depression suggest that this association could reflect a circular process in which symptoms and family functioning affect each other over time. Few longitudinal studies have tested this hypothesis, and the results of these studies have been equivocal. In this study, we examine reciprocal prospective associations in early adolescence between depressive symptoms and 2 important aspects of parent–child relationships: communication and conflict. Methods: Participants were 3862 students who annually filled out self-reports. Path analysis was used to examine prospective associations between depressive symptoms and perceived communication and conflict with parents from the age of 12 to 13 and 14 to 15 years. Independence of these associations was assessed by controlling for family context (parental separation and family socioeconomic status) and adolescent behaviour problems (delinquent behaviours and substance use). Sex differences were evaluated with multiple group analysis. Results: Reciprocal prospective associations were found between depressive symptoms and perceived conflict with parents, but not between depressive symptoms and communication with parents. Depressive symptoms were found to predict poorer communication with parents over time, but communication was not predictive of lower depressive symptoms in subsequent years. All paths were sex-invariant and independent from family context and behaviour problems. Conclusion: This study highlights the importance of considering the potential impact of adolescent symptomatology on parent–child relationships and suggests that reciprocity may characterize the association between depressive symptoms and negative aspects of parent–child relationships. The role of adolescent perceptions in the interplay between depressive symptoms and family relationships remains to be clarified.

Definition and diagnostic criteria of sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy

The syndrome known as nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy is recognized worldwide and has been studied in a wide range of clinical and scientific settings (epilepsy, sleep medicine, neurosurgery, pediatric neurology, epidemiology, genetics). Though uncommon, it is of considerable interest to practicing neurologists because of complexity in differential diagnosis from more common, benign sleep disorders such as parasomnias, or other disorders like psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Moreover, misdiagnosis can have substantial adverse consequences on patients' lives. At present, there is no consensus definition of this disorder and disagreement persists about its core electroclinical features and the spectrum of etiologies involved. To improve the definition of the disorder and establish diagnostic criteria with levels of certainty, a consensus conference using formal recommended methodology was held in Bologna in September 2014. It was recommended that the name be changed to sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (SHE), reflecting evidence that the attacks are associated with sleep rather than time of day, the seizures may arise from extrafrontal sites, and the motor aspects of the seizures are characteristic. The etiology may be genetic or due to structural pathology, but in most cases remains unknown. Diagnostic criteria were developed with 3 levels of certainty: witnessed (possible) SHE, video-documented (clinical) SHE, and video-EEG-documented (confirmed) SHE. The main research gaps involve epidemiology, pathophysiology, treatment, and prognosis.

A calm inquiry into all the objections made to the educational provisions of the factory bill, exhibiting the nature, tendency and object of the new principles by which the dissenting bodies stand opposed thereto.

Mode of access: Internet.

Religious perspectives of college teaching in the preparation of teachers.

Mode of access: Internet.

Department of Transportation's Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems Institutional and Legal Issues Program.

Mode of access: Internet.