El centro en la periferia: las competencias y actividades de los gobernadores romanos en las provincias hispanas durante el Principado (27 a.C.-235 d.C.)

Esta tesis doctoral persigue una revalorización del papel jugado por los senadores que gobernaron las provincias hispanas a lo largo de un período crucial de la historia de Roma, el Principado, cuando se convirtió en un imperio que aseguró su perduración con la progresiva integración socio-política de los provinciales, en particular de las élites. Los gobernadores de rango senatorial eran los más poderosos “men on the spot” del Imperio en su periferia, pero los estudios dedicados a ellos son parciales o tienen una perspectiva demasiado amplia, y generalmente tienden a favorecer los ejemplos ofrecidos por las provincias orientales –a causa de sus más abundantes fuentes de sus ciudades. Este estudio busca analizar la influencia de los gobernadores en las relaciones centro-periferia en Occidente a través del caso específico de Hispania, un caso de estudio especialmente apropiado porque permite comparar el modus operandi y las relaciones sociales de gobernadores de dos provincias imperiales (Hispania Citerior y Lusitania) y de una proconsular (Bética) y analizar su influencia en la vida de las comunidades de algunas de las áreas más romanizadas de Occidente – el valle del Betis y la costa levantina– y en aquéllas de una región conquistada al inicio del Principado: el Noroeste. La metodología de este estudio está condicionada por la naturaleza de las fuentes: literarias (Plinio el Joven, Tácito, Dión Casio, Floro, Orosio….), epigráficas leyes municipales, epistulae imperiales, senadoconsultos, sentencias judiciales, inscripciones votivas y honoríficas), los autores clásicos jurisprudenciales del Digesto (de officio proconsulis de Ulpiano…) y, en menor medida, numismáticas (particularmente la caetra)...

Casii Dionis cocceiani historiae romanae quae supersunt : ad optimorum librorum fidem accurate edita.

Mode of access: Internet.

Dionis Casii Nicaei Romanae historiae libri (tot enim hodie extant) XXV, nimirum a XXXVI ad LXI : quibus exponuntur res gestae a bello Cretico vsque ad mortem Caludii Caesaris /

Contiene con port. y pag. propias: Dionis Nicaei Rerum romanarum a Pompeio Magno ad Alexandrum Mamaeae filium epitome / Ioanne Xiphilino autore [et] Gulielmo Blanco ... interprete.

Ek ton Dionos tou Nikaeos Romanikon istorion, apo Pompeiou Magnou mechris Alexandrou tou Mamaias, epitome Ioannou tou Xiphilinou = Dionis Nicaei rerum Romanarum a Pompeio Magno ad Alexandrum Mamaeae, epitome authore Ioanne Xiphilino.

Mode of access: Internet.

Dionis Cassii Cocceiani Historiae Romanae libri XLVI, partim integri, partim mutili, partim excerpti /

Mode of access: Internet.

Testa din inlärningsstil : En utredning om VAK i undervisning av det andra inhemska språket

This thesis is an investigation of the significance of VAK, i.e. the visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learning styles, for language education. The research part evaluates the predictive validity of a VAK test commonly used in Finnish education. The results of the test were compared, respectively, with the results of a visual, an auditory and a kinaesthetic word test. 62 dyslexic language leaners participated in the tests. There was no statistically significant link between the results of the VAK test and the word tests. On the grounds of a voluntary questionnaire, most of the students did however consider it important that they are taught according to their personal learning style: visual, auditory or kinaesthetic. One of the goals of the study was to investigate the theoretical background of VAK. VAK does not seem to have a consistent theoretical basis, but combines various elements such as NLP pedagogy and Dunn's and Prashnig's learning style models that have previously been sharply criticized by scholars. The study leaves it open whether individual learning styles do exist, and how they could be diagnosed.

Queens Bet Din Gittin / Rabbi Faber Records. 1947-1994 (bulk 1974-1992)

This is a collection of the records of Rabbi Salamon Faber, Chair of the Queens Bet Din or Rabbinic Court, concerning the gittin (plural of get, Jewish religious divorces) that the Queens Bet Din granted between 1947 and 1992. These records include Rabbi’s Faber’s personal notes about the gittin, correspondence with the husband and wife and with any other concerned parties, copies of civil and religious marriage and divorce documents, divorce contracts signed by the husband, and copies of conversion certificates.

Synthesis, luminescence and EPR studies on CaSiO 3: Pb, Mn-nano phosphors synthesized by the solution combustion method

Nano-ceramic phosphor CaSiO 3 doped with Pb and Mn was synthesized by the low temperature solution combustion method. The materials were characterized by Powder X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Thermo-gravimetric and Differential Thermal Analysis (TG-DTA), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectrum of the investigated sample exhibits a broad resonance signal centered at g=1.994. The number of spins participating in resonance (N) and its paramagnetic susceptibility (�) have been evaluated. Photoluminescence of doped CaSiO 3 was investigated when excited by UV radiation of 256 nm. The phosphor exhibits an emission peak at 353 nm in the UV range due to Pb 2+. Further, a broad emission peak in the visible range 550-625 nm can be attributed to 4T 1� 6A 1 transition of Mn 2+ ions. The investigation reveals that doping perovskite nano-ceramics with transition metal ions leads to excellent phosphor materials for potential applications. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l.

Din, don, don: Mestre Paraná e o Grupo Folclórico de Capoeira São Bento Pequeno (1950-1960)

Este trabalho questiona a construção da memória e da história da capoeira no Rio de Janeiro na segunda metade do século XX. A capoeira como manifestação cultural é tema de um crescente número de trabalhos artísticos, desde peças de teatro, filmes para o cinema, bem como de ações do governo, com destaque para seu tombamento como "patrimônio imaterial da cultura brasileira". É praticada em mais de 150 países, onde se apresenta como mais uma das identidades dos brasileiros no exterior. No Rio de Janeiro, deixou marcas profundas na memória do século XIX, representada em documentos variados do Estado e nas letras dos intelectuais da época. História que tem sido pesquisada por autores que já assistem suas obras sendo consagradas pelo crescente número de interessados no tema. Em contrapartida, a história recente desta prática ainda é assunto raro na historiografia, bem como nas demais disciplinas das ciências humanas. Assim, através da pesquisa etnográfica com o Grupo Folclórico de Capoeira São Bento Pequeno, escola de capoeira de Mestre Paraná, questionamos esta lacuna no conhecimento acadêmico, bem como seu reflexo na formação das "tradições" da capoeira no Rio de Janeiro. O Grupo São Bento Pequeno esteve em atividade nas décadas de 1950 e 1960, período de retomada do crescimento da capoeira no Rio de Janeiro.

The strength of Islam / by al-Hajj Khwaja Kamal-ud-din.

http://www.archive.org/details/thestrengthofisl00kamauoft

Five pillars of Islam, by Kh. Kamal-ud-Din ... (From the Islamic review).

http://www.archive.org/details/fivepillarsofisl00kamauoft

Hell & heaven / by al-Hajj Khwaja Kamal-ud-din.

http://www.archive.org/details/hellandheaven00kamauoft

Ethics of war / by al-Hajj Khwaja Kamal-ud-din.

http://www.archive.org/details/ethicsofwarbyalh00kamauoft

Islam and other religions, by Al-Hajj Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din.

http://www.archive.org/details/islamandotherrel00kamauoft

The Aesthetics of Motion in Musics for the Mevlana Celal ed-Din Rumi

This dissertation investigates the concept of motion as a fundamental aesthetic element in the devotional music, dance, and rituals performed in honor of the celebrated thirteenth-century Persian mystic poet and saint, the Mevlana Celal ed-Din Muhammad Rumi. The main focus of the study is threefold. First, it investigates the prevalence of the notion of movement in Islamic music and culture, specifically within the Sufi communities of Turkey, in order to arrive at a broader understanding of the relationship between music, aesthetics, and worldview. Secondly, it explores how musical performance functions as a form of devotion or religious worship by focusing on the musical repertories performed in honor of a single holy figure, the Mevlana Rumi. Finally, it provides an ethnographic account of contemporary developments in Sufi musical culture in Turkey and across the world by describing the recent activities of the Mevlana's devotees, which includes members of the Mevlevi Order of Islamic mystics as well as adherents of other Sufi brotherhoods and followers of so-called New Religions or New Age. The primary research for this study involved two short one-month field trips to Turkey and India in 2002 and 2003, respectively, and a longer one year expedition to Turkey in 2004 and 2005, which also included shorter stays in Cyprus, Syria, and Egypt. Additionally, the dissertation draws directly from critical theories advanced in the fields of ethnomusicology, cultural anthropology, and ethnochoreology and focuses on the kinesthetic parameters of music, dance, trance, and ritual as well as on broader forms of socio-cultural movement including pilgrimage, cultural tourism, and globalization. These forms of movement are analyzed in four broad categories of music used in worship, including classical Mevlevi music, music of the zikr ceremony, popular musics, and non-Turkish musics.