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Annual And Seasonal Fluctuations Of Relative Humidity In The Euphrates Al-Awsat Region For The Period 1981-2012, Qusay Fadel Al-Hussaini

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research aims to study and analyze the fluctuation in relative humidity in the governorates of the Middle Euphrates (Karbala, Babylon, Najaf, Qadisiyah and Muthanna) for the period 1981-2012, as this period witnessed changes in the rates of climatic elements and phenomena due to the climate changes witnessed in Iraq and the region. This period was divided into two periods, the first from 1981-1996 and the second from 1997-2012 in order to know the extent of the fluctuation in humidity, whether decrease, increase or the general trend line, and the extent of its impact on the current climate changes seasonally, …

Indicators Of Educational Services Development In Al-Haidariyah City, Arej Bahjat Ahmed

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The concept of services is one of the concepts that has received great attention recently due to the increasing human need for such services, especially after the development of technologies and methods used in providing such services. Interest in studying services was limited to general aspects, as is the case with engineering studies that deal with the study of the design of service buildings (schools, hospitals, and entertainment centers). Therefore, service students differ in their approach to studying the principle of services, each according to his knowledge and specialization.

The Effect Of Using Multiple Learning Sources Of Local History On The Achievement Of First-Grade Students In The History Department And Developing Their National Belonging, Mohammed Kazem Mohsen

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The current research aims to identify the effect of using multiple learning resources of local history in teaching history to increase achievement and develop the value of national belonging among history department students. To achieve the research objective, the researcher formulated three null hypotheses: 1- There is no statistically significant difference at the significance level (0.05) between the average scores of students of the experimental group who study history using multiple learning resources and the scores of students of the control group who study the same subject in the usual way in the post-achievement test. 2- There is no statistically …

Evaluation By Competencies As A Tool To Develop The Role Of The Teacher According To The Concept Of Total Quality Management In Future Education, Saad Hussein Alwan Al-Sultani

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Total quality in future education seeks to prepare students with specific characteristics that enable them to cope with the abundance of information, continuous change processes, and tremendous technological progress. Their role is not limited to acquiring knowledge and listening, but rather to the process of dealing with knowledge and utilizing it to the extent sufficient to serve the learning process. This requires the formation of a person with specific specifications to absorb everything new and accelerating and deal with it effectively, a person characterized by flexibility, a love of knowledge, and the ability to follow changes. It also requires a …

Childbirth And Its Relationship To Some Social Variables: A Social Field Study Of Married Women In The City Of Diwaniyah, Hana Hassan Sedkhan Al-Badri

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Iraqis' positive attitudes toward childbearing have shifted somewhat as a result of the objective and subjective changes that society has experienced. Iraqis have become less inclined to have a large number of children per family, as the average family size has shrunk. This decline was due to several factors, including the use of family planning programs (contraceptive methods). The use of these methods has become widespread in most middle-class families, especially after women entered the workforce and took on multiple roles. Previously, they occupied a single role that was no more than that of housewife. However, things have changed, as …

Terrorist Crime And Social Security In Iraq: A Field Study Of The City Of Diwaniyah In 2014, Anis Shahid Mohammed

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The need for security is essential for the continuity and sustainability of life and the development of the Earth on which God Almighty has made human beings His vicegerents. The lack of security and the spread of terrorist crime in society leads to fear and anxiety, hinders stability and development, and calls for migration, displacement, and the cessation of livelihoods, which leads to the collapse of societies and the foundations of their existence. The concepts of terrorist crime and its effects have diversified in light of the transformations witnessed by the world with the emergence of new threats and changes …

A Study Of Anagram In Agodon's Believing, Iman Khader Al-Aboudi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Inverted assonance is a form of word play that involves rearranging all the letters in a word or phrase to form a new one. Inverted assonance is formed by using the same letters as in the original word but in a different order. The term is used in everyday life to create a funny and clever inverted assonance. The study aims to rearrange letters in some way to form a word or phrase that has a meaning or is related to the original word, as well as to analyze inverted assonance in a poem. The present study is designed in …

Manifestations Of The Self In The Otherworldly Space In The Poetry Of Ibn Hani’ Al-Andalusi (D. 362 Ah), Star Jabbar Rizig, Hassan Hadi, Singer

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The subject of the other has variable capabilities that acquire new colors. If the other is known to be opposite to the self, the self may be the creator of it through various techniques, including: myth and symbolism, which are carried by the literary achievement of the Andalusian poet Ibn Hani, as if the poetic self finds itself in it to embody another self that the writer extracts, forming a level of the levels of the other that is manifested from the poetic self and what it possesses of cultural and popular stock.

Surat Al-Fajr Surat Al-Imam Al-Hussein (Pbuh) A Fundamentalist Study (The Meaning Of Words In Terms Of Clarity And Ambiguity), Sakina Hussein Kazim

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Studying the structures of words and their significance of their meanings is one of the topics that has occupied the minds of those working to derive Islamic rulings from their sources, and they have researched it extensively. Opinions have been studied about it, due to its importance and impact on understanding Islamic rulings and the foundations of the meanings of words in the way of life for servants according to the scale of reward and punishment, and knowing who are the inheritors of the earth and the Garden of Bliss, in order to take them into consideration and follow their …

Study Of Quranic Readings In Ibn Aqil’S Commentary On Ibn Malik’S Alfiyyah, Sereen Hussein Kazem

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The early grammarians exerted extensive effort after establishing the rules of Arabic grammar, as they began to extrapolate the language from its primary sources: the Holy Quran and its recitations, poetry, the speech of eloquent Arabs, and proverbs. In their extrapolation, they sought correctness, precision, and comprehensiveness. The grammatical evidence they took to strengthen a grammatical rule, establish a rule they derived, or a linguistic ruling they arrived at. Ibn Malik’s Alfiyyah is one of the grammatical systems that scholars and students have eagerly memorized, studied, and explained for several centuries. Its popularity has led to a clear abundance of …

Al-Farra’S Missing Opinions From The Book “The Meanings Of The Qur’An” Through Al-Tha’Labi’S Interpretation - Compiled And Verified -, Abhar Hadi Mohammad

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

It is superfluous to talk about the status of Al-Farra’ (207 AH) and his scientific standing among the ancients and moderns, due to his unique opinions, so he was given the title of Commander of the Faithful in grammar (1). It was said about him: - If it were not for Al-Farra’, there would not have been Arabic, because he fortified and controlled it (2) and other sayings that I do not want to prolong, except that whoever looks through what was said about Al-Farra’ finds that he had opinions in the fields of language, interpretation and other sciences that …

Christmas Confession, Aaron Baart

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"May you, out of the awareness of your own inability, receive the one who is able to do more than we could ever imagine."

Posting about Christ's ability to cover all our inadequacies from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/christmas-confession/

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, December 24 And 27, 2015

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, Canada

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St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic Church And Center For The Deaf Sunday Bulletin, December 24, 2015

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Landover Hills, MD

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Hope In Anticipation, Adam Adams

Staff Work

"On Christmas day we not only rejoice that our Savior was born, but also look with hopeful anticipation to Jesus’ second coming and the restoration of creation."

Posting about anticipating Christ's return ­­­­­­­­from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/hope-in-anticipation/

State Funding Unfair To Traditional Schools, Christopher R. Fee

English Faculty Publications

The present budget crisis in Pennsylvania has brought many lingering tensions to bear as school districts scramble to pay their bills without any support from the state. Notably, there has been a lot of talk about holding back payments to charter schools, which naturally sparks controversy. In order to make sense of the situation - and in order to understand the passionate debate which surrounds it - it's worthwhile to know something about the history, theory, and funding of charter schools. [excerpt]

From “A New Hope” To No Hope At All: “Star Wars,” Tolkien And The Sinister And Depressing Reality Of Expanded Universes: When Fantasy Sagas Never End, We See The Cycles Of Brutality And Totalitarianism That Fuel Them Don't, Either, Gerry Canavan

English Faculty Research and Publications

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Presidential Ceremonial Guards Members Serve Prestigious, Somber Occasions, Jeremy Dobbins, Will Davis

Veterans' Voices on WYSO

There’s a small group of statuesque men and women we always see at this country’s most prestigious military ceremonies. In the Navy, they’re called the Presidential Ceremonial Guard. This elite team is carefully chosen for their appearance and fortitude. Corey Yoder, Navy veteran, speaks about his experience with the Guard.

English Translation Of Rilke's Poem "Ich Fürchte Mich So Vor Der Menschen Wort", Daniel S. Shabasson

Graduate Student Publications and Research

My German-to-English translation of the poem "Ich fürchte mich so vor der Menschen Wort" by Rainer Maria Rilke.

Mexican Christmas, Gala Campos Oaxaca

Student Work

"Since we are celebrating the birth of Jesus, we usually bring a candle and light it in church to represent the light that the Lord brings with Him."

Posting about a traditional Christmas celebration in Mexico from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/a-mexican-christmas/

The Varieties Of Indispensability Arguments, Marco Panza, Andrea Sereni

MPP Published Research

The indispensability argument (IA) comes in many different versions that all reduce to a general valid schema. Providing a sound IA amounts to providing a full interpretation of the schema according to which all its premises are true. Hence, arguing whether IA is sound results in wondering whether the schema admits such an interpretation. We discuss in full details all the parameters on which the specification of the general schema may depend. In doing this, we consider how different versions of IA can be obtained, also through different specifications of the notion of indispensability. We then distinguish between schematic and …

Angels, Joshua Matthews

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"After watching and listening to the heavenly host, the shepherds did what any spectator at an amazing event should be moved to do: they turned and ran to Christ."

Posting about the spectacular show that occurred at Jesus' birth from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/angels/

Christmas In Nigeria, Matthew Ojo

Student Work

"Christmas in Nigeria is a time of great joy when families get together and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. While some denominations still do not believe that Jesus was actually born on the 25th of December, all join in to participate in the Christmas celebration."

Posting about Nigerian Christmas traditions from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/christmas-in-nigeria/

Rædende Iudithðe: The Heroic, Mythological And Christian Elements In The Old English Poem Judith, Judith Caywood

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This project, devoted to the Old English epic fragment Judith, argues that the title character arises from the complex multicultural forces that shaped Anglo-Saxon society, positing that she exists between the mythological, the heroic and the Christian. Simultaneously Christian saint, Germanic warrior and pagan demi-goddess or supernatural figure, Judith arbitrates amongst the seemingly incompatible forces that shaped the poet’s world, allowing the poem to serve as an important site for the making of a new Anglo-Saxon mythos, one which incorporates these disparate yet co-existing elements. Judith becomes a single figure who is able to reconcile these opposing forces within …

Hope: How Does One Live A Hope-Filled Life?, David J. Mulder

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"While I don’t believe it’s wrong to give gifts to others at Christmas, I would encourage some thought and consideration of giving gifts in the name of the one we are honoring."

Posting about the real hope of Christmas from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/hope-how-does-one-live-a-hope-filled-life/

Dead Broets Society: Masculinity In Walt Whitman’S War Verse, Anika N. Jensen

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

There are two images of masculinity in Walt Whitman’s Drum-Taps, his collection of wartime poetry: one, the strong, hardened soldier, the image of manliness, and the other the boyish, rosy-cheeked recruit. Whitman’s sexuality, while not the Victorian social norm, was no secret, and he wrote openly of the hospitalized soldiers during his time as a Union nurse with admiration, affection, and love. Some critics, such as Thomas Wentworth Higginson, castigated Whitman’s queer themes to be overwhelming, distractingly sensual, and "unmanly," while others, like William Sloane Kennedy, dissented, arguing instead that the overt sexuality present in Whitman’s work was precisely …

Shorts

Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion

This is the entirety of the WordPress blog that accompanied Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion. SHORTS was a blog that began July 7, 2007 and ended December 21, 2015.

Advent: Hoping In The Bigger Picture, Brandon Huisman

Staff Work

"I am always thinking about what is next and wondering what God is doing in his bigger picture, yet Simeon seems to remind us to sit back in the spirit and lean into him."

Posting about waiting for God's plan to unfold ­­­­­­­­from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/advent-hoping-in-the-bigger-picture/

Modernism Contested: Gego's Grids And The Aesthetics Of Temporality, Victoria L. Fedrigotti

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis traces Gego’s contestation of art historical modernism through examining her relationship to the modernist grid and to her modernist genealogy of Constructivism, Geometric Abstraction, and Kineticism. These two nonlinear developments subvert the teleological conception of progress presumed by Greenbergian modernism, and bring forth Gego’s own aesthetic conception of temporality.

Claudio Perna, Ca. 1970: The Impossibility Of Wholeness, Silvia Benedetti

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis identifies two main themes in Claudio Perna’s (1938–1997) work: his use of technology to explore self-representation and his interrogation of mapping as means of knowledge. This study also situates Perna’s conceptual work in relation to his field of human geography, in the specific Venezuelan context.