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The Romano-Persian Peace Treaties of A.D. 299 and 363

The Romano-Persian treaties of 299 and 363, the first between Diocletian and his colleagues and the Persian king Nerseh, the second between Jovian and Sapor II, are in themselves, though they survive only in brief and partial summaries, important documents in the history of Romano-Persian relations. The period in which they were produced, the first close to the beginning of it, the second close to the end, was an important stage in the development of relations between the two enduring and (in their own view) “civilized” powers of the ancient world. The importance of the treaties Eor the historian is two-fold. First, they constituted a large step in defining the troubled Romano-Persian border, at least in its southern sector, and produced an alignment which endured, with minor modifications, until the final decades of the sixth century Second, they were the last two agreements between the two states (at least until the reign of Maurice, 582-602) which were the consequence solely of military power and military action without the mediation of any significant diplomatic effort. Nevertheless, although in both cases one side was clearly dominant because these treaties -- and especially that of 363 -- recognized the legitimate interests of the other side, they laid the ground for the more mature relationship between Rome and Persia that was inaugurated by the negotiations in the 380's between the rep- resentatives of Theodosius I and Shapur III.

The Effects of Culture and Social Class on Client Preference for Counseling Methods

Journal of Non-White Concerns in Personnel and GuidanceVolume 11, Issue 3 p. 84-88 The Effects of Culture and Social Class on Client Preference for Counseling Methods John W. Anderson, John W. Anderson John W. Anderson is with the Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. This article is a partial summary of the author's recent Ph.D. dissertation in educational psychology at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Further information may be obtained by contacting the author.Search for more papers by this author John W. Anderson, John W. Anderson John W. Anderson is with the Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. This article is a partial summary of the author's recent Ph.D. dissertation in educational psychology at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Further information may be obtained by contacting the author.Search for more papers by this author First published: July 1983 https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2164-4950.1983.tb00105.xCitations: 2 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume11, Issue3July 1983Pages 84-88 RelatedInformation

Juries and the Death Penalty

Logically, it would seem that capital juries must be at least as fair, im partial, and representative as juries that sit in ordinary criminal prose cutions. But there is much evidence to suggest that this is not the case. In Witherspoon v. Illinois, the Supreme Court examined the process of "death qualification" used to impanel capital juries. The Court approved the exclusion of prospective jurors whose opposition to the death penalty would make it impossible for them to decide upon guilt fairly and im partially, but left open the question of whether the exclusion of others who would not consider imposing the death penalty under any circum stances violated the defendant's constitutional rights.Since Witherspoon, death qualification has been extensively studied. It has been found to affect both the composition of the jury panel that re sults and, through the process itself, jurors who are exposed to the pro cedure. The exclusion of characteristics or attitudes linked with opposi tion to the death penalty h...

Use and Evaluation of the Famous Sayings: Partial Summary through December, 1979

33 substantial references to research with and evaluation of the Famous Sayings test are listed. These originated from a search of the literature and replies to letters sent to 711 users of record.

Use and Evaluation of the Kahn Test of Symbol Arrangement (KTSA): Partial Summary through October, 1979: I. Published Papers

92 references to published papers on the Kahn Test of Symbol Arrangement are listed, originating from a literature search and letters sent annually for the past ten years to some 1,500 users of record.

Use and Evaluation of the Kahn Test of Symbol Arrangement (KTSA): Partial Summary through October, 1979: II. Theses and Reviews

33 references to theses and reviews are listed. These report work with the Kahn Test of Symbol Arrangement. They originated from a literature search and replies to letters sent to some 1,500 users of record.

Use and Evaluation of the Quick Test (QT): Partial Summary through October, 1979: II. Reviews, Theses, Unpublished Reports and Papers

40 references to the Quick Test in reviews, theses, and reports given at meetings are listed. These reports of use of the Quick Test originated from a literature search and replies to letters sent to 2,634 users of record in 1979.

Use and Evaluation of the Quick Test (QT): Partial Summary through October, 1979: I. Published Papers

96 substantial published references to the Quick Test are listed, originating from a literature search and replies to letters sent to 2634 users of record in 1979.

On the structuralist approach to the dynamics of theories

One of the main events at the Fifth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (London, Ontario, 1975) was a symposium on theory-change. The participants of this symposium were Professors J. Sneed, W. Stegm?ller, and T. Kuhn. In their talks Sneed and Stegm?ller presented their set-theoretical (or 'structuralistic') view on the structure and dynamics of theories (cf. Sneed, 1976; Stegm?ller, 1976b). Sneed's talk was a further elaboration of the approach developed in his book The Logical Structure of Mathematical Physics (1971). This book contains a partial explication of some of Kuhn's ideas on normal science and scientific revolutions. This explication was adopted by Stegm?ller, who in his book Theorienstrukturen und Theorien dynamik (1973) made an attempt to further elaborate these Sneedian views and to relate them to contemporary philosophical discussions of theory change. Stegm?ller (1976b) contains a partial summary and a further development of the results of this book. Kuhn (1976), in his comments on the set-theoretic or structuralistic Sneed-Stegm?ller approach, strongly endorses this explication of his thoughts. This fact considerably adds to the importance of this new explication. I will below undertake a critical evaluation of Sneed's and Stegm?ller's approach in order to see to what extent we now have a viable paradigm (or the beginnings of such) for research in the science of science. My detailed comments will mainly concern Stegm?ller's book, which recently appeared as an English translation entitled The Structure and Dynamics of Theories (1976a). The page references will be to this English edition. My discussion below will be conducted in two parts. First I will give a critical exposition of the Sneed-Stegm?ller approach. After that I will present some, both general and specific, criticisms against this approach from the point of view of scientific realism. Let me point out right at the beginning that, in spite of the criticisms to be presented, I regard Sneed's and

Use and Evaluation of Full-Range Picture Vocabulary Test: Partial Summary through March, 1976: II. Reviews, Theses, Reports at Meetings

40 references to reviews, theses, and reports given at meetings of the Full-Range Picture Vocabulary Test are listed, originating from a literature search and replies to letters sent to 5,142 users of record.

Use and Evaluation of Full-Range Picture Vocabulary Test: Partial Summary through March, 1976: I. Published Papers

88 substantial references to the Full-Range Picture Vocabulary Test are listed, originating from a literature search and replies to letters sent to 5, 142 users of record.

Investigations into the metabolism and mode of action of the colon carcinogens 1,2-dimethylhydrazine and azoxymethane

Colon cancer can be induced reliably in rodents with 1,2-dimethylhydrazine and azoxymethane (AOM). Our studies deal with the mode of action of these compounds and their organotropism. A partial summary of our previous work on the metabolism of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine and its inhibition by disulfiram, carbon disulfide and other thiono-sulfur compounds is presented. On-going studies with AOM-14C indicate that in male F-344 rats, this carcinogen is rapidly metabolized to 14CO2 (37%, 48 hours), and to methylazoxymethanol-14C (MAM) (0.6--1%), which, along with other metabolites, appears in the urine. Pretreatment of rats with phenobarbital or chyrsene increased exhaled 14CO2 to 53% and 65%, respectively. Pretreatment with disulfiram or CS2 causes a complete, although transient, inhibition of exhaled 14CO2, decreases urinary MAM, and increases significantly the levels of unmetabolized AOM in the exhaled air and in urine. Thus, phenobarbital and chrysene appear to stimulate, while disulfiram and CS2 appear to inhibit, the metabolism of AOM. In vitro hydroxylation of AOM to MAM was demonstrated with rat liver homogenates and microsomal fractions. A hypothetical scheme for the endogenous formation of AOM is presented.

Population Organizational Systems and Regulatory Mechanisms of a Forest Carnivore (Pine Martens) in Grand Teton National Park

Presented here is a partial summary of ongoing research (May 1977 to date) and some results from previous phases of study (April 1975 to September 1976- 17 mo.). The research is presently funded by the Northern Rocky Mountain Cooperative Study Project and Teton Natural History Association. Previous phases were funded by the National Geographic Society. Several people aided materially and cooperated in the project, and their assistance is greatly appreciated: T. Campbell, W. Barmore, P. Hayden, D. Casey, J. Weaver, J. St. Amant, G. Kantak, P. Lehner, I. Belan, T. Hauptman, and J. Hoak.

Profile of a Computer and Information Science B.S. graduate

The Department of Computer and Information Science at The Ohio State University was conceptualized in 1967 and actualized one year later in October, 1968. Since that time, the Department has had both graduate and undergraduate degree programs. Originally there were two undergraduate degree programs, one in the College of Engineering and the other in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences. In 1971 a third undergraduate degree program was started in the College of Administrative Science 2 . As of July, 1973, these programs have graduated 426 computer and information science majors. This paper deals with a survey that was recently conducted of the above mentioned graduates. The purpose of the survey was threefold: (1) To determine what positions our majors are filling in industry; (2) To determine how effective the different undergraduate curriculums are in preparing our B.S. degree graduates for the Job market; and (3) To obtain an evaluation of these programs by the graduates. Since questionnaires are still being returned, the following represents a partial summary of this survey.

Scattering of Gravitational Radiation by a Schwarzschild Black-hole

THE discovery of pulsars and the general conviction that they are neutron stars resulting from gravitational collapse have strengthened the belief in the possible presence of Schwarzschild black-holes—or Schwarzschild horizons—in nature, the latter being the ultimate stage in the progressive spherical collapse of a massive star. The stability of these objects, which has been discussed in a recent report1, ensures their continued existence after formation. Inasmuch as the infinite redshift associated with it and its behaviour as a one-way membrane make the Schwarzschild horizon at once elusive and intriguing, it is important to explore theoretically all possible modes in which the presence of such a black-hole manifests itself. In what follows, we present a partial summary of some results obtained from an investigation of the scattering of gravitational waves by a Schwarzschild horizon.

History, Poetry, and the Terms of Fiction in the Eighteenth Century

gross and in the detayl are mere invention, but invented only for default of truth: such are the imaginary Originals of most Nations. To these, he continues, romances are as innocent masquers to Rogues who taking the name, and personating such as are dead or absent, possess themselves of their goods by favour of some resem1 This paper has been completed with the assistance of the Charles Phelps Taft Memorial Fund of the University of Cincinnati. 2 The significance of history in eighteenth-century thought has most recently and fully been discussed by James William Johnson in The Formation of English Neo-Classical Thought (Princeton, 1967). See especially chap. ii (The Role of Historiography), and for a partial summary of recent scholarship, see the headnote, p. 270. Unless otherwise indicated, the place of publication of single works referred to in this paper is London. 3 Among other commentaries on the matter besides the standard works of J. M. S. Tompkins, A. D. McKillop, Ian Watt, and Arnold Kettle, of interest are Sidney J. Black, Eighteenth-Century 'Histories' as a Fictional Mode, Boston University Studies in English, I (1955), 38-44; Myron W. Taylor, Two Analogies for Poetry in the Seventeenth (unpublished dissertation, Washington University, St. Louis, 1960); Arthur Johnston, Enchanted Ground (1964), especially Appendix 3: 'History,' 'Romance,' and 'Novel,' pp. 234-37. More recent relevant material may be found in the work of Robert Donovan and William J. Farrell cited below. 4 In this respect the discussion in H. T. Swedenberg, Theory of the Epic in England, 1650-1800 (Berkeley, 1944), is useful; see especially chap i (Foundations of English Theory); see also Ralph C. Williams, Two Studies in Epic Theory, Modern Philology, XXII (1924), 133-58 (especially Part I, Verisimilitude in the Epic). More recently the particular question of the Christian merveillieux in the epic is discussed in R. E. Sayce, The French Biblical Epic in the Seventeenth Century (Oxford, 1955); Robert M. Durling, The Figure of the Poet in Renaissance Epic (Cambridge, Mass., 1965), is relevant (see especially the discussion of Tasso, pp. 192-200). The prefaces of Georges de Scud6ry to Alaric (Paris, 1654) and Ibrahim are especially pertinent; the latter is available in the translation of Henry Cogan (1674) in Augustan Reprint Society Publication No. 32 (1952).

A Natural Language Programming System for Text Processing

A basic to enable editors, writers, librarians, educators, and others to instruct computers to perform mechanical text processing conveniently has been defined (see Tables II to V for partial summary). It has been given the name SNAP (Stylized Natural Procedural) language for reference. A processor that executes procedures expressed in a subset of this language has worked for some months on several computers. It was used successfully last semester by 40 students with humanities background, in a graduate course in the School of Library Service of Columbia University, for elementary mechanized library and documentation tasks. The processor for the larger subset of the language shown in Tables II to V now works, and is being applied to several practical problems. The processor for the full language is being completed. A SNAP procedure consists of a succession of well-formed English sentences of a few simple types. Most of these begin with imperative verbs that are concerned with input and output operations, and with the manipulation of strings of characters, numbers, and arrays of strings and numbers. Conditional sentences begin with IF. Several constructions that extract and concatenate portions of strings and lists of strings are used in the objects of SNAP sentences. The SNAP processor is written (apart from specialized input-output routines) in FORTRAN IV. It deals directly with some 25 built-in verbs, and will allow the user to define further verbs by subroutines that are also written in SNAP.

Validity of the psychiatric interview. Predicting the effectiveness of the first Peace Corps volunteers in Ghana.

HOW WELL do predictions based upon psychiatric interviewers' ratings of the effectiveness of performance, hold up against ratings in the field one year later? Previous studies of psychiatrists' interviews and their predictions via rating scales of effectiveness of performance have been presented by Ulrich and Trumbo1in their excellent review article Selection Interview Since 1949. The research literature citations may be found there, and will not be repeated here except for the following statement in partial summary: Thus, the results, while demonstrating some validity for the interview, failed to provide evidence of superiority of interviewer predictions over that achieved by either clinical or actuarial treatment of test data (p 107). In an earlier paper2a study of the reliability of psychiatrist's ratings obtained from interviews was presented. This report is concerned with how these same ratings compared with, and were

Partial Summary Judgments under Rule 56(a)

Partial Summary Judgments under Rule 56(a)

The Navigation System for Supersonic Transport Aircraft

the navigation systems for the Mach 3 transport need not be as sophisticated as many engineers and operators may have, anticipated. Equipment now under development for advanced manned aircraft and aerospace vehicles have characteristics exceeding the navigation system requirements anticipated for the supersonic transport aircraft. The systems tentatively selected to perform the navigation tasks adequately can be developed from existing technology. The final selection of specific airborne navigation equipment will depend on the actual 1970 air traffic control procedures and characteristics of the ground-based aids. Although this material only represents a partial summary of the studies to date, it is assumed that subsequent detailed studies will not alter the results—they will merely refine them.