Unified Reading Research Articles

The Independent Works of Luke: Further Evidence on the Early Christian Reception of Luke and Acts

Abstract Literary and rhetorical analysis has led scholars to approach the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts as a two-volume work, often referred to as Luke-Acts. In response to increased attention to Luke-Acts, there is renewed interest in the early reception history of these books. Research has focused primarily on the second century ce and yielded little to support the assumption that early recipients consistently read these books together. This lack of evidence for the unified reading of Luke-Acts, heightened by Acts’ own varied reception, has enlivened the discussion of how one should approach the study of Luke and Acts today. This paper seeks to contribute to the discussion by examining early Christian prologues to Luke’s writings, ranging from the second century to the sixth century ce. The prologues will be examined in light of three questions: (1) How do the prologues describe the author of Luke and Acts? (2) How do they engage with Luke’s own prefaces to the books? (3) How do they frame Luke and Acts in light of other literature? What emerges from these texts is that early readers were aware of a connection between Luke and Acts, but such a connection was overshadowed by other associations.

Read to Live Program on Reading Performance Among High School Learners in Pasian National High School

This study “Read to Live” Program on the reading performance of Pasian National High School secondary school students aimed to 1.) describe the reading level in the “Read to Live” program based on the knowledge, vocabulary, language structure, verbal reasoning and literacy; 2) determine students’ reading performance in word recognition and reading comprehension; 3.) identify significant differences between the “Read to Live” program and students’ performance in word recognition and reading comprehension. The respondents were seventy-two (72) Junior High School students. Modified questionnaires about students’ characteristics were given to the respondents and Phil-IRI was used to determine their reading level. Data used an experimental study design to be collected using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and T- test. The results showed a positive response to the reading attitude and reading attitude of the respondents. Furthermore, the profile of the respondents, apart from the study behavior, influenced the performance of the respondents. Moreover, the “Read to Live” program affected the reading performance of the respondents in several areas. The researcher recommends that DepEd officials, administrators, parents and stakeholders should work together in dealing with the lack of literacy among students. An intensive reading training adapting unified reading materials was applied to thirty-two (32) females and forty(40) males in Pasian National High School. Similar studies could be conducted but focused on different reading interventions appropriate to students’ reading levels and interests as well as students’ reading comprehension and communication skills.

Diffusive Ki67 and vimentin are associated with worse recurrence-free survival of upper tract urothelial carcinoma: A retrospective cohort study from bench to bedside.

This study aimed to determine the prognostic values of Ki67 and vimentin in upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) after extirpative surgery. Between 2014 and 2019, patients diagnosed with UTUC and receiving radical nephroureterectomy were included retrospectively. Nuclear MIB-1 clones and cytoplasmic VIM 3B4 clones were used to assess Ki67 and vimentin levels, respectively. A unified reading protocol was applied, and the expression level was read by a single pathologist. Receiver operating characteristic curves were utilized to determine the best threshold for Ki67 and vimentin regarding recurrence, and this level was set as the diffusive level. The outcome of recurrence-free survival (RFS) was analyzed via a Cox regression model with univariable and multivariable approaches. Survival outcomes were analyzed via Kaplan-Meier (KM) curves. A total of 247 patients were included, and the mean follow-up was 29.90 ± 6.80 months. Diffusive thresholds were 17.5% for both Ki67 and vimentin. Under multivariable Cox regression, diffusive Ki67 (hazard ratio: 4.20 [2.39-7.37], P < 0.001) and diffusive vimentin (hazard ratio: 5.34 [3.10-9.22], P < 0.001) were significant prognostic indicators of worse RFS. Diffusive Ki67 was accompanied by diffusive vimentin (chi square with Yates' correction, P = 0.015), and vice versa. In the KM curve, there was no difference between diffusive Ki67/nondiffusive vimentin and nondiffusive Ki67/diffusive vimentin (log-rank test, P = 0.073). Significant differences (log-rank test, P < 0.001) were seen in different combinations of diffusive Ki67/vimentin (Mean RFS: 19.76 [18.56-20.96] months), only one diffusive in Ki67 or vimentin (Mean RFS: 22.94 [21.88-24.00] months), and nondiffusive Ki67/vimentin (Mean RFS: 32.96 [32.43-33.50] months). Diffusive Ki67 and vimentin were related to each other, and they exerted equivalent and synergic effects on predicting worse RFS in UTUC.

Handedness, Idealism, and Freedom

Incongruent counterparts are pairs of objects which cannot be enclosed in the same spatial limits despite an exact similarity in magnitude, proportion, and relative position of their parts. Kant discerns in such objects, whose most familiar example is left and right hands, a “paradox” demanding “demotion of space and time to mere forms of our sensory intuition.” This paper aims at an adequate understanding of Kant’s enigmatic idealist argument from handed objects, as well as an understanding of its relation to the other key supports of his idealism. The paper’s central finding is that Kant’s idealist argument from incongruent counterparts rests essentially on his theory of freedom. The surprising result sheds new light on deep and overlooked links among the pillars of transcendental idealism, pointing the way to a comprehensive and unified reading of Kant’s system of idealist arguments.

Truth and Nonsense: A Unified Reading of the Tractatus

Truth and Nonsense: A Unified Reading of the Tractatus

Iconographical landscape warfare

ABSTRACTIconographical landscape warfare is one example of conflict that refers to a broad spectrum of encounters between opposing social groups who share a common reading of cultural landscapes. This 'warfare' ranges from expressions of violent force to seemingly banal everyday practices. Iconographical landscape warfare works through a dual process of denaturalising/renaturalising landscapes, where the interpretations of certain features are either erased or reinforced. I offer an overview of three examples: firstly, the case of a palimpsest in Seoul, where the dispute over a particular cultural land scape icon revealed tensions between two social groups; secondly, the deployment of symbolically antagonistic landscape objects in Hong Kong within a single social group with a unified reading of the cultural landscape; finally, a conflict surrounding an iconic landmark in Auckland. Taken together, these examples reveal the way objects can be deployed in a landscape to affect change, and how these actions are often resisted and subverted.

Validation of an Magnetic Resonance Imaging Acquisition and Review Protocol for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders

PurposeMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain allows for the identification of structural lesions typical of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the main cause of dementia. However, to have a clinical impact, it is imperative that acquisition and reporting of this MRI-based evidence be standardized, ensuring the highest possible reliability and reproducibility. Our objective was to validate a systematic radiological MRI acquisition and review process in the context of AD. MethodsWe included 100 individuals with a suspicion of dementia due to AD for whom MRI were acquired using our proposed protocol of clinically achievable acquisitions and used a unified reading grid to gather semi-quantitative evidence guiding diagnostic. MRIs were read by 3 raters with different experience levels. Interrater reliability was measured using Cohen's kappa statistic. ResultsInterrater reliability average for lesions occupying space, hemorrhage, or ischemia, was respectively 0.754, 0.715, and 0.501. Average reliability of white matter hyperintensity burden (Fazekas), global cortical atrophy, and temporal lobe atrophy (Scheltens) scales was 0.687, 0.473, and 0.621 (right)/0.599 (left), respectively. The kappas for regional cortical atrophy (frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal, and posterior cingulum) varied from 0.281–0.678. The average MRI reading time varied between 1.43-5.22 minutes. ConclusionsThe presence of space occupying lesions, hemorrhagic or ischemic phenomena, and radiological scales have a good interrater reproducibility in MRI. Coupled with standardized acquisitions, such a protocol should be used when evaluating possible dementias, especially those due to probable AD.

Psalm 139: A Study in Ambiguity

The interpretation of Ps 139 remains a deeply contested matter. In particular, the psalm’s genre and integrity continue to be debated, with the key issues related to the place of vv. 19-22. Do these verses constitute the key to interpretation, or are they a later interpolation? If they are an interpolation, can we trace the psalm’s development back through the material in vv. 1-18 (possibly with some minor expansions), so that vv. 23-24 are seen as a unit displaced from the introduction? Conversely, if vv. 19-22 are original, how do we account for marked change of tone present so that instead of the seemingly bucolic reflections found in vv. 1-18 the text then shifts to an imprecation against the wicked? This paper proposes a unified reading of the psalm which uses ambiguity as a central technique for developing different experiences for those who pray this psalm within the subgroup of the prayers of the accused. It will be argued that ambiguity is an intentional compositional strategy within the psalm, with the effect of the ambiguity different for those who read the poem from the perspective of innocence as opposed to the experience of those who read from the perspective of guilt. https://doi.org/10.17159/2312-3621/2019/v32n2a13

Eschatology and Politics in Cyril of Jerusalem’s Epistle to Constantius

Cyril’s letter to Constantius ii on the Jerusalem cross-apparition of 351 has usually been read as a declaration of Cyril’s loyalty during Constantius’ war with Magnentius. However, the letter also includes a discussion that links the cross to the eschatological “sign of the Son of Man” (Matthew 24:30). Modern interpreters have either ignored this eschatological section or assumed that it is aimed at a non-imperial audience. This paper advances a unified reading of the letter that shows how Cyril uses explicit verbal cues and his description of the cross’s appearance and position over the sacred landscape of Jerusalem to prepare his imperial reader for the switch from politics to eschatology. Cyril thus reinforces his portrayal of Constantius as a devout Christian emperor and assures Constantius not just of military success but of the truth of the Christian faith, while still maintaining his own episcopal authority.

Teaching evaluation of applying article structure analysis to improve medical graduate students' ability to read research articles

Objective To evaluate the teaching effectiveness of applying article structure analysis to improve medical graduate students' ability to read research articles. Methods 48 medical graduate students from basic medicine school of the Fourth Military Medical University were randomly and equally divided into the experimental group and control group. In the reading ability training of scientific research papers, the experimental group used the teaching of the structure analysis, while the control group used the collective self study. Before and after the training, the two groups of students were implemented a unified reading ability test and self reading ability evaluation survey, and after the training, the teaching satisfaction survey was conducted among the experimental group only. SPSS 16 was used to analyze the correlation data and Wilcoxon for signed-rank t est. Results After training the reading ability test results showed that reading ability score (P=0.013), consumed reading time score (P= 0.003) and reading efficiency (P=0.004) of the experimental group were significantly higher than those of control group. The two groups of students' self-evaluation of the reading ability showed that after training, the scores of the students in the experimental group were higher than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (P values were less than 0.05). The experimental group students' teaching satisfaction survey to article structure analysis showed students' score in 6 survey contents were greater than 3, namely degree of evaluation was more than general, among which, the score of four survey contents was more than 4, that is to achieve satisfied or very satisfied. Conclusion Applying article structure analysis can significantly improve medical graduate students' ability to read research articles. Key words: Article structure; Medical graduate student; Research article; Read; Teaching evaluation

Digital Philology in Little Boxes: Mobile Devices and The Book of Margery Kempe

Mobile phones and tablets have become important platforms for reading, but literary works migrating to online archives do not now incorporate responsive design for these platforms because the digital humanities relies on theoretical models for display based on desktop monitors and multiple browser windows. Documentary online editions of medieval texts such as the Book of Margery Kempe demand features that interact with layers of annotation and multiple witnesses. Small screens and new editorial strategies can offer these elements in transparent layers that return text display to a unitary page and a unified reading experience.

Versatilidad argumentativa en Santo Tomás de Aquino

Santo Tomás de Aquino, al igual que otros escolásticos, atendió el problema gnoseológico y epistemológico de la unidad del conocimiento humano al tratar de realizar una lectura unificada del corpus aristotelicum. En el proemio In Libros Analyticorum Posteriorum Expositio, Aquino propone una nueva clasificación de las obras lógicas bajo una concepción analógica del conocimiento humano. Ahí distingue las ramas de la lógica según los actos de la razón y explica los distintos tipos de argumento: retóricos, poéticos, tópicos, apodícticos y teológicos. Esta clasificación exhibe la postura de Tomás de Aquino frente al problema de la unidad del conocimiento: hay una variedad de circunstancias y acontecimientos que no pueden ser tratados del mismo modo. La unidad del conocimiento humano es salvaguardada por su versatilidad, y Aquino es cauteloso al no unificar el quehacer intelectual bajo la univocidad de un sólo método argumentativo, protegiendo las peculiaridades epistemológicas de cada género de la realidad.

Mastery, Authority, and Hierarchy in the “Inner Chapters” of theZhuāngzǐ

Mastery, Authority, and Hierarchy in the “Inner Chapters” of the<i>Zhuāngzǐ</i>

Clustering the English Reading Performances by Using GSP And GSM

The purpose of this paper is to apply an integrated approach to cluster the English reading performances among college students because finding the optimal teaching strategy for an individual student is difficult. The unified English reading exam with forty questions was used to clarify the different performances between day-time and extension classes which have thirty-eight students and thirty-seven students, respectively. The Grey Student-Problem(GSP) chart, which includes the equation of Rasch model, was then generated. Then the method of Grey Structural Modeling (GSM ) was used to cluster the students into appropriate groups. According to the GSP chart and GSM, students' reading performances are clustered into classes based on their levels. Finally, we used Interpretive Structural Model (ISM) to display the concept structure of each group. The results indicate that the teachers could provide adaptive teaching methods and remedial instructions based on the graphic models. Also, parents could understand their children's learning conditions better by reading the clear graphs. We suggested that the GSP chart can not only be applied to the educational field, but also be used in real-life applications, like medical data analysis, engineering, or decision-making fields.

2011 VanArsdel Prize Essay Tessellating Texts: Reading The Moonstone in All the Year Round

This essay explores the tessellated reading experiences associated with Wilkie Collins’s The Moonstone, a serialized novel published in All the Year Round. A tessellated reading is one that engages with multiple texts at once, connecting and shaping elements of each text into one unified reading experience. Because Victorian serial installments were often published among a variety of contents in a single periodical, readers could tessellate meaning by drawing connections between the various texts of the issue. The primary tessellation this paper studies is the relationship between narrator Gabriel Betteredge’s favorite book, Robinson Crusoe, and advertisements in All the Year Round. Betteredge’s edition of Robinson Crusoe matches the 1866 Macmillan edition advertised in All the Year Round during The Moonstone ’s run. This, and other connections between the novel and its surrounding texts, reveals porous boundaries between contents in the periodical indicative of tessellated reading.

Poetry, Rhetoric, and Fiction in Plato's Phaedrus

Difficulties often felt when trying to identify a main theme for the Phaedrus or to explain the attitude it implies toward an art of rhetoric are reduced once one applies general categories of poetic and rhetorical discourse to a series of competitive erotic speeches constituting the first part of the dialogue. Positive results include a unified literary reading of the dialogue as offering a particular theory of fiction while suggesting a critical reconsideration of the usual modern delimitation of its philosophical significance.

Tugging at the Roots: The Errant Textography of Middle English Romance

This article offers an alternative story of the transmission of Middle English verse romance to the one traditionally told by textual scholarship, one rooted in stemmatics' focus on genealogical descent and its principal interest in origins. Like the medieval romance hero himself, the English romance narrative wandered from locus to locus, in this case from manuscript to manuscript, with each encounter inscribing on it a different identity with characteristics influenced by local cultural values. Stemmatics' analogy of the family tree thus enforces an artificially unified reading of Middle English romance and promotes a fundamentally modern reception of the genre. The stories that individual manuscript versions tell, when linked together in an organic network rather than grafted into a hierarchical family tree, is episodic with no clear cause-and-effect, action-and-reaction relationship indicated among these various versions. Its story lies in its scattered dissemination, fruitfully conveyed by the image of the rhizome.

Nonunitary higher derivative gravity classically equivalent to Einstein gravity and its Newtonian limit

Runaway solutions can be avoided in fourth order gravity by a doubling of the matter operator algebra with a symmetry constraint with respect to the exchange of observable and hidden degrees of freedom together with the change in sign of the ghost and the dilaton fields. The theory is classically equivalent to Einstein gravity, while its non-unitary Newtonian limit is shown to lead to a sharp transition, around $10^{11}$ proton masses, from the wavelike properties of microscopic particles to the classical behavior of macroscopic bodies, as well as to a trans-Planckian regularization of collapse singularities. A unified reading of ordinary and black hole entropy emerges as entanglement entropy with hidden degrees of freedom. The emergent picture gives a substantial agreement with B-H entropy and Hawking temperature.

Glass transition of an epoxy resin induced by temperature, pressure and chemical conversion: a rationale based on configurational entropy

A comparative dielectric study is reported on the dynamics of a glass-forming epoxy resin when the glass transition is approached through different paths: cooling, compression, and polymerisation. Deep similarities are observed in dynamic properties. A unified reading of the experimental behaviour of the structural relaxation time of chemically reacting and stable systems close to the glass transition is given in the framework of the Adam–Gibbs theory of configurational entropy.

Weyl's appropriation of Husserl's and Poincaré's thought

This article locates Weyl’s philosophy of mathematics and its relationship to his philosophy of science within the epistemological and ontological framework of Husserl’s phenomenology as expressed in the Logical Investigations and Ideas. This interpretation permits a unified reading of Weyl’s scattered philosophical comments in The Continuum and Space-Time-Matter. But the article also indicates that Weyl employed Poincar“s predicativist concerns to modify Husserl’s semantics and trim Husserl’s ontology. Using Poincar“s razor to shave Husserl’s beard leads to limitations on the least upper bound theorem in the foundations of analysis and Dirichlet’s principle in the foundations of physics. Finally, the article opens the possibility of reading Weyl as a systematic thinker, that he follows Husserl’s so-called transcendental turn in the Ideas. This permits an even more unified reading of Weyl’s scattered philosophical comments.