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Seeking the Wealth of Self
Michael George
Mar 16, 2022
Michael George teaches Religion and Culture, and Ethics at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He is interested in helping to promote the project of Integrative Bioethics, which he considers to be a possible...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Functional Specialization and the Future of the Love of Wisdom
Paul St. Amour
Nov 12, 2022
Paul St. Amour is currently an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Saint Joseph’s University, in Philadelphia. He received his Ph.D in philosophy from Fordham University and has published articles in The Thomist, Analecta...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Review of William Pinar, Moving Images of Eternity
Bryan Heystee
Apr 22, 2021
William Pinar’s 2019 book Moving Images of Eternity: George Grant’s Critiqueof Time, Teaching, and Technology presents a much-needed and welcomeaddition to scholarship on one of Canada’s most significant philosophers....
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
THE SOCIAL EVALUATION OF POST-VOCALIC LIGHT /L/ IN ST. JOHN'S ENGLISH
Rosanna Pierson
Sep 21, 2015
This study addresses the question of perception and evaluation of light post-vocalic /l/ in St. John's through a series of perception experiments. These experiments test whether people are able to hear the difference between...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Opening Plenary Session I Text and Cultural Memory
Bob Chilcott
Jan 17, 2014
Plenary Keynote Presentation II from The Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium VIII. Held at Memorial University, St. John's NL, 2011. Introduction: Jane Gosine
(Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
Published by: Faculty of Education
Impacts of Risks Over Benefits in the Adoption of Self-Tracking Technologies
Self-tracking (ST) technologies offer an unlimited number of opportunities to improve human life, especially health and well-being. Many scholars have been interested in this technology because of its worldwide spread but have...
Published by: IGI Global
Mark Anthony Carpio
Jan 17, 2014
Plenary Keynote Presentation V: Panel Presentation from The Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium VIII. Held at Memorial University, St. John's NL, 2011. Introduction: Andrea Rose (Memorial University of Newfoundland...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Of Zebra Doves and Prawn Crackers
Marc Benamou
Nov 19, 2013
Both the English and Javanese' languages describe music largely in metaphoric terms. In English, for instance, we use the spatial metaphor "up" and "down" to refer to differences in pitch. In Javanese these same differences are...
Published by: Faculty of Education
A Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithm for Solving Higher-Order Boundary Value Problems
An effective metaheuristic algorithm to solve the higher-order boundary value problems, called a genetic programming technique is presented. In this paper, a genetic programming algorithm, which depends on the syntax tree...
Published by: IGI Global
Derivation of an Agile Method Construction Set to Optimize the Software Development Process
Today, IT and especially the development of customer-focused software, has become one of the most important elements for a company to remain competitive. The primary purpose of this article is to determine whether it is possible...
Published by: IGI Global
A Framework for Implementing a Computer-Based Knowledge Management System in Healthcare Organisations
Computer-based knowledge management systems provide sustainable management of organisational knowledge. The adoption of computer-based knowledge management systems assists organisations in harmonizing critical knowledge...
Published by: IGI Global
The Missing Dimension
George Tibbetts
Nov 19, 2013
A story that has become part of musical folklore telIs of the rehearsal of a Beethoven piano concerto by the pianist Artur Schnabel and the conductor Qtto von Klemperer. As Klemperer was conducting the orchestra, he noticed...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Edging Towards A Later Global Stage
Philip McShane
Sep 16, 2018
The objective of this essay is to illustrate patterns of present distraction from the meaningful objectives ofThe objective of this essay is to illustrate patterns of present distraction from the meaningful objectives of global...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Memories of and Gratitude for Philip McShane
William Zanardi
Mar 16, 2022
William J. Zanardi is Professor Emeritus at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. Over the last thirty plus years, the works of Bernard Lonergan and Philip McShane have greatly influenced his teaching and writing. As one of...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Joisting, Jesting, Jousting
Cecilia Moloney
Mar 16, 2022
Cecilia Moloney is a professor of electrical and computer engineering with Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Canada.
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dialectic Exercise on ‘the General Bias’
The assembled text is Insight, Chapter 7, section 8, on the “general bias” of common sense. First, I attempt to identify key counterpositions that previously guided my thinking about general bias. Second, I identify a position...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Influence of Cutting Parameters on Machinability of DSS 2205 and SDSS 2507 Materials During Milling
Duplex and super duplex materials possess the properties of both Austenite and Martensitic steels. Properties like hardness and toughness are very high for duplex grades and are difficult-to-machine. In this study, machining...
Published by: IGI Global
THE DICTIONARY OF NEWFOUNDLAND ENGLISH
Jeff A. Webb
Jan 09, 2014
IN THE FALL OF 1982 the Dictionary of Newfoundland English (DNE) arrived in bookshops. It was the culmination of about 30 years of effort on the part of George Story, William Kirwin and John Widdowson, and was the greatest...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Plenary Keynote Presentation II Threshold Choir
Kate Munger
Jan 17, 2014
Plenary Keynote Presentation II from The Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium VIII. Held at Memorial University, St. John's NL, 2011. Introduction: Jane Gosine (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
Published by: Faculty of Education
Racially Motivated Police Brutality Is a Community Public Health Issue in the United States
Ongoing global protests against police violence and racism were heightened in 2020 after the deaths of Breana Taylor and George Floyd, whose deaths made headlines worldwide and raised awareness of the Black Lives Matter...
Published by: IGI Global
Remembering Philip McShane
Michael Vertin
Mar 16, 2022
Michael Vertin is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Study of Religion, and Theology at St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto. He is a longtime student of Lonergan’s work and has edited four volumes of studies by...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mark Williams
Aug 17, 2009
This paper discusses the lack of proper recycling programs in St John’s, NL and explains the relevance of collective action and rational choice theories in addressing the matter. The city has done a poor job of...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Reflections on 20 Years of ESL Teaching in St. John’s
Martha Trahey
Dec 20, 2018
My career teaching English as a second language (ESL) in K-12 in Newfoundland and Labrador began at the elementary level in 1999 and quickly shifted to secondary. For nearly two decades I have been teaching ESL at one of the...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
Plenary Keynote Presentation IV Teaching men to sing
Scott McCoy
Jan 17, 2014
Plenary Keynote Presentation IV: Panel Presentation from The Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium VIII. Held at Memorial University, St. John's NL, 2011. Introduction by Caroline Schiller (Memorial University of...
Published by: Faculty of Education
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