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Charles Taylor’s Modern Identity and the “Atonement Muddle”
James Gerrie
Feb 05, 2018
In Charles Taylor’s exhaustive study of the historical currents that have helpedconstitute the modern identity he proposes the notion of “the affirmation ofordinary life” as a way of encapsulating the core of that identity. As...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mid and Low Vowels in Southeastern French
Alain Thomas
Sep 30, 2014
In this article, we present the partial results of a survey of French pronunciationin southeastern France, where the local variants are more and more threatened bystandard French (SF). In order to document this process, we have...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
The Gift of Drugs
Mohammed Hamdan
Dec 14, 2022
This article argues that Thomas De Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium-Eater subverts the colonial representation of foreign places by providing a counter geographical narrative of English imperialism. De Quincey’s...
decolonial studies; Literature; Cultural Studies De Quincey; Confessions; space; arabesque; imperial; opium Romantic Literary Studies
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Francitan vs. Standard French Pronunciation in Southeastern France
Alain Thomas
Nov 19, 2013
This article presents the results of a survey on French pronunciation in the Nice (France) area, which attempts to determine whether southern pronunciation is being lost in that region and, if so, to what extent, on which...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
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
Online Retail Store Community Engagement and Its Impact on Purchase Intentions in the Context of Online Reviews
Consumers want to engage with the retail store community in the shopping context. This study examines how consumers’ perceptions of source credibility and perceived usefulness of online reviews impact an intention to engage...
Published by: IGI Global
A System Dynamics Approach to SME Resilience Under the Economic Stress of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic reshapes our knowledge and reconceptualises our belief in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as more flexible and resilient than bigger organisations under difficult socioeconomic conditions. The critical...
Published by: IGI Global
Delivering Higher Education in Public Health Emergencies
Thomas Songu
Jan 01, 2022
With the general closure of universities and schools in Sierra Leone due to the COVID-19 pandemic, digital learning has become a credible alternative to maintain students in educational, training, and research links. The study...
Published by: IGI Global
A Liberating Curricula as a Social Responsibility for Promoting Social Justice and Student Success Within the UK Higher Education Institution (HEI)
Dave Thomas
Jul 20, 2018
Integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities as part of a higher education institution (HEI) organisational strategies and practices to address economic and social inequality is no longer a new phenomenon. This...
Published by: IGI Global
The Method and Structure of Schelling’s Late Philosophy
Thomas Buchheim
Dec 20, 2020
The period of Schelling’s final mature philosophy started with his appointment to Berlin (1840), where he undertook a profound revision of his Philosophy of Mythology and Revelation (which he still considered to be purely...
Published by: Memorial University Libraries
Organization and Management Past to Present
Thomas Joseph
Apr 01, 2020
This article examined the historical evolution of organization and management theories and their applicability to practice in modern enterprise. Management and organizational theories each add something to the awareness of what...
Published by: IGI Global
Ethics in Organization and Management
Thomas Joseph
Jul 01, 2020
A fundamental challenge for scholars and practitioners of organization and management is the integration of theoretical ethics with practical decision-making. This article discusses the historical evolution of ethics in...
Published by: IGI Global
Comparing Phonetic Characteristics of African American and European American Speech
African American English (AAE) has been studied more heavily, by far, than anyother forms of American English. Nevertheless, much of the emphasis has beenplaced on morphosyntactic variants and its phonetic characteristics are...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
The secular solo cantatas of Thomas A. Arne (1710-78)
Paul Rice
Apr 11, 2013
Published by: Faculty of Education
McShane’s Influence on My Understanding of Lonergan (and of myself)
Pierrot Lambert
Mar 16, 2022
Pierrot Lambert is the author of Bernard Lonergan: Introduction à sa vie et à son œuvre (Montréal: Guérin, 2008), co-author (with Charlotte Tansey and Cathleen Going) of Caring about Meaning: Patterns in the Life of Bernard...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Pinellas Bayway Bridge Replacement
Thomas Wadden
Apr 18, 2013
Pinellas County is comprised of various coastal cities located on the west coast of Florida, U.S. With over 50 kilometres of sandy beaches, this area is a popular destination for regional, national and international visitors. As...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Need We Train Online Instructors?
In an online setting, it is critical to understand the factors that influence learning outcomes and student satisfaction. Group work or collaborative learning is frequently prescribed as a vital part of online classes. Learning...
Published by: IGI Global
Economic, Agronomic, and Environmental Benefits From the Adoption of Precision Agriculture Technologies
Precision agriculture (PA) as an integrated information- and production-based farming system is designed to delivery high-end technology solutions to increase farm production efficiency and profitability while minimizing...
Environmental Technologies Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies
Published by: IGI Global
Building an Internet-Based Knowledge Ontology for Trademark Protection
Global online sales for products, where many are substantially identical or deceptively similar, are the cause of a growing number of trademark (TM) infringement lawsuits. This research proposes an intelligent trademark legal...
Published by: IGI Global
Concrete Ceilings
This research consisted of qualitative interviews with 21 Black women who currently held, had held, or were qualified for managerial-level positions in the public service sector. The research questions were as follows: (1) What...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Role of Hydro in Support of Modern Power Grids
Philip Charles Helwig
Aug 04, 2014
This paper summarizes the features of hydropower developments and compares hydro with other renewable energy sources for supply to electric power grids. The particular advantages that hydro plants typically provide for grid...
Emergent Bilinguals in Rural Schools
This chapter explores rural teacher attitudes towards emergent bilinguals at the secondary level before, during, and after translanguaging professional development. Within the current political climate, accountability measures...
Literacy and Language Studies Education Curriculum Development and Instructional Design Social Sciences and Humanities
Published by: IGI Global
Achieving Conformance to Document Standards
In the context of long-term archival of digital assets, file formats that are standardized and designed for longevity such as PDF/A are preferred. However, due to the complexity of and ambiguities in PDF standards, it is far...
IT Policy & Standardization Computer Science and Information Technology IT Policy and Standardization
Published by: IGI Global
An Empirical Study to Examine Drivers of Personal Cloud Computing Usage
Cloud computing is recognized as an important area for information technology (IT) innovation and investment. Many companies are rapidly reorienting their overall IT strategies to include cloud computing. Cloud computing reduces...
Published by: IGI Global
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