Interface of Political Opportunism and Islamic Extremism in Bangladesh: Rhetorical Identification in Government Response

Critical approaches to study Bangladesh's political development have been widespread, especially in the fields of political science and international relations. What is missing from the existing critical account is an examination of the language that Bangladesh's political leaders use as symbolic means. This paper will critically analyze a rhetorical event, Address to the Nation by Begum Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, at the Fourth Anniversary of the former Alliance Government at Dhaka, Bangladesh on October 10, 2005 Zia , B. K. ( 2005, October, 10 ). [Address to the Nation]. Speech presented at the Fourth Anniversary of the Alliance Government. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Retrieved January 6, 2006, from http://www.mofa.gov.bd/st_prime_minister.htm  [Google Scholar]. The purpose is to investigate the responses of the then Bangladesh government to growing Islamic militancy in the country. Kenneth Burke's concept of identification will be used to this end.     

Bridging identities through religious television contents: Javanese female descendants,Islamic viewing and Malay identity projection

This study explores the uses of Islamic television content in bridging the gap between Javanese and Malay identity among the Malay women of Javanese descent in Malaysia. Malaysian religious television programmes have constantly promoted the Islamic identifications of Malayness, enabling the Malay audience to reconstruct the culturally religious identity. While the reconstruction of Islamic identity through television viewing simply represents a lived experience for the majority of the Malay society, it has some cultural meanings for certain Malay sub-ethnic communities, such as the Javanese. This ethnographic study on a Malaysian Javanese community reveals that the interpretive engagement of this particular community in Islamic television viewing serves the purpose of negotiating Malay identity. The results of this study suggest that religious content can serve as an engaging platform to construct multi-ethnic identities beside popular and ethnic-related contents.     

Colorimetric Evaluation of Pictorial Coatings in Conservation of Plasterworks from the Islamic Tradition

ABSTRACT

The main aim of our current investigation is the colorimetric evaluation of protective treatments (consolidants) applied to traditional Islamic plasterworks, under natural ageing conditions. From analyses of the original pictorial plaster remains in the Courtyard of the Maidens of the Real Alcázar in Seville, Spain (a World Heritage Site) we prepared test specimens, using materials and techniques similar to the original ones. We analysed 56 test specimens painted with four pigments (yellow, green, blue, and red), using two different binders (animal glue and gum arabic), onto which five representative consolidants were applied: barium hydroxide, acrylic copolymer, polyvinyl butyral, ethyl silicate, and bacterial carbonatogenesis. The test specimens were subjected to natural ageing for one year (indoors and outdoors), enabling a colorimetric assessment to be made of the changes of the polychrome surfaces. The colorimetric heterogeneity of the 56 specimens after ageing registered an average value of 2.7 CIELAB units, assessed using the mean colour difference with respect to the mean. In the aged specimens, the addition of consolidants resulted in average colour differences (mainly lightness differences) of 10.7 and 6.7 CIELAB units, considering as a reference the specimens without consolidants aged indoors and outdoors, respectively. These colour differences were very similar for both binders but not for the four pigments, higher values being found for the blue and red pigments. Considering as reference the samples without consolidants aged outdoors, we found no statistically significant colour differences, either among the five consolidants (p?=?.094) nor the two binders (p?=?.674) used. In addition to the magnitude of colour differences, the choice of the most appropriate consolidants must also consider aspects related to performance and effectiveness. Overall, for the type of paints tested, the polyvinyl butyral consolidant appeared to perform the best, followed by the ethyl silicate.     

Acceptance of digital library among female students and effects of limited access of digital library on their performance in research work: A case of International Islamic University

This study investigates the acceptance and importance of digital library among female students of International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. The study also highlights the problems that are confronted by the female students in completing their research work after limited access to digital library in the female campus of the University.

Survey was administered personally to collect data from 315 female students of eight faculties of the female campus of the university. The convenient sampling technique was used to collect data from the subjects of the study.

The access to digital library is indispensable to the students to complete their research work. With limited access to the digital library the students were unable to meet their information needs from the Internet and the libraries of other universities. The quantity as well as quality of their research work were affected due the restriction of digital resources. Also the limited access affected adversely to improve insight of the respondents regarding technological developments in their respective area of research. The lack of informational literacy program, IT training workshops, IT literate staff and the electricity failure were the main hindrance to access digital library as well as Internet.

This study was limited only to female students of the International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.     

浅析现场体育新闻中"我在场"的现场意识

本文从主体和内容两个层面分析"我在场"所具有的双重含义,针对性提出凸现"我在场"的现场意识的方法。     

数字图书馆中多媒体馆藏与服务的建立

介绍岭南大学开发网上多媒体馆藏,并在香港开拓性地利用多媒体点播技术,通过互联网提供数字图书馆服务的实践。得出以下结论:多媒体技术对数字图书馆的影响无法估量,图书馆界应仔细研究和分析多媒体对数字图书馆的影响,充分发掘其潜能,并在引入多媒体服务的过程中,彼此分享经验,共建共享数字化资源。     

“微博问政”现象的实证研究——基于新浪微博的分析

选取新浪微博为研究对象,探究我国“微博问政”的现状。分别从微博基本信息、使用状况、问政互动状况三个方面对新浪微博的624个政务微博进行跟踪考察,旨在对“微博问政”进行基于数据的、全局性的描述分析,探讨“微博问政”的广度、深度和效度,指出我国当前“微博问政”存在的问题与发展方向。     

也说"核心期刊"的评价功能--兼与钱荣贵、薛世平先生商榷

“核心期刊”遴选虽难免存在缺陷和不足 ,但是在目前情况下赋予“核心期刊”以评价功能其积极意义是主要的 :第一 ,增加了对学术期刊进行评价的依据 ,使学术期刊提高质量有了较具体的目标 ;第二 ,使学术论文评价有了一个较为客观、便捷的工具 ;第三 ,能促使作者提高论文撰写质量。要引入更科学的评价体系 ,有待于尽快建立和完善科研绩效评价体系与期刊评价体系     

1990-2002年MARC研究定量分析

从发文年代分布、发文空间分布、发文作者分布、发文主题分布几方面对我国20世纪90年代以来MARC研究的情况进行分析与总结。     

信息素养教育的本质内涵与教育原则

文章通过对信息素养教育的涵义、核心问题、教育目标的分析，提出并阐述了信息素养教育的六个原则。     

《万卷精华楼藏书记》探赜

耿文光的《万卷精华楼藏书记》成书于清末光绪年间,传统目录学在这一时期已经发展到了相当成熟的水平。官修的《四库全书总目》《天禄琳琅书目》以及之后的私家藏书目录从编排上和著录上都为后来的目录编辑者提供了参考和启发。同时也产生了一大批记录读书心得和指导读书的札记类著作。耿文光积十多年之力,前后四次改变体例,终成《万卷精华楼藏书记》。与以往目录不同之处在于著录方式和指导读书方法两方面。     

按需数字化与数字图书馆服务

指出按需数字化是数字图书馆服务的发展方向之一;阐述按需数字化的概念、背景及需求,从版权问题、操作模式、扫描质量与后期处理、存储与传递、运转周期和费用等方面介绍国外图书馆按需数字化服务的概况及其对我国图书馆开展按需数字化服务的启示,以供国内图书馆借鉴。     

我国专利申请及授权状况分析

文章以近三年我国专利申请和授权数量的基本数据为基础,以图表的形式对专利的区域分布状况、专利发明者贡献度进行对比分析,同时对专利申请中存在的问题进行了探讨。     

Medieval Studies and North American Research Libraries

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The European Community's Databases as Sources of Subnational Information

No abstract available for this article.     

林穗芳的编辑学理论研究

综述著名编辑家林穗芳的编辑学理论研究,包括明确编辑基本概念,研究编辑基本范畴,探讨编辑基本规律,阐明编辑史研究基本观点,并分析林先生学术研究的特点。     

电子期刊及其对传统图书馆的影响

电子期刊这一新的媒体传播方式的出现对信息的传递和储存方式产生了具有深远意义的影响。本文探讨了电子期刊对图书馆及图书馆业务和读者的主要影响，并就此提出了图书馆所应采取的对策。     

Purchasing or Borrowing

The Interlibrary Loan Department is authorized to make immediate purchasing decisions for inexpensive items to speed delivery of requested materials to patrons and to enhance patron satisfaction. Criteria for purchasing, rather than borrowing materials for patrons through interlibrary loan are outlined. The practices and procedures of several other institutions about buying rather than borrowing in the interlibrary loan environment are reviewed. Copyright guidelines are another factor that affects decisions about borrowing or purchasing articles.     

“信息检索与利用”的网络课程设计

介绍了“信息检索与利用”的网络课程设计思路 ,旨在为正在进行或将要进行的其它课程的网络建设提出一个可以借鉴的模式