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Unveiling wisdom: a literary and theological study of wisdom traditions in the Book of Revelation
This thesis analyzes the pervasive use of wisdom language and themes in the Book of Revelation. Although numerous scholars have noted the use of wisdom language in apocalyptic writings such as 1 Enoch and 4 Ezra, this thesis focuses on its use in the Book of Revelation. Chapter 1 introduces the …
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Environmental Virtue Education: Ancient Wisdom Applied
The focus of environmental philosophy has thus far heavily depended on the extension of rights to nonhuman nature. Due to inherent difficulties with this approach to environmental problems, I propose a shift from the contemporary language of rights and duties to the concept of character …
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Johannine Wisdom Christology in Chinese contexts
… scholarship has generally agreed that Jewish wisdom literature constitutes the background to the concept of the Logos in the Fourth Gospel. However, regarding the topic of Johannine Wisdom Christology (JWC), there are still gaps and questions remaining after previous studies. While these …
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Extracting more wisdom from the crowd
… opinions or predictions. We consider the wisdom-of-the-crowd problem of aggregating the judgments of multiple individuals on a single question, when no outside information about their competence is available. Many standard methods select the most popular answer, after correcting for …
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Roots of Ancient Wisdom for Contemporary Education
… ways of being in the world; this ancient wisdom continues to challenge educators to serve as effective role models (e.g., Aristotle, 1963; 1985; Maslow, 1993; Palmer, 1998). Yet, until now, teachers' levels of self-actualization have not been investigated with valid and reliable …
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Echoes of wisdom - Regenerative practice as professional practice
… Sustainability. A board game called Echoes of Wisdom was crafted in this thesis. The game serves both as a research method (Mayer et al., 2014) and to communicate the findings through performance of its gameplay (Spry, 2001). Echoes of Wisdom is explained, exemplified, and outlined in a way …
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Wisdom and Law: Political Thought in Shakespeare's Comedies
… problems are dealt with by the prudent use of wisdom, Shakespeare is pointing the reader to a standard of judgment that transcends any particular (or actual) political arrangement. Once we see the importance of the prudent use of such a standard, we are in a position to judge what this …
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Conceptualizations of Wisdom in the Native American Community
… qualitative study examined implicit theories of wisdom in a sample of adult individuals who identified as Native American. The research question focused on definitions of wisdom as they exist in the Native American Community. A total of eight participants were asked to answer the question “What …
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Mouse behavior recognition with the wisdom of crowd
In this thesis, we designed and implemented a crowdsourcing system to annotate mouse behaviors in videos; this involves the development of a novel clip-based video labeling tools, that is more efficient than traditional labeling tools in crowdsourcing platform, as well as the design of …
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Wisdom of the machines : federated learning using OPAL
Wisdom of the crowds (WOC) is an old concept that started by recording and aggregating people's estimations. It is one of the useful tools that exists today and allows many estimation applications to work correctly. Moreover, Open algorithms (OPAL) is a useful platform that enables institutions and …
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Extracting the Wisdom of Crowds From Crowdsourcing Platforms
… online crowdsourcing activities, extracting the Wisdom of Crowds (WoC) has become an emerging research area, one that is used to aggregate judgments, opinions, or predictions from a large group of individuals for improved decision making. However, existing literature mostly focuses on eliciting …
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Empirical exploration of wisdom from a Christian psychology perspective
Understanding and obtaining wisdom has been one of the most significant enterprises of mankind since the early efforts of thinkers in ancient times. While wisdom is involved in every aspect and function of human nature biologically and spiritually, there has been little empirical investigation of …
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Fauna in archaic Greek and Kalanga oral wisdom literatures
… play an important role in the communication of wisdom. In songs, proverbs, aphorisms, riddles and other oral modes of communication, animals sometimes play the roles of human beings. Homeric similes, Hesiodic and Aesopic fables, and numerous oral figures of speech in Greek lyric poetry often …
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Scaling Up Fact-Checking Using the Wisdom of Crowds
Professional fact-checking, a prominent approach to combating misinformation, does not scale easily. Furthermore, some distrust fact-checkers because of alleged liberal bias. We explore a solution to these problems: using politically balanced groups of laypeople to identify misinformation at scale. …
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History and Hope: The Agrarian Wisdom of Isaiah 28–35
… today.</p><p>History and Hope: The Agrarian Wisdom of Isaiah 28–35 examines the rhetorical function of Isa 28–35, a relatively overlooked series of six woe-oracles, in relation to the reader’s encounter with the book of Isaiah as a whole. At a diachronic level, the project seeks to improve …
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