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A bibliography for finite elements / by Whiteman, J. R.(John Robert)(CARDINAL)133669;

Subjects: Bibliographies.; Finite element method;

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Some comments on coordinate free and scale invariant methods in morphometrics / by Lele, Subhash.(CARDINAL)197834; University of North Carolina (System).Institute of Statistics.(CARDINAL)165205; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Department of Statistics.(CARDINAL)149563;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 24-25).

Subjects: Shape theory (Topology); Finite element method.; Numerical analysis.;

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Tiny habits [large print] : the small changes that change everything / by Fogg, B. J.,author.(CARDINAL)813867;

Introduction : change can be easy (and fun) ... -- The elements of behavior -- Motivation : focus on matching -- Ability : easy does it -- Prompts : the power of after -- Emotions create habits -- Growing your habits from tiny to transformative -- Untangling bad habits : a systematic solution -- How we change together -- Conclusion: The small changes that change everything."Myth: Change is hard. Reality: Changecan beeasy if you know the simple steps of Behavior Design. Myth: It's all about willpower. Reality: Willpower is fickle and finite, and exactly the wrong way to create habits. Myth: You have to make a plan and stick to it. Reality: You transform your life by starting small and being flexible. BJ FOGG is here to change your life--and revolutionize how we think about human behavior. Based on twenty years of research and Fogg's experience coaching more than 40,000 people, Tiny Habits cracks the code of habit formation. With breakthrough discoveries in every chapter, you'll learn the simplest proven ways to transform your life. Fogg shows you how to feel good about your successes instead of bad about your failures. Already the habit guru to companies around the world, Fogg brings his proven method to a global audience for the first time. Whether you want to lose weight, de-stress, sleep better, or be more productive each day,Tiny Habits makes it easy to achieve" --

Subjects: Self-help publications.; Large print books.; Habit.; Habit breaking.; Change (Psychology); Self-actualization (Psychology);

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Sacrifice in Greek and Roman religions and early Judaism. by Yerkes, Royden Keith.;

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 218-247)I. Contrast between modern and ancient meanings of sacrifice -- 1. The flexibility of words: change of connotation -- Illustrated by religious words, especially sacrifice -- 2. Modern popular use of the term sacrifice -- (1) Secular use: deprivation, destruction, reluctance -- (2) Religious use: wholly from transfer of secular ideas -- (3) Application to the work of Jesus: necessary but terrible -- 3. Ancient concept of sacrifice: strictly religious -- (1) Necessity for recipient of a sacrifice -- (2) Eagerness, happiness and desire in performance -- (3) Death of victim a fact but never a factor in the sacrifice -- 4. Etymological origin of the word sacrifice -- II. The sacrifice of religion -- 1. Suggested theories of origin of religion -- 2. Obvious factors of the origin of religion -- (1) Primitive instincts: self preservation and continuance -- (2) Contact with environments -- (3) Human finiteness -- (4) Human potentialities: knowledge and choice -- 3. Progress and development of human activities -- (1) Irregular -- (2) Not linear -- (3) Complex -- 4. The bases of religion -- (1) Recognition of invisible powers -- (2) Quest of causality -- (3) "Magical Rites": developing into science and religion -- 6. The rise of worship -- (1) Natural processes become sacred acts -- (2) Natural transformation of rites: by isolation, translation, synthesis, separation and sublimation -- III. Early development of sacrifice -- I. The sacred meal -- (1) Quest of the life force -- (2) Necessary ceremoniousness -- (3) Regularity -- 2. Value of explanation of early sacrifice -- 3. The basic elements of all worship -- IV. Additional rites connected with sacrifice -- I. Exorcism and incarnation -- 2. Divination and oracles: hepatoscopy -- 3. Rites performed at the "wonder moments" of life: birth, maturity, marriage, sickness, death.V. Blood and blood rites -- 1 Blood as life -- (1) As a seat, principle and vehicle of life -- (2) As renewer of life -- (3) As inspirer of life: the taurobolium -- 2. The blood covenant -- 3. The blood taboo -- (1) General -- (2) In Islam -- (3) In Judaism -- (4) In Nascent Christianity -- 4. Blood in purificatory and apotropaic rites -- 5. Blood rites in the Old Testament -- (1) Blood of the covenant -- (2) Blood for general purification -- (3) Blood in pre-sacrificial purification -- VI. Propitiation and conciliation -- 1. Greek rites -- (1) Chryseus and Apollo -- (2) Greek placation rites -- Difference between placation rites and worship -- 2. Roman rites -- (1) Culture strains in Roman rites -- (2) Roman peculiarities -- a. Disappearance of the common meal as a rite -- b. Disappearance of blood rites -- (3) Hepatoscopy -- VII. Votive offerings, devotion and dedication -- 1. The devotion of Decius -- 2. Greek vows and votive offerings -- 3. Roman vota -- (1) Private -- (2) Public -- (3) Philosophy of vota -- (4) Devotio of criminals -- 4. Hebrew vows -- (1) Simple vows -- (2) Devotio: Joshua (at Jericho), Jephthah, Samuel -- 5. Anathema in the New Testament -- VIII. Rites in which an animal was wholly eaten -- 1. The Bouphonia -- (1) Sources for the study -- (2) The ritual pattern -- (3) Suggested interpretation -- 2. The Magnesian feast -- (1) Source for the study -- (2) Ritual pattern -- 3. Suggested interpretations -- 4. An Arabic parallel -- 5. A Moslem parallel -- 6. The Jewish pesach -- IX. The Greek Thusia -- 1. Influence of Greek culture -- 2. Greek cults and Greek religion -- (1) Greek cultic vocabulary -- (2) Gods in Greek life -- (3) Kinds of Greek cult -- 3. Development of the Thusia -- (1) Etymology of the word: significance of fire -- (2) The common meal becomes a Thusia -- (3) The Thusia as a general act of worship: the Hekatomb -- (4) Accompanying words as describing the nature of the Thusia -- (5) The Thusia as the regular act of worship: calendar -- 4. The ritual pattern of the Thusia -- (1) The preparation -- (2) The Thusia proper -- (3) The feast -- 5. Officers of the Thusia -- 6. Interpretation of the Thusia.X. Jewish sacrifices: the 'olah and the Zevach -- I. Palestine and its peoples -- 2. Hebrew and Jewish tradition -- (1) History -- (2) Literature -- (3) Religion -- a. Three elements: Canaanite, Hebrew, Jewish -- b. Controversy upon three subjects: recipients, place, and method -- c. Canaanite religion as background -- d. The Jewish sacrificial system -- 3. The 'olah -- (1) The law of the 'olah -- (2) Titles -- (3) The ritual pattern -- (4) Occasions and purpose -- 4. The Zevach -- (1) Use of the term -- (2) Kinds of Zevach -- (3) Ritual pattern -- 5. Outgrowing and sublimation of 'olahs and Zevachs -- XI. Jewish rites (continued) -- 1. The Minchah -- (1) Ritual pattern -- (2) The "memorial" -- (3) Regular minchahs -- 2. First fruits and libations -- 3. Purifications for worship -- (1) Disqualification: necessity for purification -- (2) Chatah, Asham, Kipper -- (3) Ritual patterns -- a. Chattath A and chattath B -- b. Asham -- (4) Characteristic elements of purification -- (5) "Atonement" -- (6) Occasions for purification -- a. Contact with a corpse: the red cow rite -- b. Minor occasions -- c. Leprosy rites -- d. Nazirite vow -- e. Consecrations -- f. Regular festivals -- g. "The day of atonement" -- XII. The Christian sacrifice -- I. The work of the church -- (1) The function of the Christ group -- (2) Relation of that group to Christ -- (3) Admission of gentiles -- 2. The sublimation of sacrifice -- (1) Physical rites -- a. Dwindling of them -- b. Danger of them -- (2) The four contributions of sacrifice to religion -- a. Learning the will of God -- b. Co-operation with God -- c. Reliance upon God -- d. Complete surrender to God -- (3) The sacrificial ideal -- 3. The Christian application of the term sacrifice -- (1) As descriptive of the life and work of Jesus -- (2) As descriptive of Christian worship -- (3) As descriptive of the life of Christians -- The Hale lectures -- List of Tables -- A. Hebrew sacrificial words and Greek equivalents -- B. Occurrences of the phrase "zevach and minchah" and translations -- C. Greek and Latin translations of todhah -- D. Translations of todhah in English versions -- E. Hebrew and Greek words translated memorial -- F. Greek and Latin translations of kipper and kippur -- G. English translations of kipper and kippur.

Subjects: Sacrifice.; Old State Library Collection.;

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