representation and understanding
81Visions and Apparitions — Visions and Apparitions † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Visions and Apparitions This article will deal not with natural but with supernatural visions, that is, visions due to the direct intervention of a power superior to man. Cardinal Bona …
82Open and closed systems in social science — Ludwig Bertalanffy describes two types of systems: open systems and closed systems. The open systems are systems that allow interactions between its internal elements and the environment. An open system is defined as a “system in exchange of… …
83Top-down and bottom-up design — Top down and bottom up are strategies of information processing and knowledge ordering, mostly involving software, but also other humanistic and scientific theories (see systemics). In practice, they can be seen as a style of thinking and… …
84Preservation (library and archival science) — Preservation is a branch of library and information science concerned with maintaining or restoring access to artifacts, documents and records through the study, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of decay and damage. [cite web… …
85National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) — The National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) is an ever growing organization of colleges and universities. The NCAS evolved in response to the need to “keep the student in the student athlete.” The NCAS was established in 1985 by… …
86Ubu and the Truth Commission — is a South African play by Jane Taylor first performed under the directorship of William Kentridge at The Laboratory in Johannesburg s Market Theatre [Before the end of 1998, the Market Theatre had already staged three plays on the Truth and… …
87Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories — Infobox Book name = Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories image caption = Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories first edition cover. author = Sandra Cisneros illustrator = cover artist = Susan Shapiro Nivia Gonzales country = USA language =… …
88art conservation and restoration — Maintenance and preservation of works of art, their protection from future damage, deterioration, or neglect, and the repair or renovation of works that have deteriorated or been damaged. Research in art history has relied heavily on 20th and… …
89Crawford School of Economics and Government — Old Canberra House and the new JG Crawford Building. The Crawford School of Economics and Government[1] is a research intensive policy school within the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National Universit …
90National Consortium for Academics and Sports — The National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) is an ever growing organization of colleges and universities. The NCAS evolved in response to the need to “keep the student in the student athlete.” The NCAS was established in 1985 by… …
