https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/44568 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:15:00 GMT 2026-04-20T01:15:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/127421 Title: A living environment for the elderly Abstract: Among Western societies today – which form the basis of our consideration – there are no consistent definitions of old age. From the demographic and sociological point of view, people who are over sixty-five years of age are considered as aged. However, a substantial percentage of persons who are in their sixties, do not consider themselves old. Apart from its demographic and sociological aspects, old age, can be considered as a biological phenomenon since the elderly person’s organism displays certain characteristics. From this point of view ageing is a process of loss of vital energy, even though this process is not restricted to the aged. Old age brings about value-system change. People in today’s industrial society tend to live to a ripe old age. However, this implies that they live beyond the age at which they would be active or accepted in social roles. Old age is seen as a blessing when life is valued, but, it is also dreaded due to its limitations and due to the fact that at times it implies rejection by society. Ideally old ag is an opportunity for a final maturation of the personality. The routine of active work and duty is past, and one has enough time to pause for reflection. One has the opportunity of thoughtful detachment. On the other hand, one can consider ageing as a period of decline. Losses of all kinds are suffered, which had not been previously experienced. Many are those who are psychologically unprepared for all this, yet many others are strong enough to bear all the hardships that come their way. Ageing implies problems, yet one should not assume that becoming old is always a problem, or that ageing is an inevitable, sad human destiny. Apart from difficulties and limitations, old age has its own potentials which can be exploited for the benefit of both the aged themselves and of society as a whole. We should all help old people in their needs and offer them the possibility of realising their potentialities. For this end one should consider both the aged as individuals and their relation to society. Old age is applicable to both man and woman, hence unless otherwise stated, the term ‘he’ also refers to ‘she’ (e.g. his/her life). Description: DIP.SOC.STUD. Wed, 01 Jan 1986 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/127421 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123148 Title: A commentary on Quintinus' Insulae Melitae Descriptio Abstract: This dissertation does not include any material used in my B.A. (Hons.) Dissertation. In that Dissertation I included a historic introduction to Quintinus and his Insulae Melita Descriptio; I re-edited with emendations his work as it appears in the first edition, i.e . the Lyons one of 1536; I procduced an English translation; and included in the notes references both to emendations of Quintinus and to the translators of Quintinus where these have gone wrong. I had deliberately left out a complete commentary for this Dissertation since research for B.A.(Hons.) Degree had to be limited to a required level. Thiss Commentary therefore contains: l. Notes illustrating the text in its historical and cultural meaning. Under the latter are included allusions and references to Classical writers. These indeed show the general background of Quintinus' Classic education, especially when he is clearly echoing the Classics, as in his repeated use of phrases from Pliny's Natural History which, like many of his Age, he must have known very well. The main authors quoted, .apart from Pliny, are Cicero, Virgil, Ovid and Livy. Abbreviations of Classical references are according to the Oxford Latin Dictionary and Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon, where these are given. 2. Notes containing references to Quintius' book re-published by various editorsd after the author's own edition, right down to the XVIIIth. Cent. These references are meant to show the importance attached to Quintius all along over a period covering almost three hundred years. Description: M.A.CLASSICS Sat, 01 Jan 1977 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123148 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/122713 Title: Reggie Miller and the post-war socio-political challenges Abstract: This study attempts to analyse some salient points of Miller's General Workers Union from its foundation in 1943 to his retirement in 1958. This is done in the context of the conflict of interests between Britain and the islanders seeking to enjoy and maintain a good standard of living and an acceptable constitutional status for their island home. Soon after its foundation the G. W. U. was instrumental in the reorganisation and the revitalization of the Labour Party that then led to the establishment of the Labour Front. As a trade union embracing all classes and sectors of workers, the G. W. U. was distinct from all previous trade unions both in character and scope. The welfare of the mass of workers it embraced could not be attained without the Union's total involvement in the general economic and constitutional progress of Malta. Inborn cooperation between the G.W.U. and the Labour Party was inevitable and in the National Assembly they had their first training in unity, collaboration, and mutual support. Miller, however, always insisted on keeping the Union's identity intact - a task sometimes difficult in view of the majority support enjoyed by the Labour Party within the G.W.U.'s membership. The 1949 split in the Labour Party over the ultimatum issue may be said to have deprived the workers' movement for five years of an effective say in the running of their country. The G. W. U., after initially trying to keep equidistant from the two factions, slowly moved towards supporting Mintoffs M.L.P. and the Labour Movement reappeared as a united and solid front whose efforts were crowned by an overwhelming success at the 1955 elections. This success was taken to mean that the Labour Government had a clear mandate to insist on Integration. In Reggie Miller the Union had a founder who was a staunch supporter of Malta's right to an enhanced constitutional status that would give the island both dignity and economic prosperity. When in the fifties the Malta Labour Party proclaimed that Malta's constitutional future lay in either Integration or self-determination, with an option for the first alternative, Miller's G.W.U. found it naturally easy to give wholehearted support to the M.L.P. For the Maltese workers Integration meant parity with their British counterparts. Miller had proposed union with Britain at a G.W.U. rally in Pawla in May 1943. The Union's loyal support was not affected when the Catholic Church opposed Integration. Britain's reappraisal of its international commitments after the Suez crisis led to discharges at the Dockyard and a general rundown in employment as a result of diminished Defence spending. This posed a threat to Malta's future, and created problems for the G.W.U. and the Government. The Defence workers were heartened by the national support, particularly when the Legislative Assembly unanimously adopted the historic 'break with Britain' resolution. This was followed by the resignation of the Labour Government, a general strike called by the G.W.U., and anti-British manifestations. The Integration proposals were no longer possible and the struggle for Independence was set in motion. Miller retired from his position as General Secretary of the G.W.U. in the same period. By this time the workers he had led were organized in a strong union. They had attained both self-respect as a class as well as vastly improved social and working conditions. Description: B.A.(HONS)HISTORY Fri, 01 Jan 1993 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/122713 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/116947 Title: Sir Temi Zammit : Ħidmietu mill-kitba Abstract: Dan l-editorjal jittrata l-istorja ta' Temi Zammit u s-siltiet tant popolari li għadhom jiġu studjati fl-iskejjel u istituzjonijiet Maltin anka sa' illum. Description: B.A.(HONS)MALTESE Mon, 01 Jan 1973 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/116947 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z