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Parents Do Matter: Combating The Myth That Parents Don't Matter, Craig H. Hart

Marriage and Families

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A Teaching Approach To Discipline: An Alternative To Punishment, K. Richard Young, Sharon Black, Michelle Marchant, Katherine J. Mitchem

Marriage and Families

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Out Of The Dust: Finding Things Where They Are Not Supposed To Be, Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Archaeological discoveries that challenge previously accepted theories of the history of civilization are found all over the world.

The Editor's Notebook, John L. Sorenson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

The introduction to this issue is a discussion of the emphasis of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies as defined by the editors.

Last-Ditch Warfare In Ancient Mesoamerica Recalls The Book Of Mormon, John L. Sorenson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Warfare is a constant theme in the Book of Mormon. Conflicts with varying motivations erupted between the Nephites and Lamanites from the beginning of their sojourn in the New World. Ultimately, the Nephites as a sociopolitical group were exterminated in one climactic battle when hundreds of thousands died in a single day. Have Mesoamerican archaeologists detected an intensity and scale of warfare great enough to account for the extermination of a people like the Nephites? Yes, there is now good reason to believe that the period when the Nephites were being destroyed by their enemies was characterized in southern Mexico …

Desert Epiphany: Sariah And The Women In 1 Nephi, Camille Fronk

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Insights can be gained by considering the eight-year wilderness sojourn of Lehi’s company through the eyes of the women who were there. Leaving the comforts of civilization for the difficulties of the desert would have been very challenging. While the record in 1 Nephi mentions nine women, Sariah was the only one identified by name. Nephi records Sariah’s struggles as well as her testimony. The record of the women in 1 Nephi communicates much about the need to seek and receive one’s own witness of truth.

Was There Hebrew Language In Ancient America? An Interview With Brian Stubbs, Brian Stubbs

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

In an interview with John L. Sorenson, linguist Brian Stubbs discusses the evidence he has used to establish that at least one language family in Mesoamerica is related to Semitic languages. Stubbs explains how his studies of Near Eastern languages, coupled with his studies of Uto-Aztecan, helped him find related word pairs in the two language families. The evidence for a link between Uto-Aztecan and Semitic languages, or even Egyptian or Arabic, is still tentative, although the evidence includes all the standard requirements of comparative or historical linguistic research: sound correspondences or consistent sound shifts, morphological correspondences, and a substantial …

What's In A Name?: Nephi, Paul Y. Hoskisson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Though the name Nephi conforms in some ways to common Semitic patterns, none of the possible consonantal roots that appear in Hebrew can be applied to the name. Other possible sources such as Ugaritic or Egyptian may be considered.

The Problematic Role Of Dna Testing In Unraveling Human History, John L. Sorenson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Over the last century, new techniques of scientific analysis have been developed that have been applied with the intent to clarify the course of human history. Immediately after World War II, blood group data seemed to provide a magic key to open up the history of the world’s populations, but by the 1960s such studies were shown to be unrealistic and misleading. The new tool in human biology and anthropology is DNA analysis. Despite cautions from the best scientists about the limits the new findings have for interpreting human history, some enthusiasts continue to claim too much for DNA study.

Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies Volume 9 Issue 2, Neal A. Maxwell Institute For Religious Scholarship

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

The Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting understanding of the history, meaning, and significance of the scriptures and other sacred texts revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Plasma Oscillations And Expansion Of An Ultracold Neutral Plasma, Scott D. Bergeson, S. Kulin, T. C. Killian, S. L. Rolston

Faculty Publications

We report the observation of plasma oscillations in an ultracold neutral plasma. With this collective mode we probe the electron density distribution and study the expansion of the plasma as a function of time. For classical plasma conditions, i.e., weak Coulomb coupling, the expansion is dominated by the pressure of the electron gas and is described by a hydrodynamic model. Discrepancies between the model and observations at low temperature and high density may be due to strong coupling of the electrons.

That's Not My Jesus: An Artist's Personal Perspective On Images Of Christ, James C. Christensen

BYU Studies

When I was growing up, I was taught that we should not have pictures and statues of Christ on our homes or meetinghouses. Nothing was to come between us and the individual image each of us had of the Lord we worshipped. Now members of the LDS Church are expressing a need for a good image of the Savior that they can reflect upon. For artists, that shift becomes a major challenge as they work to create the desired imaged.

Diversity Performance Of Dual-Antenna Handsets Near Operator Tissue, Michael A. Jensen, Bruce M. Green

Faculty Publications

This paper presents a computational and experimental study of the diversity performance of two dual-antenna handsets operating indoors in the 902-928 MHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band. Of particular interest is the effect of the operator tissue on the diversity operation. Key indicators of diversity gain such as branch mean effective gain (MEG) and envelope correlation coefficient are obtained from finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method simulations as well as from experimental measurements in three different indoor environments. Diversity gain for the handsets is also measured directly. Reasonable agreement is observed between the experimental and simulated results, with both approaches indicating …

Images Of Christ In Latter-Day Saint Visual Culture, 1900-1999, Noel A. Carmack

BYU Studies

The motivating impact that visual images of Christ have on members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cannot be overestimated. Such images often induce feelings of faith and devotion in responsive viewers. For example, Church member Lisa Gemperline of Kaysville, Utah, wrote to the Ensign saying:

Passing a local art gallery one day, I paused, struck by the beauty of painting of Jesus Christ on display. My heart was touched as I looked at the face of the Savior, and I wished I had had the painting in my own home. Afterward, I found myself thinking about …

"What Think Ye Of Christ?" An Art Historian's Perspective, Richard G. Oman

BYU Studies

In "Images of Christ," Noel Carmack has performed a real service on several fronts. In my response, I would like to suggest some modifications to his comments and, more importantly, discuss some features that I believe a great painting of Christ must have if it is to produce a spiritual change in the lives of its viewers.

Year 2000 Conference Summary, Journal Of East Asian Libraries

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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Committee Activities, Doris Seely, Frank L. Chance, Sarah S. Elman

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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Final Report On Pinyin Conversion By The Ceal Pinyin Liaison Group, Susie Cheng, Yu-Lan Chou, Guo-Qing Li, James Lin, Amy Tsiang, Peter Zhou

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Status Of White Pine Blister Rust In The Intermountain West, Jonathan P. Smith, James T. Hoffman

Western North American Naturalist

During 1995–1997 we conducted a white pine blister rust (WPBR) disease survey in white pines of the Intermountain West. Incidence of WPBR in white pines was 59% overall, 73% in the northern Rocky Mountains, 55% in the middle Rocky Mountains, and 67% in the Sierra Nevada sample stands. Intensity within infected stands averaged 35% and ranged from 2% to 100%. Southward spread of the disease along the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains appears to have slowed or stopped, and the disease was found at the northern and western edges of, but not within, the Great Basin region. Smaller-diameter trees …

A Gis Model To Predict The Location Of Fossil Packrat (Neotoma) Middens In Central Nevada, Scott A. Mensing, Robert G. Elston Jr., Gary L. Raines, Robin J. Tausch, Cheryl L. Nowak

Western North American Naturalist

Fossil packrat (Neotoma) middens provide an important source of paleoecologic data in the arid West. This study describes and tests a predictive GIS model that uses the eights-of-evidence method for determining areas with a high probability of containing fossil middens in central Nevada. Model variables included geology, elevation, and aspect. Geology was found to be the most important variable tested. We produced a map of 4 probability classes validated by field-checking 21 randomly selected 1-km² sites throughout the study area. Our high-probability category reduced the search area to only 3.5% of the total study area. Fossil middens …

Distribution Of The Subterranean Amphipod Stygobromus In Central Colorado Streams, With Notes On The Interstitial Community, Steven P. Canton, James W. Chadwick

Western North American Naturalist

As part of a larger study on the aquatic life of streams in central Colorado, efforts were made to determine the distribution of interstitial organisms, with emphasis on the subterranean amphipod Stygobromus. In a preliminary screening-level study, sampling for Stygobromus was conducted in 1985 at 47 sites along the Front Range of Colorado at elevations generally matching the type locale for S. coloradensis and S. pennaki at the confluence of the North Fork of the South Platte River and its mainstem. A more intensive follow-up study was conducted in 1988 at 30 sites concentrating on the upper South Platte River …

Full Issue, Vol. 60 No. 2

Western North American Naturalist

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Critically Real Approaches To Language Diversity And Education Research, David Corson

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

Language Policy In Hong Kong: A Review, Alan Cheung

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

From Meaning To Form And Back Again, Michael Mcomber

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

Utah's 2002 Olympics: The Role Of Foreign Languages, Marian Babirecki-Labrum

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

Language Policy In Estonia: A Review, Raija Kemppainen

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

Lds Ethnic Wards And Branches In The United States: The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Language Congregations, Jessie L. Embry

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

Communicative Pronunciation Teaching And Its Effects On Learners, Lynn Henrichsen, Anny Fritzen

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Deseret Language And Linguistics Society

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

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