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Hoping To Establish A Presence: Parley P. Pratt's 1851 Mission To Chile, A. Delbert Palmer, Mark L. Grover Oct 1999

Hoping To Establish A Presence: Parley P. Pratt's 1851 Mission To Chile, A. Delbert Palmer, Mark L. Grover

BYU Studies

The sacrament meeting in Santiago, Chile, was similar to most meetings held in July 1998 in LDS chapels throughout the world with one notable exception—not only the chapel was filled, but also the cultural hall, and people were standing around the edges of the seats. The ward obviously needed to be divided; however, five wards, equal in size, were already meeting in that same building. The Church simply could not build chapels fast enough to house its rapidly growing membership in Chile, one of the fastest growing LDS populations in the world. In fact, in 1999 one in every thirty-two …

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Mormon Midwife: The 1846-1888 Diaries Of Patty Bartlett Sessions Donna Toland Smart, Carol Cornwall Madsen Oct 1999

Mormon Midwife: The 1846-1888 Diaries Of Patty Bartlett Sessions Donna Toland Smart, Carol Cornwall Madsen

BYU Studies

Donna Toland Smart, ed. Mormon Midwife: The 1846-1888 Diaries of Patty Bartlett Sessions. Logan: Utah State University Press, 1997. xiv; 402 pp. Illustrations, appendices, notes, index. Hardbound, $29.95; paperback, $19.95.

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Moses Thatcher And Mormon Beginnings In Mexico, Kenneth W. Godfrey Oct 1999

Moses Thatcher And Mormon Beginnings In Mexico, Kenneth W. Godfrey

BYU Studies

Moses Thatcher, Apostle and first president of the Mexican Mission, carried on an informative correspondence with his family during his mission and, after his release, continued to write to his successors, offering encouragement and advice.

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Brief Notices, Marvin E. Wiggins, Terry Dahlin, Larry W. Draper, Jed L. Woodworth Oct 1999

Brief Notices, Marvin E. Wiggins, Terry Dahlin, Larry W. Draper, Jed L. Woodworth

BYU Studies

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Tobacco-Related Cancers In Utah Compared To The United States: Quantifying The Benefits Of The Word Of Wisdom, Ray M. Merrill, Gordon B. Lindsay, Joseph L. Lyon Oct 1999

Tobacco-Related Cancers In Utah Compared To The United States: Quantifying The Benefits Of The Word Of Wisdom, Ray M. Merrill, Gordon B. Lindsay, Joseph L. Lyon

BYU Studies

And again, tobacco is not for the body, neither for the bell, and is not good for man, but is an herb for bruises and all sick cattle, to be used with judgment and skill. (D&C 89:8)

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Shaping The Stones: Lorenzo Snow's Letters To Priesthood Leaders Of The London Conference, November 1842, Andrew H. Hedges, Jay G. Burrup Oct 1999

Shaping The Stones: Lorenzo Snow's Letters To Priesthood Leaders Of The London Conference, November 1842, Andrew H. Hedges, Jay G. Burrup

BYU Studies

On the afternoon of Sunday, July 23, 1837, in Preston's Vauxhall Chapel, Heber C. Kimball preached the first Latter-day Saint sermon to be delivered in England. Heber presided over England's first baptisms one week later, after which he and his six companions parted company to cover more territory. People flocked to hear the missionaries' message, and by the time Elder Kimball left England nine months later, over fifteen hundred people had been baptized in and around Preston. A more fertile land for missionary work could hardly be imagined.

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Vol. 01 No. 1 Journal Of Microfinance, Journal Of Microfinance Sep 1999

Vol. 01 No. 1 Journal Of Microfinance, Journal Of Microfinance

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

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Measuring Transformation: Assessing And Improving The Impact Of Microcredit, Susy Cheston, Larry Reed Sep 1999

Measuring Transformation: Assessing And Improving The Impact Of Microcredit, Susy Cheston, Larry Reed

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

The question of impact assessment is one that continues to plague microcredit practitioners. Some contend that existing impact assessment studies are meaningless, while others maintain they are absolutely necessary. The authors of this paper advocate a renewed focus on the transformation of clients and their communities, as well as a new impact assessment model to support and document this focus. They outline the key principles for conducting impact audits that include measurement of transformation among clients. They also review a series of practitioner-oriented impact assessment tools and outline future challenges for practitioners, donors, and academics in improving performance through impact …

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Microenterprise Development In The Heartland: Self-Employment As A Self-Sufficiency Strategy For Tanf Recipients In Iowa 1993-1998, Salome Raheim, Jason J. Friedman Sep 1999

Microenterprise Development In The Heartland: Self-Employment As A Self-Sufficiency Strategy For Tanf Recipients In Iowa 1993-1998, Salome Raheim, Jason J. Friedman

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

There has been a significant interest in the microenterprise movement regarding its effectiveness as a welfare-to-work strategy. A decade's worth of program results, demonstration projects, and research strongly suggest that the benefits of microenterprise development for welfare recipients outweigh the costs and risks. The state of Iowa has been a leader in promoting microenterprise development as a welfare-to-work strategy. Iowa was the first state in the US to incorporate microenterprise-development training as an eligible activity in its welfare-reform program. Since 1993, the Iowa Department of Human Services (IDHS) has contracted with the Institute for Social and Economic Development (ISED), a …

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Village Banking Dynamics Study: Evidence From Seven Programs, Judith Painter, Barbara Mknelly Sep 1999

Village Banking Dynamics Study: Evidence From Seven Programs, Judith Painter, Barbara Mknelly

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

The primary question examined in this study is whether client loans grow or stagnate over time. Loan growth is important to financial sustainability and is also a proxy for positive impact. The relationship between loan growth and a variety of factors--program loan and savings policies, site selection, membership dynamics--are explored in the context of seven village bank programs. The study concludes that on average, loan size did not stagnant but increased steadily, although at a rate lower than the original village bank model projections. Only programs that allowed non-poverty level loans (loans above US$300) approached the original loan growth rate. …

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Bringing Development Back, Into Microfinance, Maria Otero Sep 1999

Bringing Development Back, Into Microfinance, Maria Otero

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

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The Microcredit Summit's Challenge: Working Toward Institutional Financial Self-Sufficiency While Maintaining A Commitment To Serving The Poorest Families, David S. Gibbons, Jennifer W. Meehan Sep 1999

The Microcredit Summit's Challenge: Working Toward Institutional Financial Self-Sufficiency While Maintaining A Commitment To Serving The Poorest Families, David S. Gibbons, Jennifer W. Meehan

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

Institutional financial self-sufficiency (IFS) is necessary for a microfinance institution (MFI) to obtain the large amount of funds required to reach and benefit truly large numbers of the poor and poorest households. There is no necessary trade-off between serving large numbers of the poorest households and the attainment of IFS by an MFI, as proven by the case studies in this paper. Cost-effective identification of the poor and the poorest women is essential to maximizing the effectiveness and efficiency of providing microfinance services to them. If the service is not exclusively for the poor and the poorest, it should be …

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Patient And Care Giver Perceptions Of Cancer Pain Control, Patricia Rushton, Sherry Brown Sep 1999

Patient And Care Giver Perceptions Of Cancer Pain Control, Patricia Rushton, Sherry Brown

Faculty Publications

PURPOSE: This study measured the perceptions of Utah cancer patients and cargivers concerning knowledge about and adequacy of pharmacologic cancer pain control. METHODS: A descriptive survey was used. Questionnaires were sent to cancer patients and caregivers surveying their knowledge about and perceptions of the adequacy of pharmacologic cancer pain control. RESULTS: The study had a 52% response rate (259 of 500). Eighty five percent (219 of 259) of the respondents stated they had no cancer pain. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Cancer literature indicated that much cancer pain is not effectively controlled. The majority of the respondents of this study reported no pain. …

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Ecological Review And Management Recommendations For Recovery Of The Endangered Gila Topminnow, W. L. Minckley Jul 1999

Ecological Review And Management Recommendations For Recovery Of The Endangered Gila Topminnow, W. L. Minckley

Great Basin Naturalist

Ecology of the endangered Gila topminnow is reviewed, described, and reconstructed; natural conditions are placed in perspective with human-altered habitats of today. In the natural state of waxing and waning of habitat size as a function of precipitation patterns and catastrophic events such as severe winter cold, the species in the past likely underwent dramatic expansions and contractions in population size and geographic range. Today, population expansions are unlikely because of constraints imposed by human activities. The original patterns of dispersal from refugia in "good" times and retreat in "bad" times, if they are to occur, must be re-created through …

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"No Man's Land": The Place Of Latter-Day Saints In The Culture War, Frederick Mark Gedicks Jul 1999

"No Man's Land": The Place Of Latter-Day Saints In The Culture War, Frederick Mark Gedicks

BYU Studies

Recent political developments in the United States find Latter-day Saints in an isolated but distinctive position, aligned with neither the religious right nor the progressive left.

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Minerva Teichert's Manti Temple Murals, Doris R. Dant Jul 1999

Minerva Teichert's Manti Temple Murals, Doris R. Dant

BYU Studies

President Gordon B. Hinckley's initiative to build many more temples around the world underscores how far many Latter-day Saints reside from their sacred buildings. In particular, travel to Utah's pioneer temples is frequently prohibitive. In the spirit of making temples accessible to all Latter-day Saints, this article brings to Saints worldwide an appreciative view of some of the Manti Temple murals.

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Two Massachusetts Forty-Niner Perspectives On The Mormon Landscape, July-August 1849, Brian D. Reeves Jul 1999

Two Massachusetts Forty-Niner Perspectives On The Mormon Landscape, July-August 1849, Brian D. Reeves

BYU Studies

The year 1999 marks the sesquicentennial of the gold rush of 1849. Two forty-niners passing through Salt Lake City recorded their impressions of the Latter-day Saints and the first of the settlers' annual 24th of July celebrations.

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A Gentile Account Of Life In Utah's Dixie, 1872-73: Elizabeth Kane's St. George Journal Norman R. Bowen, Carol Cornwall Madsen Jul 1999

A Gentile Account Of Life In Utah's Dixie, 1872-73: Elizabeth Kane's St. George Journal Norman R. Bowen, Carol Cornwall Madsen

BYU Studies

Norman R. Bowen, ed. A Gentile Account of Life in Utah's Dixie, 1872-73: Elizabeth Kane's St. George Journal. Salt Lake City: Tanner Trust Fund, University of Utah Library, 1995. xxix; 184 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $24.95.

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Environmental Lessons From Our Pioneer Heritage, Terry B. Ball, Jack D. Brotherson Jul 1999

Environmental Lessons From Our Pioneer Heritage, Terry B. Ball, Jack D. Brotherson

BYU Studies

The efforts of the pioneers and their posterity to correct their mistakes in agricultural and ranching practices set an example for us today.

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Creatine Supplementation Differentially Affects Maximal Isometric Strength And Time To Fatigue In Large And Small Muscle Groups, William J. Vincent, Steven F. Loy, Richard L. Urbanski, Ben B. Yaspelkis Jun 1999

Creatine Supplementation Differentially Affects Maximal Isometric Strength And Time To Fatigue In Large And Small Muscle Groups, William J. Vincent, Steven F. Loy, Richard L. Urbanski, Ben B. Yaspelkis

Faculty Publications

Ten physically active, untrained, college-aged males (26.4 ± 5.8 years old) received creatine (CR. 5 g creatine monohydrate + 3 g dextrose) and placebo (PLA, 7 g dextrose) supplementation four times per day for 5 days in a doubleblind, randomized, balanced, crossover design. Performance was assessed during maximal and three repeated submaximal bouts of isometric knee extension and handgrip exercise. CR supplementation significantly increased (p < .05) maximal isometric strength during knee extension but not during handgrip exercise. CR supplementation increased time to fatigue during each of the three bouts of submaximal knee extension and handgrip exercise when compared to the PLA trials. These findings suggest that CR supplementation can increase maximal strength and time to fatigue during isometric exercise. However, the improvements in maximal isometric strength following CR supplementation appear to be restricted to movements performed with a large muscle mass.

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Ultrasonic Enhancement Of Antibiotic Action On Escherichia Coli Biofilms: An In Vivo Model, Andrea M. Rediske, Beverly L. Roeder, Maren K. Brown, Jared L. Nelson, Rachel L. Robison, David O. Draper, G. Bruce Schaalje, Richard A. Robison, William G. Pitt May 1999

Ultrasonic Enhancement Of Antibiotic Action On Escherichia Coli Biofilms: An In Vivo Model, Andrea M. Rediske, Beverly L. Roeder, Maren K. Brown, Jared L. Nelson, Rachel L. Robison, David O. Draper, G. Bruce Schaalje, Richard A. Robison, William G. Pitt

Faculty Publications

Biofilm infections are a common complication of prosthetic devices in humans. Previous in vitro research has determined that low-frequency ultrasound combined with aminoglycoside antibiotics is an effective method of killing biofilms. We report the development of an in vivo model to determine if ultrasound enhances antibiotic action. Two 24-h-old Escherichia coli (ATCC 10798) biofilms grown on polyethylene disks were implanted subcutaneously on the backs of New Zealand White female rabbits, one on each side of the spine. Low-frequency (28.48-kHz) and low-power-density (100- and 300-mW/cm2) continuous ultrasound treatment was applied for 24 h with and without systemic administration of gentamicin. The …

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The Spirit Of Truth In Personality: Implications For Counseling And Psychotherapy, P. Scott Richards Apr 1999

The Spirit Of Truth In Personality: Implications For Counseling And Psychotherapy, P. Scott Richards

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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Hedonism, Suffering, And Redemption: The Challenge Of Christian Psychotherapy, Edwin E. Gantt Apr 1999

Hedonism, Suffering, And Redemption: The Challenge Of Christian Psychotherapy, Edwin E. Gantt

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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Confronting The Interface Between The Gospel And Psychology, Aaron P. Jackson, Lane Fischer Apr 1999

Confronting The Interface Between The Gospel And Psychology, Aaron P. Jackson, Lane Fischer

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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Beyond The Study Of The Natural Man: A Gospel Perspective On Human Nature, Timothy B. Smith, Matthew Draper Apr 1999

Beyond The Study Of The Natural Man: A Gospel Perspective On Human Nature, Timothy B. Smith, Matthew Draper

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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Gospel Law And Natural Law: Practicing Psychotherapy In A Spiritual Context, Stephen C. Yanchar, Amy Fisher Smith Apr 1999

Gospel Law And Natural Law: Practicing Psychotherapy In A Spiritual Context, Stephen C. Yanchar, Amy Fisher Smith

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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Moral Agency: A Doctrinal Application To Therapy, Daniel K. Judd Apr 1999

Moral Agency: A Doctrinal Application To Therapy, Daniel K. Judd

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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The Nature Of Change In Counseling: A Change Of Heart, Randy K. Moss Apr 1999

The Nature Of Change In Counseling: A Change Of Heart, Randy K. Moss

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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Conclusion, The Editors Apr 1999

Conclusion, The Editors

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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Reconciling Paradoxes At The Interface Between The Gospel And Psychology, Aaron P. Jackson Apr 1999

Reconciling Paradoxes At The Interface Between The Gospel And Psychology, Aaron P. Jackson

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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