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Editor's Introduction: Triptych (Inspired By Heironymus Bosch), Daniel C. Peterson

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Introduction to the current issue, including editor's picks. Peterson discusses the status of Christian churches in 1820, an offer to debate Ed Decker, the quest for the historical Jesus through the Jesus Seminar and the implications of that type of scholarship on Mormonism: “Agnostic or radically revisionist critics of the restored Gospel, and fundamentalist Protestant anti-Mormons, tend to converge, united despite their other differences by their disbelief in the founding narratives and sacred scriptures of the Restoration.”

Vol. 8 Num. 1 Farms Review Of Books, Farms Review

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

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Expressions Of Faith: Testimonies Of Latter-Day Saint Scholars, Susan Eaton Black

Maxwell Institute Publications

The news media often characterizes some detractors of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as “Mormon intellectuals” and presents them to the public as the thinking Mormons who know the inside story of the church. In this rush to produce controversial news, an obvious truth has been overlooked—that the LDS intellectual and academic communities are composed of strong believers in the Prophet Joseph Smith’s revelations and solid supporters of LDS Church leadership. Only at the fringes is there noticeable dissent.

Readers of Expressions of Faith will discover a marvelous, uncoached unity in these testimonies of LDS scholars. Although …

Determination Of Toxicity And Bioactivity Of Four Organic Insecticides Recommended For Control Of Pests In Vegetable Crops, Hugo Humberto Rodriguez Salvatierra

Theses and Dissertations

This work was done to determine the toxicity and bioactivity of four organic insecticides and ultimately find answers about their toxic potential. Thus, farmers will be able to take the necessary precautions when using them. This investigation was performed in the Laboratory of Biology of the Eastern University Center (Chiquimula) at the University of San Carlos, Guatemala. In order to determine the acute toxicity and bioactivity of the organic insecticides ANONAZO, BOX, AJORIN, and NARCISO, five doses were used in albino mice and three concentrations in nauplii of brine shrimp (Artemia salina). The finney basic program was used for calculating …

In Search Of A Transcendental Film Style: The Cinematic Art Form And The Mormon Motion Picture, Thomas J. Lefler

Theses and Dissertations

This project is an effort to establish a paradigm for reading and tracing transcendence in film art and film propaganda. It addresses the intersection of aesthetic and spiritual planes which is supported by a long and complex tradition of art within religious worship. The study selects a single film as a microcosm of larger issues of cinematic representation and spirituality, in particular the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). It makes a formalistic comparison of structural and and stylistic elements between a Mormon long-form narrative, Legacy (1994) with the classic Hollywood narrative on the one …

Nutritional And Alimentative State Of The Canaviri, Pocohata, Colina Blanca, Puente Arriba And Villa Arriendo, Ingavi Province, Department Of La Paz - 1996, Juana F. Moraima Gonzles Tapia

Theses and Dissertations

The intent of the present work responds to the necessity of the settlers in depressed areas of La Paz's Altiplano in Bolivia of knowing the reality surrounding the unfolding of their lives. The focus takes into account only one part of all that weighs down on them: that part dealing with their nutritional and alimentative state. This study takes in the communities of Canaviri, Pocohata, Colina Blanca, Puente Arriba, and Villa Arriendo of the Ingavi Province in the Department of La Paz. The variable taken into account is the families' nutritional situation; these families possessing the same status in the …

Conversation In Nauvoo About The Corporeality Of God, Jacob Neusner

BYU Studies

Religion scholar Jacob Neusner looks at the corporeal nature of God through the lens of Mormonism and Judaism. He addresses anthropomorphism and incarnation, and concludes that the way to know God is through “our relationship with him, not through our act of the incarnation of God in heart and mind and soul.” Neusner appreciates the powerful doctrine of God’s corporeality taught by the Prophet Joseph Smith in the 1842 King Follett Sermon, which says that men may converse with God “as one man converses with another.” He says, “In the formative documents of the Torah in its oral version, that …

History Of The Lds Southern States Mission, 1875-1898, Heather M. Seferovich

Theses and Dissertations

This in-depth study of late nineteenth-century missionary work in the Southern States Mission examines the encounter of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with the American South. It highlights some of the region's varying conditions affecting missionary work and reports the elders' responses to new and different situations, peoples, and subcultures. Examining missionary work from the elders' viewpoint creates a better understanding of what the missionaries experienced and how they reacted to new situations outside the Mormon "corridor" of settlement in the American West. The statistical analysis of the 1,689 elders in the Mission reveals new details about …

Vocabulario Básico Del Español, Orlando Alba

Books

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A Marketing Research Project: San Francisco Pier 49 Sourdough Pizza, Jason Bennett, John Brasher, Kristina Davis, Greg Gordon

Student Works

Pier 49 San Francisco Sourdough Pizza Company is a gourmet pizza franchiser whose stores are located in Utah, Idaho, California, Hawaii, and Canada. Pier 49 has experienced problems with the Hillside store located in Sandy, Utah. Due to these problems, Pier 49 management contracted Arrow Research to research the following objectives: What are consumers' perceptions of Pier 49? What is the potential appeal of offering additional menu items? What types of restaurant services are preferred? What is the favorite brand of Pizza eaten by Hillside residents and what is their profile of "the ideal pizza restaurant"? Arrow Research comprised of …

Kinetic Analysis Of The Fate Of Nitric Oxide Synthesized By Macrophages In Vitro, Randy S. Lewis, Snait Tamir, Steven R. Tannenbaum, William M. Deen

Faculty Publications

To investigate the fate of nitric oxide (NO) synthesized by activated macrophages, the concentrations of NO and its principal reaction products, nitrite (NO2-) and nitrate (NO3-), were measured as a function of time in suspension cultures of RAW264.7 macrophages attached to microcarrier beads. Synthesis of NO became evident 2-5 h after stimulation of the cells, and steady concentrations of NO were achieved after about 9 h. The appearance of NO in the extracellular fluid coincided with the appearance of NO2- and NO3-, which were formed thereafter at approximately equal and constant rates. Using a kinetic model based on rate constants …

The Crisis Of Switzerland On The Threshold Of The European Union, H. Dwight Page

Swiss American Historical Society Review

During the fifty years since the conclusion of World War II in 1945, Europe has undergone more radical changes than during the three preceding millennia. The Treaty of Maastricht, prepared by the twelve members of the European Community in December, 1991, legalizes a process of European social, economic and political unification and homogenization contradicting the evolution of European politics and societies since the fall of the Roman Empire. The majority of the nation states of Western Europe have been generated by a concerted struggle against amalgamation into large transnational empires. Notable examples are France, formed by the dissolution of its …

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Swiss American Historical Society Review

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The Bibliographical Control Of English-Language Writings About Japan With Particular Focus On The Social Sciences And Area Studies, Frank Joseph Shulman

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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The Daily Life Component In Civilization Analysis, Gordon W. Hewes

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Meetings And Conferences, David Block, Eizaburo Okuizumi, Scott Edward Harrison

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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An Integrated Framework For Learning And Reasoning, Christophe G. Giraud-Carrier, Tony R. Martinez

Faculty Publications

Learning and reasoning are both aspects of what is considered to be intelligence. Their studies within AI have been separated historically, learning being the topic of machine learning and neural networks, and reasoning falling under classical (or symbolic) AI. However, learning and reasoning are in many ways interdependent. This paper discusses the nature of some of these interdependencies and proposes a general framework called FLARE, that combines inductive learning using prior knowledge together with reasoning in a propositional setting. Several examples that test the framework are presented, including classical induction, many important reasoning protocols and two simple expert systems.

Alpine Vascular Flora Of The Tushar Mountains, Utah, Alan C. Taye

Great Basin Naturalist

The Tushar Mountains of southwestern Utah rise to a maximum elevation of 3709 m, with timberline and krummholz reaching maximum elevations of 3438 m and 3566 m, respectively. Voucher specimens were collected from the alpine region during eight field seasons to inventory this largely unknown alpine flora. Listed are 171 vascular plant species from 102 genera and 34 families that occur in eight types of plant communities within an alpine area of about 19.3 km², the seven largest families are Asteraceae (29 species), Poacea (20), Brassicaceae (13), Rosaceae (12), Cyperaceae (11), Caryophyllaceae (10), and Fabaceae (8). Thirteen species …

The Fourth Great Awakening And The Political Realignment Of The 1990s, Robert W. Fogel

BYU Studies

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Anxiety In Eden: A Kierkegaardian Reading Of Paradise Lost By John S. Tanner, Neal W. Kramer

BYU Studies

John S. Tanner. Anxiety in Eden: A Kierkegaardian Reading of Paradis Lost. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. vii-viii; 209 pp. $36.35.

Cccii Software For The Cjk Opac: University Of Oregon Field Test Report, Hsu-Kuang Wang

Journal of East Asian Libraries

At present the on-line public access catalog (OPAC) still remains the primary tool for patrons searching for materials in the academic and research libraries in North America. The performance of an OPAC has a direct impact on how effectively a library provides information and services to its users. The increasing demand for information access to a wide spectrum of resources in various formats constantly challenges library professionals, library automation scientists, and library system vendors to deliver more powerful and sophisticated OPAC systems with higher performance levels at lower costs. The OPAC systems in East Asian libraries have to meet even …

Publications, Wen-Kai Kung

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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Committee Activities, Doris Seely, Tai-Loi Ma, Kyungmi Chun, Hideyuki Morimoto, Yasuko Makino

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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The Historical Study Of Mental Images, Olavi K. Fält

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Dialogicla Horizons: Latino Voices And U.S. Audiences: E Pluribus Plures, Ann Mcbride-Limaye

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Christianity And The Uniqueness Of Japanese Religious Mentality, Dong Sull Choi

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Moral Perspectives On U.S. Security Policy: Views From The Lds Community Edited By Valerie M. Hudson And Kerry M. Kartchner, Robert E. Riggs

BYU Studies

Valerie M. Hudson and Kerry M. Kartchner, eds. Moral Perspectives on U.S. Security Policy: Views from the LDS Community. Provo, Utah: David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, 1995. xiv; 178 pp. $24.00.

Hurricane Iniki Experience, Herman Paleka

Mormon Pacific Historical Society

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No. 16 Mormon Pacific Historical Society, Mormon Pacific Historical Society

Mormon Pacific Historical Society

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Special Reports, Amy Vladeck Heinrich, Kristina Kade-Troost

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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