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Wendell J. Ashton: Advocate, Publisher, Civic Leader, Val L. Peterson

Theses and Dissertations

Wendell J. Ashton has been described as a pacesetter in the communications field in the Intermountain West. He was a trailblazer in public relations in the early days of his career at Gillham Advertising. His life has been filled with challenges such as publisher of the Deseret News, director of the LDS Church Communications Department, principal in Gillham Advertising, and various civic and community activities.

Ashton's communications career was one of innovator and pioneer as he helped forge the public relations industry in the Intermountain West. His career has followed in the footsteps of many other professionals such as …

The Effect Of Health Insurance On Retirement, Brigitte C. Madrian

Faculty Publications

FOR DECADES health insurance in the United States has been provided to most nonelderly Americans through their own or a family member's employment. This system of employment-based health insurance has evolved largely because of the substantial cost advantages that employers enjoy in supplying health insurance. By pooling large numbers of individuals, employers face significantly lower administrative expenses than do individuals. In addition, employer expenditures on health insurance are tax deductible, but individual expenditures are generally not.¹

Despite these cost advantages, there is widespread dissatisfaction with this system of employment-based health insurance. Many people are excluded because not all employers …

Morphology And Growth Variation Of Agropyron Smithii Rydb. (Western Wheatgrass) At Different Salinity Levels, Rengen Ueng, Ivo E. Lindauer

Great Basin Naturalist

The purpose of this study was to determine the morphology and growth responses of Agropyron smithii Rydb. To various saline environments as evaluated in the laboratory. Agropyron smithii Rydb. (Rosana) seeds were germinated, transplanted into nutrient solutions with NaCl concentrations of 0, 50, 100, 150, and 200 mM, and grown for 80 days. Plant height, length of culm, and number of culms per plant were significantly reduced by the presence of NaCl in the nutrient solutions. As the external NaCl concentrations increased, values of root and plant ratio and leaf dry/fresh mass ratio increased significantly; biomass decreased significantly. …

On The Development Of The Institute Of Chinese Studies Library At Heidelberg University, Thomas H. Hahn

Journal of East Asian Libraries

My initial thought about what to contribute to this commemorative issue included such matters as International Interlibrary Loan (IILL), resource sharing, shared cataloging projects and, in general, defining proper fields of cooperation between the European Association of Sinological Librarians (EASL) and the Committee on East Asian Libraries. Since these matters were already voiced and discussed during EASL's visit to Washington and other Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) libraries in April 1992,1 (as chairman of EASL) decided not to repeat them again. However, it goes without saying that these issues should not be dropped or neglected and it is my sincere …

A Branch Apart: East Asian Collections In A Research Library Context, Diane E. Perushek

Journal of East Asian Libraries

Much has been written in library literature of late about access and ownership and how libraries should respond organizationally to the new role libraries are developing to meet the dual challenges of pervasive information technology and reduced budgets. There are repeated calls for libraries to give customized service, be intimately aware of users' needs and deliver documents at the point of use. In an article on the efficacy of branch libraries entitled "Organization Misfits," it is posited that departmental (or "branch") libraries, due to their size and flexibility, can provide models for this type of service with little change to …

Japanese Studies Collections In The United States: A Historical Perspective, Eizaburo Okuizumi

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Ttuantin-Suyo, Alphonso Lingis

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Out Of Obscurity: The Emergence Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints In “That Vast Empire” Of Russia, Gary L. Browning

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Libraries And Institutions, Kristina Kade Troost, Leone Belzer Berghuis, Min-Chih Chou

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

“Is Mormonism Christian?” Reflections On A Complicated Question, Jan Shipps

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Sources Of Japanese Electronic Information, Scott Edward Harrison, Reiko Sudo

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Special Reports, Mihoko Miki, Yasuko Matsudo, Tai-Loi Ma, Amy V. Heinrich, Kimii Mitsui

Journal of East Asian Libraries

This task force was formed in August 1992 to work for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Foreign acquisitions Project for Japanese materials. The charge of the task force is to write a report which assesses current strengths and weaknesses of the major United States and Canadian Japanese research collections, determines their needs and priorities, and offers concrete action/funding proposals to address the identified problems. Fortunately, a number of previous reports and studies on the issues are available, and we reviewed and studied them carefully, including the "Survey" (1980) by Naomi Fukuda, the Perushek Report (1990), and the reports of …

Archival And Library Resources Within The Mid-Atlantic States Region For Advancing Scholarship In East Asian Studies, Frank Joseph Shulman

Journal of East Asian Libraries

The Mid-Atlantic States region is the home to a vast array of archival and library resources that have long-term research value for scholars and students interested in the history, politics, commerce and culture of the countries of East Asia and in American interaction with China, Japan and Korea. A series of fifteen panels between 1977 and 1991 presented a wide range of papers about some of these resources at the annual meetings of the Mid-Atlantic Region/Association for Asian Studies (MAR/AAS).

The Development Of Chinese Bibliographical Automation In China, Cheng Zhen

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Crosstalk On Fidelity In Page-Oriented Volume Holographic Optical Data Storage, Gregory P. Nordin, P. Asthana

Faculty Publications

Using numerical simulation, we quantitatively examine the effects of cross talk on the recall fidelity of stored binary data in a page-oriented volume holographic memory system. We discuss the trade-off between the signal-to-noise ratio of the reconstructed bits and the optical throughput of the system (i.e., the fraction of the incident beam that is diffracted to the detector plane). We show that significant gains in the signal-to-noise ratio can be achieved with modest decreases in optical throughput in the region where the highest throughput occurs. The magnitude of this trade-off is influenced by both beam degeneracy and coherent recording cross …

Modern Reports Of Prophetic Succession: A Study Of The Interpretation Of Discourse Biases, Doris R. Dant

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

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Microbial Spatial Heterogeneity In Microbiotic Crusts In Colorado National Monument. I. Algae, Anne E. Grondin, Jeffrey R. Johansen

Great Basin Naturalist

Spatial heterogeneity in visually similar sites under Utah juniper canopy in Colorado National Monument was examined. Sample sites were arranged in a transect 24 m long, such that distances between samples were 0.013 m, 0.03 m, 1.0 m, 12 m, and 24 m. Twenty-five taxa of algae were observed, mostly belonging to Cyanophyta. Algal density varied by more than an order of magnitude within the 46 samples examined. The coefficients of variation for each distance class were very similar, demonstrating that algal patchiness can be as significant on a scale less than 0.013 m as it is on a scale …

The Conquest Of Language And The Language Of Conquest, David B. Paxman

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

Microbial Spatial Heterogeneity In Microbiotic Crusts In Colorado National Monument. Ii. Bacteria, Catherine Cole Wheeler, Valerie R. Flechtner, Jeffrey R. Johansen

Great Basin Naturalist

Microbial spatial heterogeneity and bacterial composition of homogeneous surface soils showing evident microbiotic crust development located under Utah juniper canopies in Colorado National Monument were studied. Four distinct homogeneous sampling sites positioned along a 12-m transect were compared on the basis of bacterial density and taxa composition.

Bacterial densities showed a range differing by several orders of magnitude. In comparisons of adjacent soil samples or samples taken from two different sampling sites within close proximity, adjacent samples showed no more similarity to each other on the basis of bacterial density or taxa composition than did more widely separated samples. The …

Review Of No More Strangers And Foreigners By Robert A. Rees., Richard A. M. Bickerton

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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Interview: The Biological Evidence For Homosexuality Reappraised, William Byne

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Because of recent media reports and public interest in the role of biological and genetic factors in the development of homosexuality, the editor decided some information regarding this topic might be useful for AMCAP members. Dr. William Byne has recently published several professional articles in which he has criticized the biological and genetic evidence relevant to the etiology of homosexuality. Dr. Byne graciously consented to be interviewed for the AMCAP Journal.

Turning The Hearts Of The Fathers To The Children: Nurturing The Next Generation, Alan J. Hawkins, David C. Dollahite, Clifford J. Rhoades

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

The Care And Keeping Of Scrolls, James C. Vanderkam

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

The Essential Parley P. Pratt By Parley P. Pratt, Robert Steven Pratt

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

The Power Of The Word: Religion, Family, Friends, And Delinquent Behavior Of Lds Youth, Brent L. Top, Bruce A. Chadwick

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of Weighted Fan-Out/Fan-In Volume Holographic Interconnections, Gregory P. Nordin, P. Asthana, B. Keith Jenkins, A. R. Tanguay

Faculty Publications

The feasibility of employing volume holographic techniques for the implementation of highly multiplexed weighted fan-out/fan-in interconnections is analyzed on the basis of interconnection fidelity, optical throughput, and complexity of recording schedule or implementation hardware. These feasibility criteria were quantitatively evaluated using the optical beam propagation method to numerically simulate the diffraction characteristics of volume holographic interconnections recorded in a linear holographic material. We find that conventional interconnection architectures (that are based on a single coherent optical source) exhibit a direct trade-off between interconnection fidelity and optical throughput on the one hand, and recording schedule or hardware complexity on the other. …

Publications, Pingfeng Chi, Richard T. Wang

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

The Sword Of Laban As A Symbol Of Divine Authority And Kingship, Brett L. Holbrook

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Swords often symbolize divine authority and kingship. Numerous examples from the mythology, literature, and history of the world attest to distinct patterns. The sword of Laban from the Book of Mormon fits these patterns and can be compared to the sword of Goliath. The sword of Laban can also be traced as part of the royal regalia that provides authority throughout Nephite history and later as it appears in the restoration. The sword of Laban as associated with Joseph Smith came to be an additional witness of his authority and of the divine sanction for his work.

Lyndon W. Cook, Ed., David Whitmer Interviews: A Restoration Witness., Daniel C. Peterson

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of David Whitmer Interviews: A Restoration Witness (1991), edited by Lyndon W. Cook.

Bartered, Nancy Mcbride

Inscape

No abstract provided.