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The Isaiah Passages In The Book Of Mormon: A Non-Aligned Text, Carol F. Ellertson Jan 2001

The Isaiah Passages In The Book Of Mormon: A Non-Aligned Text, Carol F. Ellertson

Theses and Dissertations

Since the advent of the Dead Sea Scrolls, four biblical textual scholars have emerged at the forefront of the dialogue concerning textual evolution. They are: Frank Moore Cross, Emanuel Tov, Shemaryahu Talmon and Eugene Ulrich. Though there is some overlap in their hypotheses, each scholar has put forth a framework of biblical textual development in light of these new discoveries.

If a new biblical text were discovered today, how would each scholar approach it? This thesis evaluates each scholars' views and concludes that Emanuel Tov's criteria for judging a newly discovered text is the most thorough and explanatory. Tov's views …

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Religiosity And Delinquency: A Test Of The Religious Ecology Hypothesis, S. Cory Harmon Jan 2001

Religiosity And Delinquency: A Test Of The Religious Ecology Hypothesis, S. Cory Harmon

Theses and Dissertations

Research testing the relationship between adolescent religiosity and delinquent behavior is inconclusive. Some studies show a significant negative relationship while others indicate no relationship. Stark (1996) asserts that the relationship between religiosity and delinquency is a function of community religiosity as opposed to personal religiosity. Thus, in areas of high religiosity, there will be a strong relationship, while areas of low religiosity will show no relationship. This study looks at the relationship between religiosity and delinquency of LDS youth in four different religious ecologies: Utah County (high religious ecology), the East coast (moderate religious ecology), the Pacific Northwest (low religious …

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Addressing Mormon Female Communities: Working Towards A Woman's Capacity, Alyssa Snow Larson Jan 2001

Addressing Mormon Female Communities: Working Towards A Woman's Capacity, Alyssa Snow Larson

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis project explores the discourse in Mormon culture addressing Mormon female communities. The discussion is sociological rather than theological and examines the functional characteristics of discourse found in the tradition regarding women. It sets out to review a paradox in the discourse addressing Mormon women that has been documented over time. I examine how this paradox in Mormon discourse establishes and limits women's roles; to do so, I use personal examples and the experience provided by thirteen women whom I interviewed.

The thesis is divided into three main discussions: Community, Discursive Action and Cooperation. My methodology involves a theoretical …

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Parallel Phylogenetic Inference, Mark J. Clement, David Mclaughlin, Quinn O. Snell, Michael Whiting Nov 2000

Parallel Phylogenetic Inference, Mark J. Clement, David Mclaughlin, Quinn O. Snell, Michael Whiting

Faculty Publications

Recent advances in DNA sequencing technology have created large data sets upon which phylogenetic inference can be performed. However, current research is limited by the prohibitive time necessary to perform tree search on even a reasonably sized data set. Some parallel algorithms have been developed but the biological research community does not use them because they don’t trust the results from newly developed parallel software. This paper presents a new phylogenetic algorithm that allows existing, trusted phylogenetic software packages to be executed in parallel using the DOGMA parallel processing system. The results presented here indicate that data sets that currently …

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Algae Of Devils Hole, Nevada, Death Valley National Park, William D. Shepard, Dean W. Blinn, Ray J. Hoffman, Paul T. Kantz Oct 2000

Algae Of Devils Hole, Nevada, Death Valley National Park, William D. Shepard, Dean W. Blinn, Ray J. Hoffman, Paul T. Kantz

Western North American Naturalist

We examined algal flora in the aquatic system of Devils Hole, Nevada. The water is seasonally warm, near neutral in pH, and rich in dissolved carbonate, indicative of deeply circulating groundwater flowing through carbonate rock. Most algae were benthic, with only a few planktonic representatives. Eighty-four terminal identifications in 44 genera were recorded, with diatoms and blue-green algae the most speciose groups. Diatoms were major contributors to the grazing food web. Large, mat-forming filamentous algae have an important influence on the physicochemical and general structure of the benthic substrates in Devils Hole.

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Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Acetaminophen, Cyclooxygenase 2, And Fever, Daniel L. Simmons, David Wagner, Kenneth Westover Oct 2000

Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Acetaminophen, Cyclooxygenase 2, And Fever, Daniel L. Simmons, David Wagner, Kenneth Westover

Faculty Publications

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are frequently used antipyretic agents that most probably exert their antifever effect by inhibiting cyclooxygenase (COX)–2. Thus, COX-2–selective drugs or null mutation of the COX-2 gene reduce or prevent fever. Acetaminophen is antipyretic and analgesic, as are NSAIDs, but it lacks the anti-inflammatory and anticoagulatory properties of these drugs. This has led to the speculation that a COX variant exists that is inhibitable by acetaminophen. An acetaminophen-inhibitable enzyme is inducible in the mouse J774.2 monocyte cell line. Induction of acetaminophen-inhibitable prostaglandin E2 synthesis parallels induction of COX-2. Thus, inhibition of pharmacologically distinct COX-2 enzyme activity by …

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Index, Byu Studies Oct 2000

Index, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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Civilization And Interdependent Specialists: Cooperative Systems, Symbioses, Moral Syndromes, And A Sense Of Wholeness, Ross R. Maxwell Oct 2000

Civilization And Interdependent Specialists: Cooperative Systems, Symbioses, Moral Syndromes, And A Sense Of Wholeness, Ross R. Maxwell

Comparative Civilizations Review

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The Crash Of Civilizations, The Growth Of Disorder, And The Rise Of Crime: A View From Russia, Boris Erasov Oct 2000

The Crash Of Civilizations, The Growth Of Disorder, And The Rise Of Crime: A View From Russia, Boris Erasov

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Dominic Goodall Hindu Scriptures, Ronald R. Robel Oct 2000

Dominic Goodall Hindu Scriptures, Ronald R. Robel

Comparative Civilizations Review

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John Hutchinson And Anthony D. Smith, Eds. Ethnicity, Ronald R. Robel Oct 2000

John Hutchinson And Anthony D. Smith, Eds. Ethnicity, Ronald R. Robel

Comparative Civilizations Review

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New Photographs Of Joseph F. Smith's Centennial Memorial Trip To Vermont, 1905, Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Paul H. Peterson Oct 2000

New Photographs Of Joseph F. Smith's Centennial Memorial Trip To Vermont, 1905, Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Paul H. Peterson

BYU Studies

President Joseph F. Smith and a group of other Latter-day Saint Church leaders, accompanied by family and friends, left Salt Lake City on December 15, 1905, for Vermont to dedicate a memorial honoring the Prophet Joseph Smith, on the hundredth anniversary of his birth. During their trip, they visited Church historical sites in Ohio, New York, and Vermont and Smith family sites in Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. Photographs were taken during most of the trip, preserving a view of the places considered sacred to the ever growing number of members of the Church.

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Christopher Chase-Dunn And Thomas D. Hall Rise And Demise: Comparing World-Systems., Wayne Bledsoe Oct 2000

Christopher Chase-Dunn And Thomas D. Hall Rise And Demise: Comparing World-Systems., Wayne Bledsoe

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Joseph Smith's Performance Of Marriages In Ohio, M. Scott Bradshaw Oct 2000

Joseph Smith's Performance Of Marriages In Ohio, M. Scott Bradshaw

BYU Studies

During the 1830s, ministers from a wide range of Christian denominations performed marriages in Ohio. Attempting to compile a comprehensive list of such churches would be a mammoth task, but a sampling of the court records from several Ohio counties shows that representatives from at least a dozen religious denominations were actively solemnizing marriages. These denominations included Anabaptists, Baptists, Congregationalists, Disciples of Christ, Episcopalians, Evangelicals, German Reformed, Mennonites, Methodists, Presbyterians, Unitarians, Universalists, and, of particular interest to readers here, Latter-day Saints.

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Josiah Quincy's 1844 Visit With Joseph Smith, Jed L. Woodworth Oct 2000

Josiah Quincy's 1844 Visit With Joseph Smith, Jed L. Woodworth

BYU Studies

A prophet's claims have always invited attention. The Prophet Joseph Smith took calls from an array of personalities who would not be satisfied without seeing this curiosity in the flesh. The visitors came from near and far and from every walk and station of life: politicians and priests, paupers and pundits, charlatans and seekers, and almost everything in between. Arriving first in a trickle and then in a stream, they found the Prophet wherever he had gathered the Saints. Some of the travelers left accounts of their visits, and from these sketches later generations came to know Joseph, too.

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Recent Notes About Olives In Antiquity, Wilford M. Hess Oct 2000

Recent Notes About Olives In Antiquity, Wilford M. Hess

BYU Studies

When a group of LDS scholars collaborated in 1994 under the auspices of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies to publish a book on the allegory of the olive tree in Jacob 5, few substantial works on olive production in the ancient world existed. Now, two new archaeological books add a wealth of information to our understanding of the importance of the olive in ancient life. Although expensive and technical, these new volumes offer further insights for anyone interested in olive culture as reflected in the scriptures, especially in the Book of Mormon.

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Of Heaven And Earth: Reconciling Scientific Thought With Lds Theology David L. Clark, Noel L. Owen Oct 2000

Of Heaven And Earth: Reconciling Scientific Thought With Lds Theology David L. Clark, Noel L. Owen

BYU Studies

David L. Clark, ed. Of Heaven and Earth: Reconciling Scientific Thought with LDS Theology. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1998. 234 pp. Introduction, notes, index. $18.95.

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Joane Nagel American Indian Ethnic Renewal: Red Power And The Resurgence Of Identity And Culture, Thomas D. Hall Oct 2000

Joane Nagel American Indian Ethnic Renewal: Red Power And The Resurgence Of Identity And Culture, Thomas D. Hall

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Book Review- Microfinance And Poverty: Questioning The Conventional Wisdom By Hege Gulli, Lisa M. Jones Sep 2000

Book Review- Microfinance And Poverty: Questioning The Conventional Wisdom By Hege Gulli, Lisa M. Jones

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

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Political Islam And Secular Democracy: The Rise Of The Refah Party In Turkey, Brock Taylor Sep 2000

Political Islam And Secular Democracy: The Rise Of The Refah Party In Turkey, Brock Taylor

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

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Just Cause, Bryan Fisher Sep 2000

Just Cause, Bryan Fisher

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

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Israeli Values, Israeli Control, Nathan Toronto Sep 2000

Israeli Values, Israeli Control, Nathan Toronto

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

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Vol. 18, Pi Sigma Alpha Review, Sigma: A Journal Of Political And International Studies Sep 2000

Vol. 18, Pi Sigma Alpha Review, Sigma: A Journal Of Political And International Studies

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

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On The Assignment Of Gender To Chicano Anglicisms: Processes And Results, Robert N. Smead Sep 2000

On The Assignment Of Gender To Chicano Anglicisms: Processes And Results, Robert N. Smead

Faculty Publications

The creation of neologisms through linguistic borrowing is a complex process. For donor language models to be transformed into host language replicas, phonological and morphological adaptation must take place. Part and parcel of that adaptation is the assignment of gender to loanwords in a host language like Spanish. The present article examines gender assignment in two corpora of loanwords (New Mexican and Southern Colorado Spanish: N=212 and General Chicano Spanish: N=595). Through the application of variable rule methodology (GoldVarb 2), five factors are posited as significant. Two of these categorically determine gender assignment when present: (1) the biological sex of …

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Out Of The Dust: Finding Things Where They Are Not Supposed To Be, Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies Jul 2000

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.

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Last-Ditch Warfare In Ancient Mesoamerica Recalls The Book Of Mormon, John L. Sorenson Jul 2000

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 …

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Was There Hebrew Language In Ancient America? An Interview With Brian Stubbs, Brian Stubbs Jul 2000

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 …

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The Problematic Role Of Dna Testing In Unraveling Human History, John L. Sorenson Jul 2000

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.

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Revelations In Context: Joseph Smith's Letter From Liberty Jail, March 20, 1839, Dean C. Jessee, John W. Welch Jul 2000

Revelations In Context: Joseph Smith's Letter From Liberty Jail, March 20, 1839, Dean C. Jessee, John W. Welch

BYU Studies

While Joseph Smith was incarcerated in Liberty Jail from December 1, 1838, to April 6, 1839, he wrote or dictated eight surviving letters. Four were addressed to Emma, his wife, and all of them display the sterling character of the Prophet Joseph under trials of the most extreme conditions imaginable. His letter of March 20, 1839, directed to "the church of Latter-day saints at Quincy Illinois and scattered abroad and to Bishop Partridge in particular," is one of the most revealing and most significant letters ever written by a prophet of God in the dispensation of the fullness of times. …

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Sagwitch: Shoshone Chieftain, Mormon Elder, 1822-1887 Scott R. Christensen, Larry Echohawk Jul 2000

Sagwitch: Shoshone Chieftain, Mormon Elder, 1822-1887 Scott R. Christensen, Larry Echohawk

BYU Studies

Scott R. Christensen. Sagwitch: Shoshone Chieftain, Mormon Elder, 1822-1887. Logan: Utah State University Press, 1999. xviii; 254 pp. Illustrations, maps, index. Hardback, $39.95; paperback, $19.95.

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