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Ym 551 Seminar In Youth Ministry , James Hampton Jan 2008

Ym 551 Seminar In Youth Ministry , James Hampton

Syllabi

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The content and focus of this seminar will address current urgent issues The seminar will build around nationally known uest faculty who are practicing ministry professionals in the content area. For the seminar, advanced reading/critique preparation and follow-up integrative reflection will supplement the contact hours with the resource person. Faculty serve as campus planners/conveners/professors of record. (Catalog)

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Quantification Of Pollinating Insects Of The Superfamily Apoidea In Three Ecological Niches Of Three Communities In The Municipality Of Coroico-Nor Yungas, Department Of La Paz, Óscar Jaime Claros Sossa Jan 2008

Quantification Of Pollinating Insects Of The Superfamily Apoidea In Three Ecological Niches Of Three Communities In The Municipality Of Coroico-Nor Yungas, Department Of La Paz, Óscar Jaime Claros Sossa

Theses and Dissertations

The superfamily Apoidea (commonly referred to as bees), are insects whose diet consists of the nectar and pollen from flowering plants. Therefore, they are essential pollinators of many species, both wild and cultivated.
Bees are similar to other Hymenoptera in appearance, size, and color variety. The superfamily Apoidea contains 17,000 known species and could possibly contain up to 30,000. Bees perform many tasks that benefit humanity such as pollinating the flowers of both wild and cultivated plants. Without this work, fruits and seeds necessary for the survival of different species, for our own food supply, and for industry would not …

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Evaluation Of Five Lines Of Amaranth (Amaranthus Caudatus) In Three Locations Within The Imbabura Province, Lorena Marivel Dávila Pullas Jan 2008

Evaluation Of Five Lines Of Amaranth (Amaranthus Caudatus) In Three Locations Within The Imbabura Province, Lorena Marivel Dávila Pullas

Theses and Dissertations

The following lines of white-seeded amaranth were tested in three locations within the Imbabura province of Ecuador: Ecu-0113, Ecu-0014, Ecu-2210, Ecu-4737, and Ecu-4744. The three locations used were Caranqui, Urcuquí, and Pucará which are 2228, 2423, and 2513 meters above sea level respectively. The objectives of this study were: 1) to identify which of the five experimental amaranth lines respond best at each altitude, 2) to establish which of the three locations is most appropriate for cultivation, 3) to understand the vegetative period of the five lines in each location, 4) to analyze which of the five experimental lines possesses …

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Foreword, Curtis A. Bradley, Judith G. Kelley Jan 2008

Foreword, Curtis A. Bradley, Judith G. Kelley

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

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The Concept Of International Delegation, Curtis A. Bradley, Judith G. Kelley Jan 2008

The Concept Of International Delegation, Curtis A. Bradley, Judith G. Kelley

Law and Contemporary Problems

Bradley and Kelley define and clarify the concept of international delegation from both a legal and a social-science perspective. They begin by presenting a definition of international delegation as a grant of authority by two or more states to an international body to make decisions or take actions. They also identify eight types of authority that states may grant: legislative, adjudicative, regulatory, monitoring and enforcement, agenda-setting, research and advice, policy implementation, and redelegation. International bodies will often exercise more than one type of authority, and there will sometimes be uncertainties about whether a particular type of authority fails into a …

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Delegating To International Courts: Self-Binding Vs. Other-Binding Delegation, Karen J. Alter Jan 2008

Delegating To International Courts: Self-Binding Vs. Other-Binding Delegation, Karen J. Alter

Law and Contemporary Problems

Alter highlights the diverse nature of international delegations to courts. She argues that the roles and tasks delegated to international courts increasingly mimic in form and content the broad variety of tasks delegated to courts in liberal democracies, but that delegating these tasks to international courts is fundamentally different than delegating them to domestic courts because of the implications for national sovereignty. Whereas international courts were initially established to be dispute-resolution bodies, they now also perform administrative review, enforcement, and even constitutional review. Alter explains how each of these judicial roles binds other actors, binds states, or both.

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Sovereignty And Delegation In International Organizations, David Epstein, Sharyn O'Halloran Jan 2008

Sovereignty And Delegation In International Organizations, David Epstein, Sharyn O'Halloran

Law and Contemporary Problems

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International Delegation And State Sovereignty, Oona A. Hathaway Jan 2008

International Delegation And State Sovereignty, Oona A. Hathaway

Law and Contemporary Problems

Hathaway rebuts the claim that state sovereignty almost always suffers when states delegate authority to international institutions. Critics of delegation err, she contends, by overemphasizing the costs but losing sight of some of the substantial benefits of cooperation. She considers the challenge to sovereignty posed by international delegation by focusing on recent debates over the influence of international legal commitments on domestic governance.

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When, What, And Why Do States Choose To Delegate?, Barbara Koremenos Jan 2008

When, What, And Why Do States Choose To Delegate?, Barbara Koremenos

Law and Contemporary Problems

Koremenos demonstrates that international delegation is an important and nontrivial empirical phenomenon. Using an extensive data set created from the United Nations Treaty Series, she finds that almost half of all international agreements involve delegation of some kind. By exploring the institutional design choices of international delegation, she finds that dispute resolution is the most commonly delegated function and often involves externally delegating authority to an existing arbitration tribunal or an international court. Furthermore, she finds that external delegation in particular increases with the existence of complex cooperation problems such as enforcement and uncertainty and with the heterogeneity and number …

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Monitoring Compliance With Unratified Treaties: The Ilo Experience, Laurence R. Helfer Jan 2008

Monitoring Compliance With Unratified Treaties: The Ilo Experience, Laurence R. Helfer

Law and Contemporary Problems

Helfer challenges the conventional wisdom that the delegation of authority to the International Labor Organization (ILO) involves only modest sovereignty costs. Heifer explains that the ILO has increasingly exercised the authority to monitor compliance with unratified labor treaties and recommendations, and that the exercise of this authority has significant effects. He further notes that this type of monitoring authority is not confined to the ILO, but in fact exists in several other international institutions and issue areas. The case of the ILO therefore suggests that some important delegations arise and thrive outside of the formal channels of authority. This makes …

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The Globalization Of Health And Safety Standards: Delegation Of Regulatory Authority In The Sps Agreement Of The 1994 Agreement Establishing The World Trade Organization, Tim Buthe Jan 2008

The Globalization Of Health And Safety Standards: Delegation Of Regulatory Authority In The Sps Agreement Of The 1994 Agreement Establishing The World Trade Organization, Tim Buthe

Law and Contemporary Problems

Buthe examines why states delegated regulatory authority in the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures, an integral part of the founding treaty of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Buthe argues that, to explain this case of international delegation, principal-agent theory must be complemented by an analysis of cost-benefit calculations of the relevant domestic interest groups. Given these domestic interests, governments decided to institutionalize international cooperation on SPS measures outside of the WTO because they believed that such delegation would minimize the political costs of the loss of policymaking autonomy. Buthe notes, however, that in retrospect it …

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Journal Staff Jan 2008

Journal Staff

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

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Land Tenure And Rental In Western Sudan, Michael Kevane, Leslie C. Gray Jan 2008

Land Tenure And Rental In Western Sudan, Michael Kevane, Leslie C. Gray

Economics

This paper reports on aspects of land tenure in western Sudan, especially the nature of tenure insecurity and the functioning of the land rental market. The active land rental market accounted for about one-third of cultivated land. Patterns of land rental transactions, and tests of the importance of insecurity in renting land, where the owner may not be able to reclaim land rented out, do not support the presumption that rental markets perform poorly. The role of the sheikh as administrator of village land, and the claims of large landowners to vast tracts, are, however, important political problems that must …

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How Much Do Village Libraries Increase Reading? Results Of A Survey Of 10th Graders In Burkina Faso, Michael Kevane, Alain Joseph Sissao Jan 2008

How Much Do Village Libraries Increase Reading? Results Of A Survey Of 10th Graders In Burkina Faso, Michael Kevane, Alain Joseph Sissao

Economics

This paper offers an estimate of the impact of small public libraries in villages in Burkina Faso on reading habits. A survey of secondary school students was conducted in March 2005. Students were selected in eight villages that matched the criteria ‘with library’ and ‘without library’. Overall the reading level of students in the sample was quite low, but the results indicate that the presence of a well-functioning library leads to an increase in reading on the order of 50%.

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Journal Staff Jan 2008

Journal Staff

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

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Abbott, Aids, And The Ada: Why A Per Se Disability Rule For Hiv/Aids Is Both Just And A Must, Scott Thompson Jan 2008

Abbott, Aids, And The Ada: Why A Per Se Disability Rule For Hiv/Aids Is Both Just And A Must, Scott Thompson

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

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Female Genital Mutilation: Exploring Strategies For Ending Ritualized Torture; Shaming, Blaming, And Utilizing The Convention Against Torture, Patricia A. Broussard Jan 2008

Female Genital Mutilation: Exploring Strategies For Ending Ritualized Torture; Shaming, Blaming, And Utilizing The Convention Against Torture, Patricia A. Broussard

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

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“Love For Sale”—Sex And The Second American Revolution, Harold P. Southerl Jan 2008

“Love For Sale”—Sex And The Second American Revolution, Harold P. Southerl

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

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It’S Really About Sex: Same-Sex Marriage, Lesbigay Parenting, And The Psychology Of Disgust, Richard E. Redding Jan 2008

It’S Really About Sex: Same-Sex Marriage, Lesbigay Parenting, And The Psychology Of Disgust, Richard E. Redding

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

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Relational Rights Masquerading As Individual Rights, Hallie Ludsin Jan 2008

Relational Rights Masquerading As Individual Rights, Hallie Ludsin

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

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Hidden In Plain Sight: Achieving More Just Results In Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Cases By Re-Examining Supreme Court Precedent, Elisabeth A. Keller, Judith B. Tracy Jan 2008

Hidden In Plain Sight: Achieving More Just Results In Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Cases By Re-Examining Supreme Court Precedent, Elisabeth A. Keller, Judith B. Tracy

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

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Lésions Professionnelles Indemnisées Au Québec En 2000-2002. I : Profil Statistique Par Activité Économique, Patrice Duguay, Paul Massicotte, Pascale Prud'homme Jan 2008

Lésions Professionnelles Indemnisées Au Québec En 2000-2002. I : Profil Statistique Par Activité Économique, Patrice Duguay, Paul Massicotte, Pascale Prud'homme

Portraits statistiques

Cette étude s’inscrit dans un processus d’exploitation des données statistiques de la CSST, conjointement avec les données du recensement canadien, processus qui a débuté il y a près de 25 ans à l’IRSST. Le jumelage de ces deux sources de données permet d’obtenir des portraits statistiques de la situation d’ensemble des travailleurs québécois indemnisés pour des lésions professionnelles, qui ne seraient pas disponibles autrement. La connaissance des groupes de travailleurs ayant les indicateurs de lésions professionnelles indemnisées les plus élevés, les groupes cibles, constitue une information précieuse pour la planification de la recherche ou de l’intervention en santé et sécurité …

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Lésions Professionnelles Indemnisées Au Québec En 2000-2002. Ii : Tableaux De Classement Par Activité Économique, Patrice Duguay, Paul Massicotte, Pascale Prud'homme Jan 2008

Lésions Professionnelles Indemnisées Au Québec En 2000-2002. Ii : Tableaux De Classement Par Activité Économique, Patrice Duguay, Paul Massicotte, Pascale Prud'homme

Portraits statistiques

Ce document s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une activité de recherche portant sur les indicateurs de lésions indemnisées en santé et en sécurité du travail. L’objectif de cette étude vise principalement à fournir des mesures statistiques sur la fréquence et la gravité des lésions indemnisées par secteur d’activité économique/catégorie professionnelle en utilisant un niveau de raffinement le plus détaillé possible. Afin d’être en mesure d’établir un portrait statistique exhaustif, le rapport a été scindé en deux documents distincts. Le premier offre une synthèse de l’ensemble des résultats produits tandis que le deuxième présente la totalité des tableaux de classement des industries …

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A Seeded Genetic Algorithm For Rna Secondary Structural Prediction With Pseudoknots, Ryan Pham Jan 2008

A Seeded Genetic Algorithm For Rna Secondary Structural Prediction With Pseudoknots, Ryan Pham

Master's Projects

This work explores a new approach in using genetic algorithm to predict RNA secondary structures with pseudoknots. Since only a small portion of most RNA structures is comprised of pseudoknots, the majority of structural elements from an optimal pseudoknot-free structure are likely to be part of the true structure. Thus seeding the genetic algorithm with optimal pseudoknot-free structures will more likely lead it to the true structure than a randomly generated population. The genetic algorithm uses the known energy models with an additional augmentation to allow complex pseudoknots. The nearest-neighbor energy model is used in conjunction with Turner’s thermodynamic parameters …

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Human Rights At Home: Domestic Violence As A Human Rights Violation, Caroline Bettinger-López Jan 2008

Human Rights At Home: Domestic Violence As A Human Rights Violation, Caroline Bettinger-López

Articles

No abstract provided.

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Nt 511 The Gospel Of Mark, Keith Brewer Jan 2008

Nt 511 The Gospel Of Mark, Keith Brewer

Syllabi

The primary text in this course is the Holy Bible. Bauer, David R. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2003 (327 pgs.). Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Rev. ed. Nappanee, Ind.: Evangel, 1994 (128 pgs.). Traina, Robert A. Methodical Bible Study. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982 (269 pgs.).

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Nt 500 Concise Greek, Abson Predestin Joseph Jan 2008

Nt 500 Concise Greek, Abson Predestin Joseph

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Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998). Green, Joel B., ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995). Douglas, J.D., ed. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 1993) NT500 Course Packet

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Is 501 Christian Formation: Kingdom, Church, And World, Robert A. Danielson Jan 2008

Is 501 Christian Formation: Kingdom, Church, And World, Robert A. Danielson

Syllabi

No abstract provided.

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Ms 673 Contemporary Cults And New Religious Movements, Terry C. Muck Jan 2008

Ms 673 Contemporary Cults And New Religious Movements, Terry C. Muck

Syllabi

Larry Nichols, George Mather, Alvin Schmidt. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Cults, Sects, and World Religion. Revised Edition. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2006. John A. Saliba. Understanding New Religious Movements. 2nd edition. New York: AltaMira Press, 2003. Terry C. Muck. How To Study Religion. Wilmore, Kentucky: Wood Hill Books, 2005.

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Ot 753 Summer Archaeology Program, Sandra Richter Jan 2008

Ot 753 Summer Archaeology Program, Sandra Richter

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Course Description: Asbury Seminary students will spend three weeks living and digging in Israel under the supervision of seasoned archaeologists. Students will live in an international environment, interacting with archaeological enthusiasts from many nations as well as native Israelis. They will spend five days a week digging in the field, recording finds, washing and reading pottery, going on short term field trips, and attending lectures by experts on the intersection of recovered material culture and the biblical text. On weekends, students will tour important sites. The educational objective of this experience is practical exposure to the discipline of archaeology and …

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