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Identity, Oppression, And Group Rights, Andrew Jared Pierce Jan 2009

Identity, Oppression, And Group Rights, Andrew Jared Pierce

Dissertations

The dissertation argues for a conception of group rights based on Habermasian discourse theory, as an alternative to the dominant multicultural liberal approach to group rights, which treats group rights as instrumental to individual rights.


Opus: 2009, Hope College Jan 2009

Opus: 2009, Hope College

Opus: 2000-2009

An issue of Opus from 2009. Veritas Forum Edition.


Reclaiming Koreatown: A Prescription For Current And Future Needs Of Koreatown Residents, Edward J.W. Park, Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance Jan 2009

Reclaiming Koreatown: A Prescription For Current And Future Needs Of Koreatown Residents, Edward J.W. Park, Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance

Asian and Asian American Studies Faculty Works

This report presents current and future needs of neighborhood residents and analyzes the challenges facing the multi-ethnic, low-income Koreatown community in Los Angeles. For the thousands of low-income residents of Los Angeles's Koreatown, the economic hardships brought on by the recent subprime mortgage housing and financial crises are not new. In the words of a Koreatown resident, "....the housing 'crisis' has been a crisis for us for a long time." Well before the current recession, Koreatown residents were complaining of increased housing costs due to the influx of upscale luxury housing units that replaced affordable housing units. The 2008 financial …


The Challenge Of The Postmodern Condition To Adventist Mission In South America, Kleber O. Gonçalves Jan 2009

The Challenge Of The Postmodern Condition To Adventist Mission In South America, Kleber O. Gonçalves

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Short-Term Mission On Brazilian Theology Students, Nathanael B. P. Moraes, Berndt Wolter Jan 2009

The Impact Of Short-Term Mission On Brazilian Theology Students, Nathanael B. P. Moraes, Berndt Wolter

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.


Role And Function Of Religion In Africa: An Adventist Response, Gilbert Wari Jan 2009

Role And Function Of Religion In Africa: An Adventist Response, Gilbert Wari

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.


The Relationship Between People And Supernatural Beings In Yoruba Traditional Culture, Joseph Adyinka Olanrewaju Jan 2009

The Relationship Between People And Supernatural Beings In Yoruba Traditional Culture, Joseph Adyinka Olanrewaju

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.


African Adventists And Self-Reliance, Pardon Mwansa Jan 2009

African Adventists And Self-Reliance, Pardon Mwansa

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.


Challenges Of Tribal And Ethnic Diversity In Africa, John Shumba Jan 2009

Challenges Of Tribal And Ethnic Diversity In Africa, John Shumba

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.


Acts 1:8—A Paradigm For Mission In West-Central Africa, Kelvin Okey Onongha Jan 2009

Acts 1:8—A Paradigm For Mission In West-Central Africa, Kelvin Okey Onongha

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.


Training Oral Leaders: An Adventist Challenge, Gideon Petersen Jan 2009

Training Oral Leaders: An Adventist Challenge, Gideon Petersen

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.


Mycorrhizal Colonization And Nutrient Supply Rate Influence Elemental And Isotopic Tracers Of Calcium Cycling In Plant-Substrate Systems, Claire J. Hoff Jan 2009

Mycorrhizal Colonization And Nutrient Supply Rate Influence Elemental And Isotopic Tracers Of Calcium Cycling In Plant-Substrate Systems, Claire J. Hoff

Master's Theses and Capstones

Intraplant (root-foliage) fractionation of Ca isotopes and Ca/Sr were determined in Pinus sylvestris seedlings grown at different nutrient supply rates with or without ectomycorrhizal colonization. Foliar 44Ca/40Ca and Ca/Sr are uniformly higher than those of roots in individual seedlings, and these ratios in both foliage and roots differed significantly from those of nutrient sources. The measured offsets indicate that isotopic and trace element ratios can identify relative contributions from distinct calcium pools in terrestrial ecosystems. Furthermore, the results clearly show that fractionation of calcium isotopes and calcium from strontium in plants must be assessed in ecosystem-scale budgets and large watershed …


Book Review: The Truth, The Way, The Life: Christian Commentary On The Three Holy Mantras Of The Srivaisnava Hindus, Tracy Tiemeier Jan 2009

Book Review: The Truth, The Way, The Life: Christian Commentary On The Three Holy Mantras Of The Srivaisnava Hindus, Tracy Tiemeier

Theological Studies Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Developing A 'Little Ice Age' Glacial Chronology In The Southern Peruvian Andes Using Lichenometry And Cosmogenic Beryllium-10 Surface Exposure Dating, Jean R. Taggart Jan 2009

Developing A 'Little Ice Age' Glacial Chronology In The Southern Peruvian Andes Using Lichenometry And Cosmogenic Beryllium-10 Surface Exposure Dating, Jean R. Taggart

Master's Theses and Capstones

The timing and causes of tropical climate changes during the Holocene are important and unresolved issues in paleoclimatology. Glacier chronologies are crucial for discerning the role of the tropics in global climate change, but past glacier activity in this region remains poorly documented. In this study, mapping has identified two prominent glacier advances in three valleys in the Cordillera Vilcabamba (13°20'S). 10Be dating reveals that the most recent glacier culminations occurred during the late AD 1700's to early 1800's, which corresponds to the late 'Little Ice Age' period (LIA; AD 1350--1860). Lichenometric dating suggests near-coeval LIA moraine stabilization in all …


In-Situ Ambient Quantification Of Monoterpenes, Sesquiterpenes And Related Oxygenated Compounds During Bearpex 2007: Implications For Gas-And Particle-Phase Chemistry, Nicole Bouvier-Brown Jan 2009

In-Situ Ambient Quantification Of Monoterpenes, Sesquiterpenes And Related Oxygenated Compounds During Bearpex 2007: Implications For Gas-And Particle-Phase Chemistry, Nicole Bouvier-Brown

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Works

We quantified ambient mixing ratios of 9 monoterpenes, 6 sesquiterpenes, methyl chavicol, the oxygenated terpene linalool, and nopinone using an in-situ gas chromatograph with a quadrupole mass spectrometer (GC-MS). These measurements were a part of the 2007 Biosphere Effects on AeRosols and Photochemistry EXperiment (BEARPEX) at Blodgett Forest, a ponderosa pine forest in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. To our knowledge, these observations represent the first direct in-situ ambient quantification of the sesquiterpenes α-bergamotene, longifolene, α-farnesene, and β-farnesene. From average diurnal mixing ratio profiles, we show that α-farnesene emissions are dependent mainly on temperature whereas α-bergamotene and β-farnesene emissions …


Methyl Chavicol: Characterization Of Its Biogenic Emission Rate, Abundance, And Oxidation Products In The Atmosphere, Nicole Bouvier-Brown Jan 2009

Methyl Chavicol: Characterization Of Its Biogenic Emission Rate, Abundance, And Oxidation Products In The Atmosphere, Nicole Bouvier-Brown

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Works

We report measurements of ambient atmospheric mixing ratios for methyl chavicol and determine its biogenic emission rate. Methyl chavicol, a biogenic oxygenated aromatic compound, is abundant within and above Blodgett Forest, a ponderosa pine forest in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Methyl chavicol was detected simultaneously by three in-situ instruments – a gas chromatograph with mass spectrometer detector (GC-MS), a proton transfer reaction mass spectrometer (PTR-MS), and a thermal desorption aerosol GC-MS (TAG) – and found to be abundant within and above Blodgett Forest. Methyl chavicol atmospheric mixing ratios are strongly correlated with 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol (MBO), a light- and temperature-dependent …


Envy Freeness In Experimental Fair Division Problems, Dorothea K. Herreiner, Clemens Puppe Jan 2009

Envy Freeness In Experimental Fair Division Problems, Dorothea K. Herreiner, Clemens Puppe

Economics Faculty Works

Envy is sometimes suggested as an underlying motive in the assessment of
different economic allocations. In the theoretical literature on fair division, following Foley (1967), the term “envy” refers to an intrapersonal comparison of different consumption bundles. By contrast, in its everyday use “envy” involves interpersonal comparisons of well-being. We present and discuss results from free-form bargaining experiments on fair division problems in which inter- and intrapersonal criteria can be distinguished. We find that interpersonal comparisons play the dominant role. The effect of the intrapersonal criterion of envy-freeness is limited to situations in which other fairness criteria are not applicable.


Regenerative Patterning In Swarm Robots: Mutual Benefits Of Research In Robotics And Stem Cell Biology, Michael Rubenstein, Ying Sai, Cheng-Ming Chuong, Wei-Min Shen Jan 2009

Regenerative Patterning In Swarm Robots: Mutual Benefits Of Research In Robotics And Stem Cell Biology, Michael Rubenstein, Ying Sai, Cheng-Ming Chuong, Wei-Min Shen

Finance Faculty Works

This paper presents a novel perspective of Robotic Stem Cells (RSCs), defined as the basic non-biological elements with stem cell like properties that can self-reorganize to repair damage to their swarming organization. "Self" here means that the elements can autonomously decide and execute their actions without requiring any preset triggers, commands, or help from external sources. We develop this concept for two purposes. One is to develop a new theory for self-organization and self-assembly of multi-robots systems that can detect and recover from unforeseen errors or attacks. This self-healing and self-regeneration is used to minimize the compromise of overall function …


The Role Of Method: Some Parting Thoughts From A Departing Editor, David Stewart Jan 2009

The Role Of Method: Some Parting Thoughts From A Departing Editor, David Stewart

Marketing & Business Law Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


The Roberts Court And Access To Justice, Gene R. Nichol Jan 2009

The Roberts Court And Access To Justice, Gene R. Nichol

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Omg ! Missing The Teachable Moment And Undermining The Future Of The First Amendment - Tisnf!, Mary Sue Backus Jan 2009

Omg ! Missing The Teachable Moment And Undermining The Future Of The First Amendment - Tisnf!, Mary Sue Backus

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


War Of The Worlds: Our Worlds Are Colliding And Infectious Disease Is Winning - Emerging Diseases And The One Health Initiative, Richard French Jan 2009

War Of The Worlds: Our Worlds Are Colliding And Infectious Disease Is Winning - Emerging Diseases And The One Health Initiative, Richard French

The University Dialogue

No abstract provided.


Paid Tax Preparers, Used Car Dealers, Refund Anticipation Loans, And The Earned Income Tax Credit: The Need To Regulate Tax Return Preparers And Provide More Free Alternatives, Danshera Cords Jan 2009

Paid Tax Preparers, Used Car Dealers, Refund Anticipation Loans, And The Earned Income Tax Credit: The Need To Regulate Tax Return Preparers And Provide More Free Alternatives, Danshera Cords

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Beyond Balls And Strikes: Towards A Problem-Solving Ethic In Foreclosure Proceedings, Raymond H. Brescia Jan 2009

Beyond Balls And Strikes: Towards A Problem-Solving Ethic In Foreclosure Proceedings, Raymond H. Brescia

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Deeply Persistently Conflicted: Credit Rating Agencies In The Current Regulatory Environment, Timothy E. Lynch Jan 2009

Deeply Persistently Conflicted: Credit Rating Agencies In The Current Regulatory Environment, Timothy E. Lynch

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Regulation Of Common Interest Developments As It Relates To Political Expression: The Argument For Liberty And Economic Efficiency, S. Colin G. Petry Jan 2009

The Regulation Of Common Interest Developments As It Relates To Political Expression: The Argument For Liberty And Economic Efficiency, S. Colin G. Petry

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Testers Standing Up For The Title Iii Of The Ada, Kelly Johnson Jan 2009

Testers Standing Up For The Title Iii Of The Ada, Kelly Johnson

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Lamp Winter 2009, Liberty University Jan 2009

Lamp Winter 2009, Liberty University

Lamplight: Literary and Fine Arts Magazine

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Selected Errors In Arab Students' English Compositions And An Investigation Of Arabic Rhetoric, Samaa Gamie Jan 2009

A Study Of Selected Errors In Arab Students' English Compositions And An Investigation Of Arabic Rhetoric, Samaa Gamie

Open Access Dissertations

The first half of this dissertation study proposes a revision and rethinking of the traditional methodology used in error studies in composition and presents a new approach to the research on error. The dissertation presents an analysis of the frequency of errors in a sample of 756 Arab student essays of Egyptian, Kuwaiti, Lebanese, and Syrian nationalities. The error study of Arab student writing also analyzes the ways in which these Arab students use the English language to present and affirm their individual, national, cultural, and religious discourses and the manifestations of cultural and ideological resistance in these students' written …


Preprofessional Curriculum In Preparation For Doctor Of Pharmacy Educational Programs, Eric G. Boyce, Lisa A. Lawson Jan 2009

Preprofessional Curriculum In Preparation For Doctor Of Pharmacy Educational Programs, Eric G. Boyce, Lisa A. Lawson

School of Pharmacy Faculty Articles

The preprofessional pharmacy curriculum provides the foundation for the professional curriculum. Basic requirements are noted in the ACPE Standards and Guidelines, but there is considerable variation in the preprofessional curriculum requirements for entry into doctor of pharmacy programs in the United States. Changes in higher education, pharmacy practice, and health care continue to drive the need to evaluate the preprofessional curriculum. The objectives of this white paper were to create model preprofessional curricula that would enable students to be successful during and after entry into the professional curriculum. Using an evidence-based approach where possible, a number of factors were found …