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Asimilación : A Study Of Costa Rican Newcomers In Their Search For A Church, And The Church's Response To Them, Osias Segura-Guzmán Jan 2009

Asimilación : A Study Of Costa Rican Newcomers In Their Search For A Church, And The Church's Response To Them, Osias Segura-Guzmán

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Introductory Study Into The Relationship Between Ministerial Adherance To Wesleyan Soteriology And Church Growth In The North Alabama Conference Of The United Methodist Church, Travis Neal Wilson Jan 2009

An Introductory Study Into The Relationship Between Ministerial Adherance To Wesleyan Soteriology And Church Growth In The North Alabama Conference Of The United Methodist Church, Travis Neal Wilson

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Suggested Strategies For Resolving Intragroup Church Conflict Through Leadership In The Liberia Annual Conference Of The United Methodist Church, George Klay Weagba Jan 2009

Suggested Strategies For Resolving Intragroup Church Conflict Through Leadership In The Liberia Annual Conference Of The United Methodist Church, George Klay Weagba

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Alignment Around A Missional Vision : Reaching Out In Relationships At Grandview Christian Church, Aaron J. Wymer Jan 2009

Alignment Around A Missional Vision : Reaching Out In Relationships At Grandview Christian Church, Aaron J. Wymer

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Study On The Relationship Between Missional Awareness And Work-Life Ministry Practice Among The Clergy Of The South Atlantic District Of The Cma, Suresh Thomas Jan 2009

A Study On The Relationship Between Missional Awareness And Work-Life Ministry Practice Among The Clergy Of The South Atlantic District Of The Cma, Suresh Thomas

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The No Longer Silent Problem: Confronting Noise Pollution In The 21st Century, Alexander Gillespie Jan 2009

The No Longer Silent Problem: Confronting Noise Pollution In The 21st Century, Alexander Gillespie

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.


International Resources Selected Websites, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2009

International Resources Selected Websites, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Comparative Economic And Political Ideas: Bibliography, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2009

Comparative Economic And Political Ideas: Bibliography, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Teacher Education For Undergraduates, Alicia Leger Jan 2009

Teacher Education For Undergraduates, Alicia Leger

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

This is a capstone research project to assess the effectiveness of a bachelor's degree in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) in preparing the undergraduate student to become an elementary school teacher. I will be assessing the course pathways in comparison to scholarly research in the field of teacher preparation education. I will be using both Grounded Theory, an inductive theory composed from a wide selection of data, and Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning to review the literature. The methodology I will be using is a composition of research and creation of curriculum. This is geared toward answering my research question …


Mckillop Library Electricity Use, Impacts And Solutions, Nellie Tarini, Marisa Volo, Carly Ouellette, Other Students Jan 2009

Mckillop Library Electricity Use, Impacts And Solutions, Nellie Tarini, Marisa Volo, Carly Ouellette, Other Students

BIO140 Carbon Footprint Project

A few weeks ago, our class went on a guided tour of the library, which taught us about what goes on in the library, how resources are used, and basically how the library operates. From our tour, we saw many problem areas that could use improvements. One of these areas is the library’s use of electricity. Our group focused on the computers, printers, copiers, lights, and elevators in the library and how the library could use their electricity more efficiently. We have found that the library is not always using electricity effectively and efficiently. There are lights on when nobody …


Bibliometric Analyses Of Biomedical Research Outputs In Lebanon And The United Arab Emirates 1988-2007, Nisrine Bissar-Tadmouri, Ghazi O. Tadmouri Jan 2009

Bibliometric Analyses Of Biomedical Research Outputs In Lebanon And The United Arab Emirates 1988-2007, Nisrine Bissar-Tadmouri, Ghazi O. Tadmouri

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: We assessed the role of bibliometric methods in representing quantitative and qualitative differences in biomedical research outputs in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates UAE. METHODS: Data on biomedical research productivity for years 1988-2007 were obtained from PubMed then imported into a specifically designed local database system and normalized to the population size for each country. RESULTS: Data reveal a continuous increase in research production in Lebanon, whereas a plateau phase is observed in the UAE between 1998 and 2007. In Lebanon, most of the citations originated from the capital city of Beirut, mainly the American University of Beirut. …


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.