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The Decalogue Before Mount Sinai, Jo Ann Davidson

Perspective Digest

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Please Sir, I Want Some More: Intentionally Biblical Community And The Public Campus, Michaela Lawrence

180 Symposium Publications

Students everywhere are crying out for more: more money, more freedom and oftentimes more knowledge. Those of us who lead them must find ways to satisfy that hunger especially when they desire spiritual food. But of course, for every desire there is a challenge. Those attending public universities must contend with the blatant secular nature of their environs—we should get to know those environs. Those attending public colleges don’t have spiritual formation built into their curriculum—we should provide them with meaningful options. And then we should do even more. “Feed my sheep,” Jesus says and he doesn’t tell us to …

Shall Thou Reincarnate Or Not? A Quest For Spirituality Among Czech "Irreligious" People, Petr A. Činčala

Faculty Publications

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The Decalogue Before Mount Sinai, Jo Ann Davidson

Faculty Publications

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Daniel's Message To Modern Man, Paul Z. Gregor

Faculty Publications

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Who Is Speaking? Who Is Addressed? A Critical Study Into The Conditions Of Exegetical Method And Its Consequences For The Interpretation Of Participant Reference-Shifts In The Book Of Jeremiah, Oliver Glanz

Faculty Publications

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Improved Methods For Deterring Cliff Swallow Nesting On Highway Structures, Michael Delwiche, Robert W. Coates, W. Paul Gorenzel, Terrell P. Salmon

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) are migratory birds that frequently nest on highway structures, such as bridges. Because cliff swallows are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, nesting control methods must not harm cliff swallows or disturb active nests. This can cause delays for maintenance divisions of state departments of transportation, resulting in additional cost. In a multiyear project, we evaluated the effects of bioacoustic deterrents and bridge surface modifications on nesting behavior of cliff swallows. We used cliff swallow alarm and distress calls as bioacoustic deterrents (hereafter, broadcast calls [BC]) because they previously had been …

Imaging Spontaneous Mmtvneu Transgenic Murine Mammary Tumors: Targeting Metabolic Activity Versus Genetic Products., Mathew L Thakur, Devakumar Devadhas, Kaijun Zhang, Richard G Pestell, Chenguang Wang, Peter Mccue, Eric Wickstrom

Department of Radiology Faculty Papers

INTRODUCTION: Despite the great strides made in imaging breast cancer (BC) in humans, the current imaging modalities miss up to 30% of BC, do not distinguish malignant lesions from benign ones, and require histologic examinations for which invasive biopsy must be performed. Annually in the United States, approximately 5.6 million biopsies find benign lesions. More than 50% of human BCs overexpress cyclin D1, and all BCs exhibit VPAC1 oncogene products. Together, these gene products may provide an excellent biomarker for the early and accurate detection of BC. We have evaluated 4 biologically active peptide analogs that have high affinity for …

Living Out The Principles Of The Ten Commandments, Trevor O'Reggio

Faculty Publications

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Haima In Hebrews, Hermann V. Kuma

Dissertations

Problem. The focus of the dissertation is the significance of the term αἷμα (“blood”) in the Epistle to the Hebrews and how the author of Hebrews uses the term to formulate the argument and message of the Epistle. The dissertation traces the scholarly blood debate involving blood as life or death which began in the last decade of the nineteenth century and eventually fizzled out in the mid-1950s. Recognition of the ambivalence of blood, symbolizing both life and death, is necessary to understand the message of Hebrews.

Method. The dissertation provides a discussion of the concept of blood in the …

From Placebo To Self-Help: Investigating Retention, Outcome And Mechanisms In Self-Directed Gratitude Interventions, Adam William Alfred Geraghty

School of Psychology Theses

The research presented in this thesis explored unguided self-help therapy, primarily using a gratitude technique. Psychological mechanisms that underlie the placebo response may also play a primary role in beneficial response to unguided selfhelp therapy. Retention (whether participants completed the intervention), outcome (whether the technique effectively reduced symptoms), and mechanisms (the psychological processes which antecede outcome and retention), were investigated with participants engaging in procedures to improve a diverse range of symptoms, namely, mood, sleep disturbance, body dissatisfaction, depression and anxiety. Studies one and two investigated the role of two placebo mechanisms, response expectancy and motivational concordance, as predictors of …

Why Defense Attorneys Cannot, But Do, Care About Innocence, Robert P. Mosteller

Faculty Publications

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Red Algae Lose Key Mitochondrial Genes In Response To Becoming Parasitic, Lillian Hancock, Lynda Goff, Christopher E. Lane

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Red algal parasites are unusual because the vast majority of them parasitize species with which they share a recent common ancestor. This strategy has earned them the name “adelphoparasites,” from the Greek, adelpho, meaning “kin.” Intracellular adelphoparasites are very rare in nature, yet have independently evolved hundreds of times among the floridiophyte red algae. Much is known about the life history and infection cycle of these parasites but nearly nothing in known about their genomes. We sequenced the mitochondrial genomes of the free-living Gracilariopsis andersonii and its closely related parasite Gracilariophila oryzoides to determine what effect a parasitic lifestyle has …

Shark Scavenging Behavior In The Presence Of Competition, Shannon P. Gerry, Andrea J. Scott

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The distribution of organisms within a community can often be determined by the degree of plasticity or degree of specialization of resource acquisition. Resource acquisition is often based on the morphology of an organism, behavior, or a combination of both. Performance tests of feeding can identify the possible interactions that allow one species to better exploit a prey item. Scavenging behaviors in the presence or absence of a competitor were investigated by quantifying prey selection in a trophic generalist, spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias, and a trophic specialist, smooth-hounds Mustelus canis, in order to determine if each shark scavenged …

If I Had A Hammer: Can Shepardizing, Synthesis, And Other Tools Of Legal Writing Help Build Hope For Law Students?, Edward R. Becker

Articles

Are lawyers mechanics? In 1920, photographer Lewis Hines took a striking photo of a powerhouse mechanic sure-handedly wielding a large wrench to tighten bolts on a steam pump. This picture may bring to mind many things, but I suspect that many legal writing professors in our (past or present) incarnations as practicing attorneys would not look at this image and think, "My job is a lot like that." Similarly, I assume that many of our students do not think of a lawyer's role in this way. Indeed, many of our students might have chosen to pursue a career in law …

Presentation: Operating In Uncertain Times: How Economic Conditions Have Affected San Diego County's Nonprofit And Philanthropic Sectors, Laura Deitrick, Lindsey Mcdougle, Taylor Peyton Roberts

State of Nonprofits and Philanthropy in San Diego

How have San Diego County's nonprofit and philanthropic organizations been managing during the economic downturn? This report presentation: Operating in Uncertain Times, highlights the strategies and approaches taken by some of the County's largest nonprofit and philanthropic providers.

The Human Microbiome Harbors A Diverse Reservoir Of Antibiotic Resistance Genes, Morten O.A. Sommer, George M. Church, Gautam Dantas

Open Access Publications

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Lipin 1 Represses Nfatc4 Transcriptional Activity In Adipocytes To Inhibit Secretion Of Inflammatory Factors, Hyun Bae Kim, Anil Kumar, Lifu Wang, Guang-Hui Liu, Susan R. Keller, John C. Lawrence Jr., Brian N. Finck, Thurl E. Harris

Open Access Publications

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Fasting And Differential Chemotherapy Protection In Patients, Lizzia Raffaghello, Fernando Safdie, Giovanna Bianchi, Tanya Dorff, Luigi Fontana, Valter D. Longo

Open Access Publications

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Quantitation Of "Autophagic Flux" In Mature Skeletal Muscle, Jeong-Sun Ju, Arun S. Varadhachary, Sara E. Miller, Conrad C. Weihl

Open Access Publications

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P38Δ Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Regulates Skin Homeostasis And Tumorigenesis, Tatiana Efimova

Open Access Publications

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P97/Vcp At The Intersection Of The Autophagy And The Ubiquitin Proteasome System, Jeong-Sun Ju, Conrad C. Weihl

Open Access Publications

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Sliding-Clip Renorrhaphy Provides Superior Closing Tension During Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy, Brian M. Benway, Jose M. Cabello, Robert S. Figenshau, Sam B. Bhayani

Open Access Publications

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Multiple Pathways Of Inhibition Shape Bipolar Cell Responses In The Retina, Erika D. Eggers, Peter D. Lukasiewicz

Open Access Publications

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Mmunohistological Studies On Neoplasms Of Female And Male Onchocerca Volvulus: Filarial Origin And Absence Of Wolbachia From Tumor Cells, N. W. Brattig, A. Hoerauf, Peter U. Fischer, E. Liebau, C. Bandi, A. Debrah, M. Büttner, W. Büttner

Open Access Publications

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Entorhinal Cortex Volume In Older Adults: Reliability And Validity Considerations For Three Published Measurement Protocols, C. C. Price, M. F. Wood, C. M. Leonard, S. Towler, J. Ward, H. Montijo, I. Kellison, D. Bowers, T. Monk, J. W. Newcomer, I. Schmalfuss

Open Access Publications

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Developmental Origin Of Prebötzinger Complex Respiratory Neurons, Paul A. Gray, John A. Hayes, Guang Y. Ling, Isabel Llona, Srinivasan Tupal, Maria C.D. Picardo, Sarah E. Ross, Tsutomu Hirata, Joshua G. Corbin, Jaime Eugenín, Christopher A. Del Negro

Open Access Publications

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The Role Of Presynaptic Dynamics In Processing Of Natural Spike Trains In Hippocampal Synapses, Umasankar Kandaswamy, Pan-Yue Deng, Charles F. Stevens, Vitaly A. Klyachko

Open Access Publications

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A Novel Auxiliary Subunit Critical To Bk Channel Function In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Bojun Chen, Qian Ge, Xiao-Ming Xia, Ping Liu, Sijie J. Wang, Haiying Zhan, Betty A. Eipper, Zhao-Wen Wang

Open Access Publications

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Genetic Targeting Of Erk1 Suggests A Predominant Role For Erk2 In Murine Pain Models, Benedict J. Alter, Chengshui Zhao, Farzana Karim, Gary E. Landreth, Robert W. Gereau Iv

Open Access Publications

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