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The Minister-Elder Relationship Within “Churches That Work”, Steve Cloer

Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry

This essay is the summary of a research project focused on how the minister-elder relationship in Churches of Christ can facilitate missional transformation in an established church. Twenty-five reputable congregations of Churches of Christ were researched that were profiled as “Churches That Work” by The Christian Chronicle from 2006-2013. A survey was conducted of these congregations’ elders and ministers assessing their leadership practices and perspectives. Four congregations were selected based on results of the survey and qualitative strategies of interviewing, focus groups, observation, and document gathering were used. Five patterns of a missional polity developed: elders as nurturing pastors, ministers …

Cascadia Wildlands V. Thrailkill, Maresa A. Jenson

Public Land & Resources Law Review

The ninth circuit denied preliminary injunction for a wildfire Recovery Project in Oregon’s Klamath Mountains, the home range of the threatened spotted owl. The USFWS BiOp for the Recovery Project determined that there was no jeopardy to the species, even though research found adverse habitat effects and incidental take of the spotted owl. Thus, affirming the scientific procedure contained the “best available science” and was not arbitrary or capricious.

Pilot Source Study 2015: An Analysis Of Far Part 121 Pilots Hired After Public Law 111-216—Their Backgrounds And Subsequent Successes In Us Regional Airline Training And Operating Experience, Guy Smith, Elizabeth Bjerke, Maryjo Smith, Cody Christensen, Thomas Carney, Paul Craig, Mary Niemczyk

Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering

This report is the second in a series entitled Pilot Source Study 2015. Public Law 111-216 (Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010) and the subsequent FAA regulation changed pilot hiring for US air carriers operating under 14 CFR Part 121. The Pilot Source Study 2015 was designed to determine the effect of Public Law 111-216 on US regional airlines after its effective date, August 1, 2013. The study collected records for 6,734 FAR Part 121 regional airline pilots to determine the effect of pilots’ backgrounds on their performance in regional airline training and operations. A previous …

On Being Mortal, Medicine And What Matters In The End: A Book Review, Natalie Hannon

Sociology Between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics

No abstract provided.

As-823-16 Resolution On Proposed New Degree Program: Bachelor Of Science In Public Health, Kris Jankovitz

Academic Senate Resolutions

Proposes new bachelor degree of science in public health.

Rwu Launches First Amendment Blog, Public Affairs, Roger Williams University

Featured News Story

Inspired by RWU’s namesake, website draws on faculty, staff and students, focusing on five freedoms: of religion, of speech, of the press, to assemble peaceably, to petition government.

A Qualitative Exploration Of The Workplace Culture Of Women In Information Technology Careers, Andrea Hemphill-Merrills

Dissertations

The information technology (IT) industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States. According to the U.S, Department of Labor and Statistics (2015), employment opportunities are it is projected to grow by 12 percent from 2014 to 2024. While the number of employed women have increased, this has not been the case in the IT industry where the number of women has been in consistent decline since 1991. In order for the U.S. to be able to fill the demand for IT professionals, it must have access to a talent pool that includes women. There are many …

Transforming To 21st Century Learning Environments: Best Practices Revealed Through A Study Of Exemplar Schools, Kelly S. Wilbert

Dissertations

ABSTRACT

Transforming to 21st Century Learning Environments: Best Practices Revealed through a Study of Exemplar Schools

by Kelly Wilbert

As the world’s economy shifted from the Industrial age to the Knowledge age, the prerequisites of current and future careers also transformed. Trends revealed that students in school now are preparing for jobs that do not currently exist. Investigating strategies to meet the challenge of transforming instructional practices was a focus of this research. The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to identify and describe best practices used at elementary schools in California recognized as exemplary by the Partnership for …

Rowan County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Rowan County, Kentucky.

Todd County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Todd County, Kentucky.

Warren County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Warren County, Kentucky.

Washington County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Washington County, Kentucky.

Physical Therapy And Cognitive Behavioral Therapy In A Patient With Multiple Co-Morbidities – A Case Report, Jeanine Manubay, Kirsten Buchanan

Case Report Posters

Traditional physical therapy (PT) interventions can be challenging to implement in the complex patient with multiple comorbidities. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a behavioral therapy technique used to change obstructive behaviors and improve functional and emotional health. CBT has shown positive outcomes in patients with cancer and elderly patients with depression, but has not been studied in conjunction with PT in medically complex patients. The purpose of this case report was to document the utilization and outcomes of CBT along with traditional physical therapy for a medically complex patient diagnosed with end stage renal disease and multiple co-morbidities.

Rangsutra: Creating A Social Return On Investment, Grace Matthews

Miller Center Fellowship

In the business world an ROI, or return on investment, measurement is used to track what financial gains investors are getting out of their investments. SROI, on the other hand, is a social return on investment. Social enterprises can report impact in many different formats. One of these formats is an SROI, which connects the financial inputs to the social outcomes by looking at specific investments and reporting social impact in a dollar value.

Although Rangsutra has been making an effort to track their social impact more efficiently and reliably, looking into an SROI would be useful to measure the …

12-06-2016 Swosu Offering Six Continuing Education Activities In Spring Semester, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2016

Southwestern Oklahoma State University is offering six Continuing Education activities during the upcoming 2017 spring semester on the Weatherford campus.

Planning Minutes 12/06/2016, Planning Committee

Planning Committee

No abstract provided.

December 6, 2016, University Of Mississippi. Faculty Senate

Meeting Minutes

Minutes for the December 6, 2016 meeting of the University of Mississippi Faculty Senate.

A Christmas Posada On December 11, University Of Dayton

Marian Library Blog Archive

Open to the public, this single-day version of the centuries-old Mexican tradition of Las Posadas includes Nativity sets from the Marian Library.

Academic Senate - Meeting Minutes, 12/6/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Winter Songs, Usu Combined Choirs, Cory Evans, Luke Shepherd

All Music Department Programs

Winter Songs featuring the USU Combined Choirs directed by Cory Evans and Luke Shepherd.

Academic Senate - Agenda, 12/6/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Robertson County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Robertson County, Kentucky.

Wayne County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Wayne County, Kentucky.

Russell County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Russell County, Kentucky.

2016 December 6 - Medical Student Education Committee Minutes, Medical Student Education Committee, East Tennessee State University

Medical Student Education Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Mary: Our Role Model?, Annie Sears

Student Work

"We’re called to waiting, to certainty of the good to come, to expectancy, and to preparation for the now-not-yet’s full arrival."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­Mary's role in the Christmas story from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/mary-our-role-model/

Fraud Detections For Online Businesses: A Perspective From Blockchain Technology, Yuanfeng Cai, Dan Zhu

Publications and Research

Background: The reputation system has been designed as an effective mechanism to reduce risks associated with online shopping for customers. However, it is vulnerable to rating fraud. Some raters may inject unfairly high or low ratings to the system so as to promote their own products or demote their competitors.

Method: This study explores the rating fraud by differentiating the subjective fraud from objective fraud. Then it discusses the effectiveness of blockchain technology in objective fraud and its limitation in subjective fraud, especially the rating fraud. Lastly, it systematically analyzes the robustness of blockchain-based reputation systems in each type of …

59th Conference On Senior Engineering Design, College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences

Senior Engineering Design Conference

The 59th Conference on Senior Engineering Design Projects. The conference was held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences on the Parkview Campus of Western Michigan University. The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences sponsored the conference to showcase the work of its graduating seniors, who are required to complete a capstone project that puts into practice what they have learned. Many of the projects are sponsored by business and industry.

Rajagiri University-In Pursuit Of Excellence Lecture Transformative Ties: How International Education Makes Us Strong, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.

Inflammation-Induced Oxidative Stress Mediates Gene Fusion Formation In Prostate Cancer, Ram S. Mani, Mohammad A. Amin, Xiangyi Li, Shanker Kalyana-Sundaram, Brendan A. Veeneman, Lei Wang, Aparna Ghosh, Adam Aslam, Susmita G. Ramanand, Bradley J. Rabquer, Wataru Kimura, Maxwell Tran, Xuhong Cao, Sameek Roychowdhury, Saravana M. Dhanasekaran, Nallasivam Palanisamy, Hesham A. Sadek, Payal Kapur, Alisa E. Koch, Arul M. Chinnaiyan

Urology Articles

Approximately 50% of prostate cancers are associated with gene fusions of the androgen-regulated gene TMPRSS2 to the oncogenic erythroblast transformation-specific (ETS) transcription factor ERG. The three-dimensional proximity of TMPRSS2 and ERG genes, in combination with DNA breaks, facilitates the formation of TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusions. However, the origins of DNA breaks that underlie gene fusion formation in prostate cancers are far from clear. We demonstrate a role for inflammation-induced oxidative stress in the formation of DNA breaks leading to recurrent TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusions. The transcriptional status and epigenetic features of the target genes influence this effect. Importantly, inflammation-induced de novo genomic …