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Loving Thyself And Well-Being: What Does God Have To Do With It?, Derek De La Peña Ph.D.

The Journal of Faith, Education, and Community

The current study is both exploratory and conceptual in nature and considers the controversial topic of “self-love” from both Christian and positive psychology viewpoints. Adaptive and maladaptive concepts of self-love are considered with Christian participants (n = 467) who listed God as the most important factor to happiness (Type I, n = 133) and a second group (Type II, n = 334) who considered some other factor as more important. Statistical significance was evident between groups with Type I participants scoring higher for meaning in life, engagement, and life-satisfaction measures in addition to a number of biblically-based character qualities (e.g. …

Hate Speech, Prejudice, And Biblical Interpretations, Dianne Dentice

The Journal of Faith, Education, and Community

There has been a long legacy of hate speech, prejudice, and the use of various scriptures from the Bible to uphold anti-Semitic and race based ideologies in the United States. The institution of slavery was based on economic gain for white plantation owners and the southern aristocracy prior to the Civil War. In order to justify enslavement of Africans, rhetorical devices were used to assure inferior status. Many white Christians believed their slaves could be controlled by conversion to Christianity and some actually believed they might even be able to achieve salvation if they did what they were told and …

Existential Anthropology And The Transformation Of The Existential Situation Into Religious Meaning: The Rise And Similarities Of Religion And The Arts, Patrick Scott Smith, M.A.

The Journal of Faith, Education, and Community

The social forming elements to the existential situation provide the basis from which springs all things human, where seemingly disparate functions within the social dynamic—in this instance, art and religion—find common genesis. An aspect of the existential situation is the development of complete memory and awareness because of the human state of physical vulnerability. In the following essay, starting with remembrance, we will see how the existential complex itself helps to form notions of art and religion; how impediment-to-will and exertion become essential elements to the formulation of religious ritual and fashion; and finally, we will take a look at …

The Journey Of A Spiritual Migrant: An Autoethnography On Leaving American Evangelicalism, Joel Mcreynolds

The Journal of Faith, Education, and Community

The support of Donald Trump by many evangelical Christian voters during the 2016 election was seen as a betrayal of core beliefs by the author, who grew up in a non-denominational evangelical church during the 1990s and 2000s. The cognitive dissonance experienced by the author after the 2016 election plunged him into a whirlwind reconsideration of his Christian upbringing. Using autoethnography, a research method that employs self-reflection and personal experience as a qualitative research tool, the author analyzes his own social media posts, journal entries, and creative writing to trace his exit from American Evangelicalism in this deeply personal account. …

Extending The Message Of Soil Quality In The Mobile Device Era, Chris Gazey, Frances Hoyle

The State of Soil Science in WA

In this day and age, where everyone is time poor, making information easily and quickly available is paramount. However, with a topic as complex and as multi-dimensional as soil quality, a new approach to packaging information that is evidence-based and relevant to the local environment is required. Apple multimedia digital books provide a platform capable of delivering layers of information on mobile devices.

Two, Four, Six, Eight, How Many Ingredients Do You Appreciate? An Exploration Of Cocktail Ingredients [Recorded Presentation], Hannah Daab

Steeplechase: An ORCA Student Journal

Two studies examine the effect of cocktail menu description on consumer order intention. Findings show that consumers are more likely to order a cocktail with a greater number of ingredients and the effect is driven by perceptions of beverage complexity and premiumness.

Simulating Australian Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration, Juhwan Lee, Raphael A. Viscarra Rossell

The State of Soil Science in WA

National initiatives to mitigate and adopt to climate change imply the need for enhancing carbon (C) sequestration in soils. Soil process models often render a C baseline hardly representative and its C sequestration potential questionable when initial soil C pools are not accounted. Here we use the soil process model Roth C to simulate site-specific soil C across 4431 sites in Australia. After matching the modelled and measured C pools at initial equilibrium, the model predicted C sequestration potentials in soils, coherent to changes among the pools, in response to soil inputs that represent soil and residue management. We show …

Gravel Is Soil Is Gravel, David Weaver, Ron Master, David Rogers

The State of Soil Science in WA

Around 3.8 M ha of gravelly soil contributes to crop production in south west WA. Soil analysis and glasshouse experiments routinely take place in the absence of the ≥2 mm fraction. Typical processes include sample collection, air drying, and sieving (<2 mm) prior to experimentation or analysis. The ≥2 mm fraction is discarded as it is often considered inert, acting as a soil volume diluent, and problematic for routine chemical analysis when intact because of size and representativeness. However, the literature cites that the ≥2 mm fraction may contribute positively to soil chemical, physical and biological properties.

Evolution Of Ryegrass Resistance To Glyphosate Changes Soil Microbial Diversity 14 Years Continuous Application, Zakaria Solaiman, Abul Hashem, Bede Mikan, Lynette Abbott, Paul Storer, Vivek Bhat, Andrew Whitely

The State of Soil Science in WA

Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicides in agriculture. Short-term impacts of glyphosate on soil microbial communities have been reported but long-term effects are rarely studied. There is concern for non-target effects on soil microbial communities with potential to negatively affect soil functions after long-term use of glyphosate. Therefore, our objective was to investigate changes in bacterial community composition following long-term glyphosate application on annual ryegrass.

Soil Nitrogen Storage And Availability To Crops Are Increased By Conservation Agriculture Practices In Rice-Based Cropping Systems In The Eastern Gangetic Plains, Md. Khairal Alam, Richard Bell, M E. Haque, M A. Islam, M A. Kader

The State of Soil Science in WA

On-farm adoption of minimum soil disturbance and increased residue retention will alter nitrogen (N) dynamics in soils and N fertiliser management in the intensive rice–based triple cropping systems of the Eastern Gangetic Plains. However, the consequences of changes in N forms, N mineralisation and N availability for crops in these cropping systems have not been determined.

Dynamics Of Water Use By Wheat And Canola Crops In Compacted, Acidic Sands Treated With Deep Tillage And Lime, Gaus Azam, Chris Gazey, Richard Bowles

The State of Soil Science in WA

Incorporation of agricultural lime by ‘strategic deep tillage’ is one of the quickest methods for managing subsurface soil acidity. Such soil amelioration practice decreases soil resistance by removing compaction and increases soil pH, which allows deep penetration of crop roots, and hence increases the acquisition of soil water from deeper in the soil. As a result of improved soil physical and chemical properties, crop yield also increases and so does the water use efficiency (WUE). Under broadacre cropping conditions, WUE is generally estimated from crop yield and weather data; actual measurement of soil water uptake can lead to more accurate …

From The Editors

James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal (JMURJ)

No abstract provided.

Volume 6, 2019

James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal (JMURJ)

No abstract provided.

Crop Response To Amelioration Of Agricultural Soils Are Mediated By Contraint Combinations And Soil Type, Stephen Davies, Wayne Parker, Giacomo Betti, David Hall, Tom Edwards, Chad Reynolds, Glenn Macdonald

The State of Soil Science in WA

Over the past decade alternative strategic deep tillage approaches have been developed to complement more established soil amelioration methods. Strategic tillage takes the form of a one-off or occasional intervention, implemented to overcome a number of soil and biotic constraints. Deep ripping can effectively remove subsoil hardpans and potentially delve up some subsoil to the surface depending on tine design. Deep soil mixing, using rotary spaders or large disc ploughs, can mix and incorporate topsoil and amendments deeper into the soil profile and reduce topsoil repellence. Soil inversion, using mouldboard, square or one-way disc ploughs, can bury surface-applied amendments, as …

Subsoil Contraints And Their Management: Overview From Five Years Of R&D, David Hall, Yvette Oliver, Shahab Pathan, Karen Holmes, Dennis Van Gool, Geoff Anderson, Jeremy Lemon, Caroline Peek, Liz Petersen, Glenn Macdonald, E G. Barrett-Lennard, Dana Mulvaney, Glen Riethmuller, Edward Arnold Griffin, Phil Ward

The State of Soil Science in WA

Subsoil constraints cost the grains industry more than $1.6b in lost production each year. Diagnosing and mapping subsoil constraints (SSC) was achieved at a shire scale using the DPIRD soils database and historic surveys.

Virtual Lottery, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

Users typically purchase lottery tickets at brick-and-mortar vendors. Users need to physically visit the vendor, securely store the lottery ticket, and perform manual matching to determine winnings. This disclosure describes techniques to provide users with an online option to purchase lottery tickets. Per techniques of this disclosure, users are provided with a tab, visual card, or other online user interface that enables them to purchase lottery tickets. The online lottery interface is displayed in response to a user search for lottery, lottery tickets, etc. The UI enables the user to browse and purchase a lottery ticket, after verifying their identity …

Providing Comments On Digital Content By Placing Icons, Bojan Djordjevic, Ken Turner, Jamie Hall

Defensive Publications Series

Users commonly share digital media content such as documents, blog posts, videos, images, stories, posters, etc. with other users. This disclosure describes techniques to enable users to provide feedback for digital media content via icons placed directly on the digital content. Per techniques of this disclosure, users can overlay icons indicative of user feedback directly on digital content. The spatial placement of the icons over the digital content enables a visualization of the salient response/feedback received from other users to the digital content. The icons can optionally be augmented by textual comments. A review area is provided where textual comments, …

Extracting And Displaying Information From Screenshots, Matthew Sharifi

Defensive Publications Series

Users often capture and share app screenshots over communication channels such as instant messaging and email. Although a convenient mechanism for the sender, sharing screenshots can be inconvenient for recipients. This is because screenshot information is typically not readily visible in its low-resolution or small version, so that the recipient needs to tap the screen to expand it. Even when expanded, the information in the screenshot is not actionable, e.g., it is not in text format, nor can it be easily copy-pasted. This disclosure describes techniques that automatically extract and display information from screenshots such that relevant information is available …

Processing And Delivering Security Signals From Guests To Hosts In Virtualized Environments, Michael Halcrow, Thomas Garnier, Brandon Baker, Eric Biggers, Maya Kaczorowski, Hovik Manucharyan, Konstantin Stepanyuk

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes techniques that leverage memory organization in virtual machines and their hosts to emplace code that protects against malware. Malware detection instrumentation is emplaced in guest kernel space, which is relatively privileged and better protected than other guest memory spaces. Malware behavioral analysis logic, which classifies a guest process as benign or malign, is emplaced in host ring 3 space, to take advantage of the virtualization boundary.

Even if unaffected by the attack, the protected kernel may still not be able to quickly communicate knowledge of the attack to the malware behavioral analysis logic, which resides in the …

Automatic Generation Of Event-Related Checklists, Matthew Sharifi, Wolfgang Haas

Defensive Publications Series

Virtual assistants provide notifications and reminders of upcoming calendar events to users. This disclosure describes the automatic generation of a checklist associated with an upcoming event that is provided to a user. The checklist includes items associated with the event to be carried to the event by the user. The checklist can also include tasks to be performed by the user prior to the event. A machine learned model that is trained to associate event types with items/tasks is utilized to generate the checklist. If the user permits, items mentioned in event related user communications are also included in the …

What Is Income? [Pattern Speech], American Institute Of Accountants

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.

What Is Income? [Pattern Speech], American Institute Of Accountants

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.

Book Of The Dead (Leaf), Hollins University

Broadsides, Maps, & Misc. (non-Hollins)

• Country of Origin: Egypt
• Date: 1100-950 B.C.E.
• Material: papyrus
• Provenance: Samuel H. McVitty
• Text for Item no. 7 from from Dawson's Catalog 114 (Nov. 1926): "The Book of the Dead. Papyrus Leaf, measuring 8 3/8 inches wide and 7 3/4 inches tall, from a Hieratic Copy of the Book of the Dead, made for a nobleman, Pen-Amen-Apt. Dating about XXI Dynasty (1100-950 B. C.). Characters in red and black. Mounted on blue cardboard, protected by cellophane."

Fall 2019, International Educator, Table Of Contents, Unh Global Education Center

UNH International Educator Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for December 5-11, 2019. Vol. 114, No. 9.

Coffee With The Cops 2019, Central Washington University

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Engineering A Compartmentalized Hydrogel Platform For In Vitro Assembly Of Neuromuscular Junctions, Rachel Besser

Open Access Dissertations

This study reports the first hydrogel based compartmentalized in vitro platform for neuromuscular junction (NMJ) formation. The study was performed in three parts including the fabrication of a biomimetic substrate adhesive to both cell types involved in NMJ formation, optimizing the media formulation for these cells, and designing and testing a compartmentalized hydrogel system. A laminin coated gelatin (GEL-LN) hydrogel was fabricated and used to assess C2C12 mouse skeletal muscle cells, primary rat Schwann cells, and human induced pluripotent stem cell derived spinal spheroid (SpS). The GEL- LN substrate increased maturation and improved morphology when used to culture C2C12 cells …

Implementing High Impact Practices To Address Dfw Rates: Universal Design For Learning And Multiple Means Of Expression, Tiffany Jones

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

In attempting to deal with high DFW rates in history courses, it is important to be accessible for all students with various abilities, backgrounds, and learning styles. This paper examines Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in order help students engage better with the course. UDL focuses on three main interconnected principles, including offering students multiple means of representation to enable them various ways of acquiring information and knowledge, allowing them multiple means of demonstrating what they know, and different means of engagement to tap into learners’ interests, challenge them appropriately, and motivate them to learn. This paper discusses ways of …

Single Versus Multi-Center Surgeons' Risk-Adjusted Mitral Valve Repair Procedural Outcomes, Anne Bennett, Thomas Bogue, Samuel Greenberg, Joshua Zhu, Samantha Novotny, Joseph Pizzuti, Lee A. Santore, Robert H. Habib, Annie Laurie Laurie Shroyer, Jonathan Price, Henry Tannous, Thomas Bilfinger

Department of Surgery Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study is to explore strategies to improve mitral valve repair (MVr) outcomes. This research explores postoperative outcomes of patients undergoing MVr surgery by single center surgeons versus patients of multicenter surgeons. Specific outcomes of interest include 30-day operative mortality, major operative complications (e.g., deep sternal wound infection, permanent stroke, renal dysfunction requiring dialysis, reoperation, and prolonged ventilation), length of stay, and 30-day readmissions.

In brief, the serisk-adjusted outcome rates for surgeons that perform mitral valve repair procedures will be compared for surgeons that operate at a single center [i.e. SC surgeons] versus multiple centers [i.e. MC …

On The Red Line, Jarohn Johnson

Theses

Abstract

“On the Red Line” is a short story collection interested in Black, queer men and women who are on the verge of major points of change or transition in their lives. At the core of their struggles is a sense of urgency to escape trauma, and a need to fulfill their innermost desires. Major themes of this collection include: isolation, identity, trauma, loneliness, and mental illness. These are predominantly coming-of-age stories that center a particular population that is often marginalized in mainstream literature.