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Pastor Self-Perceived Preparedness And Training To Model And Lead Sensitivity In Their Congregations And Spiritually Lead Lgbtq Individuals: A Qualitative Study Of Pastors Of The Potomac Ministry Network Of The Assemblies Of God, Tina L. Boswell-Stickley Jan 2023

Pastor Self-Perceived Preparedness And Training To Model And Lead Sensitivity In Their Congregations And Spiritually Lead Lgbtq Individuals: A Qualitative Study Of Pastors Of The Potomac Ministry Network Of The Assemblies Of God, Tina L. Boswell-Stickley

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Pastors are responsible for creating welcoming atmospheres within their church buildings and congregations. Societal changes have raised questions about pastors’ preparedness to do so, particularly regarding the LGBTQ community. This qualitative study interviewed lead pastors from the Potomac Ministry Network (PMN) of the Assemblies of God regarding their self-perceived preparedness to model sensitivity and minister to the LGBTQ community. It explored pastor training, experiences, perceptions, and needs to serve this population better. Interviews were transcribed, indexed, coded, and analyzed to identify themes and better understand the dynamics regarding this issue. Results are reported, including limitations, discussions, recommendations, and identified needed …

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Cognitive Illusion, Lucid Dreaming, And The Psychology Of Metaphor In Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Contemplative Practices, Michael R. Sheehy Jan 2023

Cognitive Illusion, Lucid Dreaming, And The Psychology Of Metaphor In Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Contemplative Practices, Michael R. Sheehy

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies Advance Publication Archive

A classic set of eight similes of illusion (sgyu ma’i dpe brgyad) are employed recurrently throughout Indian and Tibetan Buddhist literature to illustrate the operations of cognition, its correlative perceptions, and experiences that emerge. To illustrate a Buddhist psychology of metaphor, the fourteenth century Tibetan scholar and synthesizer of the Dzogchen (rdzogs chen) or Great Perfection system, Longchen Rabjam Drimé Ödzer (1308-1363), composed his poetic text, Being at Ease with Illusion. This work on illusion is the third volume in Longchenpa’s Trilogy of Being at Ease (Ngal gso skor gsum) in which he presents a series of Dzogchen instructions on …

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Continuities Of Consciousness, Life-Worlds, And Numinous Experience: Cognitive-Phenomenological Foundations For An Empirical Neo-Shamanism, Harry T. Hunt Jan 2023

Continuities Of Consciousness, Life-Worlds, And Numinous Experience: Cognitive-Phenomenological Foundations For An Empirical Neo-Shamanism, Harry T. Hunt

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies Advance Publication Archive

Numinous experience—as the felt sense of the sacred—evokes feelings of allone unity, communality, humility, and healing. Its schematization in the absolutes of traditional religion can also be seen as all-encompassing symbolic unifications of an otherwise fragmented human life-world—as more analytically depicted in the life-world phenomenologies of Husserl and Heidegger. In both feeling and concept the numinous would be the semantic amplification of the more concrete organism-surround nonduality of non symbolic organisms—as reflected in a primary consciousness shared across Uexkuell’s sentient animal umwelten and Gibson’s “envelopes of flow.” H usserl’s phenomenology of passive synthesis and James on pure experience can be …

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Undergraduate Catalog, 2023-2024, Valparaiso University Jan 2023

Undergraduate Catalog, 2023-2024, Valparaiso University

Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

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Niu Working Papers 2022 - 2023, Northern Illinois University Jan 2023

Niu Working Papers 2022 - 2023, Northern Illinois University

Working Papers

No abstract provided.

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Multi-Scale Sources Of Precipitation Predictability In The Northern Great Plains, C. M. Carrillo, Francisco Munoz-Arriola Jan 2023

Multi-Scale Sources Of Precipitation Predictability In The Northern Great Plains, C. M. Carrillo, Francisco Munoz-Arriola

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

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Survival And Growth Assessment After Reintroduction Of The Pocketbook Mussel, Lampsilis Cardium Rafinesque, 1820 Among Three Streams In Nebraska (Usa), F. Montesanto, L. M. Ohlman, Mark A. Pegg Jan 2023

Survival And Growth Assessment After Reintroduction Of The Pocketbook Mussel, Lampsilis Cardium Rafinesque, 1820 Among Three Streams In Nebraska (Usa), F. Montesanto, L. M. Ohlman, Mark A. Pegg

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

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The Classic, Winter 2023, Public Relations Jan 2023

The Classic, Winter 2023, Public Relations

The Classic, 2020-present

Zwemer View: Celebrating the Past and Planning for the Future; around the Green: A Listening Ear; Christy Suites; Perfect Pass Rate; Five-Star Enrollment; Major Changes; Campus Life: Bringing TED to NWC; Business Savvy; Graduate Education Leader; Northwestern Named Among Best Christian Workplaces; Business department meets international standards; Global Health Champion; Face Value: Julia Dragstra; Honored English Teacher; Social work program renews accreditation; New Vision for Youth Ministry; Giving to Northwestern College in 2022-23; In High Demand; Standout Scores; The Power of Forgiveness; Community Builder; Point of Reference; Top Teacher; Game On; Jobs Well Done: Developing Bonds, Beloved Professor, Wise Counsel; …

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Sustainable Water Treatment With Induced Bank Filtration, Miles Schelling, Kavita Patil, Thomas B. Boving Jan 2023

Sustainable Water Treatment With Induced Bank Filtration, Miles Schelling, Kavita Patil, Thomas B. Boving

Geosciences Faculty Publications

This study demonstrates that an induced bank filter (IBF) system can treat raw water polluted with Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria. Similar to riverbank filtration (RBF), induced or reversed bank filtration relies on natural processes to clean water, including filtration through layers of allochthone alluvial sediments and a bioactive layer that forms on top of the filter after a ripening period. At the study site, located in Southwestern India, villagers rely on a mountain spring for their water supply. Although of generally high quality, the spring water contains E. coli bacteria (up to ~2000 MPN/100 mL). Raw …

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A Look Back At The Past: 20 Years Of Kennedy Library Exhibits, Robert E. Kennedy Library Jan 2023

A Look Back At The Past: 20 Years Of Kennedy Library Exhibits, Robert E. Kennedy Library

Creative Works

Explore past exhibits featured at Robert E. Kennedy Library over the past 20 years.

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Wigs, Corsets, Cosmetics, And Instagram: The Prosthetics Of Crossplay, Minka Stoyanova Jan 2023

Wigs, Corsets, Cosmetics, And Instagram: The Prosthetics Of Crossplay, Minka Stoyanova

Becker School of Design and Technology

Cosplay refers to the fan practice of costuming and (often) playacting characters from media. Cosplays can be derived from a spectrum of fan-oriented media franchises including comics, live-action television, cartoons, and more. Matthew Hale (2014, 6) argues that cosplay is less represented in fan studies because cosplay’s embodied and performative nature did not seem to lend itself to the postmodern, intertextual readings that characterized early fan studies. However, as outlined by Paul Mountfort, Anne Peirson-Smith, and Adam Geczy (2018, 24), “Cosplay’s particular form of détournement is a ‘recontextualization’ of sources which aligns it with other mixing and mashing practices, such …

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Unm Pathology Pathfinder Winter 2023, Unm Department Of Pathology Jan 2023

Unm Pathology Pathfinder Winter 2023, Unm Department Of Pathology

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

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Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni, Parents, And Friends, Taylor University Jan 2023

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni, Parents, And Friends, Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Winter 2023 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

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Cover Crop Performance Under A Changing Climate In Continuous Corn System Over Nebraska, G. Birru, A. Shiferaw, Tsegaye Tadesse, Brian D. Wardlow, V. L. Jin, M. Schmer, Tala Awada, T. Kharel, J. Iqbal Jan 2023

Cover Crop Performance Under A Changing Climate In Continuous Corn System Over Nebraska, G. Birru, A. Shiferaw, Tsegaye Tadesse, Brian D. Wardlow, V. L. Jin, M. Schmer, Tala Awada, T. Kharel, J. Iqbal

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Anti–Inflammatory Effect Of Angelica Shikokiana Makino Leaves Extract Gel On Lichen Planus Induced Oral Mucositis (Clinical Study)., Eman Shawki Jan 2023

Anti–Inflammatory Effect Of Angelica Shikokiana Makino Leaves Extract Gel On Lichen Planus Induced Oral Mucositis (Clinical Study)., Eman Shawki

Mansoura Journal of Dentistry

Objective: to develop eco-friendly nanoemulsions of Angelica shikokiana natural extract gel and evaluate its anti-inflammatory activity by assessing the reduction of the present oral mucositis induced by oral lichen planus (OLP). Materials and Methods: Thirty-four patients with OLP participated in this randomized controlled trial, classified into two main groups. The first group ( study group) was given the prepared gel of Angelica shikokiana Makino (AS) leaves extract in orabase. The second group (control group) was given 0.1% triamcinolone acetonide (TA), known as kenacort in orabase. Clinical improvement was evaluated using the Thongprasom scale, and pain reduction was recorded using a …

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Exogenous Application Of Trehalose Minimizes Cadmium Toxicity And Alleviates Oxidative Stress In Wheat Under Cadmium Stress, Hesham F. Alharby, Hassan S. Al-Zahrani, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Shafaqat Ali Jan 2023

Exogenous Application Of Trehalose Minimizes Cadmium Toxicity And Alleviates Oxidative Stress In Wheat Under Cadmium Stress, Hesham F. Alharby, Hassan S. Al-Zahrani, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Shafaqat Ali

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Practical and cost-effective food safety and production methods are essential, as huge areas of arable land are contaminated through heavy metals, including cadmium (Cd) pollution worldwide. This study was performed to assess impacts of dissimilar doses of trehalose (Tre) (0, 25, 50 mM) as foliar spray on wheat plants grown under different Cd stress levels (0, 2.5, 5, 10 mg/kg), considering different growth, photosynthetic attributes and antioxidative defense mechanism in relation with the uptake of Cd to different plant parts. A considerable reduction was detected in growth, biomass, and chlorophyll contents under Cd stress linked with boosted lipid peroxidation, electrolyte …

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Social Work In A Post-Dobbs World: The ‘Adoption Fallacy’, Decolonization, And Reproductive Justice, Kristen Cheney, Karen Smith Rotabi Jan 2023

Social Work In A Post-Dobbs World: The ‘Adoption Fallacy’, Decolonization, And Reproductive Justice, Kristen Cheney, Karen Smith Rotabi

Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article takes as its departure a critique of the ‘adoption fallacy’ underlying the US Supreme Court decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to argue that the Dobbs decision incentivizes a reconsideration of social work practice as a site for advancing reproductive justice. To do this, however, social work must strive to decolonize the profession by critically reflecting on its role in reproductive policy and politics, particularly its complicity in abortion and adoption decisions that may have limited—and continue to limit—reproductive justice. Only then can social work effectively counter the adoption fallacy and advocate more broadly for reproductive justice.

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2022 Celebration Of Faculty Scholars Condensed Program, University Of Northern Colorado Libraries Jan 2023

2022 Celebration Of Faculty Scholars Condensed Program, University Of Northern Colorado Libraries

Celebration of Faculty Scholars

The condensed program of the 2022 Celebration of Faculty Scholars. This event recognized 257 faculty, over 1,000 publications, presentations, and creative works, and more than $5,000,000 in grants. This celebration recognizes faculty from across the colleges and demonstrates the breadth and depth of scholarly activity that enhances the experience of our students.

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2022 Celebration Of Faculty Scholars Program, University Of Northern Colorado Libraries Jan 2023

2022 Celebration Of Faculty Scholars Program, University Of Northern Colorado Libraries

Celebration of Faculty Scholars

The full program of the 2022 Celebration of Faculty Scholars. This event recognized 257 faculty, over 1,000 publications, presentations, and creative works, and more than $5,000,000 in grants. This celebration recognizes faculty from across the colleges and demonstrates the breadth and depth of scholarly activity that enhances the experience of our students.

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John Woolman's Aesthetics Of The Stranger, Jay David Miller Jan 2023

John Woolman's Aesthetics Of The Stranger, Jay David Miller

Faculty Publications - Department of English

Language about strangers, including ‘the heart of a stranger’ specifically, appears with frequency throughout the writings of John Woolman. This article argues that the stranger, inspired to a great extent by passages from the Bible, was a central philosophical and theological concept around which Woolman’s thought was gathered. For Woolman the stranger also functioned as a literary figure that united various parts of his work in what I refer to comprehensively as an aesthetics of the stranger. Ultimately, Woolman writing about strangers reflected his understanding of Jesus Christ as a stranger, which was the ground from which all his thinking …

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Catalog | 2023-2024, Jacksonville State University Jan 2023

Catalog | 2023-2024, Jacksonville State University

Announcements, Bulletins & Catalogs | Undergraduate

(2023-2024). In its early years as the State Normal School, JSU produced a variety of publications (announcements, bulletins, and catalogs) that contain course information combined with the types of information that would later be found in yearbooks. Examples include historical information about the school, lists of enrolled students and club officers, photographs of athletic teams and literary clubs, notes on alumni, faculty and campus facilities, and more.

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Changing Blow Fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Populations In Orlando, Florida, United States, Amanda Roe, Russell J. Barnes, Leon G. Higley, Neal H. Haskell Jan 2023

Changing Blow Fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Populations In Orlando, Florida, United States, Amanda Roe, Russell J. Barnes, Leon G. Higley, Neal H. Haskell

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) were collected from various carrion baits in Orlando, Florida over 2 periods: Jun 2009 to Sep 2009 and Apr 2010 to Oct 2010. In a previous study conducted from 2002 to 2004 the dominant blow fly in Orlando, Florida, was Lucilia coeruleiviridis Macquart (Gruner et al. 2007). This collection documents a shift to Chrysomya megacephala Fabricius, as the most dominant blow fly species found in Orlando, Florida in 2009 to 2010. These field results have potential forensic implications, particularly in the analysis of cold cases.

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Cover Crop Composition In Long-Term No-Till Soils In Semi-Arid Environments Do Not Influence Soil Health Measurements After One Year, Hunter Bielenberg, Jason D. Clark, Debankur Sanyal, Johnathon Wolthuizen, David Karki, Amin Rahhal, Anthony Bly Jan 2023

Cover Crop Composition In Long-Term No-Till Soils In Semi-Arid Environments Do Not Influence Soil Health Measurements After One Year, Hunter Bielenberg, Jason D. Clark, Debankur Sanyal, Johnathon Wolthuizen, David Karki, Amin Rahhal, Anthony Bly

Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Faculty Publications

Evaluating the influence of grass or broadleaf cover crops on soil health measurements is common in the northern US Midwest. However, the comparison among different cover crop mixtures, including blends of both grass and broadleaf species is limited. In 2018–2020, cover crop experiments were conducted in South Dakota at 11 site-years. Cover crops were planted in the summer after small grains harvest as mixtures of dominantly grasses or broadleaves, a 50/50 grass/broadleaf mixture, and a no cover crop control. Soil and above-ground plant residue samples were collected in the fall before winter termination and in the spring before corn planting. …

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Resource Map Of Expenditures For Tennessee Children And Youth, Annual Report To The Legislature, April 2023, Tennessee Commission On Children And Youth Jan 2023

Resource Map Of Expenditures For Tennessee Children And Youth, Annual Report To The Legislature, April 2023, Tennessee Commission On Children And Youth

Resource Mapping Reports

This report compiles the federal and state expenditures for services across all departments and agencies for Tennessee children from the previous fiscal year.

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University Of Tennessee Southern, Student Participation And Success, 2022-23, Tennessee Higher Education Commission Jan 2023

University Of Tennessee Southern, Student Participation And Success, 2022-23, Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Higher Education Fact Book

This document is a supplement to the 2022-2023 Tennessee Higher Education Fact Book.

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Using Seasonal Climate Scenarios In The Forageahead Annual Forage Production Model For Early Drought Impact Assessment, M. Podebradska, B. K. Wylie, M. J. Hayes, D. J. Bathke, Y. A. Bayissa, S. P. Boyte, J. F. Brown, B. D. Wardlow Jan 2023

Using Seasonal Climate Scenarios In The Forageahead Annual Forage Production Model For Early Drought Impact Assessment, M. Podebradska, B. K. Wylie, M. J. Hayes, D. J. Bathke, Y. A. Bayissa, S. P. Boyte, J. F. Brown, B. D. Wardlow

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Spatiotemporal Patterns Of Wolves And Sympatric Predators And Prey Relative To Human Disturbance In Northwestern Greece, M. Petridou, J. F. Benson, O. Gimenez, K. Kati Jan 2023

Spatiotemporal Patterns Of Wolves And Sympatric Predators And Prey Relative To Human Disturbance In Northwestern Greece, M. Petridou, J. F. Benson, O. Gimenez, K. Kati

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Foundational Conditions Enabling Participatory River Management In Watersheds Of Two Regulatorily Disparate States: A Mixed Methods Study, M. E. Burbach, S. Kennedy, W. M. Eaton, K. J. Brasier Jan 2023

Foundational Conditions Enabling Participatory River Management In Watersheds Of Two Regulatorily Disparate States: A Mixed Methods Study, M. E. Burbach, S. Kennedy, W. M. Eaton, K. J. Brasier

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Par-4: An Attractive Target For Cancer Therapy, Krishna K. Raut, Antoine Baudin, David S. Libich, Lijun Liu, Scott Lovell, Steven M. Pascal Jan 2023

Par-4: An Attractive Target For Cancer Therapy, Krishna K. Raut, Antoine Baudin, David S. Libich, Lijun Liu, Scott Lovell, Steven M. Pascal

College of Sciences Posters

Lack of early diagnosis, cancer recurrence, metastasis, and adverse side effects are some of the major problems in the treatment of cancers. Par-4, a tumor suppressor protein, is an attractive target for cancer therapy as it selectively kills cancer cells. Cl-Par-4 is the active fragment of Par-4 that enters the nucleus and selectively induces apoptosis in cancer cells. It has also been reported that Par-4 increases the susceptibility of cancer cells to chemotherapy and reverses cancer recurrence. Further, Par-4 has been shown to play a dual role: inhibition of EMT (Epithelial-mesenchymal transition) as well as assistance in the reverse process, …

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Hitting The Sweet Spot: Optimizing Camera Trapping Effort For Estimating Biodiversity In Coastal Environments, Ella Dipetto, Oleksii Dubovyk, Chi Wei, Angela Brierly, Eric Walters, Alex Teodorescu, Jillian Murphy Jan 2023

Hitting The Sweet Spot: Optimizing Camera Trapping Effort For Estimating Biodiversity In Coastal Environments, Ella Dipetto, Oleksii Dubovyk, Chi Wei, Angela Brierly, Eric Walters, Alex Teodorescu, Jillian Murphy

College of Sciences Posters

Wildlife trail cameras, or “camera traps”, have become an effective tool in ecological research and conservation management across a variety of ecosystems to monitor a wide range of taxa. Camera trapping allows for extended survey time in traditionally hard-to-survey environments and has greatly increased our ability to detect cryptic species. One question ecologists commonly face is how much sampling effort is required to accurately estimate community composition. Despite the abundant literature that uses camera trapping techniques, few studies have occurred in coastal saltmarsh ecosystems. These ecosystems are being lost at a rapid rate from land conversion, pollution, and other anthropogenic …

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