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Retracing The Historical Via Dolorosa: A Logistical Exercise In First-Century Jerusalem, Calan Christensen

Studia Antiqua

Since the identification of Herod’s palace on the Western Hill of Jerusalem as the Praetorium (πραιτώριον) of the Gospels, the notion of Jesus being tried at the Antonia Fortress, and the associated Via Dolorosa, has been relegated to mere tradition. This presented a prime juncture to responsibly reinform a tantamount Christian pilgrimage tradition through the lens of archaeology. Unfortunately, this opportunity has seemingly been neglected by the greater academic community. Any scholar that ventures to mention a plausible route from the Praetorium to Golgotha hastily assumes a route through the Upper City and neglects to cite any compelling evidence. This …

Vol. 34, No. 10 - Whole No. 187, Eleanor M. Farrell

Mythprint

Mythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups.

Vol. 34, No. 3 - Whole No. 180, Eleanor M. Farrell

Mythprint

Mythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups.

All Things Marian: The Litany Of Loreto, Its Message, And Its Theology, University Of Dayton. International Marian Research Institute, Michele Foley, Johann G. Roten S.M.

Podcast: All Things Marian

Transcript is available using the "Download" button.

Organic Amendments Improve The Quality Of Coal Gob Spoils: A Sustainable Mining Waste Reclamation Method, Zhiming Zhang, Anshuman Satpathy, Kirby Morris, Abhishek Roychowdhury, Rupali Datta, Dibyendu Sarkar

Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering Departmental Research

Coal mine tailings can lead to a range of environmental problems, including toxic metal contamination, soil erosion, acid mine drainage, and increased salinity. Mine spoils from coal mining activities accumulated as gob piles are difficult to reclaim due to constraints such as a steep slope, unsuitable pH, insufficient nutrient supply, metal toxicity, low water-holding capacity, and poor soil structure. We investigated the efficiency of low-cost amendments on coal gob spoils from Carthage Coal Field (CCF) in New Mexico in improving the quality of coal gob spoils. Gob spoil was incubated for 90 days with various rates of organic amendments such …

Exploitation, Gentrification, And Commercialization: The Evolution Of Third Spaces For Marginalized People In Post-Democratization Cape Town, Nicole Overbay

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

This paper explores the impact of high-cost leisure spaces that are emerging in low-income marginalized communities within the Cape Town metropolitan area of South Africa after democratization. The resilience and cultural significance of unregulated third spaces, like shebeens, despite governmental suppression demonstrates the importance of these venues to marginalized South Africans. Through the examination of the gentrification of Bo Kaap and Khayelitsha, this paper argues that the pervasive trend of commercialization (which is supposedly for economic empowerment of said areas), can exclude non-White residents and corrode the generations-long cultural significance created in third spaces. This barrier disproportionately harms Black and …

Mitochondrial Memory: Transgenerational Trauma, Functional Medicine, And Quantum Physics, Rosalynn A. Vega

Anthropology Faculty Publications

Building from Karen Barad’s “diffractive methodological approach” (2007, 71), this article combines Mariella Pandolfi’s notion of the female body as a transgenerational “physiological memoir” (1990, 255) with functional medicine perspectives on mitochondria and advances in quantum physics around “entanglement” to explore a new concept—“mitochondrial memory.” Recent findings in biological research depict a communicating collective of mitochondria distributed across different “human” organs and describe how this collective controls many aspects of human health through epigenetic mechanisms. Since exact copies of mitochondria are inherited through the maternal line, I draw from anthropological theory, functional medicine research, and recent discoveries in physics to …

Carbon Restoration Potential On Global Land Under Water Resource Constraints, Shouzhang Peng, César Terrer, Benjamin Smith, Philippe Ciais, Qinggong Han, Jialan Nan, Joshua B. Fisher, Liang Chen, Lei Deng, Kailiang Yu

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Ecosystem restoration is a critical nature-based solution to mitigate climate change. However, the carbon sequestration potential of restoration, defined as the maximum achievable carbon storage, has likely been overestimated because previous studies have not adequately accounted for the competition between ecosystem water demands for maximizing carbon sequestration and human water needs. Here we used a comprehensive process-based model combined with extensive land-use data and evaporation recycling accounting for land–atmosphere feedback to estimate the water requirements associated with ecosystem restoration. We found that achieving the carbon sequestration potential of restoration would significantly reduce global water availability per capita by 26%, posing …

Organic Amendments Improve The Quality Of Coal Gob Spoils: A Sustainable Mining Waste Reclamation Method, Zhiming Zhang, Anshuman Satpathy, Kirby Morris, Abhishek Roychowdhury, Rupali Datta, Dibyendu Sarkar

Michigan Tech Publications

Coal mine tailings can lead to a range of environmental problems, including toxic metal contamination, soil erosion, acid mine drainage, and increased salinity. Mine spoils from coal mining activities accumulated as gob piles are difficult to reclaim due to constraints such as a steep slope, unsuitable pH, insufficient nutrient supply, metal toxicity, low water-holding capacity, and poor soil structure. We investigated the efficiency of low-cost amendments on coal gob spoils from Carthage Coal Field (CCF) in New Mexico in improving the quality of coal gob spoils. Gob spoil was incubated for 90 days with various rates of organic amendments such …

Thomas Tredway Library 2023-2024 Annual Report, Thomas Tredway Library, Augustana College

Annual Reports

The 2023-2024 annual report from the Thomas Tredway Library, Augustana College.

Spartan Daily, October 23, 2024, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2024

Volume 163, Issue 26

Breathing Inequality? Income, Ethnicity And Pm2.5 Exposure In Bologna, Italy, Alessandra Drigo

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

This study addresses the presence of an environmental justice issue along the dimensions of income and ethnicity in the urban context of Bologna, Italy. Among other Italian cities, Bologna has historically had a left-leaning political tendency and has made considerable substantial efforts to address social issues extensively. This makes it a useful cross-section dataset links gridded PM2.5 concentration data at 0.01°x0.01° resolution with census demographic characteristics and income per capita information for the year 2011. This study presents two main findings. i) It confirms the existence of an environmental justice gap, which affects vulnerable segments of the population along both …

Practicing Udl In Higher Education: A Workbook By The Accessible Dartmouth Initiative, Courtney A. Floyd, Carly M. Lesoski, Majo Brito Paez, Rebecca Taub

Other Staff Materials

Practicing UDL in Higher Education is a workbook that offers both pedagogical context for and concrete examples of universal design for learning strategies in post-secondary courses from a range of disciplinary and institutional contexts. It was created as part of the Accessible Dartmouth Initiative (ADI), a collaboration between the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning, Student Accessibility Services, and Learning Design and Innovation.

ADI is an initiative designed to strengthen Dartmouth’s educational model to better meet the needs of neurodivergent learners as well as first-generation college students, international students, English language learners, and students of other marginalized identities. …

The Primacy Of Density-Mediated Indirect Effects In A Community Of Wolves, Elk, And Aspen, Elaine M. Brice, Eric J. Larsen, Daniel R. Stahler, Daniel R. Macnulty

Aspen Bibliography

The removal or addition of a predator in an ecosystem can trigger a trophic cascade, whereby the predator indirectly influences plants and/or abiotic processes via direct effects on its herbivore prey. A trophic cascade can operate through a density-mediated indirect effect (DMIE), where the predator reduces herbivore density via predation, and/or through a trait-mediated indirect effect (TMIE), where the predator induces an herbivore trait response that modifies the herbivore's effect on plants. Manipulative experiments suggest that TMIEs are an equivalent or more important driver of trophic cascades than are DMIEs. Whether this applies generally in nature is uncertain because few …

Gender Ideology And Gender Equality Policy Adoption, Wendell Christopher Lewis

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Gender-based violence threatens the social and economic security of countries. Gender equality policies, which address the ideological and material relations of gender equality that support gender-based violence, are being stymied by antigender coalitions. Little is known of the concept called gender ideology used by this coalition to facilitate policy intractability of gender equality policies. This mixed-method study was intended to fill the theoretical and methodological gaps in the literature using the narrative policy framework to explore the concept of gender ideology and policy intractability during the National Gender Policy debate in Trinidad and Tobago between 2010-2018. The research questions focused …

Documents From The October 23, 2024 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), Associated Students Of University Of Montana

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the October 23, 2024 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

The Rise And Fall Of Caribbean Piracy: A Socio-Technical Analysis Of The War Of Spanish Succession, Maritime Innovation, And Edward Randolf’S Policy, Dominique M. Salinski

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

This paper argues that the mode and historical context in which piracy ascended in the Caribbean after the War of the Spanish Succession, as well as the historical interrelation between maritime technology and pirate tactics, coalesced into a diachronic Damocles Sword that resulted in the downfall of piracy in the Golden Age. Sanctioning piratical enterprises as a subconventional maritime strategy displayed a geopolitical reliance on piracy by great powers. However, the depraved treatment conventional sailors received across all major European navies generated a social stratum that eventually bore the Golden Age of Piracy, while simultaneously contributing significantly to British naval …

A Primer On Artificial Intelligence And Ai-Powered Financial Analysis, Zain Kalson

Ohio Northern University Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Perception Of Waste Management Of Hikers At Bulusaraung Mountain Area Of Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park, Alya Heldayanti, Asrianny Asrianny, Risma Illa Maulany

Jurnal Penelitian Kehutanan Wallacea

Waste management in tourist destinations is a serious problem because of its non-biodegradable nature and the volume of waste produced each year continues to increase along with the increasing number of visitors to the tourist area. The existence of climbing activities in the Bulusaraung Mountains area has an impact on the waste problem that arises due to hikers activities in the area. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of waste management in the Bulusaraung Mountains, Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park (South Sulawesi), Indonesia from the perspective of hikers, a survey was conducted on 100 hikers with a focus on their perceptions, …

Minutes, Curriculum Committee Meeting, Tuesday, October 22, 2024, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Nebraska Democrats Hope Omaha Will Be A ‘Blue Dot’ On The State’S Red Electoral Map − And Their Lawn Sign Is A Vibe, Christina E. Dando

Geography and Geology Faculty Publications

White signs emblazoned with a big blue dot are going up in yards across Omaha, Nebraska, in an unusual political statement of support for Democratic candidates. Nebraska splits its electoral votes, giving Omaha’s congressional district a single electoral vote out of the state’s total of five. If enough of Omaha’s metropolitan voters back Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris for president, Omaha will appear on the electoral map as a “blue dot” on a field of Republican red.

Voicing Experiences Of Family Members Providing Care To Loved Ones With A Pituitary Condition, Carly Ellicott, Alyson Norman, Sue Jackson

School of Psychology

Introduction: This paper draws upon lived experiences of family members caring for a relative with a pituitary condition. The rationale for the study stems from the crucial role provided by informal, unpaid carers. Yet in the specific domain of pituitary care, they remain overlooked within empirical research. Therefore, the current study aimed to understand 1) the experiences of family members whose loved ones have a pituitary condition and 2) the information and support needs of family members. Materials and methods: Adopting a qualitative participatory approach, the study involved six family members, each of whom provided care for a loved one …

Homelessness And Sofa-Surfing: Everyday Belonging, Mobilities, Identities And Morals In Hidden Spaces Of Welfare, Kieran Green, Mark Holton, Richard Yarwood

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

This paper advances existing work on the geographies of homelessness by considering the phenomenon of sofa-surfing—defined as the practice of living in a host's home, without a right to reside, in the absence of more permanent accommodation—as a distinctive, and until recently somewhat hidden, form of homelessness. Examining sofa-surfing is important as it recognises the varied and intersecting spatial, temporal and mobility characteristics of vulnerable populations, often thought to be living at the margins of homelessness. Across the globe, the significant increase in sofa-surfing since the 2010s, coupled with the unique, and frequently hidden, movements between ‘host’ homes, and the …

Professor Durwood Ball Oral History Class Interview Part Ii October 2024, Holly Guise

Oral Histories HIST 300, Fall 2024

Dr. Holly Guise's oral history 300/500 students interview Professor Durwood Ball about his experience as editor of the New Mexico Historical Review, part 2, on October 22, 2024.

Statelessness And Gender Justice: A Critical Feminist Approach To Conceptions Of Statelessness, Kylie L’Eplattenier

Episteme

No abstract provided.

Returning To The Globe Regional Student Symposia After A 4-Year Pandemic Pause: Evaluation Of The 2023 Globe Srs, Eleanor M. Jaffee, Globe U.S. Coordination Office

Publications and Media

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, October 21, 2024, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Can Tourist Engagement Enhance Tourist Behavioural Intentions? A Combination Of Pls-Sem And Fsqca Approaches, Siamak Seyfi, S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh, Ali Vafaei-Zadeh, Kourosh Esfandiar

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

This study aims to investigate the effects of tourist engagement dimensions on revisit and Word of Mouth (WOM) intentions of heritage tourists. The data were collected from domestic tourists in the heritage city of Kashan, Iran. To analyse the collected data, this study applies Partial Least Squares–Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) as a symmetric analysis technique, as well as fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) as an asymmetric analysis approach to strengthen the findings. The findings of PLS-SEM showed the significant effect of the absorption dimension on revisit intention, whereas these results demonstrated the significant effects of the dimensions of interaction, and …

Executive Summary Returning To The Globe Regional Student Symposia After A 4-Year Pandemic Pause: Evaluation Of The 2023 Globe Srs, Eleanor M. Jaffee, Globe U.S. Coordination Office

Publications and Media

No abstract provided.

Co-Creation Of Social Innovations For Healthy Ageing In Rural Europe–A Process Evaluation Of A Volunteer-Led Guided Conversation Toolkit Using Normalisation Process Theory (Npt), Mahrukh Mirza, Basharat Hussain, Shukru Esmene, Catherine Leyshon, Michael Leyshon, Arunangsu Chatterjee

Peninsula Medical School

We critically explored the use of Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) in the evaluation of a co-designed intervention toolkit for Healthy Ageing through Innovation in Rural Europe (HAIRE). The toolkit was co-designed and implemented in rural communities in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. NPT was applied as a novel analytical framework to shed light on key practices and processes that supported implementation. Further, the paper discusses how social innovation research helps frame co-designing such interventions with local communities. During the study, 25 semi-structured interviews were conducted with project partners and volunteers who were involved in toolkit co-design and …