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Learning The Liturgy With Mr. Miyagi: The Case For Liturgical Catechesis, Benjamin Leeper

Grapho : Concordia Seminary Student Journal

Using the narrative of The Karate Kid as a guide, I will demonstrate that Christian formation is a matter of recontextualizing liturgical practices in the daily life of the believer, so that she knows when, where, and how to use the precogni¬tive spiritual habits formed by Word and Sacrament in Christian worship. This understanding challenges prevalent liturgical theology, which tends to assume an automatic connection—or worse, no connection at all— between worship and daily life, by highlighting the necessity of locating for believers the telos of the church’s rites and ceremonies in discipleship. Finally, I will provide concrete examples of …

Grapho 2023, Ben Vanderhyde

Grapho : Concordia Seminary Student Journal

Lift Up Your Hearts

May 10, 2023 Resolution 1, University Of Mississippi. Faculty Senate

Resolutions

No abstract provided.

Sb02-22/23 Resolution Encouraging Effective Employee Performance Review Practices, Trey Magnuson

University of Montana Staff Senate Resolutions

Resolution Encouraging Effective Employee Performance Review Practices

Voted on at the April 12, 2023 meeting of the University of Montana Staff Senate and was sent back to committee. Passed during the May 10, 2023 session.

Staff Senate encouraged UM's HRS to review performance review procedures for current industry best practices and advocated for supervisors to receive training as soon as they take on supervisory responsibilities. Another key point was to encourage mandatory annual evaluations for all employees for improved performance development strategies.

Note; After being passed, the resolution played a role in the proceeding Collective Bargaining Agreement. This resulted in …

Jeffrey Hill V. Scott Perry

2023 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

A Celebration Of Faculty Scholarship: 2020-2023, Dean's Office, College Of The Holy Cross

Annual Bibliography of Faculty Publications

A listing of the scholarly and creative work produced by the faculty of the College of the Holy Cross. It includes articles, book chapters, productions, exhibitions, grants, reviews and other forms of scholarship reported for the 20192020. 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 academic years.

In Re: Jose Estrada

2023 Decisions

Out of Circuit District Court

Victor Walthour V. John Herron

2023 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Rajan Patel V. Educational Commission For Foreign Medical Graduat

2023 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Usa V. David Cooper

2023 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Roberto Martinez V. Union Officine Meccaniche S.P.A.

2023 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Measuring The Impact Of Family Structure On African-American Adults, Dee Brown

Graduate Dissertations and Theses

Various family structures within the African-American community can have lasting effects on childhood experiences and adult socio-economic outcomes. Research has shown that African-American children from two-parent households usually have access to greater educational and financial resources. This study aimed to discover a deeper understanding on the lived experiences of African-American adults. A phenomenological study was used to determine the relationship between family structures and African-American adult decision making in the city of Lynchburg, VA.

Based on a review of the literature on the relationship between single-parent households and two-parent households, focus groups were conducted to discover the perception of academic …

Suzanne Smith V. Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania

2023 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Buddhist Nationalism: Rising Religious Violence In South Asia, Eva Chappus, Benjamin Nourse

DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive

Buddhist nationalism has contributed to expanding religious violence in many South Asian countries. The roots of this violent form of nationalism are complex and multi-faceted, making a clear solution difficult to achieve. Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Burma are some of the most pressing and violent case studies in South Asia today and can illustrate the reliance of Buddhist nationalists on ethnoreligious identities to relegate non-Buddhists to second-class status, to the point of massive acts of violence and aggression. This paper seeks to illuminate the complex social history driving the rise of Buddhist nationalism in these countries, particularly strong military-religion relationships, …

Certificates Of Correction And Aia Trials, Andrew Kerrick

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.

The Patent Trial And Appeal Board: A Heightened Call For Transparency, Nicole Bruner

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.

Weight Change In College Freshmen: Personal, Interpersonal And Situational Influences, Kristin L. Kuhlmann

Dissertations

Obesity has become the most significant noninfectious health risk in the United States, and the major causes of death and disability are shifting to chronic, non-communicable health conditions that are largely attributable to physical inactivity, overweight and obesity, and other diet-related factors. Among children and adolescents, the overweight/obesity rate is approaching 32%, with 17.9% of adolescents becoming obese. While the obesity rate has doubled in all age groups in the United States, it has tripled among young adults aged 18 to 28 years, and 70% of adolescents who are at a healthy weight will become overweight or obese as adults. …

Using Odr Platforms To Level The Playing Field: Improving Pro Se Litigation Through Odr Design, J.J. Prescott

Law & Economics Working Papers

In a few short years, court-connected ODR has shown itself capable of dramatically improving access to justice by reducing or eliminating barriers rooted in the simple fact that courts have traditionally offered dispute resolution services only during certain hours, only in particular physical places, and primarily through traditional face-to-face proceedings. Given the monopoly that courthouses have long had on resolving many legal issues, too many Americans have discovered their rights are simply too difficult or costly to exercise. As court-connected ODR systems spread, offering new types of dispute resolution services everywhere and often at any time, people will soon find …

The College Voice, Vol. 57, No. 12 [May 10, 2023], Connecticut College

2022-2023

No abstract provided.

Sick Of Zoning In Metropolitan Chicago: Healing Environmental Racism And Investing In A Segregated City, Caroline M. Sandoval

Student Theses 2015-Present

This paper addresses the issue of the historical and present-day built environment in the Chicago metropolitan area, its roots in environmental racism, and impacts on community health. Chapter 1 utilizes mapping of Chicago to analyze U.S. Census and public health data, drawing conclusions based on community area residential patterns and demographics. Chapter 2 explores the origins of zoning practices in the United States and environmental history of Chicago, tracing the immediate impacts of the built environment and today’s community impacts. Chapter 3 dives into the political background of the built environment and city zoning in Chicago, with particular attention to …

A Human-Animal Dialogue: Positive Reinforcement Training In Zoos And Aquariums, Kathryn Bennett

Student Theses 2015-Present

This paper addresses the benefits of positive reinforcement training in zoos and aquariums across America, and why this form of training is best for both the animals and people. There is a long standing public debate about the appropriateness of keeping wild animals in zoos and aquariums and their treatment within these facilities. The way in which some animal care facilities have historically managed animal behavior using dominance-based training, which uses methods such as punishment and deprivation, has rightly come under criticism and has proven to provide poor animal welfare. This poor mis-management has fueled an anti-zoo and aquarium agenda …

An Oasis In Crisis: Lesotho Highlands Water Project Turned Drought, Justine Wendt

Student Theses 2015-Present

Water insecurity in underdeveloped countries is one of the most pressing issues for the longevity of our exponentially developing global economy. Countries like Lesotho, which are land-locked within another, more developed country, have few resources for water, food, and power without the aid of external forces. This paper investigates the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), its relationship to South Africa, and the ramifications faced by local communities. Further, this paper can serve as a case study into what we can avoid in the future, as water initiatives are both inevitable and crucial. Chapter 1 explores quantitative data regarding water scarcity …

Water Scarcity In Lebanon: The Edge Of Collapse, Gregory B. Yared

Student Theses 2015-Present

This paper discusses the history and future of water in the Republic Of Lebanon, giving general attention to the future of water and agriculture in the Middle East. Chapter One will use several sources to examine a broad section of quantitative data covering water scarcity. Additionally, this chapter will use annual United Nations agriculture reports highlighting the growing risk posed by inadequate agricultural development mixed with water scarcity. These sources will be used to examine both the historical issues surrounding agriculture and the current problems faced. Chapter Two focuses on the history of agriculture and water use in the region …

Total Neutron Cross-Section Measurement On Ch With A Novel 3d-Projection Scintillator Detector, A. Agarwal, H. Budd, J. Capó, P. Chong, G. Christodoulou, M. Danilov, A. Dergacheva, A. De Roeck, N. Dokania, D. Douqa, K. Dugas, S. Fedotov, S. Gwon, R. Howell, K. Iwamoto, C. Jesús-Valls, C. K. Jung, S. P. Kasetti, M. Khabibullin, A. Khotjantsev, T. Kikawa, U. Kose, Y. Kudenko, S. Kuribayashi, T. Kutter, D. Last, L. S. Lin, S. Lin, T. Lux, S. Manly, D. A. Martinez Caicedo, S. Martynenko, T. Matsubara

Faculty Publications

In order to extract neutrino oscillation parameters, long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments rely on detailed models of neutrino interactions with nuclei. These models constitute an important source of systematic uncertainty, partially because detectors to date have been blind to final state neutrons. Three-dimensional projection scintillator trackers comprise components of the near detectors of the next generation long-baseline neutrino experiments. Due to the good timing resolution and fine granularity, this technology is capable of measuring neutron kinetic energy in neutrino interactions on an event-by-event basis and will provide valuable data for refining neutrino interaction models and ways to reconstruct neutrino energy. Two …

Angels On The Earth: Great Heroes From Pakistan Who Helped Needy People, Mohammad Ailal Aslam

INRW/Coreq Student Showcase

Spring 2023 Showcase

Combating The Climate Crisis: Anishinaabe Philosophy And Environmental Justice, Margaret Hunt

Student Theses 2015-Present

The climate crisis is considered one of humans' most detrimental issues today. Although there is a struggle to find solutions, many have been and continue to be at the forefront of the environmental movement, specifically Indigenous communities. The Anishinaabe people, in particular, have philosophies centered around environmental care. They view the environment as something deserving of honor and respect. Although these ideas have allowed them to have a respectful relationship with their local ecosystems, the United States government has ignored these ideas from the early stages of the environmental movement. With this, there is also an extensive history of harmful …

Minutes From May 10 2023, University Senate

University Senate Minutes

Minutes from May 10 2023 University Senate Meeting

P-Adic Statistical Field Theory And Convolutional Deep Boltzmann Machines, Wilson A. Zuniga-Galindo, Cuiyu He, B. A. Zambrano-Luna

School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences Faculty Publications

Understanding how deep learning architectures work is a central scientific problem. Recently, a correspondence between neural networks (NNs) and Euclidean quantum field theories has been proposed. This work investigates this correspondence in the framework of p-adic statistical field theories (SFTs) and neural networks. In this case, the fields are real-valued functions defined on an infinite regular rooted tree with valence p, a fixed prime number. This infinite tree provides the topology for a continuous deep Boltzmann machine (DBM), which is identified with a statistical field theory on this infinite tree. In the p-adic framework, there is a …

Peroxisome Biogenesis Initiated By Protein Phase Separation, Zhenghao Zhang, Lydia Kisley

Faculty Scholarship

Peroxisomes are organelles that carry out β-oxidation of fatty acids and amino acids. Both rare and prevalent diseases are caused by their dysfunction. Among disease-causing variant genes are those required for protein transport into peroxisomes. The peroxisomal protein import machinery, which also shares similarities with chloroplasts, is unique in transporting folded and large, up to 10 nm in diameter, protein complexes into peroxisomes. Current models postulate a large pore formed by transmembrane proteins; however, so far, no pore structure has been observed. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the minimum transport machinery includes the membrane proteins Pex13 and Pex14 and …

The Revised Dacs Principles In Action: Applying Modern Practice To Legacy Description, Ryan Lee, Rebecca A. Wiederhold, Becky Skeen, Paul Daybell, Heather Housley, Kelly Rovegno

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

Since SAA revised DACS's archival description principles from 8 concepts into 11 reworked value statements in 2019, archivists have wondered how to incorporate the revised principles into existing description practices. Archivists from BYU and USU libraries have undertaken large projects on legacy collections informed by these principles. We invite attendees to learn from our experiences in implementing current DACS principles while grappling with less-than-ideal records. BYU will describe a project to revise the description of a significant collection of Mesoamerican materials after discovering the finding aid had serious problems introduced by previous revisions by archivists. USU will describe an undertaking …