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The Visitor, Joshua Fields

Grapho : Concordia Seminary Student Journal

Take and drink.” The command, rehearsed countless times before, nevertheless rolled forward slovenly, tripped on the edge of Privett’s tongue, and tumbled over his sharp chin into the ears of his parishioner. The recumbent old woman, still chewing with the monotonous motion of an outdated machine, bent her neck awkwardly. Privett lowered the cup. Through a gap in the blinds, a ray of sunlight momentarily caught hold of it, arresting the glass midair. The suspended wine glistened with shards of gold. Then Privett’s arm moved again, and the room’s habitual shadows extinguished it. Like a tiny blind organism creeping toward …

The Eye Of The Beholder, Nathaniel Pekari

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The Eye of the Beholder

A Chaucerian Portrait Of The Theologian, Jason Dulworth

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A Chaucerian Portrait of the Theologian

Apocalypse, Matthew Vatthauer

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Apocalypse

Individualism And A False Christ, Benjamin Wagner

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I once sat down with a well-read church historian to inquire about what makes the American Church distinct from those of the past two millennia in Christian tradition. Instead of rambling on about megachurches, televangelists, the prosperity Gospel, Christian liberalism, or anything of the sort, I received a rather blunt and uneventful answer. Immediately after my mouth closed, the historian replied, “The American Church is very individualistic.” From there, the conversation drifted into the fall of Christianity in the West, the rise of secularism, and the general spiritual deadness permeating the atmosphere of America. In the Historian’s mind, there was …

Letter From The Chairman, Kyle Moellenhoff

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The theme for this year’s journal, “With Eyes of Faith,” was selected to fit with the Seminary’s theme for the academic year, “Let us Fix our Eyes on Jesus.” As I pondered this theme it was the word “eyes” that stood out most. The Lutheran tradition, with its rich theology of the proclaimed Word, tends to focus heavily on the ears. After all, Paul says that “faith comes from hearing” (Rom 10:17). But with all this salutary emphasis on hearing, we should not neglect the role that the eyes play in the life of faith.

Graduate Student's Book Lands Netflix Deal, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Via Bleidner kept detailed journals after transferring from a Catholic school to a Los Angeles County high school full of wealthy, fame-seeking teenagers. Her coming-of-age accounts shared in "If You Lived Here You'd Be Famous By Now" (Macmillan, 2021) have scored a Netflix series deal.

Sex Offenders’ Cognitive Self-Change In Group Treatment: A Pre-/Posttest Study, Malinda Rae Peterson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Wisconsin policy makers implement sex offender treatment programs with the purpose of decreasing reoffending while increasing safety for victims and communities. Research has suggested that the cognitive behavioral therapy group curriculum, Thinking for a Change (T4C), has been effective for offenders; however, this program’s key component of cognitive self-change among sex offenders has yet to be researched. The purpose of the current study was to fill a gap in T4C research and, specifically, explore whether sex offender probationers gained the T4C component of cognitive self-change as compared to non-sex offender probationers from Wisconsin. Beck’s cognitive behavioral theory was used as …

Sustaining Principals In Native Serving Schools, Marsha Hubbell-Espinosa

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Rural schools struggle to recruit and sustain quality educational leaders and systems that contribute to student success. Rural Native American schools pose more of a challenge because of the unique cultures that play a role in sustaining leaders in their communities. I explored the reasons for high principal turnover in rural Native American serving schools. I conducted a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews to collect narratives related to turnover from eight current, former, and retired principals. The stories of these principals provide a direction for recommendations for approach, strategy, and fundamental culturally responsive leadership that is unique to rural Native …

05/13/2024 Meeting, Varina A. Kosovich

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Mammographic Density Mediates The Protective Effect Of Early-Life Body Size On Breast Cancer Risk, Marina Vabistsevits, George Davey Smith, Tom G Richardson, Rebecca C Richmond, Weiva Sieh, Joseph H Rothstein, Laurel A Habel, Stacey E Alexeeff, Bethan Lloyd-Lewis, Eleanor Sanderson

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The unexplained protective effect of childhood adiposity on breast cancer risk may be mediated via mammographic density (MD). Here, we investigate a complex relationship between adiposity in childhood and adulthood, puberty onset, MD phenotypes (dense area (DA), non-dense area (NDA), percent density (PD)), and their effects on breast cancer. We use Mendelian randomization (MR) and multivariable MR to estimate the total and direct effects of adiposity and age at menarche on MD phenotypes. Childhood adiposity has a decreasing effect on DA, while adulthood adiposity increases NDA. Later menarche increases DA/PD, but when accounting for childhood adiposity, this effect is attenuated. …

Middle Schools In South Carolina: Teacher Retention And Working Conditions, Angela Starrett, Svetlana Dmitrieva, Brian Cartiff

Infographics

Across SC TEACHER research on teacher retention, working conditions, and workforce profiles, data have continuously pointed to a unique story for middle school educators. This infographic synthesizes those findings to unveil the narrative of middle school teacher experiences, including significant challenges and opportunities.

The Acoustics Of Absorbers Comprising A Flexible Perforated Membrane Backed By A Stack Of Granular Material, Zhuang Mo, Guochenhao Song, Huawei Yang, Tongyang Shi, J Stuart Bolton

Publications of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories

It has been found that when a layer of activated carbon partially fills the space behind a finite, edge-constrained, tensioned impermeable membrane, the absorption peaks due to the modal response of the membrane can be significantly enhanced in the low frequency range. In the present work, the modeling aspects of the latter work have been extended to allow the membrane to be both tensioned and flexurally-stiff, and further, to be micro-perforated, thus expanding the treatment design space. Secondly, the particle layer behind the membrane is modeled by using a two-dimensional finite difference implementation of the Biot poro-elastic theory which then …

Exploring Inventions In Self-Directed Language Learning With Generative Ai: Implementations And Perspectives Of Youtube Content Creators, Belle Li, Chaoran Wang, Curtis J. Bonk, Xiaojing Kou

Department of Curriculum and Instruction Faculty Publications

This study explores the integration of generative AI, specifically ChatGPT, in selfdirected language learning (SDLL) as perceived by YouTube content creators. Through thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with 14 prominent online language educators with related YouTube videos on ChatGPT, the present study investigates: (1) their perceptions of GenAI as a tool for SDLL, (2) strategies that they recommend to effectively utilize ChatGPT for enhancing SDLL, and (3) the guidelines they suggest for fostering SDLL with AI. The findings show that YouTube-based language educators acknowledged ChatGPT as a vital tool for SDLL as it offers availability, versatility, and transformative potential. Besides …

Granular Activated Carbon Sound Absorption Predictions Made Using Measured Material Parameters, Huawei Yang, Tongyang Shi, Guochenhao Song, J Stuart Bolton

Publications of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories

Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) is hierarchical porosity material that yields better in low frequency sound absorption performance compared with many traditional porous materials due to the sorption effect created by nanometer-scale pores within the particles. In 2017, a triple porosity model accounting for the sorption effect in the micropores was proposed by Venegas et al. In the proposed model, some of input parameters (i.e., mesopore size and micropore effective diffusion coefficient) were fitted by matching the model to measured the surface impedance of a GAC stack; however, some fitted values are questionable from an inorganic material perspective. In the present …

Silicon-Based Acoustofluidic Platforms For Enhanced Organoid/Bead Assembly And Cancer Research, Aaron Kamalidolatabadi

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Independent Study

This study involves the use of silicon-based acoustofluidic platforms for organoid and bead assembly with applications in cancer research. Utilizing the unique properties of silicon, e.g., suitability for microfabrication and a high acoustic impedance, we developed microfluidic chips designed to enhance the precision and control of cell clustering processes. Through a combination of numerical simulations and experimental testing, including eigenfrequency analysis and particle manipulation experiments, this research establishes the ability to finely tune acoustic fields for the assembly of cell clusters into organoids. The study further explores the optimization of piezoelectric transducers (PZTs) to improve energy efficiency and operational stability, …

Nb Enriched Nbvzr Ternary Alloy Microstructure And Mechanical Properties, Samuel Ehrman

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Independent Study

An equiatomic NbVZr substrate was formed using arc melting. Using direct laser deposition, various amounts of Nb was added to the substrate. The microstructure of the sample was studied using SEM. Three distinct regions were found. There were two dendritic phases, one rich in Nb and one rich in Zr. The interdendritic region was high in V and appears to be the Laves phase. The Nb dendrite area fraction increases with increasing overall Nb percentage. The Nb dendrites are very likely a disordered BCC structure.

Intouch Week Of May 13, 2024, New York Medical College

InTouch

• Department of Surgery Hosts 20^th Annual Louis R.M. Del Guercio Distinguished Visiting Professorship and Research Day
• School of Medicine Class of 2026 Embarks on Clinical Years
• Andre Limnander, Ph.D., Presents at the Neighborhood Science Seminar Series
• Student Spotlight- SOM Student Commencement Speaker Embarks on OB/GYN Residency

Simulation Intellectual Sign #Aniespresiden2024 In Social Media Bigdata Analysis, Yudi Daherman, Ivan Taufiq

Jurnal Wacana Politik

Talking about 2024 is of course talking about the political year in Indonesia. 2024 is the year when legislative candidates and of course presidential and vice presidential candidates will begin to fight. Currently, one of the presidential candidates from the party that is the current government party is Anies Baswedan. Based on what has been regulated in political ethics and election ethics, it is certainly not allowed to campaign by presidential candidates before the campaign period is carried out, but what happened was the emergence of social media content from Anies Baswedan containing campaigns with disguised signs and also camouflaged …

The Suzuki Method: History, Philosophy, And Contemporary Implications, Catherine Begin

Research Papers

Abstract

The Suzuki method emphasizes early musical intervention, involvement of parents/caregivers, and a musical home environment as foundational tenets of its philosophy. Parent involvement and home environment in general education (PI-HE) and in music (PI-HEM) has been operationalized and explored in a growing body of research. Most existing PI-HEM research has measured elementary and instrumental students in grades 4-12, while few studies have measure PI-HEM in preschoolers aged 3-5. Further exploration of the Suzuki Method through the lens of contemporary PI-HE literature could reveal a more specific understanding of the Suzuki Method in our modern landscape so that a conversation …

Preserving Shawnee Identity Through European Trade: How European Trade In Lower Shawneetown Expressed Indigenous Independence, Kelsey Grace Tuggle

Online Theses and Dissertations

The residents of Lower Shawneetown utilized trade to express independence from colonizing European powers. Unconventionally, the Shawnee articulated their freedom from colonization through direct trade be and diplomacy with European governments in the New and Old Worlds. The dynamics of trade in Lower Shawneetown were volatile, reflecting changes in Shawnee conceptualization of independence. European traders did not understand their actions through Shawnee colonial liberation, instead believing Lower Shawneetown trade furthered colonization efforts. Due to this inherent misinterpretation of Shawnee trade practices, European powers frequently engaged in hostilities against each other to court Lower Shawneetown’s favor.

Nyls’S Paulina Davis Wins $45,000 Award For Housing Documentary, Jennifer Bancamper

NYLS Community News

No abstract provided.

Medical-Legal Partnerships Reinvigorate Systems Lawyering Using An Upstream Approach, Kate L. Mitchell, Debra Chopp

Articles

The upstream framework presented in public health and medicine considers health problems from a preventive perspective, seeking to understand and address the root causes of poor health. Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) have demonstrated the value of this upstream framework in the practice of law and engage in upstream lawyering by utilizing systemic advocacy to address root causes of injustices and health inequities. This article explores upstreaming and its use by MLPs in reframing legal practice.

The Case For Targeted Location Incentives, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

Articles

Both the global intangible low-taxed income provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the substance-based income exclusion of pillar 2 provide incentives to shift real investment to lowtax locations. Under GILTI, a 10 percent return on tangible assets of the subsidiaries of U.S. multinationals (qualified business asset investment) is exempt from tax. Under pillar 2, the top-up tax calculation excludes 10 percent of payroll costs and 8 percent of the carrying value of tangible assets in a jurisdiction.

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 05.13.24, Notre Dame Law School

NDLS Communicator

The Latest News

• University of Notre Dame Hosts Consultation with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education
• Notre Dame Law School ranked #4 in federal clerkship placement for second year
• ND Law and Graduate School to host Legal History Colloquium: Call for Papers
• Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law Symposium Explores the Impact of Anti-Blasphemy Laws on Religious Expression

Faculty Briefs

• Avishalom Tor has published a peer-reviewed article, “If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them: Richard Posner and Behavioral Law and Economics,” 31 History of Economic Ideas 67 (2023) (with Doron Teichman and Eyal Zamir).
• Derek …

Contribution Of Fluorescent Primary Biological Aerosol Particles To Low-Level Arctic Cloud Residuals, Gabriel Pereira Freitas, Ben Kopec, Kouji Adachi, Radovan Krejci, Dominic Heslin-Rees, Karl Espen Yttri, Alun Hubbard, Jeffrey M. Welker, Paul Zieger

Michigan Tech Publications

Mixed-phase clouds (MPCs) are key players in the Arctic climate system due to their role in modulating solar and terrestrial radiation. Such radiative interactions rely, among other factors, on the ice content of MPCs, which is regulated by the availability of ice-nucleating particles (INPs). While it appears that INPs are associated with the presence of primary biological aerosol particles (PBAPs) in the Arctic, the nuances of the processes and patterns of INPs and their association with clouds and moisture sources have not been resolved. Here, we investigated for a full year the abundance of and variability in fluorescent PBAPs (fPBAPs) …

A Study Of Gate Valve Supply Chain And Life Cycle Impacts, Saud Bindarwish

Theses

and sustainable water supplies depend on water infrastructure. However, old infrastructure, especially valves that leak and break, can cause significant water loss, economic strain, and environmental damage. This study explores best choice of gate valves to use while replacing defected existing gate valve in the networks by examining gate valve supply chains and their life cycle consequences. Traditional gate valve supply chains are lengthy and complicated. Extracting iron ore and copper destroys habitats and pollutes air and water. Factory processing and production of these materials increases energy use and air/water pollution. Valve shipping, usually overseas, emits lots of greenhouse gases. …

Echo: The 2.5d Bridge Between The 2d And 3d Virtual Reality Space, Emilie Nicole Hopkinson

Dartmouth College Master’s Theses

In response to the expanding prevalence of virtual reality (VR) technology, there arises a necessity for beginner-friendly tools tailored towards individuals with little to no experience in creating art for VR, especially 2D artists. Echo serves as a user-friendly solution that enables primarily 2D artists with little to no experience in 3D editing and VR development to create 2.5D art by providing a simple 3D web editor and to share their VR artwork with a 6-digit share code. By facilitating these functions, Echo is a potential bridge for 2D artists to create art in the VR realm. This study assesses …

High All-Cause Mortality And Increasing Proportion Of Older Adults With Tuberculosis In Texas, 2008–2020, Belinda A Medrano, Miryoung Lee, Gretchen Gemeinhardt, Lana Yamba, Blanca I Restrepo

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) elimination efforts must consider the global growth of the ageing population. Here we used TB surveillance data from Texas, United States (2008-2020; total n = 10656) to identify unique characteristics and outcomes in older adults (OA, ≥65 years) with PTB, compared to young adults (YA, 18-39 years) or middle-aged adults (40-64 years). We found that the proportion of OA with PTB increased from 15% in 2008 to 24% in 2020 (trend p < 0.05). Diabetes was highly prevalent in OA (32%) but not associated with adverse outcomes. Death was 13-fold higher in OA compared to YA and was 7% at the time of diagnosis which suggests diagnostic delays. However, once TB was suspected, we found no differences in culture, smear, or nucleic acid detection of mycobacteria (although less lung cavitations) in OA. During treatment, OA had less drug-resistant TB, few adverse reactions and adhered with TB treatment. We recommend training healthcare workers to 'think TB' in OA, for prompt treatment initiation to diminish deaths. Furthermore, OA should be added as a priority group to the latent TB treatment guidelines by the World Health Organization, to prevent TB disease in this highly vulnerable group.

Psychosocial Determinants Of Suicidal Ideation Among Thai Women, Raya T. Albataineh

Dissertations

According to a Thai Public Health Ministry spokesman, more than 300 Thai individuals commit complete suicide per month, making Thailand the nation with the third-most suicides in the world. Despite the high rates of suicidal ideation in Thai adult women, the predictors associated with suicidal ideation rates are still unknown. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine those predictors, specifically the extent to which quality of life, intimate partner violence, social support, employment status, partnership status, and parenthood status predict suicidal ideation in this population.