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The Holes In Gould's Semipermeable Membrane Between Science And Religion, Ursula Goodenough

Biology Faculty Research

Book review: Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life. Stephen Jay Gould. 241 pp. Ballantine Publishing Group, 1999.

Our Prairie Mother, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds, Myrtle Dirks

Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds Documents

This creative biography about Lydia Gates Dirks was written by Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds and her sister, Myrtle; Lydia, born in Nebraska in 1872, was their mother. Dr. Dirks-Edmunds graduated from Linfield College in 1937. She returned to teach in the Biology department at Linfield from 1941-1974; this biography was written in the later years of her life.

Interaction Between National Environmental Marketing Regulations And International Trade, Pirkko-Liis Harkmaa

LLM Theses and Essays

The environmental marketing of goods and products have a substantial influence on the demand and supply. This thesis reviews the scope, advantages and disadvantages of diverse types of environmental marketing and further addresses the need for international regulations on eco-labeling programs. This thesis finds that there is a substantial connection between trade and environmental marketing which has resulted in the need for an international harmonization of eco-labeling strategies including the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The thesis concludes with propositions for a uniform international standard on eco-labeling for the adoption of environmentally-sound best practices and the mitigation of …

Augustine On Environment: Abiding In The Tranquility Of Order, Edward Horski

School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses

No abstract provided.

Biology: What One Needs To Know, Ursula Goodenough

Biology Faculty Research

Biology on this planet represents an astonishing experiment in carbon-based chemistry which, over billions of years, has generated billions of species adapted to countless major and minor fluctuations in ecological circumstances. In one sense there is no way to generalize about biology. While biological activities can all be ultimately explained by physical laws (like everything else in the universe), it is the emergent intensely particular properties of organisms that most interest us. This essay represents an attempt to describe some of the more prominent patterns that emerge from the sea of biological particularities, patterns that present many opportunities for religious …

What Is An Adventist? Someone Who Upholds Creation, Marco T. Terreros

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Collaborative Multimedia, Judy Diamond, Alan B. Bond, Beth Schenker, Debra Meier, Dana Twersky

Alan Bond Publications

Six natural history institutions contributed video and other images to produce a single multimedia exhibit about famous paleontology sites throughout the United States. In Mesozoic Monsters. Mammals and Magnolias users can view videos of the original excavation of each of the sites and also play computer games relating to each location. This project provides a model for how collaboration among museums can reduce the cost of multimedia exhibits while improving quality and making them available to wider audiences.

On Origins And Revelation, John Byl

Pro Rege

This article is a response to Russell Maatman's "The Origins of the Human Family", Pro Rege, March 1991.

Response To Byl, Russell W. Maatman

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Origin Of The Human Family, Russell W. Maatman

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Innocent As Doves, But Not Wise As Serpents: Nineteenth Century Evangelicals And Evolution, Kenneth W. Hermann

Pro Rege

This article was originally presented at a faculty symposium at Dordt College, chaired by the former editor of Pro Rege, Russell Maatman, in February 1990.

Evangelicals And Evolution: Retrospect And Prospect, David N. Livingstone

Pro Rege

This article was originally presented at a faculty symposium at Dordt College, chaired by the former editor of Pro Rege, Russell Maatman, in February 1990.

Christian Worldview And A View Of Science: The Evolution Debate, Rockne Mccarthy

Pro Rege

This article was the introduction to the conference "Christian Worldview and a View of Science: The Evolution Debate," held at Dordt College on September 27-28, 1988.

Toward Healing Divisions Among Christians In The Origins Debate, Russell W. Maatman

Pro Rege

This article is based on a paper presented at the conference "Christian Worldview and a View of Science: The Evolution Debate," held at Dordt College on September 27-28, 1988.

Scientific World Pictures Within The Bounds Of A Christian Worldview, Howard J. Van Till

Pro Rege

This article is based on a paper presented at the conference "Christian Worldview and a View of Science: The Evolution Debate," held at Dordt College on September 27-28, 1988.

Hierarchy Towards A Framework For The Coherence Of Faith And Science, Jitse Van Der Meer

Pro Rege

This article is based on a paper presented at the conference "Christian Worldview and a View of Science: The Evolution Debate," held at Dordt College on September 27-28, 1988.

Errata: p. 19 note should read: *Pascal Centre Publication: Semi-popular series No. 1; p. 19, section 1.1: the first sentence should read: "... between faith knowledge and current scientific theories regarding the origin of man."

Christian Worldview And A View Of Science: The Evolution Debate: A Response To Russell Maatman, Charles C. Adams

Pro Rege

This article is a response to a paper presented at the conference "Christian Worldview and a View of Science: The Evolution Debate," held at Dordt College on September 27-28, 1988.

Christian Worldview And Scientific World Pictures: A Response To Howard J. Van Till, Richard G. Hodgson

Pro Rege

This article is a response to a paper presented at the conference "Christian Worldview and a View of Science: The Evolution Debate," held at Dordt College on September 27-28, 1988.

Biblical Framework For Biology: A Response To Jitse Van Der Meer, Al Mennega

Pro Rege

This article is a response to a paper presented at the conference "Christian Worldview and a View of Science: The Evolution Debate," held at Dordt College on September 27-28, 1988.

Desert Explorations - A Videodisc Exhibit Designed For Flexibility, Judy Diamond, Alan B. Bond, Atsusi Hirumi

Alan Bond Publications

Using an interactive exhibit does not provide the same experience for everyone. How visitors understand an exhibit, what associations it evokes, and even how it is physically utilized may differ widely. This article describes an exhibit that was designed to let visitors tailor their explorations to their own interests and motivation. The exhibit, called Desert Explorations, gives visitors choices of what to see and how to learn about what they see. This exhibit also is an example of a way of developing interactive videodisc exhibits that is relatively inexpensive yet may be tailored to a particular topic or hall. This …

Origins Debate: Part Iii - A Suggested Answer, Russell W. Maatman

Pro Rege

For part 1 see Pro Rege vol. 14, March 1986, pp. 2-9. For part 2 see Pro Rege vol. 14, June 1986, pp. 9-19.

Origins Debate: Part Ii - Removing Peripheral Questions, Russell W. Maatman

Pro Rege

For part 1 see Pro Rege vol. 14, March 1986, pp. 2-9. For part 3 see Pro Rege vol. 15, September 1986, pp. 22-30.

Origins Debate: Part I - Background, Russell W. Maatman

Pro Rege

For part 2 see Pro Rege vol. 14, June 1986, pp. 9-19. For part 3 see Pro Rege vol. 15, September 1986, pp. 22-30.

Apparent Interactions In Community Models: A Challenge For Theoretical Ecology, Peter J. Taylor

Working Papers on Science in a Changing World

The primary aim of this working paper is to challenge theoretical ecologists to clarify the intended status of any simple model that they use. If we restrict our attention to a subcommunity and treat it as if it were the full community, we need to invoke apparent interactions that incorporate the effects of unspecified or hidden variables as well as direct interactions. This position resembles that of previous discussions of apparent competition (Holt 1977), indirect effects (Lawlor 1979), and ecological abstraction (Schaffer 1981), but my definition of apparent interactions differs from those stated or implied by these authors. I advance …

The Relationship Between Mathematical Expression And Biological Insight: Some Issues In Community Ecology Modeling, Exemplified By The Logistic Equation, Peter J. Taylor

Working Papers on Science in a Changing World

The relationship between mathematical expression and biological insight is a central problem for modelers in community ecology. In this paper I distinguish three interpretations of this relationship: models as redescriptions as observations; models as capturing fundamental or generative biological relations; and models as an aid in exploring how to formulate the inquiries we put to nature. I aim to show that we can reduce ambiguities and confusion and ecological theory if we hold the different interpretations clearly in mind. I conclude by advancing an overall strategy of model building—de/composition—in which each of the interpretations plays a role. The logistic equation, …

Cameron B. Kepler's Review Of Janet Kear And A. J. Berger's The Hawaiian Goose: An Experiment In Conservation, Cameron B. Kepler

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Joseph P. Reser's Review Of R. L. Kirk's Aboriginal Man Adapting: The Human Biology Of Australian Aborigines, Joseph P. Reser

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

Papers representative of the variety of scholarly research conducted at WKU.

• Adams, Kathy. The Appalachian Language
• Barnett, Philip. A Study of Deviant Behavior of XYY Individuals in Regard to Environment and Genotype
• Bell, Brooks. Loving, Loyal Linda Loman: An Interpretive Note
• Danhauer, Janice. Motivating Workers Through Job Design
• Davis, Barbara. The Transformation of a Man into a Man of Understanding in Murinbata Society
• Davis, Diane. The Argot of the Homosexual
• Jewell, Teresa. The Life Story of the Hero of World War I - Sergeant Alvin C. York
• Lanham, Wayne. Das Knarrenschiff and a Ship of Fools: A Study in Influence …

The Use Of Color Infrared Aerial Photography In Determining Salt Marsh Vegetation And Delimiting Man-Made Structures Of Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia, Robert E. Holman Lll

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

Color infrared aerial photography was found to be superior to color aerial photography in an ecological study of Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia. The research was divided into three phases: 1) determination of the feasibility of correlating color infrared aerial photography with wetland species composition and zonation patterns, 2) determination of the accuracy of the aerial interpretation and problems related to the aerial method used, and 3) comparison of developed with undeveloped areas along Lynnhaven Bay's shoreline.

Wetland species composition and zonation patterns of major cones were correlated with aerial infrared photography and resulted in a high degree of accuracy. Problems with …

Ua35/11 Student Honors Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 1, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

Articles written by honors program students. They were originally research projects, class papers or essays written for academic credit, but in each case the student has done further work editing and improving his or her manuscript for this publication. The articles represent a broad range of interests and disciplines, and they indicate a healthy attempt on the part of at least some students to dig for deeper knowledge and understanding than is usually associated with undergraduate study.

• Harris, James. The Trent Affair; Restraint vs. Irresponsibility
• Massey, Scott. Foolishness
• Oskins, Doug. Reuse of Sewage as a Potable Water Supply
• Alvey, Richard. …