The Dancing Steward: Exploring Christian Stewardship Lifestyles

Reviewed Book: Levan, Christopher. The Dancing Steward: Exploring Christian Stewardship Lifestyles. Toronto: United Church Pub House, 1993

Judean Pillar Figurines and Ethnic Identity in the Shadow of Assyria

An examination of Judean Pillar Figurines in relation to cultural discourse and identity construction in the late Iron-Age Levan

Implications of the Tevatron Jet Results on PDF

We report a new measurement of the pseudorapidity (eta) and transverse- energy (Et) dependence of the inclusive jet production cross section in pbar p collisions at sqrt(s)=1.8 TeV using 95 pb**-1 of data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. The differential cross section d^2sigma/(dEt deta) is presented up to |eta|=3, significantly extending previous measurements. The results are in good overall agreement with next-to-leading order predictions from QCD, indicate a preference for certain parton distribution functions, and provide the world's best constraint on the gluon distribution at high parton momentum fraction x.Comment: Invited talk at Deep Inelastic Scattering 2001, Bologna, Italy, April 27 - May 1, 200

Dan Gilbert, Levan Professor of Ethics and Management

In this latest edition of Next Page, Dan Gilbert, the David M. LeVan Professor of Ethics and Management, shares with us books that inspired his teaching career, his love of baseball (1,100+ games and counting!), and the activities he’s looking forward to as he shakes off the Gettysburg winter and settles into retirement in sunny Southern California. We will miss you, Dan

Weibel Instabilities in a Completely Degenerate Electron Fermi Gas

We study the Weibel instability in a degenerate Fermi plasma. We disclose new type of quantum Weibel instabilities. In particular, a novel oscillatory Weibel instability is found and its growth rate is obtained. We reveal a transverse zero-sound in a quantum degenerate electron gas, which has no counterpart in the classical consideration.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev. E on 5 March 200

On-line range prediction system, part 2

The on-line range prediction system is designed for providing a prediction of the target range in the case of a laser data dropout. It consists of real time implementation of a Kalman filter on an IBM PC/AT equipped with necessary hardware. The system was set up and tested at Crows Landing in the Fall of 1987. The improvements made on the on-line range prediction system during 1988 are examined. Solutions are proposed and discussed to the several problems encountered during system tests. Then, the improvements made on the filter software are explained, namely, accounting for the time lag and providing data continously. Finally, the ideas are mentioned that can be considered in the future

ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF ANIMAL TRACING IN THE CATTLE PRODUCTION SECTOR

One of the options to prepare for a potential outbreak of an infectious livestock disease is to initiate an animal tracking system, which would provide information on animal movements and facilitate disease management. This article examines the benefits of implementing an animal tracking system in the context of a simulated cattle disease outbreak with and without animal tracking. Estimates are provided for some of the losses that would be avoided with an animal tracking system if an infectious animal disease were introduced. The results show that the economic efficiency of an animal tracking system depends on such factors as inter herd contact rates, effectiveness of animal disease response actions, and the extent to which an animal tracking system decreases the time of tracing animal movements. In case of a highly infectious animal disease outbreak substantial economic losses could be avoided if an effective animal tracking system is implemented.Livestock Production/Industries,