Discipleship through small group ministry in a congregation of the Church of God (Anderson)

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Non-Canonical NF-κB Signaling Initiated by BAFF Influences B Cell Biology at Multiple Junctures

It has been more than a decade since it was recognized that the nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B cells (NF-κB) transcription factor family was activated by two distinct pathways: the canonical pathway involving NF-κB1 and the non-canonical pathway involving NF-κB2. During this time a great deal of evidence has been amassed on the ligands and receptors that activate these pathways, the cytoplasmic adapter molecules involved in transducing the signals from receptors to nucleus, and the resulting physiological outcomes within body tissues. In contrast to NF-κB1 signaling, which can be activated by a wide variety of receptors, the NF-κB2 pathway is typically only activated by a subset of receptor and ligand pairs belonging to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family. Amongst these is B cell activating factor of the TNF family (BAFF) and its receptor BAFFR. Whilst BAFF is produced by many cell types throughout the body, BAFFR expression appears to be restricted to the hematopoietic lineage and B cells in particular. For this reason, the main physiological outcomes of BAFF mediated NF-κB2 activation are confined to B cells. Indeed BAFF mediated NF-κB2 signaling contributes to peripheral B cell survival and maturation as well as playing a role in antibody responses and long term maintenance plasma cells. Thus the importance BAFF and NF-κB2 permeates the entire B cell lifespan and impacts on this important component of the immune system in a variety of ways

Circular Building Showcase:An Opportunity Map and Blueprint

This research provides a proposal for a real-life experimental house. The proposal is based on both a theoretical state of art of the circular economy (CE) in the built environment through a literature study, as well as a practical state of art through an opportunity map. The opportunity map may also be used as a stand-alone database and includes a variety of examples from practice in the following categories (1) realized buildings, (2) materials, (3) R&amp;D projects (both completed and ongoing), and (4) realized pilots. The observations of the opportunity map and literature study ultimately lead to the proposal for a real-life experimental house and provide certain guidelines and areas of interest. The proposed circular experimental house would address the main barriers hindering the adoption of the CE in the built environment that are identified in this report: (1) lack of awareness, (2) lack of education, (3) lack of knowledge, (4) lack of procedures, and (5) lack of market. It would do so in an interactive way with active involvement of the built environment supply chain.</div

THE ADVENT OF A PUBLIC PLURIFORMITY MODEL: FAITH‐BASED SCHOOL CHOICE IN ALBERTA

Four typical arrangements for relating faith to schooling were developed in Canada during the nineteenth century. All resulted from compromises between the assimilating traditions of Christian Constantinianism and Enlightenment liberalism. These arrangements only reluctantly accommodate the religious diversity within society. Although scholars classify Alberta’s system as non‐sectarian public schooling with minority denominational districts, evidence suggests the advent of a new pragmatic pluriform public school system. This new system contains many types of school authorities and structures; all but one permit some form of faith‐based schooling. A broad spectrum of faiths is expressed within these school authorities. Key words: school choice, religion, pluralism, public policy, social cohesion La relation entre la confession religieuse et l’éducation a donné lieu à quatre types d’aménagements au Canada au cours du XIXe siècle. Ils étaient tous le résultat de compromis entre les traditions assimilatrices du constantinisme et du libéralisme du siècle des Lumières. Ces aménagements répugnaient à accorder une place à la diversité religieuse au sein de la société. Bien que les chercheurs qualifient le système d’éducation publique de l’Alberta comme non sectaire avec des districts pour certaines minorités confessionnelles, les faits observés semblent indiquer l’émergence d’un nouveau système d’école publique pragmatique et pluriel. Ce dernier regroupe de nombreux types d’administrations et de structures scolaires ; tous sauf un permettent une forme ou l’autre d’éducation confessionnelle. Un vaste éventail de confessions religieuses sont exprimées au sein de ces administrations scolaires. Mots clés : choix d’école, religion, pluralisme, politiques publiques, cohésion sociale.

Circular Building Showcase:An Opportunity Map and Blueprint

This research provides a proposal for a real-life experimental house. The proposal is based on both a theoretical state of art of the circular economy (CE) in the built environment through a literature study, as well as a practical state of art through an opportunity map. The opportunity map may also be used as a stand-alone database and includes a variety of examples from practice in the following categories (1) realized buildings, (2) materials, (3) R&amp;D projects (both completed and ongoing), and (4) realized pilots. The observations of the opportunity map and literature study ultimately lead to the proposal for a real-life experimental house and provide certain guidelines and areas of interest. The proposed circular experimental house would address the main barriers hindering the adoption of the CE in the built environment that are identified in this report: (1) lack of awareness, (2) lack of education, (3) lack of knowledge, (4) lack of procedures, and (5) lack of market. It would do so in an interactive way with active involvement of the built environment supply chain.</div

On the Prevalence of Linear versus Nonlinear Thinking in Undergraduate Business Education: A Lot of Rhetoric, Not Enough Evidence

The purpose of this research is to examine the undergraduate learning goals of business programs and determine if these goals are skewed in the directions posed by critics of undergraduate business education. The underlying theme of many critiques is that nonlinear-thinking processes are underrepresented in undergraduate business curricula, whereas linear-thinking processes are overrepresented. The learning goals of 208 Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International-accredited business programs were coded into two goal categories: linear thinking and nonlinear thinking. The results support the contention that nonlinear-thinking processes have a lesser presence in the typical undergraduate business program’s curriculum. These findings are consistent across research and teaching universities

Proper BRST quantization of relativistic particles

Recently derived general formal solutions of a BRST quantization on inner product spaces of irreducible Lie group gauge theories are applied to trivial models and relativistic particle models for particles with spin 0, 1/2 and 1. In the process general quantization rules are discovered which make the formal solutions exact. The treatment also give evidence that the formal solutions are directly generalizable to theories with graded gauge symmetries. For relativistic particles reasonable results are obtained although there exists no completely Lorentz covariant quantization of the coordinate and momenta on inner product spaces. There are two inequivalent procedures depending on whether or not the time coordinate is quantized with positive or indefinite metric states. The latter is connected to propagators.Comment: 37,ITP-G\"{o}teborg 93-18, latexfil

Paper Session I-B - Payload Ground Handling Mechanism Vision Measurement System

For installation of payloads into the Orbiter cargo bay while at the pad, the payload is delivered to the launchpad in a canister. The payload is then transferred into the payload bay of the Shuttle Orbiter . The mechanism responsible for manipulating the payload, the Payload Ground Handling Mechanism (PGHM), consists of a set of movable J-Hooks that lift the payload by its trunnions . Successful, safe integration of the payload requires careful position measurement of the J-Hooks relative to the payload trunnions and the payload relative to the Orbiter payload bay. Due to the complex nature and high missionto -mission variability of the geometry involved with the flight hardware, rulers are presently the best way to measure these relative positions; however measurement with rulers is difficult, time-consuming, and relatively inaccurate. The PGHM Vision Measurement System alleviates this measurement problem by using a standard inexpensive, RS - 170, monochrome camera coupled with digital image processing to precisely measure the relative position of the payload. The image processing algorithms are specifically designed to locate and track uniquely designed targets . The system accurately measures the X, Y, and Z position of the payload via the vector position of the targets . The vision measurement system is currently being integrated into the PGHM

Project OASIS: A Network of Spaceports

Providing routine, affordable access to a variety of orbital and deep space destinations requires an intricate network of ground, planetary surface and space-based spaceports across the Earth (land and sea), in various Earth orbits, and on other extra-terrestrial surfaces. Advancements in technology and international collaboration are necessary to enable such a spaceport network to satisfy private and government customers’ research, exploration, and commercial objectives. Technologies, interfaces, assembly techniques, and protocols must be adapted to enable critical capabilities and interoperability throughout the spaceport network. The conceptual space mission architecture must address the full range of required spaceport services, such as managing propellants for a variety of spacecraft. As part of the International Space University (ISU) Space Studies Program 2012 hosted by the Florida Institute of Technology and NASA Kennedy Space Center, the international and intercultural team of Operations and Service Infrastructure for Space (OASIS), proposes an interdisciplinary answer to the problem of economical space access and transportation. This presentation will present the different phases of a project for developing a network of spaceports throughout the Solar System in a timeframe of 50 years. The requirements, functions, critical technologies and mission architecture of this network of spaceports are outlined in a roadmap of the important steps and phases. The economic and financial aspects are emphasized in order to allow a sustainable development of the network in a public-private partnership via the formation of an International Spaceport Authority (ISPA). The approach includes engineering, scientific, financial, commercial, legal, policy, and societal aspects. Team OASIS intends to provide guidelines to make the development of space transportation via a spaceports logistics network feasible, and believes that this pioneering effort will revolutionize space exploration, science and commerce, ultimately contributing to permanently expand humanity into space