THE FARM LEVEL EFFECTS OF BETTER ACCESS TO INFORMATION: THE CASE OF DART

In this study, two methods of entering and accessing dairy herd records are compared: the traditional mail-in Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI) system and the Direct Access to Records by Telephone (DART) system, which provides more timely and convenient access to records. An evaluation of DART was carried out using mail survey responses from 117 DART users and telephone surveys of 40 randomly selected users. Results indicate that DART users are generally satisfied with the system and feel that it improves their herd management. Variations in use of the DART system by DART users are explained by herd, cost, and management variables. DART users and comparable non-DART, DHI users are compared with respect to gains in herd production efficiency. Results indicate that DART users made somewhat better gains in most efficiency measures but that the differences were generally not statistically significant.Farm Management,

Structural modeling and functional analysis of the essential ribosomal processing protease Prp from Staphylococcus aureus

In Firmicutes and related bacteria, ribosomal large subunit protein L27 is encoded with a conserved N-terminal extension that is removed to expose residues critical for ribosome function. Bacteria encoding L27 with this N-terminal extension also encode a sequence-specific cysteine protease, Prp, which carries out this cleavage. In this work, we demonstrate that L27 variants with an un-cleavable N-terminal extension, or lacking the extension (pre-cleaved), are unable to complement an L27 deletion in Staphylococcus aureus. This indicates that N-terminal processing of L27 is not only essential but possibly has a regulatory role. Prp represents a new clade of previously uncharacterized cysteine proteases, and the dependence of S. aureus on L27 cleavage by Prp validates the enzyme as a target for potential antibiotic development. To better understand the mechanism of Prp activity, we analyzed Prp enzyme kinetics and substrate preference using a fluorogenic peptide cleavage assay. Molecular modeling and site-directed mutagenesis implicate several residues around the active site in catalysis and substrate binding, and support a structural model in which rearrangement of a flexible loop upon binding of the correct peptide substrate is required for the active site to assume the proper conformation. These findings lay the foundation for the development of antimicrobials that target this novel, essential pathway

Marshall Keeble and the Implementation of a Grand Strategy.

This study examines the development of Marshall Keeble’s work during the early and middle parts of the twentieth century in the Church of Christ. The purpose of this study is to examine the direction taken by Keeble in his work and determine whether he was a submissive Tom used by whites to accomplish their goals among blacks, or to determine if he was pursuing his own grand strategy to defuse racial tension in the Church of Christ. Conclusions of this research denote that Marshall Keeble was following a grand strategy, or a decisive course of action designed to erase the color line in the Church of Christ without the negative effects of creating further division in the church. The final analysis demonstrates that the strategy of Marshall Keeble was effective, whereas the strategy of Keeble’s contemporaries was impotent

MB 770 The Indigenous Church

(1) Charles Kraft (1979) Christianity in Culture (2) Lamin Sanneh (1989) Translating the Message (3) Stephen Bevans (1992) Models of Contextual Theology (4) Lesslie Newbigin (1989) The Gospel in a Pluralist Society (5) Dean Gilliland, ed. (1989) The Word Among Us (photocopy) (6) Darrell Whiteman, compiler Readings in Indigenous Church (7) Collateral Reading: Robert Schreiter (1985) Constructing Local Theologieshttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2280/thumbnail.jp

MB 770 The Indigenous Church

Charles Kraft (1979) Christianity in Culture Lamin Sanneh (1989) Translating the Message Stephen Bevans (1992) Models of Contextual Theology Lesslie Newbigin (1989) The Gospel in a Pluralist Society Scherer and Bevans (1999) ew Directions in Mission and Evangelization 3: Faith and Culture Dean Gilliland, ed. (1989) The Word Among Us (photocopy) Collateral Reading: Robert Schreiter (1985) Constructing Local Theologieshttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1461/thumbnail.jp

MB 700 Anthropology for Christian Mission

Textbook: Cultural Anthropology: An Applied Perspective, fifth edition by Gary Ferraro Readings: Anthropology and Christian Mission: A Reader, Darrell Whiteman (ed.)https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2395/thumbnail.jp

MB 800 Research Methods in Missiology

1. Barzun and Graff (1992) The Modern Researcher, 5th ed. 2. Booth, Colomb, & Williams (1995) The Craft of Research. 3. Emerson, Fretz, & Shaw (1995) Writing Ethographic Field Notes. 4. Paul Leedy (2001) Practical Research: Design and Planning, 7th ed. 5. Rudestam & Newton (2001) Surviving Your Dissertation 2nd ed.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3602/thumbnail.jp