An Examination of the Perceived Impact of Social Networking on Discipleship in Yalobusha County, Mississippi

Significant technological advancements in this new digital age and culture have increased digital and online technology. However, churches faced many challenges in integrating, creating, and transitioning new media platforms to develop a cooperative network society to train and equip disciples. Some research showed that many clergies vehemently opposed the use of digital platforms for discipleship, primarily because those leaders believed that digital discipleship platforms were insufficient in power to be transformative as compared to what would occur at a traditional church location (Campbell & Garner, 2016). This phenomenological research study aimed to understand better the perceived impact of social networking activities on discipleship in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. This study used a phenomenological approach to gather data from participating Christians in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. This study used an online questionnaire and video conference interviews such as Zoom © or Google Meet © to explore the perceived impact of social networking on discipleship activities in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. The theory that guided this study was Connectivism (Goldie, 2016). “Connectivism is the idea that learning takes place across networked learning communities, and information technologies are central to Connectivism, a theory of learning that emphasizes the importance of networked information resources throughout the processes of learning” Goldie (2016)

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Randomized Algorithms Considered Harmful

Recent advances in distributed communication and omniscient algorithms cooperate in order to achieve operating systems. Given the current status of relational information, cyberinformaticians dubiously desire the visualization of randomized algorithms, which embodies the confirmed principles of loss-less software engineering. We argue that the lookaside buffer can be made pseudorandom, “smart”, and client-server

Prebiotics modulate the effects of antibiotics on gut microbial diversity and functioning in vitro

Intestinal bacteria carry out many fundamental roles, such as the fermentation of non-digestible dietary carbohydrates to produce short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which can affect host energy levels and gut hormone regulation. Understanding how to manage this ecosystem to improve human health is an important but challenging goal. Antibiotics are the front line of defence against pathogens, but in turn they have adverse effects on indigenous microbial diversity and function. Here, we have investigated whether dietary supplementation—another method used to modulate gut composition and function—could be used to ameliorate the side effects of antibiotics. We perturbed gut bacterial communities with gentamicin and ampicillin in anaerobic batch cultures in vitro. Cultures were supplemented with either pectin (a non-fermentable fibre), inulin (a commonly used prebiotic that promotes the growth of beneficial bacteria) or neither. Although antibiotics often negated the beneficial effects of dietary supplementation, in some treatment combinations, notably ampicillin and inulin, dietary supplementation ameliorated the effects of antibiotics. There is therefore potential for using supplements to lessen the adverse effects of antibiotics. Further knowledge of such mechanisms could lead to better therapeutic manipulation of the human gut microbiota

Geometry of Frictionless and Frictional Sphere Packings

We study static packings of frictionless and frictional spheres in three dimensions, obtained via molecular dynamics simulations, in which we vary particle hardness, friction coefficient, and coefficient of restitution. Although frictionless packings of hard-spheres are always isostatic (with six contacts) regardless of construction history and restitution coefficient, frictional packings achieve a multitude of hyperstatic packings that depend on system parameters and construction history. Instead of immediately dropping to four, the coordination number reduces smoothly from $z=6$ as the friction coefficient $\mu$ between two particles is increased.Comment: 6 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.

The Role and Responsibility of the Court

In the final panel of the conference, three judges and two media relations officials discuss the role of the court in protecting the judicial process. The three judges presided over a plethora of high-profile cases including that of the D.C. sniper, John Wayne Bobbitt, Kobe Bryant, and Lewis Scooter Libby and they share their experiences with those cases and the methods they used to ensure fair trials. The media relations officials analyzed the changes in the media landscape and what appear to be some effective solutions for providing the media with information, but at the same time protecting the trial procedure. Questions/themes/discussion topics Tools judges may use to protect the trial process from corruption--change of venue, gag orders, anonymous juries, sequestering juries, etc Are these traditional tools appropriate when the media is no longer traditional