Differentiating between forgiveness of self and others

This study examined the relationship between self-forgiveness, forgiveness of others, and mental health. It also explored how self-forgiveness and forgiveness of others differ. Participants (N = 108) were recruited from a medium-sized Midwestern Catholic university. Participants answered self-report questionnaires concerning forgiveness of self and others, dispositional predictor variables (guilt, shame, religiousness, self-consciousness), and mental health (anger, depression, self-esteem). As hypothesized, self-forgiveness was negatively related to depression and self-consciousness and positively related to self-esteem. Forgiveness of others was negatively related to state anger, trait anger, and depression. Both self-forgiveness and forgiveness of others contributed uniquely to the prediction of depression. Furthermore, guilt and shame were negatively correlated with both self-forgiveness and forgiveness of others. However, guilt contributed uniquely to the prediction of both self forgiveness and forgiveness of others, whereas shame uniquely predicted only dispositional self-forgiveness. Contrary to hypotheses, religious orientation was not related to any of the forgiveness measures. Study limitations are discussed

Citizen Scientists: Efforts by the Tri-Societies to Inject Science Into US Policymaking

The Tri-Societies (American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America), the largest life science professional societies in the United States (US) dedicated to the agronomic, crop and soil sciences, encompass approximately 18,000 members globally and include approximately 14,000 certified professionals who are a direct conduit to the farming communities across the US. The Tri-Societies\u27 US-based federal science policy programmes have been active for decades. There is a Washington, DC-based Director of Science Policy, Congressional Science Fellows (CSF) and Science Policy Interns

Evaluation of Organic Barley Varieties and Organic Popcorn Varieties and Fertilization

According to the USDA National Organic Program, certified organic farmers must source organic seed (seed from organically raised crops). The organic seed industry is currently growing in Iowa and the Midwest, and with this growth, organic growers are looking for university-based recommendations on organic varieties to use in Iowa. The Organic Agriculture Program at Iowa State University has been using organic seed at the Southeast Research Farm for 13 years. In addition, a new organic fertilizer (Biotic Organic™ 4-4-4, Perfect Blend, Bellevue, WA) was tested in 2014 for organic popcorn production

Evaluation of Organic Soybean Varieties and Organic Fertilizer for Organic Popcorn

According to the USDA National Organic Program, certified organic farmers must source organic seed (seed from organically raised crops). The organic seed industry is currently growing in Iowa and the Midwest, and with this growth, organic growers are looking for University-based recommendations on organic varieties to use in Iowa. The Organic Agriculture Program at Iowa State University has been using organic seed at the ISU Southeast Research Farm for 11 years with excellent results. In addition, a new organic fertilizer (Biotic Organic™ 4-4- 4, Perfect Blend, Bellevue, WA) was tested in 2013 for organic popcorn production

Comparison of Organic and Conventional Crops at the Neely-Kinyon Long-term Agroecological Research Site

The Neely-Kinyon Long-term Agroecological Research (LTAR) site was established in 1998 to study the long-term effects of organic production in Iowa

New Onset Back Pain in a Young Patient with Undiagnosed Inferior Vena Cava Atresia

We describe the emergency department (ED) and hospital course of a young male patient that came in with a chief complaint of lower back pain and was ultimately diagnosed with an acute deep venous thrombosis (DVT) precipitated by an underlying congenital abnormality of the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC). Often lower back pain in young patients can be dismissed as musculoskeletal back pain. It is for this reason, that doing a thorough review of systems and physical exam is so critical. Congenital variations or anomalies of the IVC are relatively uncommon but must be on the differential with patients presenting with back pain and symptoms involving multiple organ systems.https://scholarlycommons.henryford.com/merf2020caserpt/1096/thumbnail.jp

Food, Nutrition, and Natural Resource Sciences in the FY 2011 Budget. Chapter 27, American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science Report XXXV

Food, agricultural, nutrition, and natural resource sciences are poised to make major contributions to improve human health and protect our environment. With the launch of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIF A) in 2009, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the opportunity to truly transform a field of science happens at best once a generation. With the release of a report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization stating that food production will need to nearly double by 2050 to meet the demands of a world population totaling more than nine billion, this announcement is timely. The current administration has identified five societal challenge areas for emphasis including ending world hunger, improving nutrition and reducing child obesity, ensuring food safety for all Americans, securing America\u27s energy future through renewable biofuels, and mitigating and adapting agriculture to climate change

Increased protein content of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) inoculated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and nitrogen-fixing bacteria under water deficit conditions

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is a widely cropped pulse and an important source of proteins for humans. In Mediterranean regions it is predicted that drought will reduce soil moisture and become a major issue in agricultural practice. Nitrogen (N)-fixing bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi have the potential to improve plant growth and drought tolerance. The aim of the study was to assess the effects of N-fixing bacteria and AM fungi on the growth, grain yield and protein content of chickpea under water deficit.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Shaping Elite College Pathways: Mapping the Field of Feeder High Schools in the United States

Despite pledges to increase student body diversity, low-income students and Black, Latinx, and Native American students remain grossly underrepresented at elite colleges. To date, most studies exploring stratification in college enrollment patterns have looked at this phenomenon from the student or organizational perspective—examining either students’ college choice process or the enrollment management practices of elite colleges. However, in this study, I suggest that one unexplored but potentially powerful mechanism shaping college access and student body diversity is the network of feeder schools that are connected to highly selective colleges in the United States. Guided broadly by relational sociology and social network theory, this dissertation uncovers the ways that feeder school relationships shape the field of highly selective admissions. Using an exploratory, mixed methods design that combines social network analysis with a qualitative case study approach, the first phase of the study examines the overall network architecture of feeder ties between 3,200 secondary schools and 76 highly selective colleges and universities. Then, in the second phase, I conducted interviews with 44 admissions officers and 38 college counselors who are a part of this network to explore the relational dynamics between feeder schools and highly selective colleges, attending to their consequences for access to and diversity in higher education. I find that private, predominantly white, and affluent high schools have more and stronger feeder ties to elite colleges compared to their public school, majority-minority high school, and less resourced counterparts. The network analysis in phase one revealed that four of the top 10 most central high schools in the network are private elite boarding schools. Through interviews in the second phase of the study, I also discovered that certain features of schools—namely, their curricula, resources, status, and capacity for relationship-building—contribute to the strength of ties they have to highly selective colleges. Qualitative findings suggest that feeder relationships are driven by the mechanisms of homophily, reciprocity, and trust, and these connections are facilitated by the frequent interactions and interpersonal relationships between admissions officers and college counselors. Based on these findings, I conclude that selective college admissions is, in fact, a relational process that unfolds within webs of social relations. Both feeder schools and elite colleges adopt habits and routines which serve to reproduce these relationships over time, with broad implications for access to elite higher education. Even if feeder relationships no longer guarantee entry into America’s most elite institutions, they continue to provide substantial advantages to already-advantaged high schools. If elite colleges are committed to increasing access and diversity, then they must critically evaluate existing interorganizational arrangements and routinized practices that drive decision-making in highly selective admissions.PHDHigher EducationUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/171403/1/glasener_1.pd