IS 502 Vocation of Ministry

Chilcote, Paul. (2001) Wesley Speaks on Christian Vocation. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Grenz, S. & Bell, R. (1995). Betrayal of Trust: Sexual Misconduct in the Pastorate. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Guiness, O. (1998). The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life. Waco,TX: Word. Smith, G. (1997). Listening to God in Times of Choice, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Smith, J. B. & Graybeal, L. (1991). A Spiritual Formation Workbook: Small-group Resources for Nurturing Christian Growth. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco. Jonathan R. Wilson. (1998). Gospel Virtues: Practicing Faith, Hope and Love in Uncertain Times, InterVarsity Press.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3209/thumbnail.jp

IS 502 Vocation of Ministry

Chilcote, Paul. (2001) Wesley Speaks on Christian Vocation. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Grenz, S. & Bell, R. (1995). Betrayal of Trust: Sexual Misconduct in the Pastorate. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Guiness, O. (1998). The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life. Waco,TX: Word. Smith, G. (1997). Listening to God in Times of Choice, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Smith, J. B. & Graybeal, L. (1991). A Spiritual Formation Workbook: Small-group Resources for Nurturing Christian Growth. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco. Jonathan R. Wilson. (1998). Gospel Virtues: Practicing Faith, Hope and Love in Uncertain Times, InterVarsity Press.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3210/thumbnail.jp

2020 Scholarly Accolades

2020 Scholarly Accolades list of Faculty Intellectual Achievements that was presented at the 2021 King Haggar Haggerty Awards Ceremony. Schools included are: Neuhoff School of Ministry, Braniff Graduate College, Constantin College of Liberal Arts, and Gupta College of Business. Faculty listed are: Jodi Hunt, Marianne Siegmund, Irene R. Alexander, Daniel E. Burns, Bainard Cowan, William L. Cody, Scott Crider, Jonathan E. Dannatt, Richard J. Dougherty, Jacob I. Eidt, Chad Engelland, Thomas Esposito, O. Cist., Valeria Forte, William A. Frank, Elinor Gardner, O.P., Gilbert J. Garza, Kelly L. Gibson, Mark Goodwin, Peter Hatlie, Christina E. Ivers, Brittany K. Landrum, Tammy Leonard, Chris Mirus, Andrew D. Moran, Nefer Muñoz Solano, Cynthia Nielsen, Richard Olenick, Andrew Osborn, Joshua Parens, Marisa Pérez-Bernardo, Mark Petersen, Aida Ramos, Elizabeth Robinson, Gregory L. Roper, Jonathan J. Sanford, Kevin M. Saylor, Phillip A. Shore, Stephanie Swales, Inimary T. Toby, Joseph M. Van House, O. Cist., Matthew D. Walz, Gerard Wegemer, Michael G. West, Christopher Wolfe, Enoch Asare, Jennifer Bannister, Sri Beldona, Greg Bell, Sue Conger, Ali Dadpay, Blake Frank, Julia Fulmore, Jenny Gu, Cara W. Jacocks, Brett Landry, Richard Miller, Laura Muñoz, Renita Murimi, Judith Olson, Richard Peregoy, Michael Stodnick, Susan Rhame, Robert Walsh, J. Lee Whittington, snd Scott Wysong.https://digitalcommons.udallas.edu/king_haggar_haggerty_docs/1001/thumbnail.jp

Computational exploration of α-lactone rearrangements and the cyclic halonium zwitterion from bromination of acrylate anion in water: implicit vs. explicit solvation

In memory of Jonathan Williams, a valued colleague of incisive intellect (and regarded by undergraduates as ‘the better-looking Prof. Williams’ in the Department). Bromomethyloxiranone has a much larger repertoire of molecular acrobatics than previously recognised: conformational isomerism, degenerate rearrangement that exchanges O atoms in the α-lactone ring, and epimerisation, all of which occur with lower barriers than dyotropic rearrangement to the more stable β-lactone. DFT calculations (B3LYP/6-31 + G∗) with implicit solvation (PCM) by water predict the cyclic bromonium zwitterion (formally derived from addition of Br + to acrylate anion) to be a transition structure but QM/MM simulations, combining the same DFT method with explicit solvation by many MM water molecules and using molecular dynamics to obtain free-energy profiles and surfaces, reconfirms the status of the cyclic bromonium as an intermediate. </p

Error tolerance in an NMR Implementation of Grover's Fixed-Point Quantum Search Algorithm

We describe an implementation of Grover's fixed-point quantum search algorithm on a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) quantum computer, searching for either one or two matching items in an unsorted database of four items. In this new algorithm the target state (an equally weighted superposition of the matching states) is a fixed point of the recursive search operator, and so the algorithm always moves towards the desired state. The effects of systematic errors in the implementation are briefly explored.Comment: 5 Pages RevTex4 including three figures. Changes made at request of referees; now in press at Phys Rev

A Framework for a Supervisory Expert System for Robotic Manipulators with Joint-Position Limits and Joint-Rate Limits

This report addresses the problem of path planning and control of robotic manipulators which have joint-position limits and joint-rate limits. The manipulators move autonomously and carry out variable tasks in a dynamic, unstructured and cluttered environment. The issue considered is whether the robotic manipulator can achieve all its tasks, and if it cannot, the objective is to identify the closest achievable goal. This problem is formalized and systematically solved for generic manipulators by using inverse kinematics and forward kinematics. Inverse kinematics are employed to define the subspace, workspace and constrained workspace, which are then used to identify when a task is not achievable. The closest achievable goal is obtained by determining weights for an optimal control redistribution scheme. These weights are quantified by using forward kinematics. Conditions leading to joint rate limits are identified, in particular it is established that all generic manipulators have singularities at the boundary of their workspace, while some have loci of singularities inside their workspace. Once the manipulator singularity is identified the command redistribution scheme is used to compute the closest achievable Cartesian velocities. Two examples are used to illustrate the use of the algorithm: A three link planar manipulator and the Unimation Puma 560. Implementation of the derived algorithm is effected by using a supervisory expert system to check whether the desired goal lies in the constrained workspace and if not, to evoke the redistribution scheme which determines the constraint relaxation between end effector position and orientation, and then computes optimal gains

Mapping and explaining the productivity of Pinus radiata in New Zealand

Mapping Pinus radiata productivity for New Zealand not only provides useful information for forest owners, industry stakeholders and policy managers, but also enables current and future plantations to be visualised, quantified, and planned. Using an extensive set of permanent sample plots, split into fitting (n = 1,146) and validation (n = 618) datasets, models of P. radiata 300 Index (an index of volume mean annual increment) and Site Index (an index of height growth) were developed using a regression kriging technique. Spatial predictions were accurate and accounted for 61% and 70% of the variance for 300 Index and Site Index, respectively. Productivity predicted from these surfaces for the entire plantation estate averaged 27.4 m³ ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ for the 300 Index and 30.4 m for Site Index. Surfaces showed wide regional variation in this productivity, which was attributable mainly to variation in air temperature and root-zone water storage from site to site

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The hard quiescent spectrum of the neutron-star X-ray transient EXO 1745-248 in the globular cluster Terzan 5

We present a Chandra observation of the globular cluster Terzan 5 during times when the neutron-star X-ray transient EXO 1745-248 located in this cluster was in its quiescent state. We detected the quiescent system with a (0.5-10 keV) luminosity of ~2 x 10^{33} ergs/s. This is similar to several other neutron-star transients observed in their quiescent states. However, the quiescent X-ray spectrum of EXO 1745--48 was dominated by a hard power-law component instead of the soft component that usually dominates the quiescent emission of other neutron-star X-ray transients. This soft component could not conclusively be detected in EXO 1745-248 and we conclude that it contributed at most 10% of the quiescent flux in the energy range 0.5-10 keV. EXO 1745-248 is only the second neutron-star transient whose quiescent spectrum is dominated by the hard component (SAX J1808.4-3658 is the other one). We discuss possible explanations for this unusual behavior of EXO 1745-248, its relationship to other quiescent neutron-star systems, and the impact of our results on understanding quiescent X-ray binaries. We also discuss the implications of our results on the way the low-luminosity X-ray sources in globular clusters are classified.Comment: Accepted by ApJ Main Journal, September 22, 2004. Figure 2 is a color figur