222 research outputs found

    Data for Decisions: A Survey on Biblical Language Training and the Future of Pastoral Education

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    Data for Decisions. A Survey on Biblical Language Training and the Future of Pastoral Education (Abstract) Presented by J. Amanda McGuire-Moushon and Angelika Kaiser (PhD candidates). In 2010, David J. A. Clines asked the question “Teaching Biblical Languages: Time for a Rethink?”.[1] In his essay he outlined various areas in which teachers of Biblical languages should start to reassess their understanding of teaching and learning biblical languages, including premises, method(s), and desired outcomes. Asking Cline’s question in the context of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary has direct implications for developing a profile for the future Seventh-day Adventist pastor. Furthermore, in light of the advent of Biblical Language Software (BLS)[2] in the last years, Rahel Halabe (2008) suggests ancient language curriculum developers, “before resorting to [information technologies’] tempting array of tools, should first contemplate the reasons, the objectives, and the ways in which every ancient language should be taught.”[3] The Biblical Languages Pedagogy Committee (BLPC) of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary (SDATS) was formed in fall 2014 in order to do exactly that: reflecting on biblical language training in the SDATS in order to better meet to the educational needs of its students in the area of biblical language training. As of spring 2016, the BLPC was not aware of any qualitative or quantitative research that has been carried out in order to get a better understanding of the function of biblical Languages within the ministry of Seminary graduates. Such an understanding, however, is crucial, if the specific Adventist theological education wants to satisfy its claims that Scripture should be the sole foundation of faith and practice for minister and member. For that reason, a survey was conducted in spring 2016 that aimed at gathering first-hand data from Seminary alumni (starting with 1970) on how they evaluate their own Biblical language competence, usage, and its relevance for their church-related service. As part of the research, the graduates’ Seminary experience was surveyed. The majority of questions were related to a) prior language learning, b) Hebrew, c) Greek, d) language learning and the Seminary, e) after graduation, f) future, and g) Biblical languages in theological education and pastoral ministry. The intention was to learn from the survey results and make suggestions and decisions that improve the overall experience and efficiency of biblical language teaching at the Seminary. The data generated from the survey is still being carefully analyzed by the BLPC and informs discussions as well as suggestions regarding biblical language instruction. The presentation at the AHSRA-Conference aims at giving an overview of the survey results, as well as proposing conclusions that can be drawn from them. Short abstract for final printed program Opening the Hebrew Bible for sermon preparation? Doing Greek word studies in order to answer a question of a church member? What do Adventist pastors do with the Biblical Hebrew and Greek they learned at the Seminary? And how did they experience their language training in the first place? A 2016-survey among Seminary alumni (beginning with the class of 1970) asked specific questions regarding prior language knowledge, the Seminary experience as well as the current and future usage of the Biblical languages. The results were nothing less than surprising… and will have concrete implications for the language instruction of future Adventist pastors and teachers at the SDATS. [1] David J. A. Clines, “Teaching the Biblical Languages: Time for a Rethink?,“ in Foster Biblical Scholarship: Essays in Honor of Kent Harold Richards (ed. Frank Ritchel Ames and Charles William Miller; Society of Biblical Literature, Biblical Scholarship in North America, 24; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2010), pp. 161-168. [2] Leading Bible software is offered by Logos, Accordance, Bible Works, et al. [3] Rahel Halabe, Ancient Languages are Still Around, But Do We Really Know How to Teach Them? , SBL Forum, n.p. [cited Feb 2008]. Online:http://sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleID=756 [accessed 9/19/2017, 3.39pm EST]

    Multisensory Integration of Anticipated Cardiac Signals with Visual Targets Affects Their Detection among Multiple Visual Stimuli

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    Many studies have elucidated the multisensory processing of different exteroceptive signals (e.g., auditory-visual stimuli), but less is known about the multisensory integration of interoceptive signals with exteroceptive information. Here, we investigated the perceptual outcomes and electrophysiological brain mechanisms of cardio-visual integration by using participants’ electrocardiogram signals to control the color change of a visual target in dynamically changing displays. Reaction times increased when the target change coincided with strong cardiac signals concerning the state of cardiovascular arousal (i.e., presented at the end of ventricular systole), compared to when the target change occurred at a time when cardiac arousal was relatively low (i.e., presented at the end of ventricular diastole). Moreover, the concurrence of the target change and cardiac arousal signals modulated the event-related potentials and the beta power in an early period (~100 ms after stimulus onset), and decreased the N2pc and the beta lateralization in a later period (~200 ms after stimulus onset). Our results suggest that the multisensory integration of anticipated cardiac signals with a visual target negatively affects its detection among multiple visual stimuli, potentially by suppressing sensory processing and reducing attention toward the visual target. This finding highlights the role of cardiac information in visual processing and furthers our understanding of the brain dynamics underlying multisensory perception involving both interoception and exteroception

    Implementing standardized education in post-operative adult tracheostomy patients

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    Problem: Tracheostomy patients discharged to home or home health complication rates affected by inpatient family and patient education. Inquiry: In tracheostomy patients discharged to home or home health, how does standardized education from the health care team impact patient complications, readmission rates, and unplanned provider visit?MU Health Care

    La sociedad Mapuche y su relación con el Estado-nación, Argentina y Chile

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    Con el objeto de entregar una visión amplia y aportar a una mejor comprensión de la actual problemática Mapuche, por medio de esta investigación nos propondremos entonces identificar la relación entre Estado-Nación, chileno y argentino, con sus respectivas comunidades Mapuche, durante los últimos 20 años, ya que para el caso chileno los movimientos Mapuche vuelven a tomar fuerza después del fin de la dictadura, es decir, durante los gobiernos de la Concertación. Como se mencionó anteriormente nuestra principal problemática va a ser ¿Cuál ha sido la relación Estado-Nación-Comunidades Mapuche, en el caso argentino y chileno, durante los últimos 20 años?, en respuesta a esto plantearemos la hipótesis de que ambos Estados han mantenido a los Mapuche en una relación de dominación y subordinación. Esta afirmación será fundamentada a través de los planteamientos de Jorge Pinto, José Marimán, quienes se han dedicado al estudio del conflicto Mapuche con los organismos estatales de dominación, lo que es aplicable tanto al caso argentino como al chileno

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    Molecular Study of Interactions between Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Stromal Cells

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    Multipotent hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are progenitors of all types of hematopoietic cells, and the efficient isolation and propagation of HSCs will significantly enhance our ability to manage many human disorders with bone marrow transplantation, stem cell transplantation and gene therapy. We employed "Signal Sequence Trap (SST)" method with yeast invertase to clone proteins on the surface of or secreted by stromal cells that enhance or inhibit the propagation of HSC’s in culture. AFT024, a mouse fetal liver stromal cell line that maintains stem cell activity in long-term culture, was subjected to SST analysis. We identified more than 60 signal sequences or transmembrane domain containing genes expressed by AFT024 cells. We compared their expression levels between AFT024 cells and BFC012 cells, a mouse fetal liver stromal cell line that was developed in the same way as for AFT024 cells but could not support HSC in long-term culture. Pleiotrophin, T16, Sca-1, deltalike and cytokine receptor like-1(CLF-1) are expressed significantly higher in AFT024 cells than in BFC012 cells. We recently employed Affymatrix genechip technology to study the interaction of HSCs and their microenvironment. In genechip experiments, Sca-1, deltalike, pleiotrophin and CLF-1 are among the most differentially expressed genes between AFT024 and BFC012 cells, while T16 was not represented on the chip. In addition, osteopontin, pigment epithelium-derived factor, proliferins, activin subunit, CXC chemokines GRO1 and LIX are more abundant in AFT024 cells than in BFC012 cells. Genechip technology was also applied to bone marrow stromal cell lines, including MS5, S17 and OP9 cells. Two murine multipotent hematopoietic cell lines, FDCP.mix and EML cells, were also analyzed. Data from these experiments are presented.Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA

    Regulation and function of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (CSF1) in the chicken immune system

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    Macrophage colony-stimulating factor (CSF1) is an essential growth factor to control the proliferation, differentiation and survival of cells of the macrophage lineage in vertebrates. We have previously produced a recombinant chicken CSF1-Fc fusion protein and administrated it to birds which produced a substantial expansion of tissue macrophage populations. To further study the biology of CSF1 in the chicken, here we generated anti-chicken CSF1 antibodies (ROS-AV181 and 183) using CSF1-Fc as an immunogen. The specific binding of each monoclonal antibody was confirmed by ELISA, Western blotting and immunohistochemistry on tissue sections. Using the anti-CSF1 antibodies, we show that chicken bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDM) express CSF1 on their surface, and that the level appears to be regulated further by exogenous CSF1. By capture ELISA circulating CSF1 levels increased transiently in both layer and broiler embryos around the day of hatch. The levels of CSF1 in broilers was higher than in layers during the first week after hatch. Antibody ROS-AV183 was able to block CSF1 biological activity in vitro and treatment of hatchlings using this neutralising antibody in vivo impacted on some tissue macrophage populations, but not blood monocytes. After anti-CSF1 treatment, CSF1R-transgene reporter expressing cells were reduced in the bursa of Fabricius and cecal tonsil and TIM4 Kupffer cells in the liver were almost completely ablated. Anti-CSF1 treatment also produced a reduction in overall bone density, trabecular volume and TRAP osteoclasts. Our novel neutralising antibody provides a new tool to study the roles of CSF1 in birds

    Estudio de la modulación de la vía autofágica en eritroblastos leucémicos con principios activos presentes en Plantago mayor L. Plantago lanceolata L. y Lavandula officinalis Chaix ex Kitt

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    La base de los medicamentos son las drogas vegetales y/o sintéticas. Droga vegetal es la parte de la planta que contiene los principios activos responsables de la acción farmacológica. El avance sobre el conocimiento químico, farmacológico y clínico de las mismas, permite el desarrollo de nuevas formas de preparación y de administración. Por ello, para la búsqueda de nuevas drogas, se propone la formulación de extractos acuo-sos, etanólicos, metanólicos y de cloroformo de las hojas de Plantago mayor y Plantago lanceolata, especies botánicas de la familia de las Plantagináceas, que han demostrado en investigaciones experimentales, al ser administradas por vía oral e intraperitoneal, poseer actividad inmunoestimulante, determinada por incremento en el número y actividad fagocitaria granulocítica, incremento de leucocitos esplénicos, aumento del peso del bazo y disminución del título de anticuerpos hemaglutinantes, cuando se realizó previamente una inmunización a los animales con eritrocitos de oveja (Wagner H. 1987; Rezaeipoor R. et. Al 2000; Gomez Flores R. et al. 2000). Asimismo se plantea trabajar con el compuesto presente en la esencia de Lavandula officinalis Chaix ex Kitt, denominado linalol

    Two-year history of lymphadenopathy and fever caused by Bartonella henselae in a child

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    We report the case of a 6-year-old boy that presented with enlarged lymph nodes on his neck. He complained of tiredness and discouragement, which worsened during feverish periods. There were no relevant laboratory test abnormalities and serological tests were not reactive. Bartonella henselae DNA was detected by species-specific nested polymerase chain reaction. After treatment, the patient progressed with no fever or lymphadenopathy. Bartonellosis is a group of infectious diseases caused by bacteria of the genus Bartonella. This case report is a useful reminder to clinicians that long-term fever of unknown origin can be related to B. henselae infection, even if the specific serology is not reactive

    The Development of Student Research Skills in Second Year Plant Biology

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    In 2011, students in Agricultural Sciences and Viticulture & Oenology were first provided with opportunities to develop research skills in plant biology through the course Foundations in Plant Science II. Students worked in small groups and completed an open-ended research project under the guidance of an academic mentor. Each group of students were given the freedom to plan and manage an experiment; collect, analyse and interpret data independently and to present their results both orally and in writing. Students reported that the group project was a positive experience where they were able to develop skills in scientific report writing. In 2012, students were challenged by aspects of the research project including experimental design and identifying published papers to support their hypotheses. In 2013, when we provided more support and structure using on-line and in-class tutorials, students were better able to work in groups, source appropriate literature and analyse data using statistics as their confidence in research and questioning ideas had improved
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