Kann die Bibel heute noch Grundlage für die Kirche sein?: Über Die Aufgabe Der Exegese in Einer ReligiöS-Pluralistischen Gesellschaft

Weit enfernt davon, einen klaren und eindeutigen Sinn der biblischen Texte zu liefern, hat sich die neuzeitliche Exegese als eine wichtige Wegbereiterin des modernen Pluralismus erwiesen. Die historische Kritik beschränkt sich in ihren Textrekonstruktionen konsequent auf die Vergangenheit und überlässt es dadurch den Leser/innen, die für sie heute gültige Bedeutung der Texte selbst zu bestimmen. Durch die Wendung zur Sprache haben wir gelernt, Texte als sprachliche Konstruktionen von Wirklichkeit zu sehen, deren Sinn von den jeweiligen Leser/innen in höhem Masse mit konstituiert wird. Das Studium der Wirkungsgeschichte macht heutigen Leser/innen die Geprägtheit und zugleich die Partikularität ihrer eigenen Lesungen der Texte deutlich. Die heutige Exegese muss den von ihr selbst mitgeprägten Pluralismus bejahen und versuchen, die Sache ihrer Texte auf dem ‘Marktplatz' der Weltanschauungen, Meinungen und Deutungen in öffentlichem, rationalem und offenem Diskurs zu vertreten und so auf die Fremdheit der Geschichte Jesu und den von den biblischen Texten bezeugten Gott hinzuweise

No Social Distancing: Challenges and Collaboration in the Use of Computer-Mediated Learning (CML) Experienced by Selected Students in the Master of Education in English as Second Language Course during the Time of the Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic forced higher learning institutions to shift to the remote mode paving the way for computer-mediated learning (CML), a new yet familiar method of engagement between the teacher and the students. The main purpose of this study is to discuss the challenges experienced and the manner of peer collaboration as students maximized the teaching and learning process in such a setup. The study is descriptive-qualitative by design. It involves a thematic analysis of the corpus collected from selected participants who shared their experiences on CML. The respondents of this study were enrolled in the Master of Education in English as a Second Language (M.Ed.-ESL) course. Before distributing the questions, the researcher explained the features of CML. She, then, proceeded to secure their consent. After which, she coded and extracted the sub-themes and themes. These were collated, categorized in a matrix, and validated. Verbatim statements to support the results were provided. Results showed the themes on challenges are internet connectivity, online tools and gadgets, motivation, emotional and mental health, limited interaction, environmental distractions, physical wellness, time management, and access to learning resources. Themes on collaboration showed that the participants work and interact through online applications and tools, adjust to peers’ schedules, and provide mutual peer support. The results also showed challenges even while they were collaborating such as internet connectivity, unfamiliar forms of class participation, untimely feedback, among others. This study furnished valuable insights in overcoming the difficulties that students encounter in CML especially on the affective aspect of the CML. This should improve collaboration between the mentors and the students, and among the students themselves, which could be beneficial in adapting to this new setup. An audit of CML tools describing how to navigate CML could assist the teachers and students to overcome the challenges, especially on collaboration, and banish a sense of isolation that is posed by this mode of learning

Beyond the Classroom: Using Google Sites as a Supplementary Material to Improve the Learners’ English Academic Performance

The present study investigated the common challenges of learners in the new mode of learning and their frequency, if there would be a significant difference in the performance of the participants after using Google Sites, the acceptability of the Google Sites in terms of its content quality, instructional quality, and technical quality, and the experience of the respondents in using Beyond the Classroom as supplementary material for the Third Quarter. This action research used the survey questionnaires, evaluation tool, pre-tests, and posttest as instruments in answering the research questions. Respondents were 15 Grade 8 High School learners who have internet access. Results indicated always and sometimes characterized their experience on challenges such as understanding the lessons after reading the discussion found in the modules and that there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores for lessons that are easy for them to understand and learn alone. Results also revealed that Beyond the Classroom is very acceptable in terms of its content, instructional, and technical quality, and respondents found it helpful in understanding their lessons. Finally, this study showed that learners struggle to cope with the changes in the new normal, and online supplementary material helps them understand their lessons and activities for the Third Quarter of the academic year 2021-2022

Green functions for generalized point interactions in 1D: A scattering approach

Recently, general point interactions in one dimension has been used to model a large number of different phenomena in quantum mechanics. Such potentials, however, requires some sort of regularization to lead to meaningful results. The usual ways to do so rely on technicalities which may hide important physical aspects of the problem. In this work we present a new method to calculate the exact Green functions for general point interactions in 1D. Our approach differs from previous ones because it is based only on physical quantities, namely, the scattering coefficients, $R$ and $T$, to construct $G$. Renormalization or particular mathematical prescriptions are not invoked. The simple formulation of the method makes it easy to extend to more general contexts, such as for lattices of $N$ general point interactions; on a line; on a half-line; under periodic boundary conditions; and confined in a box.Comment: Revtex, 9 pages, 3 EPS figures. To be published in PR

Tannic acid is not mutagenic in germ cells but weakly genotoxic in somatic cells of Drosophila melanogaster

Tannic acid (TA) was tested for genotoxic activity in three different assays (1-3) in Drosophila melanogaster by feeding of larvae or adult flies. TA did not induce sex-linked recessive lethals (1) nor sex-chromosome loss, mosaicism or non-disjunction (2) in male germ cells. In the wing somatic mutation and recombination test (SMART) (3) TA was found to be toxic for larvae of the high bioactivation cross and produced a weak positive response. These results suggest that this compound, when administered orally to larvae or adults of D.melanogaster, is not mutagenic and clastogenic in male germ cells, but weakly genotoxic in somatic cells of the wing imaginal dis

Los programas de gobierno como estrategia para mejorar el sector del transporte urbano en Villavicencio

Planning of urban public transport as part of government plans of the candidates for mayor of Villavicencio. In recent years the city has had an important growth driver (the road network has been modified with the construction of new roads) that has a development perspective . However , this growth has come at the expense in terms of the strategies presented in the government’s plans do not meet the purpose of efficiency and effectiveness. As proposed methodology is to perform an evaluation sheet to analyze performance indicators strategies to improve urban transport service within government plansin the last three administrations and as a result it is to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of service considering that this is an important economic resource for the region and represents an important service to improve the welfare of the community.La planificación del transporte público urbano forma parte de los planes de gobierno de los aspirantes a la alcaldía de Villavicencio. Durante los últimos años la cuidad ha tenido un crecimiento vial importante (la malla vial se ha modificado con la construcción de nuevas vías) que ha dado una perspectiva de desarrollo. Sin embargo, este crecimiento ha venido en detrimento en cuanto las estrategias presentadas en los planes de gobierno no cumplen con el propósito de eficiencia y eficacia. Como metodología propuesta se pretende realizar una ficha evaluativa, para analizar con indicadores de cumplimiento las estrategias para mejorar el servicio de transporte urbano dentro de los planes de gobierno en las tres últimas administraciones y como resultado se pretende evaluar la eficiencia y la eficacia en el servicio considerando que éste es una fuente económica importante para la región y representa un servicio importante para mejorar el bienestar de la comunidad

Escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) de la Orinoquía colombiana

The colombian Orinoco basin has registered 105 dung beetle species. Our study added 25 new records to the list of colombian dung beetles published in 2001. These new records are mainly attributed to the field expeditions of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute (IAvH) completed in the last few years to El Tuparro Natural National Park and the Mataven forest. Despite the low-sampling efforts for dung beetles in the colombian Orinoco basin, 35 % of the registered species for the country come from this region.Se registran 105 especies de escarabajos coprófagos para la región de la Orinoquía colombiana. Con el presente trabajo, 25 nuevos registros son agregados al listado de escarabajos de Colombia publicado en el 2001. Estos nuevos registros para la región vienen principalmente de expediciones que realizó el Instituto Alexander von Humboldt en los últimos años al Parque Natural Nacional El Tuparro y la selva de Matavén. A pesar de que la Orinoquía no ha sido muy muestreada en este grupo de insectos, el 35 % de las especies registradas para el país provienen de la región Orinoquía

Escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) de la OrinoquÍa colombiana

Se registran 105 especies de escarabajos coprófagos para la región de la Orinoquia colombiana. Con el presente trabajo, 25 nuevos registros son agregados al listado de escarabajos de Colombia publicado en el 2001. Estos nuevos registros para la región vienen principalmente de expediciones que realizó el Instituto Alexander von Humboldt en los últimos años al Parque Natural Nacional El Tuparro y la selva de Matavén. A pesar de que la Orinoquia no ha sido muy muestreada en este grupo de insectos, el 35% de las especies registradas para el país provienen de la región Orinoquia./The Colombian Orinoco Basin has registered 105 dung beetle species. Our study added 25 new records to the list of Colombian dung beetles published in 2001. These new records are mainly attributed to the field expeditions of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute (IAvH) completed in the last few years to El Tuparro Natural National Park and the Mataven forest. Despite the low-sampling efforts for dung beetles in the Colombian Orinoco Basin, 35% of the registered species for the country come from this region

Escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) de la Orinoquía colombiana

The colombian Orinoco basin has registered 105 dung beetle species. Our study added 25 new records to the list of colombian dung beetles published in 2001. These new records are mainly attributed to the field expeditions of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute (IAvH) completed in the last few years to El Tuparro Natural National Park and the Mataven forest. Despite the low-sampling efforts for dung beetles in the colombian Orinoco basin, 35 % of the registered species for the country come from this region