The relationship between baptismal status and spiritual practices among committed Baptist youth

The empirical correlates of baptismal status raise intriguing questions for empirical theologians (does baptism make a measurable difference) and for social scientists (how does baptismal status function as an indictor of religiosity). The present study investigates these problems among a sample of 674 highly committed Christian adolescents participating in a weeklong youth mission and service event sponsored by the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches in Eastern Canada. In this sample, 72% had been baptised as an older child or adolescent, 13% had been baptised only as a baby before they were old enough to make a decision for themselves, and 15% had never been baptised. Multivariate analyses, controlling for sex and age differences and for maternal and paternal church attendance, found significant associations between baptismal status and spiritual practices. The status of never having been baptised is significantly associated with lower levels of church attendance, personal Bible reading, and personal prayer. The status of having been baptised only as a baby is significantly associated with lower levels of church attendance

Psychological type profile of religiously committed male and female Canadian Baptist youth: a study among participants at tidal impact

A sample of 479 female and 274 male religiously committed Canadian youth over the age of 11 years completed the Adolescent Form of the Francis Psychological Type Scales (FPTSA) within the context of a weeklong mission and service event sponsored by the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches. The data demonstrated strong preferences for intuition among both males (75%) and females (66%), and strong preferences for feeling among both males (86%) and females (92%). Females demonstrated stronger preferences for judging (61%) compared with males (39%). Both sexes demonstrated similar preferences for extraversion (52% among females and 49% among males). The most frequently occurring type among both males (22%) and females (20%) was ENFP. The implications of these findings are discussed for youth ministry and for potential recruitment into ordained ministry

Invertebrates Associated with the Thinstripe Hermit Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae) from the Barrier Islands of Mississippi

Hermit crabs, the gastropod shells that they inhabit, and associated epifauna constitute a motile microhabitat. Twenty-three macroscopic. epifaunal invertebrates were associated with the diogenid crab Clibanarius vittatus in Mississippi coastal waters. Epibiotic growth may discourage predation of the crab, reduce competition for the shells, or provide an advantage in agonistic shell interaction. In addition, the shell provides a hard substrate for settling and attachment of epifauna in an area that is largely devoid of hard substrate. Reduced sedimentation and prevention of shell burial, improved food availability, transport, and protection from predation may also be advantageous to the epizoans

Effects of magma chamber processes on water and H2O/Ce ratios in HIMU magmas from the Cook-Austral Islands : new insights from clinopyroxene phenocrysts

The HIMU mantle end member is characterized by a radiogenic Pb-isotopic composition and is thought to represent recycled oceanic crust. Therefore, the H2O content of HIMU mantle sources can provide constraints on the amount of H2O recycled into the deep mantle via subduction. Low H2O/Ce ratios (<100) have been reported for EM-type submarine quenched glasses, suggesting a relatively “dry” source [Dixon et al., 2002]. Olivine-hosted melt inclusions in HIMU lavas from Mangaia, Cook Islands have H2O/Ce ratios up to 245, suggesting a damp source [Cabral et al., 2014]. On the other hand, Jackson et al. [2015] reported low H2O/Ce ratios (<100) in submarine glasses from Tuvalu seamount with HIMU-like isotopic signatures. Hydrogen diffusion is rapid in olivine and could result in H2O loss or gain in olivine-hosted inclusions after entrapment. Hydrogen diffusion is slower in clinopyroxene than in olivine. Therefore, we measured H2O, major and trace elements of clinopyroxene phenocrysts in a suite of lavas from the Cook-Austral Islands. Calculated H2O concentrations and H2O/Ce ratios of melts in equilibrium with pyroxene phenocrysts range from 0.26 to 3.1 wt% and 78 to 304, respectively. H2O concentrations of melts in equilibrium with pyroxene phenocrysts are systematically higher than most olivine-hosted melt inclusions from the same samples. These observations suggest that olivine-hosted melt inclusions often experience post-entrapment H2O loss. Additionally, negative global correlations between H2O/Ce and Ce show that low H2O/Ce ratios are likely the result of high Ce rather than low H2O. Although open and closed system degassing models show little H2O loss at pressures greater than 10 to 50 MPa, there is a strong correlation between H2O/Ce and entrapment pressure in global OIB data. We propose H2O may be lost via “sparging” where CO2-rich vapors generated at high-pressures percolate through magmas at lower pressures, resulting in degassing trends that approach isopleths of constant CO2/H2O. Because most samples previously used to constrain H2O/Ce in different OIB mantle sources have low quench or entrapment pressures, previous estimates of H2O/Ce ratios in EM and HIMU mantle may be too low.Geological Science

Gentlemen and Scholars : College and Community in the Age of the University, 1865-1917

By W. Bruce Leslie, College at Brockport faculty member. A new look at the social and cultural roles of the American college after the Civil War. Historians have dubbed the period from the Civil War to World War I \u27the age of the university,\u27 suggesting that colleges were becoming out of touch with American society. Bruce Leslie however challenges this view through case studies of four representative colleges from the Middle Atlantic region-Bucknell, Franklin and Marshall, Princeton, and Swarthmore. Nineteenth-century colleges generally were founded to serve ethnic, denominational, and local interests. After mid-century, however, many were forced to seek financial support from wealthy alumni and urban benefactors, leading to the gradual reorientation of these schools toward an emerging national urban Protestant culture. Colleges therefore found it essential to respond to new currents in American society and higher education. Leslie develops his argument from a close study of faculties, curricula, financial constituencies, student bodies, and campus life.https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/bookshelf/1342/thumbnail.jp

A workbook of selected exercises in grammar and usage for sixth grade pupils with second grade reading ability.

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Sedimentology and geochemistry of the upper Triassic mercia mudstone group and marginal deposits, southwest Britain

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Continuous Gravitational Waves from Isolated Galactic Neutron Stars in the Advanced Detector Era

We consider a simulated population of isolated Galactic neutron stars. The rotational frequency of each neutron star evolves through a combination of electromagnetic and gravitational wave emission. The magnetic field strength dictates the dipolar emission, and the ellipticity (a measure of a neutron star's deformation) dictates the gravitational wave emission. Through both analytic and numerical means, we assess the detectability of the Galactic neutron star population and bound the magnetic field strength and ellipticity parameter space of Galactic neutron stars with or without a direct gravitational wave detection. While our simulated population is primitive, this work establishes a framework by which future efforts can be conducted.Comment: Accepted for publication by Physical Review D, 8 pages, 5 figure

Jeanette Banker (Class of \u2753), interviewed by Bruce Leslie

Jeanette Banker was in the SUNY Brockport Class of 1953. She studied in the Elementary Education program. In this program, she was placed at Brockport\u27s campus school as well as Rochester\u27s #35 school. She worked in the Rochester City School District for a short period before taking a position in SUNY Brockport\u27s campus school, and continued to work at SUNY Brockport until her retirement. Jeanette Banker passed away in February 2020

Synthesis and Characterization of Mixed Methyl/Allyl Monolayers on Si(111)

The formation of mixed methyl/allyl monolayers has been accomplished through a two-step halogenation/alkylation reaction on Si(111) surfaces. The total coverage of alkylated Si, the surface recombination velocities, and the degree of surface oxidation as a function of time have been investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and microwave conductivity measurements. The total coverage of alkyl groups, the rate of oxidation, and the surface recombination velocities of Si(111) terminated by mixed monolayers were found to be close to those observed for CH_3−Si(111) surfaces. Hence, the mixed-monolayer surfaces retained the beneficial properties of CH_3−Si(111) surfaces while allowing for convenient secondary surface functionalization