Religious commitment and behaviors of SPU students ​

The SPU Experience Project focuses on multiple aspects of identity development of students at a private religious institution. We developed the Adaptive Measure of Identity Statuses: Religion (AMIS-R) to assess the process of religious identity formation, which allows for change between identity statuses. We examined the convergent validity of the AMIS-R with the Duke University Religion Index (DUREL) which measures religious behaviors, public, and private involvement. We added to the DUREL the factor Experience of the Divine to measure internal feelings of divine presence. By combining these measures, we can assess the relationship between the process of religious identity formation in relation to religious behaviors and experiences. Data was collected via Qualtrics with a sample of SPU undergraduates from a variety of majors (N = 232) with the following Demographic characteristics: age 18-38 (M = 19.2), cis female = 77.7%, cis male = 14.9%, other genders = 7.4%, POC = 47.8%, White = 52.2%, religious = 55.4%, spiritual = 29.7%, none = 14.9%. We found that the items we developed for both scales were reliable and had strong convergent validity. The AMIS-R Future Change subscale and all DUREL subscales had the strongest correlations, suggesting that SPU students are very active in the process of changing their beliefs and behaviors concerning religion. Additionally, high religious commitment scores were associated with more openness to change and critical thinking, suggesting that students may consider these kinds of explorations necessary in order to make religious commitments

Associations between diverse learning environment & ethnic identity: The SPU experience project​

The SPU Experience Project emphasizes multiple aspects of identity development of students in our institution. As part of this project, we developed the Adaptive Measure of Identity Statuses: Ethnicity (AMIS-E) which assesses ethnic identity development and its impact. To understand how ethnic identity impacts the SPU Experience, in particular, we used the Diverse Learning Environment Measure (DLE) to test the fit of SPU’s environment with the ethnic minority identity. The combination of these measures allows us to see the connection between ethnic identity exploration in relation to the presence of a diverse learning environment (e.g., peer interactions, experiences of discrimination, and access to campus resources). This connection is especially important during the Emerging Adulthood stage in which students explore their ethnic identity options to form enduring identity commitments. Data was collected from a sample of SPU\u27s undergraduate students: (N=232; White=31%; POC=50% (Native American=0.9%, Hispanic/Latino=9%, Middle Eastern=0.9%, Asian=19%, Black=6%, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander=0.4%, Multiracial=13%; Missing=19%). Results show that POC students scored higher on the AMIS-E than their White counterparts; indicating higher levels of exploration and commitment to their ethnic identity. However, the negative correlations between the perceived level of diverse learning environment and ethnic identity commitment and exploration indicates that the current state of SPU’s diversity environment may not foster the ethnic identity development of students of color

Marejadas rurales y luchas por la vida, vol. iv: permanencias, resistencias y luchas por la vida

Volumen 4. Permanencias, resistencias y luchas por la vida, coordinado por: Elisabeth A. Mager Hois, Miguel Ángel Paz Frayre y Carla Zamora Lomelí, integra 15 capítulos y está dividido en tres secciones, la primera denominada Permanencia, contiene 5 capítulos que intentan establecer como eje común la lucha continua en las comunidades campesinas para continuar con la vida rural. La segunda, Identidad y resistencia, está compuesta por 4 capítulos que reflexionan sobre varios procesos de resistencia de la vida rural ante los cambios globales e internos en su propio proceso de vida, otros trabajos intentan encontrar aquellos elementos que generan y mantienen alguna forma de identidad, y la tercera sección, Lucha por la vida, contiene 6 trabajos que demuestran todas aquellas posibilidades que existen en el medio rural para sostenerse y mantenerse, generando diferentes formas y estrategias que los une en la continua lucha por vivir con pocas pretensiones y con difíciles perspectivas pero siempre encontrando alternativas.ASOCIACIÓN MEXICANA DE ESTUDIOS RURALES, INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y RURALES (ICAR), UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA, FACULTAD DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES ACATLÁN-UNAM, ECOSUR, CUCOSTA SUR GRANA, EL COLEGIO DE MICHOACÁN A.C., UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLAS HIDALG

Recent results on heavy-ion induced reactions of interest for neutrinoless double beta decay at INFN-LNS

Abstract. The possibility to use a special class of heavy-ion induced direct reactions, such as double charge exchange reactions, is discussed in view of their application to extract information that may be helpful to determinate the nuclear matrix elements entering in the expression of neutrinoless double beta decay halflife. The methodology of the experimental campaign presently running at INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud is reported and the experimental challenges characterizing such activity are describe

Otra nueva especie de Agave (Agavaceae) del estado de Jalisco, Mexico

Two taxa are cited in this paper, that belongs to the Agave L. genus, described in Mexico, Agave valenciana Cházaro & A. Vázquez and Agave vazquezgarciae Chazaro & Lomeli.Damos noticia de dos especies nuevas descritas recientemente del género Agave L. en México, Agave valenciana Cházaro & A. Vázquez y Agave vazquezgarciae Chazaro & Lomeli

Recent results on heavy-ion induced reactions of interest for neutrinoless double beta decay at INFN-LNS

The possibility to use a special class of heavy-ion induced direct reactions, such as double charge exchange reactions, is discussed in view of their application to extract information that may be helpful to determinate the nuclear matrix elements entering in the expression of neutrinoless double beta decay half-life. The methodology of the experimental campaign presently running at INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud is reported and the experimental challenges characterizing such activity are described

The NUMEN Heavy Ion Multidetector for a Complementary Approach to the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

International audienceNeutrinos are so far the most elusive known particles, and in the last decades many sophisticated experiments have been set up in order to clarify several questions about their intrinsic nature, in particular their masses, mass hierarchy, intrinsic nature of Majorana or Dirac particles. Evidence of the Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay (NDBD) would prove that neutrinos are Majorana particles, thus improving the understanding of the universe itself. Besides the search for several large underground experiments for the direct experimental detection of NDBD, the NUMEN experiment proposes the investigation of a nuclear mechanism strongly linked to this decay: the Double Charge Exchange reactions (DCE). As such reactions share with the NDBD the same initial and final nuclear states, they could shed light on the determination of the Nuclear Matrix Elements (NMEs), which play a relevant role in the decay. The physics of DCE is described elsewhere in this issue, while the focus of this paper will be on the challenging experimental apparatus currently under construction in order to fulfil the requirements of the NUMEN experiment. The overall structure of the technological improvement to the cyclotron, along with the newly developed detection systems required for tracking and identifying the reaction products and their final excitation level are described