Challies\u27 Visual theology: Seeing and understanding the truth about God (Book Review)

Challies, T., & Byers, J. (2016). Visual theology: Seeing and understanding the truth about God. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. 155 pp. $17.99. ISBN 978031052043

Wendell and Miller\u27s Torah ethics and early Christian identity (Book Review)

A review of Wendel, S. J., & Miller, D. M. (Eds.). (2016). Torah ethics and early Christian identity. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. 271 pp, $35.00. ISBN 978080287319

Bradley and Muller\u27s Church history: An introduction to research methods and resources, second edition (Book Review)

A review of Bradley, J. A., & Muller, R.A. (2016). Church history: An introduction to research methods and resources, second edition. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing. 214 pp. $30.00. ISBN 978080287405

The Emerging Role of the Sales Technologist

David J. Good, Ph.D., is professor of marketing, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids; MI 49504. Roberta J. Schultz, Ph.D., is associate professor of marketing, Western Michigan University, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Slave-Boson Functional-Integral Approach to the Hubbard Model with Orbital Degeneracy

A slave-boson functional-integral method has been developed for the Hubbard model with arbitrary, orbital degeneracy $D$. Its saddle-point mean-field theory is equivalent to the Gutzwiller approximation, as in the case of single-band Hubbard model. Our theory is applied to the doubly degenerate ($D = 2$) model, and numerical calculations have been performed for this model in the paramagnetic states. The effect of the exchange interaction on the metal-insulator (MI) transition is discussed. The critical interaction for the MI transition is analytically calculated as functions of orbital degeneracy and electron occupancy.Comment: Latex 20 pages, 9 figures available on request to [email protected] Note: published in J. Physical Society of Japan with some minor modification

PELATIHAN PENGELOLAAN MANAJEMEN PERPUSTAKAAN DAN PENINGKATAN MOTIVASI MINAT BACA SISWA DI DESA SLIWUNG

Tujuan kegiatan pengabdian salah satunya melalui pengelolaan manajemen perpustakaan di MI Draun Najah di Desa Sliwung yang baik diharapkan perpustakaan diminati siswa, dengan meningkatkan minat baca siswa-siswi, membantu menambah wawasan ilmu pengetahuan keterampilan serta nilai, sikap siswa-siswi dan Guru dalam kualitas mutu lulusan. Metode dalam pengabdian observasi, wawancara, sosialisasi dan menggunakan pendekatan partisipatoris pada warga, guru serta siswa-siswi di MI Darun Najah. Hasil pelaksaanaan kegiatan pengabdian pengelolaan manajemen perpustkaan di ikuti 15 dari mahasiswa PBPMD, 5 guru dan 1 pustakawan serta siswa-siswi di MI Darun Najah Desa Sliwung. Kepala sekolah beserta segenap guru pengajar di MI Darun Najah sangat senang sekali dengan adanya pengelolaan manajemen perpustakaan dalam pengelompokan buku pelajaran disesuaikan rumpun bidang keilmuan, pemberian kode atau buku induk buku pelajaran, pembuatan format peminjaman buku, pencatatan buku pembelajaran yang ada diperpustakaan ke buku besar sesuai bidang keilmuan dan buku tamu di perpustakaan, dekorasi perpustaakan untuk menarik siswa-siswi di sekolah MI Darun Najah Desa Sliwung. Dengan pengelolaan perpustakaan yang baik, dan adanya sosialisasi kepada siswa dan guru tentang manfaat perpustakaan, mereka mulai sedikit termotivasi dan berminat kembali untuk mengelola dan melestarikan budaya wajib membaca diperpustakaan sampai sekarang in

Spatio-Temporal Patterning in Primary Motor Cortex at Movement Onset

Voluntary movement initiation involves the engagement of large populations of motor cortical neurons around movement onset. Despite knowledge of the temporal dynamics that lead to movement, the spatial structure of these dynamics across the cortical surface remains unknown. In data from 4 rhesus macaques, we show that the timing of attenuation of beta frequency local field potential oscillations, a correlate of locally activated cortex, forms a spatial gradient across primary motor cortex (MI). We show that these spatio-temporal dynamics are recapitulated in the engagement order of ensembles of MI neurons. We demonstrate that these patterns are unique to movement onset and suggest that movement initiation requires a precise spatio-temporal sequential activation of neurons in MI

Looking Beyond the Millennium: Shifting Salesforce Priorities

Roberta J. Schultz, is an associate professor of marketing, Department of Marketing, Western Michigan University, Grand Rapids, MI