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The Relationship of Christian Education to Adolescent Students\u27 Biblical Worldview
Our worldview affects all things in our lives – even our education. Every education has a founding premise or bias which either espouses a biblical worldview or does not. In addition to the factual content, it is typically delivered or taught by someone with a particular premise or bias. Perspectives vary from person to person, and therefore, so can what they believe to be true. The need for true knowledge to be imparted in an absolutely true context is necessary. Thus, there is the need for a biblical worldview to be established. This study is aimed at assessing the relationship, if any, between Christian education and the biblical worldview of adolescents attending a Christian school by assessing their worldview utilizing the Raymond Meyer Worldview Assessment Instrument. It is an important study because it has the potential to highlight variables which can be related to fostering a biblical worldview within the next generation – a prime target of the Christian faith. This non-experimental, correlational quantitative study will survey 208 students enrolled in a Christian school throughout three states. A linear regression will be used to assess the relationship between adolescents’ biblical worldviews to time enrolled in Christian education. The outcome of the study did reveal a statistically significant relationship between the two variables. The study concludes that evaluation of such relative variables is important to add to the body of literature surrounding the formation of a biblical worldview and the process of Christian education. However, further research should continue to be done to deeper determine other significant variables which impact fostering a biblical worldview
Hyperfine Structure Constants of Sc I and Sc II with Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
We report new experimental hyperfine structure (HFS) constants of neutral and
singly ionized scandium (Sc I and Sc II). We observed spectra of Sc-Ar and
Sc-Ne hollow cathode discharges in the region 200-2500 nm (50,000-4000
cm) using Fourier transform spectrometers. The measurements show
significant HFS patterns in 1431 spectral lines fitted in our 12 spectra given
in Table 1. These were fitted using the computer package Xgremlin to determine
the magnetic dipole hyperfine interaction constant (A) for 185 levels in Sc i
and 6 levels in Sc II, of which 80 Sc I levels had no previous measurements.
The uncertainty in the HFS A constant is between 1 10 and 5
10 cm.Comment: 13 pages, 2 Figures, 5 Table
Transport Properties of a spinon Fermi surface coupled to a U(1) gauge field
With the organic compound -(BEDT-TTF)-Cu(CN) in mind, we
consider a spin liquid system where a spinon Fermi surface is coupled to a U(1)
gauge field. Using the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism, we derive
the Quantum Boltzmann Equation (QBE) for this system. In this system, however,
one cannot a priori assume the existence of Landau quasiparticles. We show that
even without this assumption one can still derive a linearized equation for a
generalized distribution function. We show that the divergence of the effective
mass and of the finite temperature self-energy do not enter these transport
coefficients and thus they are well-defined. Moreover, using a variational
method, we calculate the temperature dependence of the spin resistivity and
thermal conductivity of this system.Comment: 12 page
The role of non-scholar organisations in environmental education: a case study from Portugal
The aim of this study was to identify, characterise, collect and systematise data on initiatives of environmental education in Portugal. Currently, there is no integrated governmental program on environmental education in this country, but only unrelated voluntary initiatives. Although surveys indicated a growing concern by young people on environmental issues, systematic studying on the issue was lacking. The field seemed to be characterised by wide diversity and disperse voluntary action by non-governmental agents and self-mobilised teachers. In the context of the Decade Dedicated to Education for Sustainable Development of UNESCO, governmental and non-governmental organisations dedicated to the environment now have a new opportunity to enhance and coordinate contributions to make environmental issues a priority for the next generation
Configuration space connectivity across the fragile to strong transition in silica
We present a numerical analysis for SiO_2 of the fraction of diffusive
direction f_diff for temperatures T on both sides of the fragile-to-strong
crossover. The T-dependence of f_diff clearly reveals this change in dynamical
behavior. We find that for T above the crossover (fragile region) the system is
always close to ridges of the potential energy surface (PES), while below the
crossover (strong region), the system mostly explores the PES local minima.
Despite this difference, the power law dependence of f_diff on the diffusion
constant, as well as the power law dependence of f_diff on the configurational
entropy, shows no change at the fragile to strong crossover
Linear stability analysis of capillary instabilities for concentric cylindrical shells
Motivated by complex multi-fluid geometries currently being explored in
fibre-device manufacturing, we study capillary instabilities in concentric
cylindrical flows of fluids with arbitrary viscosities, thicknesses,
densities, and surface tensions in both the Stokes regime and for the full
Navier--Stokes problem. Generalizing previous work by Tomotika (N=2), Stone &
Brenner (N=3, equal viscosities) and others, we present a full linear stability
analysis of the growth modes and rates, reducing the system to a linear
generalized eigenproblem in the Stokes case. Furthermore, we demonstrate by
Plateau-style geometrical arguments that only axisymmetric instabilities need
be considered. We show that the N=3 case is already sufficient to obtain
several interesting phenomena: limiting cases of thin shells or low shell
viscosity that reduce to N=2 problems, and a system with competing breakup
processes at very different length scales. The latter is demonstrated with full
3-dimensional Stokes-flow simulations. Many cases remain to be
explored, and as a first step we discuss two illustrative cases,
an alternating-layer structure and a geometry with a continuously varying
viscosity
Psychological targeting as an effective approach to digital mass persuasion
People are exposed to persuasive communication across many different contexts: governments, companies, and political parties use persuasive appeals to encourage people to eat healthier, purchase a particular product, or vote for a specific candidate. Laboratory studies show that such persuasive appeals are more effective in influencing behavior when they are tailored to individuals’ unique psychological characteristics. Yet, the investigation of large-scale psychological persuasion in the real world has been hindered by the questionnaire-based nature of psychological assessment. Recent research, however, shows that people’s psychological characteristics can be accurately predicted from their digital footprints, such as their Facebook Likes or Tweets. Capitalizing on this new form of psychological assessment from digital footprints, we test the effects of psychological persuasion on people’s actual behavior in an ecologically valid setting. In three field experiments that reached over 3.5 million individuals with psychologically-tailored advertising, we find that matching the content of persuasive appeals to individuals’ psychological characteristics significantly altered their behavior as measured by clicks and purchases. Persuasive appeals that were matched to people’s extraversion or openness-to-experience level resulted in up to 40% more clicks and up to 50% more purchases than their mismatching or un-personalized counterparts. Our findings suggest that the application of psychological targeting makes it possible to influence the behavior of large groups of people by tailoring persuasive appeals to the psychological needs of the target audiences. We discuss both the potential benefits of this method for helping individuals make better decisions and the potential pitfalls related to manipulation and privacy
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