Far-infrared measurements of trace gases

A better detector system was developed for far infrared spectroscopy by usng cryogenic technology to cool bolometric detectors to approximately 0.4K. Technical assistance was provided to two submillimeter infrared balloon experiment (SIBEX) flights which demonstrated the diagnostic capability of far IR emission spectroscopy. It is estimated that more than a hundred spectral emission features were detected which are not due to the main emitting gases O3, O2, and H2O. The trace species sources for many features still remain unidentified and the spectra obtained during the SIBEX flights present a new source of information on stratospheric composition

The Move from \u3cem\u3eIs\u3c/em\u3e to \u3cem\u3eGood\u3c/em\u3e in Environmental Ethics

Moves from is to good—that is, principles that link fact to value—are fundamental to environmental ethics. The upshot is fourfold: (1) for nonanthropogenic goods, only those moves from is to good are defensible which conceive goodness as goodness for biotic entities; (2) goodness for nonsentient biotic entities is contribution to their autopoietic functioning; (3) biotic entities also function “exopoietically” to benefit related entities, and these exopoietic benefits are on average greater than their own goods; and (4) the most general is-to-good principles that are defensible (and hence the ones of greatest importance for environmental ethics) concern a realm of nonanthropogenic goodness that encompasses both living and nonliving nature

Faith Development Theory and a Developmental Approach to Spiritual Formation for the

The Church has a strong vision of the beginning of a life of faith as men and women come to Christ, but it lacks a framework and language to articulate the continued development, growth, and formation of faith over a lifetime. The result is a group of leaders and followers who lack direction to facilitate a deeper participation in and formation of life with God. The external tools provided by the church do not quench the questions of their inward reality. This leads to identifying faith as doing and believing the right things, on one hand, or becoming disillusioned on the other. This paper will explore the work of James Fowler’s Faith Development Theory as a way to understand how faith develops over time, through a series of transitions and stages, inviting a deeper embodiment that is supported by the larger community of faith. Embodiment believes everyday realities of life are the very place to participate in and with God’s work. This was the conviction of Saint Benedict of Nursia in the formation of his Rule and monastic communities, as well as in the formational and theological writings of N.T. Wright and Dallas Willard. The goal of this dissertation and the subsequent artifact is to help readers participate with God in the ongoing development and formation of their faith. Four companions of formation are offered to assist in this effort and awareness: engaging story, silence and solitude, understanding symbols and spiritual direction, and the place of community. The artifact for this dissertation is a curriculum designed to provide a process that honors different stages of faith and aids those in the local church to participate with God in their ongoing development and formation

Oral History Interview Metadata Form

A form created as part of the Oral History in the Liberal Arts (OHLA) Great Lakes College Association (GLCA) Andrew Mellon grant project

Crises and the Myth of the Money Supply

Money, credit and capital are three fundamental economic terms that every high school student, at least, should understand. Yet we live in a society that does not treasure clarity about itself. Power prefers obscurity. So not only do few high school students understand these concepts, but few PhDs in economics do either. If you learn anything from this article, at least I hope you will understand these three. If you already know, or think you do, what money, credit and capital are (readers of this journal should know these), perhaps nonetheless you will be somewhat surprised by the simplicity, clarity and power of my treatment of these basic concepts. Most importantly, understanding these better makes it much easier to understand why economic crises occur. These are not primarily caused by errors in government policy, but by the process of capitalist competition between bears and bulls, involving the conflicting interests of creditors and debtors. Strategic power in a capitalist economy rests with those who advance and withdraw credit at the highest levels

Archiving Oral Histories: A Practical Guide for Practitioners and Their Collaborators

This guide takes a technical approach to educating practitioners (faculty, students, local historians) about the collection, processing, hosting, access, and preservation of oral histories. These technical processes are a critical component to an oral history project because they provide the means to project, share, and distribute the important work narrators and interviewers do. Therefore this guide works in conjunction with other professional guides that emphasize the development of historically significant research questions, and the ethical and legal considerations of the project as a whole. A earlier version of this document was initially created for the Oral History in the Liberal Arts (OHLA) initiative, supported by the Great Lakes ‘Expanding Collaboration Initiative’ and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and made available under the title “OHLA Toolkit: Archiving Oral Histories from Start to Finish” (2017). Made available under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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Service-Learning Research for Development: An Option for the Poor in Practice through Social Analysis and Community Engagement

A group of faculty, staff and students from Creighton University conducted a research project using a strengths-based approach to create a community health needs assessment (CNHA) in the fall of 2017. The instruments, including a survey to determine health status, a focus group questionnaire, an environmental scan and an individual interview instrument, were developed to help shift the paradigm from which many international medical missions are conducted with Creighton’s community partner in the Dominican Republic, the Centro de Educación para la Salud Integral (CESI). In the process of creating, developing, implementing, assessing and reformulating this strength-based CHNA, researchers encountered both unexpected challenges and opportunities. Results showed that diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia were prevalent to a degree which suggests the charity model for a medical mission may not be sufficiently effective at preventing disease and may inhibit community agency. The goal was to encourage both individual and community agency through knowledge gleaned from the assessments. With better knowledge of the community, its strengths and deficiencies, both CESI and Creighton are better positioned to make an option for the poor in practice that will help reduce the prevalence of chronic disease and improve long term quality of life. This bi-national, bi-lingual and interdisciplinary research project was both an educational and cautionary tale