My Memory Scrapbook

Student generated description: A by month scrapbook that showcases my experience through a pandemic. I started off with the month of March because that is when my life started to be affected by COVID-19

Ministry Without Borders: Insights from the New Testament

On the basis of the evidences surveyed above, although there is functional distinction among the laos of God, if we consider the body imagery given to the church and the variety of spiritual gifts (Romans 12; 1 Corinthians 12–14 and Ephesians 4), there should be no status, gender, class or hierarchical distinction, because all believers and ministries are equal before God (Acts 10:34; Galatians 3:26–28). While the clergy/ laity hierarchical distinction is embedded and assumed in religious circles, it cannot be found in the New Testament. Rather than being the activity of a spiritual aristocracy or the work of a professional class, ministry in all its aspects should be the lifestyle, responsibility and privilege of every believer

Racial Disparity on Holding Penalties in the NFL

Numerous studies have identified and analyzed the existence and impact of racial discrimination on different aspects of United States culture, including the criminal justice system and professional sporting associations. For example, in the criminal justice system, research has found that minorities are more likely to experience a search of their vehicle during a traffic stop especially if the police officer is of a different race than the motorist. This analysis of racial bias can be applied to professional sporting associations, where split-second decisions are made which allows for the possibility of racial discrimination. In the NBA, research has found that referees are more likely to call a penalty against a player of a different race than their own. Evidence of racial bias has also been found in the MLB, NCAA, and NFL. In the NFL, racial bias has been analyzed in several aspects of the association, including fines, disciplinary action, and hiring of head coaches. While several studies have been conducted in these aspects of the NFL, only a few studies have analyzed the possible existence of racial bias in regard to holding penalties. These studies found no statistically significant impacts of racial bias in holding penalties. However, there are identifiable issues with these studies including outdated data and limited sample size. This allows for the possibility of repeated research to be conducted to confirm or deny the findings of these studies and identify whether racial discrimination does exist in regard to holding penalties in the NFL.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/fsrs2021/1017/thumbnail.jp

Obesity‐associated mutant melanocortin‐4 receptors with normal Gαs coupling frequently exhibit other discoverable pharmacological and biochemical defects

Mutations in the melanocortin‐4 receptor (MC4R) are the most common cause of early syndromic obesity known. Most of these mutations result in a loss of protein expression, α‐melanocyte‐stimulating hormone binding, receptor trafficking or coupling to the stimulatory G‐protein, Gαs. However, approximately 26% of the obesity‐associated mutations characterised to date exhibit none of these pharmacological defects. In the present study, we investigated seven of these apparently normal mutant MC4R in more detail and found that the majority (five of the seven) exhibit marked defects including defective binding of another endogenous melanocortin ligand, defective glycosylation, and defective recruitment of β‐arrestin. These data provide support for two hypotheses: (i) that the majority of these rare, obesity‐associated mutations are likely defective and causative of obesity and (ii) that β‐arrestin recruitment is a valuable marker of normal MC4R function. Recent work has demonstrated a statistical correlation between the efficacy of β‐arrestin recruitment to the MC4R and body mass index; however, the data reported here demonstrate both decreased and increased β‐arrestin signalling in obesity‐associated MC4R mutations.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/152000/1/jne12795_am.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/152000/2/jne12795-sup-0001-FigS1-S4.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/152000/3/jne12795.pd

The Will and the Skill in Education for Sustainability

Sustainability is possibly the biggest critique that fashion education has ever known. By its nature connecting a vast range of disciplines, fashion explores technical, philosophical, artistic and economic parameters within and beyond its material dimensions and might therefore challenge a broad range of societal practices. Design education more broadly, as with industry, is steadily taking on bold language around sustainability, but this is not always matched with deep change in disciplinary practice. Whilst new skills for sustainability are increasingly being endorsed as crucial for graduate employability by business and governmental agendas, those needed to shape a radically new kind of future are often poorly defined. This paper outlines research into ways in which the educational space might negotiate the needs of the present with the future using evidence from a university-business collaboration. It explores fashion’s potential to inform sustainability practice in relation to and beyond fashion education using analysis of participant interviews, curriculum creation and participant feedback to navigate relevant knowledge and values and their recognition in academic terms. It involves actors from a diverse student body, teaching staff as well as business practitioners. It will be of value to those interested in the transformation of education through sustainability, referencing a range of change levels identified through the research