God’s Plea for Trust

God’s relationship with God’s people can be organized around the idea that God asks his people for trust. After noting the lack of trust in many aspects of modern culture, the thesis turns to scripture for models of trust. Abraham, Joseph, and Job are put forward from the Old Testament, and Jesus’ actions toward his followers are discussed from the New Testament. Trust is discussed as a virtue, and the notion that trust requires a supernatural hope is treated. Self-abandonment and the Eucharist are suggested as spiritual remedies for distrust

Recognition of and Attitudes Toward, Intimate Partner Violence Among Sampled University Students

The purpose of this research was to further explore university students\u27 recognition of instances of intimate partner violence and their attitudes toward this issue. A total of 382 male and female university students from a mid-sized public university participated in the survey. Findings show that 97% of participants were able to accurately identify the scenario that did not depict intimate partner violence, however rates of recognition ranged from 51% to 90% for scenarios that did depict IPV. Through an independent t-test, this research found that there was a significant difference when comparing male and female students\u27 ability to accurately recognize scenarios of intimate partner violence. Female participants were more likely to accurately identify scenarios, compared to male participants. This research found that negative attitudes toward intimate partner violence were common among participants, at least 75% of participants disagreed to all statements that depicted abusive and violent behaviors. Sixty-two percent of participants believed that their specific university had resources available for victims of IPV, however 63% of participants were unable to identify any of those resources

Sensorbasierte Analyse des Fress- und Wiederkauverhaltens von Kühen

In dieser Arbeit wurden Untersuchungen zur Ontogenese des Fressverhaltens von Milchkühen durchgeführt und zwei mitentwickelte Sensorsysteme zur Überwachung des tierindividuellen Fress- und Wiederkauverhaltens wissenschaftlich bewertet. Das Fressverhalten erstlaktierender Kühen unterschied sich deutlich von dem älterer Kühe. Besonders große Unterschiede fanden sich hier in der Fressgeschwindigkeit, die bei älteren Kühen deutlich größer war. Auch die Fresszeit unterschied sich deutlich zwischen Jung- und Altkühen, allerdings nicht im gleichen Maß wie die Fressgeschwindigkeit. Zur Überwachung des Fress-und Wiederkauverhaltens wurden zwei verschiedene sensorbasierte Systeme eingesetzt. Das RFID-basiertes System erwies sich bei der Erfassung des Fressverhaltens als ungeeignet aufgrund des großen infrastrukturellen Aufwands und der unzureichenden Erfassung der Tiere am Fressgitter. Dennoch konnten vergleichbare Ergebnisse mit der Literatur bei der Charakterisierung des Fressverhaltens erzielt werden. Auch konnten Unterschiede im Fressverhalten zwischen gesunden und auffälligen Kühen festgestellt werden. Das elektromyographiebasierte Sensorsystem erwies sich als gut geeignet, um das tierindividuelle Wiederkauverhalten zu erfassen und zu analysieren. Anhand der Detailanalyse der Signale konnte ein Wiederkaukriterium, ähnlich dem Mahlzeitenkriterium, ermittelt werden. Des Weiteren zeigten sich die Vorteile im Abgleich mit den RFID-basierten Wiegetrögen. Letztere weisen in den Fresszeiten Ungenauigkeiten auf, da sie die tatsächliche Maulaktivität nicht erfassen können. Trotzdem sind sie wichtig, da die quantitative Erfassung der Futteraufnahme mit anderen Systemen derzeit nicht möglich ist und die gezeigten Zusammenhänge zwischen Fress- und Wiederkauverhalten zu stark variieren, um allgemeingültige Aussagen zur Menge des aufgenommenen Futters zu treffen. An dieser Stelle müssen weitere Forschungsvorhaben ansetzen.In this work the ontogenesis of feeding behavior of dairy cows was investigated and two co-developed sensor systems for monitoring feeding and ruminating scientifically evaluated. It appears that the feeding behavior of first-lactation cows significantly differs from that of older cows. Particularly noticeable differences were found for the feeding speed, which was much higher for older cows. The feeding times of young and old cows differed as well, but to a lesser extent. In order to monitor feeding and ruminating two different sensor-based systems wer used. It turned out that the RFID-based system is a rather unfit choice due to its extensive infrastructure requirements and the insufficient registration of the animals at the feed fence. However, measured results are comparable to those found in previous studies of typical feeding behavior. In addition, differences in the behavioral patterns of healthy cows and of ailing cows were noted. The electromyography-based sensor system appears to be quite suitable for documenting and evaluating animal-specific rumination patterns. Based on the detailed analysis of the signals, it was possible to determine a rumination variable, similar to the meals variable. This approach is also advantageous compared to the RFID-based weighing troughs in that the latter suffer from inaccuracies in the feeding times due to their inability to measure actual mouth activity. Nevertheless, these RFID-based systems play an important role as they currently provide the only option for quantitative measurements of feed intake. Furthermore, the noted correlations between feeding and rumination patterns vary too much to allow absolute statements on the amount of feed intake. Additional studies will have to explore these issues further

Circuit design for electronic instrumentation : analog and digital devices from sensor to display

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An Investigation of Electrical Conductivity of Steroids

The electrical conductivity of sixteen steroids in the solid state was measured as a function of temperature. While too small to measure at room temperature, the exponential increase in conductivity with temperature can be determined at elevated temperatures (70° - 130°C). Most steroids tested had a conductivity of 10(-13) to 10(-15) ohm(-1) cm(-1) at 100°C and an activation energy of 2 to 4 ev. It it concluded that the observed conductivity is due to impurities. Exposure of keto steroids to iodine vapor results in unstable colored compounds, probably charge transfer complexes, which in some cases have a conductivity as high as 10(-4) ohm(-1) cm(-1)