Sacred Business: Outlining Business as Mission for the Fulfillment of the Great Commission

Business as Mission (BAM) is the operation of a for-profit business located in a cross-cultural setting and aimed toward the fulfillment of the great commission. This definition reveals four key success factors for BAM: support, financial and otherwise, for both the business and the missionaries; the ability to gain access to cross-cultural settings; the opportunity to advance the gospel; and the requirement of managing both missional and business goals. Examining each of these areas, along with the historical effectiveness of BAM, reveals that BAM is an efficient and effective missional strategy, which should be used to see the Great Commission fulfilled by current generations

Deed - Eli Jackson and Martin Jackson to John Closner, Porcion 71, original grantee Narciso Cavazos

From the John Closner and Family Collection, folder contains 1) envelope and 2) handwritten document detailing the Warranty Deed from Eli and Martin Jackson to John Closner, including official recording with Hidalgo County Court signature and embossed seal. Deed - Eli Jackson and Martin Jackson to John Closner, Porcion 71, original grantee Narciso Cavazos, 1894, Container: 39, Box: 1, Folder: 28. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus. https://archives.lib.utrgv.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/80742https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/hidalgohist/1013/thumbnail.jp

Deed - Eli Jackson, et al. to John Closner, Porcion 71, original grantee Narciso Cavazos

From John Closner and Family Collection, contains handwritten notes and official warranty deed documentation between the Jackson family and John Closner. Deed - Eli Jackson, et al. to John Closner, Porcion 71, original grantee Narciso Cavazos, 1862, 1892-1903, Container: 39, Box: 2, Folder: 3. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus. https://archives.lib.utrgv.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/80754https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/hidalgohist/1015/thumbnail.jp

Effects of Urbanization on Stream Flashiness in the I-85 Corridor of the Southeastern Piedmont

The metro areas of the southeastern Piedmont are rapidly expanding, bringing changes to the hydrology of the watersheds within them. Increased urbanization can have significant effects on stream hydrology within a watershed, including large fluctuations of flow in streams referred to as “stream flashiness”. Increased stream flashiness has numerous consequences, including water quality degradation, flooding, and destruction of aquatic habitats. This thesis quantifies stream flashiness in urban and rural streams and investigates the relationship between flashiness and watershed land cover, particularly the amount and spatial distribution of impervious surfaces. Results show a strong relationship between urbanization and peak flows, but indicate that the underlying geology and other natural/anthropogenic factors complicate the relationship between R-B index and percent impervious surface cover. Results also indicate regional patterns within the southeastern Piedmont, most notably flashier streams in North Carolina compared to Georgia

Release of mortgage - Bloomberg and Raphael to Eli Jackson

From John Closner and Family Collection, contains 1) Handwritten promissory note dated 24 February 1891 signed by Elie (sic) Jackson in the amount of $506.65 to Bloomberg and Raphael, Brownsville, Texas. 2) handwritten release of mortgage filed and recorded 4 December 1896 in Hidalgo County, Texas. Release of mortgage - Bloomberg and Raphael to Eli Jackson, 1891-1896, Container: 39, Box: 1, Folder: 29. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus. https://archives.lib.utrgv.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/80743https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/hidalgohist/1014/thumbnail.jp

Progress on Gust Load Alleviation Wind Tunnel Experiment and Aeroservoelastic Model Validation for a Flexible Wing with Variable Camber Continuous Trailing Edge Flap System

This paper discusses a wind tunnel experiment of active gust load alleviation of a flexible wing which took place at University of Washington (UW) in 2019. The experiment performed under a NASA SBIR contract with Scientific Systems Company, Inc (SSCI). The objective of the experiment is to demonstrate active controls of the Variable Camber Continuous Trailing Edge Flap (VCCTEF) system for gust load alleviation and real-time drag optimization. The wind tunnel model is a 8.2% sub-scale Common Research Model (CRM) wing. The wing structure is designed to provide a substantial degree of flexibility to represent that of a modern high-aspect ratio wing. Eight active control surfaces are employed in the VCCTEF. A new gust generator system was designed and installed by UW under a sub-contract with SSCI. The first test entry started in July 2019 and ended in September 2019. During this test entry, many significant issues were found with the hardware and software. The significant issues with the servos prevented the test objective from being completed. A follow-up second test entry in 2020 is being planned. The wing system is being repaired by SSCI. This paper reports on the progress of this experimental effort and the aeroservoelastic (ASE) model validation which was conducted during the test entry

Agricultural data management and sharing: Best practices and case study

Agricultural data are crucial to many aspects of production, commerce, and research involved in feeding the global community. However, in most agricultural research disciplines standard best practices for data management and publication do not exist. Here we propose a set of best practices in the areas of peer review, minimal dataset development, data repositories, citizen science initiatives, and support for best data management. We illustrate some of these best practices with a case study in dairy agroecosystems research. While many common, and increasingly disparate data management and publication practices are entrenched in agricultural disciplines, opportunities are readily available for promoting and adopting best practices that better enable and enhance data-intensive agricultural research and production

Advances in high-pressure laser floating zone growth: the Laser Optical Kristallmacher II

The optical floating zone crystal growth technique is a well-established method for obtaining large, high-purity single crystals. While the floating zone method has been constantly evolving for over six decades, the development of high-pressure (up to 1000 bar) growth systems has only recently been realized via the combination of laser-based heating sources with an all-metal chamber. While our inaugural high-pressure laser floating zone furnace design demonstrated the successful growth of new volatile and metastable phases, the furnace design faces several limitations with imaging quality, heating profile control, and chamber cooling power. Here, we present a second-generation design of the high-pressure laser floating zone furnace, "Laser Optical Kristallmacher II" (LOKII), and demonstrate that this redesign facilitates new advances in crystal growth by highlighting several exemplar materials: ${\alpha}$-Fe$_2$O$_3$, $\beta$-Ga$_2$O$_3$, and La$_2$CuO$_{4+{\delta}}$. Notably, for La$_2$CuO$_{4+{\delta}}$, we demonstrate the feasibility and long-term stability of traveling solvent floating zone growth under a record pressure of 700 bar.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figure