Research Publications: Recent submissions
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Examining Resiliency in Adolescent Refugees Through the Tree of Life Activity
(2019-06-20)Grounded in both resiliency science and positive youth development, the research team set out to understand the strengths and resources of adolescent refugees living in northeast Texas. In coordination with a local refugee ... -
Festivals, cultural intertextuality, and the Gospel of John's rhetoric of distance
(2011-04-11)Imperial and civic-religious festivals pervaded the late first-century city of Ephesus where John's Gospel was, if not written, at least read or heard. How did Jesus-believers as likely members of somewhat participationist ... -
Women, honor, and context in Mediterranean antiquity
(2008-01-14)Much has been written about how the social structures of honor and shame affected women in Mediterranean antiquity. Sometimes "honor and shame" are taken out of context and used as absolute opposites, an oversimplification. ... -
Diakonos and prostatis : Women's patronage in Early Christianity
(2005-10-09)In spite of numerous studies on the patronage system in Mediterranean antiquity, little attention has been paid to either how the patronage of women was part of the system or how it differed. In fact, there is substantial ... -
The New Testament teaching on family matters
(2006-09-28)The article shows that first-century urban Christian communities, such as those founded by Paul, brought in both whole families and individual women, slaves, and others. An example of an early Christian family can be seen ... -
Unexpected formation of 9,10-dibenzoylphenanthrene
(2002-11-21)When heated in the presence of atmospheric oxygen, either in diffuse room light or in the dark, phencyclone (1) undergoes autoxidation to afford 9,10-dibenzoylphenanthrene (3). The structure of 3 was elucidated via application ... -
The Fifteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release of MaNGA-derived Quantities, Data Visualization Tools, and Stellar Library
(2019-02-01)Twenty years have passed since first light for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Here, we release data taken by the fourth phase of SDSS (SDSS-IV) across its first three years of operation (2014 July-2017 July). This ... -
The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the Second Phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment
(2018-04-01)The fourth generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-IV) has been in operation since 2014 July. This paper describes the second data release from this phase, and the 14th from SDSS overall (making this Data Release ... -
A Chemical and Kinematical Analysis of the Intermediate-age Open Cluster IC 166 from APOGEE and Gaia DR2
(2018-09-01)IC 166 is an intermediate-age open cluster (OC) (~1 Gyr) that lies in the transition zone of the metallicity gradient in the outer disk. Its location, combined with our very limited knowledge of its salient features, make ... -
Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe
(2017-07-01)We describe the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV (SDSS-IV), a project encompassing three major spectroscopic programs. The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 (APOGEE-2) is observing hundreds of thousands ... -
Effects of Probiotic (Bifidobacterium longum 35624) Supplementation on Exercise Performance, Immune Modulation, and Cognitive Outlook in Division I Female Swimmers
(2018-10-10)Our aim was to determine the effects of probiotic supplementation (Bifidobacterium longum 35624; 1 billion CFU·d^-1) on exercise performance, immune modulation, and cognitive outlook in collegiate female athletes during ... -
Validity and Reliability of a Commercially-Available Velocity and Power Testing Device
(2018-12-10)Given the relationship between explosive-type training and power adaptation, tracking movement velocity has become popular. However, unlike previous variables, tracking velocity necessitates the use of a valid and reliable ... -
Earning God through the "One-Hundred Rupee Note": Nirguna Bhakti and Religious Experience among Hindu Renouncers in North India
(2018-12-11)This article examines the everyday religious phenomenon of nirguna bhakti as it is experienced by Hindu renouncers (sadhus) in North India. As an Indian language concept, nirguna bhakti characterizes a type of devotion ... -
The Question of Nationalism and Belonging
(2018-11-08)This paper situates an analysis on the commonalities and ordinariness of Jewish and Muslim experiences vis-à-vis a critique on nationalism and belonging in the literature of Edeet Ravel and Mohsin Hamid, in addition to ... -
Tsipporah, Her Son, and the Bridegroom of Blood: Attending to the Bodies in Ex 4:24-26
(2017-09-26)Through the centuries, scholars and readers have looked through a variety of lenses to discover what might be revealed by the story of Tsipporah's circumcision of her son in Exodus 4, and to assign meanings to it. The ... -
Comparative Analysis of Jüttner's Calculation of the Energy of a Relativistic Ideal Gas and Implications for Accelerator Physics and Cosmology
(2017-07-22)Juttner used the conventional theory of relativistic statistical mechanics to calculate the energy of a relativistic ideal gas in 1911. An alternative derivation of the energy of a relativistic ideal gas was published by ... -
Avian Emotions: Comparative Perspectives on Fear and Frustration
(2019-01-17)Emotions are complex reactions that allow individuals to cope with significant positive and negative events. Research on emotion was pioneered by Darwin's work on emotional expressions in humans and animals. But Darwin was ... -
Do the flash-lag effect and representational momentum involve similar extrapolations?
(2013-05-23)In the flash-lag effect (FLE) and in representational momentum (RM), the represented position of a moving target is displaced in the direction of motion. Effects of numerous variables on the FLE and on RM are briefly ... -
The Maternal Assemblage: Nonprocreative Maternity as Contagion and Resistance
(2018)This article analyzes the consistent problematic of nonprocreative maternal identity, specifically its positioning in a heteronormative symbolic framework as the antithesis of biological or "real" motherhood. Using Lee ...
