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Rethinking Cain, Rethinking Interpretations
No full textThe story of Cain and Abel has been explored through many angles, each adding to a rich history of interpretation of the narrative. In this episode, Oliver and Ante take a fresh look at it, trying to attend to the multiple meanings the text affords and how that, in turn, might offer some important life and spiritual lessons
Humanizing Data for Student Success at Andrews University
No full textThis paper attempts to provide strategies to promote student success for at-risk and minority students at Andrews University. The goals include improving enrollment, retention, and graduation rates. This is accomplished by a centralized technological system powered by Anthology that tracks student’s progress through a suite of tools: Beacon, Engage, Occupation Insight, and Rubrics
Enhancing pastoralist women\u27s knowledge of danger signs through home-based life-saving skills intervention in Northern Kenya: A quasi experimental study
Get PDFBackground: Maternal recognition of obstetric danger signs is crucial for reducing maternal mortality and delays in seeking emergency care. However, there is insufficient knowledge about obstetric danger signs among women in rural Kenya, especially in the hard-to-reach pastoralist communities. This study aimed to determine whether home-based life-saving skills intervention improves knowledge about obstetric danger signs among women in Marsabit County, Kenya. Methods: We conducted a quasi-experimental study with pre-posttests among 256 pregnant women, allocated to intervention and control groups. We implemented sensitization of pregnant women on obstetric danger signs and basic life-saving actions as components of home-based life-saving skills intervention. While the control group continued with routine services. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze demographic data. The chi-square test and Difference-in-Difference analysis were used to compare the intervention\u27s proportion differences and net effect. Results: At baseline, no significant differences in the knowledge level existed. Proportions of women who were knowledgeable of \u3e3 danger signs increased significantly during pregnancy [(89.7%) vs. (62.5%), p \u3c .0001], birth [(86.5%) vs. (75.0%), p = .022], postpartum [(92.1%) vs. (74.2%), p \u3c .000] and neonatal period [(96.8%) vs. (66.7%), p \u3c .0001] in the intervention group than the control group at end-line. Conclusion: These results imply that it is possible to improve knowledge of obstetric danger signs among women from hard-to-reach pastoralist communities as part of home-based life-saving skills interventions. Our work contributes to the United Nation\u27s sustainable development goal 3, which focuses on equity and commitment to reaching people needing health services regardless of where they live and their circumstances
The Student Movement Volume 108 Issue 17: Opening Doors for Change: Accessibility at Andrews
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Perspectives and Reminiscence: an Alumni Spotlight, Interviewed by Savannah Tyler
Andrews Accommodation Experiences, Interviewed by Savannah Tyler
Wheels of Change: Mark Moreno\u27s Odyssey in Architectural Inclusivity, Interviewed by Nick Bishop
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A Footnote on One Day , Amelia Stefanescu
Stella Young: I\u27m Not Your Inspiration, Thank You Very Much. , Corinna Bevier
Taking A Lesson From You Can\u27t Take It With You , Amelia Stefanescu
NEWS
From Saved to Saving; An AU Student\u27s Connection to Bone Marrow Donating, Andrew Francis
Building Accessibility on Campus, Part I, Melissa Moore
The World\u27s Coolest Dictator? Democracy in El Salvador, Jonathan Clough
IDEAS
AI Advancements In Disability, Reagan Westerman
AU Environmental Projects, Katie Davis
March 1st Movement in South Korea, Abby Shim
PULSE
Accessibility at Student Success, Amelia Stefanescu
Authentic or Silicon: Navigating the Strange World of AI Relationships, Rodney Bell
Lexie\u27s AU Building Accessibility Assessment, Lexie Dunham
What\u27s In? What\u27s Out? Here\u27s What You Need to Know., Nate Miller
Why Study Abroad?, Katie Davis
LAST WORD
Let\u27s Hear From Heidi, Lily Burkehttps://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/sm-108/1016/thumbnail.jp
Doing the Dishes: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Late Bronze Age Ceramics Excavated from Hut 12 at Mokarta, Sicily
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This dissertation is presented as a fulfillment of the work that Sebastiano Tusa, the site director of Mokarta, had requested before his passing, that is, a complete catalogue of all Hut 12 ceramics, their functions, and how these may have fit into the site as a whole. The site itself, Mokarta, is a Late Bronze Age site in western Sicily that was destroyed by fire ca. 950 B.C. The site has not yet been fully excavated, and only a fraction of information that has been gathered has been published. The research for this dissertation is the first comprehensive analysis of the ceramics at the Mokarta settlement, two less comprehensive analyses being performed and published on Huts 1 and 14, and the last comprehensive analysis being performed in 1995 which was limited to the Mokarta necropolises.
Methods
In order to more clearly understand the Mokarta settlement pottery repertoire, the ceramic assemblage of Hut 12 was categorized and analyzed. Afterwards, functions for each vessel were discerned based on the use-relationships of the vessels, judging through form, technology, and use-alteration. The form of each vessel helped to determine use-related properties such as capacity, accessibility, stability, and transportability. The ceramic manufacturing, including thickness, inclusions, porosity, coarseness, and the like, helped to determine a vessel’s fracture strength, impact toughness, and resistance to thermal shock. The analysis of use-alteration, identifying abrasions, chipping, spalling or pitting, and sooting and attrition patterns, provided evidence to categorize such primary and sometimes secondary use-relationships that were ultimately important to understanding patterns of use.
Results
A number of ceramic dissimilarities was determined to exist between Huts 1, 12, and 14. Huts 12 and 14 both contained a large number of serving vessels, contrary to Hut 1. Hut 14 contained a large number of cooking and food preparation vessels, namely the Olle and Scodelle, whereas Hut 12 contained the only grinding slabs and Quattro Parti Piastra, a type of baking plate. While Hut 1 contained the only so-called Incense Burner of the three huts, Huts 12 and 14 both contained large, fluted and pedestaled vessels typed as Bacini Baccellati su alto Piede.
Conclusion
The differences in the pottery assemblages of the three huts lead to the determination that while Hut 14 was linked with both food preparation and cooking, Hut 12 was linked to grinding and baking. As the two huts are located within the possibly familial compound of Area E, it is feasible that each of the two huts functioned in these separate roles to the benefit of each other, one baking bread and the other preparing, cooking, and/or storing food stuffs. Additionally, as both are linked to feasting by the presence of the multiple Bacini Baccellati su alto Piede and the rather large number of serving vessels, the above mentioned roles may have also carried over to the broader village or hamlet in times of festivities or ritualistic celebrations
The Andrews University MBA Program in Vietnam; Assessing the Experience and the Career Advancement of its Students
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The demand to recruit highly skilled managers and laborers in Vietnam has encouraged educational institutions to upgrade the quality of their higher education programs and to evaluate their effectiveness. Andrew University’s MBA program did not have an assessment developed to evaluate the program’s effectiveness in Vietnam. It required an assessment of students’ experiences as a major predictor of evaluating how the Andrews University MBA program in Vietnam has impacted their career path and the extent to which it has benefited students.
Method
This study investigated the motivations, expectations, actual experiences, and career advancement opportunities of graduated students and current second-year students in the Andrews University MBA program in Vietnam. The study used the quantitative research approach, and participants were sent to a link at the AU Class Climate application to answer survey questions. IBM\u27s Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze data. The study used a descriptive and correlational research design comparing different groups of students in the program by gender, previous work experience, program location, and student status.
Results
The study surveyed 58 graduates and 92 second-year students in the MBA program of Andrews University in Vietnam in two locations offered during 2015-2020 in Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi. 51 graduates and 81 second-year students responded (85% response rate). The results indicate that participants found the program to contribute to developing professional skills needed at their workplace. Students\u27 responses suggest that all five AU MBA objectives contributed to their learning experiences, and their experiences were not different by gender, age, previous work experiences, yearly income, program location and program status of the participants. The stronger the motivations and expectations students had before entering the program, the more satisfying their experiences and the reported relationship with career advancement.
Conclusion
Students perceive the MBA program of Andrews University in Vietnam from 2015-2020 as a strong positive factor for their career advancement. They entered the program with strong motivations and high expectations. The results suggest that regardless of cultural and political differences and the locations of the programs, students obtaining the Andrews University MBA degree gained benefits and satisfaction and were successful in their career advancements
Evangelism Strategies, Conversion Patterns, and Membership Retention Strategies in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sub-Saharan Africa: Report of Findings for East-Central Africa Division of Seventh-day Adventist Church
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The Student Movement Volume 109 Issue 7: Oh, No! Where Did the Sun Go?
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Our New Associate Chaplain: Jacob Gibbs, Esther Martin
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Everybody\u27s Normal Till You Get To Know Them\u27 By John Ortberg, Shaheene Tillett
Chopin\u27s \u27New\u27 Waltz and Rediscoveries of Lost Musical Works, Aiko J. Ayala Rios
Orange Man Bad, Coconut Lady Good: SNL\u27s Political Commentary, Melanie Webb
NEWS
Goodbye, Daylight Saving Time, Jimin Kim
Honors Church Celebrates 150 Years of Andrews, Anna Rybachek
IDEAS
He Will Be Worse Than You Can Imagine, Nate Miller
\u27Only When It Is Dark Enough Can You See The Stars\u27, Amelia Stefanescu
Donald Trump Wins, America Loses, Abby Shim
PULSE
Foundations of Rice Cooker Meals, Nora Martin
LAST WORD
The Bodies in Winchester Cathedral, Corinna Bevierhttps://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/sm-109/1006/thumbnail.jp
Spiritualism Exposed
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