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Letter from Christopher Smith, Benjamin Mason & Chris Blackman to James B. Finley
No full textClass leader, Brother Spencer, sends a letter to Finley, preacher in charge of the Cincinnati Station. One of Spencer\u27s class members, Sarah Jane Anderson, has been accused of stealing two small pieces of muslin fabric from Mr. Robinson, and charged with immoral conduct. Spencer has notified Sister Anderson to come to Finley\u27s office on December 18th for a trial by committee. After hearing all of the evidence the three committee members (Christopher Smith, Benjamin Mason, and James Blackman) return a unanimous verdict of Not Guilty. The record of the trial and verdict are recorded on the December 17th letter from Spencer to Finley. Abstract Number - 76https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1074/thumbnail.jp
Correspondence: Thomas Christopher Columbus Foster
No full textSeries 1, Director of Public Relations Moses S. Belton records includes correspondence, reports, articles, pamphlets, clippings, and related materials of Johnson C. Smith University's Development Office under Director of Public Relations Moses S. Belton.
Moses S. Belton graduated from Johnson C. Smith with majors in mathematics and philosophy in 1933, and from the Theology program in 1936. He returned professionally to Johnson C. Smith in 1942 to serve as Associate Dean of Men. Belton was best known in his role as the first full time Director of Public Relations at the university, a position he served in from 1950-1970. Belton retired from Johnson C. Smith in 1974.
The bulk of records in this series date from the 1960s, and primarily consist of correspondence between Belton and Development Office staff, and current and prospective students; scholarship, loan, and award recipients; non-profit and religious organizations; alumni; and the press. Also included in this series are Public Relations office publications and biographical information about Moses S. Belton.
Johnson C. Smith (JCSU) is a private, four-year research university located in Charlotte, NC, and is a historically black college. It was founded in 1867 as the Biddle Memorial Institute.Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources
Book review: The theatrical public sphere, by Christopher B. Balme
No full textBook review of: The theatrical public sphere, by Christopher B. Balme. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014; ISBN 9781107006836 (£60.00)Publisher PD
ProjectXPrep.net: The Development of a Project-Based Learning Resource Website
No full textA capstone submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Ernst and Sara Lane Volgenau College of Education at Morehead State University by Christopher B. Smith on March 31, 2022
Exception romaine B. Grass, Gh. Stouder (éds), La diplomatie romaine sous la République : réflexions sur une pratique. Actes des rencontres de Paris (21-22 juin 2013) et Genève (31 octobre-1er novembre 2013), Besançon, 2015
No full textSmith Christopher John. Exception romaine B. Grass, Gh. Stouder (éds), La diplomatie romaine sous la République : réflexions sur une pratique. Actes des rencontres de Paris (21-22 juin 2013) et Genève (31 octobre-1er novembre 2013), Besançon, 2015. In: Dialogues d'histoire ancienne, vol. 42, n°1, 2016. pp. 382-384
Exception romaine B. Grass, Gh. Stouder (éds), La diplomatie romaine sous la République : réflexions sur une pratique. Actes des rencontres de Paris (21-22 juin 2013) et Genève (31 octobre-1er novembre 2013), Besançon, 2015
No full textSmith Christopher John. Exception romaine B. Grass, Gh. Stouder (éds), La diplomatie romaine sous la République : réflexions sur une pratique. Actes des rencontres de Paris (21-22 juin 2013) et Genève (31 octobre-1er novembre 2013), Besançon, 2015. In: Dialogues d'histoire ancienne, vol. 42, n°1, 2016. pp. 382-384
The historical imagination of Christopher Dawson
No full textChristopher Dawson (1889-1970) was one of his generation's most
important historians and religious thinkers, and was a significant
influence on many contemporaries including T.S. Eliot, C.S. Lewis,
and Russell Kirk. This dissertation is a study of his most
fundamental ideas concerning history and culture.
Chapter one examines Dawson’s sociological view of history.
Convinced that history was more than a scientific enterprise, he
believed that the true historian is one who reaches beyond the
material world to understand the essence of history’s dynamics. In
this way, the world can be conceptualized as a united whole,
separated by regional differences as a result of environment, race,
material, psychological, and religious factors. Dawson believed
that the political histories of the past several centuries failed to
grasp the undercurrents of historical change, and that the best way
to understand the past is to appreciate culture as an expression of
primeval religious traditions.
Chapter two treats Dawson’s understanding of progress. Dawson
was convinced that progress had become the “working-religion” of our
age. This secular faith, founded on scientific rationalism, first
pledged to fix the material failures of Western culture, but
unwittingly eroded its faith in God, and eventually, its moral
fiber. Dawson believed that true progress was progress of the soul
in its ordering toward the Creator.
Chapter three is a study of Dawson’s Christian, and more
specifically, his Catholic beliefs. Informed by religion, his
historical and cultural visions are not dogmatic, nor are they
polemical. He conceived of history as the unfolding of a divine
economy in the temporal world. Although Dawson is a proponent of
Roman Catholicism, his scholarship is an objective treatment of
history shaped by an undisguised, Christian worldview.
Additionally, the appendix is an introduction to Dawson’s life
and the circumstances surrounding his conversion to Roman
Catholicism. Particular attention is paid to the development of his
moral and historical imagination — both of which became intertwined to
form the basis of all of his scholarship
cdc2–cyclin B regulates eEF2 kinase activity in a cell cycle- and amino acid-dependent manner
No full textThe calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase that phosphorylates and inactivates eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2 kinase; eEF2K) is subject to multisite phosphorylation, which regulates its activity. Phosphorylation at Ser359 inhibits eEF2K activity even at high calcium concentrations. To identify the kinase that phosphorylates Ser359 in eEF2K, we developed an extensive purification protocol. Tryptic mass fingerprint analysis identified it as cdc2 (cyclin-dependent kinase 1). cdc2 co-purifies with Ser359 kinase activity and cdc2–cyclin B complexes phosphorylate eEF2K at Ser359. We demonstrate that cdc2 contributes to controlling eEF2 phosphorylation in cells. cdc2 is activated early in mitosis. Kinase activity against Ser359 in eEF2K also peaks at this stage of the cell cycle and eEF2 phosphorylation is low in mitotic cells. Inactivation of eEF2K by cdc2 may serve to keep eEF2 active during mitosis (where calcium levels rise) and thereby permit protein synthesis to proceed in mitotic cells. Amino-acid starvation decreases cdc2's activity against eEF2K, whereas loss of TSC2 (a negative regulator of mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1(mTORC1)) increases it. These data closely match the control of Ser359 phosphorylation and indicate that cdc2 may be regulated by mTORC1
Friction Stir Processing for Efficient Manufacturing
No full textFriction at contacting surfaces in relative motion is a major source of parasitic energy loss in machine systems and manufacturing processes. Consequently, friction reduction usually translates to efficiency gain and reduction in energy consumption. Furthermore, friction at surfaces eventually leads to wear and failure of the components thereby compromising reliability and durability. In order to reduce friction and wear in tribological components, material surfaces are often hardened by a variety of methods, including conventional heat treatment, laser surface hardening, and thin-film coatings. While these surface treatments are effective when used in conjunction with lubrication to prevent failure, they are all energy intensive and could potentially add significant cost. A new concept for surface hardening of metallic materials and components is Friction Stir Processing (FSP). Compared to the current surface hardening technologies, FSP is more energy efficient has no emission or waste by products and may result in better tribological performance. FSP involves plunging a rotating tool to a predetermined depth (case layer thickness) and translating the FSP tool along the area to be processed. This action of the tool produces heating and severe plastic deformation of the processed area. For steel the temperature is high enough to cause phase transformation, ultimately forming hard martensitic phase. Indeed, FSP has been used for surface modification of several metals and alloys so as to homogenize the microstructure and refine the grain size, both of which led to improved fatigue and corrosion resistance. Based on the effect of FSP on near-surface layer material, it was expected to have beneficial effects on friction and wear performance of metallic materials. However, little or no knowledge existed on the impact of FSP concerning friction and wear performance the subject of the this project and final report. Specifically for steel, which is the most dominant tribological material, FSP can replace the current conventional surface hardening techniques used for friction and wear performance. Friction Stir Link Inc. (FSL) is teamed with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) to develop and optimize FSP for friction and wear performance enhancement. The ultimate goal is to offer FSP and an effective alternative to some of the current energy intensive and high-cost surface hardening processes
Common greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia L.) as a model for understanding fungal community organization in the phyllosphere
No full textFungi asymptomatically infect all terrestrial vegetation, but the structure and assembly of these fungal communities are poorly understood. Smilax rotundifolia, a common woody vine of the northeastern United States, was used as a model to study endophytic (internal colonizing) and epiphytic (surface colonizing) fungal communities, from the perspectives of niche-based influences, spatial variation, and evolutionary relationships. Wild greenbrier plants were sampled in New Jersey (USA) in late winter at a single site, and again in mid-summer, in a multi-site, multi-tissue, sampling effort. Fungal communities of the plant surface and interior were made up of mostly different species. Correlative relationships were found between some fungal species' abundances, but none were seen between species that were strongly restricted to the surface and those strongly restricted to the interior. The summer, multi-site study, revealed that the strongest factor determining fungal community composition was surface vs. interior habitat, followed by tissue/organ type, and lastly general geographic location. The effect of season was also studied by comparing the single-site winter dataset against the data from the same site sampled in summer. Season had a major influence on some fungal species but not others, similar to influence of tissue type. Also, in a very novel finding, it was found that certain endophytes showed statistically different abundances, depending on the distance from the stem base at which a sample was taken. The optimum height differed for different fungal species. At the scale of a single stand of plants, it was found that epiphytic, but not endophytic, samples showed a significant correlation between spatial proximity and fungal community similarity. Finally, the phylogenetic relationships were studied between congeneric fungal species that were common on the plant. Two-gene phylogenies were constructed using Smilax-derived isolates, along with downloaded sequences of well-defined species in the same genera. These congeneric species were found to be only distantly related (i.e., they were widely separated within the known phylogenies of their genus). The final chapter is a literature review, bringing insight from the present dissertation research to identify important unanswered questions. Evidence for the role of plant secondary metabolites on endophytic fungi is discussed.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Christopher B. Zambel
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