39 research outputs found
Exploring the Influence of Police Officers Lived Experiences on Implementing Community Oriented Policing of Marginalized Populations
No full textThe oppositional relationship between the police and communities characterized as marginalized populations aptly describes an adversarial dynamic that hinders the effective implementation of guardian-focused, community-oriented policing. Fears of crime, claims of police bias, dehumanization, and perceptions of social disorder frequently breed socioeconomic decline in these communities. These conditions often contribute to citizens of marginalized communities viewing police officers as traditional policing warriors versus the roles of police as guardians who assist and protect the public. The problem is that the lack of cooperation and mutual distrust in interactions between the police and communities leads to external friction and internal organizational and bureaucratic stressors, resulting in heightened officer turnover, mental and physical wellness problems, absenteeism, and maladaptive behaviors in police agencies. It helps policing leaders to understand the adult developmental impacts of lived experiences as social phenomena that shape officers’ attitudes, resiliency, and willingness to embrace and conduct effective community-oriented policing. This qualitative study, through interviews with policing leaders, phenomenologically examines the gap in research examining the impacts of adult developmental experiences to provide insights into practices that show promise in improving officers’ support of community-oriented policing. It uses interviews with supervisory police officers and qualitative analysis to reveal experiential factors affecting their embrace and effective implementation of community-oriented policing practices in marginalized populations. This awareness can assist policing leaders with establishing adult developmental conditions that improve police performance, police officer retention, development, and wellness while serving socially challenging communities
Reading acts of narrative appropriation: four instances of fraudulent memoir
No full textPhDThis thesis examines acts of narrative appropriation, the telling of purportedly‘authentic’ life stories by those for whom the stories are not theirs to tell. This
misuse or subversion of genre - the discipline of historical writing and the category
of autobiography - becomes a means for cultural, social and political dissimulation,
and the analysis focuses both on the act: the event, trespass, or ‘theft’ of another’s
life story, and on the cultural meaning that this event reveals. These narrative acts
are approached theoretically through discussions of what it means to be an author, a
reader, and through the consideration of literary and social genre, category and form.
In exploring identities at particular risk of appropriation, this thesis shows how
fraudulent appropriated narratives affect our reading of the world, and in turn
influence our perception of already marginalized social groups. My primary
examples include prostitution ‘narratives’, Native North American ‘memoir,’ and
fraudulent Holocaust survivor ‘testimony,’ with each text providing decoded
evidence of ‘genre-bending’ exhibiting a social and political intent. These works
seek to be read as authentic personal narratives, as autobiography, and that is how
they have been presented to the reader. However, they are imposters – fictional tales
desiring the elevated status of historical authenticity and willing to bend the rules
and contracts of genre to achieve their end. Here the appearance of authenticity is
achieved through the use of cultural and social ‘myth,’ or perceptions of cultural
identity, and as such its fraudulent construction is first and foremost a social act,
with a social and economic motivation. As this thesis concludes, these texts are
most successful when their own political and social ideologies echo and confirm that
of the readership; when their subjects, the fraudulent ‘I’ at the center of the text is
also a performative elaboration of cultural belief
University of Nebraska College of Medicine Class of 1973
No full text1973 - Patrick J. Abbott, R. Stephen S. Amato, Douglas Alton Anderson, Arthur Steven Annin, Donald Leo Arkfeld, James Olen Armitage, Ronald L. Asher, Craig David Bartruff, Walter Eugene Baumann, Kent Jerome Beachler, Timothy J. Biga, Gary Herbert Bliss, William Carl Boelter, II, Norval Leon Books, Samuel Eugene Boon, Peter William Brill, James Donovan Brooke, Gary Eugene Canton, Frederick Dwight Catlett, Ward Alan Chambers, Donald Kenneth Chin, Mark Allen Christensen, Loran Tracy Clement, David Robert Colan, Winifred Jo Pringle Cromer, Daniel R. Cronk, Daniel Henry Dietrich, Stephen Baker Erickson, Joseph Graham Ewing, Gerald Saul Ferenstein, John James Ferguson, Harry Feurberg, Sidney William Frank, Philip Anthony Gasseling, Louis James Gogela, Charles DeLand Gregorius, Stephen Richard Grenier, Lawrence W. Hake, Neil Jeffrey Halbridge, Don LeRoy Halouska, Robert Duane Hanlon, James T. Hartford, Robert Herman Heise, II, David Patrick Heiser, Robert Charles Hendler, Barbara Maria Boczar Heywood, Richard Alan Hirschmann, Howard J. Hoody, Jr., Richard Allen Hranac, Gary Engelbert Hrnicek, Robert Harris Hurlbutt, IV, Brian Thomas Hurley, David C. Imes, Thomas Maynard Jensen, John Harry Jirka, Alan Kennedy Johnson, Richard Edwin Jones, Louis Eric Kleager, Ronald Walter Klutman, Barry Louis Kriesfeld, David Clark Krohn, Tyrone Langager, Jeffrey Wells Lewis, Edwin John Loeffel, Jr., Gerald Walter Luckey, William David Lux, William Wallace Lyons, III, Gregory Lynn Magnuson, William Robert Marsh, James Gelsin Marx, Michael Leroy McCoy, Jerry Eugene McCrcry, Patricia M. McGannon, Robert Harry Mcintyre, Jr., Charles Edwin McKinzie, David Lawrence Meyer, Mark H. Meyer, Dale Evan Michels, Edwin Jens Mikkelsen, Vernon Walter Miller, Donald Joseph Morris, Cary John Myers, Raymond Oliver Naumann, Gerald Edward Nearhood, Stephen Francis Noll, Russell Arthur Novak, Thomas Edward Novotny, William Joseph Origer, Richard Keith Osterholm, William Rodney Palmer, Douglas Gene Peter, Ronald Frederick Pfeiffer, Alois Frederick Proett, Gregory Lee Quick, Joseph Michael Rapoport, Peggy Fagan Rapoport, Andrew G. Rasmussen, Steven Marion Reppert, E. Charles Robacker, Dennis Lee Ross, William Robert Schlichtemeier, Curtis Paul Schworm, Peter Eugene Seda, Bruce Gordon Sheffield, Steven Engebret Shefte, Dell Allen Shepherd, Dean Allen Shuey, Larry Darrell Skinner, Stewart E. Sloan, Jeffery Michael Snow, Thomas Duane Spoonhour, James M. Steier, David Harvey Stoltzman, Cory Thomas Strobel, Craig Bennett Stucky, John David Swanson, Stephen Gene Swanson, Dean Robert Thomson, John William Timmerman, Douglas Earl Vickstrom, John Norman Walburn, Joseph Hulley Washburn, Jr., Francis Edward Watson, Susan Beachly Williams, Thomas L. Williams, Larry Flick Withers, III, David Alan Wolin, Christopher Jay Wrenn
September 28th, 1973 - Glen Erman Christensen
December 22nd, 1973 - James Saxton Bird, Steven Bruce Plettner, Bruce Everett Taylorhttps://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/comclass/1053/thumbnail.jp
South German Silver, European Textiles, and Venetian Trade with the Levant and Ottoman Empire, c. 1370 to c. 1720: A non-mercantilist approach
No full textA recurrent and indeed persistent problem in European economic history – a veritable deus ex machina -- from medieval to modern times, is Europe’s supposed ‘balance of payments’ problem in trade with the ‘East’. This supposed problem has often been couched in Mercantilist overtones: namely, that export of supposedly large volumes of precious metals, especially, silver to conduct trade with, first the Levant, and then with the rest of Asia meant a serious drainage of wealth from western Europe. This seems to be particularly true in the debate about the late-medieval ‘Great Depression’ in which some contend that this balance of payments ‘deficit’ led to monetary contraction, deflation, and then economic depression. This paper, while not denying periodic problems of monetary contraction and indeed deflation, provides a non-Mercantilist perspective on not just European but global trade from the fourteenth to early eighteenth centuries. It offers the following related theses: (1) That late-medieval monetary contraction was far more related to falling outputs of mined silver and to reductions in the income-velocity of coined money and the related problem of hoarding, the roots of which were the growth of international warfare from the 1290s, significantly financed by coinage debasements; and together they provided serious barriers to the international flow of specie and bullion, and indeed to the emergence of bullionist philosophies, which are the very core of Mercantilism. (2) That, insofar as such monetary contractions did lead to deflation, that deflation, in augmenting the purchasing power of silver (gram for gram), provided the profit motive for the technological solutions to this very same problem: namely, innovations in both mechanical and chemical engineering that produced the South German silver-copper mining boom, which quintupled Europe’s silver supplies from the 1460s to the 1540s, when even cheaper supplies of silver were arriving from the Spanish Americas. (3) That South German silver-copper mining boom, controlled by German merchant bankers who also controlled the now thriving fustian-textile (linen-cotton) industry, had two related consequences: (a) it was a major factor in the revival and expansion of the European economy in general and the growth of the Antwerp market in particular, via new transcontinental trading routes from Venice through Germany to the Brabant Fairs, based on a tripod of English woollens, South German metals, and Portuguese spices. (b) at the same time, it promoted a great expansion in Venetian trade with the Levant, to acquire not only Asian spices but also large quantities of Syrian cotton to feed the booming German fustians industry. (4) While the 15th-century Venetian trade with the Levant did indeed require large amounts of silver, perhaps enough to pay for two thirds of goods acquired in the Levant, the 16th century commerce with not just the Levant but the far larger Ottoman Empire benefited from a very new trade: the exports of fine quality Venetian woollens. This paper examines the reasons for both the rise and fall of the Venetian cloth industry (5) While traditional explanations for the rapid decline of the Venetian cloth industry in the 17th century have focused on Venice’s own ‘internal faults’, this paper offers an alternative explanation: how England’s new Levant Company and the English cloth industries so successfully gained a major share of Ottoman and Persian markets, at the direct expense of Venice: through a combination of diplomacy and superior naval technology. Their success meant that even less silver was required to conduct this trade with the Ottoman Empire, than had been true for Venice. (6) A further major factor in the decline of Venice in the 17th century was the final loss of the Asian spice trades, which had involved close Venetian ties with the Ottomans, to the Dutch and the English, who succeeded where the Portugese had failed. That story in turn allows us, with much more ample data, to examine the nature of vastly larger ‘balance of payments deficits’, so that as much as 80 percent of Asian goods had to be acquired with silver. That silver came not from Europe but principally from the Spanish Americas. Thus the major thesis of the paper is that first the South German and then the Spanish American silver mining booms greatly benefited Europe by promoting a vast increase in truly global trade.Venice, Levant, Ottoman Empire, South Germany, Antwerp, Portugal, England, Asia, East Indies, balance of payments, gold, silver, international trade,
Being in encounter : toward a post-critical theology of knowledge of God for persons with intellectual disabilities : with special reference to Karl Barth's 'Church dogmatics' III:2
No full textThis study is an exercise in understanding both doctrinally and pastorally the nature of
knowledge of God for persons with intellectual disabilities. Its central question is:
“How might one know the Word of God without words?” At present, no extended
theological systematical consideration has taken place of this question, and confusion
arguably exists in the church and wider disability circles as to if/how persons with
high support needs, such as intellectual disability, should be afforded pastoral care.
This study addresses this need in dialogue with Karl Barth’s theological insights, and
by developing an account of knowledge of God for persons with intellectual
disabilities that is at once theologically informed and pastorally effective.
In the last thirty years theological reflection considered in light of the situation of
disability has seen tremendous growth and change, as the discipline has budded and
blossomed. In particular, theologians of disability have reflected on the significance of
disability in relation to the Christian doctrines of creation, anthropology, Christology,
the imago Dei, ecclesiology and eschatology, amongst others, with rich and varied
results. Similarly, this project suggests that consideration of the doctrine of revelation
and the discipline of pastoral care in light of the situation of intellectual disability will
yield unique and valuable outcomes for the disability community, but also for the
wider church. Karl Barth will be the primary dialogue partner in these preparatory,
theological stages. His thought regarding the incarnation of the Word in various forms,
perhaps surprisingly, opens new avenues for our reflection. By engaging Barth’s
theological anthropology as well as his theology of co-humanity of being with others
in encounter, this project aims to demonstrate that knowledge of God is possible for all
persons of all abilities
Propulsion of polymer particles on caesium ion-exchanged channel waveguides for stem cell sorting applications
No full textOptical trapping of particles has become a powerful non-mechanical and nondestructive technique for precise particle positioning. The manipulation of particles in the evanescent field of a channel waveguide potentially allows for sorting and trapping of several particles and cells simultaneously. In the evanescent field above an optical channel waveguide, particles experience three optical forces; i) a transverse gradient force, which acts in the direction of the intensity gradient, ii) a scattering force, which acts in the direction of the wave propagation and is proportional to the surface intensity and, iii) an absorption force, which is dependent upon the complex refractive index of the particle. A particle in the evanescent field will be propelled and trapped with a dependence on the intensity gradient (a property dependent upon the physical characteristic of the waveguide). A channel waveguide producing such an evanescent field can be photolithographically defined on a glass substrate and thus has the potential to be integrated into a single chip device.This thesis describes the studies carried out, both theoretically and experimentally, to establish optimum waveguide fabrication conditions and the experimental requirements to ultimately allow for the separation of polymer particles and mammalian cells according to their size and refractive index. Theoretical aspects of the interaction of particles and cells on surfaces were evaluated and their Brownian motion was investigated. Optical channel waveguides of different characteristics have been fabricated using caesium ion-exchange process on soda-lime substrates. The propulsion of polymer particles has been achieved and characterised against different optical parameters, waveguide conditions and particle’s characteristics on different surfaces. The propulsion of lymphoblastoma cells was demonstrated and the trapping of teratocarcinoma cells was evaluated. These results provide evidence for the potential application of the system for trapping and sorting stem cells
Soul Recreation: Spiritual Marriage and Ravishment in the Contemplative-Mystical Piety of Isaac Ambrose
No full textABSTRACT
Tom Schwanda
Soul Recreation: Spiritual Marriage and Ravishment in the Contemplative-Mystical Piety of Isaac Ambrose
This thesis examines the theology and piety of Isaac Ambrose (1604-1664), a moderate Lancashire Puritan minister. More specifically it raises the question about the nature of his spiritual practices and whether they reflect what Bernard McGinn calls the “mystical element” of Christianity? This research is distinctive since Ambrose has never been the primary focus of research. There are six chapters to this thesis.
Chapter 1 examines the definition of three key terms: “mysticism”, “Puritanism”, and “Puritan mysticism” and then substitutes “contemplative-mystical piety” for McGinn’s mystical element since this language is more familiar to the Reformed community. A review of the literature reveals the prevalence of contemplative-mystical piety within mainstream Puritanism. Chapter 2 explores the biblical and theological foundations of union with Christ, which the Puritans often called spiritual marriage. Contrary to common perception, the Puritans encouraged intimacy and sexual enjoyment in their godly marriage that they often perceived as a reciprocal relationship with their spiritual marriage. The third chapter creates a contemplative biography of Ambrose through his diary entries and examines his relationship with God and his neighbor through his annual retreats, the struggles of his soul, serving as a physician of the soul, times of public fasting and worship, and the significance of specific places or environment to his piety. Chapter 4 narrows the focus to Ambrose’s teaching on meditation and contemplation. The influence of Bernard of Clairvaux is clearly evident as Ambrose contemplatively looks at Jesus throughout all the manifestations of Jesus’ life. The fifth chapter considers Ambrose’s use of ravishment and examines the nature, dynamics and benefits of this ambiguous term of delight and enjoyment. The final chapter moves from the seventeenth-century to the present and inquires whether Ambrose’s contemplative-mystical piety can guide contemporary Reformed Christians. That requires an examination into the resistance of Karl Barth as well as the more receptive possibility of retrieval through Herman Bavinck. This work concludes with seven principles from Ambrose to encourage those who are members of the Reformed tradition
College of Law Ohio State University Class of 1990
No full textFaculty (pictured): Ash, Barbara; Beytagh, Francis X., Dean; Braunstein, Michael; Caust-Ellenbogen, Sanford; Chow, Daniel C. K.; Clovis, Albert L.; Fink, Howard P.; Goldberger, David; Greenbaum, Arthur F.; Halpern, Sheldon W.; Hebert, L. Camille; Henderson, Jack, Associate Dean; Herman, Lawrence; Holoch, Alan; Jacobs, Louis A.; Jost, Timothy; Kindred, Michael; Kozyris, P. John; Krauskopf, Joan; Laughlin, Stanley K.; Lynn, Robert J.; Meeks, James E.; Modjeska, Lee; Murphy, Earl Finbar; Murphy, Joanne Wharton, Assistant Dean; Pernell, LeRoy; Quigley, John B.; Rivera, Rhonda R.; Rogers, Nancy H.; Rose, Michael D.; Samansky, Allan J.; Snyder, Barbara R.; Travalio, Gregory, Associate Dean; Verdun, Vincene; Whaley, Douglas; Williams, David, II; Wilson, Charles; Class Officers: Campbell, Drew H., Editor-in-Chief Ohio State Law Journal; Cordial, Catherine D., SBA Vice-President; Dukes, Patrick M., SBA President; Hopper, John W., Editor-in-Chief Journal on Dispute Resolution; Sarver, James K., Chief Justice Honor Council; Smith, Monte G., Chief Justice Moot Court; Class Members (pictured): Allen, Mitchell W.; Antalovich, Susan K.; Arthur, Geoffrey W.; Astrov, Harry Todd; Ayish, Sam Nadeen; Bajus, Susan M.; Barbaree, Tracey A.; Baringer, Linette Stratford; Baringer, Randal S.; Barker, David P.; Barnet, Michael N.; Becka Maryanne; Bence, David S.; Berns, Jordan; Bilott, Robert A.; Black, Lori A.; Blaha, Margaret M.; Bolender, Julie M.; Boniface, Diane C.; Booker, Marc A.; Bostic, Joy; Bowers, Brenda; Bravo, Eric S.; Breitenbach, Thomas A.; Bressman, David A.; Britton, Brad; Brown, Barbara S.; Brown, Chevella R.; Burrington, Lori A.; Burton, Kelly M.; Calvin, Neil P.; Carr, Greg E.; Casias, Edward J.; Clark, D. Lewis, Jr.; Cliffel, Albert P., III; Collins, Stephen; Core, Anthony E.; Creamer, Robert J.; Culotta, Vincent A.; Cunningham, Ruth A.; Danford, Barbara N.; Dawe, Timothy J.; Day, Marilyn Kuhl; Demske, Gregory E.; Devito, Christopher M.; Dewitt, Timothy R.; Dugic, Melody A.; English, Katrina Miller; Feldkamp, Janet K.; Finley, Price D.; Flowers, Paul W.; Fried, Gil B.; Gamlin, John P.; Gantz, William M.; Geyer, Thomas E.; Goldberg, Scott; Goodson, Antionice D.; Groeber, John A.; Guy, Rosalyn L.; Hagen, Melissa L.; Hahn, Richard L.; Infante, Renee A.; Kozar, Barbara L.; Hanes, Kimberley K.; Harter, Elizabeth Deer; Harter, Sean; Harvey, R. Scott; Hathaway, Lynn E.; Heid, Brigid E.; Heil, Patricia; Henke, Robert E.; Hilburn, Regina; Hix, Kimberly; Hoffman, William D.; Houck, Annette M.; Human, Randy; Izenson, Daniel E.; Jacques, Laurie N.; Janik, Frank J., III; Joondeph, Jerome J., Jr.; Jordan, Jeffery H.; Kastelic, John A.; Kendall, John S.; Kennedy, Julia S.; Kennedy, Robert S.; Keys, Marjorie L.; Klein, Daniel A.; Klotz, Karla L.; Kramer, John F.; Kuns, Constance M.; Lampkin, Robin E.; Larson, Peter N.; Lee, Deborah A.; Leedy, Lynda M.; Lenzotti, Dean M.; Lepley, Charles R.; List, D. Andrew; Limage, Bret L.; Loch, Amy L.; Maier, Robert C.; Marshall, Michelle; Matheson, Carolyn; McCarroll, Judith E.; McCarthy, Patrick F.; McClaren, Robert J.; McKee, Kenneth A.; Mekaru, Daniel Y.; Mendel, Todd R.; Merrin, Richard C.; Mikes, Randall W.; Morse, Kerry L.; Munshower, Frank; Musgrave, Megan L.; Nakasian, William E.; Naraine, Susan V.; Neiger, Jan Alan; Nick, Paul M.; Oldach, William H., III; O Neal, Tracy D.; Padilla, James J.; Palmer, Todd F.; Peltier, Suzanne; Peltz, Carol H.; Perez, Luis A.; Pfarrer, David A.; Philbrick, Valerie; Polgar, Matthew J.; Pousoulides, Dimitrios; Reiter, Mary L.; Rhodehamel, David R.; Rice, Michael W.; Richert, John R.; Richter, Michael P.; Riedesel, Lisa; Riehemann, Walter E.; Roberts, Debra L.; Robertson, Jean R.; Rodriguez, Laura M.; Rose, Daniel C.; Rossie, Linda M.; Rothchild, Barry A.; Rouhana, Anna Marie; Sabine, Glenn; Sanders, Daniel H.; Saunders, Kenneth L.; Schroeder, Michael A.; Seidensticker, John W.; Sewards, Frederick A.; Sheppard, John B.; Shillington, Beth C.; Shoemaker, Larry B.; Shoman, Elizabeth L.; Sollenberger, Teresa L.; Sotak, Mark W.; Squire, Julie; Stadnicar, Joseph W.; Stahl, Audrey; Steiner, Jane E.; Stewart, Melissa; Stull, Melissa; Sutton, Jeffrey S.; Talbott, D. Casey; Triplett, Angela R.; Vandervoort, Terre; Vawter, Jana R.; Veen, Daniel; Vourlis, Simina; Wantuck, Michael S.; Watkins, Valetha A.; Watters, Elizabeth J.; Webb, Kenneth E., Jr.; Webb, Tracy L. Riddle; White, Daniel S.; Williams, Brad; Wright, Bradley A.; Yates, James B.; Zalimeni, Gail M.; Zox, Meliss
Economics of Alternative Crop Production in Arid Regions
No full textAs water resources in arid regions decline, agricultural producers are encouraged to adopt water conserving strategies. The implementation of alternative low-water use crops is one option, but is it economically feasible? Data on current and alternative crops for this study include enterprise budgets, producer interviews, and field trials in Northwestern Nevada, USA. We use WinEPIC, a Windows-based version of the EPIC model, which synthesizes both agronomics and economics, to model yields and returns of alternative crop production under differing irrigation levels. Risk analysis or the distribution of net returns to alternative crop production is also examined. This study determined that there are alternative crops that could be feasibly substituted for alfalfa and reduce water use by at least one-half while providing net returns that meet or exceed returns from alfalfa and keep producers profitable in agriculturealternative crops, arid regions, economic feasibility, irrigation, WinEPIC,
Iowa History and Culture : A Bibliography of Materials Published Between 1952 and 1986, 1989
No full textThis bibliography was compiled by two reference librarians, Patricia Dawson and David Hudson with the goal of making it easier of tracking down material on Iowa history and culture. This supplements the Iowa History Reference Guide published in 1952 by William Petersen
