Faculty and academic staff scholarship and creative work across the University is included in this collection and comes from collections from each of the major schools of the University:
Submissions from 2017
Employability Skills with Purpose: Service Learning in Graduate Business Education, Molly J. Wickam
Problem: This non-experimental, mixed-methods, comparative, descriptive studyexamined outcomes of students’ development of employability skills through service learning participation in capstones embedded in MBA programs and assessed whethe...
Male and female parental care in the golden-rumped euphonia (Euphonia cyanocephala), Zachary Wright, Jeff Port, and Harold F. Greeney
A single nest of the Golden-rumped Euphonia (Euphonia cyanocephala) was filmed for 72 hours near the Yanayacu Biological Station in Ecuador located in tropical montane forest. Recording was between 15-21 February 2014. We report the first o...
Kwame Nkrumah, 1909–1972: A Controversial Visionary ed. by Bea Lundt, and Christoph Marx (review), Samuel Zalanga
Submissions from 2016
Getting Involved With the Digital Humanities in Theology, Biblical Studies, and Religious Studies, Kent Gerber
Digital humanities are growing and thriving in higher education, and, in the spirit of the pioneering work of Father Busa, it is important for theological and religious studies libraries and librarians to consider our roles and involvement ...
"Remember that During Your Life You Had Good Things..." For Philando Castille, Juan Hernandez Jr
This is the text and audio of an address given to Bethel University's College of Arts and Sciences community during the first Convocation Chapel of the Year by Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies, Juan Hernandez. Hernandez explain...
From Bubble to Bridge: Educating Christians for a Multifaith World, Marion H. Larson and Sara L. H. Shady
Summary: In a world of deep religious strife and increasing pluralism it can seem safer to remain inside the "bubble" of our faith community. Many Christians worry that engaging in interfaith dialogue will require watering down their faith ...
The quantum chemical search for novel materials and the issue of data processing: The InfoMol project, Hans P. Lüthi, Stefan Heinen, Gisbert Schneider, Andreas Glöss, Martin P. Brändle, Rollin A. King, Edward Pyzer-Knapp, Fahhad H. Alharbi, and Sabre Kais
In the search for novel materials, quantum chemical modeling and simulation has taken an important role. Molecular properties are computed on the basis of first-principles methods and screened against pre-defined criteria. Alternatively, th...
The Quantum Chemical Search for Novel Materials and the Issue of Data Processing: The InfoMol Project, Hans P. Lüthi, Stefan Heinen, Gisbert Schneider, Andreas Glöss, Martin P. Brändle, Rollin A. King, Edward Pyzer-Knapp, Fahhad H. Alharbi, and Sabre Kais
In the search for novel materials, quantum chemical modeling and simulation has taken an important role. Molecular properties are computed on the basis of first-principles methods and screened against pre-defined criteria. Alternatively, th...
Super-Resolution Chemical Imaging with Plasmonic Substrates, Aeli P. Olson, Christopher T. Ertsgaard, Sarah N. Elliott, and Nathan C. Lindquist
We demonstrate super-resolution chemical imaging with plasmonic nanoholes via surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Due to large field enhancements, blinking behavior of SERS hot spots was observed and processed using a stochastic opt...
Super-resolution snapshot chemical imaging with plasmonic nanoholes, Aeli P. Olson and Nathan C. Lindquist
We show super-resolution chemical imaging with plasmonic nanoholes, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy. Spectral and spatial content are obtained simultaneously by imaging through filters or...
Super-resolution snapshot chemical imaging with plasmonic nanoholes, Aeli P. Olson and Nathan C. Lindquist
We show super-resolution chemical imaging with plasmonic nanoholes, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy. Spectral and spatial content are obtained simultaneously by imaging through filters or...
Quiet Person, Powerfully Loud Influence: Norris Magnuson (1932-2006), Sandra Oslund
Biographical article about Norris Magnuson, longtime director of Bethel Seminary Library....
Pathways to Positive Parenting: Helping Parents Nurture Healthy Development in the Earliest Months, Jolene Pearson
This . . .handbook serves as a parent educator's guide to coaching and supporting new parents. Describes innovative teaching techniques, along with practical and effective strategies that are field-tested, science-based, and can be applied ...
Aqueous extracts of castor seed (Ricinus communis) increase the contractile activities of mouse uterine tissues in vivo, Nick Quam, Katrina Wu, and Teresa F. DeGolier
Administration of castor oil from seeds of Ricinus communis is a commonly cited herbal preparation used to induce labor. The ricinoleic acid found in castor oil is more polar than most fats and activates uterine EP3 prostanoid receptors. Th...
Public Health Interventions for School Nursing Practice, Marjorie A. Schaffer, Linda J.W. Anderson, and Shannon Rising
School nurses (SNs) use public health nursing knowledge and skills to provide nursing services to school populations. The Public Health Intervention Wheel is a practice framework that can be used to explain and guide public health nursing i...
Second Life® Virtual Learning in Public Health Nursing, Marjorie A. Schaffer, Jone M. Tiffany, Kelly Kantack, and Linda J.W. Anderson
Background: With limited available public health nursing clinical placements, nurse educators are challenged to create alternative learning experiences that engage students. Method: Nursing faculty developed three Second Life® virtual learn...
Direct spectral imaging of plasmonic nanohole arrays for real-time sensing, Spencer T. Seiler, Isabel S. Rich, and Nathan C. Lindquist
Plasmon-enhanced optical transmission through arrays of nano-structured holes has led to the development of a new generation of optical sensors. In this paper, to dramatically simplify the standard optical setups of these sensors, we positi...
The Power of Encouragement: The Role of Christian Academic Librarians in Supporting the Whole Student, Earleen J. Warner
Christian librarians are exhorted to consider the role of providing encouragement, care, and emotional and spiritual support to college students. Caring for the whole student can have a positive impact on college student success and retenti...
Books from 2015
Matthew, Jeannine K. Brown
With large sections devoted to extended teachings and memorable sayings of Jesus, Matthew's Gospel has been a favorite of Christians throughout the centuries. New Testament scholar Jeannine Brown helps readers understand this Gospel as theo...
Relational integration, part II: Relational integration as developmental and intercultural, Jeannine K. Brown and Steven J. Sandage
In Part II of this two-part manuscript, we continue to outline the contours of a relational integration approach to the relationship between psychology and theology. Part I focused on relational integration as embodied and hermeneutical; he...
Free-radical Copolymerisation of Acrylamides, Acrylates, and α-olefins, Rebecca K. Carlson, Rachel A. Lee, Jed H. Assam, Rollin A. King, and Megan L. Nagel
We report the results of a joint theoretical and experimental investigation into the copolymerisation of acrylamides and acrylates with α-olefins in free-radical processes. The transition-state structures of models for free-radical homo- an...
Competition between π-π And C-H/π Interactions: A Comparison of the Structural and Electronic Properties of Alkoxy-Substituted 1,8-Bis((propyloxyphenyl)ethynyl)naphthalenes, Bradley E. Carson, Trent M. Parker, Edward G. Hohenstein, Glen L. Brizius, Whitney Komorner, Rollin A. King, David M. Collard, and C. David Sherrill
The structural and electronic consequences of π-π and C-H/π interactions in two alkoxy-substituted 1,8-bis- ((propyloxyphenyl)ethynyl)naphthalenes are explored by using X-ray crystallography and electronic structure computations. The crysta...
Competition Between π-π And C-H/π Interactions: A Comparison of the Structural and Electronic Properties of Alkoxy-Substituted 1,8-Bis((propyloxyphenyl)ethynyl)naphthalenes, Bradley E. Carson, Trent M. Parker, Edward G. Hohenstein, Glen L. Brizius, Whitney Komorner, Rollin A. King, David M. Collard, and C. David Sherrill
The structural and electronic consequences of π-π and C-H/π interactions in two alkoxy-substituted 1,8-bis- ((propyloxyphenyl)ethynyl)naphthalenes are explored by using X-ray crystallography and electronic structure computations. The crysta...
Small Mammal Habitat Preferences in a Patchwork of Adjacent Reconstructed Grasslands Subject to Semiannual Burns, Teresa F. DeGolier, Jeff Port, and Shawn P. Schottler
This study used small mammal capture-recapture methods within a mosaic of side-by-side prairie reconstructions to evaluate the relationship between floristic diversity, the effect of prescribed burns, and habitat use. This unique 10.4 ha st...
Nothing Beautiful Hides Its Face’: The Hiddenness of Esther in C. S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces, John Anthony Dunne
C. S. Lewis’ last and arguably best novel, Till We Have Faces, is an impressively nuanced revision and recasting of Apuleius’ short tale of Cupid and Psyche, Books 4–6 of The Golden Ass. Although this ancient myth was the main source for Ti...
Suffering and Covenantal Hope in Galatians: A Critique of the ‘Apocalyptic Reading’ and Its Proponents, John Anthony Dunne
This article addresses the so-called 'apocalyptic reading of Paul', taking the representative work of J. Louis Martyn and Martinus C. de Boer as its primary focus. The chief contention is that the 'apocalyptic reading' does not resemble the...
Parental Care of Nestlings in the Slaty-Backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus Fuscater) in Eastern Ecuador, Andrzej Dyrcz, Jeff Port, Romuald Mikusek, and Harold F. Greeney
The Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus fuscater) (Fig. 1) is an uncommon to locally fairly common Andean thrush (family Turdidae). It is found in dense, mossy, humid montane forest, in foothills and lower temperate highlands at 600–3...
Introductory Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry 2nd Edition, Michael P. Garoutte and Ashley B. Mahoney
The ChemActivities found in Introductory Chemistry:A Guided Inquiry use the classroom guided inquiry approach and provide an excellent accompaniment to any one semester Introductory text. Designed to support Process Oriented Guided Inquiry ...
Priests and Politicians: rex sacrorum and flamen Dialis in the Middle Republic, Charles Goldberg
As Cicero states in DE DOMO SUA, the politicians and chief priests in the Roman republic were essentially the same men, and politics and religion were fused at a fundamental level. In fact, the major priesthoods, the pontifices, augures, an...
Flipping the Classroom and Mathematica-Based Modules in Complex Analysis, MAA Session on Revitalizing Complex Analysis at the Undergraduate Level, II., William M. Kinney
Super-resolution chemical imaging with dynamic placement of plasmonic hotspots, Aeli P. Olson, Christopher T. Ertsgaard, Rachel M. McKoskey, Isabel S. Rich, and Nathan C. Lindquist
We demonstrate dynamic placement of plasmonic "hotspots" for super-resolution chemical imaging via Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). A silver nanohole array surface was coated with biological samples and illuminated with a laser. ...
Polarization interferometry for real-time spectroscopic plasmonic sensing, Lauren M. Otto, Daniel A. Mohr, Timothy W. Johnson, Sang Hyun Oh, and Nathan C. Lindquist
We present quantitative, spectroscopic polarization interferometry phase measurements on plasmonic surfaces for sensing applications. By adding a liquid crystal variable wave plate in our beam path, we are able to measure phase shifts due t...
Perfect Extinction of Terahertz Waves in Monolayer Graphene over 2-nm-Wide Metallic Apertures, Hyeong Ryeol Park, Seon Namgung, Xiaoshu Chen, Nathan C. Lindquist, Vincenzo Giannini, Yan Francescato, Stefan A. Maier, and Sang Hyun Oh
High carrier mobility and tunability in graphene enable fundamental studies for plasmonics and various applications. Despite its versatility, however, single-layer graphene (SLG) suffers from poor coupling efficiency to electromagnetic wave...
The Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens): male and female parental effort during the nestling period, Jeff Port and Harold F. Greeney
We document male and female roles in nestling care of Spotted Barbtails (Premnoplex brunnescens) including feeding rates and temporal patterns of provisioning by each sex. Using 128.5 hrs of video from color marked and molecularly sexed ind...
Relational integration, part I: Differentiated relationality between psychology and theology, Steven J. Sandage and Jeannine K. Brown
In Part I of a two-part manuscript, we describe the contours of a relational integration approach to the relationship between psychology and theology. This approach builds on the tradition of the integration of psychology and theology but t...
Health-related quality of life, Kristin E. Sandau, Timothy S. Bredow, and Sandra J. Peterson
Computer-assisted interventions to improve QTC documentation in patients receiving QT-prolonging drugs, Kristin E. Sandau, Sue Sendelbach, Linda Fletcher, Joel Frederickson, Barbara J. Drew, and Marjorie Funk
Background Many medications commonly used in hospitals can cause prolonged corrected QT interval (QTc), putting patients at risk for torsade de pointes (TdP), a potentially fatal arrhythmia. However, documentation of QTc for hospitalized pa...
Social support, Marjorie A. Schaffer
Public Health Nursing Activities: Visible or Invisible?, Marjorie A. Schaffer, Linda Olson Keller, and Dawn Reckinger
Objective: To promote visibility of public health nurses (PHNs), this study identified public health nursing activities and explored PHN perceptions of the impact of their activities on the health of the communities they serve. Design and S...
Advances in Molecular Quantum Chemistry Contained in the Q-Chem 4 Program Package, Yihan Shao, Zhengting Gan, Evgeny Epifanovsky, Andrew T.B. Gilbert, Michael Wormit, Joerg Kussmann, Adrian W. Lange, Andrew Behn, Jia Deng, Xintian Feng, and Rollin A. King
A summary of the technical advances that are incorporated in the fourth major release of the Q-Chem quantum chemistry program is provided, covering approximately the last seven years. These include developments in density functional theory ...
Breeding biology of Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys in eastern Ecuador, Elisabeth Wetherell, Harold F. Greeney, and Jeff Port
Descriptions of nesting behaviour for Neotropical hummingbirds remain incomplete. Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys inhabits Neotropical montane cloud forests, at elevations of 1,000–2,500 m, from Venezuela to Argentina. Monomorphi...
Nebrasketball : Coach Tim Miles and a Big Ten Team on the Rise, Scott Winter
When fall rolls into winter, most sports fans in Nebraska long for spring football. But Coach Tim Miles has given hibernating fans a reason to cheer through winter for the first time in twenty years. Since taking over the men's basketball p...
Submissions from 2014
Squeezing millimeter waves through a single, nanometer-wide, centimeter-long slit, Xiaoshu Chen, Hyeong Ryeol Park, Nathan C. Lindquist, Jonah Shaver, Matthew Pelton, and Sang Hyun Oh
We demonstrate broadband non-resonant squeezing of terahertz (THz) waves through an isolated 2-nm-wide, 2-cm-long slit (aspect ratio of 107), representing a maximum intensity enhancement factor of one million. Unlike resonant nanogap struct...
Fabrication and characterization of template-stripped plasmonic substrates for high-resolution chemical imaging, Sarah Elliott, Mark Turner, Isabel Rich, and Nathan C. Lindquist
Template-stripped plasmonic nanoholes are used as high-resolution chemical imaging substrates via surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Chemical patterns created with microcontact printing show these surfaces to provide large and uniform enh...
Fabrication and characterization of template-stripped plasmonic substrates for high-resolution chemical imaging, Sarah Elliott, Mark Turner, Isabel Rich, and Nathan C. Lindquist
Template-stripped plasmonic nanoholes are used as high-resolution chemical imaging substrates via surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Chemical patterns created with microcontact printing show these surfaces to provide large and uniform enh...
Fabrication and Characterization of Template-Stripped Plasmonic Substrates for High-Resolution Chemical Imaging, Sarah Elliott, Mark Turner, Isabel Rich, and Nathan C. Lindquist
Template-stripped plasmonic nanoholes are used as high-resolution chemical imaging substrates via surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Chemical patterns created with microcontact printing show these surfaces to provide large and uniform enh...
Fabrication and characterization of template-stripped plasmonic substrates for high-resolution chemical imaging, Sarah Elliott, Mark Turner, Isabel Rich, and Nathan C. Lindquist
Template-stripped plasmonic nanoholes are used as high-resolution chemical imaging substrates via surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Chemical patterns created with microcontact printing show these surfaces to provide large and uniform enh...
Dynamic placement of plasmonic hotspots for super-resolution surface-enhanced Raman scattering, Christopher T. Ertsgaard, Rachel M. McKoskey, Isabel S. Rich, and Nathan C. Lindquist
In this paper, we demonstrate dynamic placement of locally enhanced plasmonic fields using holographic laser illumination of a silver nanohole array. To visualize these focused "hotspots", the silver surface was coated with various biologic...
The development, implementation, and evaluation of an end-of-life simulation experience for baccalaureate nursing students, Katherine Fabro, Marjorie Schaffer, and Julie Scharton
AIM This article presents an example of a high-fidelity end-of-life simulation developed for an elective course in a baccalaureate nursing program. BACKGROUND Nursing education programs often lack opportunities for palliative care experienc...
Adoptees' Contact With Birth Relatives in Emerging Adulthood, Rachel H. Farr, Holly A. Grant-Marsney, Danila S. Musante, Harold D. Grotevant, and Gretchen Miller Wrobel
While openness in adoption has become more common in the United States, little research has examined contact between birth and adoptive families as adoptees become adults. Using quantitative and qualitative data from 167 emerging adult adop...
A comparison of the well child clinic services in Norway and the nurse family partnership programme in the United States, Kari Glavin and Marjorie A. Schaffer
Aim and objectives: To present a comparison and a discussion of the Well Child Clinic model in Norway and the Nurse-Family Partnership® model in the United States. Background: The Nurse Family Partnership programme in the United States is v...
A Comparison of the Cornerstones of Public Health Nursing in Norway and in the United States, Kari Glavin, Marjorie A. Schaffer, Liv Halvorsrud, and Lisbeth Gravdal Kvarme
Objectives: This study describes a comparison of the values and beliefs foundational to community nursing practice in Norway with the Cornerstones of Public Health Nursing based on public health nursing practice in the United States. Design...
Christ Through Four Gospel Portraits - Part 1 Overview of Gospels and Mark, Juan Hernández Jr.
Christ through Four Gospel Portraits" is an exploration of the the distinct historical, literary, and theological contributions of each Evangelist to the question of the identity and mission of Jesus for its earliest Christian readership. T...
Christ Through Four Gospel Portraits - Part 2 Mark Continued, Juan Hernández Jr.
"Christ through Four Gospel Portraits" is an exploration of the the distinct historical, literary, and theological contributions of each Evangelist to the question of the identity and mission of Jesus for its earliest Christian readership. ...
Christ Through Four Gospel Portraits - Part 3 Matthew and Luke, Juan Hernández Jr.
"Christ through Four Gospel Portraits Part 3" is the third in a series of four lectures that explores the distinct historical, literary, and theological contributions of each Evangelist to the question of the identity and mission of Jesus f...
Christ Through Four Gospel Portraits - Part 4 John and the Synoptic Gospels, Juan Hernández Jr.
"Christ through Four Gospel Portraits" is an exploration of the the distinct historical, literary, and theological contributions of each Evangelist to the question of the identity and mission of Jesus for its earliest Christian readership. ...
The creation of a fourth-century witness to the andreas text type: A misreading in the apocalypse's textual history, Juan Hernández Jr
The publication of Josef Schmid's landmark work on the textual history of the Apocalypse seemingly established the Andreas Text Type as a fourth-century product. The primary evidence for Schmid's claim came from the fourth-century correctio...
Walking with the Mud Flower collective: God's Fierce Whimsy and dialogic theological method, Stina Busman Jost
Arguing for a retrieval of the landmark work, God’s Fierce Whimsy, Stina Busman Jost establishes the critical importance of this volume for the construction of a dialogic theological method. This is accomplished through a close reading of G...
“I Would Like to Live a Better Life:” How Young Mothers Experience Entrepreneurship Education in East Africa, Elisabeth E. Lefebvre, Amy Pekol, and Brooke L. Krause
This paper examines the capabilities, values, and constraints of young mothers participating in a youth entrepreneurship program in Tanzania and Uganda. Entrepreneurship education is an increasingly popular development strategy for vulnerab...
Template fabricated plasmonic nanoholes on analyte-sensitive substrates for real-time vapor sensing, Nathan C. Lindquist, Mark A. Turner, and Benjamin P. Heppner
Sensing with nanostructured plasmonic devices has become an important research field due to their proven ability to be extremely sensitive, compact, multiplexed, and compatible with low-cost fabrication techniques. In this paper, we employ ...
Super-resolution snapshot chemical imaging with plasmonic nanoholes, Aeli P. Olson and Nathan C. Lindquist
We show super-resolution chemical imaging with plasmonic nanoholes, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy. Spectral and spatial content are obtained simultaneously by imaging through filters or...
Spotlight on nurse researcher Kimberly Stephens, Hannah Wichterman Peller and Kristin E. Sandau
The Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens): Observations on the parental care behavior of a montane Neotropical Furnariid, Jeff Port, Harold F. Greeney, and Elizabeth Boyd
We document the nestling care of the Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens) including provisioning rates and items brought to the nest. Based on 230 hours of video spanning from hatch to fledging at a single nest, we confirm that both se...
Use of the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire among elderly patients with aortic stenosis: Results from a pilot study, Kristin E. Sandau, Charlene Boisjolie, and James S. Hodges
BACKGROUND:: Past studies of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in aortic stenosis (AS) have focused on valve replacement, using generic or heart failure measures because no disease-specific measure exists. The literature is lacking in b...
A conceptual definition of quality of life with a left ventricular assist device: Results from a qualitative study, Kristin E. Sandau, Barbara A. Hoglund, Carrie E. Weaver, Charlene Boisjolie, and David Feldman
Objective: To develop a conceptual definition of quality of life (QoL) with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). Background: Conceptual and operational definitions of QoL with an LVAD are lacking. Methods: A grounded theory method was u...
Public health nurse mentorship of pregnant and parenting adolescents, Marjorie A. Schaffer and Ngozi Mbibi
Objective: This study explored the experience of the mentoring relationship for public health nurses (PHNs) and teen parents. Design and Sample: PHNs and teen parents who participated in the Parenting and Teen Program provided qualitative d...
Template fabricated plasmonic nanoholes on analyte-sensitive substrates for vapor sensing, Mark Turner, Benjamin Heppner, Isabel Rich, and Nathan C. Lindquist
Template-stripping is used to produce plasmonic nanoholes on chemically-patterned substrates for real-time, multiplex vapor sensing. The open-hole geometry allows simultaneous response from both sides of the chip during exposure to nitrogen...
Template fabricated plasmonic nanoholes on analyte-sensitive substrates for vapor sensing, Mark Turner, Benjamin Heppner, Isabel Rich, and Nathan C. Lindquist
Template-stripping is used to produce plasmonic nanoholes on chemically-patterned substrates for real-time, multiplex vapor sensing. The open-hole geometry allows simultaneous response from both sides of the chip during exposure to <10 ppm ...
Submissions from 2013
Matthew’s “least of these” theology and subversion of “us/other” categories, Jeannine K. Brown
Neurotensin and cholecystokinin contract gallbladder circular muscle in chickens, Teresa F. DeGolier, D. R. Brown, Gary E. Duke, M. M. Palmer, J. R. Swenson, and Robert E. Carraway
The contractile effects of neurotensin (NT) and cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) on isolated circular smooth muscle strips of chicken gallbladder were investigated. The NT (0.25-300 nM) produced concentration-dependent contractions on sm...
Release of avian neurotensin in response to intraluminal contents in the duodenum of chickens, Teresa F. DeGolier and Robert E. Carraway
Peripheral and hepatic-portal plasma levels of neurotensin (NT) in fed and fasted chickens were determined using RIA. Portal levels of NT1-13 (fed = 61.3 ± 3.9 fmol/mL; fasted = 44.5 ± 3.9 fmol/mL) were significantly higher than peripheral ...
Suffering in Vain: A Study of the Interpretation of ΠΑΣΧΩ in Galatians 3.4, John Anthony Dunne
Modern scholarship is divided on the interpretation of πάσχω in Gal. 3.4, and there has yet to be a definitive study on the subject attempting to rectify the disagreements. The clear consensus prior to the late seventeenth century was that π...
The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research: Essays on the Status Quaestionis, Bart D. Ehrman and Michael W. Holmes
The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research provides up-to-date discussions of every major aspect of New Testament textual criticism. Written by internationally acknowledged experts, the twenty-four essays evaluate all significan...
Contact between adoptive and birth families: Perspectives from the Minnesota/Texas adoption research project, Harold D. Grotevant, Ruth G. Mcroy, Gretchen M. Wrobel, and Susan Ayers-Lopez
A growing number of adoptive families have contact with their children's birth relatives. The Minnesota/Texas Adoption Research Project is examining longitudinally the consequences of variations in contact arrangements for birth mothers, ad...
Modern critical editions and apparatuses of the Greek new testament, Juan Hernández Jr
From "Original Text" to "Initial Text": The Traditional Goal of New Testament Textual Criticism in Contemporary Discussion, Michael W. Holmes
This essay focuses on this second set of issues arising out of the current discussion about the meaning and status of the term “original text.” Following a brief introduction to recent discussion, the essay will sketch usage of the term “or...
Reasoned Eclecticism in New Testament Textual Criticism, Michael W. Holmes
New Testament textual critics work with two categories of evidence, conventionally designated as “external” (provided by the manuscripts themselves, including relative age, geographic distribution, and relative weight of the witnesses) and ...
Effects of Lower Extremity Anaerobic Fatigue on Neuromuscular Function and Jumping Performance, Tyler King, Grant Kaper, and Seth A. Paradis
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of lower extremity anaerobic fatigue on neuromuscular function and jumping performance. Performance was measured with a 3-D accelerometer. Variables examined were eccentric/concentric contr...
Vietnamese Religions, Asian Studies, and the Rule of Law, James F. Lewis
While the topic of human rights has become more prominent in studies of Southeast Asia, systematic research on religious freedom and rule of law has been difficult in Vietnam. After the economic liberalization of 1986, scholars saw new tren...
Grammatical Concepts 101 for Biblical Hebrew : Learning Biblical Hebrew Grammatical Concepts Through English Grammar, Gary A. Long
Spotlight on nursing research and evolving practice, Hannah Wichterman Peller and Kristin Sandau
Social Psychology in Christian Perspective : Exploring the Human Condition, Angela M. Sabates
Summary: "The field of psychology has greatly enriched our understanding of human interaction. Utilizing research that is well-grounded in the empirical and theoretical literature, Angela Sabates demonstrates how a distinctively Christian a...
Social support, Marjorie A. Schaffer
Social support is a middle range theory that addresses structure and interaction in relationships. It impacts health status, health behavior, and use of health services ( Stewart, 1993 ). As health professionals, nurses often have access to...
Evidence-based practice models for organizational change: Overview and practical applications, Marjorie A. Schaffer, Kristin E. Sandau, and Lee Diedrick
Aim: To provide an overview, summary of key features and evaluation of usefulness of six evidence-based practice models frequently discussed in the literature. Background: The variety of evidence-based practice models and frameworks, comple...
Evidence-based practice models for organizational change: Overview and practical applications, Marjorie A. Schaffer, Kristin E. Sandau, and Lee Diedrick
Aim: To provide an overview, summary of key features and evaluation of usefulness of six evidence-based practice models frequently discussed in the literature. Background: The variety of evidence-based practice models and frameworks, comple...
Competency of new graduate nurses: A review of their weaknesses and strategies for success, Janelle L. Theisen and Kristin E. Sandau
Because of the ongoing nursing shortage and the increasing acuity of patients, new graduate nurses must master both psychomotor and critical thinking skills rapidly. Inadequate orientation leads to high turnover rates for new graduates. Hea...
Adoptees' curiosity and information-seeking about birth parents in emerging adulthood: Context, motivation, and behavior, Gretchen Miller Wrobel, Harold D. Grotevant, Diana R. Samek, and Lynn Von Korff
The Adoption Curiosity Pathway (ACP) model was used to test the potential mediating effect of curiosity on adoption information-seeking in a sample of 143 emerging adult adoptees (mean age = 25.0 years) who were adopted as infants within th...
Submissions from 2012
Understanding Spiritual Warfare: Four Views, James K. Beilby and Paul R. Eddy
Faith and Librarianship: Preparing a Feast in the Library, Carole M. Cragg
In this essay I explore how my vocation as a librarian and the profession of librarianship, especially as it is practiced in the BU Library, relates to my call to “work with God in making a hospitable place in which the human community coul...
The Early Text of Luke, Juan Hernández Jr
This chapter examines six pre-fourth-century papyri containing Luke's Gospel: P4, P7, P45, P69, P75, and P111. The individual scribal habits, textual relationships, and transmission and social histories of each manuscript are considered. Ed...
Care of external fixator pin sites, Debbie Lagerquist, Michelle Dabrowski, Cari Dock, Angela Fox, Michell Daymond, Kristin E. Sandau, and Margo Halm
Vietnam's Christians: a Century of Growth in Adversity, Jim Lewis
Until now, a substantive chapter on Protestant Vietnam has been missing from standard histories of Asian continental Christianity. No longer, thanks to the work of Reg Reimer. Written to celebrate the hundred-year saga of Vietnam's evangeli...
Converging horizons for relational integration: Differentiation-based collaboration, Steven J. Sandage and Jeannine K. Brown
Evaluation of a Public Health Nurse Visiting Program for Pregnant and Parenting Teens, Marjorie A. Schaffer, Amy Goodhue, Kaye Stennes, and Cheryl Lanigan
A visiting nurse agency created the Pregnant and Parenting Team Program, an innovative program for serving pregnant and parenting teen mothers to promote family and child health and family self-sufficiency. Public health nurses (PHNs) provi...
End-of-life discussion in assisted living facilities, Marjorie A. Schaffer, Kerry Keenan, Faith Zwirchitz, and Laura Tierschel
Discussion about end-of-life healthcare choices can contribute to honoring preferences and facilitating a peaceful dying process for residents in assisted living facilities. Focus groups were used to explore perspectives on end-of-life disc...
Psi4: An Open-source Ab Initio Electronic Structure Program, Justin M. Turney, Andrew C. Simmonett, Robert M. Parrish, Edward G. Hohenstein, Francesco A. Evangelista, Justin T. Fermann, Benjamin J. Mintz, Lori A. Burns, Jeremiah J. Wilke, Micah L. Abrams, and Rollin A. King
The Psi4 program is a new approach to modern quantum chemistry, encompassing Hartree-Fock and density-functional theory to configuration interaction and coupled cluster. The program is written entirely in C++ and relies on a new infrastruct...
Understanding the Adoptive Family within the Context of Christian Hospitality, Gretchen Miller Wrobel
Adoptive families can take many forms, yet there are similarities across adoptive family types that can be studied. Relevant research regarding the adoptive kinship network, openness and contact in adoption, family communication about adopt...
Adopted Adolescents: Who and What Are They Curious About?, Gretchen Miller Wrobel and Kristin Dillon
Connecting Research to Practice, Gretchen Miller Wrobel and Elsbeth Neil
International Advances in Adoption Research for Practice, Gretchen Miller Wrobel and Elsbeth Neil
This is a unique compilation of cross-cultural and international attitudes towards adoption research and outcomes. Whilst informal adoption of children has probably always existed across all human societies, this work is timely in that inte...