bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
States in Mind: Evolution, Coalitional Psychology, and International Politics
Authors: Lopez Anthony C. , McDermott Rose , Petersen Michael Bang
Published: October 2011

The use of evolutionary models to examine political behavior in international relations has been the subject of much debate, but serious scholarly work has generally been lacking, in part because the causal mechanisms have not always been clearly explicated. An evolutionary psychological framework can correct this deficit and benefit research in at least three major areas of international relations: (1) how political groups such as states are perceived and represented by individuals and groups; (2) how coalitional action is facilitated among states; and (3) sex differences in coalitional behavior. Hypotheses are offered in each of these areas to more clearly demonstrate the psychological mechanisms that are the bridge between evolutionary theory and political behavior in the international system. The social and political landscape of the ancestral environments in which humans evolved strongly suggests that the psychological architecture of humans possesses specialized design for coalitional living that continues to guide behavior in the modern political world. These evolved mechanisms structure human motivation and engagement in areas including leadership and war.
Comparison of Water-Related Land Cover Types in Six 1-km Global Land Cover Datasets
Authors: Nakaegawa Tosiyuki
Published: October 2011

Land cover classification is a fundamental and vital activity that is helpful for understanding natural dynamics and the human impacts of land surface processes. Available multiple 1-km global land cover datasets have been compared to identify classification accuracy and uncertainties for vegetation land cover types, but they have not been adequately compared for water-related land cover types. Six 1-km global land cover datasets were comprehensively examined by focusing on three water-related land cover types (snow and ice, wetlands, and open water). The global mean per-pixel agreement measured by the class-specific consistency is high for snow and ice, medium for open water, and low for wetlands. The agreement is low for snow and ice in low latitudes and high for open water and snow and ice in high latitudes. Areas classified as wetlands in a pixel in one dataset are rarely classified as wetlands in the same pixel in the other five datasets. These areas are most often classified as forest, wetland, or shrub. Areas of snow and ice and open water in some regions are not always chronologically consistent among the datasets because nonsatellite data and different algorithms are used to determine the areas. Further research is necessary to reduce uncertainty in the water-related land cover classification and to develop an advanced classification algorithm that can detect water under a vegetation canopy for improvement in wetland classification. Chronological inconsistency between 1-km land cover datasets and satellite observation periods must also be addressed.
Implicit–Explicit Multistep Methods for Fast-Wave–Slow-Wave Problems
Authors: Durran Dale R. , Blossey Peter N.
Published: October 2011

Implicit–explicit (IMEX) linear multistep methods are examined with respect to their suitability for the integration of fast-wave–slow-wave problems in which the fast wave has relatively low amplitude and need not be accurately simulated. The widely used combination of trapezoidal implicit and leapfrog explicit differencing is compared to schemes based on Adams methods or on backward differencing. Two new families of methods are proposed that have good stability properties in fast-wave–slow-wave problems: one family is based on Adams methods and the other on backward schemes. Here the focus is primarily on four specific schemes drawn from these two families: a pair of Adams methods and a pair of backward methods that are either (i) optimized for third-order accuracy in the explicit component of the full IMEX scheme, or (ii) employ particularly good schemes for the implicit component. These new schemes are superior, in many respects, to the linear multistep IMEX schemes currently in use.

The behavior of these schemes is compared theoretically in the context of the simple oscillation equation and also for the linearized equations governing stratified compressible flow. Several schemes are also tested in fully nonlinear simulations of gravity waves generated by a localized source in a shear flow.
An Object-Oriented Characterization of Extreme Precipitation-Producing Convective Systems in the Midwestern United States
Authors: Hitchens Nathan M. , Baldwin Michael E. , Trapp Robert J.
Published: October 2011

Extreme precipitation was identified in the midwestern United States using an object-oriented approach applied to the NCEP stage-II hourly precipitation dataset. This approach groups contiguous areas that exceed a user-defined threshold into “objects,” which then allows object attributes to be diagnosed. Those objects with precipitation maxima in the 99th percentile (>55 mm) were considered extreme, and there were 3484 such objects identified in the midwestern United States between 1996 and 2010. Precipitation objects ranged in size from hundreds to over 100 000 km2, and the maximum precipitation within each object varied between 55 and 104 mm. The majority of occurrences of extreme precipitation were in the summer (June, July, and August), and peaked in the afternoon into night (1900–0200 UTC) in the diurnal cycle. Consistent with the previous work by the authors, this study shows that the systems that produce extreme precipitation in the midwestern United States vary widely across the convective-storm spectrum.
Phased Retirement and Workplace Flexibility for Older Adults
Authors: Johnson Richard W.
Published: October 2011

Phased retirement programs that allow older workers to reduce their hours and responsibilities and pursue more flexible work schedules could satisfy both the employee’s desire for flexibility and the employer’s need to maintain an experienced workforce. However, few employers have established formal programs, because they often complicate the provision of other benefits and might violate antidiscrimination rules. For example, federal laws limit retirement plan distributions to employees who are still working for the plan sponsor, which discourages phased retirement because few older workers can afford to reduce their work hours unless they can receive at least some retirement benefits. Many employers do not provide fringe benefits to part-time employees, and making exceptions for older workers could violate antidiscrimination rules. Federal laws requiring that benefits provided through tax-qualified plans be evenly distributed between highly compensated and lower-paid employees also complicate formal phased retirement programs. Reforming these policies could promote phased retirement.
Support, opinion of support and psychological health among survivors of a natural disaster
Authors: Wahlström Lars , Michélsen Hans , Schulman Abbe , Backheden Magnus
Published: October 2011

Background:

Although formal intervention after disasters is recommended, the evidence base for this is weak. Satisfaction with support after disasters is seldom investigated and the relation to psychological symptoms is unknown.

Aims:

To investigate whether dissatisfaction with social and formalized support are associated with post-disaster psychological symptoms.

Methods:

A total of 1,505 Swedish survivors of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami responded to a questionnaire 14 months after the disaster, including the General Health Questionnaire-12, the Impact of Events Scale – Revised, the Crisis Support Scale, and questions concerning the reception and appraisal of social and formalized support from health care, psychological services and insurance agencies. Disaster exposure and background factors were controlled for in the analyses.

Results:

Reception of formalized support, but not social support, was associated with both psychological distress and post-traumatic stress. Dissatisfaction with social but not formalized support, with the exception of support from insurance agencies, was associated with psychological distress.

Conclusions:

Social support and formalized support should be differentiated in future studies in order to improve preventive intervention efforts after disasters. The reporting of dissatisfaction with social support merits special attention, since this may indicate increased risk for psychological symptoms.
“All the Families of the Earth”
Authors: Mann Thomas W
Published: October 2011

The central theological focus that unites the Book of Genesis is the promise that God first makes to Abraham and then repeats in various forms to Isaac, to Jacob, and, through Jacob, to Joseph “In you shall all the families of the earth be blessed”
Humor and the Theology of Hope
Authors: Kaminsky Joel S.
Published: October 2011

The Isaac narratives contain many rarely noticed elements of humor. While enhancing the reader's enjoyment, humor is also an integral component of a theology of hope in Genesis.
Walk This Way
Authors: Adam A. K. M.
Published: October 2011

An ethics of imitation risks trivializing, aggrandizing, and homogenizing the company of disciples. Should followers of Jesus even try to walk this way?
Children in the Bible
Authors: Carroll John T.
Published: October 2011

In the Gospels, Jesus points to children as pattern and paradigm of God's reign. Challenged by Jesus' counter-cultural affirmation of the child, Christian communities are called to vigorous and insistent advocacy for children in our own time.
Ecclesiastes
Authors: Tamez Elsa
Published: October 2011

Qoheleth speaks most profoundly to men and women most disillusioned with a world governed by efficiency, technology, and profit. To them, the sage offers both an affirmation of faith and a call to value the concrete and the sensuous.
Journeying through Scripture with the Lectionary's Map
Authors: Black C. Clifton
Published: October 2011

Preaching from the Revised Common Lectionary has its hazards. Living with the lectionary may nevertheless cultivate within us “a taste for holy conversation”: a deeper affinity for the God whom Christians prayerfully adore as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Psalms and Spirituality in the 21st Century
Authors: Endres John C.
Published: October 2011

The Psalms invite various levels of interpretation. Both expressive and formative, they not only mirror reality but also tutor persons in the spiritual life.
The Scriptural World Of Hebrews
Authors: Johnson Luke Timothy
Published: October 2011

The world according to Hebrews reveals the living God. Entering this world requires readers to imagine the world in which they live as the world imagined by scripture. That world comes alive when scripture is read not as a record of the past but as a witness to God's work in the present.
Reading the Signs
Authors: Weaver Rebecca Harden
Published: October 2011

To interpret scripture, we must first recognize the “thing” of which it speaks: the incarnation understood through the commandments of love for God and neighbor. Scripture consists of “signs” that disclose that message. Interpreting the signs and communicating their meaning are dynamic processes that engage the “unquiet” of the human condition.
Interpreting Romans
Authors: Byrne Brendan
Published: October 2011

Because Paul could never address any problem without relating it to theology, Romans will never lack interpreters or debate. In this essay, the so-called “New Perspective on Paul,” which has sparked much recent discussion, is measured against the theology of Paul's central letter.
Created in the Image of a Violent God?
Authors: Middleton J. Richard
Published: October 2011

By its alternative depiction of God's non-violent creative power at the start of the biblical canon, Gen 1 signals the Creator's original intent for shalom and blessing at the outset of human history, prior to the rise of human (or divine) violence. Gen 1 constitutes a normative framework by which we may judge all the violence that pervades the rest of the Bible.
Song of Songs: A Metaphorical Vision for Pastoral Care
Authors: Schnabl Schweitzer Carol L.
Published: October 2011

The use of Scripture in pastoral care needs to attend to what is disclosed about God's power to transform as well as to the limitations of persons seeking care. Song of Songs provides a vision for pastoral care grounded in metaphors that tell a story that witnesses to the transforming power of love between equals. Even though the text ends in yearning, the book as a whole illustrates why desire is necessary for healthy human relationships and why love, a basic human need, is integral for any counseling relationship and especially with individuals struggling with depression.
Which Way Is Up?
Authors: Ottati Douglas F.
Published: October 2011

Our theological pictures of God, the world, and ourselves sometimes change in order to take account of scientific findings, ideas, and beliefs. How might they alter in response to recent ideas about the cosmos and the place of us humans in it?
The Centrality of Wonder in Paul's Soteriology
Authors: Davis D. Mark
Published: October 2011

At strategic moments in his very didactic letter to the church in Rome, Paul moves to poetic language and displays a sense of wonder at the heart of his doctrine of salvation.
Recurring Themes In The Book Of The Twelve: Creating Points Of Contact For A Theological Reading
Authors: Nogalski James D.
Published: October 2011

Four themes in the Book of the Twelve (the Day of YHWH, fertility of the land, the fate of God's people, and theodicy) have surfaced in the discussion of editorial activity, literary development, and theological perspectives. These themes deserve exploration for the role they play as a lens for reading the Book of the Twelve as a composite unity.
Nahum—Habakkuk—Zephaniah: Reading the “Former Prophets” in the Persian Period
Authors: O'Brien Julia M.
Published: October 2011

Hosea-Zephaniah so closely conform to Zechariah's description of the “former prophets” that these books may have been written or edited as a prelude to Zechariah. Recognizing that Zechariah constructed a picture of earlier prophets that would support his own message in the Persian period invites modern readers to reflect on the promise and the dangers of engaging in a similar process of reshaping the past in the interests of the present.
Subverted by Joy: Suffering and Joy in Paul's Letter to the Philippians
Authors: Bloomquist L. Gregory
Published: October 2011

Philippians serves as a rhetorical reconfiguration of suffering and joy. Woven together, suffering and joy create not just a theme but also a tapestry that serves as a backdrop for the entire letter.
Meeting in the Garden: Intertextuality with the Song of Songs in Holbein's Noli me tangere
Authors: Katsanis Bobbi Dykema
Published: October 2011

In their Noli me tangere images from the Northern Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer and Hans Holbein the Younger depict the encounter between Mary Magdalene and the risen Christ. They provide us images of the holy in humanity, and the human in the holy, in all their dimensions.
Jeremiah as a Messenger of Hope in Crisis
Authors: Stulman Louis J.
Published: October 2011

Jeremiah is an artifact of terror.... Jeremiah is an artifact of hope.
Who Is My Neighbor?
Authors: Ateek Naim
Published: October 2011

When examined in light of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the term “neighbor” raises questions of exclusivity and inclusivity, one's understanding of God, and responsibility toward the “Other.”
Theology as Witness: Gerhard von Rad's Contribution to the Study of Old Testament Theology
Authors: Schuele Andreas
Published: October 2011

In his seminal Theology of the Old Testament, Gerhard von Rad argues that the testimonial character of the Old Testament provides it with a coherent framework of theological interpretation. Von Rad defines “testimony” as the dynamic interplay between Israel's memory and the expectation of a God who is revealed in the history of the chosen people.
“But We Were in the Wilderness, and There God Speaks Quite Differently”: On the Significance of Preaching in the Theology and Work of Gerhard von Rad“But We Were in the Wilderness, and There God Speaks Quite Differently”: On the Significance of Preaching in the Theology and Work of Gerhard von Rad
Authors: Hauger Martin
Published: October 2011

Gerhard von Rad's concept of preaching is based on a biblical and homiletical hermeneutic that draws on some key insights of Karl Barth's dialectical theology. Von Rad's sermons were deeply informed by the older, liberal tradition and its concern for a distinctly “modern” way of preaching. This essay sketches the development of his concept of preaching as it relates to his work as an Old Testament scholar and university preacher.
“Hope that Is Seen Is not Hope”: Visual Explorations of Advent
Authors: Dyrness William
Published: October 2011

The season of Advent provides a unique opportunity for Christians to employ art and visual elements in worship. Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and, more hesitantly, Protestant churches have variously encouraged believers to see in part what one day they will see face to face.
Oracles, Visions, and Oral Tradition: Calvin on the Foundation of Scripture
Authors: Zachman Randall C.
Published: October 2011

John Calvin claims that the foundation of Scripture is the oracles and visions revealed to the patriarchs, transmitted through countless generations by an oral tradition that faithfully preserved these oracles. The oral tradition of the patriarchs also contains practices not found in written Scripture that are applicable to the church of Calvin day.
Temple Imagery in John
Authors: Coloe Mary L.
Published: October 2011

The narrative of the Fourth Gospel shows the tranference of the meaning of Israel's temple as the dwelling place of God. The temple shifts in meaning from a building to the person of Jesus and then to the community of believers.
Turning and Returning to God: Reflections on the Lectionary Texts for Lent
Authors: Thompson Marianne Meye
Published: October 2011

While the season of Lent often prompts introspection, the various biblical texts set for Lent call not for a turning inward, but a turning again to God with renewed trust and gratitude for the steadfast love and faithfulness of God. Jesus' death is the supreme example of the love of the God who has a steadfast commitment to deliver his people from captivity, whether captivity in Egypt, or captivity to sin and death.
More than the Love of Men: Ruth and Naomi's Story in Music
Authors: Leneman Helen
Published: October 2011

This essay introduces and discusses four musical works that extensively treat Ruth and Naomi's relationship: two late nineteenth-century oratorios, and two twentieth-century operas. Both music and librettos are treated as midrash—a creative retelling through both altered text and in the language of music.
Matthew's Narrative Christology: Three Stories
Authors: Boring M. Eugene
Published: October 2011

Matthew's Christology is theocentric, presenting God's rule as manifest in the life of Jesus as an alternative to the sovereignty and power of this-worldly rulers. This Christology is expressed in the narrative mode. It can be appreciated and appropriated better in the context of the narratives in which contemporary interpreters are embedded.
Scripture, Hermeneutics, and Matthew's Jesus
Authors: Spencer F. Scott
Published: October 2011

Eschewing a truncated focus on single proof-texts, Matthew's Jesus interprets Scripture by Scripture across the canon in creative and provocative ways. His hermeneutical methods and aims resist narrow profiling. Above all, Matthew's Jesus emerges as the church's authoritative biblical exegete and teacher.
Examining the Economic Crisis as a Crisis of Values
Authors: Peters Rebecca Todd
Published: October 2011

As Christians, we are called to think about the fundamental values that shape and guide our economic behavior and the economic structures of our society. This article focuses on the ways in which the problem of predatory lending, or usury, allows us to examine our most basic Christian values and principles and think about how they might serve as a moral foundation for reshaping our economic structures and transactions.
“The Beatitudes”
Authors: Murray Jon E.
Published: October 2011

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
Baptism and Maturity
Authors: Morrison Clinton
Published: October 2011

The Church is most faithful to its tradition, and realizes its unity with the Church of every age, when, linked but not tied by its past, it today searches the Scriptures and orients its life by them as though this had to happen today for the first time.
Psalm 8 in the Context of the Christian Canon
Authors: Childs Brevard S.
Published: October 2011

“The challenge of the Christian interpreter in our day is to hear the full range of notes within all of Scripture, to wrestle with the theological implication of this biblical witness, and, above all, to come to grips with the agony of our age before a living God who still speaks through the Prophets and Apostles.”
Scripture and an Ecumenical Life-Style
Authors: Brueggemann Walter
Published: October 2011

Against the mood of polarization which has gripped life in all its spheres, including the church, the Bible offers another style of faith: the wisdom traditions in Scripture.
The Study of the Wisdom Literature
Authors: Scott R. B. Y.
Published: October 2011

Scholarly work in the area of the wisdom movement and its literature has opened up, in the last half-century, new vistas in Old Testament religion and theology. The research has progressed on such different fronts and intensified so rapidly that a survey charting its movement and achievement is necessary to appreciate the achievement and sense its implications.
The Old Testament and the New Crisis of Biblical Authority
Authors: Barr James
Published: October 2011

The authority of the Old Testament is being eroded today, not so much by opposition as disinterest—a neglect fostered by the general distrust of authority. The situation is a summons for a new look at the Old Testament to uncover what really commends it to church and world.
The Search for Perspective
Authors: Ladd George E.
Published: October 2011

Biblical theology has always been essentially a theology of salvation history, because salvation history is what the Scriptures present. The urgent task of theology is to formulate a concept of history that is appropriate to its canon.
The Dismantling and Reassembling of the Categories of New Testament Scholarship
Authors: Robinson James M.
Published: October 2011

New Testament scholarship faces a crisis in the categories with which it perceives its material. A new set of concepts for descriptive analysis which are more appropriate to the dynamic nature of the texts must be developed.
The Role of the Bible in Roman Catholic Theology
Authors: Murphy Roland E. , Peter Carl J.
Published: October 2011

The role of Scripture as norm is growing significantly in Catholic theological work. But with that growth the problems of its relation to other norms become clearer and more urgent as the agenda for systematic theology.
What Shall We Do with the Bible?
Authors: Kaufman Gordon D.
Published: October 2011

Insofar as the knowledge of God is historical in kind, we are dependent directly upon the Bible as the record of that history in which he became known.
The Elohistic Fragments in the Pentateuch
Authors: Wolff Hans Walter
Published: October 2011

The most prominent theme of the Elohist is the Fear of God.
The Looting-Glass Tree Is for the Birds
Authors: Funk Robert W.
Published: October 2011

The Kingdom as Jesus sees it breaking in will arrive in disenchanting and disarming form : not as a mighty cedar astride the lofty mountain height but as a lowly garden herb.... It will erupt out of the power of weakness and refuse to perpetuate itself by the weakness of power.
Structural Analysis: Is it Done with Mirrors?
Authors: Culley Robert C.
Published: October 2011

The occurrence of these two kinds of stories in the narrative tradition sets out two modes of response to crises : Yahweh moving from his position of strength to save the situation by supernatural action and human beings moving from their position of weakness to save the situation as best they can with various acts of deception.
Reopening Old Questions About Scripture
Authors: Sanders James A.
Published: October 2011

God is one, his gifts many. The Bible has within it a breadth which only the hermeneutics of prophetic critique can reveal.
The Messiah of Israel As Teacher of the Gentiles
Authors: Gaston Lloyd
Published: October 2011

Simple decency, to say nothing of Matthew's law of love, demands that we allow our neighbors to define themselves rather than to impose a caricature on them ; and to speak today of the utter reprobation of the people of Israel is monstrous and obscene.
The Monarchy
Authors: Mendenhall George E.
Published: October 2011

The development of the Israelite Monarchy followed the model of a typical Syro-Hittite state and introduced a paganization into the political and social history of Israel with fateful and lasting consequences.
Splendid Failure or Flawed Success?*
Authors: Wharton James A.
Published: October 2011

Here is a commentary whose challenges and contributions are so large that it claims and deserves the attention of a more diverse readership than any commentary published in this century.
Torah and Christ
Authors: Sanders James A.
Published: October 2011

The canon, this full Christian-Torah story, is the paradigm God has given us so that we too can conjugate the verbs of his activity today and know his participation in our lives now.
“We don't know where …” John 20:2
Authors: Minear Paul S.
Published: October 2011

Mary's plaintive questions about the “where” of Jesus punctuate the Easter story in John's Gospel. A discovery of the significance of this question of “where” is of prime importance for understanding Johannine theology, Christology, and ethics.
The Mandate and Promise of Baptism
Authors: Jenson Robert W
Published: October 2011

There is no one New Testament interpretation of baptism, but there is one New testament way of interpreting baptism. Its structural characteristics should inform our own gospel-interpretation of baptism.
Calvins Exegetical Principles
Authors: Kraus Hans-Joachim
Published: October 2011

In hi s exegesis Calvin aimed at a living expression of the Scriptures in the confident expectation that God's Word in its unity would be given through them.
The Politics of Charity
Authors: Hauerwas Stanley
Published: October 2011

The Gospel of Luke contains important clues about how Christians should care for the poor, that is, what form our charity should take and in what sense such a charity is politics.
Johannine Ecclesiology — The Community's Origins
Authors: E. Brown Raymond
Published: October 2011

Recent methodology in Gospel research is casting light not only on church history, but also on the growth of theology and faith in the first century.
Prophecy from the Eighth through the Fifth Century
Authors: Wolff Hans Walter
Published: October 2011

In the eighth century, prophets began to appear whose words were addressed to the nation as a whole, because the mission of these prophets was to set the life of the people of God in the light of the future God was preparing for them.
The Prophets in Recent Study: 1967–197
Authors: Limburg James
Published: October 2011

During the last decade the library of resources for the study of Old Testament prophets has been substantially expanded ; especially noteworthy is the way the need for commentaries has been met.
The Interpretation of Romans in the History of The Christian Faith
Authors: Godsey John D.
Published: October 2011

The history of the Christian faith is marked by moments when Paul's letter to the Romans had its say and shaped the course of that history decisively.
Story and Poem: The Old Testament as Literature and as Scripture
Authors: Clines David J.A.
Published: October 2011

The distinction between the Bible as literature and the Bible as scripture is largely artificial. The church can properly hear its Bible as scripture only when it reads it as literature.
Soteriology in Contemporary Christian Thought
Authors: Bloesch Donald G.
Published: October 2011

The different ways in which contemporary theologians understand the saving work of Christ arise from the different premises with which the theological task is undertaken.
The Old Testament, Scripture or Theology?
Authors: McEvenue Sean E.
Published: October 2011

The use of Scripture in theology requires a new method for doing theology rather than a new way of reading the Bible.
Law and Gospel in Luther's Hermeneutic
Authors: Forde Gerhard O.
Published: October 2011

Law and gospel, as Luther understood them, are more a matter of modes of speech and ways of preaching than of difference in content between Old and New Testaments
The Story of the Moral: Gifts or Bribes in Deuteronomy?
Authors: Goldberg Michael L.
Published: October 2011

The Torah in Deuteronomy is not so much a matter of rules to be obeyed as it is a matter of a story to be lived.
Prophecy in Crisis: The Call of Ezekiel
Authors: Wilson Robert R.
Published: October 2011

Great judgment was leavened by yet greater grace when God called a prophet and so continued to reach out to a rebellious Israel suffering under exile, even when Israel refused to accept the prophet's divinely commissioned words.
Life in the Present and Hope for the Future
Authors: Lemke Werner E.
Published: October 2011

By radically undercutting all facile claims on God's mercy and all false confidence in human merit, Ezekiel laid the sure foundation for the future hope of his people: God's sovereign freedom to cleanse and restore them as He saw fit.
Religious Authority in Judaism
Authors: Neusner Jacob
Published: October 2011

There is neither higher nor other authority than God's will which is the foundation upon which religious authority in Judaism rests, a will which reaches worldly expression in the Torah.
The Book That Reads Us
Authors: Rogers John B.
Published: October 2011

From the opening curtain to the grand finale, God is present, sometimes front and center, sometimes mysteriously hidden off stage; it is that God who moves in on us, as it were, from the pages of the Bible.
The David of the Psalms
Authors: Mays James Luther
Published: October 2011

The relation of the Psalms to David puts them in a context in which they become the appropriate language of religious expression for those who depend on and trust in the promises of the God of Israel.
The Problem at Galatia
Authors: Gordon T. David
Published: October 2011

The essence of Paul's gospel expounded in Galatians consists in the declaration that in Christ God has indeed fulfilled the promises he made to Abraham, to bless all nations in him.
Job
Authors: Seitz Christopher R.
Published: October 2011

The notion of compositional development in the text of Job is directed at a simplistic view of the book, and of the problem of suffering and rewards; it does not touch the difficult view of God that pervades all levels of tradition in the present book.
Toward a Biblical Perspective on Equality
Authors: Sider Ronald L.
Published: October 2011

If one's political engagement is to be shaped fundamentally by the Scriptures, it means developing a biblical understanding on a given issue by means of a process vastly more complex than selecting a few isolated proof-texts related to it.
Paul the Theologian
Authors: Beker J Christiaan
Published: October 2011

Apparent tensions, even contradictions, within the letters of Paul have led some to abandon the attempt to find coherence in his theology, and others to locate it in his psychological make-up lather than his thought, neither solution represents an adequate response to the apostle's theological reflections
“The Last Enemy Is Death”
Authors: Brown Charles E
Published: October 2011

Paul's reflections on the universal curse of death and its conquest by the resurrection of God's son who shared that curse in his own death on the cross help define the pastoral approach to those who suffer humanity's common anxiety in the face of death
“As Dying, and Behold We Live”
Authors: Roetzel Calvin J.
Published: October 2011

As Second Corinthians reveals, Paul forged his theology of the resurrection on the anvil of crisis. In opposition to rival apostles who preached a gospel celebrating success and self, Paul links the resurrection with the crucifixion and exhorts the Corinthians to live not for themselves but “for him who for their sake died and was raised.”
The Psalms as a Book for Pilgrims
Authors: Smith Mark S.
Published: October 2011

Through their psalms, the pilgrims of ancient Israel created a view of the world and of God that today remains central to the faith and life of the church.
The Bible and Ecology
Authors: Rolston Holmes
Published: October 2011

The Bible is not a book of science, and therefore not of ecology. It does, however, sketch a vision of human ecology, and contemporary readers encounter claims about how to value nature. The Bible's vision is simultaneously biocentric, anthropocentric, and theocentric. The Hebrews discovered who they were as they discovered where they were, and their scriptures can be a catalyst in our ecological crisis.
Dividing Lines in Jesus Research Today
Authors: Meier John P.
Published: October 2011

The Jesus of history undertook a prophetic ministry to Israel that involved working miracles. These miracles supported his eschatological message about the kingdom of God. The most adequate way to picture Jesus, therefore, is as the miracle-working, eschatological prophet who cloaked himself in the mantle of Elijah.
“I Believe...in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord”
Authors: Galvin John P.
Published: October 2011

Christians recognize that the earthly Jesus can never be captured fully by historical scholarship. They recognize as well that Christian faith is not based on historical reconstructions. These recognitions notwith-standing, Christians insist that some elements of Jesus' life, which are open to historical research, are of central concern to Christian faith.
African-American Preaching
Authors: Mitchell Henry H.
Published: October 2011

The powerful preaching of the African-American pulpit has great value for the wider church. The cross-cultural enrichment of today's preaching will contribute to the survival and revival of America's many faltering mainline churches.
Paul and the Death of Jesus
Authors: Cousar Charles B.
Published: October 2011

Paul uses a rich variety of metaphors to express the significance of Jesus' death. Far from giving permission to those in power to silence the powerless, the cross becomes the paradigm of self-sacrificing service for the whole community of faith.
Leaving the 2-Year College
Authors: Wood J. Luke
Published: October 2011

The purpose of this study was to investigate Black male collegians’ reported reasons for leaving college. This study examined students in public 2-year colleges, comparing Black male collegians with all other male collegians. Data examined were derived from the first two waves (2003-2004 and 2005-2006) of the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study. Data were analyzed using logistic regression. Findings from descriptive data indicated that Blacks and non-Blacks had few similarities in the areas they reported as their reasons for leaving. Logistic regression analyses revealed little differences in patterns across the two waves in leaving college for academic problems. However, they illustrated that Black males were less likely to leave college for program dissatisfaction, financial reasons, military reasons, or scheduling issues. In contrast, patterns indicated that Black males were more likely to leave for other reasons not included in the response categories. Two variables examined in this study illustrated differences across the waves. In the first wave, the odds of Black male departure due to family responsibilities were greater for Black males, while they were lower in the second wave. This suggested that Black men who will leave college due to family responsibilities will do so early on. Furthermore, the odds of Black male departure were lower for other reasons in the first wave and greater in the second wave.
Being All That You Can Be
Authors: Williams Elanor F. , Gilovich Thomas , Dunning David
Published: October 2011

An accurate assessment of an individual often requires taking their potential into account. Across six studies the authors found that people are more inclined to do so when evaluating themselves than when evaluating others, such that people credit themselves for their perceived potential more than they credit others for theirs. Participants rated potential as a more telling component of the self than of others, and the importance participants placed on their own potential led to attentional biases toward information about their own future potential that did not apply to information about the potential of others. Furthermore, when assessing themselves and other people, participants required more tangible proof that someone else has a given level of potential than they required of themselves, and they relied more on how they would ideally perform in self-assessment but more on how others actually performed in judging them.
Milrinone, a phosphodiesterase III inhibitor, prevents reduction of jugular bulb saturation during rewarming from hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass
Authors: Iritakenishi T , Hayashi Y , Yamanaka H , Kamibayashi T , Ueda K , Mashimo T
Published: October 2011

Introduction: Inadequate cerebral oxygen balance during cardiopulmonary bypass may cause neuropsychological dysfunction. Milrinone, a phosphodiesterase III inhibitor, augments cerebral blood flow by direct vasodilatation. We conducted a prospective, randomized study in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass to clarify the clinical efficacy of milrinone in the imbalance of cerebral oxygen supply and demand during the rewarming period of cardiopulmonary bypass.

Methods: This is a prospective, randomized and placebo-controlled study. After anesthesia, a 5.5 F fiberoptic oximeter catheter was inserted into the right jugular bulb retrogradely for monitoring the jugular venous oxyhemoglobin saturation (SjO2). Patients were randomly assigned to two groups, one receiving a continuous infusion of milrinone, 0.5 µg/kg/min during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass, and the other receiving saline as control.

Results: Milrinone significantly prevented the reduction of the jugular venous oxyhemoglobin saturation at 10 minutes from the start of rewarming compared with the control group, but did not do so from 10 to 20 minutes after rewarming.

Conclusion: Milrinone suppresses the reduction of SjO2 and improves the balance of cerebral oxygen supply and demand during the early rewarming period of hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass.
Healthcare tariffs for specialist inpatient neurorehabilitation services: rationale and development of a UK casemix and costing methodology
Authors: Turner-Stokes Lynne , Sutch Stephen , Dredge Robert
Published: October 2011

Objective: To describe the rationale and development of a casemix model and costing methodology for tariff development for specialist neurorehabilitation services in the UK.

Rationale for development of a new methodology: Patients with complex needs incur higher treatment costs. Fair payment should be weighted in proportion to costs of providing treatment, and should allow for variation over time

Casemix model and band-weighting: Case complexity is measured by the Rehabilitation Complexity Scale (RCS). Cases are divided into five bands of complexity, based on the total RCS score. The principal determinant of costs in rehabilitation is staff time. Total staff hours/week (estimated from the Northwick Park Nursing and Therapy Dependency Scales) are analysed within each complexity band, through cross-sectional analysis of parallel ratings. A ‘band-weighting’ factor is derived from the relative proportions of staff time within each of the five bands.

Costing methodology: Total unit treatment costs are obtained from retrospective analysis of provider hospitals’ budget and accounting statements. Mean bed-day costs (total unit cost/occupied bed days) are divided broadly into ‘variable’ and ‘non-variable’ components. In the weighted costing model, the band-weighting factor is applied to the variable portion of the bed-day cost to derive a banded cost, and thence a set of cost-multipliers. Preliminary data from one unit are presented to illustrate how this weighted costing model will be applied to derive a multilevel banded payment model, based on serial complexity ratings, to allow for change over time.
Do Parents Blame or Doubt their Child More When Sexually Abused by Adolescents Versus Adults?
Authors: Walsh Wendy A. , Cross Theodore P. , Jones Lisa M.
Published: October 2011

Although the importance of parental support for child sexual abuse victims is well documented, the nature of parental support for victims sexually abused by adolescents is less understood. In this exploratory study, we examine whether parents differ in their levels of blame or doubt for their child when sexually abused by adolescents versus adults. Data included 161 reports of child sexual abuse. Parental blame toward their child was higher when sexually abused by an adolescent versus an adult suspect. In the bivariate and multivariate analysis, parental blame was significantly higher as victim age increased, for Black, non-Hispanic children, and when there was an adolescent suspect. Practitioners need to recognize that high levels of blame and doubt could exist for adolescent victims of sexual abuse and when children are sexually abused by adolescents.
Women’s Perceptions of Caesarean Birth
Authors: Fawcett Jacqueline , Aber Cynthia , Haussler Susan , Weiss Marianne , Myers Sheila Taylor , Hall Jaye L. , Waters V. Lynn , King Charlette , Tarkka Marja-Terttu , Rantanen Anja , Astedt-Kurki Paivi , Newton Jennifer , Silva Virginia
Published: October 2011

The purpose of this Roy adaptation model-based multi-site international mixed method study was to examine the relations of type of caesarean birth (unplanned/planned), number of caesarean births (primary/repeat), and preparation for caesarean birth to women’s perceptions of and responses to caesarean birth. The sample included 488 women from the United States ( n = 253), Finland ( n = 213), and Australia ( n = 22). Path analysis revealed direct effects for type of and preparation for caesarean birth on responses to caesarean birth, and an indirect effect for preparation on responses to caesarean birth through perception of birth the experience.
A Legacy of Leadership in Nursing
Authors: Pilkington F. Beryl
Published: October 2011

This introduces the guest author’s column on perspectives on leadership developed through a career as a nurse leader. Parse’s essentials of leadership: commitment to a vision, willingness to risk, and reverence for others, are noted in tributes from other leaders and followers, which point to the rich legacy of a distinguished career.
Research Based on the Roy Adaptation Model
Authors: Roy Callista
Published: October 2011

Two key events lead to the prominence of links among Roy’s grand theory, derived middle-range theories and the design of research. The author in this column describes this work in two formats. Essential details of two areas of research are presented in episodic form—the first is work on secondary analysis of Roy model-based research over 40 years and the author’s study of persons’ cognitive recovery from mild head injury. The second is a project on re-conceptualizing coping and adaptation processing in sequential detail within the context of work in the field and the significance of on-going work for nursing practice.
The Politics of Mortal Terror
Authors: Cohen Florette , Solomon Sheldon
Published: October 2011

Terror-management theory is used to examine how political preferences are altered when existential concerns are aroused. The theory posits that the uniquely human awareness of death engenders potentially debilitating terror that is managed through devotion to cultural worldviews that give individuals a sense that life has meaning and that they have value. Research shows that mortality salience increases adherence to cherished cultural values and instigates efforts to bolster self-esteem. Here we review research documenting the role of terror-management processes in promoting support for charismatic leaders who share one’s cherished beliefs and aggression against those who hold rival beliefs. Implications for fostering effective participatory democracy are considered.
Women, Men, and the Bedroom
Authors: Conley Terri D. , Moors Amy C. , Matsick Jes L. , Ziegler Ali , Valentine Brandon A.
Published: October 2011

Many researchers have elucidated large, well-established, and reliable gender differences in sexuality, but relatively few have empirically examined conditions under which these differences can be eliminated. This article investigates some established sexuality gender differences in greater depth. We demonstrate how creative theoretical and empirical approaches may shed light on prevalent misconceptions concerning sex-related gender differences.
The Benefit of Forgetting in Thinking and Remembering
Authors: Storm Benjamin C.
Published: October 2011

Forgetting is a surprising and unintended consequence of remembering. Research on retrieval-induced forgetting has shown that retrieval of one item in memory can cause the forgetting of other items in memory. This forgetting is argued to be the consequence of an inhibitory process that underlies the ability to overcome interference during retrieval. The research reviewed here suggests that individuals who exhibit more retrieval-induced forgetting are more capable of overcoming interference in other contexts as well (e.g., creative problem solving). Ironically, it appears that thinking and remembering rely at least in part on a process that underlies forgetting.
Lessons Learned From a Tiered Service Delivery Implementation Project
Authors: Johnson Evelyn S. , Pool Juli L. , Carter Deborah R.
Published: October 2011

Tiered models of service delivery for both academics and behavior are being increasingly adopted across the nation, and discussions of how to implement these models effectively and simultaneously are growing. In this article, the authors share some lessons learned from a 2-year implementation project to implement a comprehensive (both academic and behavior) model of tiered service delivery in an elementary school. The authors discuss four major issues that arose during implementation, including signs for predicting these challenges and insights into how they can be addressed.
Outcomes of an Elementary School-Based Vision Screening Program in North Carolina
Authors: Kemper Alex R. , Helfrich Anya , Talbot Jennifer , Patel Nita
Published: October 2011

School nurses can play a key role in the detection of significant refractive error. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of a statewide school nurse vision screening program by evaluating the outcomes of screening among first, third, and fifth graders in 10 schools in North Carolina during the 2009–2010 school year. Of the 2,726 children who were screened, 7.7% ( n = 209) were abnormal, of which 89% ( n = 186) were placed into a comprehensive database for follow-up. No documentation of any follow-up was available for 35% ( n = 65) of these children. Of the 106 with complete eye examination data available, 54.7% ( n = 58) had myopia, 22.6% ( n = 24) had hyperopia, 11.3% ( n = 12) had astigmatism, 1.9% ( n = 2) had anisometropia, and 9.4% ( n = 10) were normal. Even with incomplete follow-up, this screening activity led to identification of 3 cases for every 100 children screened, underscoring the importance of high-quality school-based vision screening programs.