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What They Don't Tell You About Being a Teacher: (By a First-Year Teacher)
Authors: Snow Savannah
Published: May 2024

Everyone will tell you about the mediocre pay you will receive as a teacher and you will always hear people joke, â€œYouâ€™re definitely not in it for the money!â€ Everyone will tell you that you are â€œbraveâ€ because you are a teacher and say that they could never handle â€œthose kidsâ€ or â€œthat ageâ€ (no matter what age it is). They will suggest that you definitely go for your masterâ€™s as soon as possible (in order to climb the pay scale). Colleagues will suggest that you demand respect from your students, but find a healthy balance between teacher and friend. College professors will teach you how to involve movement in your lessons so the students do not get bored, and how to teach poetry so that it connects to studentsâ€™ lives. They will attempt to prepare you for long days in the classroom and unpaid overtime spent grading essays and racking your brain for new and fresh ideas for lessons over the next novel.
Becoming Jo March
Authors: Crane Abigail
Published: May 2024

When I was a girl, I read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. The beauty of this book is that the reader can see pieces of herself in every March sister, and I was no exception. Mostly, I sought flattering comparisons: Amyâ€™s creativity, Bethâ€™s selflessness, Megâ€™s nurturing spirit, Joâ€™s ambition. But I carry no shortage of ineptitudes, particularly with Joâ€™s rashness. All too often I found myself biting my tongue, and like Jo, ending up receiving a good scolding from my own Marmee. Despite these imperfections, Jo became a kindred spirit of mine. Her ambition and love of writing awoke something in me. I, too, became a writer after reading this book. I begged my mom to purchase journals for me, and if I was good and did my chores and went to Sunday school, she would laminate and bind the pages together. I developed my own series of stories, each volume detailing coming-of-age experiences, like fighting with siblings, or a good friend moving across the country. The experiences in those stories were my experiences, and through this fictional world I was able to better understand my own; in this way, I sought to become Jo March.
Moby-Dick Meets the Day After Tomorrow: Eco-Disaster and Salvation in Craig Russell's Fragment
Authors: Franklin John
Published: May 2024

Craig Russellâ€™s 2016 eco-thriller Fragment is a cautionary tale with nautical overtones. Like Herman Melvilleâ€™s classic 19th-century American allegory Moby-Dick, the 214-page novel is encyclopedic in its presentation of scientific knowledge; unlike Moby-Dick, it is Wikipedic in its exposition of the potential effects of the ignorance of this knowledge. Though alarmist in its message, and matter-of-factly Naturalistic in its depiction of the deaths of tens of thousands of creatures both human and other, the book is ultimately Romantic as it presents Nature in simple language composed to improve society.
From Tribal War to Color War: A Message of Survival and Belonging in How Dare the Sun Rise
Authors: Viets Lindsey
Published: May 2024

Studying a memoir provides middle and secondary school English students the opportunity for reflection on reality and analysis of literary elements in the same way a novel does. The genre, then, should be accessible to students. Selected for the New York Public Libraryâ€™s "Top Ten Books of 2017 for Teens" and the Junior Library Guild, How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child (2017) by Sandra Uwiringiyimana (with Abigail Pesta) is more than a memoir; itâ€™s a story about race in America from the perspective of an African immigrant who fled the 2004 Gatumba massacre in Burundi. In just one night, over 150 Congolese refugees from the Banyamulenge tribe were killed by the National Forces of Liberation of Burundi, while another 106 were left wounded. These men, women, and children were killed solely based on their ethnicity and have yet to receive the justice that they and their surviving family members deserve.
Teaching Tips
Authors: Gulley Beth , Preston Amanda , Pameticky April , Fitzpatrick Maureen , Carriger Shannon
Published: May 2024

Welcome to the inaugural Teaching Tips column in Kansas English. This is a place where innovative educators from all levels of instruction may share brief (250-500 word) teaching strategies. We hope readers will draw inspiration from the ideas presented here, adapt them, and later share their own suggestions for meaningful classroom activities.
The Tree of Panic in A Separate Peace
Authors: Sansom Judy
Published: May 2024

With the growth in popularity of young adult (YA) literature over the past few decades, novels such as John Knowlesâ€™s 1959 classic A Separate Peace deserve to be analyzed for typical YA themes, such as sexuality, identity, dysfunctional family units, and coming of age motifs. This paper evaluates A Separate Peace from a queer theory perspective while analyzing symbolic elements and themes. By examining these YA themes, teachers can offer fresh perspectives while teaching classic novels that have withstood the test of time.
A New Quirky Kid Anthem: The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik by David Arnold
Authors: Wall Rhiley
Published: May 2024

My newest love is the novel The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik by David Arnold. This book, published in 2018 by Viking Childrenâ€™s, first appealed to me from its colorful exterior and obvious nods to my truest love, David Bowie. Once I opened the book, I was not disappointed.
"A Pair of Ragged Claws": Poetry and Pedagogy in Prison
Authors: Trebar Alex , Maack Steven
Published: May 2024

Alex Tretbar, a Wichitan and graduate of the University of Kansas, reflects on his incarceration in Oregon and the role of literature in helping him and others who live in prison make sense of their experience. During his imprisonment, Tretbar acquired a job as a GED tutor and eventually took on a role as leader of a poetry and fiction study group. He shares experiences common to teachers of poetry both in and out of prison and demonstrates the power of poetry to help people learn about language, connect with each other, and appreciate how poetry can teach us about ourselves. Moreover, poetry and pedagogy have their own unique relevance in prison. Tretbar forms several important connections with other imprisoned men through their poetry group and explores how the power of poetry can help teachers and students confront the personal, political, and artistic issues we all face. Eventually, Tretbarâ€™s poetry group is shut down by a prison-wide COVID-19 lockdown just as its members were receiving instruction from visiting poets and educators. Steven Maack, one of Tretbarâ€™s high school English teachers, introduces Tretbarâ€™s reflection and provides an update in an afterword.
Fingerprint Essay: Creative Exploration and Personal Narrative
Authors: Pameticky April
Published: May 2024

Fingerprint Essays allows students to reflect on their own goals and dreams, and then display them in a way that is graphically creative and interesting.
Navigating Life's "Fun and Games": Pairing Downriver with Lord of the Flies
Authors: Sewell William
Published: May 2024

Since pairing the classics with young adult literature can increase reading comprehension and spark interest amongst our students, this essay explores a unit plan for connecting Will Hobbsâ€™s Downriver (1991) with William Goldingâ€™s Lord of the Flies (1954). Both works espouse significant and timely themes: the importance of working together; the harms of mob rule; the importance of law and order for maintaining civilization; the value of controlling oneâ€™s emotions such as fears and desires; and the causes for individuals and groups waging war against each other. Additionally, the essay provides a brief summary of the novels and outlines activities for before, during, and after reading them.
YA Books that Explore the Intersectionality of Race and Other Identities
Authors: Cramer Katherine
Published: May 2024

I hope you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this issue of Kansas English, you will find scholarly articles and practitioner pieces that will inform your work, as well as reflective and creative pieces that will help you see our profession from new perspectives.
Implementing Vocabutoons in the English Language Arts Classroom: Drawing Their Way to Success
Authors: Sewell William
Published: May 2024

Although vocabulary acquisition remains a critical to literacy development, teachers infrequently devote classroom time to vocabulary exercises. In this article, the author demonstrates the use of "vocabutoons" as an instructional activity which draws upon studentsâ€™ multiple literaciesâ€”in particular, visual literacyâ€”in order to foster vocabulary development. Tooning is based upon the belief that "[p]roficient readers visualize what they read as they construct meaning from a text" (Onofrey & Leikam 682). Representative artwork created by English Education majors enrolled in a young adult literature course at a university in the Midwest will be featured to highlight the tooning process.
Mark Twain, the Dialogic Imagination, and the American Classroom
Authors: Colcher Drew
Published: May 2024

Mark Twain is often read as a provincial realist or naturalist whose works are disseminated in simplified versions as children's stories or seen as humorous social criticism of the southern United States and its dialects. This article focuses on two of Twainâ€™s novelsâ€”A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurâ€™s Court (1889) and No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger (published posthumously with various titles)â€”in order to focus on the more modern, less provincial, novelistic aspects of Twainâ€™s writing. The theories of Mikhail Bakhtin provide the background for a characterization of the novelistic nature of these works in an effort to re-focus Twain criticism away from realist or naturalist analysis and toward semiotic and structural considerations. This essay functions as an introductory-level presentation of Bakhtinian analysis and Twain criticism, as well as a reimagining of the role of Twainâ€™s writings in the classroom, especially in light of recent controversies surrounding the language used in works like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Of paramount importance to this argument are the temporal, spatial, formal and thematic coordinates of the two books, and the assertion that they conform to Bakhtin's conception of the novel and how it radically differs from other forms
Showdown on the Kansas Plains: The Reading Wars Continue
Authors: Miller Sarah
Published: May 2024

The question of how children learn to read and how they can best be taught, has gained a significant amount of interest over the years. Cognitive research confirms there is a science-based approach to reading instruction. It provides answers to the decades-old question about how children learn to read and what is the best approach to teach them. Educational policy and practice has been slow to reflect the latest research regarding the science of reading. Instead, the field has been plagued by polarizing â€œreading warsâ€ that have continued to widen the gap between research and beliefs regarding how children learn to read. As Kansas adopts the science of reading for the public school curriculum and begins the process of educating teachers, administrators, teacher educators, and other stakeholders, there will undoubtedly be misconceptions, and even cognitive dissonance, as personal beliefs about reading are challenged. The purpose of this article is twofold: 1) to inform the reader of the â€œgreat debateâ€ or â€œreading warsâ€ that have raged for several decades, and 2) to provide a better understanding of the conceptual shift needed to move us from a balanced literacy approach, as the best way to teach reading, to structured literacy. After decades of cognitive science research, structured literacy is now emerging as the most effective way to teach children with diverse reading abilities.
42nd Biennial Convention of the Society of Sigma Gamma Epsilon
Authors: Even Paula
Published: May 2024

Sigma Gamma Epsilon, a national honor society for the Earth Sciences, held its 42nd Biennial Convention in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America. The Sigma Gamma Epsilon convention was held at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. on November 3, 2012. This report provides a summary of the deliberations and actions of the participants at the convention.
Sigma Gamma Epsilon 2012-2013 W. A. Tarr Awards
Authors: Even Paula
Published: May 2024

The W. A. Tarr Award was first established in March 1949, to recognize outstanding students in the Earth Sciences. Qualifying criteria for the award are provided as well as a list of individuals who received this award for the 2012-2013 academic year.
The Coffee Sands: A Cretaceous Beach Deposit in the Mississippi Embayment of Western Tennessee
Authors: Martin Jennifer , Homsey Lara
Published: May 2024

The Coffee Sands represent a beach deposited associated with a vast network of rivers draining the highlands of the Pascola Arch to the west along the margin of the Mississippi Embayment of the Cretaceous Interior Seaway in western Tennessee. The Coffee Sands occur only as ephemeral, discontinuous deposits capping ridges within the Western Highland Rim in western Tennessee and Kentucky. This paper describes an outcrop of the Coffee Sands along U.S. Hwy 140 just east of Buchanan, TN.
Tilos Island's ideal microgrid size for wind, solar, and batteries
Authors: Ali Latif Al-Zuhairy Yousif , Q. Mohammed Faraqid
Published: May 2024

This article describes a power plant that is versatile regarding its modeling and associated with a Multiple Objectives Particle Swarm optimization in order to determine the optimal size of each component of the power plant. The simulation is appropriate for a variety of power sources, storage devices and loads. The method is utilized on a Wind Turbine/ Photovoltaic Device/ Battery System setup located in Tilos, Greece. The optimization is intended to reduce the expense of the system and the energy derived from alternative sources that are not renewable. The results produce a Pareto front that represents the expense of the equipment and the degree of autonomy of the micro-grid. The most effective solution to a specific expense associated with energy importation is demonstrated as an example.
Powiat ostrołęcki w guberni łomżyńskiej
Authors: Dobroński Adam
Published: May 2024

W powiecie ostrołęckim, wchodzącym w skład gub. łomżyńskiej, znajdowały się: miasto Ostrołęka, trzy osady (Czerwin, Goworowo, Myszyniec) oraz 11 gmin (Czerwin, Dylewo, Goworowo, Myszyniec, Nakły, Nasiadki, Piski, Rzekuń, Szczawin, Troszyn, Wach). Gminy te można podzielić nieprecyzyjnie na chłopskie (kurpiowskie) i drobnoszlacheckie, a ponadto uwzględnić należy folwarki (pogarszała się kondycja ekonomiczna wielkiej własności) i mieszkańców wyznania mojżeszowego dominujących w miasteczkach. Dokonałem przeglądu gmin i osad, wykorzystując dane opublikowane przez Warszawski Komitet Statystyczny w 1891 r. Większe obszarowo gospodarstwa posiadała drobna szlachta, natomiast wyżej oszacowano wartość domów mieszkalnych zamieszkałych przez chłopów. Wciąż wiemy zbyt mało o relacjach włościańsko-szlacheckich, zwłaszcza we wsiach zamieszkałych przez obie społeczności, a tych przybywało. W opisanych latach kryzys agrarny utrudniał wprowadzanie zmian w sposobie gospodarowania i słabo jeszcze zaznaczało się ożywienie społeczno-kulturowe we wsiach kurpiowskich. Do danych statystycznych, opatrzonych komentarzami, dołączyłem fragmenty nieopublikowanego artykułu prof. Juliusza Łukasiewicza, który zaprezentował przemiany ekonomiczne w gub. łomżyńskiej w latach 1870-1904. Na tle całej guberni pow. ostrołęcki wykazywał wiele cech charakterystycznych: mały procent gruntów ornych i słabe gleby, a duży udział łąk; przeciętnie większe obszarowo gospodarstwa; powolne tempo wymiany narzędzi i sprzętów rolniczych; za-niedbania w pracach melioracyjnych i komasacji; dbałość o hodowlę zwierząt i ptactwa domowego, wyższy udział upraw ziemniaków, także na ugorach w systemie trójpolówki. Wydaje się, że w tym okresie miasto Ostrołęka w niewielkim stopniu wpływało na przemiany na terenach wiejskich, zwłaszcza w bardziej oddalonych gminach.
Odbudowa i rozwój społeczno-gospodarczy powiatu makowskiego w pierwszych latach Polski Ludowej
Authors: Budelewski Dariusz
Published: May 2024

Wyzwolenie powiatu makowskiego rozpoczęło nowy okres w jego historii, okres odbudowy i rozwoju społeczno-gospodarczego. Powiat makowski należał do najbardziej zniszczonych powiatów w województwie warszawskim. Wraz z wyzwoleniem powiatu rozpoczął się proces odbudowy i organizacji organów władz samorządowych. W wyniku dużego wysiłku mieszkańców wsi oraz wyraźnej pomocy państwa szybko odrobione zostały straty wojenne i dokonał się duży postęp w produkcji rolnej. Stopniowo zwiększała się liczba mniejszych zakładów przemysłowych i usługowych oraz spółdzielni spożywczych. Powoli odrabiano też zaległości w infrastrukturze drogowej. W ramach opieki medycznej utworzono ośrodki zdrowia i punkty felczerskie oraz otwarto szpital w Makowie. W celu likwidacji analfabetyzmu przystąpiono do stworzenia sieci szkół podstawowych i średnich. Wraz z rozwojem oświaty rozwijała się też makowska kultura i sport.
Nie przyjąć warunków kapitulacji. Epizod z Powstania Warszawskiego 1944 roku
Authors: Kledzik Maciej
Published: May 2024

Śródmieście powstańczej Warszawy kapitulowało jako ostatnie z walczących dzielnic. Artykuł przybliża kulisy rozmów walczących w powstaniu stron. Ukazuje nieznaną historię z ostatnich dni przed kapitulacją a dotyczącą planów dalszej walki i przedostania się ze Śródmieścia do Puszczy Kampinoskiej i terenów zajętych przez partyzantów.
Działania ruchu katolicko-społecznego na rzecz podniesienia jakości oświaty w międzywojennej diecezji łomżyńskiej
Authors: Guzewicz Ks. Wojciech
Published: May 2024

Jednym z głównych zadań społecznych, jakie stanęły przed Kościołem łomżyńskim (ruchem katolicko-społecznym) w diecezji łomżyńskiej w okresie II Rzeczypospolitej, była troska o podniesienie poziomu oświaty. Zdawano sobie sprawę z tego, że od tej sprawy może zależeć przyszłość narodu i Polski. W związku z tym podejmowano liczne prace, aby powstrzymać zjawisko powszechnego na tych ziemiach analfabetyzmu, a jednocześnie wychowywać młode pokolenia do umiłowania oświaty. Nie było to łatwe, nie tylko ze względu na ubogie środki materialne czy kadrowe, jakimi dysponował Kościół łomżyński w tym czasie, ale również ze względu na to, iż część społeczeństwa łomżyńskiego traktowała wszelką działalność pozareligijną często jako politykę. Mimo tych trudności udało się przeprowadzić szereg akcji: od uświadamiania po konkretne działania zmierzające do podniesienia poziomu oświaty, które wpłynęły znacząco na podniesienie kondycji duchowej i fizycznej wiernych diecezji. Warto zwrócić uwagę na bogactwo omówionych działań oświatowych ruchu katolicko-społecznego w diecezji łomżyńskiej: wg dzisiejszej nomenklatury można tu mówić i o pedagogice społecznej, i o andragogice (a nawet geragogice – pedagogice wieku podeszłego), o pedagogice resocjalizacyjnej czy pedagogice kultury. Generalnie wszystkie one mieszczą się w jeszcze szerszej pedagogice, którą można by nazwać pedagogiką zbawienia.
Grupa eklektycznych ławek z kościołów północnego Mazowsza jako przykład wyposażenia sakralnego z przełomu XIX i XX wieku
Authors: Dąbkowska Monika
Published: May 2024

Ławki w kościołach to elementy wyposażenia, które posiadają niejednokrotnie bardzo wysokie wartości historyczne, artystyczne i naukowe jako stolarka zabytkowa. Zazwyczaj jednak mniej zwraca się na nie uwagę, najczęściej nie są one jednostkowo wpisane do rejestru zabytków, w opracowaniach pomijane. Z tych powodów niebezpiecznie często i po cichu znikają z wnętrz sakralnych, podobnie zresztą jak zabytkowe posadzki. Dowodem na to są fotografie z Katalogu Zabytków Sztuki i porównania do stanu obecnego. Przy okazji badań zabytkowej stolarki na północnym Mazowszu zwrócono uwagę na zabytkowe ławki w kościele w Czerwinie. Po przeprowadzeniu wstępnych badań okazało się, że posiadają one bardzo wysoki poziom wartości. Posiadają formy artystyczno-ludowe i wykończone są w sposób charakterystyczny dla zabytkowych mebli sakralnych, czyli mazerunkiem. Kwerendy w tym kierunku wykazały, że w regionie północnego Mazowsza, obejmującego m.in. ziemię ostrołęcką i łomżyńską, działał na przełomie XIX i XX w. aż do lat 20-tych warsztat snycerski, który zrealizował wyposażenie do innych kościołów, m.in. w Słuczu i Drozdowie k. Łomży. Warsztat o tyle interesujący, że dotychczas nie był w ogóle znany, a z jego istnienia nie zdawano sobie nawet sprawy.
THE EMERGING ROLE OF REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION IN TREATING THE MENTAL CONDITION
Authors: Amima Salam
Published: May 2024

repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is a form of brain stimulation therapy which is approved by FDA (USA) and CE (Europe). In rTMS treatment, an instrument called a stimulator supplies electrical energy to a magnetic coil that generates a magnetic field in the brain for a short period of time. rTMS is based on the principle of electromagnetic induction that can either stimulate or inhibit the neuronal activity of specific brain areas as per need. This drug free treatment is helpful in many neurological and psychological disorders such as depression, OCD, migraines, autism, ADHD, epilepsy, Bipolar and sexual disorders. The treatment is so safe that it could be conducted on one year old child to an old age. It is an outpatient procedure which does not require hospitalization or anesthesia and entails no memory loss. After the session, patients require no recovery period and are able to go about their daily activities immediately following treatment. Other than some precautions, it is often ideal for patients, because it has none of the side effects of traditional medications and other treatments. It can be said rtms is a focal, non-invasive and very well-tolerated form of brain stimulation in clinical use which is safe for almost all patients suffering from mental or psychological disturbance.
NGHIÊN CỨU ẢNH HƯỞNG CỦA CHẾ ĐỘ GIÓ MÙA ĐẾN LAN TRUYỀN ĐỘ ĐỤC TỪ HOẠT ĐỘNG NẠO VÉT BÙN CÁT TẠI CẢNG NGHI SƠN, TỈNH THANH HOÁ BẰNG MÔ HÌNH MIKE 3
Authors: Vũ Văn Lân , Nguyễn Hồng Lân , Vũ Thị Thúy Nga , Ngô Thị Trà Mai
Published: May 2024

Hoạt động nạo vét cảng là quá trình sử dụng các thiết bị nạo vét loại bỏ bùn cát trong cảng để tạo ra một khu vực cảng có độ sâu lớn hơn nhằm nâng cao khả năng tiếp nhận tàu, tăng cường năng lực vận chuyển hàng hóa và phát triển hoạt động thương mại tại cảng. Quá trình này khiến cho bùn cát ở đáy biển bị dao động và lan truyền đến các khu vực xung quanh, ảnh hưởng đến môi trường sống của các loài sinh vật biển như rạn san hô, thảm cỏ biển và các loại hải sản khác. Trong nghiên cứu này mô hình MIKE 3 được ứng dụng để mô phỏng chế độ thủy động lực và quá trình lan truyền độ đục từ hoạt động nạo vét bùn cát ở khu vực cảng Nghi Sơn, tỉnh Thanh Hóa trong điều kiện gió mùa. Kết quả nghiên cứu cho thấy tốc độ dòng chảy ven bờ ở khu vực cảng trong thời kỳ gió mùa Tây Nam lớn hơn so với thời kỳ gió mùa Đông Bắc. Quá trình lan truyền độ đục từ hoạt động nạo vét bùn cát phụ thuộc lớn vào chế độ dòng chảy trong cảng Nghi Sơn. Cụ thể, sau 4 tuần thi công nạo vét nồng độ bùn cát ở khu vực trong cảng đạt giá trị 1,2 kg/m3, khu vực ven biển phía ngoài cảng có nồng độ bùn cát giảm xuống còn khoảng 0,15 kg/m3. Sau 6 tuần thi công nạo vét trong cảng trường độ đục bùn cát có xu thế di chuyển rộng ra phía ngoài cảng có nồng độ bùn cát đạt giá trị 0,015 kg/m3 do sự tác động của dòng chảy thủy triều, sau 8 tuần thi công nồng độ bùn cát có xu hướng di chuyển đến khu vực kè biển phía ngoài cảng và có nồng độ bùn cát đạt giá trị khoảng 0,08 kg/m3. Sau 10 tuần thi công trường độ đục được phân tán dọc theo bờ biển ở phía Nam cảng Nghi Sơn với nồng độ bùn cát đạt giá trị khoảng 0,004 kg/m3.
Reflections of the Imago Dei
Authors: Smith Yvonne S.
Published: May 2024

Reflections are remarkable. This summer I watched in awe as the sun rose over the ocean and created a path of reflected light that climbed and fell on the waves. The reflection of light from the Son is a good metaphor for this issue of the Journal of Biblical Integration in Business (JBIB). Together, the articles in your hand emphasize the Imago Dei, the reflection of God’s likeness and characteristics in the human race. “Then God said ‘Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…So God created man in his own image…male and female he created them’” (Genesis 1:26, 27 NIV). The Imago Dei is one of the basic assumptions of this journal.
Psalms: Lessons for a “Tone at the Top” based on Trust and Justice
Authors: Fischer Dov , Friedman Hershey H.
Published: May 2024

Today’s leaders need dependable models for restoring organizational trust. This study integrates biblical teachings with two streams of business literature, the leadership/trust literature and the governance/control literature. First, we map the modern concept of organizational trust and its components to the biblical concept of justice. Second, we derive specific lessons on how to improve governance and control with a “tone at the top” based on justice or trust. Psalms 72, 82, and 101 emphasize the importance of just leadership/organizational trust with three components: ability, benevolence, and integrity. Many of the justice/trust themes in Psalms mirror those of the secular literature, but we also derive unique biblical insights that go beyond secular notions.
An Exercise in Theological Imagination: Missing Constructs and Management Implications
Authors: Franz Randal S.
Published: May 2024

Modern management theory and practice is predicated upon a world of order, power, hierarchy, and sin. These profoundly theological constructs describe the reality within which we live and thereby frame the kind of organizations we create. But what if this vision of reality is incomplete? In this essay, I explore the management implications of four “missing” (i.e., under-appreciated) theological constructs that depict inherently relational and personal beings living in a communal and redemptive reality.
Romans 12 Motivational Gifts in the Military: An Exploration of Person-Job Fit, Job Performance, and Job Satisfaction
Authors: Earnhardt Matthew P.
Published: May 2024

The study researches the Romans 12 motivational gifts and their relationship to person-job fit, job satisfaction, and job performance in the U.S. Air Force. Results of the study identified two clusters among U.S. Air Force personnel and found a positive relationship with person-job fit and job satisfaction — and no relationship with job performance. Several practical applications can be gleaned from the current research, especially in the area of motivation and training.
Spontaneous Order and the Imago Dei
Authors: Brown Kevin J.
Published: May 2024

Murray Rothbard once wrote that production, among other things, is “essential to man’s prosperity and survival” (Rothbard, 1998, p. 35). To produce, it is implied, is to survive. The idea that one’s labor is a marketable commodity assumes this consequentialist notion of production: a person’s labor and subsequent productivity contribute to the organization, economy, and society, and the value created through the production mechanism is compensated accordingly in the free-market system. Given production’s importance, it is often accompanied by varying degrees of deliberation, planning, and organization. However, and perhaps in a counterintuitive fashion, contexts do arise where effective and efficient production occurs outside the presence of planning mechanisms. Moreover, the spontaneous “order” that develops tends to be sustained because it works.
First Things: The Sabbath and the Twenty-First Century Marketplace
Authors: Seibert Kent W. , Ashley Rachel
Published: May 2024

Any good business and businessperson appreciates the importance of prioritizing. All demands are not equally important. Given the reality of a world of scarcity, choices must be made. Which things are not just nice, but necessary? Which things should take priority? Which things are first things? The first book of the Bible begins by presenting first things.
Semantic Mapping Strategy dan Progres Pemahaman Qawaid Bahasa Arab di Pondok Pesantren Mamba’ul Falah Kudus
Authors: Nafisah Jauharotun , Astina Chairani , Aulia Rahman Rifqi
Published: May 2024

This study aims to investigate the implementation of the semantic map strategy in qawāid learning at the Manbaul Falah Kudus Islamic boarding school. It also aims to examine the improvement in qawāid learning outcomes at the school after implementing the strategy, as well as the differences in qawāid learning outcomes before and after using the strategy. The research adopts a quantitative approach and falls under the category of field research. It was conducted at the Manbaul Falah Islamic Boarding School in Kudus, using an experimental research design with a quasi-experimental design that includes both an experimental class and a control class. Data collection methods employed in this study include observations, interviews, documentation, and tests. The findings of the research indicate the following: 1) There is a significant increase in the qawāid learning outcomes for the experimental class, with a gain value of 0.709 in the high category. 2) There is a significant difference in the qawāid learning outcomes before and after implementing the Semantic Map Strategy (SMS), as evidenced by the t-test calculations. The obtained t-value is 3.64, while the t-table value at a significance level of 5% and degrees of freedom (df) = (15+10)-2 = 23 is 2.069. Additionally, at a significance level of 1%, the t-table value is 2.807. The results indicate that the t-value is greater than the t-table value. Thus, it can be concluded that there are significant differences in the qawāid learning outcomes between classes that utilize the Semantic Map Strategy (SMS) and those that do not
The Influence of Learning Problems on the Implementation of Students' Physical Education Values
Authors: Gumilar Agus , Adlim
Published: May 2024

Background: The reason this observation was carried out was to analyze the relationship between learning problems and the implementation of values and solutions in physical education for class students. The data from this research are 23 students of class XII IPS 1 at SMA N 1 SUNGAI PUA (targeted selection
Purpose: Overall, the objective suggests a research inquiry into the intersection between challenges in learning and the cultivation of physical education values among students. It implies a desire to uncover how educational obstacles may hinder or shape students' adoption of these values, which could have implications for educational practices, curriculum development, and student support initiatives within the realm of physical education.
Methods: This observation used qualitative methods and distributed questionnaires to each student and filled them out personally. Taking samples for this observation is based on the researcher's knowledge about the samples to be selected.
Results: Based on these observation conditions, it can be concluded that problems in Physical Education learning are very important to pay attention to, so that they do not impact the application of values and solutions in Physical Education learning and the Reability results of this research are (α0.921).
Conclusion: our study sheds light on the significant relationship between learning problems and the implementation of physical education values among students. Through our investigation, we have identified several key findings that underscore the importance of addressing learning challenges in the context of promoting physical education values.
Tro, moral og forandring i Indre Mission
Authors: Gundelach Peter , Andersen Peter B.
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT: The Danish Inner Mission (Home Mission) is a section of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark (ELCD), but it differs from the dominating church because it, like other evangelical groups, believes that the Bible as God’s written word is true in what it says and IM emphasizes orthodoxy, repentance, activism and attaches central importance the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. Generational replacement and changes in socialization influence IM's friends, as the followers call themselves, to draw other religious and moral consequences from their faith than is common among the members of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church and in the general population. IM maintains that the organization stands religiously firm despite the changes in the surrounding world. Against this background, the article examines 1,765 responses to a unique survey among IM's friends regarding recruitment, beliefs, morality and religious socialization in IM. We find that the core elements in beliefs remain stable while generational changes create a gradual deterioration in the strict sexual-family values. This shows that religious changes within Inner Mission are not uni-directional in contrast to what is expected by general theories of religious changes such as secularization and individualization.
RESUMÉ: Den danske folkekirkelige retning Indre Mission understreger ligesom andre evangelikale grupper en bibeltro kristendom der lægger vægt på ortodoksi, omvendelse og aktivisme, og som tillægger Jesu soningsdød på korset en central betydning. Ændringer i værdier mellem generationer samt socialisering leder IMs venner, som tilhængerne kalder sig selv, til at drage andre religiøse og moralske konsekvenser af deres tro end det er almindeligt blandt medlemmerne af den danske folkekirke og i befolkningen i øvrigt. IM fastholder at bevægelsen står fast til trods for forandringerne i den omgivende verden. Artiklen undersøger på baggrund 1.765 besvarelser på et unikt survey til IMs venner rekruttering, tro og moral og religiøs socialisering i IM. Vi finder en gradvis generationsmæssig udtynding af nogle moralske værdier, men samtidig medvirker familiemæssig socialisering fastholden af strikse trosforestillinger. Denne usamtidighed i forandringerne udfordrer de traditionelle, generelle teorier om lineær religiøs forandring.
Transnationale klasser
Authors: Trolle Astrid Krabbe
Published: May 2024

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In a Danish context, Filipino migrants are often positioned as working class laborers from the global South. Yet this political positioning of work migrants does not catch the complex processes of individual social positioning within a transnational space. This article shows how social class is shaped by 1) political mobilization, 2) positions of employment and social status, 3) processes of gendered intimacy, and 4) performances of embodiment. Throughout every aspect, individual and institutional religiosity creates alternative spaces where the established social classes become less important. The interviewed Filipino Christians apply individual narratives of religious endeavour to complement their social situation in Denmark.
DANSK RESUMÉ: Filippinske migranter bliver i en dansk kontekst ofte positioneret som ufaglært arbejdskraft fra det globale syd. Men den politiske positionering tager ikke højde for den ofte komplekse individuelle placering i et transnationalt socialt rum. Artiklen viser, hvordan social klasse er formet af 1) politisk mobilisering, 2) erhvervsmæssig placering og social status, 3) kønnede processer i intimsfæren, og 4) kropsliggørelse. I alle aspekter skaber både individuel og institutionel religiøsitet alternative rum, hvor de etablerede sociale klasser bliver mindre vigtige. De interviewede filippinske kristne kultiverer religiøse modnarrativer, der giver andre perspektiver på deres sociale situation i Danmark.
Indledning til RvT 75: Religion og klasse
Authors: Christensen Henrik Reintoft , Jensen Hans J. Lundager
Published: May 2024

Indledning til RvT 75: Religion og klasse: Om temaet, om de tre artikler der relaterer sig til temaet, samt om to yderligere artikler
Hjælper vi? Den danske hjælp til udviklingslandene: Hvorfor? Hvor meget? Hvordan?
Authors: Flentø Johnny , Rand John , Tarp Finn
Published: May 2024

Danidas første chef, Mogens Boserup, spurgte i 1967, Hjælper vi? Og fokuserede i bogen af samme navn på hvorfor, hvor meget og hvordan? Vi fremhæver på denne baggrund, at dansk udviklingsbistand har ændret sig fundamentalt gennem de seneste årtier. Det nye er ikke, at udviklingsbistanden er påvirket af sikkerhedspolitikken. Det nye er de sikkerhedspolitiske udfordringer, og især hvor tæt udviklingsbistanden indlejres i de sikkerhedspolitiske bestræbelser. Andre udviklingslinjer og tendenser afkodes, herunder at bistanden ikke afspejler den geografiske dynamik i fattigdommen. Vi konkluderer, at det ikke står så godt til med gavmildheden og partnerskaberne i disse år, og der lægges op til nytænkning og nye prioriteringer.
Udviklingsbistanden – set fra Paris
Authors: Staur Carsten
Published: May 2024

Set fra Paris – og i et OECD DAC-perspektiv – står det internationale donorsamfund over for en række svære udfordringer. Den samlede vestlige udviklingsbistand har aldrig været højere end nu – 224 milliarder dollars i 2023. Men fokus på de fattigste lande og på Afrika er vigende, bistandsindsatsen mere spredt, og donorviljen til samarbejde med partnerslandenes regeringer udfordret. Der er behov for mere udviklingsbistand generelt og også for relativt mere bistand til at mobilisere andre finansielle ressourcer. Men der er også behov for at se mere kritisk på, hvordan vi håndterer udfordringer som flygtningeudgifter og støtten til Ukraine – så vi undgår, at Afrika kommer til at betale prisen.
Afrikanske perspektiver på det fremtidige udviklingssamarbejde
Authors: Kjær Anne Mette
Published: May 2024

Afrika er genstand for ny opmærksomhed. Lars Løkke Rasmussen har, siden han blev udenrigsminister, besøgt Afrika flere gange, og den nye udenrigs- og sikkerhedspolitiske strategi lægger, ud over det udviklingspolitiske, vægt på et øget politisk, økonomisk og sikkerhedspolitisk samarbejde med afrikanske partnere (Udenrigsministeriet, 2023). I strategien indgår en ny plan for Danmarks engagement med Afrika, som bliver offentliggjort i løbet af 2024. Danmark er ikke alene. Også Norge og Sverige arbejder på en strategi for Afrika. Den britiske regering har et ”White Paper for International Development”, hvori der fokuseres meget på Afrika, og i Frankrig debatterer man, hvordan man genvinder fodfæste i Sahel, hvor der i den grad er en anti-fransk stemning (Prod’homme, 2023). Indien offentliggjorde i 2020, at man ville åbne 18 ny ambassader i Afrika (Times of India, 2020), og i 2023 annoncerede det russiske udenrigsministerium, at det var i forhandlinger om at åbne ”et stort antal” ambassader i Afrika. Danmark lukkede derimod i løbet af 00’erne og 10’erne flere ambassader i Afrika og er dermed kommet lidt sent med på den ny bølge af interesse for Afrika.
Management of bipolar disorder in South Africa: National Department of Health essential medicine selection and treatment algorithms
Authors: Robertson L J , Dawood H , Leong T D
Published: May 2024

Background. Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe mental illness associated with multimorbidity, psychosocial disability and significant public health issues. However, guideline heterogeneity clouds therapeutic decisions, particularly in relapse prevention. Polypharmacy and poor health outcomes are common. For low- and middle-income countries, deciding which medicines to procure and how to treat BD in an integrated manner remains elusive. Although South Africa (SA) is committed to universal health coverage, the estimated treatment gap for mental disorders in the public health sector is 91%. An Essential Medicines List (EML) enables equitable access to medicines, while Standard Treatment Guidelines (STGs) facilitate rational prescribing and quality care.
Objectives. To describe the medicine selection process for the treatment of BD in the SA public health sector, and the treatment algorithms developed to guide integrated care.
Methods. Evidence-based medicine principles, stakeholder consultation and consensus decision-making were used. The existing (2015) BD guideline and stakeholder comments were reviewed by a ministerially appointed expert review committee, following which a research question with eligibility criteria was formed, and rapid systematic evidence synthesis conducted. PubMed and Cochrane databases were searched for systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials and observational studies of acute and maintenance treatment in BD, with an additional PubMed search for primary research. Quality of the systematic reviews was appraised using the 11-item assessment of multiple systematic reviews. After costing to ensure affordability, final recommendations were made to the National EML Committee (NEMLC) using the strength of recommendation taxonomy classification. Following approval by the NEMLC, proposed medicines were incorporated into the 2019 National Department of Health Adult Hospital STGs. As the STGs are updated every 3 years, stakeholder input was sought in 2021 and 2023, with no changes to the medicine selection.
Results. Seven systematic reviews and one observational study were included in the evidence synthesis. Six medicines were selected as essential for maintenance treatment: lithium, valproate, lamotrigine, olanzapine, quetiapine and clozapine. While risperidone and benzodiazepines were retained for acute mania, carbamazepine and fluoxetine were removed from acute depression. Treatment algorithms for predominantly manic and depressive courses of illness were constructed to encourage person-centred care, aiming for euthymia, individual functioning and relapse prevention.
Conclusion. Evidence-based medicine principles enabled the NEMLC to select a range of essential medicines for the management of BD in a middle-income country. Local monitoring and evaluation are needed to inform future editions of the STGs and EML.
Деформационное состояние листа графена в рамках континуальной моментно-мембранной теории упругих пластин
Authors: Саркисян Самвел Оганесович , Жамакочян Кнарик Араратовна , Саркисян Лусине Самвеловна
Published: May 2024

The paper proposes an approach to finding the stress-strain state (SSS) of structures containing graphene, a novel nanomaterial that has currently found а wide range of practical applications in nanoelectromechanical systems. Graphene is a 2D basic building block for other carbon structures such as membranes, sheets, nanotubes, etc. To describe the SSS of a graphene sheet, the phenomenological continuum moment-membrane theory of plates is used, from which, due to the fact that graphene is an ultrathin material, the concept of thickness is excluded. The physical elasticity relationships of a graphene sheet are expressed through its rigidity characteristics, determined using the harmonic potential of interatomic interactions in carbon. A differential formulation and the corresponding variational formulation are given for the problem of static deformation and determination of the natural frequencies and modes of vibration of a graphene sheet. The variational formulation is based on the Lagrange principle and is implemented numerically using the finite element method. Finite element relations are constructed taking into account moment effects of the behavior of a graphene sheet. For approximation, a 4-node rectangular finite element is used. Numerical solutions to several problems of static deformation of a graphene sheet under conditions of a plane stress state and transverse bending are presented, and the analysis of its natural vibrations is also performed. Good convergence of numerical simulation results in all considered problems is demonstrated. The obtained numerical solutions are essential in designing and calculating resonators in which ultrathin nanostructures are used. The establishment of the fact that a graphene sheet has a high intrinsic frequency falling in the GHz region (for example, quartz resonators are characterized by megahertz frequencies) opens up new prospects for using graphene itself as an ultrasensitive nanomechanical resonator for detecting small masses and ultrasmall displacements.
A primazia do corpo próprio: posição e crítica da função simbólica nos primeiros trabalhos de Merleau-Ponty
Authors: Saretta Verissimo Danilo
Published: May 2024

O estudo propõe um exame da função simbólica nos primeiros trabalhos do filósofo francês Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-61), tentando abordar, mais especificamente, o papel dela no livro “A estrutura do comportamento”, publicado em 1942, e na sua retomada crítica dentro da “Fenomenologia da Percepção”, de 1945. Segundo o autor, o tema, pouco explicitado pelo próprio filósofo, também é objeto de raros debates entre seus comentadores, embora a sua importância na obra de Merleau-Ponty seja inegável. No primeiro trabalho, Merleau-Ponty, utilizando-se das categorias simbólicas emprestadas da neuropsisquiatria do começo do século XX, caracteriza a corporalidade humana como a capacidade de ultrapassar o caráter imediato das situações vividas. A própria atividade humana, assim, redimensionaria a existência concreta que se denota também, por exemplo, no comportamento animal. Já na “Fenomenologia da percepção”, em que o filósofo trata da espacialidade, da motricidade e da expressividade do corpo próprio, Merleau-Ponty prescinde das explicações calcadas na função simbólica, doravante associadas à análises de cunho intelectualista, embora continue a combater o que considera representar uma autonomia crescente da idealização simbólica na dinâmica entre conteúdo e forma.
Cartas e escrita: práticas culturais, linguagem e tessitura da amizade
Authors: Rosa Rodrigues Martins de Camargo Maria
Published: May 2024

Neste livro – apoiando-se em cartas escritas por grandes nomes da literatura brasileira, como as de Mário de Andrade a Manuel Bandeira e Carlos Drummond de Andrade, as de Anita Malfatti, de Portinari, de Fernando Sabino e de tantos outros -, Maria Rosa de Camargo nos oferece um belo estudo sobre a prática epistolar de pessoas comuns que, em tese, não representariam lugares sociais de importância na história de uma nação. A autora faz uma bela análise sobre como essas pessoas per­cebem a “ideologia do cotidiano” e, muito além disso, registram “vestígios de sua versão do mundo e da cultura”. Ao adentrar nas relações sociais e nas artimanhas da escrita de cartas pes­soais, esta obra revela competência ao persuadir e envolver o leitor com uma análise que transita entre o fazer científico e a criação literária, oferecendo-nos um texto exemplar, valorado sobretudo por sua notável elegância e simplicidade.
Kartskapernes Norge – fra renessansens forestillingsverden til opplysningstidens grensedragninger
Authors: Briså Benedicte Gamborg
Published: May 2024

Gamle kart forteller om hva mennesker før oss trodde, visste og kunne. For Norges del forteller kartene historien om hva de lærde på kontinentet visste om oss, hvordan de så på oss og hva de interesserte seg for her i nord. Fra midten av 1700-tallet – da norske karttegnere begynte å komme ordentlig på banen – forteller kartene om hva vi visste om oss selv. Historien om kartleggingen av Europas nordligste region starter på 1400-tallet. Konteksten må vi imidlertid tilbake til antikken for å finne.