bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Design of subwavelength optical fibre for low-loss Terahertz transmission
Authors: Ren N. F. , Chen M. Y. , Sun B. , Ge L.
Published: October 2013

A low-loss Terahertz (THz) transmission optical fibre with a subwavelength core is reported in this article. The main fibre is composed of a subwavelength solid polymer core and a tube. The tube is used to prevent the extending of THz wave to the external environment. Two solid ends are introduced to suspend the subwavelength core in the air. The solid fibre ends are found have low splicing losses with the main fibre. The proposed fibre provides a simple technique for the transmission of THz wave in a short distance.
Need for Effective Technology Transfer to Ensure Sustainability of Otta Seal
Authors: Pinard Michael I.
Published: October 2013

The Otta (graded aggregate) seal technology originated in the 1960s in the Otta Valley in Norway. This type of bituminous seal was first introduced to Botswana in the late 1970s with design and construction being initially undertaken in-house and subsequently by the private sector. However, a somewhat haphazard approach to the transfer of this relatively new technology from the public to the private sector was largely responsible for initial suppression of the acceptance of this innovative type of surfacing despite its eminent suitability for use with locally available, marginal-quality aggregates. Many lessons were learned from this experience; these lessons are likely to be useful to other countries in which the introduction of the Otta seal is being contemplated. The primary objective of this study is to highlight the critical importance of undertaking effective technology transfer to ensure the sustainability of any new type of technology, such as the Otta seal. The path from research to implementation of new technology is considered, including the typical constraints and barriers faced in the African region. In the context of the Otta seal experience in Botswana, typical barriers and constraints to its ready adoption by the private sector are identified and measures for overcoming them are proposed. It is concluded that a carefully crafted, proactive approach to technology transfer is necessary to ensure the sustainability of the Otta seal in countries where it is being introduced for the first time.
The Involvement of Amino Acid Side Chains in Shielding the Nickel Coordination Site: An NMR Study
Authors: Medici Serenella , Peana Massimiliano , Nurchi Valeria , Zoroddu Maria
Published: October 2013

Coordination of proteins and peptides to metal ions is known to affect their properties, often by a change in their structural organization. Side chains of the residues directly involved in metal binding or very close to the coordination centre may arrange themselves around it, in such a way that they can, for instance, disrupt the protein functions or stabilize a metal complex by shielding it from the attack of water or other small molecules. The conformation of these side chains may be crucial to different biological or toxic processes. In our research we have encountered such behaviour in several cases, leading to interesting results for our purposes. Here we give an overview on the structural changes involving peptide side chains induced by Ni(II) coordination. In this paper we deal with a number of peptides, deriving from proteins containing one or more metal coordinating sites, which have been studied through a series of NMR experiments in their structural changes caused by Ni(II) complexation. Several peptides have been included in the study: short sequences from serum albumin (HSA), Des-Angiotensinogen, the 30-amino acid tail of histone H4, some fragments from histone H2A and H2B, the initial fragment of human protamine HP2 and selected fragments from prion and Cap43 proteins. NMR was the election technique for gathering structural information. Experiments performed for this purpose included 1D 1H and 13C, and 2D HSQC, COSY, TOCSY, NOESY and ROESY acquisitions, which allowed the calculation of the Ni(II) complexes structural models.
Evaluation of Land Surface Models in Reproducing Satellite-Derived LAI over the High-Latitude Northern Hemisphere. Part I: Uncoupled DGVMs
Authors: Murray-Tortarolo Guillermo , Anav Alessandro , Friedlingstein Pierre , Sitch Stephen , Piao Shilong , Zhu Zaichun , Poulter Benjamin , Zaehle Soenke , Ahlström Anders , Lomas Mark , Levis Sam , Viovy Nicholas , Zeng Ning
Published: October 2013

Leaf Area Index (LAI) represents the total surface area of leaves above a unit area of ground and is a key variable in any vegetation model, as well as in climate models. New high resolution LAI satellite data is now available covering a period of several decades. This provides a unique opportunity to validate LAI estimates from multiple vegetation models. The objective of this paper is to compare new, satellite-derived LAI measurements with modeled output for the Northern Hemisphere. We compare monthly LAI output from eight land surface models from the TRENDY compendium with satellite data from an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) from the latest version (third generation) of GIMMS AVHRR NDVI data over the period 1986–2005. Our results show that all the models overestimate the mean LAI, particularly over the boreal forest. We also find that seven out of the eight models overestimate the length of the active vegetation-growing season, mostly due to a late dormancy as a result of a late summer phenology. Finally, we find that the models report a much larger positive trend in LAI over this period than the satellite observations suggest, which translates into a higher trend in the growing season length. These results highlight the need to incorporate a larger number of more accurate plant functional types in all models and, in particular, to improve the phenology of deciduous trees.
T Cell–Independent Modulation of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in ADAP-Deficient Mice
Authors: Engelmann Swen , Togni Mauro , Thielitz Anja , Reichardt Peter , Kliche Stefanie , Reinhold Dirk , Schraven Burkhart , Reinhold Annegret
Published: October 2013

The adhesion- and degranulation-promoting adaptor protein (ADAP), expressed in T cells, myeloid cells, and platelets, is known to regulate receptor-mediated inside-out signaling leading to integrin activation and adhesion. In this study, we demonstrate that, upon induction of active experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) by immunization with the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein35–55 peptide, ADAP-deficient mice developed a significantly milder clinical course of EAE and showed markedly less inflammatory infiltrates in the CNS than wild-type mice. Moreover, ADAP-deficient recipients failed to induce EAE after adoptive transfer of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein–specific TCR-transgenic T cells (2D2 T cells). In addition, ex vivo fully activated 2D2 T cells induced significantly less severe EAE in ADAP-deficient recipients. The ameliorated disease in the absence of ADAP was not due to expansion or deletion of a particular T cell subset but rather because of a strong reduction of all inflammatory leukocyte populations invading the CNS. Monitoring the adoptively transferred 2D2 T cells over time demonstrated that they accumulated within the lymph nodes of ADAP-deficient hosts. Importantly, transfer of complete wild-type bone marrow or even bone marrow of 2D2 TCR–transgenic mice was unable to reconstitute EAE in the ADAP-deficient animals, indicating that the milder EAE was dependent on (a) radio-resistant nonhematopoietic cell population(s). Two-photon microscopy of lymph node explants revealed that adoptively transferred lymphocytes accumulated at lymphatic vessels in the lymph nodes of ADAP-deficient mice. Thus, our data identify a T cell–independent mechanism of EAE modulation in ADAP-deficient mice.
Impact of transport model errors on the global and regional methane emissions estimated by inverse modelling
Authors: Locatelli R. , Bousquet P. , Chevallier F. , Fortems-Cheney A. , Szopa S. , Saunois M. , Agusti-Panareda A. , Bergmann D. , Bian H. , Cameron-Smith P. , Chipperfield M. P. , Gloor E. , Houweling S. , Kawa S. R. , Krol M. , Patra P. K. , Prinn R. G. , Rigby M. , Saito R. , Wilson C.
Published: October 2013

Abstract. A modelling experiment has been conceived to assess the impact of transport model errors on methane emissions estimated in an atmospheric inversion system. Synthetic methane observations, obtained from 10 different model outputs from the international TransCom-CH4 model inter-comparison exercise, are combined with a prior scenario of methane emissions and sinks, and integrated into the three-component PYVAR-LMDZ-SACS (PYthon VARiational-Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique model with Zooming capability-Simplified Atmospheric Chemistry System) inversion system to produce 10 different methane emission estimates at the global scale for the year 2005. The same methane sinks, emissions and initial conditions have been applied to produce the 10 synthetic observation datasets. The same inversion set-up (statistical errors, prior emissions, inverse procedure) is then applied to derive flux estimates by inverse modelling. Consequently, only differences in the modelling of atmospheric transport may cause differences in the estimated fluxes. In our framework, we show that transport model errors lead to a discrepancy of 27 Tg yr−1 at the global scale, representing 5% of total methane emissions. At continental and annual scales, transport model errors are proportionally larger than at the global scale, with errors ranging from 36 Tg yr−1 in North America to 7 Tg yr−1 in Boreal Eurasia (from 23 to 48%, respectively). At the model grid-scale, the spread of inverse estimates can reach 150% of the prior flux. Therefore, transport model errors contribute significantly to overall uncertainties in emission estimates by inverse modelling, especially when small spatial scales are examined. Sensitivity tests have been carried out to estimate the impact of the measurement network and the advantage of higher horizontal resolution in transport models. The large differences found between methane flux estimates inferred in these different configurations highly question the consistency of transport model errors in current inverse systems. Future inversions should include more accurately prescribed observation covariances matrices in order to limit the impact of transport model errors on estimated methane fluxes.
Sub 3 nm particle size and composition dependent response of a nano-CPC battery
Authors: Kangasluoma J. , Kuang C. , Wimmer D. , Rissanen M. P. , Lehtipalo K. , Ehn M. , Worsnop D. R. , Wang J. , Kulmala M. , Petäjä T.
Published: October 2013

Abstract. In this study we built a nano-CPC battery, consisting of four ultrafine CPCs optimized for the detection of sub 3 nm particles. Two of the CPCs use diethylene glycol as a working fluid: a laminar type diethlylene glycol CPC and a mixing type Airmodus A09 Particle Size Magnifier. The other two CPCs are a laminar type TSI 3025A and a TSI 3786 with butanol and water as the working fluids, respectively. The nano-CPC battery was calibrated with seven different test aerosols: tetra heptyl ammonium bromide, ammonium sulphate, sodium chloride, tungsten oxide, sucrose, candle flame products and limonene ozonolysis products. The results show that ammonium sulphate and sodium chloride have a higher activation efficiency with the water-based 3786 than with the butanol-based 3025A, whereas the other aerosols were activated better with butanol than with water as the working fluid. It is worthwhile to mention that limonene ozonolysis products were detected very poorly with all of the CPCs, butanol being the best fluid to activate the oxidation products. To explore how the detection efficiency is affected if the aerosol is an internal mixture of two different chemical substances, we made the first attempt to control the mixing state of sub 3 nm laboratory generated aerosol. We show that we generated an internally mixed aerosol of ammonium sulphate nucleated onto tungsten oxide seed particles, and observed that the activation efficiency of the internally mixed clusters was a function of the internal mixture composition.
Sorption and transformation of the reactive tracers resazurin and resorufin in natural river sediments
Authors: Lemke D. , González-Pinzón R. , Liao Z. , Wöhling T. , Osenbrück K. , Haggerty R. , Cirpka O. A.
Published: October 2013

Abstract. Resazurin (Raz) and its reaction product resorufin (Rru) have increasingly been used as reactive tracers to quantify metabolic activity and hyporheic exchange in streams. Previous works have indicated that these compounds undergo sorption in stream sediments. We present a series of laboratory column and batch experiments on Raz and Rru transport, sorption, and transformation within sediments with different physicochemical properties under neutral and alkaline conditions. The data of the column experiments were fitted by a model accounting for physical transport, equilibrium and kinetic sorption, and three first-order reactions. The most likely parameters and their uncertainty were determined by a Markov-Chain Monte Carlo approach. Linear and non-linear sorption isotherms of both compounds were obtained by batch experiments. We found that kinetic sorption dominates sorption of both Raz and Rru, with characteristic timescales of sorption in the order of > 80 min. The linear sorption models for both Raz and Rru appeared adequate for concentrations that are typically applied in field-tracer tests. The supposed two-site sorption model helps interpreting transient tracer tests using the Raz–Rru system.
Roof Reconstruction from Point Clouds using Importance Sampling
Authors: Nguatem W. , Drauschke M. , Mayer H.
Published: October 2013

Abstract. We propose a novel fully automatic technique for roof fitting in 3D point clouds based on sequential importance sampling (SIS). Our approach makes no assumption of the nature (sparse, dense) or origin (LIDAR, image matching) of the point clouds and further distinguishes, automatically, between different basic roof types based on model selection. The algorithm comprises an inherent data parallelism, the lack of which has been a major drawback of most Monte Carlo schemes. A further speedup is achieved by applying a coarse to fine search within all probable roof configurations in the sample space of roofs. The robustness and effectiveness of our roof reconstruction algorithm is illustrated for point clouds of varying nature.
Robust Building Facade Reconstruction from Spaceborne TOMOSAR Points
Authors: Shahzad M. , Zhu X.X.
Published: October 2013

Abstract. With improved sensor resolution and advanced multi-pass interferometric techniques such as SAR tomographic inversion (TomoSAR), it is now possible to reconstruct both shape and motion of urban infrastructures. These sophisticated techniques not only opens up new possibilities to monitor and visualize the dynamics of urban infrastructure in very high level of details but also allows us to take a step further towards generation of 4D (space-time) or even higher dimensional dynamic city models that can potentially incorporate temporal (motion) behaviour along with the 3D information. Motivated by these chances, this paper presents a post processing approach that systematically allows automatic reconstruction of building façades from 4D point cloud generated from tomographic SAR processing and put the particular focus on robust reconstruction of large areas. The approach is modular and consists of extracting facade points via point density estimation procedure based on directional window approach. Segmentation of facades into individual segments is then carried out using an unsupervised clustering procedure combining both the density-based clustering and the mean-shift algorithm. Subsequently, points of individual facade segments are identified as belonging to flat or curved surface and general 1st and 2nd order polynomials are used to model the facade geometry. Finally, intersection points of the adjacent façades describing the vertex points are determined to complete the reconstruction process. The proposed approach is illustrated and validated by examples using TomoSAR point clouds over the city of Las Vegas generated from a stack of TerraSARX high resolution spotlight images.
Object Detection in Multi-view 3D Reconstruction Using Semantic and Geometric Context
Authors: Weinshall D. , Golbert A.
Published: October 2013

Abstract. We present a method for object detection in a multi view 3D model. We use highly overlapping views, geometric data, and semantic surface classification in order to boost existing 2D algorithms. Specifically, a 3D model is computed from the overlapping views, and the model is segmented into semantic labels using height information, color and planar qualities. 2D detector is run on all images and then detections are mapped into 3D via the model. The detections are clustered in 3D and represented by 3D boxes. Finally, the detections, visibility maps and semantic labels are combined using a Support Vector Machine to achieve a more robust object detector.
Potential and limitations of risk scenario tools in volcanic areas through an example at Mount Cameroon
Authors: Gehl P. , Quinet C. , Le Cozannet G. , Kouokam E. , Thierry P.
Published: October 2013

Abstract. This paper presents an integrated approach to conduct a scenario-based volcanic risk assessment on a variety of exposed assets, such as residential buildings, cultivated areas, network infrastructures or individual strategic buildings. The focus is put on the simulation of scenarios, based on deterministic adverse event input, which are applied to the case study of an effusive eruption on the Mount Cameroon volcano, resulting in the damage estimation of the assets located in the area. The work is based on the recent advances in the field of seismic risk. A software for systemic risk scenario analysis developed within the FP7 project SYNER-G has been adapted to address the issue of volcanic risk. Most significant improvements include the addition of vulnerability models adapted to each kind of exposed element and the possibility to quantify the successive potential damages inflicted by a sequence of adverse events (e.g. lava flows, tephra fall, etc.). The use of an object-oriented architecture gives the opportunity to model and compute the physical damage of very disparate types of infrastructures under the same framework. Finally, while the risk scenario approach is limited to the assessment of the physical impact of adverse events, a specific focus on strategic infrastructures and a dialogue with stakeholders helps in evaluating the potential wider indirect consequences of an eruption.
Modeling extreme wave heights from laboratory experiments with the nonlinear Schrödinger equation
Authors: Zhang H. D. , Guedes Soares C. , Cherneva Z. , Onorato M.
Published: October 2013

Abstract. Spatial variation of nonlinear wave groups with different initial envelope shapes is theoretically studied first, confirming that the simplest nonlinear theoretical model is capable of describing the evolution of propagating wave packets in deep water. Moreover, three groups of laboratory experiments run in the wave basin of CEHIPAR are systematically compared with the numerical simulations of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Although a small overestimation is detected, especially in the set of experiments characterized by higher initial wave steepness, the numerical simulations still display a high degree of agreement with the laboratory experiments. Therefore, the nonlinear Schrödinger equation catches the essential characteristics of the extreme waves and provides an important physical insight into their generation. The modulation instability, resulted by the quasi-resonant four wave interaction in a unidirectional sea state, can be indicated by the coefficient of kurtosis, which shows an appreciable correlation with the extreme wave height and hence is used in the modified Edgeworth-Rayleigh distribution. Finally, some statistical properties on the maximum wave heights in different sea states have been related with the initial Benjamin-Feir Index.
Subsidence activity maps derived from DInSAR data: Orihuela case study
Authors: Sanabria M. P. , Guardiola-Albert C. , Tomás R. , Herrera G. , Prieto A. , Sánchez H. , Tessitore S.
Published: October 2013

Abstract. A new methodology is proposed to produce subsidence activity maps based on the geostatistical analysis of persistent scatterer interferometry (PSI) data. PSI displacement measurements are interpolated based on Conditional Gaussian Simulation (CGS) to calculate multiple equiprobable realizations of subsidence. The result from this process is a series of interpolated subsidence values, with an estimation of the spatial uncertainty and a confidence level on the interpolation. These maps complement the PSI displacement map, improving the identification of wide subsiding areas at regional scale. At local scale, they can be used to identify buildings susceptible to suffer subsidence related damages. In order to do so, it is necessary to calculate the maximum differential settlement and the maximum angular distortion for each building of the study area. Based on PSI derived parameters those buildings in which serviceability limit state has been exceeded, and where in situ forensic analysis should be made, can be automatically identified. This methodology has been tested in Orihuela City (SE Spain) for the study of historical buildings, damaged during the last two decades by subsidence due to aquifer overexploitation.
Surge dynamics in the Nathorstbreen glacier system, Svalbard
Authors: Sund M. , Lauknes T. R. , Eiken T.
Published: October 2013

Abstract. Nathorstbreen glacier system (NGS) recently experienced the largest surge in Svalbard since 1936, and is examined using spatial and temporal observations from DEM differencing, time-series of surface velocities from satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and other sources. The upper basins with maximum accumulation during quiescence correspond to regions of initial lowering. Initial speed-up exceeds quiescent velocities by a factor of several tens of times. This suggests that polythermal glaciers surges are initiated in the temperate area before mass is displaced downglacier. Subsequent downglacier mass displacement coincides with areas of 100–200 times increased velocities (stage 2). After > 5 yr the joint NGS terminus advanced abruptly into tidewater during winter. The advance was followed by upglacier propagation of crevasses, indicating a re-action following from the already displaced mass and extending flow. NGS advanced ca. 15 km, while another ca. 3 km length was lost due to calving. Surface lowering of ca. 50 m was observed in some upglacier areas and during 5 yr the total area increased by 20%. Maximum measured flow rates were at least 25 m d−1, 2500 times quiescence, while average velocities were about 10 m d−1. The surges of Zawadzkibreen cycle with ca. 70 yr periods.
Palette of Problems – October 2013
Authors: Amidon Joel , Roscoe Matt
Published: October 2013

A monthly set of problems is aimed at a variety of ability levels.
Problem: Pattern Blocks
Authors: Moss Erin R.
Published: October 2013

This month's problem capitalizes on children's natural enthusiam to explore patterns to help them solve problems that might be too difficult or time-consuming to model directly.
It's About Time
Authors: Zippin Liat , Englard Lisa
Published: October 2013

As students solve problems related to time, they discover patterns and build understanding of the relationships among seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, and years. Reasoning about time also strengthens concepts related to estimation, orders of magnitude, common multiples, ratios, and operations with numbers that are based on grouping by sixty instead of by ten.
Elementary Mathematics Leaders
Authors: Fennell Francis (Skip) , Kobett Beth McCord , Wray Jonathan A.
Published: October 2013

Use this framework to examine the characteristics of EMLs and the challenges they face.
After 40 Years, Nostra Aetate's Christological Implications
Authors: Henrix Hans Hermann
Published: October 2013

In reflecting on the Christological statements in Nostra Aetate, Â§4 and on their implications, both the strongest link between Christians and Jews and their deepest difference have become apparent to Christian theology. The essential Christian conviction that the crucified and risen Jesus Christ is the Messiah and beyond that the Incarnate Son of God is not only denied by Jews, but is incomprehensible for them. Jewish objections have caused Christian theology to ask whether it is possible for it to say something positive as regards Jewish hope in the Messiah, a hope which also says “no” to Christians’ faith in Christ. The Pontifical Biblical Commission picked up on this question in a positive way in its text of the year 2001, The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible. In addition, Jewish criticism of the Christian idea of the Incarnation, not least in discussions of shituf ("association"), has brought a new awareness of the importance for Christian-Jewish dialogue of the teaching of the Council of Chalcedon on the preservation of the character of each nature unified in Christ.
Do We Share a Book? The Sunday Lectionary and Jewish-Christian Relations
Authors: Peppard Michael
Published: October 2013

This paper analyzes the role that the Sunday Lectionary, revised after Vatican II, plays in the Catholic Church’s presentation of Jews and Judaism. The presentation of Jews and Judaism in the current Lectionary is clearly a vast improvement over what preceded it. However, there is still much work to be done in order to bring the Lectionary in line with official Catholic teachings on the Old Testament and the Jews. The recent document of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible (2001), provides a new and authoritative impetus to reconsider the selection of Old Testament texts and their relationship to Gospel texts in the Lectionary. The article argues that continued Lectionary reform â specifically with regard to the Old Testament lections â would improve Jewish-Christian relations in the long term.
Irving Greenberg. For the Sake of Heaven and Earth: The New Encounter between Judaism and Christianity
Authors: Sandmel David Fox
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Henry F. Knight. Celebrating Holy Week in a Post-Holocaust World.
Authors: McCarron Richard E.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra. The Impact of Yom Kippur on Early Christianity
Authors: Bumazhnov Dmitrij F.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
What the Catholic Church Has Learnt from Interreligious Dialogue
Authors: Fitzgerald Michael L.
Published: October 2013

Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald, M.Afr. until recently served as the president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in the Vatican. In February 2006 he was appointed by Pope Bendedict XVI to be the apostolic nuncio to Egypt and the Holy See's delegate to the League of Arab States. This address was delivered at the conference "In Our Time: Interreligious Relations in a Divided World," co-sponsored by the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College and Brandeis University to mark the 40th anniversary of Nostra Aetate. It was given at Brandeis University on March 16, 2006. In it, Archbishop Fitzgerald first discusses theological advances arising from interreligious dialogue, focusing on the interrelatedness of the Trinity as the basis and model for dialogue. He then turns to consider the necessary conditions for dialogue, the varied content of dialogue, the conduct of dialogue in its multiplicity of forms, and the structures necessary for the continuity of dialogue.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Relevance for Post-Holocaust Christian Theology
Authors: Barnett Victoria J.
Published: October 2013

The Protestant theologian and resistance figure Dietrich Bonhoeffer is often portrayed as a hero of the Holocaust, particularly in popular films and literature. Much of the academic literature also assumes a clear relationship between his concern for the Jewish victims of Nazism, his theology, and his participation in the German resistance. A counter-narrative exists, however, which focuses on the anti-Judaism in his writings and contends that a heroic portrait of Bonhoeffer is simplistic and that Bonhoeffer’s significance for post-Holocaust thought is tenuous at best. A key problem here is the volume and complexity of the relevant historical and theological material. The thesis of this essay is that only an in-depth understanding of his theology as a dialogue with the historical complexities of his times can offer insights into his potential contribution to post-Holocaust thought. This essay will review the most salient theological and historical points, focusing on two often overlooked topics: 1) his actual role not only in the German resistance but in the larger ecumenical resistance network that helped Jews across Europe and 2) his own very concrete reflections on guilt, leading to his conviction of the necessity for a different self-understanding among Christians â and a different kind of Christianity â in a post-Nazi world. His experience under Nazism and in the resistance led to a radical reformulation of Christian identity that may be relevant for post-Holocaust theology.
Reflections on the Experience of Teaching about Christianity to Jewish Teenagers
Authors: Wolff Judith E.
Published: October 2013

This reflection-on-action essay shares and analyzes the author's experience of teaching about Christianity to Jewish teenagers.
Isaac C. Rottenberg. Christian-Jewish Dialogue: Exploring Our Commonalities and Our Differences
Authors: Eckardt Alice L.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Peter Schäfer. Jesus in the Talmud
Authors: Langer Ruth
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Moral Formation as Transformation: The Contribution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Authors: Pope Stephen J.
Published: October 2013

This essay was delivered during a panel discussion entitled "The Formation of the Religious Conscience after the Shoah: Bonhoeffer’s Spirituality for Today " during the conference Dietrich Bonhoeffer for Our Times: Jewish and Christian Perspectives, cosponsored by the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Hebrew College, and Andover-Newton Theological School, September 17, 2006. The author argues that Bonhoeffer can help us understand moral formation as personal and social transformation.
Abraham Joshua Heschel: Witness to God in Word and Deed
Authors: Merkle John C.
Published: October 2013

“There are no proofs for the existence of the God of Abraham,” said Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972). “There are only witnesses.” For countless Jews and Christians, Heschel was, in both his words and his deeds, one of the preeminent witnesses to God in the twentieth century. To commemorate the centennial year of his birth, this article presents of a brief overview of Heschel’s inspiring life and works in the service of God.
Emancipation from the Whirlwind: Piety and Rebellion among Jewish-American Post-Holocaust and Christian Liberation Readings of Job
Authors: Tollerton David C
Published: October 2013

This article focuses upon the manner in which the Book of Job’s dissonant messages of theological radicalism and conservatism have been utilised within discussion of two specific episodes of innocent suffering in the modern world – the murder of six million Jews during the Holocaust and the suffering of the oppressed in the developing world. Overlaying the discussion, the following model is proposed: that, firstly, Christian liberation theologians emphasise the more theologically conservative messages that can be drawn from Job while asserting radical political opposition to those who possess power. Conversely, Jewish Holocaust theologians empathise with Job’s more theologically radical elements, yet do so within outlooks committed to conservatively maintaining the security and power of the state of Israel after two thousand years of Jewish powerlessness. This model is tested by focusing upon seven treatments of Job associated with liberation or Holocaust theologies. It is concluded that, although there are significant complications, in broad terms the model largely holds ” offering a comparative insight into contextual Christian and Jewish interpretations of the Bible in which political radicalism and theological radicalism are found to be at odds with one another.
"And after the fire a soft murmuring sound ..." The Abiding Significance of Judaism for Christian Identity
Authors: Rutishauser Christian M.
Published: October 2013

Since the Second World War the pioneer phase of Jewish-Christian dialogue has achieved a relatively trusting relationship between both parties and major theological issues have been reflected on and dealt with. With the retirement of this generation of pioneers, while also reviewing history under the influence of the shock of the Shoah, we have to consider a change of paradigm at this time. First of all, a wider public should be involved in the dialogue in the hope of learning to fundamentally construct identity through dialogue. Learnings from the various phases of all of history should be kept in mind. Assuming an active relationship not only with Islam but also with any other interreligious dialogue is of paramount importance in a global world. On the concrete level, a redefinition of monotheism is needed in response to the associations being made between monotheism and violence. Further, the history of salvation has to be re-defined so that not only Jews and Christians are perceived as being in a generative relationship as “people of God” but so that the whole history of the world is perceived in a similar theological manner. A spirituality of action and an understanding of identity as co-constituted by the Other are valuable contributions of the Jewish-Christian dialogue to world culture.
James K, Aitken and Edward Kessler, eds. Challenges in Jewish-Christian Relations
Authors: Tonias Demetrios
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Jonathan Elukin. Living together, Living Apart: Rethinking Jewish-Christian Relations in the Middle Ages
Authors: Fisher Eugene J.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Kenneth Stow. Jewish Dogs: An Image and Its Interpreters: Continuity in the Catholic-Jewish Encounter
Authors: Joslyn-Siemiatkoski Daniel
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Response to: Exploring Covenant in a World of Faiths
Authors: Langer Ruth
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Katrin Kogman-Appel. Illuminated Haggadot from Medieval Spain: Biblical Imagery and the Passover Holiday
Authors: McMichael Steven J.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Brad Hirschfield. You Don’t Have To Wrong For Me To Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism
Authors: Friedmann Jonathan L.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
The Impact of Christian-Jewish Dialogue on Catholic Biblical Studies
Authors: Fisher Eugene
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Tribute to Krister Stendahl
Authors: Koester Helmut , Harrington Daniel J.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
The Resurrection of Jesus and Human Beings in Medieval Christian and Jewish Theology and Polemical Literature
Authors: McMichael, Fr. Steven J
Published: October 2013

The resurrection of Jesus was considered by Paul and the early Christians as the central truth claim of Christian faith (1 Corinthians 15). This article shows how the resurrection of Jesus was argued by medieval Christians in their polemical literature and how medieval Jews approached the same subject matter.
A Time for Recommitment: Building the New Relationship between Jews and Christians
Authors: Christians and Jews International Council of
Published: October 2013

At the 2009 Berlin ICCJ conference, the International Council for Christians and Jews issued a call to recommitment to Christian and Jewish communities around the world.
Kevin J. Madigan and Jon D. Levenson. RESURRECTION: The Power of God for Christians and Jews
Authors: Tassel Janet
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Terence L. Donaldson. Judaism and the Gentiles: Jewish Patterns of Universalism (to 135 BCE)
Authors: Gregerman Adam
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Jewish Community Institutions and Education in Interfaith Efforts
Authors: Barber Anat
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Editors' Afterword
Authors: Langer Ruth , Spicer Kevin P.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Editors' Introduction
Authors: Langer Ruth , Spicer Kevin
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
In Search of an Explanation for the Suffering of the Jews: Johann Reuchlin's Open Letter of 1505
Authors: Posset Franz
Published: October 2013

In 1505, the humanist Johann Reuchlin (1455-1522) published a booklet titled Doctor iohanns Reuchlins tütsch missiue, warumb die Juden so lang im ellend sind (Johann Reuchlin’s German-language open letter [discussing] why the Jews have been in “exile” so long). One may debate whether or not Reuchlin’s “German open letter” is to be understood as merely repeating the “conventional view that they [the Jews] were suffering for the sins of their forefathers who had mur-dered Jesus.” However, such an interpretation is a far too simplified summary of this rather unusual, “somewhat mysteri-ous tract.” Reuchlin felt sincere concern over the continued suffering of the Jews and sought to understand it for many years.
Derek Hastings. Catholicism and the Roots of Nazism: Religious Identity and National Socialism
Authors: Fisher Eugene J.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Robert Wistrich. A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad
Authors: Leighton Christopher M.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
The Word Set Free: Presenting the New Testament in its First Century Context
Authors: Harrington, S.J. Daniel J.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Courtesy, Confrontation, Cooperation: Jewish-Christian/Catholic Relations in the United States
Authors: Athans, B.V.M. Mary Christine
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Bright Beginnings: Jewish Christian Relations in the Holy Land, AD 400-700
Authors: Ribak Eliya
Published: October 2013

This paper is an archaeological analysis of the relationship between Jews and Christians in Byzantine Palestina, based on a catalogue of excavated Byzantine sites in the region. It suggests that different communities shared similar material cultures of religious practice, probably resulting from peaceful inter-communal interaction. These communities frequently occupied the same landscapes, and even the same settlements. This evidence is used to argue for closer and more peaceful co-existence between Jews and Christians in Byzantine Palestina than is usually supposed. It is suggested that this relative religious harmony contributed to the economic prosperity of the region in the Byzantine period and makes it a bright beginning for Jewish-Christian relations.
Richard Lux. The Jewish People, the Holy Land, and the State of Israel: A Catholic View
Authors: Korn Eugene
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
The Jewish Critique of Christianity: In Search of a New Narrative
Authors: Lasker Daniel J.
Published: October 2013

The old narrative of the Jewish critique of Christianity was simple: Jews criticized Christianity as a reaction to the Christian mission to the Jews; if Christians had not attempted to convince Jews to convert to Christianity, there would have been no reason for Jews to say anything negative about the majority religion. Judaism is a religion of tolerance, at least towards members of other religions, and, therefore, it was not a Jewish concern how Gentiles worshipped. But as medieval Christians tried more and more to convince Jews to convert, Jewish thinkers answered this challenge by developing arguments to be used against Christian doctrines.In light of recent research, this narrative, as comfortable as it might be to Jews, is no longer tenable. Jews criticized Christianity even in the absence of a Christian missionary threat, such as in Muslim countries. Furthermore, not all Christian anti-Jewish polemic should be understood as part of a conversionary campaign. Thus, there is a need for a new narrative to explain the proliferation of Jewish critiques of Christianity. This article discusses the various considerations at play in the search for that new narrative.
James Rudin. Christians & Jews, Faith to Faith: Tragic History, Promising Present, Fragile Future
Authors: Fisher Eugene J.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Hubert Wolf. Pope and Devil: The Vatican's Archives and the Third Reich
Authors: Brown-Fleming Suzanne
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Theological Questions and Perspectives in Jewish-Catholic Dialogue
Authors: Koch Kurt Cardinal
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Jewish Theology and Limits on Reciprocity in Catholic-Jewish Dialogue
Authors: Gregerman Adam
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Judaism and Christianity: Reading Cardinal Koch's Address Between the Lines and Against the Grain
Authors: Phan Peter C.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Response to Kurt Cardinal Koch
Authors: Suomala Karla
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Yael Feldman. Glory and Agony: Isaac's Sacrifice and National Narrative
Authors: Stahl Neta
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Micah Gottlieb, Ed. Moses Mendelssohn: Writings on Judaism, Christianity, and the Bible
Authors: Sax Benjamin E.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Steven A. Hunt, Ed. Perspectives on Our Father Abraham: Essays in Honor of Marvin R. Wilson
Authors: Boesel Chris
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Zev Garber, Ed. The Jewish Jesus: Revelation, Reflection, Reclamation
Authors: Zaas Peter
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Anthony Bale. Feeling Persecuted: Christians, Jews and Images of Violence in the Middle Ages
Authors: Merback Mitchell B.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Alan L. Berger, Ed. Trialogue and Terror: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam after 9/11
Authors: Marans Noam E.
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Neal King. The Passion of the Christ
Authors: Joselit Jenna Weissman
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Edwin K. Broadhead. Jewish Ways of Following Jesus: Redrawing the Religious Map of Antiquity
Authors: Jackson-McCabe Matt
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Neta Stahl. Other and Brother: Jesus in the 20th Century Jewish Literary Landscape
Authors: Mann Barbara
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Irven M. Resnick. Marks of Distinction: Christian Perceptions of Jews in the High Middle Ages
Authors: Kanarfogel Ephraim
Published: October 2013

No abstract is available.
Loess landscapes could be major source of dust
Authors: Balcerak Ernie
Published: October 2013

Dust, which affects weather and climate and can be hazardous to health, can be generated when sand or silt grains are either dislodged from the surface by other windblown grains (saltation) or lifted by wind directly (direct entrainment). Direct entrainment of silt has been thought to generate only minimal quantities of dust, and atmospheric models that include dust usually assume that dust generation occurs through saltation.
Longitudinal (One‐Year) Change in Cartilage Thickness in Knees With Early Knee Osteoarthritis: A Within‐Person Between‐Knee Comparison
Authors: Cotofana Sebastian , Buck Robert , Dreher Don , Wirth Wolfgang , Roemer Frank , Duryea Jeff , Nevitt Michael , Eckstein Felix ,   for the Osteoarthritis Initiative Investigators
Published: October 2013

Objective

To test the hypothesis that cartilage displays significant longitudinal thickening in the external subregions of the central medial femur (ecMF) and lateral femur (ecLF) in knees with early radiographic osteoarthritis (ROA) compared with contralateral knees without ROA, and to explore differences in change in other subregions and in radiographic joint space width (JSW).

Methods

Fifty participants (50% women, mean ± SD age 61.1 ± 9.7 years, and mean ± SD body mass index 27.7 ± 4.7 kg/m2) were identified from the Osteoarthritis Initiative cohort with definite femorotibial osteophytes but no joint space narrowing (JSN) in 1 knee (early ROA), and no osteophytes or JSN in the contralateral knee (non‐ROA). A longitudinal within‐person, between‐knee comparison was performed using measures of subregional cartilage thickness based on analyses of sagittal double‐echo steady‐state magnetic resonance images obtained at baseline and 1 year. Medial JSW was evaluated from fixed‐flexion radiographs.

Results

The change between baseline and 1 year was −6 ± 94 μm in ecMF and +18 ± 91 μm in ecLF in early ROA (P = 0.78) versus −1 ± 68 μm and +4 ± 76 μm in non‐ROA knees (P = 0.38). The variability of cartilage thickness change tended to be greater in early ROA than in non‐ROA knees. Greater cartilage thickness loss in the lateral tibia and a greater reduction in minimum medial JSW were observed in early ROA versus non‐ROA knees.

Conclusion

There was no direct evidence of longitudinal cartilage thickening in external subregions of the central femur in knees with early ROA compared with contralateral non‐ROA knees. The observed greater variability in longitudinal thickness change in early ROA knees (but not in non‐ROA knees) might be due to cartilage thickening and thinning occurring simultaneously in these knees.
Distinct Trajectories of Disease Activity Over the First Year in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Following a Treat‐to‐Target Strategy
Authors: Siemons Liseth , ten Klooster Peter M. , Vonkeman Harald E. , Glas Cees A. W. , van de Laar Mart A. F. J.
Published: October 2013

Objective

Although treat‐to‐target (T2T) strategies are effective in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, important individual variations exist in the course toward remission. Growth mixture modeling provides more insight into this heterogeneity by identifying subgroups of patients with similar response patterns. This study aimed to identify distinct trajectories of disease activity in early RA patients following a T2T strategy during their first year.

Methods

Data on various clinical and patient‐reported measures were collected from the Dutch Rheumatoid Arthritis Monitoring remission induction cohort. Growth mixture modeling was applied to examine the impact of T2T on subgroups characterized by different types of growth trajectories, as measured with the Disease Activity Score in 28 joints.

Results

Three distinct trajectories of disease activity were found. The normative trajectory contained most patients (82.6%), showing a quickly decreasing disease activity that stabilized at remission after 9 months. This group performed best on clinical and patient‐reported measures over time and were more likely to be men. A smaller group (14.1%) also approached remission, but demonstrated a slower response to treatment. Finally, a minority (3.3%) showed no improvement after 1 year, despite an initial quick decrease in disease activity during the first months of treatment.

Conclusion

Disease activity in early RA patients during the first year of a T2T strategy does not follow a linear pattern, nor is a single developmental trajectory applicable to all patients. Future studies should attempt to identify more specific risk factors for poor outcome to enable early identification of patients in need of alternative therapeutic approaches.