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Developing a curriculum for christlikeness using Jesus's Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7)
The researcher developed a “Curriculum for Christlikeness” for Keystone Nazarene Church, an English-speaking international congregation in Okinawa, Japan, using Dallas Willard’s approach to Jesus’s...
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord: The עלה (whole burnt offering) in Leviticus 1 as an expression of the greatest commandment
There are five sacrifices mentioned in Leviticus, and the עלה is listed first. The significance of this offering is that it was one of the most frequently made sacrifices; it was one of the most...
The influence of maternal responsiveness on emotional health as perceived by grade 10 students in Cupang, Antipolo City in the Philippines
This study is quantitative descriptive research regarding Perceived Maternal Responsiveness (Acceptance/Rejection) and Adolescents’ Emotional Expressiveness. It investigates the perceived maternal...
Growth Mindset, Motivated Strategies, and Testing Anxiety and Their Effects on Academic Performance
Isolation of an Antibiotic for Citrus Greening Disease
Citrus Greening Disease is an illness caused by a bacterium that renders citrus fruit unmarketable and kills infected citrus trees. Good bacteria in the microbiota of citrus trees may produce an...
Characterization of the Interaction Between Glioblastoma Cells and Tumor Associated Macrophages (TAMs) Within the Tumor Microenvironment
This project seeks to characterize the cellular interactions within the tumor microenvironment that lead to polarization of macrophages, away from the tumor-fighting M1 phenotype and towards the tumor...
Isolation and Structural Characterization of Defensive Natural Products from Sinularia Soft Coral
Sinularia is a genus of soft coral whose species exhibit a spectrum of two complementary methods of defense against predation: sharp spines (physical defense) and cytotoxic compounds (chemical defense...
Development and field testing of a concept cartoon intervention to improve students’ understandings of the role of genetics in natural selection as a mechanism of evolution
Evolution by natural selection is foundational in biology, yet decades of science education research have shown that common alternative conceptions often persist after college biology instruction...
Relationship between Ground Reaction Force Impulse and Throwing Arm Joint Kinetics in Collegiate Baseball Pitchers
Peak ground reaction force (GRF) is one variable that has been studied in the lower extremity to determine the amount of force generated by the drive leg and stride leg of the pitcher. Studies suggest...
Biomechanical Differences Between a Grand Plié and a Changement in Female Ballet Dancers
This pilot study assesses differences in the knee biomechanics of two fundamental ballet movements of a grand plié and changement. A marker-based motion capture system and force plates were used to...
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of College Aged Students
This project assesses how the mental health of college students has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Students voluntarily participated in a nationally validated survey to evaluate health...
Examining the Relationship Between Instructor Care and Learner Empowerment
This study examines the relationship between instructor care and learner empowerment, defined as a learner’s motivation to perform tasks because they find the tasks meaningful, feel competent to...
Improve Retention, Improve Lives
A two-year, public, HBCU community college* located in a technologically advanced city in the South was the primary focus of this study. The HCBU is the city’s primary workforce development education...
Belize and Taiwan: A Curious Friendship
Presented at the Faculty Research Symposium, November 13, 2017
An evaluation of the God image of selected third culture kids (TCKs) from Faith Academy in Rizal, Philippines
This study was conducted to explore the God Image of Third Culture Kids (TCKs) at Faith Academy located in Rizal Province of the Philippines. These were students who were between 16 to 19 years old...
An Analytic Induction Study of the English Reading Comprehension of the Selected Pastors of Metro Manila District Church of the Nazarene and their Preaching Tasks
This study is a study of the English reading comprehension of the selected pastors of Metro Manila District (MMD) Church of the Nazarene and their preaching tasks. There are 33 respondents in the...
Second language acquisition error analysis on the newsletter writing of the ninth batch frontier missionary trainees of the Paul Mission, Inc.
This study explored how second language acquisition error analysis could help in the improvement of newsletter writing of the ninth batch Frontier Missionary Trainees of The Paul Mission, Inc. Second...
Parental involvement and advocacy for children with special needs: a comparative study of three schools cross-culturally
This study is a comparative study of parental involvement and parental advocacy for their children with special needs in three cross-cultural settings. The purpose of this study was to learn how...
The Broadcast Ministry of the Church of the Nazarene
This Master of Arts thesis (Denver University, 1968) by Donald E. Toland, a radio broadcaster and professor of Communications at Olivet Nazarene University (1978-1988), evaluates the radio broadcast...
Mentor Development Program for Critical Care Nurses: A Key to Staff Development and Improvement in New Graduate Orientation
The mean age of the nursing workforce has increased over the last 25 years and as a result a nursing shortage is developing because these nurses are now retirement age. Precepting in a clinical...
Knee Meniscal Pathology and Treatments: Ramifications for Knee Articular Cartilage
In the United States, meniscal lesions represent the most common intra-articular knee injury. In fact, the mean annual incidence of meniscal tears is approximately 60 to 70 per 100,000 patients...
A Girardian Reading of Violent Imagery in Revelation
René Girard's theories on the mimetic relationship between violence and religion and the genesis and maintenance of culture have had a profound impact on many disciplines. The Colloquium on Violence...
Rehearsing Mythic Memory: Cultural Memory, Intertextuality, and the Sitz im Leben of Habakkuk’s Prophecy
Cultural memory theory as an interdisciplinary field of research is concerned with the usability of the past for the formation of identity in the present. Theorists argue that cultural memories are...
Diagnosing and Rebuilding a Server System After a Major Failure
Submitted to the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of ArtsAfter a power failure, the Computer Science Lab server...