This research attends to David Bosch’s (1995) last publication, Believing in the future: Towards a missiology of Western culture, and uses work as guide formulate prospects for theological discipline. Following Bosch, it an exploration current events heuristic semiotic discern future church develop missiology. The ‘post-world’ we currently find ourselves is described following terms: Post-COVID...

This article reviews recent advances in genomics and informatics relevant to cardiovascular research. In particular, we review the status of (1) whole genome sequencing efforts in human, mouse, rat, zebrafish, and dog; (2) the development of data mining and analysis tools; (3) the launching of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Programs for Genomics Applications and Proteomics Initia...

The spectra of dilute molecular gases in astrophysics arise in material far out of thermodynamical equilibrium (non-LTE), often in inhomogeneous atmospheres where Doppler motions from kinematical gradients and turbulence are large compared with thermal motions. Thus line intensities contain information about density and temperature as well as abundances, and line profiles probe the structure of...

I discuss the physics prospects at future high–energy ee linear colliders. After summarizing some aspects of these future machines, I will review a few topics in the Standard Model which can be studied at these colliders: top quark, W/Z vector bosons and Higgs particles physics. A brief discussion on the exploration of extensions of the Standard Model such as Supersymmetry and Grand Unified The...

tem for habitat mapping of coral reefs and seagrass beds by integrating satellite images and acousticand ecological sea-truth information. In the field of harmful algal blooms (HAB), our taxonomic and biological knowledge on the HAB species has been much expanded through the program, as exemplified by the identification of the causative species of paralytic (PSPs)and amnesic (ASPs) shellfish po...

Trichomonas vaginalis is a parasitic protozoan which infects the urogenital tract and requires iron as an essential nutrient. Iron is known to upregulate various adhesins required for cytoadherance and other factors involved in pathogenesis. At mucosal surfaces, iron is chelated by lactoferrin resulting in low levels of free iron. However, pathogens have evolved mechanisms for an increased upta...

The outline of the various FFAG accelerators that have been constructed and the operational experience with different machines are presented. Common issues are identified, and contrasting experiences highlighted. The capability of FFAGs to meet the requirements for applications such as ion therapy, accelerator-driven subcritical reactors(ADSR), and muon accelerators are followed by a descriptio...

Four ongoing microlensing experiments have produced important new results but also big puzzles, the major one being that the expected classes of lenses cannot account for the observed distribution of time scales. I discuss future experiments that could resolve these puzzles. By far the most important would be to launch a parallax satellite into solar orbit. I also discuss a number of non-dark-m...

Gold nanoparticles are the subject of intense studies due to the exceptional photo-optical properties combined with the biocompatibility and has proved to be a powerful tool in various nanomedicinal applications. This book chapter discusses the recent advances and current challenges facing the biomedical applications of gold nanoparticles of various sizes and shapes. This chapter summarizes the...