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Computer modelling applied to the Calvin Cycle
… systems, principally the photosynthetic Calvin cycle. A set of metabolic modelling software tools, "Scampi", constructed as part of this project is presented. A unique feature of Scampi is that it allows the user to make a particular model the subject of arbitrary algorithms. This …
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Melvin Calvin : Nobel-Winning chemist and SETI scientist wannabe
Melvin Calvin spent more than a decade answering one longstanding question in biochemistry: how did plants use carbon dioxide to manufacture carbohydrates in photosynthesis? This research earned Calvin a Nobel Prize-an honor that catapulted him to international fame, secured him spots on …
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The question of deification in the theology of John Calvin
… deification. The studies of the theology of John Calvin, who is a leading figure in the Reformation tradition, cannot avoid such a tendency, either. Not a few scholars have affirmed Calvin's doctrine of deification, in a way, akin to the Eastern doctrine of deification, by rereading him from the …
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The righteousness of works in the theology of John Calvin
This thesis explores John Calvin’s positive teaching on works-righteousness, demonstrating that his understanding of the matter is more complex than is often recognized. Most studies that relay Calvin’s notion of works-righteousness tend to rehearse his negative statements on the subject in order …
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The politics of the confessional imagination, from Calvin to Hobbes
In this dissertation, I consider the nature and application of theories of the imagination by, especially English, Protestants, over the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. I make four significant observations. First, I argue that English Protestant philosophical treatments of the …
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Christ our healer : a constructive dialogue between John Calvin and Gregory of Nazianzus.
… these metaphors by evaluating their use by John Calvin and Gregory of Nazianzus. I do not attempt a full systematic account but offer these readings of Calvin and Gregory as a first exploratory step toward a Reformed catholic account of salvation as healing. Study of these figures reveals that …
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A Study to Determine the Effectiveness of a Stress Management Program at Calvin College
… Package for the Social Studies (SPSS) at the Calvin College Computer Center. The pre-test group means were compared to the post-test group means. A two-fold t-test was used to determine if the changes in the group means were significant. The level of significance was determined to be .05. …
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A bright, sweet evolution: a molecular genetic analysis of Calvin cycle gene expression response to light and sugar in the liverwort marchantia polymorpha, and insights into Calvin cycle promoter motif enrichment in land plants
… plants are frequently used as model organisms in Calvin Benson Bassham cycle (CBB) research given their ease of use in the laboratory. The expression of CBB genes in higher plants is well known to be regulated by light, sugar and plant development, yet no focus has been given to lower plant CBB …
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Home schooling in view of John Calvin : a study in education and communion of saints /
… maintaining day schools in the tradition of John Calvin. It aims to identify and understand factors that contributed to this tension and to find ways to bridge, diffuse, reduce, or eliminate it. In line with Calvin, personal convictions, and the nature of the community, the study takes a Christian …
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Affect before Spinoza: Reformed Faith, Affectus, and Experience in Jean Calvin, John Donne, John Milton and Baruch Spinoza
… agency </p><p>and activity. Beginning with John Calvin and continuing through the work of John </p><p>Donne, John Milton, and Baruch Spinoza, Affect Before Spinoza posits affectus as a basis </p><p>of faith in an emergent Reformed tradition as well as a term that informs disparate …
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The Catholic Calvin: A study on the satisfaction of Christ and the necessity of the cross in John Calvin’s theology
Scholarship on John Calvin has often assumed that he was an early architect of penal substitutionary atonement (PSA) in its most retributive form. This has often led to portrayals of Calvin as teaching that God the Father punished the Son to satisfy divine wrath. Such readings not only flatten …
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The Protestant ethic and the spirit of modern public education : an analysis of the influence of Calvin and Ignatius in the sixteenth century
… the emphasis is placed on the way in which Calvin's theology, specifically that of predestination, and his presbyterian system influenced the development of modern public education. Some of the issues to be addressed are: the contrast between the approaches of the humanists and Jesuits to …
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