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In any list of outstanding Baptist women in missionary leadership, Southern Baptist missionary Faye Pearson would certainly be in the roll of qualified candidates. She served more than 30 years as a missionary under appointment by the Foreign Mission Board (FMB), after 1997 called the International Mission Board (IMB), of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)., She was a mission leader, serving as an area director for East Asia, supervising Southern Baptist mission work in six countries, which collectively hold one fifth of the world's population. [...]

This article presents a critical analysis of all the major pathways to produce hydrogen and to utilize it as an energy carrier to generate heat or electricity. The approach taken is to make a cradle to grave analysis including the production of hydrogen, the conversion of hydrogen to heat or electricity, and finally the utilization of that heat or electricity for a useful purpose. This methodology shows that no currently available hydrogen pathway, irrespective of whether it uses fossil fuels, nuclear fuels, or renewable technology as the primary energy source to generate electricity or heat is as efficient as using the electric power or heat from any of these sources directly. Furthermore, electric vehicles using batteries to store electricity are shown to be more efficient and less polluting than ,fuel cell powered vehicles using energy stored in hydrogen.

Abstract--Understanding recolonization processes of intertidal fish assemblages is integral for predicting the consequences of significant natural or anthropogenic impacts on the intertidal zone. Recolonization of experimentally defaunated intertidal rockpools by [...]

This paper presents thermodynamic analyses of ten different scenarios for using natural gas to power motor vehicles. Specifically, it presents a comparison between different types of automotive vehicles using fuels made from natural gas feedstock. In comparing the various fuel-vehicle options, a complete well-to-wheel fuel cycle is considered. This approach starts with the well at which the feedstock is first extracted from the ground and ends with the power finally delivered to the wheels of the vehicle. This all-inclusive comparison is essential in order to accurately and fairly compare the transportation options. This study indicates that at the present time hybrid-electric vehicles, particularly those using diesel components, can achieve the highest efficiency among available technologies using natural gas as the primary energy source. Hydrogen spark ignition, all-electric battery-powered, and methanol fuel cell vehicles rank lowest in well-to-wheel efficiency because of their poor fuel production efficiencies. [DOI: 10.1115/1.1486019]

The 1936 Federal Theatre Project's African-American adaptation of Aristophanes' 'Lysistrata' was banned in Seattle, WA, as the play was viewed by authorities as a violation of social, sexual and racial hierarchies. Although obscenity was the reason postulated for the ban, far more sexually explicit shows were being opened elsewhere in the city. The play threatened to subvert the order of society surrounding the performance space by dragging sexuality across imposed social divisions and by freeing black women from the stereotyped role of enslaved sexual objects.

- Understanding movement patterns and habitat utilisation is critical for the management of diadromous fishes. An acoustic telemetry array was used to monitor 33 estuary perch, Macquaria colonorum and 39 Australian bass, Macquaria novemaculeata in the freshwater and estuarine reaches on the Shoalhaven River, south-east Australia. On average, tagged M. novemaculeata were detected for a considerably shorter period than M. colonorum, and evidence suggested that fishing pressure may have impacted on their survival. Macquaria colonorum displayed significant shifts in seasonal and size-related habitat use, with fish predominantly residing in deep (>5 m) areas within the middle (mesohaline) reaches of the estuary during the austral spring to autumn months. In winter, M. colonorum individuals made frequent downstream migrations, often to localised areas, within the lower estuary (LE). In contrast, M. novemaculeata were distributed in shallow (<2 m) habitats throughout the year, within the upper (oligohaline) estuarine reaches of the river, as well as in fresh water. Like M. colonorum, M. novemaculeata made extensive downstream and upstream movements, often coincident with reproductive behaviour, water temperature and increased freshwater inflows. It is postulated that the high site fidelity and repetitive homing displayed by both species is influenced by ontogenetic behaviour and prey availability. Furthermore, the extent of instream distribution by both species, and the lack of observed annual spawning migrations by some M. novemaculeata individuals, indicates the once considered 'catadromous' life cycle of these fishes may not be obligatory. A management approach is recommended to ensure that both these species are not over-exploited within a portion of their instream range, thus maintaining their full reproductive potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article offers an overview of drama and performance during the Japanese American (Nikkei) Internments and details the importance of theatre as a factor in the internees' struggle for agency and self-identification. The study also notes a direct relationship between performance form and frequency and varying levels of US government repression. Finally, this survey suggests theatre's mediating effect in the Nikkei community's intra-cultural conflict that US government oppression nearly disastrously had intensified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]