Hope College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan. It was originally opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled. The first freshman college class matriculated in 1862 and Hope received its state charter in 1866. Hope College is affiliated with the Reformed Church in America and retains a Christian atmosphere. Its 125 acres (0.195 sq mi) campus is adjacent to the downtown commercial district and has been shared with Western Theological Seminary since 1884.
Research on the interactive effects of multiple dimensions of fit often comes with incomplete theorizing and equivocal results. Drawing on social cognition theory and person–environment fit literature, we theorized and tested the interactive effects of multiple fits, which state that interactions would happen only between complementary fit and supplementary fit categories but not within fit categories. Results from a time-lagged design of 168 employees in Study 1 (with one complementary fit and two supplementary fits) largely supported our hypotheses. Specifically, PJ fit and PO fit enhanced each other to affect job satisfaction and organizational commitment. In addition, using 120 subordinate-supervisor pairs in Study 2 (with two complementary fits and one supplementary fit), we found that PO fit, demands–abilities fit, and needs–supplies fit interactively affected job performance and organizational citizenship behaviors. Our study contributes to person–environment fit theory in increasing its theoretical precision in specifying when interactive effects are likely and in what direction they may unfold.
Background: The low-lying level structure of 13Be is still not fully understood; specifically, it has not been ruled out that the first 1/2- state could be located above the isomeric 0+ 2 state of 12Be and decay via that state. Purpose: Search for a possible decay path of 13Be excited states through the isomeric 0+ 2 state in 12Be. Method: The invariant mass technique was used to reconstruct (12Be + n) decay energies from neutron removal reactions of 14Be at 78 MeV/u on a 9Be target in coincidence with delayed gamma rays. Charged particles and neutrons were detected and identified with a telescope and a subset of the Modular Neutron Array (MoNA), respectively, around zero degrees. The CAESium-iodide scintillator ARray (CAESAR) was located around the telescope measuring the gamma rays. Results: No evidence for the population and decay of the 0+ 2 state in 12Be was observed. From the nonobservation of 511 keV gamma rays an upper limit of 6% of the p-wave contribution was extracted. Conclusions: The previously observed p-wave resonance at about 500 keV does not decay via the isomeric state and thus corresponds to the ground state of 13Be decaying to the 12Be ground state.
Simulations of astrophysical processes require a plethora of nuclear physics input. In particular, models of neutron-capture nucleosynthesis like the s, i, and r processes require /3-decay information and experimentally constrained neutron-capture reaction rates. Past experiments with the 4t Summing NaI(Tl) (SuN) total absorption spectrometer have provided these physics quantities. Here, we outline an upgrade of SuN to SuN++, where 20 new segments (12 NaI(Tl) and 8 CeBr3) have been integrated into the pre-existing SuN total absorption spectrometer to provide increased energy and time resolution in /3-decay experiments. The details of the newly upgraded SuN++ total absorption spectrometer are discussed with results from the commissioning experiment at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) utilizing a 70Cu beam.
Religious and spiritual identity in America is undergoing a seismic transformation. Increasingly, fewer people formally identify as religious. This article provides an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the social identities, psychological experience, spiritual needs, and mental health needs of religious “dones” (those who have deidentified from religion), as well as those questioning or deconstructing their religious identity. We first provide a conceptual framework of terms, situate faith deconstruction in the broader context of America’s shifting spiritual landscape, and integrate insights from emerging research to articulate the rise of the nones and dones. We then offer insights regarding potential distinctions among various dones who engage in religious and spiritual beliefs and behaviors and expound on the mental health implications of faith deconstruction. We highlight a theological concept of religious remix (Burton, 2020) and present the religious modularity hypothesis, in which we propose that the capacity to “remix,” or modulate engagement with various aspects of religion, may help meet needs pertaining to spiritual yearning among those deconstructing their faith identity. We conclude with potential implications to empirically test for clinical practice in working with individuals seeking to reconstruct their spirituality.
This paper discusses the construction and commissioning of a new tape transport system (SuNTAN) for /1-decay experiments with low-energy radioactive ion beams. SuNTAN consists of a tape cycling system and is accompanied by a new /1-particle detector (SuNSPOT). The new setup is designed to fit inside the SuN y-ray calorimeter. Here we present technical details of SuNTAN and SuNSPOT, their commissioning at Michigan State University, and their subsequent upgrades and re-commissioning at Argonne National Laboratory.
