We have developed and deployed several web-based tutors for C++ programming concepts. We have been remotely collecting usage data from these tutors, and analyzing them for the benefit of the students, the teachers and ourselves. In this paper, we will describe the tutors, the types of data collected, and the types of analysis we perform on the data for the benefit of the various constituencies ...

In this article, I seek to put Engelhardt’s work on Christian bioethics in the wider context. First, I discuss some fundamental issues inextricably linked to his work: the difference and relation of a “secular world” to the Christian notion of the “world,” the difference and relation between the concepts of “history” given with human “progress” appearing in the field of bioethics, in contrast t...

The purpose of this paper is to explore motivation from a Christian perspective and its implications for relationships between management and consumers, managers and employees, and stockholders and managers. The contribution of this paper is twofold: first, it provides a brief review of the literature on motivation as it appears in college business-related textbooks. Second, it introduces a phi...

Atheism is the mainstream belief system in contemporary China. In recent years, a growing number of Chinese have converted to different religions, particularly Christianity. In this study, we conducted a survey in the region of Xi’an to investigate the following three questions: How common is Christianity among college students in Xi’an? How many of them have converted to the Christian faith? H...

Weber Christian disease or idiopathic lobular panniculitis is a skin condition that features recurring inflammation in the fat layer of the skin. We report a case of a 17 year old boy with Weber Christian disease as its occurence is extremely rare with only sparse case reports available, who presented with eighteen-month history off fever with chills off and on, arthralgia predominantly of the ...

Using the Religion and State-Minorities WVS datasets, this study examined impact of religiosity in Christian-majority countries on societal religious discrimination (i.e., by non-state actors) against minorities. We found that increased levels activity commitment a country lead to less Muslim Jewish minorities but more Christian offered two explanations for complex relationship. First, when nat...