The debate about the status and purpose of individual rights as against social rights depends a great deal on how we define these terms. Although it is difficult to come to a definitive philosophical or jurisprudential conclusion about social versus individual rights, textbooks on human rights recognize the difference between the two traditions (Gearon 2003). Furthermore, the difference between...

Remember is one of the most frequently used verbs in the Book of Mormon. It is consistently used by its authors in a covenant context—establishing or renewing an eternal relationship with God, expressing and realizing the blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and preserving the distinctive identity of a covenant people. The present study examines the complex and profound ways that the comple...

The concept of the nurse-patient covenant was explored using a multiple-method research design. Analysis of the literature (167 references) was the basis for 2 focus group interviews (12 nurses) and 8 semistructured patient interviews. Attributes, antecedents, and consequences were identified through an analysis of findings across all data sources. The nurse-patient covenant in cancer care is d...

The Covenant of the Promised Land: Territorial Symbolism in the Book of Mormon

One of the major obstacles the current climate modeling effort faces is the lack of high-quality observational data to validate the climate models against. This lack has hampered the progress in model improvement needed for climate change studies. With field observations from CEPEX (Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment) and TOGA-COARE (Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere-Coupled Ocean Atmosphere ...