Proefschrift--Amsterdam. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record.

Thesis (Th. M.)--Capital Bible Seminary, 1989. / Bibliography: leaves 46-50.

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Thesis (Th. M)--Grace Theological Seminary, 1984. / Typescript. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-116).

Thesis (Th. M)--Grace Theological Seminary, 1984. / Typescript. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-116).

Many in the Christian tradition accept three theological affirmations: (TA1) That bodily resurrection is not a superfluous hope of afterlife; (TA2) There is immediate post-mortem existence in Paradise; and (TA3) There is numerical identity between pre-mortem and post-resurrection human beings. Many of the same Christians also accept a robust doctrine of The Intermediate State, a paradisiacal disembodied state of existence following the biological death of a human person. I say The Intermediate State makes TAs 1 – 3 an inconsistent set. So, given these TAs, I say that there is no such thing as The Intermediate State and, therefore, it should be jettisoned from Christian theology. Chapter 1 aims to show that, if the TAs are true, Christian theology should jettison The Intermediate State. This is because The Intermediate State specifically undermines TA1. Along with The Intermediate State, Christian theologians should jettison the metaphysics of substance dualism. This is because substance dualism, a metaphysics that The Intermediate State requires, is either false or unmotivated. Substance dualism is false because, minimally, it conflicts with an argument St. Paul lays out in 1 Corinthians 15. And, even if it did not, it lacks motivation for Christian theology because there is no The Intermediate State. In Chapter 1, I advance theological arguments along these lines. If the arguments go through, Christian theology needs a way coherently to speak about afterlife that does not make use of these errant views. If TAs 1 – 3 are true, substance dualism is either false or unmotivated, and The Intermediate State does not obtain, Christian theology requires an amended metaphysics of human persons and an amended metaphysics of time. I attempt to offer such things in Chapters 2 – 5. Chapters 2 and 3 are given over to investigating physicalist and constitution metaphysics of human persons. I find the range of views wanting for a number of philosophical and theological reasons. Chapter 4 is an explication and defense of a hylemorphic metaphysics of human persons and a sustained argument against some leading hylemorphic conceptions that insist the soul of a biologically dead human person can survive the death of the body. Lastly, Chapter 5 offers a theory of time that completes the project’s goal: a coherent metaphysics within which a human person’s death is immediately followed by her eschatological (future) bodily resurrection so that the three TAs are an affirmed and consistent set.

This thesis will examine closely two aspects of Pauline theology, namely, the timing of the resurrection and the state of the believer who dies before the parousia. Through exegesis of 2 Cor 5:1-10, the basic consistency in Paul's thinking and the arguments for and against the intermediate state will be examined. Chapter 1 analyzes what 1 Thess. 4, 1 Cor. 15, and 2 Cor. 5 have to say on the issue, comparing the passages as to content and compatibility. Chapters 2 and 3 pursue more fully questions related to the issue of postmortem existence. Chapter Two deals with Paul's use of verb $ underline{ eta o iota mu alpha sigma beta alpha iota}$ as a metaphor for death and the idea of the intermediate state as soul-sleep (psychopannychism). Chapter 3 explores the matter of Paul's concept of the "I" or "self" (or "naked" self), raised by Paul in 2 Cor. 5:3. The Pauline anthropology is compared with Hellenistic anthropological dualism in order to show the similarities and differences.

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Double-exposure lithography has shown promise as potential resolu- tion enhancement technique that is attractive because it is much cheaper than double-patterning lithography and it can be deployed on existing imaging tools. However, this technology is not possible without the development of new materials with nonlinear response to exposure dose. Several materials have been proposed to implement a nonlinear response to exposure including re- versible contrast enhancement layers (rCELs), two-photon materials, interme- diate state two-photon (ISTP) materials, and optical threshold layers (OTLs). The performance of these materials in double-exposure applications was inves- tigated through computer simulation using a custom simulator. The results from the feasibility studies revealed that the ISTP and OTL types of materials showed much more promise than the rCEL and two-photon types of materi- als. Calculations show that two-photon materials will not be feasible unless achievable laser peak power in exposure tools can be signi¯cantly increased. Although rCEL materials demonstrated nonlinear behavior in double-exposure mode, only marginal image quality and process window improvements were ob- served. Using the results from the simulation work described herein, materials development work is currently ongoing to enable potential ISTP and OTL materials for manufacturing. A new biochip platform named \Mesoscale Unaddressed Functional- ized Features INdexed by Shape" (MUFFINS) was developed in the Willson Research Group at the University of Texas at Austin as a potential method to achieve a new low-cost biosensor system. The platform uses poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels with bioprobes covalently cross-linked into the matrix for detection. Each sensor is shape-encoded with a unique pattern such that the information of the sensor is associated with the pattern and not its position. Large quantities of individual sensors can be produced separately and then self- assembled to form random arrays. Detection occurs through hybridization of the probes with °uorescently labeled targets. The key designs of the system include parallel batch fabrication using photolithography and self-assembly, in- creased information density using multiplexing, and enhanced shape-encoding with automated pattern recognition. The development of two aspects of the platform { self-assembly mechanics and pattern recognition algorithm, and a demonstration of all the key design elements using a single array are described herein. / text