Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, 1993. / Includes bibliographies.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, 1993. / Includes bibliographies.

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity International University, 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-110).

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Arthur Tavares de Oliveira Melo - 2015.pdf: 5375267 bytes, checksum: 306e8d72c2977068f8f669824b83ca4b (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-01-22 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The sugarcane is one of the most important crop species to provide sugar and renewable energy in the world. Due to the high amount of repetitive elements and the various polyploidization events suffer during its evolution, the Saccharum spp. genome has not yet been assembled and annotated, unlike other agronomic important species. So, the knowledge about sugarcane transcriptome become even more useful for supporting genomic analyzes studies. A draft assembly of sugarcane transcriptome was obtained from Illumina sequencing paired-ends libraries of five different plant organs, sampled from thirty elite clones. Analyzes of quality control and normalization was done in the RNA-seq data. Trinity package was used for de novo assembly. The scaffolds obtained and identified as complete ORFs were annotated according to Gene Ontology terms. The draft assembly was characterized by the identification of microsatellites and SNPs molecular markers and for assessing the contribution of different plant organs for transcriptome final assembly. The draft sugarcane transcriptome comprised 178 Mb, over 131,831 scaffolds, representing 61,225 genes. The transcripts average size was 1,350 bp and N50 value was 1,667 bp. A total of 1,250 transcripts identified as complete ORFs showed no similarity to sequences of the nr NCBI database, are considered new Transcript Active Regions (nTARs). The annotation performed using the KEGG database identified 234 transcripts coding for enzymes members of sucrose and starch metabolism, an important metabolic pathway for understanding the relationship between photosynthetic rate and sucrose accumulation in the stalk. The five plant organs used contributed equally for the draft sugarcane transcriptome. A total of 12,931 genomic regions were identified containing perfect microsatellites, with a predominance of di and tri nucleotide. On average, one SNP every 18 bp was identified, with more than four million SNPs identified with satisfactory values of haplotype and quality scores. The nucleotide diversity of thirty elite clones used in this study was high. The identification of these molecular markers, particularly SNPs markers, provides the possibility of using these polymorphisms in genomic and genetic studies of sugarcane, including the possibility of application of genome wide selection like breeding strategy. The sugarcane transcriptome draft assembly proposed in this study has data and analysis quality sufficient to be used in attempt to encompass a reference transcriptome for the species of Saccharum spp. / A cana-de-açúcar é uma das principais espécies cultivadas para o fornecimento mundial de açúcar e energia renovável. Devido à elevada quantidade de elementos repetitivos e os vários eventos de poliploidização, o genoma da espécie ainda não foi montado e anotado, diferentemente de outras espécies de interesse agronômico. Assim, as informações do transcritoma da espécie se tornam ainda mais úteis por dar suporte ás iniciativas de análises genômicas. Um draft assembly do transcritoma de cana-de-açúcar foi montado a partir do sequenciamento Illumina de bibliotecas paired-ends de cinco órgãos distintos da planta, obtidos de uma amostra de trinta clones elite. Os dados de RNA-seq passaram por análises de controle de qualidade e normalização. O software Trinity foi utilizado para montagem de novo do transcritoma. Os scaffolds obtidos identificados como ORFs completas foram anotados conforme os termos do Gene Ontology. O draft assembly obtido para o transcritoma de cana-de-açúcar foi caracterizado pela identificação de marcadores moleculares do tipo microssatélites e SNPs e pela avaliação da contribuição dos diferentes órgãos vegetais para constituição final do transcritoma. O transcritoma obtido compreendeu 178 Mb, distribuídos em 131.831 scaffolds, representando 61.225 genes. O tamanho médio dos transcritos foi de 1.350 pb, com valor de N50 igual a 1.667 pb. Um total de 1.250 transcritos, identificados como ORFs completas, não apresentaram similaridade com sequências do banco de dados nr do NCBI, sendo considerados novas regiões transcricionalmente ativas (nTARs). A anotação realizada através do banco de dados do KEGG identificou 234 transcritos codificantes para enzimas integrantes do metabolismo de sacarose e amido, uma importante rota metabólica para compreensão da relação entre taxa fotossintética e o acúmulo de sacarose no colmo. Os cinco órgãos vegetais utilizados contribuíram igualmente para a constituição do draft do transcritoma de cana-de-açúcar. Foram identificadas 12.931 regiões genômicas contendo microssatélites perfeitos, com predomínio de di e tri nucleotídeos. Em média, identificou-se um SNP a cada 18 pares de bases, com mais de quatro milhões de SNPs identificados. A diversidade nucleotídica dos trinta clones elites utilizados é elevada. A identificação destes marcadores moleculares, principalmente os marcadores SNPs, fornece a possibilidade de utilização destes polimorfismos em estudos genéticos e genômicos de cana-de-açúcar, incluindo o emprego em abordagens como seleção genômica ampla no melhoramento da espécie. O draft assembly do transcritoma de cana-de-açúcar proposto neste estudo possui qualidade de dados e de análise suficiente para ser utilizado na tentativa de abranger um transcritoma de referência para as espécies de Saccharum spp.

As rochas do Grupo Península Trinity e das unidadesequivalentes abrangem arenito, argilito e conglomerado, além de seus correspondentes metamórficos, e cuja formação é atribuída a correntes de turbidez. Afloram na parte norte da Península Antártica e arquipélagos adjacentes. Amostras de arenito, arcósio e conglomerado dessas unidades foram analisadas com intuito de traçar sua proveniência. A partir da análise petrográfica de arenito foi constatada a similaridade entre as rochas das formações do Grupo Península Trinity, Formação Grauvaca-Folhelho e Formação Miers Bluff. As rochas apresentam composição quartzo-feldspática, com baixa porcentagem de fragmentos líticos de composição plutônica, vulcânica e metamórfica. Diferenças composicionais ocorrem na Formação View Point, na qual também ocorre subarcóseo; e na Formação Miers Bluff, arcóseo lítico. As idades U-Pb de grãos detríticos de zircão para as rochas do Grupo Península Trinity da região de Botany Bay são concordantes e a mais jovem é 324 ± 8 Ma, ainda com quantidade expressiva de grãos com idades de 512 a 541Ma e 1001 a 1091Ma. Valores de ?Nd para rocha total, calculados para 220 Ma estão entre -5 e -8, indicando influência de fontes crustais recicladas ou de razoável residência crustal. A extensa gama de idades para a área-fonte indica reciclagem sedimentar de fonte diversa, com idades carboníferas, cambrianas e pré-cambrianas. O ?Hf calculado para as idades de U-Pb dos grãos de zircão detríticos mais jovens variade -1,2 a -5,7, também indicam extensa residência crustal. A amostra da Formação Legoupil, que complementa os dados de idades U-Pb em grãos detríticos de zircão para oGrupo Península Trinity, apresenta idade mais jovem de 265 ± 2, restringindo a idade máxima de sedimentação ao Permiano. Para as amostras da Formação Grauvaca-Folhelho as idades U-Pb em grãos detríticos de zircão apresentam duas concentrações bem definidas, permo-triássica e cambriana, com idade concordante mais jovem de 216 ± 2 Ma e mais antiga de 1,8 ± 0,13 Ga. Essas idades são condizentes com as dos grãos detríticos de zircão do Grupo Península Trinity. A partir dos dados de idades de grãos detríticos dezircão pode-se definir como a idade máxima para deposição para as formações Legoupil e Grauvaca-Folhelho sendo permo-triássica, assim como para as rochas do GrupoPenínsula Trinity em Botany Bay. Idades essas que levam a sugerir como fonte a Patagônia, no maciço Norte-patagônico, e Antártica Ocidental, na Terra de Mary Byrd. Estascondizem tanto em idade como em tipo de fonte, ígnea e metamórfica, com contribuição sedimentar. / The rocks of the Trinity Peninsula Group and equivalent units comprise sandstone, mudstone and conglomerate, as wel as their corresponding metamorphic rocks, whose formation is attributed to turbidity currents. They crop out in the northern Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent islands. Samples of sandstone, arkose and conglomerate of these units were analyzed in order to trace their provenance. From the petrographic analysis of sandstone was found similarity between the rocks of the Trinity Peninsula Group, Greywacke-Shale Formation and Miers Bluff Formation. The rocks have quartz-feldspathic composition, low percentage of lithic fragments of plutonic, volcanic and metamorphic rocks. Compositional differences occur in View Point Formation, which also occurs subarkose, and Miers Bluff Formation, lithic arcóseo. The U-Pb ages dates of detrital zircon grains in the rocks of the Trinity Peninsula Group region of Botany Bay are concordant and the youngest is 324 ± 8 Ma, but concentrations around 512-541Ma and 1001-1091Ma are common. Values of ?Nd calculated for 220 Ma are between -5 and -8, indicating influence of recycled crustal sources or with reasonable crustal residence. With extensive range of ages for the source area, indicating sediment recycling of diverse source areas, with ages spread from Carboniferous to Cambrian and Precambrian. The ?Hf calculated for dates U-Pb of younger detrital zircon ranges from -1.2 to -5.7, also indicate extensive crustal residence. The sample of Legoupil Formation, which complements the U-Pb dates for detrital zircon grains of the Trinity Peninsula Group, presents younger date of 265 ± 2, restricting the maximum age of the sedimentation asPermian. For samples of Greywacke-Shale Formation the U-Pb dates for detrital zircon grains exhibit two well-defined concentrations, permo-triassic and cambrian, with younger concordant date of 216 ± 2 Ma and older of 1.8 ± 0,13 Ga. These dates are consistent with those of detrital zircon grains from the Peninsula Group Trinity. From the data on detrital zircon grains can be defined as the maximum age for deposition for Legoupil and Greywacke-Shale formations being permo-triassic, as well as the rocks of the Trinity Peninsula Group in Botany Bay. Dates that suggest as a source area Patagonia, in Northern Patagonian massif and West Antarctica, in the Mary Byrd Land. These areas are consistent with both in age and rock types, igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary, as the source area.

The object in writing this thesis has been to pursue the theological development of the doctrine of the trinity in the Church of the early centuries through the writings of the Church fathers. It is a continuation of a former study, A New Testament Study of Trinity, a thesis submitted for the Bachelor of Divinity degree, which was received in July, 1952. This entire study has been an attempt to soak the self in the patristic writings and to arrive at a first-hand conception of the classical doctrine of the trinity, which we believe, is a creation of the fourth century.

Federal regulations such as the Clean Water Act (P.L. 92-500), and its amendments, direct the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to implement programs to control the releases of conventional pollutants and toxics into the waterways of the United States. The EPA began requiring treatment plants to conduct toxicity tests (biomonitoring) of their effluent discharges. To control toxicity caused by chlorination of wastewater discharges, the EPA also began requiring some treatment facilities to dechlorinate their wastewater before discharging. This research was funded by the EPA to document the changes that occurred in the Trinity River from the dechlorination of the effluent from Ft. Worth's Village Creek municipal wastewater treatment plant. The study occurred over a two year period beginning in August 1990. A wide variety of biological field assessments and toxicological assays were used to measure various responses. Seven river stations, covering approximately twenty river miles, and the treatment plant effluent were assessed. Two of the river stations were upstream from the treatment plant and used as reference sites. The remaining five river stations were downstream from the treatment plant, spread out over seventeen river miles. The study evaluated the impact of chlorination prior to dechlorination, which served as a baseline. Responses determined during dechlorination were compared to the baseline data. An overall improvement in species richness and diversity was seen at those river stations which had previously been adversely impacted by chlorine. Aquatic toxicity tests, such as those required to be used by dischargers, were conducted during this study. Periodic toxicity was observed with these tests in the effluent and river samples after dechlorination was initiated. Those tests, along with in situ toxicity assays, proved to be good predictors of biological community responses.

This study uses the predictive modeling program Sea-Levels Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) to evaluate sea-level rise hazards, such as erosion and inundation, on coastal archaeological sites with a vertical rise of sea level of .98 meters from 2006 to 2100. In total 177 archaeological site locations were collected and georeferenced over GIS outputs maps of wetlands, erosion presence, surface elevation, and accretion. Wetlands data can provide useful information about characteristics of the wetland classes, which make a difference in the ability for coastal archaeological sites to combat sea level rise. Additionally, the study evaluated predicted erosion of archaeological sites by presence or absence of active erosion on a cell-by-cell basis. Elevation map outputs relative to mean tide level allowed for a calculation of individual archaeological site datums to use NOAA tidal databases to identify the potential for their inundation. Accretion maps acquired from the SLAMM run determined the potential for the archaeological site locations to combat rising sea levels and potentially provide protection from wave effects. Results show that the most significant hazard predicted to affect coastal archaeological sites is inundation. Approximately 54% of the total archaeological sites are predicted to be inundated at least half the time by 2100. The hazard of erosion, meanwhile, is expected to affect 33% of all archaeological sites by the end of the century. Although difficult to predict, the study assumes that accretion will not be able to keep pace with sea-level rise. Such findings of hazards prove that SLAMM is a useful tool for predicting potential effects of sea-level rise on coastal archaeological sites. With its ability to customize and as it is complementary, it provides itself not only an economical choice but also one that is adaptable to many scenarios.

This thesis is an attempt to relate the Scriptural revelation of God's nature to the normal Christian life. It analyses the experiential factors that originally gave rise to a triune awareness of God, arguing that a contemporary recovery of those seminal events is requisite for an integration of the trinity into the Christian life. After a theological summation of the biblical revelation, the thesis then explores the nature of the orientation of the trinity within the Christian life. This orientation is brought about by observing the harmonious arrangement of the different Persons within the Godhead. Once this is done we can then ensure that this arrangement finds an echo and corresponding imprint within the Christian life. As the Christian consistently integrates that tripartite relationship into the Christian life, the doctrine of the trinity will be a continual source of sustenance and direction for life and godliness. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / Th. M. (Systematic Theology)

This thesis is an attempt to relate the Scriptural revelation of God's nature to the normal Christian life. It analyses the experiential factors that originally gave rise to a triune awareness of God, arguing that a contemporary recovery of those seminal events is requisite for an integration of the trinity into the Christian life. After a theological summation of the biblical revelation, the thesis then explores the nature of the orientation of the trinity within the Christian life. This orientation is brought about by observing the harmonious arrangement of the different Persons within the Godhead. Once this is done we can then ensure that this arrangement finds an echo and corresponding imprint within the Christian life. As the Christian consistently integrates that tripartite relationship into the Christian life, the doctrine of the trinity will be a continual source of sustenance and direction for life and godliness. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / Th. M. (Systematic Theology)