Francis Schaeffer`s Epistemology as a Foundational Component for Edutainment

( Benson Kamary ) 한국개혁신학회 2016 한국개혁신학 Vol.49 No.-

An integration of education and entertainment, also referred to as edutainment, has become pervasive due to the advancement of Information and Communication Technology in the 21st century. Many parents and educators who embrace this technology-mediated teaching and learning technique hold an assumption that instructional media is simply a knowledge-transmitting tool rather than reflecting certain worldview commitments that can potentially shape how learners see the world, interpret the world and live in the world. From the supposition that technology, education and entertainment are not neutral in terms of worldview, this article examines Francis Schaeffer`s epistemological standpoint that knowledge fundamentally emanates from God and its relevance to edutainment. Schaeffer`s God-centered epistemology offers Christians a vital framework for understanding, critiquing and responding to edutainment and its transformative capacity on users.

The Necessity for Cultural Sensitivity in Cross-cultural Ministries in Busan, Korea

Benson Kamary 기독교학문연구회 2015 신앙과 학문 Vol.20 No.2

In the age of globalization, Korea has continued to open its door to people from diverse cultures. For the Korean church, the opportunities for cross-cultural ministries continue to emerge and the necessity to evangelize and edify such congregations into faith maturity has become an important agenda. Even though Korea has been culturally homogeneous, small to middle size cross-cultural ministries are cropping up particularly in large cities where cultural diversity is in the increase. With the growing number of foreigners studying, working or married in Korea, the potential for more cross-cultural ministries remains huge. Consequently, due to cultural differences, cross-cultural ministries or otherwise referred to as international ministries experience culture related challenges. This paper surveys the nature of cross-cultural ministries in Busan (Korea’s second biggest city) and the necessity for cultural competence as a significant element in effective cross-cultural ministries.

When Should We Use the Barium Enema?

Benson, M.D. Medical Publications Korea 1986 Medical Progress Vol.8 No.5

The Role of Christian Education in Exploring Worldview Implications of the Emerging Media Technology

Benson K. Kamary 한국기독교교육정보학회 2014 Journal of Christian education information tech Vol.0 No.25

The present postmodern cultures have embraced emerging media technology with a greater focus on the expansion of social economic spheres, largely from a modern capitalistic worldview. The Internet in particular has stimulated media production and consumption to be plentiful, speedy and innovative. In the educational context, emerging media technology has often been regarded based on three main presumptions: it is an opportunity for instructive advancement, it is a separate cultural reality, or it is ignored altogether as non-consequential vis-a-vis teaching and learning processes. Indeed, the impact of interactive media technology on shaping how one sees and interacts with the world cannot be overlooked. Nonetheless, proper attention has not yet been given to media technology in the field of Christian education. This paper draws the readers` attention to the emerging role of media technology in forming and shaping worldviews from the perspective of Christian education.

Genetic Diversity in Cultivated Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) and Related Wild Species in East Africa

Benson Ouma Nyongesa,Beatrice Angiyo Were,Samuel Gudu,Otto George Dangasuk,Augustino Osoro Onkware 한국작물학회 2013 Journal of crop science and biotechnology Vol.16 No.1

Genetic diversity of traditional sesame landraces and related wild species in East Africa remains largely unexplored. Knowing what fraction of the available genetic diversity is actually used by the farmers is of central importance for understanding how cultivation shapes the genetic structure of a crop and for the management of biodiversity preservation. Genetic diversity in cultivated sesame and related wild species in East Africa was determined using inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR). Six reliable ISSR primers generated 51 amplification fragments of which 36 (70.6%) were polymorphic. The number of amplified fragments ranged from 7 to 12 with a mean of 8.5 fragments per primer. The overall gene diversity and Shannon’s index were 0.28 and 0.34, Jaccard’s similarity coefficient ranged from 0.26 to 0.96, with an average of 0.67. Forty-six accessions of sesame were divided into six clusters, although the clustering did not indicate any clear division among sesame accessions based on their geographical locations. Each wild species was more distant from cultivated sesame than from other wild species, indicating that no cross-pollination with these wild species occurred during sesame domestication. These results showed a relatively high genetic diversity in sesame and related wild species. Indian-1 and Indian-2 accessions showed a good amount of genetic divergence. The genetic diversity data uncovered in this study can be exploited to improve traditional landraces of sesame in East Africa.

MC²: A Deeper Look at ZwCl 2341.1+0000 with Bayesian Galaxy Clustering and Weak Lensing Analyses

Benson, B.,Wittman, D. M.,Golovich, N.,Jee, M. James,van Weeren, R. J.,Dawson, W. A. American Astronomical Society 2017 The Astrophysical Journal Vol.841 No.1

<P>ZwCl 2341.1+0000, a merging galaxy cluster with disturbed X-ray morphology and widely separated (similar to 3 Mpc) double radio relics, was thought to be an extremely massive (10-30 x 10(14) M-circle dot) and complex system, with little known about its merger history. We present JVLA 2-4 GHz observations of the cluster, along with new spectroscopy from our Keck/DEIMOS survey, and apply Gaussian Mixture Modeling to the three-dimensional distribution of 227 confirmed cluster galaxies. After adopting the Bayesian Information Criterion to avoid overfitting, which we discover can bias high the total dynamical mass estimates, we find that a three-substructure model with a total dynamical mass estimate of 9.39 +/- 0.81 x 10(14) M-circle dot is favored. We also present deep Subaru imaging and perform the first weak lensing analysis on this system, obtaining a weak lensing mass estimate of 5.57 +/- 2.47 x 10(14) M-circle dot. This is a more robust estimate because it does not depend on the dynamical state of the system, which is disturbed due to the merger. Our results indicate that ZwCl 2341.1+0000 is a multiple merger system comprised of at least three substructures, with the main merger that produced the radio relics occurring near the plane of the sky, and a younger merger in the north occurring closer to the line of sight. Dynamical modeling of the main merger reproduces observed quantities (relic positions and polarizations, subcluster separation and radial velocity difference), if the merger axis angle of similar to 10(-6)(+34) degrees and the collision speed at pericenter is similar to 1900(-200)(+300) km s(-1).</P>

Unsupervised Machine Learning to Identify Depressive Subtypes

Benson Kung,Maurice Chiang,Gayan Perera,Megan Pritchard,Robert Stewart 대한의료정보학회 2022 Healthcare Informatics Research Vol.28 No.3

Objectives: This study evaluated an unsupervised machine learning method, latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA), as a methodfor identifying subtypes of depression within symptom data. Methods: Data from 18,314 depressed patients were used to createLDA models. The outcomes included future emergency presentations, crisis events, and behavioral problems. One modelwas chosen for further analysis based upon its potential as a clinically meaningful construct. The associations between patientgroups created with the final LDA model and outcomes were tested. These steps were repeated with a commonly-usedlatent variable model to provide additional context to the LDA results. Results: Five subtypes were identified using the finalLDA model. Prior to the outcome analysis, the subtypes were labeled based upon the symptom distributions they produced:psychotic, severe, mild, agitated, and anergic-apathetic. The patient groups largely aligned with the outcome data. For example,the psychotic and severe subgroups were more likely to have emergency presentations (odds ratio [OR] = 1.29; 95% confidenceinterval [CI], 1.17–1.43 and OR = 1.16; 95% CI, 1.05–1.29, respectively), whereas these outcomes were less likely inthe mild subgroup (OR = 0.86; 95% CI, 0.78–0.94). We found that the LDA subtypes were characterized by clusters of uniquesymptoms. This contrasted with the latent variable model subtypes, which were largely stratified by severity. Conclusions:This study suggests that LDA can surface clinically meaningful, qualitative subtypes. Future work could be incorporated intostudies concerning the biological bases of depression, thereby contributing to the development of new psychiatric therapeutics.

Hydraulic Performance of Geosynthetic Clay Liners in a Landfill Final Cover

Benson, Craig H.,Thorstad, Patricia A.,Jo, Ho-Young,Rock, Steven A. American Society of Civil Engineers 2007 Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engin Vol.133 No.7

Mammogarphy : How, Who and When

Benson-Cooper, David Medical Publications Korea 1988 Medical Progress Vol.10 No.11

Hydraulic Conductivity of Organoclay and Organoclay-Sand Mixtures to Fuels and Organic Liquids

Benson, Craig H.,Jo, Ho Young,Musso, Telma American Society of Civil Engineers 2015 Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engin Vol.141 No.2