Limit on Br(b→sg)Br(b\to s g) in Two Higgs Doublet Models

Using the recent CLEO measurement of $Br(b\to s \gamma)$, we find that the branching ratio of $b\to s g$ cannot be larger than $10\%$ in two Higgs doublet models. The small experimental value of $Br(b\to e\bar{\nu}X)$ can no longer be explained by charged Higgs boson effects.Comment: 11 pages + 3 Figures (not included), ReVTeX, NTUTH-94-16 and NHCU-HEP-94-1

Sociologie, théologie et pastorale : Conditions institutionnelles et pratiques

Dans les institutions de théologie, la sociologie se ramène le plus souvent à un cours d’appoint dans le programme officiel ou à des emprunts commodes dans la fabrication d’un article ou d’un enseignement. Pour nombre de sociologues, même de la religion, la théologie paraît volontiers comme un discours transhistorique ou confiné à des cercles restreints, sans emprise sur la modernité séculière. Là où la sociologie possède un statut de matière à part entière dans l’apprentissage pastoral, elle affronte la concurrence et pose le problème de la formation fondamentale. Par rapport à la théologie pratique, elle en démasque les prétentions enveloppantes. De part et d’autre, c’est la dialectique entre la signification et le sens, le système et le sujet, à propos du religieux en tant que séduction du sacré dans le langage social et historique. En clair, trois défis s’adressent à la théologie : sortir du discours totalisant et systématisé renvoyant à la société de chrétienté; se situer en aval, et non en amont, de l’analyse des sciences sociales; ouvrir à des dimensions critiques, en référence à l’inspiration d’une tradition religieuse maintenue grâce à des communautés plus ou moins institutionnalisées

Despite progress on gender equity in US politics, female journalists and candidates do little to diversify debate agendas

Electoral debates can greatly influence the issue priorities of the public through the media’s agenda-setting function; however, debates have not always reflected the issue priorities of the public. As more women seek public office, little is known about gender’s role in shaping debate agendas. In new research examining questions from US presidential debates, Jason Turcotte and Newly Paul find that although female voters participating in debates refocus the agenda toward issues of greater consequence to women, female candidates and journalists fail to increase the emphasis on women’s issues. The implications of this mean that women’s issues are often muted in debates, and the presence of female candidates and journalists does little to foster greater diversity in issue focus

Juvenile Justice Encounters in an ASD Population

Background: Past research has shown that individuals in the juvenile justice system have high rates of behavioral and mental diagnoses. However, there are few papers that examined rates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) contact with the juvenile justice system. Aims: The purpose of this study is to investigate rates of juvenile justice system contact in a population-based sample of youth with ASD, compare these rates to general population rate, examine these trends over time and describe the distribution of crimes committed by young offenders with ASD compared to the like-aged general population. Methods: Data used to identify the population with ASD were collected through enrollment in Medical Assistance and other Public Welfare programs. Youth with an ASD diagnosis between the ages of 10 and 21 in calendar years 2005 and 2011 were identified using at least one Medicaid claim for ASD in those years, and linked by a state juvenile justice office. Results: Negative binomial regression was used adjust rates for basic demographic characteristics and to contrast adjusted rates in the populations. Regression analysis showed that individuals in the ASD group were 6.13 times as likely to come into contact with the justice system and the risk of offending from 2005-2011 increased significantly. Should these patterns persist, the implication is that individuals with ASD in our sample are at a higher risk for juvenile justice system contact than the general population. More research is needed to identify the reasons behind these patterns as to appropriately inform potential policy and program recommendations.M.P.H., Public Health -- Drexel University, 201

The Effect of Top Quark Polarization at Hadronic Colliders

We derive a simple analytic expression for q \bar{q}, g g -> t \bar{t} -> b W^+ \bar{b} W^- -> b \bar{l} \nu_l \bar{b} l' \bar{\nu_{l'}} for on shell intermediate states with the interference effects due to the polarizations of the t and \bar{t}. We then investigate how this effect may be measured at Tevatron or other hadronic colliders

Anthony J. Blasi, Joseph F. Zimmerman, Transition from Vowed to Lay Ministry in American Catholicism

Maintes enquêtes sociologiques sur les ordres religieux se limitent à une investigation quantitative dont le rapport comprend essentiellement des tableaux et des textes récapitulatifs, accompagnés de courtes descriptions dans des termes qualitatifs. L’édition de ces enquêtes, si c’est une commande, prend la forme d’une publication intermédiaire à l’attention des concernés. Les auteurs sont, le plus souvent, des congréganistes, détenteurs d’un diplôme de sciences sociales, ou canonique, rareme..

David Yamane, The Catholic Church in State Politics. Negociating Prophetic Demands and Political Realities

Qu’en est-il de la religion dans l’espace public en contexte de sécularisation avancée ? Quand le pouvoir de décision en matière publique échappe grandement aux institutions religieuses, en quoi et comment ces institutions réussissent-elles à exercer quelque influence sur les politiques affectant les conduites ou comportements en société ? David Yamane aborde de front cette double question en examinant les travaux et le fonctionnement des conférences épiscopales catholiques des États-Unis d’A..