632 research outputs found
Lay Shepherding: Developing a Pastoral Care Ministry for the Small to Mid-Sized Church
A survey of Wesleyan churches and a review of current literature reveals that most pastors are bearing the burden of pastoral care alone. Only a few churches are effectively equipping and empowering lay persons to help provide this needed and meaningful ministry within the body of Christ. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate biblically and historically that the laity are gifted for ministry and that they are called to the task of shepherding God\u27s flock. Further, this project seeks to present a model for implementing a lay shepherding ministry in the small to mid-sized church
Multiple-queue backfilling scheduling with priorities and reservations for parallel systems
Childhood asthma, asthma severity indicators, and related conditions along an urban-rural gradient: a cross-sectional study
Energy Cultures policy briefs
Launched in 2012, the Energy Cultures Project is led by the Centre for Sustainability at the University of Otago and aims to develop knowledge and tools to achieve a sustainable energy transition across New Zealand. The Energy Cultures 2 Project focuses on efficiency transitions in three domains: households, businesses and transport systems.These policy briefs are an output of the Energy Cultures 2 research programme, funded 2012-2016 by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The purpose of these briefs is to assist with the design of improved policies and practices to promote more efficient energy use in households, businesses and transport in New Zealand
Spectro-interferometric observations of classical nova V458 Vul 2007
We used the Palomar Testbed Interferometer (PTI) to resolve 2.2 m
emission from the classical nova V458 Vul 2007 over the course of several days
following its discovery on 2007 August 8.54 UT. We also obtained K-band
photometric data and spectra of the nova during the early days of the outburst.
We also used photometric measurements from the AAVSO database. This is a unique
data set offering a 3-technique approach: high-resolution imaging, spectroscopy
and photometry. Our analysis shows that the nova ejecta can be modeled as an
inclined disk at low inclination i.e. low ellipticity which is consistent with
the nova being in the fireball phase at which the outflowing gas is optically
thick, confirmed by the presence of strong P-Cygni Balmer lines in the spectra.
The expansion velocity is 1700 , derived from the
H line. By combining the nova's angular expansion rate measured by PTI
with the expansion rate measured from spectroscopy, the inferred distance to
the nova is 9.9-11.4 kpc. We also used the K-band fluxes and the derived size
of the emission to estimate the total mass ejected from the nova . The quick transition of the nova from Fe II to He/N
class makes V458 Vul 2007 a hybrid nova.Comment: 31 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in Ap
Designing Transnational Hydroclimatological Observation Networks and Data Sharing Policies in West Africa
From Tucson to Genomics and Transgenics: The Vector Biology Network and the Emergence of Modern Vector Biology
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