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SM 601 Supervised Ministry
⢠This SUPERVISED MINISTRY HANDBOOK is your working guide and textbook for two semesters of field education. It serves for SM 601, SM 602, and SM 603. Therefore, it is recommended that you keep it in a separate three-ring binder, since it is not a book-bound. STUDENT PASTORS who are enrolled in SM 601C will not use this handbook but will use the handbook titled, STUDENT PASTOR HANDBOOK. ⢠An addendum of this handbook is the EXTENDED CASE GUIDELINES LOCATED AT THE BACK OF THE STUDENT HANDBOOK . The self- referent case study based on our EXTENDED CASE GUIDELINES format is the basic learning instrument for courses in supervised ministries. This addendum provides you with the model format and instruction for good case writing. ⢠SM 601, 602 The text Lay Leadership for Ministry Training is required for Courses SM 601 and 602 (not Student Pastors). This text is needed for the Pastor and Local Church Lay Committee members of the local church where you serve. Request free copies via e-mail from the S.Min. office in Wilmore via e-mail to Claire Williams or you can download the material from the Intranet. ⢠The text Field Supervisors Handbook: Local Church should be distributed to your supervising pastor to familiarize him/her with the role of supervising and mentoring pastor. (Student Pastors are exempt from having a Field Supervisor.) Copies are available from the S.Min. office or may be downloaded by clicking on âIntranet, Students, Class Syllabi, 2003-2004, Wilmore, Fall 2003, Smin 601, 602 FS Handbook.â ⢠SM 603 The text Field Supervisors Handbook: Institutional should be distributed to your supervisor to familiarize him/her with the role of supervising and mentoring.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2884/thumbnail.jp
Pastoral behaviors that create or maintain a team learning atmosphere in the church
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Mapping the Evolution of Optically-Generated Rotational Wavepackets in a Room Temperature Ensemble of D
A coherent superposition of rotational states in D has been excited by
nonresonant ultrafast (12 femtosecond) intense (2 10
Wcm) 800 nm laser pulses leading to impulsive dynamic alignment.
Field-free evolution of this rotational wavepacket has been mapped to high
temporal resolution by a time-delayed pulse, initiating rapid double
ionization, which is highly sensitive to the angle of orientation of the
molecular axis with respect to the polarization direction, . The
detailed fractional revivals of the neutral D wavepacket as a function of
and evolution time have been observed and modelled theoretically.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A. Full
reference to follow.
Acid-induced Unfolding of the Amino-terminal Domains of the Lethal and Edema Factors of Anthrax Toxin
The two enzymatic components of anthrax toxin, lethal factor (LF) and edema factor (EF), are transported to the cytosol of mammalian cells by the third component, protective antigen (PA). A heptameric form of PA binds LF and/or EF and, under the acidic conditions encountered in endosomes, generates a membrane-spanning pore that is thought to serve as a passageway for these enzymes to enter the cytosol. The pore contains a 14-stranded transmembrane b-barrel that is too narrow to accommodate a fully folded protein, necessitating that LF and EF unfold, at least partly, in order to pass. Here, we describe the pH-dependence of the unfolding of LF N and EF N , the 30 kDa N-terminal PA-binding domains, and minimal translocatable units, of LF and EF. Equilibrium chemical denaturation studies using fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy show that each protein unfolds via a fourstate mechanism: N4I4J4U. The acid-induced N/I transition occurs within the pH range of the endosome (pH 5-6). The I state predominates at lower pH values, and the J and U states are populated significantly only in the presence of denaturant. The I state is compact and has characteristics of a molten globule, as shown by its retention of significant secondary structure and its ability to bind an apolar fluorophore. The N/I transition leads to an overall 60% increase in buried surface area exposure. The J state is expanded significantly and has diminished secondary structure content. We analyze the different protonation states of LF N and EF N in terms of a linked equilibrium proton binding model and discuss the implications of our findings for the mechanism of acidic pH-induced translocation of anthrax toxin. Finally, analysis of the structure of the transmembrane b-barrel of PA shows that it can accommodate a-helix, and we suggest that the steric constraints and composition of the lumen may promote a-helix formation
Atomic excitation during recollision-free ultrafast multi-electron tunnel ionization
Modern intense ultrafast pulsed lasers generate an electric field of
sufficient strength to permit tunnel ionization of the valence electrons in
atoms. This process is usually treated as a rapid succession of isolated
events, in which the states of the remaining electrons are neglected. Such
electronic interactions are predicted to be weak, the exception being
recollision excitation and ionization caused by linearly-polarized radiation.
In contrast, it has recently been suggested that intense field ionization may
be accompanied by a two-stage `shake-up' reaction. Here we report a unique
combination of experimental techniques that enables us to accurately measure
the tunnel ionization probability for argon exposed to 50 femtosecond laser
pulses. Most significantly for the current study, this measurement is
independent of the optical focal geometry, equivalent to a homogenous electric
field. Furthermore, circularly-polarized radiation negates recollision. The
present measurements indicate that tunnel ionization results in simultaneous
excitation of one or more remaining electrons through shake-up. From an atomic
physics standpoint, it may be possible to induce ionization from specific
states, and will influence the development of coherent attosecond XUV radiation
sources. Such pulses have vital scientific and economic potential in areas such
as high-resolution imaging of in-vivo cells and nanoscale XUV lithography.Comment: 17 pages, 4 figures, original format as accepted by Nature Physic
Qatar-2: A K dwarf orbited by a transiting hot Jupiter and a more massive companion in an outer orbit
We report the discovery and initial characterization of Qatar-2b, a hot
Jupiter transiting a V = 13.3 mag K dwarf in a circular orbit with a short
period, P_ b = 1.34 days. The mass and radius of Qatar-2b are M_p = 2.49 M_j
and R_p = 1.14 R_j, respectively. Radial-velocity monitoring of Qatar-2 over a
span of 153 days revealed the presence of a second companion in an outer orbit.
The Systemic Console yielded plausible orbits for the outer companion, with
periods on the order of a year and a companion mass of at least several M_j.
Thus Qatar-2 joins the short but growing list of systems with a transiting hot
Jupiter and an outer companion with a much longer period. This system
architecture is in sharp contrast to that found by Kepler for multi-transiting
systems, which are dominated by objects smaller than Neptune, usually with
tightly spaced orbits that must be nearly coplanar
The extraordinary linear polarisation structure of the southern Centaurus A lobe revealed by ASKAP
We present observations of linear polarisation in the southern radio lobe of
Centaurus A, conducted during commissioning of the Australian Square Kilometre
Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope. We used 16 antennas to observe a 30 square
degree region in a single 12 hour pointing over a 240 MHz band centred on 913
MHz. Our observations achieve an angular resolution of arcseconds
(480 parsecs), a maximum recoverable angular scale of 30 arcminutes, and a
full-band sensitivity of 85 \muupJy beam. The resulting maps of
polarisation and Faraday rotation are amongst the most detailed ever made for
radio lobes, with of order 10 resolution elements covering the source. We
describe several as-yet unreported observational features of the lobe,
including its detailed peak Faraday depth structure, and intricate networks of
depolarised filaments. These results demonstrate the exciting capabilities of
ASKAP for widefield radio polarimetry.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures. Accepted in "The Power of Faraday Tomography"
special issue of Galaxie
A systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of peer education and peer support in prisons.
BACKGROUND: Prisoners experience significantly worse health than the general population. This review examines the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of peer interventions in prison settings. METHODS: A mixed methods systematic review of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness studies, including qualitative and quantitative synthesis was conducted. In addition to grey literature identified and searches of websites, nineteen electronic databases were searched from 1985 to 2012. Study selection criteria were: Population: Prisoners resident in adult prisons and children resident in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs). INTERVENTION: Peer-based interventions Comparators: Review questions 3 and 4 compared peer and professionally led approaches. OUTCOMES: Prisoner health or determinants of health; organisational/ process outcomes; views of prison populations. STUDY DESIGNS: Quantitative, qualitative and mixed method evaluations. RESULTS: Fifty-seven studies were included in the effectiveness review and one study in the cost-effectiveness review; most were of poor methodological quality. Evidence suggested that peer education interventions are effective at reducing risky behaviours, and that peer support services are acceptable within the prison environment and have a positive effect on recipients, practically or emotionally. Consistent evidence from many, predominantly qualitative, studies, suggested that being a peer deliverer was associated with positive effects. There was little evidence on cost-effectiveness of peer-based interventions. CONCLUSIONS: There is consistent evidence from a large number of studies that being a peer worker is associated with positive health; peer support services are also an acceptable source of help within the prison environment and can have a positive effect on recipients. Research into cost-effectiveness is sparse. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO ref: CRD42012002349
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