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The psychological type profile of Christians participating in fellowship groups or in small study groups: Insights from the Australian National Church Life Survey
The Australian National Church Life Survey draws on psychological type theory to facilitate insights into the connection between individual psychological profiles and preferences for different religious expressions. Drawing on data provided by 2355 participants in the 2006 congregation survey, this analysis profiles those members of church congregations who are drawn to participation in small prayer, discussion or Bible study groups, or to participation in fellowship and social groups. The key findings are that extraverts and feeling types are over-represented in the fellowship and social groups and that intuitive types are over-represented in small prayer, discussion or Bible study groups
Joe Hockey’s medical research fund is nothing more than a distraction
Health is a basic requirement for an individual to lead a good life. Without health you have nothing; when we are sick, it’s difficult to work, to care for others, to participate in the things we enjoy. We seek treatment so we can get back to our normal lives. Because health is so important to our wellbeing, there is widespread agreement— including among ethicists —that a fair and accessible healthcare system is something that we should pursue. And although the Australian healthcare system is far from perfect, it has provided universal access to healthcare for almost 40 years. A universal healthcare system – one that is open to everyone, whether or not they can afford to pay – is a basic feature of a good and just society. Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey want us to panic about a "budget emergency", including the idea that our current health system is unsustainable. Rising healthcare costs pose a challenge to governments everywhere. But this is not a new problem, and will not bring about economic or social catastrophe any time soon. This amplified threat is being used to justify measures that are now well known: introducing co-payments for GP fees; disestablishing Medicare Locals; transferring health agencies to the department of health with reduced funding; and stripping $80bn in funding from the states, particularly in health and education. This will not only force the states to increase their own goods and services taxes, but reduce the public services they can afford to provide. It will end universal access to health care, make Medicare a mere "safety net", overwhelm hospitals, and increase the inequities that are increasingly a feature of Australian society
What Careers for Farm Boys?
This is the first of a series of articles reporting the results of a study of the career preferences and plans and choices of farm boys. This article tells of career plans the boys made and of their immediate after high school plans
The Money To Get Started - What Do Farm Boys Expect?
It takes a lot of capital to acquire and to operate an Iowa farm. The study of occupational plans and preferences of Iowa farm boys helps to indicate just how much influence capital needs have on their plans
Occupational plans of Iowa farm boys
This bulletin reports the findings of an exploratory study of the long-range occupational plans of Iowa farm boys in their senior year of high school. The primary objectives of the study were: (1) to relate the theory of choice to occupational planning, (2) to describe the occupational plans of the boys, (3) to determine the characteristics which differentiate boys who plan to farm from boys who plan nonfarm careers and (4) to appraise the relative importance of factors influencing farm-nonfarm occupational plans.
Application of the theory of choice to occupational planning resulted in three general hypotheses to explain why some farm boys plan to farm while others plan nonfarm occupations. These hypotheses involved individual differences in (1) occupational satisfaction functions (preference systems), (2) available resources and (3) the results expected from using given resources in farm and nonfarm employments. Various operational hypotheses derived from the general hypotheses were evaluated on the basis of evidence obtained from a state-wide sample of senior farm boys attending Iowa high schools in rural areas and cities under 25,000 population in the spring of 1959
Relativistic multi-reference Fock-space coupled-cluster calculation of the forbidden 6s^2^1 S_0 \longrightarrow 6s5d^3 D_1 magnetic-dipole transition in ytterbium
We report the forbidden 6s^{2} ^{1}S_{0}\longrightarrow6s5d ^{3}D_{1}
magnetic-dipole transition amplitude computed using multi-reference Fock-space
coupled-cluster theory. Our computed transition matrix element
() is in excellent agreement with the experimental
value ( ). This value in combination with other
known quantities will be helpful to determine the parity non-conserving
amplitude for the 6s^{2} ^{1}S_{0}\longrightarrow6s5d ^{3}D_{1} transition in
atomic Yb. To our knowledge our calculation is the most accurate to date and
can be very important in the search of physics beyond the standard model. We
further report the and transition matrix elements which are
also in good agreement with the earlier theoretical estimates.Comment: Revtex, 4 EPS figure
Calculation of T_ odd effects in $"" sup 205_TIF including electron correlation
A method and codes for two-step correlation calculation of heavy-atom
molecules have been developed, employing the generalized relativistic effective
core potential and relativistic coupled cluster (RCC) methods at the first
step, followed by nonvariational one-center restoration of proper
four-component spinors in the heavy cores. Electron correlation is included for
the first time in an ab initio calculation of the interaction of the permanent
P,T-odd proton electric dipole moment with the internal electromagnetic field
in a molecule. The calculation is performed for the ground state of TlF at the
experimental equilibrium, R_e=2.0844 A, and at R=2.1 A, with spin-orbit and
correlation effects included by RCC. Calculated results with single cluster
amplitudes only are in good agreement (3% and 1%) with recent
Dirac-Hartree-Fock (DHF) values of the magnetic parameter M; the larger
differences occurring between present and DHF volume parameter (X) values, as
well as between the two DHF calculations, are explained. Inclusion of electron
correlation by GRECP/RCC with single and double excitations has a major effect
on the P,T-odd parameters, decreasing M by 17% and X by 22%.Comment: 5 pages, REVTeX4 style Accepted for publication in Phys.Rev.Letter
Branching ratios of radiative transitions in O VI
We study the branching ratios of the allowed and forbidden radiative
transitions among the first few (9) fine structure levels of O VI using
relativistic coupled cluster theory. We find irregular patterns for a number of
transitions with in -complexes with . We have used the exisiting
values of the allowed electric dipole () transition as a benchmark of our
theory. Good agreement with the existing values establish accuracies of not
only the theoretical method but the basis function as well. In general the
electric quadrupole () transition probabilities are greater in magnitude
than magnetic dipole () transition probabilities, whereas for medium atomic
transition frequencies they are of the same order of magnitude. On the other
hand if the transitions involved are between two fine structure components of
the same term, then the transition probability is more probable than that
of . We have analyzed these trends with physical arguments and order of
magnitude estimations. The results presented here in tabular and graphical
forms are compared with the available theoretical and observed data. Graphical
analysis helps to understand the trends of electric and magnetic transitions
for the decay channels presented here. Our calculated values of the lifetimes
of the excited states are in very good agreement with the available results.Comment: Submitted to J. Phys. B, March 200
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