Preacher\u27s Magazine Volume 47 Number 08

The Resource of the Retired, General Superintendent Stowe Does the Name Make a Difference? Editorial How to Stay in the Pastorate and Like It, Milton Harrington Some Thoughts on Pastoral Priorities, G. Lewis Van Dyne A Renewed Emphasis on the Preaching of Holiness, Otho Jennings Too Busy to Be Courteous? An evangelist It Takes More than Tools, Milo L. Arnold Twenty Years of Concern Paid Off! Practical Points Classics of Devotion (II. Imitation of Christ), Ross W. Hayslip What Are We Serving? R. E. Maner A Speaking Relationship, Mrs. R. Edgar Johnson A Letter to the Bereaved, Jesse Turner A Shock That Changed My Ministry, Robert G. Green Memo to Myself, Rene Colaw The Serpent and the Sword, W. E. McCumber DEPARTMENTS Evangelistically Speaking Pastor’s Supplement The Preacher’s Wife Faith in Action Gleanings from the Greek Timely Outlines Idea Sparks Bulletin Barrel Here and There Among Books Calendar Digest Coming Next Month Among Ourselveshttps://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_pm/1541/thumbnail.jp

Submission 238 to: Australia's Science and Research Priorities - Conversation Starter

Australia plans to obtain, build, and operate nuclear propelled submarines. The immense challenges brought about by this change in national defence strategy, along with the ambition to create a 20,000 strong nuclear science and engineering capable workforce, must be reflected in the National Science and Research Priorities, and the National Science Statement. We therefore recommend the inclusion of Nuclear Technology as a contemporary National Science and Research Priority, for consideration by the Science Strategy and Priorities Taskforce

New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution.

Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of body fat distribution and its molecular links to cardiometabolic traits, here we conduct genome-wide association meta-analyses of traits related to waist and hip circumferences in up to 224,459 individuals. We identify 49 loci (33 new) associated with waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index (BMI), and an additional 19 loci newly associated with related waist and hip circumference measures (P < 5 × 10(-8)). In total, 20 of the 49 waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI loci show significant sexual dimorphism, 19 of which display a stronger effect in women. The identified loci were enriched for genes expressed in adipose tissue and for putative regulatory elements in adipocytes. Pathway analyses implicated adipogenesis, angiogenesis, transcriptional regulation and insulin resistance as processes affecting fat distribution, providing insight into potential pathophysiological mechanisms

Two-wavelength planar add/drop WDM filter employing a three-mode coupling Bragg grating

A novel six-port planar waveguide device for adding and dropping two wavelengths from a wavelength division multiplexing singlemode fibre using a single blazed grating is presented. By writing a Bragg grating into a multi-moded core at a particular angl

Miltimode Planar Devices

We derive simple analytical expressions, using geometric optics, to describe the power output characteristics of various multimode devices, including acute angle X-junctions, symmetric Y-junctions and multimode interference couplers. The ray-tracing results compare well with results obtained using a finite difference beam propagation method solution of the governing scalar wave equation

A Model Cutoff Approach to the Study of Buried Channel Waveguide Couplers

We investigate the higher-order supermodes of symmetric buried channel waveguide (BCW) couplers with cores of square, rectangular, and trapezoidal geometries. We show how the cutoff wavelengths of these supermodes can be used to interpret the spectral response of a practical single-mode BCW coupler. Our results highlight the design constraints imposed by second-order supermodes. We also compare the behaviour of these couplers with that of circular-core couplers to illustrate how the geometry of each core affects the coupler cutoff characteristics

State of charge of battery indicator based on fibre optic probe

A low-cost, high-accuracy fibre optic sensor probe to determine state of charge (SOC) of battery is de monstrated. Capability of extension to multipoint measurements of SOC of stock batteries is also discussed