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Counselling psychology in the Church: potential and practice
This case study describes the organisation inherent in the initiation and development of a counselling service in the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester. The aim was to provide counselling for clergy and their families which was based on professional standards of counselling psychology for both the client and the organisation of the diocese. The history of the situation in the diocese and the author's prior involvement which had led to this initiative are recorded in the background to this study in Appendix 1. This describes how the need for an organised professional counselling service had become increasingly evident as a result of-, [i] a vacuum left by the breakdown of the previous network of professionally unqualified helpers [ii] the growing incidence of clergy client work [iii] the bishop's need for clergy psychological assessment to assist in his decision making [iv] the lessons learned from the experience of the Diocese of Sheffield. [v] the need for competent practice by professionally qualified and supervised counsellors. The author became increasingly aware that such a counselling service needed to be formally and clearly structured, easily accessible, and reflect both high standards of counselling from the profession of counselling psychology for the client and also the theory and research which was currently emerging about counselling in organisations. The clergy counselling service aimed to be tailor-made to suit the size, culture, ministry, location and workforce of the diocese. The Dioceseo Gloucester is a predominantly rural diocese. It comprises a large part of the Cotswolds with their traditionally wealthy farming communities, the Forest of Dean which is an impoverished former mining area, and the large towns of Cheltenham and Gloucester between the two. The diocese has 325 parishes 238 licensed clergy and 225 licensed( lay) Readers
New Ways to Soft Leptogenesis
Soft supersymmetry breaking terms involving heavy singlet sneutrinos provide
new sources of lepton number violation and of CP violation. In addition to the
CP violation in mixing, investigated previously, we find that `soft
leptogenesis' can be generated by CP violation in decay and in the interference
of mixing and decay. These additional ways to leptogenesis can be significant
for a singlet neutrino Majorana mass that is not much larger than the
supersymmetry breaking scale, . In contrast to CP violation
in mixing, for some of these new contributions the sneutrino oscillation rate
can be much faster than the decay rate, so that the bilinear scalar term need
not be smaller than its natural scale.Comment: 18 pages, 3 figure
Braneworld Dynamics of Inflationary Cosmologies with Exponential Potentials
In this work we consider Randall-Sundrum braneworld type scenarios, in which
the spacetime is described by a five-dimensional manifold with matter fields
confined in a domain wall or three-brane. We present the results of a
systematic analysis, using dynamical systems techniques, of the qualitative
behaviour of Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker type models, whose matter is
described by a scalar field with an exponential potential. We construct the
state spaces for these models and discuss how their structure changes with
respect to the general-relativistic case, in particular, what new critical
points appear and their nature and the occurrence of bifurcation.Comment: 15 pages, 9 figures, RevTex 4. Submitted to Physical Review
Carbonodraco lundi gen et sp. Nov., the oldest parareptile, from Linton, Ohio, and new insights into the early radiation of reptiles
Redescription of the holotype specimen of Cephalerpeton ventriarmatum Moodie, 1912, from the Middle Pennsylvanian (Moscovian) Francis Creek Shale of Mazon Creek, Illinois, confirms that it is a basal eureptile with close postcranial similarities to other protorothyridids, such as Anthracodromeus and Paleothyris. The skull is long and lightly built, with large orbits and a dorsoventrally short mandible similar to most basal eureptiles. Two specimens referred previously to Cephalerpeton cf. C. ventriarmatum from the approximately coeval Linton, Ohio, locality differ significantly from the holotype in cranial and mandibular proportions and tooth morphology. This material and an additional Linton specimen compare favourably to âshort-facedâ parareptiles, such as Colobomycter and Acleistorhinus, and justify recognition of an acleistorhinid parareptile in the Linton assemblage. The new binomen is thus the oldest known parareptile
They might be giants: Luminosity class, planet occurrence, and planetmetallicity relation of the coolest kepler target stars
We estimate the stellar parameters of late K- and early M-type Kepler target stars. We obtain medium-resolution visible spectra of 382 stars with KP - J > 2 (âK5 and later spectral type). We determine luminosity class by comparing the strength of gravity-sensitive indices (CaH, K I, Ca II, and Na I) to their strength in a sample of stars of known luminosity class. We find that giants constitute 96% ± 1% of the bright (K P < 14) Kepler target stars, and 7% ± 3% of dim (K P > 14) stars, significantly higher than fractions based on the stellar parameters quoted in the Kepler Input Catalog (KIC). The KIC effective temperatures are systematically (110+15 - 35K) higher than temperatures we determine from fitting our spectra to PHOENIX stellar models. Through Monte Carlo simulations of the Kepler exoplanet candidate population, we find a planet occurrence of 0.36 ± 0.08 when giant stars are properly removed, somewhat higher than when a KIC log g > 4 criterion is used (0.27 ± 0.05). Last, we show that there is no significant difference in g - r color (a probe of metallicity) between late-type Kepler stars with transiting Earth-to-Neptune-size exoplanet candidates and dwarf stars with no detected transits. We show that a previous claimed offset between these two populations is most likely an artifact of including a large number of misidentified giants
Discrete Gauge Symmetries in Axionic Extensions of the SSM
We examine discrete gauge symmetries in axionic extensions of the SSM which
provide a solution of the -problem. Automatic-PQ symmetry and proton
stability are shown to be guaranteed by certain discrete symmetries. Focusing
on the L-violating discrete symmetries we discuss two sources of neutrino
masses and their relevance for the solar neutrino problem.Comment: 13 pages, TUM-TH-150/92, MPI-Ph/92-7
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Automated determination of auroral breakup during the substorm expansion phase using all sky imager data
This technique paper describes a novel method for quantitatively and routinely identifying auroral breakup following substorm onset using the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms (THEMIS) all-sky imagers (ASIs). Substorm onset is characterised by a brightening of the aurora that is followed by auroral poleward expansion and auroral breakup. This breakup can be identified by a sharp increase in the auroral intensity i(t) and the time derivative of auroral intensity i'(t). Utilising both i(t) and i'(t) we have developed an algorithm for identifying the time interval and spatial location of auroral breakup during the substorm expansion phase within the field of view of ASI data based solely on quantifiable characteristics of the optical auroral emissions. We compare the time interval determined by the algorithm to independently identified auroral onset times from three previously published studies. In each case the time interval determined by the algorithm is within error of the onset independently identified by the prior studies. We further show the utility of the algorithm by comparing the breakup intervals determined using the automated algorithm to an independent list of substorm onset times. We demonstrate that up to 50% of the breakup intervals characterised by the algorithm are within the uncertainty of the times identified in the independent list. The quantitative description and routine identification of an interval of auroral brightening during the substorm expansion phase provides a foundation for unbiased statistical analysis of the aurora to probe the physics of the auroral substorm as a new scientific tool for aiding the identification of the processes leading to auroral substorm onset
Prospecting in late-type dwarfs: A calibration of infrared and visible spectroscopic metallicities of late K and M dwarfs spanning 1.5 dex
Knowledge of late K and M dwarf metallicities can be used to guide planet searches and constrain planet formation models. However, the determination of metallicities of late-type stars is difficult because visible wavelength spectra of their cool atmospheres contain many overlapping absorption lines, preventing the measurement of equivalent widths. We present new methods, and improved calibrations of existing methods, to determine metallicities of late K and M dwarfs from moderate resolution (1300 -0.5, but are less useful for more metal-poor stars
Supersymmetry for Fermion Masses
It is proposed that supersymmetry (SUSY) maybe used to understand fermion
mass hierarchies. A family symmetry Z_{3L} is introduced, which is the cyclic
symmetry among the three generation SU(2) doublets. SUSY breaks at a high
energy scale ~ 10^{11} GeV. The electroweak energy scale ~ 100 GeV is
unnaturally small. No additional global symmetry, like the R-parity, is
imposed. The Yukawa couplings and R-parity violating couplings all take their
natural values which are about (10^0-10^{-2}). Under the family symmetry, only
the third generation charged fermions get their masses. This family symmetry is
broken in the soft SUSY breaking terms which result in a hierarchical pattern
of the fermion masses. It turns out that for the charged leptons, the tau mass
is from the Higgs vacuum expectation value (VEV) and the sneutrino VEVs, the
muon mass is due to the sneutrino VEVs, and the electron gains its mass due to
both Z_{3L} and SUSY breaking. The large neutrino mixing are produced with
neutralinos playing the partial role of right-handed neutrinos. |V_{e3}| which
is for nu_e-nu_{tau} mixing is expected to be about 0.1. For the quarks, the
third generation masses are from the Higgs VEVs, the second generation masses
are from quantum corrections, and the down quark mass due to the sneutrino
VEVs. It explains m_c/m_s, m_s/m_e, m_d > m_u and so on. Other aspects of the
model are discussed.Comment: 25 pages, 3 figures, revtex4; neutrino oscillation and many
discussions added, smallness of the electron mass due to supersymmetry
pointed out; v3: numerical errors correcte
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Food Insecurity and Lived Experience of Students (FILES)
This paper provides evidence of the impact of Covid-19 on higher education studentsâ levels of food security and lived experiences. We surveyed higher education students, attending three universities in the UK and one in the USA, from 1st April to 30th April 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic and after universities closed the majority of their buildings and ceased campus-based teaching. A total of 1,234 surveys were returned. The preliminary findings show that nearly 35% of students surveyed reported low or very low levels of food security and 41% of students were worried that their food would run out. We also found high levels of poor mental health and well-being; and mental health was associated with level of food security. The best predictor of the level of food security was studentsâ living arrangements during the Covid-19 pandemic. Students who were living on their own or with other students were more likely to experience low or very low levels of food insecurity compared to those students living with family members. The financial data collected show that many students relied on employment as their main source of income, and students are very worried about their current financial security. Furthermore, we found a relatively high reliance on ultra-processed foods as the main food type in studentsâ diets. The data from open-ended questions lend further support to the quantitative findings reported and provide further insight into studentsâ lived experiences. Finally, this paper concludes with key recommendations for policy makers, universities and student unions. (Submitted to the Education Select Committee Inquiry on The impact of COVID-19 on education and childrenâs services, 03 June 2020) FILES is a research collaboration involving a number of academics and student union officers from across England, Northern Ireland and the USA. The groupâs key objective is to research food insecurity and lived experiences of students in Higher Education. Food insecurity has been explored in other populations, but no evidence has been presented that examines food insecurity and lived experiences of students in higher education following Covid-19 lockdown. Authors: Professor Greta Defeyter, Professor Paul Stretesky, Dr Mike Long, Dr SinĂ©ad Furey, Dr Christian Reynolds, Dr Alyson Dodds, Dr Debbie Porteous, Dr Emily Mann, Mrs Christine Stretesky, Ms Anna Kemp, Mr James Fox, Mr Andrew McAnalle
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