150th Anniversary of the arrival of the Sisters of Charity in Australia 1838-1988

baptized a Protestant. Being a frail baby, she was taken to Nurse Mary Rorke at Eason's Hill to be nursed and for six years remained in the country air in the midst of a deeply religious family. At home again with her family, Mary attended Sunday Service at the Protestant Shandon Church. Mary was confused by the poverty of the Catholics contrasting with the well being of the Protestants. She enjoyed her visits to Mrs Stackpole's Catholic home, reverting to the famliar prayers Nurse Rorke had taught her and revisiting the much loved Catholic Chapel with its strange halo of purity and peace. During his last illness Dr Aikenhead, touched by his wife's passionately expressed sorrow, sent for a priest and after a long conversation, asked to be received into the Catholic Church. He died with great trust in God in December, 1801. In her sixteenth year Mary was baptized in the Catholic Church and received her First Communion and Confirmation. By the time she was eighteen she no

r-Java 2.0: the nuclear physics

[Aims:] We present r-Java 2.0, a nucleosynthesis code for open use that performs r-process calculations as well as a suite of other analysis tools. [Methods:] Equipped with a straightforward graphical user interface, r-Java 2.0 is capable of; simulating nuclear statistical equilibrium (NSE), calculating r-process abundances for a wide range of input parameters and astrophysical environments, computing the mass fragmentation from neutron-induced fission as well as the study of individual nucleosynthesis processes. [Results:] In this paper we discuss enhancements made to this version of r-Java, paramount of which is the ability to solve the full reaction network. The sophisticated fission methodology incorporated into r-Java 2.0 which includes three fission channels (beta-delayed, neutron-induced and spontaneous fission) as well as computation of the mass fragmentation is compared to the upper limit on mass fission approximation. The effects of including beta-delayed neutron emission on r-process yield is studied. The role of coulomb interactions in NSE abundances is shown to be significant, supporting previous findings. A comparative analysis was undertaken during the development of r-Java 2.0 whereby we reproduced the results found in literature from three other r-process codes. This code is capable of simulating the physical environment of; the high-entropy wind around a proto-neutron star, the ejecta from a neutron star merger or the relativistic ejecta from a quark nova. As well the users of r-Java 2.0 are given the freedom to define a custom environment. This software provides an even platform for comparison of different proposed r-process sites and is available for download from the website of the Quark-Nova Project: http://quarknova.ucalgary.ca/Comment: 26 pages, 18 figures, 1 tabl

A Grounded Theory of White Counselors’ Antiracist Counseling Identity Development

Research related to the professional counselor’s development of an antiracist counseling identity is scarce. The goal of this dissertation study was to explore White mental health counselors’ unique personal and professional experiences that facilitate the development of an antiracist counseling identity and the impact of an antiracist counseling identity on practice. Using Critical Race Theory (Crenshaw et al., 1995; Haskins & Singh, 2015) and multicultural and social justice theory (Ratts, 2011; Ratts et al. 2015; Sue & Sue, 1999), this constructivist grounded theory study sought to answer the following questions: (a) How do White counselors develop an antiracist counseling identity?, and (b) How does an antiracist counseling identity affect counseling practice? 12 White mental health counselors who self-identify as antiracist counselors and who demonstrate antiracism expertise and an ongoing commitment to antiracism work participated in this study. Data were collected via two semistructured interviews and analyzed using constructivist grounded theory procedures. Findings suggest that White mental health counselors’ antiracist counseling identity development is a multifaceted lifelong developmental process that manifests as personal and professional antiracist actions including a proposed model of antiracist counseling practices. Implications for counseling theory and practice, counselor education and supervision, and future research have been provided

The impact of having a carer on adult health and social care utilisation across five settings of care: A matched cohort study

INTRODUCTION: An estimated 6.8 million people are (informal) carers in the UK. The economic value of annual carer contributions is an estimated .·132bn. Reliance on carers appears to be increasing. There is mixed evidence on whether carers are substitutes for formal care. This study investigated the association between having a carer and service use patterns across five care settings when compared to a matched cohort without a carer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A matched case-control group analysis using person-level data in Barking and Dagenham (B&D), a London borough in the U.K., to assess the impact of having a carer in terms of the differences in cost-weighted utilisation relative to a matched control group. RESULTS: In 2016/17, for adult residents of B&D, having a carer (n = 1,295) was associated with 27% increased cost-weighted utilisation (mean difference of £2,662, CI £1,595, £3,729, p<0.001) compared to a matched cohort without a carer. 39% of the cost difference was social care. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest additional service use induced by carers may dominate any substitution effect. Having a carer may be a key element in enabling access to services. As such, there may be wider inequalities in service access for people without a carer. For an ageing society with projections suggesting there will be more people without carers in the future, these inequalities need to be addressed

Multiple long-term conditions within households and use of health and social care: a retrospective cohort study

Background: The daily management of long-term conditions falls primarily on individuals and informal carers, but the impact of household context on health and social care activity among people with multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs) is understudied. Aim: To test whether co-residence with a person with MLTCs (compared with a co-resident without MLTCs) is associated with utilisation and cost of primary, community, secondary health care, and formal social care. Design & setting: Linked data from health providers and local government in Barking and Dagenham for a retrospective cohort of people aged ≥50 years in two-person households in 2016–2018. Method: Two-part regression models were applied to estimate annualised use and cost of hospital, primary, community, mental health, and social care by MLTC status of individuals and co-residents, adjusted for age, sex, and deprivation. Applicability at the national level was tested using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). Results: Forty-eight per cent of people with MLTCs in two-person households were co-resident with another person with MLTCs. They were 1.14 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.00 to 1.30) times as likely to have community care activity and 1.24 (95% CI = 0.99 to 1.54) times as likely to have mental health care activity compared with those co-resident with a healthy person. They had more primary care visits (8.5 [95% CI = 8.2 to 8.8] versus 7.9 [95% CI = 7.7 to 8.2]) and higher primary care costs. Outpatient care and elective admissions did not differ. Findings in national data were similar. Conclusion: Care utilisation for people with MLTCs varies by household context. There may be potential for connecting health and community service input across household members