The effect of chemical dependency counselors\u27 spiritual well-being on the spiritual well-being of their clients

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact an inpatient substance abuse counselors\u27 spiritual well-being had on chemically dependent patients\u27 spiritual well-being over the course of two weeks in treatment.;Raymond Paloutzian and Craig Ellison developed the Spiritual Well-Being Scale which was utilized in this study along with the Rokeach Value Survey, the Personal Orientation Inventory, and the Profile of Adaptation to Life Scale. Pre and Post test packets containing the Spiritual Well-Being Scale and the Profile of Adaptation to Life Scale were administered to one hundred ten inpatient alcohol and drug patients. A total of forty-five alcohol and drug counselors from around the Commonwealth of Virginia were also administered packets containing the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, the Rokeach Value Survey, and the Personal Orientation Inventory. Eleven of the forty-five counselors were inpatient counselors that selected ten patients from their groups to give the pre and post test packets. The remaining packets were sent by mail to a random sample of Certified Substance Abuse Counselors in Virginia.;Multiple Regression statistics were utilized in the analysis indicating a significant correlation between the dependent variable of spiritual well-being and self-acceptance from the Personal Orientation Inventory, wisdom and loving from the Rokeach Value Survey. The results also indicated a significant change score in the patient\u27s spiritual well-being scale pre and post test, however, it was not related to the counselor\u27s spiritual well-being.;Overall, the Spiritual Well-Being Scale appeared to be a helpful tool for evaluating addiction treatment benefits. This instrument in particular could be used as a quality assessment tool not only for treatment programs, but for patients to be able to see improvement in their well-being.;Further research on the impact of a treatment milieu group consciousness on well-being would also be recommended. to this end, further research could compare the effects of the inpatient treatment milieu with that of outpatient group therapy on spiritual well-being

Structure and Representation Theory for Double Group of Four-Dimensional Cubic Group

Hypercubic groups in any dimension are defined and their conjugate classifications and representation theories are derived. Double group and spinor representation are introduced. A detailed calculation is carried out on the structures of four-dimensional cubic group $O_4$ and its double group, as well as all inequivalent single-valued representations and spinor representations of $O_4$. All representations are derived adopting Clifford theory of decomposition of induced representations. Based on these results, single-valued and spinor representations of the orientation-preserved subgroup of $O_4$ are calculated.Comment: 38 pages, 7 tables. LaTex. Combined version of hep-lat/0010024 and hep-lat/001002

E-commerce as an alternative marketing channel

Information technology (IT) has become an integral part of the success and globalisation of business over the last two decades. It is hard to imagine how the efficiencies expected in today’s fast paced business world could possibly be achieved without the advancements in IT. The most significant of these advancements is arguably the advent of the Internet which has empowered businesses of all sizes by giving them the means to promote their products and services at a relatively low cost in markets that would previously have been inaccessible. The aim of this study was to assess whether e-commerce represents an alternative channel for a brick and mortar company wishing to follow a market penetration strategy. The study was based around a company, Canoa Eastern Cape, which trades in the office automation industry in the Eastern and Southern Cape of South Africa. The study investigated the history of Canoa Eastern Cape, focusing predominantly on the growth strategies followed by the business in the past. With a view to the future, growth strategies which could potentially be followed by Canoa Eastern Cape were also investigated. The result of these investigations was a recommendation that Canoa Eastern Cape should follow a market penetration strategy, which will see the business marketing its existing products within its current market by making use of a new distribution channel, more specifically e-commerce. In order to assess the suitability of e-commerce as a tool within a market penetration strategy a literature study was conducted to get a better understanding of ecommerce and its viability as business tool. The literature study focused on eight core concepts felt to be critical in the evaluation of e-commerce, namely: • the development of e-commerce over the past years; • the future of e-commerce; • whether e-commerce is a financial success or not; • requirements for e-commerce to be successful; iv • products that customers are prepared to buy online; • industries most affected by e-commerce; and • demographics of e-commerce users; and • e-commerce in the office automation industry. Using the information gained in the literature study as a basis from which to start, an empirical study was conducted. The objective of the empirical study was to obtain data which would be used to assess the level to which e-commerce has been adopted by consumers in the specific geographic area and whether these consumers are willing and able to make use of e-commerce as an alternative to conventional purchasing for the procurement of office automation consumables and office automation equipment. A quantitative research paradigm was adopted, making use of a structured questionnaire to gather information from the sample of Canoa Eastern Cape’s customers. The data collected from the empirical study were analysed using univariate and bivariate analysis. The findings of the empirical study suggested that: • demographics are a poor indicator of adoption of e-commerce; • there is a significant adoption rate within the sample: o 79.85 percent of the respondents reported to have used e-commerce before for personal use; and o 59.13 percentreported to have used e-commerce before for business use; • there is a high rate of willingness to use e-commerce again: o 91.09 percent of the respondents indicating that they would use e-commerce again for personal use; and o 80.18 percent indicating that they would use e-commerce again for business use; • there is a high likelihood that consumers will buy office automation consumables through an e-commerce channel, with 65.82 percentof the respondents indicating that they would be likely or very likely to buy consumables through an e-commerce channel; • there is no significant difference in the adoption rates between the three main areas within the targeted sample, that is, East London, Port Elizabeth and George and Knysna. Given the findings of the empirical study it is felt that an e-commerce solution does present a viable alternative channel for a brick and mortar company trading in the Office Automation Industry in the Eastern and Southern Cape wishing to follow a market penetration strategy

T.V. viewing guide: "The Adams Chronicles"

T.V. viewing guide: "The Adams Chronicles

Men’s experience of erectile dysfunction after treatment for colorectal cancer: qualitative interview study

Objectives To examine the experiences of men after treatment for colorectal cancer, identify barriers to accessing services, and suggest improvements to providing information in primary and secondary care

Effective Field Theory for Extreme Mass Ratios

We derive an effective field theory describing a pair of gravitationally interacting point particles in an expansion in their mass ratio, also known as the self-force (SF) expansion. The 0SF dynamics are trivially obtained to all orders in Newton's constant by the geodesic motion of the light body in a Schwarzschild background encoding the gravitational field of the heavy body. The corrections at 1SF and higher are generated by perturbations about this configuration -- that is, the geodesic deviation of the light body and the fluctuation graviton -- but crucially supplemented by an operator describing the recoil of the heavy body as it interacts with the smaller companion. Using this formalism we compute new results at third post-Minkowskian order for the conservative dynamics of a system of gravitationally interacting massive particles coupled to a set of additional scalar and vector fields.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figur

Geometry, pregeometry and beyond

This article explores the overall geometric manner in which human beings make sense of the world around them by means of their physical theories; in particular, in what are nowadays called pregeometric pictures of Nature. In these, the pseudo-Riemannian manifold of general relativity is considered a flawed description of spacetime and it is attempted to replace it by theoretical constructs of a different character, ontologically prior to it. However, despite its claims to the contrary, pregeometry is found to surreptitiously and unavoidably fall prey to the very mode of description it endeavours to evade, as evidenced in its all-pervading geometric understanding of the world. The question remains as to the deeper reasons for this human, geometric predilection--present, as a matter of fact, in all of physics--and as to whether it might need to be superseded in order to achieve the goals that frontier theoretical physics sets itself at the dawn of a new century: a sounder comprehension of the physical meaning of empty spacetime.Comment: 41 pages, Latex. v2: Date added. v3: Main arguments refined, secondary discussions abridged; expands on the published versio

The Ursinus Weekly, March 18, 1963

Future of the United Nations topic of speaker Bohmrich in April • Pre-medicals see childbirth films • Stayer & Campbell representatives to all-state band • Chemistry profs to gather at UC for convention • UC students invited to attend banquet of local businessmen • Pettit appears at Controversy chat • Sharon Robbins named editor-in-chief of Weekly; Hunter, Peek, Garner selected as staff editors • Campus Chest drive extended for week • Navy information team to visit campus soon • Gordon lectures on archaeology in Forum program • Junior Prom slated for April 5 • Social Security agent to interview students • Carlton Dingman plans to attend University of Sweden next year • Young Republicans see film on parties • Montgomery County science fair to be held at UC later this month • Helfferich plans to attend Navy orientation cruise • Editorial: This is it! • Progress on freshman term papers in various stages in Rimby\u27s dorm • Letters to the editor • Student-faculty show Saturday termed success of high quality • Freedom to learn topic of PSEA film • Intramural wrestling tournament produces 5 champions from 5 teams • Baseball prospects are encouraging • Trackmen optimistic about Spring season • IM basketball title game tomorrow pits Maples against Leber-South • Netwomen finish season with loss to West Chesterhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1291/thumbnail.jp