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Chemical Weed Control in Crops
Guide to chemical weed control in crops discusses stages of growth in field crops and calculating the amount of chemical to apply per acre. Included are safety precautions
HE 1015-2050: Discovery of a Hydrogen-deficient carbon star at high galactic latitude
Medium resolution spectral analysis of candidate Faint High Latitude Carbon
(FHLC) stars from Hamburg/ESO survey has given us the potential to discover
objects of rare types. Two primary spectral characteristics of R Coroanae
Borealis (RCB) stars are hydrogen deficiency and weaker CN bands relative to
C_{2} bands. They are also characterized by their characteristic location in
the J-H, H-K plane with respect to cool carbon stars. From a spectral analysis
of a sample of 243 candidate FHLC stars, we have discovered a
hydrogen-deficient carbon (HdC) star HE 1015-2050, at high Galactic latitude. A
differential analysis of its spectrum with that of the spectrum of U Aquarii (U
Aqr), a well-known cool HdC star of RCB type, provides sufficient evidence to
put this object in a group same as that of U Aqr. Further, it is shown that HE
1015-2050 does not belong to any of the C-star groups CH, C-R, C-N or C-J. Cool
RCB stars form a group of relatively rare astrophysical objects; approximately
51 are known in the Galaxy and some 18 in the Large Magellanic Clouds (LMC) and
five in Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The present discovery adds a new member
to this rare group. Although its spectral characteristics and its location in
the J-H vs H-K plane places HE 1015-2050 in the same group to which U Aqr
belongs, extended photometric observations would be useful to learn if there is
any sudden decline in brightness, this being a characteristic property of HdC
stars of RCB type.Comment: 5 pages,3 figure
What happens in child and family social work supervision?
Supervision is fundamental to the social work profession. However, increasing concern has been expressed over the managerial capture of local authority social work and the use of supervision as a way of enabling management oversight (or surveillance) of practice. Despite the importance of supervision, we have little evidence about what happens when managers and child and family social workers meet to discuss casework and less about how supervision influences practice. In this study, 34 supervision case discussions were recorded. Detailed descriptions are given of what happens in supervision. Overall, case discussions operated primarily as a mechanism for management oversight and provided limited opportunity for reflection, emotional support or critical thinking. With reference to organizational context, it is suggested that these deficits result from a system that focuses too much on ‘what and when’ things happen and not enough on ‘how and why’
Evidence for a companion to BM Gem, a silicate carbon star
Balmer and Paschen continuum emission as well as Balmer series lines of P
Cygni-type profile from H_gamma through H_23 are revealed in the violet spectra
of BM Gem, a carbon star associated with an oxygen-rich circumstellar shell
(`silicate carbon star') observed with the high dispersion spectrograph (HDS)
on the Subaru telescope. The blue-shifted absorption in the Balmer lines
indicates the presence of an outflow, the line of sight velocity of which is at
least 400 km s^-1, which is the highest outflow velocity observed to date in a
carbon star. We argue that the observed unusual features in BM Gem are strong
evidence for the presence of a companion, which should form an accretion disk
that gives rise to both an ionized gas region and a high velocity, variable
outflow. The estimated luminosity of ~0.2 (0.03-0.6) L_sun for the ionized gas
can be maintained by a mass accretion rate to a dwarf companion of ~10^-8 M_sun
yr^-1, while ~10^-10 M_sun yr^-1 is sufficient for accretion to a white dwarf
companion. These accretion rates are feasible for some detached binary
configurations on the basis of the Bond-Hoyle type accretion process. We
concluded that the carbon star BM Gem is in a detached binary system with a
companion of low mass and low luminosity. However, we are unable to determine
whether this companion object is a dwarf or a white dwarf. The upper limits for
binary separation are 210 AU and 930 AU for a dwarf and a white dwarf,
respectively. We also note that the observed features of BM Gem mimic those of
Mira (omi Cet), which may suggest actual similarities in their binary
configurations and circumstellar structures.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in Ap
The Morphology of the Expanding Ejecta of V2491 Cygni (2008 N.2)
Determining the evolution of the ejecta morphology of novae provides valuable
information on the shaping mechanisms in operation at early stages of the nova
outburst. Understanding such mechanisms has implications for studies of shaping
for example in proto-Planetary Nebulae. Here we perform morpho-kinematical
studies of V2491 Cyg using spectral data to determine the likely structure of
the ejecta and its relationship to the central system and shaping mechanisms.
We use Shape to model different morphologies and retrieve their spectra. These
synthetic spectra are compared with observed spectra to determine the most
likely morphology giving rise to them, including system inclination and
expansion velocity of the nova ejecta. We find the best fit remnant morphology
to be that of polar blobs and an equatorial ring with an implied inclination of
80 degrees and an maximum expansion velocity of the polar blobs of
3100 km/s and for the equatorial ring 2700
km/s. This inclination would suggest that we should observe eclipses which will
enable us to determine more precisely important parameters of the central
binary. We also note that the amplitude of the outburst is more akin to the
found in recurrent nova systems.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA
The Ursinus Weekly, December 13, 1948
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Measuring the well-being of health care professionals in the Punjab: A psychometric evaluation of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale in a Pakistani population
Background. There is growing awareness of the public health importance of mental well-being both in the general population and in specific groups. The well-being of health professionals is likely to influence the quality of the care they deliver. This study was carried out to examine the well-being of Pakistani healthcare professionals, and to evaluate the psychometric performance of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) in this population.
Methods. A cross-sectional survey was carried out from June, 2013 to December, 2014 among 1,271 Pakistani health care providers (HCPs) working in seven different cities in Punjab province, Pakistan, to examine the acceptability, internal consistency, test-retest reliability and content and construct validity of the English version of the WEMWBSin a Pakistani population sample. All data were analyzed in SPSS v. 21.
Results. Our analysis demonstrated unidimensional construct validity, high internal consistency (0.89) and test-retest reliability, good validity and easy readability of WEMWBS in our sample of Pakistani HCPs. The mean WEMWBS score was 48.1 (SD 9.4), which is lower than in the general population in other countries. Male HCPs scored significantly higher on the WEMWBS than their female counterparts (P < 0.05), and older respondents had higher scores.
Conclusion. The WEMWBS appears acceptable for use in Pakistani HCPs, and findings fromthis study verify its validity and internal consistency for this population sample. Our respondents had lower well-being scores than those reported in general population surveys in the UK
Sheila, Take a Bow
Professor Sheila Whiteley passed away on 6th of June, 2015. Sheila’s ground-breaking achievements in popular culture and gender studies, alongside her bright personal triumphs are celebrated by numerous obituaries from national and international media. Here, we present the tributes of Sheila’s students, colleagues and friends.Sheila Whiteley nous a quittés le 6 juin 2015. Ses recherches pionnières sur la culture populaire et le genre, en plus de ses grands succès personnels, furent célébrés dans de nombreux médias internationaux. Nous vous présentons ici une série d’hommages de ses étudiants, collègues et amis
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