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Die openbaring in die paradys.
Soos reeds vroeĂ«r gesĂȘ, verstaan ons onder openbaring: âbekendmakingvan die verborgene deur dade en verklarende woorde.â As God die Here iets doen, laat Hy Sy Woord daardie daad vergesel, opdatdie mens sal weet en verstaan wat sy Skepper-Vader wil. Die sonde het hierdie openbaring te meer onontbeerlik gemaak. Nie in die sin dat God daartoe verplig sou wees nie, maar daarsonder sou die gevalle mensheid involstrekte onkunde aangaande God in die geestelike wĂȘreld voortgeleef het
Die Heerilikheid van die Woord van God. In sy sekerheid
Dit is die opskrif van ân lesing gehou op die 2e Calvinistiese Konferensie te Grand Rapids, Michigan, Noord-Amerika, deur Dr. H. J. Ockenga. Aangesien dit van soveel betekenis is vir ons Calviniste hier in Suid-Afrika, wil ek dit graag in die kolomme van âKoersâ vir ons lesers aanbied. Die lesing is oorspronklik in Engels gehou en word hier vryvertaald weergegee in ân paar afgeslote artikels, allereers oor die sekerheid van die Woord
The Radius of Metric Subregularity
There is a basic paradigm, called here the radius of well-posedness, which
quantifies the "distance" from a given well-posed problem to the set of
ill-posed problems of the same kind. In variational analysis, well-posedness is
often understood as a regularity property, which is usually employed to measure
the effect of perturbations and approximations of a problem on its solutions.
In this paper we focus on evaluating the radius of the property of metric
subregularity which, in contrast to its siblings, metric regularity, strong
regularity and strong subregularity, exhibits a more complicated behavior under
various perturbations. We consider three kinds of perturbations: by Lipschitz
continuous functions, by semismooth functions, and by smooth functions,
obtaining different expressions/bounds for the radius of subregularity, which
involve generalized derivatives of set-valued mappings. We also obtain
different expressions when using either Frobenius or Euclidean norm to measure
the radius. As an application, we evaluate the radius of subregularity of a
general constraint system. Examples illustrate the theoretical findings.Comment: 20 page
Report of the International Society of Hypertension (ISH) Hypertension Teaching Seminar organized by the ISH Africa Regional Advisory Group: Maputo, Mozambique, 2016
The International Society of Hypertension (ISH), in fulfilment of its mission of promoting hypertension control and prevention and also of advancing knowledge globally, organizes hypertension teaching seminars or âsummer schoolsâ worldwide through the ISH Regional Advisory Groups. In Africa, seven of such seminars have been organized. This is a report of the eighth seminar held in Maputo, Mozambique, April, 2016. The seminar was attended by over 65 participants from 11 African countries. The Faculty consisted of 11 international hypertension experts. The eighth African hypertension seminar was a great success as confirmed by a pre- and post-test questionnaire
Patterns and motivations for method choices in suicidal thoughts and behaviour: Qualitative content analysis of a large online survey
Background
Choice of suicide method can strongly influence the outcome of suicidal behaviour, and is an important aspect of the process and planning involved in a suicide attempt. Yet, the reasons why individuals consider, choose or discard particular methods are not well understood.
Aims
This is the first study to explore method choices among people with a history of suicidal behaviour and individuals who have experienced, but not enacted, suicidal thoughts.
Method
Via an online survey, we gathered open-ended data about choice of methods in relation to suicidal thoughts and behaviours, including reasons for and against specific means of harm.
Results
A total of 712 respondents had attempted suicide, and a further 686 experienced suicidal thoughts (but not acted on them). Self poisoning was the most commonly contemplated and used method of suicide, but most respondents had considered multiple methods. Method choices when contemplating suicide
included a broader range of means than those used in actual
attempts, and more unusual methods, particularly if perceived to be lethal, âeasyâ, quick, accessible and/or painless. Methods used in suicide attempts were, above all, described as having been accessible at the time, and were more commonly said to have been chosen impulsively. Key deterrents against the use of specific methods were the presence of and impact on other people, especially loved ones, and fears of injury and survival.
Conclusions
Exploration of method choices can offer novel insights into the transition from suicidal ideation to behaviour. Results underscore the need for preventative measures to restrict access to means and delay impulsive behaviour
Digging deeper : Assessing the predictive power of common greenhouse gas accounting tools for soil carbon sequestration under organic amendment
Funding Information: The work that led to this publication was supported by the Washington State Legislature , the USDA-NIFA Organic Research and Extension Initiative Program (project nos. 2014-38421-22002 and 2019-51300-30476 ), and the CAHNRS Office of Research at Washington State University (Hatch project 1017286 ). For the Puyallup field trials, we thank Emma Rast for her assistance in field and laboratory analysis and Liz Myhre for technical assistance, and Craig Cogger and Andy Bary for their efforts to initiate and operate a long-term organic farming research experiment at WSU Puyallup from 2003 to 2016. These trials were funded by the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (project no. SW-03-040), the USDA NIFA Integrated Organic Program (project no. WNP07725), and the Agricultural Research Center at Washington State University (Hatch Project 0722). For the Davenport (Wilke Farm) field trials, we thank Rachel Zuger, Nicole Tautges, and Holly Lane. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The AuthorsPeer reviewedPublisher PD
Acceleration of bouncing balls in external fields
We introduce two models, the Fermi-Ulam model in an external field and a one
dimensional system of bouncing balls in an external field above a periodically
oscillating plate. For both models we investigate the possibility of unbounded
motion. In a special case the two models are equivalent
Thermodynamics of Black Holes in Two (and Higher) Dimensions
A comprehensive treatment of black hole thermodynamics in two-dimensional
dilaton gravity is presented. We derive an improved action for these theories
and construct the Euclidean path integral. An essentially unique boundary
counterterm renders the improved action finite on-shell, and its variational
properties guarantee that the path integral has a well-defined semi-classical
limit. We give a detailed discussion of the canonical ensemble described by the
Euclidean partition function, and examine various issues related to stability.
Numerous examples are provided, including black hole backgrounds that appear in
two dimensional solutions of string theory. We show that the Exact String Black
Hole is one of the rare cases that admits a consistent thermodynamics without
the need for an external thermal reservoir. Our approach can also be applied to
certain higher-dimensional black holes, such as Schwarzschild-AdS,
Reissner-Nordstrom, and BTZ.Comment: 63 pages, 3 pdf figures, v2: added reference
New Models for Wolf-Rayet and O Star Populations in Young Starbursts
Using the latest stellar evolution models, theoretical stellar spectra, and a
compilation of observed emission line strengths from Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars, we
construct evolutionary synthesis models for young starbursts. We explicitly
distinguish between the various WR subtypes (WN, WC, WO), and we treat O and Of
stars separately. We provide detailed predictions of UV and optical emission
line strengths for both the WR stellar lines and the major nebular hydrogen and
helium emission lines, as a function of several input parameters related to the
starburst episode. We also derive the theoretical frequency of WR-rich
starbursts. We then discuss: nebular HeII 4686 emission, the contribution of WR
stars to broad Balmer line emission, techniques used to derive the WR and O
star content from integrated spectra, and explore the implications of the
formation of WR stars through mass transfer in close binary systems in
instantaneous bursts. The observational features predicted by our models allow
a detailed quantitative determination of the massive star population in a
starburst region (particularly in so-called "WR galaxies") from its integrated
spectrum and provide a means of deriving the burst properties (e.g., duration,
age) and the parameters of the initial mass function of young starbursts.
(Abridged abstract)Comment: Accepted by ApJ Supplements. LaTeX using aasmp4, psfigs macros. 49
pages including 23 figures. Paper (full, or text/figures separated) and
detailed model results available at
http://www.stsci.edu/ftp/science/starburst/sv97.htm
Numerical study of one-dimensional and interacting Bose-Einstein condensates in a random potential
We present a detailed numerical study of the effect of a disordered potential
on a confined one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate, in the framework of a
mean-field description. For repulsive interactions, we consider the
Thomas-Fermi and Gaussian limits and for attractive interactions the behavior
of soliton solutions. We find that the disorder average spatial extension of
the stationary density profile decreases with an increasing strength of the
disordered potential both for repulsive and attractive interactions among
bosons. In the Thomas Fermi limit, the suppression of transport is accompanied
by a strong localization of the bosons around the state k=0 in momentum space.
The time dependent density profiles differ considerably in the cases we have
considered. For attractive Bose-Einstein condensates, a bright soliton exists
with an overall unchanged shape, but a disorder dependent width. For weak
disorder, the soliton moves on and for a stronger disorder, it bounces back and
forth between high potential barriers.Comment: 13 pages, 13 figures, few typos correcte
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