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Electronic and Magnetic Reconstructions in Manganite Superlattices
We investigate the electronic reconstruction at the interface between
ferromagnetic metallic (FM) and antiferromagnetic insulating (AFI) manganites
in superlattices using a two-orbital double-exchange model including
superexchange interactions, Jahn-Teller lattice distortions, and long range
Coulomb interactions. The magnetic and the transport properties critically
depend on the thickness of the AFI layers. We focus on superlattices where the
constituent parent manganites have the same electron density n = 0.6. The
induced ferromagnetic moment in the AFI layers decreases monotonically with
increasing layer width, and the electron-density profile and the magnetic
structure in the center of the AFI layer gradually return to the bulk limit.
The width of the AFI layers and the charge-transfer profile at the interfaces
control the magnitude of the magnetoresistance and the metal-insulator
transition of the FM/AFI superlattices.Comment: 11 pages, 10 figure
Interfacial Magnetism in Manganite Superlattices
We use a two-orbital double-exchange model including Jahn-Teller lattice
distortions, superexchange interactions, and long-range Coulomb (LRC)
interactions to investigate the origin of magnetically disordered interfaces
between ferromagnetic metallic (FM) and antiferromagnetic insulating (AFI)
manganites in FM/AFI superlattices. The induced magnetic moment in the AFI
layer varies non-monotonically with increasing AFI layer width as seen in the
experiment. We provide a framework for understanding this non-monotonic
behavior which has a one-to-one correspondence with the magnetization of the FM
interface. The obtained insights provide a basis for improving the tunneling
magnetoresistance in FM/AFI manganite superlattices by avoiding a magnetic dead
layer (MDL) in the FM manganite.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures. To appear in PR
Assessing Service Quality in the Ghanaian Private Healthcare Sector: The Case of Comboni Hospital.
The healthcare industry has become a paramount concern for most people in Ghana and the quality of services rendered to the patients in the private hospitals cannot be overemphasized. Patients need quality of services most and are willing to seek better services. The government has been the main provider of health care services in Ghana but recently, some Non-Governmental Organization’s (NGO’s), private individuals and stakeholders also provide health care services which has surged the competitiveness in creating more healthcare facilities in Ghana. This study seeks to explore patients' choice of selecting quality healthcare services and the factors that affect patient satisfaction in private hospitals using the case of Comboni Hospital in Sogakope, Ghana. The study therefore used the quantitative research method to collect the data and SPSS version 22 was used to analyze the data on high-quality healthcare. The SERVQUAL model was used as the measurement scale. Multiple regression analysis was used to reveal the effect of the independent variables (reliability, responsiveness, empathy, assurance, and tangibility) on the dependent variable (patient satisfaction). A detailed description in the analysis and the data processing identified the main factors affecting the general perceptions and patient preferences about their healthcare in the private hospital. The study revealed that there exist a positive result and perception for quality healthcare services without a negative expectation of the patient healthcare being compromised. The study recommends that both the government and the private agencies should consider the important aspects of the hospital’s healthcare management and also the policy and decision makers should have an efficient and effective standard that impact the quality of healthcare assessment in Ghana
Towards Cogenesis via Asymmetric Freeze-in: The Who Came-in from the Cold
In models of freeze-in the dark matter (DM) is decoupled from the visible
sector and initially has a depleted number density. The hidden and visible
sectors are connected only via a feeble portal interaction by which DM can be
produced. Asymmetric freeze-in (AFI) combines this scenario with ideas from
asymmetric DM and provides a potential cogenesis mechanism. However, it has
been argued that existing AFI models do not produce suitably large particle
asymmetries due to cancellations which arises because the mediator state
remains in thermal equilibrium. We examine AFI via an out-of-equilibrium
mediator and using a simple scalar model show that in this case sizeable
asymmetries may be generated.Comment: 18 page
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Urban Fathers Asset Building – Final Report
The Urban Fathers Asset Building (UFAB) project demonstrated the potential benefits, as well as limitations, of an innovative nexus between the child support system, fatherhood programs, and the Assets for Independence (AFI) grant-funded services. UFAB was a collaborative initiative of the Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG), Baylor College of Medicine’s Teen Health Clinic, Covenant Community Capital Corporation (the local AFI grantee), and RAISE Texas, the statewide association of AFI grantees. This Final Report summarizes UFAB’s operational features and outcomes; depicts the demonstration’s challenges and innovative responses; reviews the accomplishments of the ancillary projects supported by BAFF funds; and assesses the prospects for sustaining demonstration practices in the Houston area, as well as extending promising practices to other areas of the state.Texas Office of the Attorney GeneralRay Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
Electronic Structure and Phase Transition in V2O3: Importance of 3d Spin-Orbit Interaction and Lattice Distortion
The 3d electronic structure and phase transition in pure and Cr doped V2O3
are theoretically investigated in relation to the 3d spin-orbit interaction and
lattice distortion. A model consisting of the nearest-neighbor V ion pair with
full degeneracy of the 3d orbitals is studied within the many-body point of
view. It is shown that each V ion with S=1 spin state has a large orbital
magnetic moment and no orbital ordering occurs in the
antiferromagnetic insulating (AFI) phase. The anomalous resonant Bragg
reflection found in the AFI phase is attributed to the magnetic ordering. In
the AFI and paramagnetic insulating (PI) phases, Jahn-Teller like lattice
instability leads to tilting of the V ion pairs from the corundum c-axis and
this causes large difference in the orbital occupation between the paramagnetic
metal and the insulating phases, which is consistent with linear dichroic V 2p
XAS measurements.
To understand the AFI to PI transition, a model spin Hamiltonian is also
proposed. The transition is found to be simultaneous order-disorder transition
of the magnetic moments and tilting directions of the V ion pairs. Softening of
elastic constant C44 and abrupt change in short range spin correlations
observed at the transition are also explained.Comment: 18 pages, 16 figure
Phase Separation in A-site Ordered Perovskite Manganite LaBaMnO Probed by La and Mn NMR
La- and Mn-NMR spectra demonstrate that the ground state of
the A-site ordered perovskite manganite LaBaMnO is a spatial mixture of
the ferromagnetic (FM) and antiferromagnetic (AFI(CE)) regions, which are
assigned to the metallic and the insulating charge ordered state, respectively.
This exotic coexisting state appears below 200 K via a first-order-like
formation of the AFI(CE) state inside the FM one. Mn spin-spin relaxation rate
indicates that the FM region coexisting with the AFI(CE) one in LaBaMnO
is identical to the bulk FM phase of the disordered form
LaBaMnO in spite of the absence of A-site disorder. This
suggests mesoscopic rather than nanoscopic nature of FM region in
LaBaMnO\@.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. Let
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