52 research outputs found
Work-Related Perceptions of Social Workers Versus Administrators: More Grist for the Is Social Work a Profession? Mill
The work-related perceptions of 683 employees of a federally funded public assistance agency were examined by occupational classification. The results show that persons employed as social workers report distinctively different patterns of attitudes and values than do those employed as administrators. These distinctions were most dramatic for the younger members of each group. The overall results fail to refute previous predictions of an evolving anc critical duality in the field of social work
Singular Behaviour of the Potts Model in the Thermodynamic Limit
The self-duality transformation is applied to the Fisher zeroes near the
critical point in the thermodynamic limit in the q>4 state Potts model in two
dimensions. A requirement that the locus of the duals of the zeroes be
identical to the dual of the locus of zeroes (i) recovers the ratio of specific
heat to internal energy discontinuity at criticality and the relationships
between the discontinuities of higher cumulants and (ii) identifies duality
with complex conjugation. Conjecturing that all zeroes governing ferromagnetic
critical behaviour satisfy the latter requirement, the full locus of Fisher
zeroes is shown to be a circle. This locus, together with the density of zeroes
is shown to be sufficient to recover the singular form of all thermodynamic
functions in the thermodynamic limit.Comment: Contribution to Lattice 97, LaTeX, 3 pages, 0 figure
Smart Specialisation Strategies for Supporting Europe 2020 Vision. Looking at the American Experience: the Case of the Boston Area
These reflections aim to highlight the crucial challenge that European Regions are called to face applying the âResearch and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specializationâ policy for pursuing the virtuous implementation of EU Cohesion Policy and âEurope 2020â Agenda. The original cultural style of the âUS Smart Specialization modelâ, supported by the âcluster theoryâ and the âinnovation paradigmâ, represents a significant lesson in Boston area
Non-critical supergravity (d>1) and holography
In this paper we investigate the supergravity equations of motion associated
with non-critical () type II string theories that incorporate RR forms.
Using a superpotential formalism we determine several classes of solutions. In
particular we find analytic backgrounds with a structure of and numerical solutions that asymptote a linear dilaton with a
topology of . The SUGRA solutions we have found
can serve as anti holographic descriptions of gauge theories in a large
limit which is different than the one of the critical gauge/gravity duality. It
is characterized by N\rt \infty and . We have made the
first steps in analyzing the corresponding gauge theory properties like Wilson
loops and the glue-ball spectra.Comment: 48 pages, JHEP style, 11 figure
Optimisation of Rail-road Level Crossing Closing Time in a Heterogenous Railway Traffic: Towards Safety Improvement - South African Case Study
The gravitation towards mobility-as-a service in railway transportation system can be achieved at low cost and effort using shared railway network. However, the problem with shared networks is the presence of the level crossings where railway and road traffic intersects. Thus, long waiting time is expected at the level crossings due to the increase in traffic volume and heterogeneity. Furthermore, safety and capacity can be severely compromised by long level crossing closing time. The emphasis of this study is to optimise the rail-road level crossing closing time in order to achieve improved safety and capacity in a heterogeneous railway network. It is imperative to note that rail-road level crossing system assumes the socio-technical and safety critical duality which often impedes improvement efforts. Therefore, thorough understanding of the factors with highest influence on the level crossing closing time is required. Henceforth, data analysis has been conducted on eight active rail-road level crossings found on the southern corridor of the Western Cape metro rail. The spatial, temporal and behavioural analysis was conducted to extract features with influence on the level crossing closing time. Convex optimisation with the objective to minimise the level crossing closing time is formulated taking into account identified features. Moreover, the objective function is constrained by the train's traction characteristics along the constituent segments of the rail-road level crossing, speed restriction and headway time. The results show that developed solution guarantees at most 53.2% and 62.46% reduction in the level crossing closing time for the zero and nonzero dwell time, respectively. Moreover, the correctness of the presented solution has been validated based on the time lost at the level crossing and railway traffic capacity consumption. Thus, presented solution has been proven to achieve at most 50% recovery of the time lost per train trip and at least 15% improvement in capacity under normal conditions. Additionally, 27% capacity improvement is achievable at peak times and can increase depending on the severity of the headway constraints. However, convex optimisation of the level crossing closing time still fall short in level crossing with nonzero dwell time due to the approximation of dwell time based on the anticipated rather than actual value
The Dormant Second Amendment: Exploring the Rise, Fall, and Potential Resurrection of Independent State Militias
The term âmilitiaâ is polarizing, misunderstood, misapplied, and generally difficult for modern Americans to digest. That is not surprising, given the depth and breadth of American militia history and militiasâ substantial evolution over four centuries.
Historically, militia simply refers to a broad-based civic duty to protect oneâs fellow citizens from internal and external dangers and is not limited to activities involving firearms. Reestablishing militiaâs true meaning and purposeâand reinvigorating independent state militias in the United States to effect that purposeâhas the potential to address statesâ emerging financial and security gaps and to produce multiple other significant benefits, including recalibrating federalism. This article suggests a method for how best to reinvigorate independent state militias, addresses the major critique against doing so, and initiates a real discussion about the future of state militiasâan issue conspicuously underdeveloped in scholarship today
A Few Still Later Words on Translating Homer, or C. S. Calverley and the Victorian Parodic
Argues (largely in the style of Matthew Arnold) that the Victorian verse parodist C.S. Calverley can best be understood through 19th century ideas of verse translation, and especially through the writing on parody of the Scottish lawyer Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, in his Essay on the Principles of Translation (1792)
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