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Declining Student Interest in Patent Law Reflects Declining Job Opportunities: How the Weakening of the United States Patent System Weakened the Patent Law Profession
Evaluating The Use Of Reflective Practice Principles To Support Nurse Manager Well-Being During A Period Of Chronic Distress
The COVID-19 pandemic brought forward a crisis that the current U.S. healthcare system was not prepared for. This increased the risk for burnout of teams and individuals, including the nurse leader. Nurse managers were selected as the target audience for support because they are key clinical leaders at the unit and staff level, yet they report feeling undervalued and are at higher risk for turnover than other leaders. This project developed a program that used reflective practice principles to support nurse manager well-being during periods of chronic distress.
The curriculum was guided by the Dimensions of Leadership as framework for nurse managers to engage in reflective practices to increase Joy in Work and support well-being. It was delivered to two cohorts over a period of 13 weeks; one cohort received live training on campus, and another cohort received pre-recorded and on demand modules. Knowledge of reflective practice principles and self-reported Joy in Work was measured pre and post program participation. A program evaluation was used to assess subjective feedback.
The two cohorts were small, however, analysis demonstrated that there was statistical significance in the outcomes measured and there was an increase in both knowledge and Joy in Work. A thematic analysis of the program evaluations found that nurse managers appreciated the offering that was designed exclusively for their unique role, they enjoyed the opportunity to gather and learn with peers, and that they desired more time to engage with the facilitator and each other
Constraints on the environment and energetics of the Broad-Line Ic SN2014ad from deep radio and X-ray observations
Broad-line type Ic Supernovae (BL-Ic SNe) are characterized by high ejecta
velocity ( km s) and are sometimes associated with the
relativistic jets typical of long duration ( s) Gamma-Ray Bursts
(L-GRBs). The reason why a small fraction of BL-Ic SNe harbor relativistic jets
is not known. Here we present deep X-ray and radio observations of the BL-Ic
SN2014ad extending from to days post explosion. SN2014ad was not
detected at either frequency and has no observational evidence of a GRB
counterpart. The proximity of SN2014ad ( Mpc) enables very deep
constraints on the progenitor mass-loss rate and on the total energy
of the fast ejecta . We consider two synchrotron emission scenarios for a
wind-like circumstellar medium (CSM): (i) uncollimated non-relativistic ejecta,
and (ii) off-axis relativistic jet. Within the first scenario our observations
are consistent with GRB-less BL-Ic SNe characterized by a modest energy budget
of their fast ejecta ( erg), like SNe 2002ap and 2010ay.
For jetted explosions, we cannot rule out a GRB with erg
(beam-corrected) with a narrow opening angle ()
observed moderately off-axis () and
expanding in a very low CSM density ( M
yr). Our study shows that off-axis low-energy jets expanding in a
low-density medium cannot be ruled out even in the most nearby BL-Ic SNe with
extensive deep observations, and might be a common feature of BL-Ic SNe.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, accepted in Ap
The NIF LinkOut Broker: A Web Resource to Facilitate Federated Data Integration using NCBI Identifiers
This paper describes the NIF LinkOut Broker (NLB) that has been built as part of the Neuroscience Information Framework (NIF) project. The NLB is designed to coordinate the assembly of links to neuroscience information items (e.g., experimental data, knowledge bases, and software tools) that are (1) accessible via the Web, and (2) related to entries in the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s (NCBI’s) Entrez system. The NLB collects these links from each resource and passes them to the NCBI which incorporates them into its Entrez LinkOut service. In this way, an Entrez user looking at a specific Entrez entry can LinkOut directly to related neuroscience information. The information stored in the NLB can also be utilized in other ways. A second approach, which is operational on a pilot basis, is for the NLB Web server to create dynamically its own Web page of LinkOut links for each NCBI identifier in the NLB database. This approach can allow other resources (in addition to the NCBI Entrez) to LinkOut to related neuroscience information. The paper describes the current NLB system and discusses certain design issues that arose during its implementation
Twisted Quantum Fields on Moyal and Wick-Voros Planes are Inequivalent
The Moyal and Wick-Voros planes A^{M,V}_{\theta} are *-isomorphic. On each of
these planes the Poincar\'e group acts as a Hopf algebra symmetry if its
coproducts are deformed by twist factors. We show that the *-isomorphism T:
A^M_{\theta} to A^V_{\theta} does not also map the corresponding twists of the
Poincar\'e group algebra. The quantum field theories on these planes with
twisted Poincar\'e-Hopf symmetries are thus inequivalent. We explicitly verify
this result by showing that a non-trivial dependence on the non-commutative
parameter is present for the Wick-Voros plane in a self-energy diagram whereas
it is known to be absent on the Moyal plane (in the absence of gauge fields).
Our results differ from these of (arXiv:0810.2095 [hep-th]) because of
differences in the treatments of quantum field theories.Comment: 12 page
Inequivalence of QFT's on Noncommutative Spacetimes: Moyal versus Wick-Voros
In this paper, we further develop the analysis started in an earlier paper on
the inequivalence of certain quantum field theories on noncommutative
spacetimes constructed using twisted fields. The issue is of physical
importance. Thus it is well known that the commutation relations among
spacetime coordinates, which define a noncommutative spacetime, do not
constrain the deformation induced on the algebra of functions uniquely. Such
deformations are all mathematically equivalent in a very precise sense. Here we
show how this freedom at the level of deformations of the algebra of functions
can fail on the quantum field theory side. In particular, quantum field theory
on the Wick-Voros and Moyal planes are shown to be inequivalent in a few
different ways. Thus quantum field theory calculations on these planes will
lead to different physics even though the classical theories are equivalent.
This result is reminiscent of chiral anomaly in gauge theories and has obvious
physical consequences. The construction of quantum field theories on the
Wick-Voros plane has new features not encountered for quantum field theories on
the Moyal plane. In fact it seems impossible to construct a quantum field
theory on the Wick-Voros plane which satisfies all the properties needed of
field theories on noncommutative spaces. The Moyal twist seems to have unique
features which make it a preferred choice for the construction of a quantum
field theory on a noncommutative spacetime.Comment: Revised version accepted for publication in Phys.Rev.D; 18 page
Intelligent Queries over BIRN Data using the Foundational Model of Anatomy and a Distributed Query-Based Data Integration System
We demonstrate the usefulness of the Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA) ontology in reconciling different neuroanatomical parcellation schemes in order to facilitate automatic annotation and “intelligent” querying and visualization over a large multisite fMRI study of schizophrenic versus normal controls
Enabling RadLex with the Foundational Model of Anatomy Ontology to Organize and Integrate Neuro-imaging Data
In this study we focused on empowering RadLex with an ontological framework and additional content derived from the Foundational Model of Anatomy Ontology1 thereby providing RadLex the facility to correlate the different standards used in annotating neuroradiological image data. The objective of this work is to promote data sharing, data harmonization and interoperability between disparate neuroradiological labeling systems
A variational approach to the optimized phonon technique for electron-phonon problems
An optimized phonon approach for the numerical diagonalization of interacting
electron-phonon systems is proposed. The variational method is based on an
expansion in coherent states that leads to a dramatic truncation in the phonon
space. The reliability of the approach is demonstrated for the extended
Holstein model showing that different types of lattice distortions are present
at intermediate electron-phonon couplings as observed in strongly correlated
systems. The connection with the density matrix renormalization group is
discussed.Comment: 4 figures; submitted to Phys. Rev.
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the development, integration and application of cognitive ontologies
We discuss recent progress in the development of cognitive ontologies and summarize three challenges in the coordinated development and application of these resources. Challenge 1 is to adopt a standardized definition for cognitive processes. We describe three possibilities and recommend one that is consistent with the standard view in cognitive and biomedical sciences. Challenge 2 is harmonization. Gaps and conflicts in representation must be resolved so that these resources can be combined for mark-up and interpretation of multi-modal data. Finally, Challenge 3 is to test the utility of these resources for large-scale annotation of data, search and query, and knowledge discovery and integration. As term definitions are tested and revised, harmonization should enable coordinated updates across ontologies. However, the true test of these definitions will be in their community-wide adoption which will test whether they support valid inferences about psychological and neuroscientific data
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