Local Donor Collaboration: Lessons From Baltimore and Beyond

Looks at four ABAG cooperative groups to explore how local cooperatives begin, what makes cooperation or collaboration effective and sustainable over time, and the unique role that a regional association can play in furthering funder collaboration

Section II: Renewing Centers for Professional Development

What do we know about infusing life into professional development programs? This is something we have struggled with throughout the fifteen (+3) year history of the contemporary professional development movement in postsecondary education. The question is especially pertinent during a time when retrenchment has lost its shock value and has become a tired, but accurate, descriptor of what most POD members live with daily. Is there programmatic life after retrenchment? If so, what can be done to ensure it and give it meaning

Asymptotic one-point functions in AdS/dCFT

We take the first step in extending the integrability approach to one-point functions in AdS/dCFT to higher loop orders. More precisely, we argue that the formula encoding all tree-level one-point functions of SU(2) operators in the defect version of N=4 SYM theory, dual to the D5-D3 probe-brane system with flux, has a natural asymptotic generalization to higher loop orders. The asymptotic formula correctly encodes the information about the one-loop correction to the one-point functions of non-protected operators once dressed by a simple flux-dependent factor, as we demonstrate by an explicit computation involving a novel object denoted as an amputated matrix product state. Furthermore, when applied to the BMN vacuum state, the asymptotic formula gives a result for the one-point function which in a certain double-scaling limit agrees with that obtained in the dual string theory up to wrapping order.Comment: 6 pages; v2: statement about match up to wrapping order clarified, version accepted for publicatio

Topological Crystalline Insulator and Quantum Anomalous Hall States in IV-VI based Monolayers and their Quantum Wells

Different from the two-dimensional (2D) topological insulator, the 2D topological crystalline insulator (TCI) phase disappears when the mirror symmetry is broken, e.g., upon placing on a substrate. Here, based on a new family of 2D TCIs - SnTe and PbTe monolayers - we theoretically predict the realization of the quantum anomalous Hall effect with Chern number C = 2 even when the mirror symmetry is broken. Remarkably, we also demonstrate that the considered materials retain their large-gap topological properties in quantum well structures obtained by sandwiching the monolayers between NaCl layers. Our results demonstrate that the TCIs can serve as a seed for observing robust topologically non-trivial phases.Comment: 5 pages, submitted on 27th Feb 201

First description of a Lophelia pertusa reef complex in Atlantic Canada

For the first time, we describe a cold-water coral reef complex in Atlantic Canada, discovered at the shelf break, in the mouth of the Laurentian Channel. The study is based on underwater video and sidescan sonar. The reef complex covered an area of approximately 490×1300 m, at 280–400 m depth. It consisted of several small mounds (< 3 m high) where the scleractinian Lophelia pertusa occurred as live colonies, dead blocks and skeletal rubble. On the mounds, a total of 67 live colonies occurred within 14 patches at 300–320 m depth. Most of these (67%) were small (< 20 cm high). Dead coral (rubble and blocks), dominated (88% of all coral observations). Extensive signs of damage by bottom-fishing gear were observed: broken and tilted coral colonies, over-turned boulders and lost fishing gear. Fisheries observer data indicated that the reef complex was subjected to heavy otter trawling annually between 1980 and 2000. In June 2004, a 15 km2 conservation area excluding all bottom-fishing was established. Current bottom fisheries outside the closure include otter trawling for redfish and anchored longlines for halibut. Vessel monitoring system data indicate that the closure is generally respected by the fishing industry.publishedVersio

Inherent noise can facilitate coherence in collective swarm motion

Among the most striking aspects of the movement of many animal groups are their sudden coherent changes in direction. Recent observations of locusts and starlings have shown that this directional switching is an intrinsic property of their motion. Similar direction switches are seen in self-propelled particle and other models of group motion. Comprehending the factors that determine such switches is key to understanding the movement of these groups. Here, we adopt a coarse-grained approach to the study of directional switching in a self-propelled particle model assuming an underlying one-dimensional Fokker–Planck equation for the mean velocity of the particles. We continue with this assumption in analyzing experimental data on locusts and use a similar systematic Fokker–Planck equation coefficient estimation approach to extract the relevant information for the assumed Fokker–Planck equation underlying that experimental data. In the experiment itself the motion of groups of 5 to 100 locust nymphs was investigated in a homogeneous laboratory environment, helping us to establish the intrinsic dynamics of locust marching bands. We determine the mean time between direction switches as a function of group density for the experimental data and the self-propelled particle model. This systematic approach allows us to identify key differences between the experimental data and the model, revealing that individual locusts appear to increase the randomness of their movements in response to a loss of alignment by the group. We give a quantitative description of how locusts use noise to maintain swarm alignment. We discuss further how properties of individual animal behavior, inferred by using the Fokker–Planck equation coefficient estimation approach, can be implemented in the self-propelled particle model to replicate qualitatively the group level dynamics seen in the experimental data

Crystal structure of distrontium praseodym gallium pentaoxide, Sr2PrGaO5

GaO5PrSr2, tetragonal, I4/mcm (No. 140), a = 6.8441(2) Å, c = 11.2534(4) Å, V = 527.1 Å3, Z = 4, R(P) = 0.035, wR(P) = 0.052, R(I) = 0.038, T = 295 K. © by Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag

Refinement of the crystal structure of praseodymium orthoscandate, PrScO3

O3PrSc, Prima (no. 62), a = 5.780(1) Å, b = 8.025(2) Å, c = 5.608(1) Å, V= 260.1 Å3, Z = 4, R gr(F) = 0.025, wRref(F2) = 0.060, T= 298 K. © by Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, München

Refinement of the crystal structure of praseodymium orthoscandate, PrScO3

O3PrSc, Prima (no. 62), a = 5.780(1) Å, b = 8.025(2) Å, c = 5.608(1) Å, V= 260.1 Å3, Z = 4, R gr(F) = 0.025, wRref(F2) = 0.060, T= 298 K. © by Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, München