Angular Momentum on the Lattice: The Case of Non-Zero Linear Momentum

The irreducible representations (IRs) of the double cover of the Euclidean group with parity in three dimensions are subduced to the corresponding cubic space group. The reduction of these representations gives the mapping of continuum angular momentum states to the lattice in the case of non-zero linear momentum. The continuous states correspond to lattice states with the same momentum and continuum rotational quantum numbers decompose into those of the IRs of the little group of the momentum vector on the lattice. The inverse mapping indicates degeneracies that will appear between levels of different lattice IRs in the continuum limit, recovering the continuum angular momentum multiplets. An example of this inverse mapping is given for the case of the ``moving'' isotropic harmonic oscillator.Comment: v3) Little groups for lattice momenta corrected. Includes corrections from erratum submitted to Phys. Rev. D and a more consistent labeling scheme. v2) Minor changes to little groups. (9 pages

SMS text pre-notification and delivery of reminder e-mails to increase response rates to postal questionnaires in the SUSPEND trial : a factorial design, randomised controlled trial

Acknowledgements SUSPEND was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme (project 80/71/01) and will be published in full in Health Technology Assessment. The Health Services Research Unit of the University of Aberdeen is funded in part by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Chief Scientist Office, HTA programme, NIHR, National Health Service, or Department of Health. The authors thank the SUSPEND staff and participants, without whom this study would not have been possible.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Oral History Interview: Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cotton

This interview is one of a series conducted concerning rural life in West Virginia and surrounding areas. At the time of the interview, Mr. and Mrs. Cotton were residing in Gallipolis, Ohio. Topics discussed in the interview include food preservation, religion, trading, entertainment, law, farming, and doctors.https://mds.marshall.edu/oral_history/1167/thumbnail.jp

Mahoning County Bar Association v. Theofilos: Fumbling for a Standard

Theoretically, a practicing attorney in Ohio must tailor his conduct to meet certain minimum professional standards adopted by the Ohio Supreme Court. In reality however, an attorney suddenly may find himself confronted with a disciplinary proceeding because of judicial inconsistency and ambiguity within the Code of Professional Responsibility. In Mahoning County Bar Ass \u27n v. Theofilos, the Ohio Supreme Court faced an issue representative of borderline conduct. Unfortunately, the court sidestepped this timely opportunity to provide some much-needed guidance for the legal profession. In Theofilos, the attorney knew a client only four months before drafting a will for her which named the attorney and his son as beneficiaries. Subsequently, the attorney received a one year suspension

Typical Bavarian Soldiers?

This thesis focuses Eduard Husslein and Urban Weigand, who were two Bavarian farmers called up for military service in 1914. The introduction begins with giving background information on both of the men, including how they lived and their family life at the time of war. The first and second chapters discuss the impact of the outbreak of war on their hometown and their specific involvement in the war. While the third chapter discusses demobilization and how it affected their return home. This thesis attempts to use the methodology of Thomas Weber Hitler’s First War and recreate the story of two typical Bavarian soldiers whose story had been lost over the generations and to see whether their war experience was that of a typical soldier

Pre-Admission Patient Education for a Prostatectomy Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Pathway

Background. In the United States, prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in men and a common treatment choice is a radical prostatectomy. The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery® Society developed evidence-based guidelines to optimize treatment and improve outcomes in prostatectomy patients, yet not all hospitals are utilizing these guidelines or employing all of the elements, including pre-admission education. Purpose and Objectives. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to develop, implement, and evaluate a pre-admission patient education component for a prostate surgery pathway based on the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery guidelines. Objectives included assessing the nurse’s intention to use the tools and the patients’ perception of satisfaction with the education. Methods. The project leader collaborated with physicians, nurses, information technology, and other stakeholders to develop, implement, and evaluate the prostatectomy pre-admission education component of the ERAS pathway at a large southeastern hospital. Components of the education portion of the pathway include a bi-lingual patient prostate surgery education book, a patient surgery checklist, and a nurse teaching tool. Results. Survey findings showed that 100% of patients participating in the ERAS prostatectomy teaching visit with the nurse received the new education book and rated the visit as satisfied or highly satisfied. Implications for Practice. Completing a comprehensive patient education component for a prostate ERAS pathway can lead to pre-admission nurses delivering consistent education to patients preparing to undergo prostatectomy surgery. The role of the Doctor of Nursing Practice leader working with the interdisciplinary team was instrumental in completing this project

Reversing performance in the UK National Health Service: from targets to teams

The UK’s 2010 and 2013 public inquiries into the Mid Staffordshire hospital scandal estimated that between 400 and 1,200 people died unnecessarily in just a four-year period. The inquiries, carried out by Robert Francis QC, identified a range of performance management problems within the National Health Service (NHS) stemming from a widespread preoccupation with nationally set targets, emphasizing an organizing principle of reducing costs rather than delivering quality patient care. The inquiries conclude that there had been a systemic failure at Mid Staffs; including a culture of bullying and secrecy regarding patient care, a focus on achieving externally set targets and budgeting, and low staff morale. This was explained, in part, by the performance culture in place where frontline staff worked within an “endemic culture of bullying” (Francis, 2010: Vol 1. B.38), forced to prioritize targets over patient welfare for fear of victimization and job loss which incentivized short cuts and “unacceptable standards of performance” (Francis, 2013: 111). Virtually no organization emerges from the inquiries with credit except the local campaign set up by the relatives of the victims. The reports provide few concrete recommendations to improve performance despite an emphasis within the Francis report on the urgent need for the NHS to reform its performance management. Although we offer no magic solutions to the structural problems across the organization, our proposal is that an important aspect of reform should be a reorientation away from targets and top-down management toward a model of inter-disciplinary and inter-organizational team working

Following Francis: reversing performance in the NHS from targets to teams

Between 400 and 1200 people died unnecessarily in just four years at the Mid Staffordshire National Health Service Foundation Trust in the UK. Two inquiries carried out by Robert Francis QC, the second one producing a report of 1700 pages with 290 recommendations, have proposed a range of changes to the regulatory framework and legal duties placed on hospitals throughout England. It proposes better warning signals, greater accountability of senior managers and NHS staff facing possible criminal prosecution for non-reporting of clinical error. The report also identifies that the model of performance management dominant in the NHS compounded the already delicate balance between available resources and quality of care such that, “quality wasn’t the organising principle of the NHS, it wasn’t the thing that was driving us during that period”(David Nicholson, NHS Chief Executive. Evidence 28th September 2011, Francis Report).Virtually no organisation emerges from the inquiry with credit except the local campaigns set up by the relatives of the victims.The NHS is now facing a major culture change in relation to performance management if it is to improve outcomes for patients