223 research outputs found
A Comparison of Quality of Life Measures in Husbands of Women with Breast Cancer
The Quality of Well-Being Scale (QWB-SA) and Medical Outcome Study SF-36 short form (SF-36) are popular health-related quality of life (HRQOL) assessment tools; however, it is unclear whether these measures overlap enough to be interchangeable, and if not, which might be a better choice. This study examined conceptual overlap, validity, and relation with psychosocial functioning of the QWB-SA and SF-36 in a sample of partners of women undergoing adjuvant treatment for breast cancer. Partners (n = 79) of breast cancer patients, recruited in a chemotherapy infusion clinic, completed the QWB-SA and SF-36 and additional psychosocial measures. Descriptive content review shows that both instruments provide a breadth of HRQOL coverage including physical health, mental health, social functioning, role functioning and general health perceptions; however, more QWB-SA scales suffered floor effects. Subscales correlated, with the strongest correlations between the QWB-SA total score and the mental health scales of the SF-36. The QWB-SA and the SF-36 Mental Health Component Summary score, but not the SF-36 Physical Component Summary score were strongly correlated to measures of mood, satisfaction with life, burden, and social support. The QWB-SA and SF-36 measure distinct aspects of HRQOL. Each instrument presents distinct advantages and disadvantages in coverage of particular domains. Labels assigned to SF-36 scales more accurately reflect what they measure. The SF-36 appeared more sensitive to the impact that psychological health played on overall assessment of HRQOL in these partners
Non-commutative spaces in physics and mathematics
The present review aims both to offer some motivations and mathematical
prerequisites for a study of NCG from the viewpoint of a theoretical physicist
and to show a few applications to matrix theory and results obtained.
Lectures given by the author at the TMR School on contemporary string theory
and brane physics, 26 Jan--2 Feb 2000, Torino.Comment: 27 pages + figures (in .eps format), first part appeared as
hep-th/9802129. submitted to Class. Quant. Gra
Interaction of D-string with F-string: A Path-Integral Formalism
A path integral formalism is developed to study the interaction of an
arbitrary curved Dirichlet (D-) string with elementary excitations of the
fundumental (F-) string in bosonic string theory. Up to the next to leading
order in the derivative expansion, we construct the properly renormalized
vertex operator, which generalizes the one previously obtained for a D-particle
moving along a curved trajectory. Using this vertex, an attempt is further made
to quantize the D-string coordinates and to compute the quantum amplitude for
scattering between elementary excitations of the D- and F-strings. By studying
the dependence on the Liouville mode for the D-string, it is found that the
vertex in our approximation consists of an infinite tower of local vertex
operators which are conformally invariant on their respective mass-shell. This
analysis indicates that, unlike the D-particle case, an off-shell extension of
the interaction vertex would be necessary to compute the full amplitude and
that the realization of symmetry can be quite non-trivial when the dual
extended objects are simultaneously present. Possible future directions are
suggested.Comment: 23 pages, latex, no figure
The Landau problem and noncommutative quantum mechanics
The conditions under which noncommutative quantum mechanics and the Landau
problem are equivalent theories is explored. If the potential in noncommutative
quantum mechanics is chosen as with defined in the
text, then for the value (that
measures the noncommutative effects of the space), the Landau problem and
noncommutative quantum mechanics are equivalent theories in the lowest Landau
level. For other systems one can find differents values for
and, therefore, the possible bounds for should be searched in
a physical independent scenario. This last fact could explain the differents
bounds for found in the literature.Comment: This a rewritten and corrected version of our previous preprint
hep-th/010517
Local Physical Coodinates from Symplectic Projector Method
The basic arguments underlying the symplectic projector method are presented.
By this method, local free coordinates on the constrait surface can be obtained
for a broader class of constrained systems. Some interesting examples are
analyzed.Comment: 8 page
Cognitive Appraisals, Coping and Depressive Symptoms in Breast Cancer Patients
Depression in breast cancer patients and survivors is related to negative disease outcomes and worse quality of life. Factors that explain this depression can serve as targets of intervention. This study, guided by the Transactional Theory of Stress, examined the relationship between cognitive appraisals, coping strategies and depressive symptoms in a group of women with mostly advanced-stage breast cancer (N = 65), who scored mostly within the normal range for depressive symptoms. Path analysis was used to determine the relationships among variables, measured with the Cognitive Appraisals of Illness Scale, the Ways of Coping Questionnaire and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. The results of the path analysis showed that higher appraisals of harm/loss and greater use of escape–avoidance coping predicted higher depressive symptoms. These findings enhance the prediction of depression among breast cancer patients and suggest the need to examine cognitive appraisals when attempting to understand depressive symptoms
Three flavors of extremal Betti tables
We discuss extremal Betti tables of resolutions in three different contexts.
We begin over the graded polynomial ring, where extremal Betti tables
correspond to pure resolutions. We then contrast this behavior with that of
extremal Betti tables over regular local rings and over a bigraded ring.Comment: 20 page
Commutator Anomaly in Noncommutative Quantum Mechanics
In this letter, firstly, the Schrdinger equation on noncommutative
phase space is given by using a generalized Bopp's shift. Then the anomaly term
of commutator of arbitrary physical observable operators on noncommutative
phase space is obtained. Finally, the basic uncertainty relations for
space-space and space-momentum as well as momentum-momentum operators in
noncommutative quantum mechanics (NCQM), and uncertainty relation for arbitrary
physical observable operators in NCQM are discussed.Comment: 7 page
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