Polymer Measure: Varadhan's Renormalization Revisited

Through chaos decomposition we improve the Varadhan estimate for the rate of convergence of the centered approximate self-intersection local time of planar Brownian motion.Comment: 5 page

Hydrodynamic limits for the free Kawasaki dynamics of continuous particle systems

An infinite particle system of independent jumping particles is considered. Their constructions is recalled, further properties are derived, the relation with hierarchical equations, Poissonian analysis, and second quantization are discussed. The hydrodynamic limit for a general initial distribution satisfying a mixing condition is derived. The large time asymptotic is computed under an extra assumption

PERMANENT EDUCATION AND ITS INTERFACE WITH BEST NURSING PRACTICES IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

Objetivo: analizar la implicancia del proceso de educación permanente para el desarrollo de las mejores prácticas de Enfermería en la Atención Primaria de la Salud. Metodología: estudio cuanti-cualitativo, realizado en dos macroregionesde salud del estado de Santa Catarina – Brasil. La muestra cuantitativa estuvo compuesta por 216 enfermeros, de 97 municipios. Los datos se obtuvieron mediante la aplicación de un cuestionario y se los analizó a través de estadística descriptiva. Los datos cualitativos se produjeron a través de grupos focales, en tres municipios, y se los analizó con la ayuda del programa Atlas.ti 8.0®. Resultados: 174 enfermeros (80,6%) poseen alguna especialización. 200 (92%) participan de procesos de educación permanente, incluyendo intercambio de experiencias y actualización,destacándose el programa Telessaúde (Telesalud). Los discursos originaron cinco code groups: compartir saberes y experiencias; el conocimiento y la experiencia califican la práctica; educación: liberación y cambio; integración enseñanza-servicio; y tiempo para aprender. Conclusión: los procesos de educación permanente entran en contacto tangencial con conceptos de la educación liberadora y apuntan a la experiencia y al uso de evidencias.Objetivo: analisar a implicação do processo de educação permanente para o desenvolvimento das melhores práticas em enfermagem na Atenção Primária à Saúde.Método: estudo quanti-qualitativo, realizado em duas macrorregiões de saúde do estado de Santa Catarina – Brasil. A amostra quantitativa foi de 216 enfermeiros, de 97 municípios. Os dados foram obtidos mediante aplicação de questionário e analisados via estatística descritiva. As informações qualitativas foram produzidas via grupos focais, em três municípios, e analisadas com auxílio do Atlas.ti 8.0®.Resultados: 174 enfermeiros (80,6%) possuem especialização. 200 (92%) participam de processos de educação permanente, incluindo troca de experiências e atualização, com destaque para o Telessaúde. Os discursos originaram cinco codegroups: compartilhar saberes e experiências; conhecimento e experiência qualificam a prática; educação: libertação e mudança; integração ensino-serviço; tempo para aprender.Conclusão: os processos de educação permanente tangenciam concepções da educação libertadora e apontam para a experiência e uso de evidências.Objective: to analyze the implication of the permanent education process for the development of best Nursing practices in Primary Health Care.Methodology: a quanti-qualitative study conducted in two health macro-regions in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The sample was made up of 216 nurses, from 97 municipalities. The data were obtained by applying a questionnaire, and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The qualitative data were produced by means of focus groups, in three municipalities, and analyzed with the aid of Atlas.ti 8.0®.Results: A total of 174 nurses (80.6%) have some specialization. 200 (92%) participate in permanent education processes, including exchange of experiences and updates, with Telessaúde (Telehealth) standing out. The discourses originated five code groups: sharing knowledge and experiences; knowledge and experience qualify the practice; education: liberation and change; teaching-service integration, and time to learn.Conclusion: the permanent education processes approach concepts of liberating education and point to the experience and use of evidence

Typification and taxonomic status re-eveluation of 15 taxon names within the species complex Cymbella affinis/tumidula/turgidula (Cymbellaceae, Bacillariophyta)

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Positive sesquilinear form measures and generalized eigenvalue expansions

Positive operator measures (with values in the space of bounded operators on a Hilbert space) and their generalizations, mainly positive sesquilinear form measures, are considered with the aim of providing a framework for their generalized eigenvalue type expansions. Though there are formal similarities with earlier approaches to special cases of the problem, the paper differs e.g. from standard rigged Hilbert space constructions and avoids the introduction of nuclear spaces. The techniques are predominantly measure theoretic and hence the Hilbert spaces involved are separable. The results range from a Naimark type dilation result to direct integral representations and a fairly concrete generalized eigenvalue expansion for unbounded normal operators.Comment: 23 pages, to appear in J. Math. Anal. App

Hybrid architecture for shallow accumulation mode AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructures with epitaxial gates

Accumulation mode devices with epitaxially grown gates have excellent electrical stability due to the absence of dopant impurities and surface states. We overcome typical fabrication issues associated with epitaxially gated structures (e.g., gate leakage and high contact resistance) by using separate gates to control the electron densities in the Ohmic and Hall bar regions. This hybrid gate architecture opens up a way to make ultrastable nanoscale devices where the separation between the surface gates and the 2D electron gas is small. In this work, we demonstrate that the hybrid devices made from the same wafer have reproducible electrical characteristics, with identical mobility and density traces over a large range of 2D densities. In addition, thermal cycling does not influence the measured electrical characteristics. As a demonstration of concept, we have fabricated a hybrid single-electron transistor on a shallow (50 nm) AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructure that shows clear Coulomb blockade oscillations in the low temperature conductance.This project was supported by the Australian Government under the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund and by the Australian Research Council (ARC) DP scheme. A.R.H. acknowledges an ARC Outstanding Researcher Award. Devices were fabricated using the facilities at the NSW Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF). J.R., A.L., and A.D.W. acknowledge support from Mercur Pr-2013-0001, BMBF-Q.com-H 16KIS0109, and DFH/UFA CDFA-05-06.Copyright (2015) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in MacLeod SJ, See AM, Hamilton AR, Farrer I, Ritchie DA, Ritzmann J, Ludwig A, Wieck AD, Applied Physics Letters 106, 012105 (2015) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4905210