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Evolution of the Density of States Gap in a Disordered Superconductor

It has only recently been possible to study the superconducting state in the attractive Hubbard Hamiltonian via a direct observation of the formation of a gap in the density of states N(w). Here we determine the effect of random chemical potentials on N(w) and show that at weak coupling, disorder closes the gap concurrently with the destruction of superconductivity. At larger, but still intermediate coupling, a pseudo-gap in N(w) remains even well beyond the point at which off-diagonal long range order vanishes. This change in the elementary excitations of the insulating phase corresponds to a crossover between Fermi- and Bose-Insulators. These calculations represent the first computation of the density of states in a finite dimensional disordered fermion model via the Quantum Monte Carlo and maximum entropy methods.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure

Prosody-Driven Movement? Evidence from Bangla

This paper addresses a longstanding puzzle in Bangla syntax regarding the position of the complementizer particle je (cf. Bayer and Dasgupta 2010, Bhattacharya 2001 and Hsu 2015). Preposing of finite complement clauses is observed to be related to the position occupied by the complementizer je within the complement clause. Some earlier accounts have tried to explain the phenomenon with the help of information-structure-driven movements, while the other has been a syntax-phonology interface approach (Hsu 2015). This paper suggests a novel connection between the movement of an element to the left of the je particle and scrambling in Bangla. Finally, a syntax-phonology interface account along the lines of Hsu (2015) is suggested, where the final positioning of the complementizer and the complement clause is determined by an interaction of post-syntactic constraints

INOVASI METODE PEMBELAJARAN FIQIH DI MAN 3 HULU SUNGAI UTARA

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan, memahami, dan menganalisis bentuk-bentuk inovasi, penguasaan guru terhadap metode pembelajaran dan pengelolaan situasi kelas di MAN 3 HSU. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dimana dalam penelitian ini lebih menekankan makna dan proses dari pada hasil suatu kegiatan. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian kualitatif deskriptif dengan memperhatikan masalah yang ada dan prosedur kerja yang berlaku. Guru mata pelajaran fiqih di MAN 3 HSU selalu mengadakan inovasi metode pembelajaran fiqih di madrasah tersebut sehingga siswa/I di madrasah tersebut minat yang cukup tinggi dalam mengikuti pembelajaran fiqih. Bentuk inovasi metode pembelajaran fiqih yang dilakukan oleh guru mata pelajaran fiqih di MAN 3 HSU berupa metode ceramah, metode tanya jawab, metode diskusi, metode demonstrasi, dan metode sosio-drama. Guru mata pelajaran fiqih sangat menguasai metode-metode pembelajaran tersebut, baik tentang cara penggunaan, waktu penggunaan, situasi dan kondisi penggunaan metode tersebut

College of Public Health News

Georgia Southern University\u27s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health receives grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundatio

Multi-facet classification of e-mails in a helpdesk scenario

Helpdesks have to manage a huge amount of support requests which are usually submitted via e-mail. In order to be assigned to experts e ciently, incoming e-mails have to be classi- ed w. r. t. several facets, in particular topic, support type and priority. It is desirable to perform these classi cations automatically. We report on experiments using Support Vector Machines and k-Nearest-Neighbours, respectively, for the given multi-facet classi - cation task. The challenge is to de ne suitable features for each facet. Our results suggest that improvements can be gained for all facets, and they also reveal which features are promising for a particular facet

Characterization of cells of amniotic fluids by immunological identification of intermediate-sized filaments: Presence of cells of different tissue origin

Antibodies against intermediate-sized filaments, of the prekeratin or vimentin type, were used to investigate the presence of these filaments by indirect immunofluorescence microscopy in cultured and non-cultured amniotic fluid cells, in frozen sections of the placenta and in isolated cells of the amniotic epithelium. Two major classes of cells can be cultured from amniotic fluids, namely cells of epithelial origin containing filaments of the prekeratin type and cells of different origin which contain filaments of the vimentin type but are negative when tested with antibodies to epidermal prekeratin. The presence of prekeratin type filaments correlates with the morphology of colonies of amniotic fluid cell cultures in vitro as classified by Hoehn et al. (1974). Cells of E-type colonies are shown to be of epithelial origin. In contrast our data indicate a different origin of almost all cells of F-type colonies and of the large majority of cells of AF-type colonies. Cells of epithelial origin and positively stained with antibodies to epidermal prekeratin are occasionally scattered in F-type colonies and in variable percentages (up to 30%) in AF-type colonies. Surprisingly, cryostat sections of the amniotic epithelium and isolated groups of amniotic cells showed positive reactions with both antibodies to vimentin and prekeratin. The possibility that amniotic cells may be different from other epithelial cells in that they contain both types of filaments simultaneously already in situ is presently under investigation