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Some examples of exponentially harmonic maps
The aim of this paper is to study some examples of exponentially harmonic
maps. We study such maps firstly on flat euclidean and Minkowski spaces and
secondly on Friedmann-Lema\^ itre universes. We also consider some new models
of exponentially harmonic maps which are coupled with gravity which happen to
be based on a generalization of the lagrangian for bosonic strings coupled with
dilatonic field.Comment: 16 pages, 5 figure
What resources are available in greater Portland, Maine for the enrichment of the junior high school curriculum?,
Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University
PLEASE NOTE: pages 102, 112, 116, and 143 are missing from the physical thesis
New string vacua from twistor spaces
We find a new family of AdS_4 vacua in IIA string theory. The internal space
is topologically either the complex projective space CP^3 or the "flag
manifold" SU(3)/(U(1)xU(1)), but the metric is in general neither Einstein nor
Kaehler. All known moduli are stabilized by fluxes, without using quantum
effects or orientifold planes. The analysis is completely ten--dimensional and
does not rely on assumptions about Kaluza--Klein reduction.Comment: 19 pages. v3: published version, further minor correction
Kink Chains from Instantons on a Torus
We describe how the procedure of calculating approximate solitons from
instanton holonomies may be extended to the case of soliton crystals. It is
shown how sine-Gordon kink chains may be obtained from CP1 instantons on a
torus. These kink chains turn out to be remarkably accurate approximations to
the true solutions. Some remarks on the relevance of this work to Skyrme
crystals are also made.Comment: latex 17 pages, DAMTP 94-7
Extending the literature based theme of change in a first grade classroom
In the school at which Regie Routman taught, a literature based reading program was begun as a way to prevent reading failure of at-risk students. (Routman 1988). In this program children read and interacted with trade books. The students\u27 interest in these stories was so high and their motivation so strong, they quickly learned to read the books. This approach is being used in regular education classrooms all around the world. A major influence to literature based reading programs has been Don Holdaway of New Zealand. He developed ideas to facilitate literacy using literature as the basis of instruction (Holdaway 1979)
A Mass Bound for Spherically Symmetric Black Hole Spacetimes
Requiring that the matter fields are subject to the dominant energy
condition, we establish the lower bound for the
total mass of a static, spherically symmetric black hole spacetime. ( and denote the area and the surface gravity of the horizon,
respectively.) Together with the fact that the Komar integral provides a simple
relation between and the strong energy condition,
this enables us to prove that the Schwarzschild metric represents the only
static, spherically symmetric black hole solution of a selfgravitating matter
model satisfying the dominant, but violating the strong energy condition for
the timelike Killing field at every point, that is, .
Applying this result to scalar fields, we recover the fact that the only black
hole configuration of the spherically symmetric Einstein-Higgs model with
arbitrary non-negative potential is the Schwarzschild spacetime with constant
Higgs field. In the presence of electromagnetic fields, we also derive a
stronger bound for the total mass, involving the electromagnetic potentials and
charges. Again, this estimate provides a simple tool to prove a ``no-hair''
theorem for matter fields violating the strong energy condition.Comment: 16 pages, LATEX, no figure
Classification of unit-vector fields in convex polyhedra with tangent boundary conditions
A unit-vector field n on a convex three-dimensional polyhedron P is tangent
if, on the faces of P, n is tangent to the faces. A homotopy classification of
tangent unit-vector fields continuous away from the vertices of P is given. The
classification is determined by certain invariants, namely edge orientations
(values of n on the edges of P), kink numbers (relative winding numbers of n
between edges on the faces of P), and wrapping numbers (relative degrees of n
on surfaces separating the vertices of P), which are subject to certain sum
rules. Another invariant, the trapped area, is expressed in terms of these. One
motivation for this study comes from liquid crystal physics; tangent
unit-vector fields describe the orientation of liquid crystals in certain
polyhedral cells.Comment: 21 pages, 2 figure
Body site colonization in patients with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other types of S. aureus skin infections
AbstractEfforts to control spread of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) are often based on eradication of colonization. However, the role of nasal and non-nasal colonization in the pathogenesis of these infections remains poorly understood. Patients with acute S. aureus skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI) were prospectively enrolled. Each subject's nasal, axillary, inguinal and rectal areas were swabbed for S. aureus and epidemiological risk factors were surveyed. Among the 117 patients enrolled, there were 99 patients who had an SSTI and for whom data could be analysed. Sixty-five patients had a CA-MRSA SSTI. Among these patients, MRSA colonization in the nares, axilla, inguinal area and rectum was 25, 6, 11 and 13%, respectively, and 37% overall were MRSA colonized. Most (96%) MRSA colonization was detected using nose and inguinal screening alone. Non-nasal colonization was 25% among CA-MRSA patients, but only 6% among patients with CA-methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) or healthcare-associated MRSA or MSSA. These findings suggest that colonization patterns in CA-MRSA infection are distinct from those in non-CA-MRSA S. aureus infections. The relatively high prevalence of non-nasal colonization may play a key role in CA-MRSA transmission and acquisition of infection
Sequences of Willmore surfaces
In this paper we develop the theory of Willmore sequences for Willmore
surfaces in the 4-sphere. We show that under appropriate conditions this
sequence has to terminate. In this case the Willmore surface either is the
twistor projection of a holomorphic curve into complex projective space or the
inversion of a minimal surface with planar ends in 4-space. These results give
a unified explanation of previous work on the characterization of Willmore
spheres and Willmore tori with non-trivial normal bundles by various authors.Comment: 10 page
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