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The clinical trial of FK 506 as primary and rescue immunosuppression in adult cardiac transplantation
Local Correlations in the Super Tonks-Girardeau Gas
We study the local correlations in the super Tonks-Girardeau gas, a highly
excited, strongly correlated state obtained in quasi one-dimensional Bose gases
by tuning the scattering length to large negative values using a
confinement-induced resonance. Exploiting a connection with a relativistic
field theory, we obtain results for the two-body and three-body local
correlators at zero and finite temperature. At zero temperature our result for
the three-body correlator agrees with the extension of the results of Cheianov
et al. [Phys. Rev. A 73, 051604(R) (2006)], obtained for the ground-state of
the repulsive Lieb-Liniger gas, to the super Tonks-Girardeau state. At finite
temperature we obtain that the three-body correlator has a weak dependence on
the temperature up to the degeneracy temperature. We also find that for
temperatures larger than the degeneracy temperature the values of the
three-body correlator for the super Tonks-Girardeau gas and the corresponding
repulsive Lieb-Liniger gas are rather similar even for relatively small
couplings
Investigating Executive Working Memory and Phonological Short-Term Memory in Relation to Fluency and Self-Repair Behavior in L2 Speech
This paper reports the findings of a study investigating the relationship of executive working memory (WM) and phonological short-term memory (PSTM) to fluency and self-repair behavior during an unrehearsed oral task performed by second language (L2) speakers of English at two levels of proficiency, elementary and lower intermediate. Correlational analyses revealed a negative relationship between executive WM and number of pauses in the lower intermediate L2 speakers. However, no reliable association was found in our sample between executive WM or PSTM and self-repair behavior in terms of either frequency or type of self-repair. Taken together, our findings suggest that while executive WM may enhance performance at the conceptualization and formulation stages of the speech production process, self-repair behavior in L2 speakers may depend on factors other than working memory
The role of modality and awareness in language learning
There is conflicting empirical evidence regarding the role of awareness in second language learning. Possible explanations for the contradictory results include the modality in the exposure and assessment phases of previous experiments. Our study investigated the acquisition of a novel determiner system under incidental exposure conditions and examined the effect of modality in both exposure and assessment phases. Animacy served as a hidden regularity in the determiners, which were embedded in sentences and presented to Chinese speakers of English either in auditory or in visual mode. Learning was assessed by a two-alternative forced-choice test either auditorily or in writing. Implicit and explicit knowledge were measured using retrospective verbal reports and source judgements. Bayesian analysis provided moderate evidence for above chance level learning. Significant learning effects were observed regardless of whether participants based their accuracy judgements on explicit or implicit knowledge. Bayesian analysis showed moderate evidence for above chance learning effects for aware participants. Generalized linear mixed-effects modeling revealed a small-size significant benefit of the auditory exposure modality over the written modality but indicated no significant effect of the modality of assessment or awareness. Our research underscores the importance of considering the role of modality of exposure in incidental second language learning contexts
On Form Factors in nested Bethe Ansatz systems
We investigate form factors of local operators in the multi-component Quantum
Non-linear Schr\"odinger model, a prototype theory solvable by the so-called
nested Bethe Ansatz. We determine the analytic properties of the infinite
volume form factors using the coordinate Bethe Ansatz solution and we establish
a connection with the finite volume matrix elements. In the two-component
models we derive a set of recursion relations for the "magnonic form factors",
which are the matrix elements on the nested Bethe Ansatz states. In certain
simple cases (involving states with only one spin-impurity) we obtain explicit
solutions for the recursion relations.Comment: 34 pages, v2 (minor modifications
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