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Farmers' perceptions of the lay health worker on farms in the Western Cape, South Africa
This study is focussed on farms situated in the Boland health district of the Cape Winelands, South Africa. The aim was to explore, understand, and describe the perceptions of farmers of having a trained lay health worker (LHW) on the farm. A qualitative study design was applied. Data were collected during six in-depth interviews and two focus group discussions with participating farmers. The results show that farmers remained positive about the concept of having a trained LHW on the farm, but became frustrated with the lack of recognition of their and the LHWs' contribution by the public health service. Farmers who are willing to participate and remain active are key to introducing a farm community-based LHW intervention. Sustainable LHW interventions are dependent on public health sector support and recognition of all role players.Farm Management,
Internally Electrodynamic Particle Model: Its Experimental Basis and Its Predictions
The internally electrodynamic (IED) particle model was derived based on
overall experimental observations, with the IED process itself being built
directly on three experimental facts, a) electric charges present with all
material particles, b) an accelerated charge generates electromagnetic waves
according to Maxwell's equations and Planck energy equation and c) source
motion produces Doppler effect. A set of well-known basic particle equations
and properties become predictable based on first principles solutions for the
IED process; several key solutions achieved are outlined, including the de
Broglie phase wave, de Broglie relations, Schr\"odinger equation, mass,
Einstein mass-energy relation, Newton's law of gravity, single particle self
interference, and electromagnetic radiation and absorption; these equations and
properties have long been broadly experimentally validated or demonstrated. A
specific solution also predicts the Doebner-Goldin equation which emerges to
represent a form of long-sought quantum wave equation including gravity. A
critical review of the key experiments is given which suggests that the IED
process underlies the basic particle equations and properties not just
sufficiently but also necessarily.Comment: Presentation at the 27th Int Colloq on Group Theo Meth in Phys, 200
On the stability of quantum holonomic gates
We provide a unified geometrical description for analyzing the stability of
holonomic quantum gates in the presence of imprecise driving controls
(parametric noise). We consider the situation in which these fluctuations do
not affect the adiabatic evolution but can reduce the logical gate performance.
Using the intrinsic geometric properties of the holonomic gates, we show under
which conditions on noise's correlation time and strength, the fluctuations in
the driving field cancel out. In this way, we provide theoretical support to
previous numerical simulations. We also briefly comment on the error due to the
mismatch between real and nominal time of the period of the driving fields and
show that it can be reduced by suitably increasing the adiabatic time.Comment: 7 page
Increasing subsequences and the hard-to-soft edge transition in matrix ensembles
Our interest is in the cumulative probabilities Pr(L(t) \le l) for the
maximum length of increasing subsequences in Poissonized ensembles of random
permutations, random fixed point free involutions and reversed random fixed
point free involutions. It is shown that these probabilities are equal to the
hard edge gap probability for matrix ensembles with unitary, orthogonal and
symplectic symmetry respectively. The gap probabilities can be written as a sum
over correlations for certain determinantal point processes. From these
expressions a proof can be given that the limiting form of Pr(L(t) \le l) in
the three cases is equal to the soft edge gap probability for matrix ensembles
with unitary, orthogonal and symplectic symmetry respectively, thereby
reclaiming theorems due to Baik-Deift-Johansson and Baik-Rains.Comment: LaTeX, 19 page
Average characteristic polynomials in the two-matrix model
The two-matrix model is defined on pairs of Hermitian matrices of
size by the probability measure where
and are given potential functions and \tau\in\er. We study averages
of products and ratios of characteristic polynomials in the two-matrix model,
where both matrices and may appear in a combined way in both
numerator and denominator. We obtain determinantal expressions for such
averages. The determinants are constructed from several building blocks: the
biorthogonal polynomials and associated to the two-matrix
model; certain transformed functions and \Q_n(v); and finally
Cauchy-type transforms of the four Eynard-Mehta kernels , ,
and . In this way we generalize known results for the
-matrix model. Our results also imply a new proof of the Eynard-Mehta
theorem for correlation functions in the two-matrix model, and they lead to a
generating function for averages of products of traces.Comment: 28 pages, references adde
The Ultraviolet Behavior of N=8 Supergravity at Four Loops
We describe the construction of the complete four-loop four-particle
amplitude of N=8 supergravity. The amplitude is ultraviolet finite, not only in
four dimensions, but in five dimensions as well. The observed extra
cancellations provide additional non-trivial evidence that N=8 supergravity in
four dimensions may be ultraviolet finite to all orders of perturbation theory.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures. v2 contains minor corrections, including flipping
sign of eq. (1). Complete results, including mathematica readable form,
presented in the directory aux/ included in the source of this manuscript. As
certain computer operating systems (e.g. Windows) preclude the naming of
directories "aux" we also host this data at:
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~jjmc/auxiliaryData.tg
Effects of quasiparticle tunneling in a circuit-QED realization of a strongly driven two-level system
We experimentally and theoretically study the frequency shift of a driven
cavity coupled to a superconducting charge qubit. In addition to previous
studies, we here also consider drive strengths large enough to energetically
allow for quasiparticle creation. Quasiparticle tunneling leads to the
inclusion of more than two charge states in the dynamics. To explain the
observed effects, we develop a master equation for the microwave dressed charge
states, including quasiparticle tunneling. A bimodal behavior of the frequency
shift as a function of gate voltage can be used for sensitive charge detection.
However, at weak drives the charge sensitivity is significantly reduced by
non-equilibrium quasiparticles, which induce transitions to a non-sensitive
state. Unexpectedly, at high enough drives, quasiparticle tunneling enables a
very fast relaxation channel to the sensitive state. In this regime, the charge
sensitivity is thus robust against externally injected quasiparticles and the
desired dynamics prevail over a broad range of temperatures. We find very good
agreement between theory and experiment over a wide range of drive strengths
and temperatures.Comment: 25 pages, 7 figure
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