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Teaching Students How to Think Like Lawyers : Integrating Socratic Method with the Writing Process
Professor Beazley begins this article with an overview of how Socratic method and the writing process have traditionally been used and how they can be integrated in the legal writing course. The remainder of the article is devoted to an analysis of how this integration can be achieved in a five-step structured dialogue. She and her co-author identified these five steps as: (1) the assignment, or instigating question ; (2) the student\u27s written answer, in a series of focused drafts with private memos ; (3) the teacher\u27s written response, using Socratic questions whenever possible; (4) the conference, where the teacher can use Socratic method most effectively; and (5) the student\u27s revision
The formation, stability, and suitability of n-type junctions in germanium formed by solid phase epitaxial recrystallization
Design and optimization of n-type doped regions in germanium by solid phase epitaxial recrystallization (SPER) have been studied by the authors. A systematic study is presented of process variables that influence activation and thermal stability, including preamorphization, coimplants, recrystallization temperature, and postrecrystallization thermal treatments. Unlike silicon, activation after recrystallization in germanium is not optimum where the postrecrystallization thermal budget is kept to a minimum. With the aid of modeling, a maximum peak activation of 7 X 10(19) cm(-3) was extracted. A steady increase in sheet resistance during postrecrystallization anneals confirms the formation of metastable activation by SPER. It is predicted that active concentrations of 6-8 X 10(19) cm(-3) are sufficient to meet targets for sub-20 nm technologies. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. (doi: 10.1063/1.3452345
Identifying the risk : A prospective cohort study examining postpartum haemorrhage in a regional Australian health service
Acknowledgements The authors would like to acknowledge the midwifery and medical staff who assisted in the data collection for this study and the women who consented to participate. Funding The research study was generously funded through an early career grant awarded by Wishlist: Sunshine Coast Health Foundation. The grant funded a research midwife to undertake study co-ordination, data collection and entry.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Providing Services to Family Caregivers at Home: Challenges and Recommendations for Health and Human Service Professions
The home represents a relatively new arena for practice for most service providers, especially those working with families of persons with dementia. This article describes four key factors to consider when working with caregivers of persons with dementia in their homes. The authors also discuss seven common challenges of service provision in the home and recommend strategies for addressing these challenges
Nuclear fusion reactor materials: modelling atomic-scale irradiation damage in metal
Achieving nuclear fusion as an energy source on Earth is a
practical goal that relies on continuing scientific and
engineering innovation. Functional fusion reactors around the
world today allow scientists and engineers to plan
improvements that will eventually allow for greater energy
output than the input required to operate the machine (including
heating the plasma and operating the superconducting
electromagnets that confine the plasma, among other energy
inputs). The fusion reaction between nuclei of hydrogen
isotopes is a carbon-free source of massive amounts of energy
that could be paramount in a global turn towards greener energy.
The fusion fuel needed to provide one person’s energy use for
100 years (assuming 20 kWh per day) is contained within
roughly one and a half bathtubs of water and 3 laptop batteries.
Given the enormous payoff of fusion, continued research and
development are of great interest so that current challenges of
heating and confining plasma, mitigating plasma disruptions,
improving efficiency of magnets, and extending the lifetime of
materials subjected to the harsh conditions surrounding the
plasma may be overcome. Fusion reactor materials research
carried out here at the BSC contributes to this ambitious goal.
The idealistic goal for fusion materials research is to provide
predictions about material behavior with the accuracy of
quantum mechanical calculations at the scale of a full fusion
reactor. Using strategic approximations and working at a small
scale, computational fusion materials researchers can
accurately reproduce and explain experimentally observed
physical phenomena, such as the formation of microstructural
defects in metals under neutron-irradiation, and offer the best
predictions available for behavior of materials in future fusion
reactor environments, where data about what will happen
simply do not exist yet.
In the study presented here, we examined the thermal
conductivity, or how quickly a material allows heat to flow, of
tungsten (W). W has been selected for plasma-facing
components in ITER, which is currently under construction.
We used LAMMPS atomic modelling of materials software and
found that the thermal conductivity of W is significantly
decreased in the presence of defects
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