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Improving global nursing’s research capacity - the rutgers global nursing research collaborative
Correction of the DNA repair defect in xeroderma pigmentosum group E by injection of a DNA damage-binding protein.
Toward a script theory of guidance in computer-supported collaborative learning
This article presents an outline of a script theory of guidance for computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). With its four types of components of internal and external scripts (play, scene, role, and scriptlet) and seven principles, this theory addresses the question how CSCL practices are shaped by dynamically re-configured internal collaboration scripts of the participating learners. Furthermore, it explains how internal collaboration scripts develop through participation in CSCL practices. It emphasizes the importance of active application of subject matter knowledge in CSCL practices, and it prioritizes transactive over non-transactive forms of knowledge application in order to facilitate learning. Further, the theory explains how external collaboration scripts modify CSCL practices and how they influence the development of internal collaboration scripts. The principles specify an optimal scaffolding level for external collaboration scripts and allow for the formulation of hypotheses about the fading of external collaboration scripts. Finally, the article points towards conceptual challenges and future research questions
Vortex stabilization in a small rotating asymmetric Bose-Einstein condensate
We use a variational method to investigate the ground-state phase diagram of
a small, asymmetric Bose-Einstein condensate with respect to the dimensionless
interparticle interaction strength and the applied external rotation
speed . For a given , the transition lines between no-vortex
and vortex states are shifted toward higher relative to those for the
symmetric case. We also find a re-entrant behavior, where the number of vortex
cores can decrease for large . In addition, stabilizing a vortex in a
rotating asymmetric trap requires a minimum interaction strength. For a given
asymmetry, the evolution of the variational parameters with increasing
shows two different types of transitions (sharp or continuous), depending on
the strength of the interaction. We also investigate transitions to states with
higher vorticity; the corresponding angular momentum increases continuously as
a function of
Stability of rotating states in a weakly-interacting Bose-Einstein condensate
We investigate the lowest state of a rotating, weakly-interacting
Bose-Einstein condensate trapped in a harmonic confining potential that is
driven by an infinitesimally asymmetric perturbation. Although in an
axially-symmetric confining potential the gas has an axially-symmetric
single-particle density distribution, we show that in the presence of the small
asymmetric perturbation its lowest state is the one given by the mean-field
approximation, which is a broken-symmetric state. We also estimate the rate of
relaxation of angular momentum when the gas is no longer driven by the
asymmetric perturbation and identify two regimes of "slow" and "fast"
relaxation. States of certain symmetry are found to be more robust.Comment: 6 pages, RevTe
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