Prioritisation, resources and search terms: a study of decision-making at the virtual reference desk.

The reinterpretation of the traditional reference service in an online context is the virtual reference desk. Placing reference services into an online setting, however, presents many challenges. We report a study and analytic framework which addresses support for decision-making during virtual enquiry work. Focusing on specialist law-libraries, the study shows that enquirers do not volunteer important information to the service and that asynchronous communication media and some social obstacles present barriers to prompting. Also, previous enquiries are frequently used to inform current enquiry strategies but barriers exist in accessing this information. We conclude that email is an inadequate medium for supporting virtual reference services, and that system should support automatic, speculative matching between new enquiry content and integrated enquiry knowledge bases. The contribution of the framework is to offer a structured approach to evaluation in multiple virtual reference contexts and enable rapid convergence on barriers to efficient and effective service

Study of Magnetic Properties of A_2B^'NbO_6 (A=Ba,Sr, (BaSr): and B^'=Fe and Mn) double perovskites

We have studied the magnetic properties of Ba_2FeNbO_6 and Ba_2MnNbO_6. it is seen that Ba_2FeNbO_6 is an antiferromagnet with a weak ferromagnetic behaviour at 5K while Ba_2MnNbO_6 shows two magnetic transitions one at 45 K and the other at 12K. Electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements at room temperature show that the Mn compound does not show any Jahn-Teller distortion. It is also seen that the Neel temperature of the A_2FeNbO_6 (A=Ba,Sr, BaSr) compounds do not vary significantly. However variations in the average A-site ionic radius influence the formation of short range correlations that persist above T_N.Comment: 10 oages, 5 figures, MMM, to appear in J.Appl.Phy

Evolution of cation and spin orders in the double–double-double perovskite series CaxMn2−xFeReO6

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A provenance task abstraction framework

Visual analytics tools integrate provenance recording to externalize analytic processes or user insights. Provenance can be captured on varying levels of detail, and in turn activities can be characterized from different granularities. However, current approaches do not support inferring activities that can only be characterized across multiple levels of provenance. We propose a task abstraction framework that consists of a three stage approach, composed of (1) initializing a provenance task hierarchy, (2) parsing the provenance hierarchy by using an abstraction mapping mechanism, and (3) leveraging the task hierarchy in an analytical tool. Furthermore, we identify implications to accommodate iterative refinement, context, variability, and uncertainty during all stages of the framework. A use case describes exemplifies our abstraction framework, demonstrating how context can influence the provenance hierarchy to support analysis. The paper concludes with an agenda, raising and discussing challenges that need to be considered for successfully implementing such a framework

Complex Ferrimagnetism and Magnetoresistance Switching in Ca-Based Double Double and Triple Double Perovskites

Cation ordering in ABO₃ perovskites can lead to interesting and useful phenomena such as ferrimagnetism and high magnetoresistance by spin polarized conduction in Sr₂FeMoO₆. We used high pressures and temperatures to synthesize the cation ordered AA′BB′O₆ perovskites CaMnFeReO₆, CaMnMnReO₆, and Ca­(Mn_0.5Cu_0.5)­FeReO₆. These have columnar A/A′ and rocksalt B/B′ cation orders, as found in the recently discovered double double perovskite MnNdMnSbO₆, and partial Mn/Cu order over tetrahedral and square planar A′ sites in Ca­(Mn_0.5Cu_0.5)­FeReO₆ demonstrates that triple double cation order is possible. Neutron diffraction reveals complex ferrimagnetic orders in all three materials; CaMnFeReO₆ and Ca­(Mn_0.5Cu_0.5)­FeReO₆ have large room temperature magnetizations with low temperature switching of magnetoresistance in the latter material, and CaMnMnReO₆ displays a high coercivity of 1.3 T at low temperatures