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Titania/alumina bilayer gate insulators for InGaAs metal-oxide-semiconductor devices
We describe the electrical properties of atomic layer deposited TiO<sub>2</sub>/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> bilayer gate oxides which simultaneously achieve high gate capacitance density and low gate leakage current density. Crystallization of the initially amorphous TiO<sub>2</sub> film contributes to a significant accumulation capacitance increase (∼33%) observed after a forming gas anneal at 400 °C. The bilayer dielectrics reduce gate leakage current density by approximately one order of magnitude at flatband compared to Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> single layer of comparable capacitance equivalent thickness. The conduction band offset of TiO<sub>2</sub> relative to InGaAs is 0.6 eV, contributing to the ability of the stacked dielectric to suppress gate leakage conduction
Improving subject knowledge and subject pedagogic knowledge in employment based secondary initial teacher training in England
Each year in England about 6,000 trainee teachers qualify by undertaking an employment-based initial teacher training route (EBITT), where training is mainly school based. Government inspectors have found that trainees on this route are weaker in subject knowledge and subject pedagogic knowledge compared to trainees following the more traditional one year training course (PGCE) of which about a third of course time is University based. EBITT providers are currently seeking to improve the subject knowledge aspect of training. To support this work the TDA have published a model for developing trainees' subject knowledge for teaching and suggest that providers review their provision against the model. In addition EBITT providers must also meet a new requirement that the total training time should be a minimum of 60 days. This new requirement presents a challenge to EBITT providers as most of the subject knowledge enhancement will have to be school-based. This paper seeks to find out:
- how trainee teachers acquire subject and subject pedagogic knowledge while based in a school and
- whether teaching staff in schools have the required subject and subject pedagogic knowledge and skills for this enhanced role.
Data have been collected from trainees, school-based mentors, school-based Initial Teacher Training Coordinators and University assessors over a one year period. Data about the way trainees acquire subject knowledge was interpreted against the TDA model. The study finds that:
- trainees acquire subject and subject pedagogic knowledge in a variety of highly individualistic ways that suggests that the TDA model only partially explains what is happening in practice and
- there is a significant training need to ensure schools are well equipped to deliver high quality subject focussed training.</p
Condition matters: pupil voices on the design and condition of secondary schools
This research was produced by Sheffield Hallam University. The project aimed to inform the creation of a national schools Facilities Management network and an ongoing programme to research and benchmark the impact of school condition and design on pupils
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Search for Q: single grains Xe isotope analysis of carbonaceous residue from Yilmia
We analyse Xe in single grains in HF-HCl residue from Yilmia using RELAX mass spectrometer
50 nm GaAs mHEMTs and MMICs for ultra-low power distributed sensor network applications
We report well-scaled 50 nm GaAs metamorphic HEMTs (mHEMTs) with DC power consumption in the range
1-150 ΜW/Μ demonstrating f<sub>T</sub> of 30-400 GHz. These metrics enable the realisation of ultra-low power (<500
ΜW) radio transceivers for autonomous distributed sensor network applications
HST/STIS Imaging of the Host Galaxy of GRB980425/SN1998bw
We present HST/STIS observations of ESO 184-G82, the host galaxy of the
gamma-ray burst GRB 980425 associated with the peculiar Type Ic supernova
SN1998bw. ESO 184-G82 is found to be an actively star forming SBc sub-luminous
galaxy. We detect an object consistent with being a point source within the
astrometric uncertainty of 0.018 arcseconds of the position of the supernova.
The object is located inside a star-forming region and is at least one
magnitude brighter than expected for the supernova based on a simple
radioactive decay model. This implies either a significant flattening of the
light curve or a contribution from an underlying star cluster.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figures, AASTeX v5.02 accepted for publication in ApJ
Letter
Making adult safeguarding personal
Purpose
To ascertain what efforts Adult Safeguarding Leads (ASLs), generic advocates, and Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs) are making to involve service users in decisions about protective measures, and to investigate whether the Adult Safeguarding Service is delivering outcomes, which are valued by its users.
Design/methodology/approach
semi-structured interviews with a sample of key stakeholders.
Findings
Findings: ASLs are making efforts to involve service users in the complex and demanding process of safeguarding. These efforts, however, are shaped by their understandings of the difference between ‘residential’ and ‘community’ settings.
Research limitations/implications
The study is based in a single county council, albeit in a large county, and involves a limited number of service users
Practical implications
Clarification is needed of what it may mean to adopt a person-centred approach to adult safeguarding, and the responsibilities of ASLs when individuals with capacity to make decisions about this aspect of their lives are unwilling to engage with the safeguarding process.
Originality/value
The findings improve our understanding of how ASLs understand their responsibilities towards the users of their services and endeavour to involve them in the adult safeguarding process. Based on this understanding, those with responsibility for managing Adult Safeguarding services should be better able to support improvements in professional practice.SJ’s contribution was funded by
The Health Foundation. Support for MR, AJH and ICHC was provided initially by the
NIHR CLAHRC for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough), and subsequently by The
Health Foundation (MR) and the NIHR CLAHRC East of England (AJH and ICHC).
The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS,
the NIHR or the Department of Health.This is the accepted manuscript. The final version is available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/JAP-11-2014-0031
Very high performance 50 nm T-gate III-V HEMTs enabled by robust nanofabrication technologies
In this paper, we review a range of nanofabrication techniques which enable the realization of uniform, high yield, high performance 50 nm T-gate III-V high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). These technologies have been applied in the fabrication of a range of lattice matched and pseudomorphic InP HEMTs and GaAs metamorphic HEMTs with functional yields in excess of 95%, threshold voltage uniformity of 5 mV, DC transconductance of up to 1600 mS/mm and f/sub T/ of up to 480 GHz. These technologies and device demonstrators are key to enabling a wide range of millimeter-wave imaging and sensing applications beyond 100 GHz, particularly where array-based multi-channel solutions are required
MOS CCDs for the wide field imager on the XEUS spacecraft
In recent years the XEUS mission concept has evolved and has been the subject of several industrial studies. The mission concept has now matured to the point that it could be proposed for a Phase A study and subsequent flight programme. The key feature of XEUS will be its X-ray optic with collecting area ~30-100x that of XMM. The mission is envisaged at an orbit around the L2 point in space, and is formed from two spacecraft; one for the mirrors, and the other for the focal plane detectors. With a focal length of 50m, the plate scale of the optic is 6.5x that of XMM, which using existing focal plane technology will reduce the effective field of view to a few arc minutes. Cryogenic instrumentation, with detector sizes of a few mm can only be used for narrow field studies of target objects, and a wide field instrument is under consideration using a DEPFET pixel array to image out to a diameter of 5 arcminutes, requiring an array of dimension 70mm. It is envisaged to extend this field of view possibly out to 15 arcminutes through the use of an outer detection ring comprised of MOS CCD
Phase Structure of Z(3)-Polyakov-Loop Models
We study effective lattice actions describing the Polyakov loop dynamics
originating from finite-temperature Yang-Mills theory. Starting with a
strong-coupling expansion the effective action is obtained as a series of
Z(3)-invariant operators involving higher and higher powers of the Polyakov
loop, each with its own coupling. Truncating to a subclass with two couplings
we perform a detailed analysis of the statistical mechanics involved. To this
end we employ a modified mean field approximation and Monte Carlo simulations
based on a novel cluster algorithm. We find excellent agreement of both
approaches concerning the phase structure of the theories. The phase diagram
exhibits both first and second order transitions between symmetric,
ferromagnetic and anti-ferromagnetic phases with phase boundaries merging at
three tricritical points. The critical exponents nu and gamma at the continuous
transition between symmetric and anti-ferromagnetic phases are the same as for
the 3-state Potts model.Comment: 20 pages, 22 figure
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