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Sexual orientation and family law
On 29th March 2000 the Scottish Parliament passed its fifth piece of legislation, the Adults with Incapacities (Scotland) Act 2000. One small provision tucked away in this important legislation amends the definition of "nearest relative" in the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, in order to include within that phrase members of conjugal same-sex couples1. The relative obscurity of this provision must not hide its import, for this is the first time that legislation anywhere in the United Kingdom has expressly and intentionally given recognition, for civil law purposes, to the existence of same-sex family relationships
Classical Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a garnet lattice: a Monte Carlo simulation
We have studied a classical antiferromagnet on a garnet lattice by means of
Monte Carlo simulations in an attempt to examine the role of geometrical
frustration in Gadolinium Gallium Garnet, Gd3Ga5O12 (GGG). Low-temperature
specific heat, magnetisation, susceptibility, the autocorrelation function A(t)
and the neutron scattering function S(Q) have been calculated for several
models including different types of magnetic interactions and with the presence
of an external magnetic field applied along the principal symmetry axes. A
model, which includes only nearest-neighbour exchange, J1, neither orders down
to the lowest temperature nor does it show any tendency towards forming a
short-range coplanar spin structure. This model, however, does demonstrate a
magnetic field induced ordering below T ~ 0.01 J1. In order to reproduce the
experimentally observed properties of GGG, the simulated model must include
nearest neighbour exchange interactions and also dipolar forces. The presence
of weak next-to-nearest exchange interactions is found to be insignificant. In
zero field S(Q) exhibits diffuse magnetic scattering around positions in
reciprocal space where antiferromagnetic Bragg peaks appear in an applied
magnetic field.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figures, to appear in PRB (JAN 2001
Insulator–metal transitions in Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3 induced by a magnetic field
A magnetic field induced insulator to metal transition has been observed in both polycrystalline and single crystals samples of Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3. Application of a magnetic field leads to a first-order phase transition from an insulating to a conducting state at low temperatures. The hysteresis associated with this transition allows the resistivity at 4 K to be varied by more than eight orders of magnitude depending on the field history of the sample
Recognition of foreign relationships under the Civil Partnership Act 2004
An examination of the circumstances in which foreign same-sex relationships will be recognised by applying the rules contained in the Civil Partnership Act 200
The changing concept of 'Family' and challenges for family law in Scotland
An examination of the developing notion of "family" within the Scottish legal system and of the future challenges that Scottish family law still has to face
Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (Eastern Section) Field Trip (1975): Introduction and Itinerary
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