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First-year composition and transfer: a quantitative study
The present study investigated the effect of writing pedagogy on transfer by examining the effect of pedagogical orientation (WAC/WID or âtraditionalâ) on content-area grades. Participants were 1,052 undergraduates from 17 schools throughout the United States. Hypothesis was that the WAC/WID orientation would lead to higher transfer levels as measured by participantsâ higher content-area performance. Composition grades were collected in year one; content-area grades where collected in year two. Propensity scores were calculated to stratify the groups and minimize selection bias of writing-class assignment, thereby allowing quasi-causal inference. An ANOVA was performed on the resulting 2-by-5 stratified data. Results indicated that students who completed the WAC/WID composition classes received significantly higher content grades than those in the âtraditionalâ writing classes. The results confirmed the hypothesis
Equivalence between two-dimensional alternating/random Ising model and the ground state of one-dimensional alternating/random XY chain
It is derived that the two-dimensional Ising model with alternating/random
interactions and with periodic/free boundary conditions is equivalent to the
ground state of the one-dimensional alternating/random XY model with the
corresponding periodic/free boundary conditions. This provides an exact
equivalence between a random rectangular Ising model, in which the
Griffiths-McCoy phase appears, and a random XY chain.Comment: 10 page
Theory of multiwave mixing and decoherence control in qubit array system
We develop a theory to analyze the decoherence effect in a charged qubit
array system with photon echo signals in the multiwave mixing configuration. We
present how the decoherence suppression effect by the {\it bang-bang} control
with the pulses can be demonstrated in laboratory by using a bulk
ensemble of exciton qubits and optical pulses whose pulse area is even smaller
than . Analysis is made on the time-integated multiwave mixing signals
diffracted into certain phase matching directions from a bulk ensemble.
Depending on the pulse interval conditions, the cross over from the decoherence
acceleration regime to the decoherence suppression regime, which is a peculiar
feature of the coherent interaction between a qubit and the reservoir bosons,
may be observed in the time-integated multiwave mixing signals in the realistic
case including inhomogeneous broadening effect. Our analysis will successfully
be applied to precise estimation of the reservoir parameters from experimental
data of the direction resolved signal intensities obtained in the multiwave
mixing technique.Comment: 19 pages, 11 figure
Phase transition in compressible Ising systems at fixed volume
Using a Ginzburg-Landau model, we study the phase transition behavior of
compressible Ising systems at constant volume by varying the temperature
and the applied magnetic field . We show that two phases can coexist
macroscopically in equilibrium within a closed region in the - plane. It
occurence is favored near tricriticality. We find a field-induced critical
point, where the correlation length diverges, the difference of the coexisting
two phases and the surface tension vanish, but the isothermal magnetic
susceptibility does not diverge in the mean field theory. We also investigate
phase ordering numerically.Comment: 13 figure
The repulsion between localization centers in the Anderson model
In this note we show that, a simple combination of deep results in the theory
of random Schr\"odinger operators yields a quantitative estimate of the fact
that the localization centers become far apart, as corresponding energies are
close together
Spin-1/2 Ising-Heisenberg model with the pair XYZ Heisenberg interaction and quartic Ising interactions as the exactly soluble zero-field eight-vertex model
The spin-1/2 Ising-Heisenberg model with the pair XYZ Heisenberg interaction
and quartic Ising interactions is exactly solved by establishing a precise
mapping relationship with the corresponding zero-field (symmetric) eight-vertex
model. It is shown that the Ising-Heisenberg model with the ferromagnetic
Heisenberg interaction exhibits a striking critical behavior, which manifests
itself through re-entrant phase transitions as well as continuously varying
critical exponents. The changes of critical exponents are in accordance with
the weak universality hypothesis in spite of a peculiar singular behavior to
emerge at a quantum critical point of the infinite order, which occurs at the
isotropic limit of the Heisenberg interaction. On the other hand, the
Ising-Heisenberg model with the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg interaction
surprisingly exhibits less significant changes of both critical temperatures as
well as critical exponents upon varying a strength of the exchange anisotropy
in the Heisenberg interaction.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figure
Multimodality Treatment for Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Bridging Therapy for Liver Transplantation
Purpose: To evaluate the efficiency of a multimodality approach consisting of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) as bridging therapy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) awaiting orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and to evaluate the histopathological response in explant specimens. Materials and Methods: Between April 2001 and November 2011, 36 patients with 50 HCC nodules (1.4-5.0 cm, median 2.8 cm) on the waiting list for liver transplantation were treated by TACE and RFA. The drop-out rate during the follow-up period was recorded. The local efficacy was evaluated by histopathological examination of the explanted livers. Results: During a median follow-up time of 29 (4.0-95.3) months the cumulative drop-out rate for the patients on the waiting list was 0, 2.8, 5.5, 11.0, 13.9 and 16.7% at 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 and 48 months, respectively. 16 patients (with 26 HCC lesions) out of 36(44.4%) were transplanted by the end of study with a median waiting list time of 13.7 (2.5-37.8) months. The histopathological examination of the explanted specimens revealed a complete necrosis in 20 of 26 HCCs (76.9%), whereas 6 (23.1%) nodules showed viable residual tumor tissue. All transplanted patients are alive at a median time of 29.9 months. Imaging correlation showed 100% specificity and 66.7% sensitivity for the depiction of residual or recurrent tumor. Conclusion: We conclude that TACE.combined with RFA could provide an effective treatment to decrease the drop-out rate from the OLT waiting list for HCC patients. Furthermore, this combination therapy results in high rates of complete tumor necrosis as evaluated in the histopathological analysis of the explanted livers. Further randomized trials are needed to demonstrate if there is a benefit in comparison with a single-treatment approach. copyright (C) 2012 S. Karger AG, Base
ARSENIC REMOVAL FROM GROUNDWATER USING INDIGENOUS IRON AND MANGANESE OXDIZING BACTERIA
Joint Research on Environmental Science and Technology for the Eart
Sheared Solid Materials
We present a time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model of nonlinear elasticity in
solid materials. We assume that the elastic energy density is a periodic
function of the shear and tetragonal strains owing to the underlying lattice
structure. With this new ingredient, solving the equations yields formation of
dislocation dipoles or slips. In plastic flow high-density dislocations emerge
at large strains to accumulate and grow into shear bands where the strains are
localized. In addition to the elastic displacement, we also introduce the local
free volume {\it m}. For very small the defect structures are metastable
and long-lived where the dislocations are pinned by the Peierls potential
barrier. However, if the shear modulus decreases with increasing {\it m},
accumulation of {\it m} around dislocation cores eventually breaks the Peierls
potential leading to slow relaxations in the stress and the free energy
(aging). As another application of our scheme, we also study dislocation
formation in two-phase alloys (coherency loss) under shear strains, where
dislocations glide preferentially in the softer regions and are trapped at the
interfaces.Comment: 16pages, 11figure
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