316 research outputs found
University of Maine System - Spring 2016 Enrollment Report
The following report provides summary information regarding enrollment at the University of Maine System for the 2016 Spring Semester. All data reported is as of the census date, February 15, 2016
University of Maine System - 2014-15 Financial Aid Report
The report provides an overview of financial aid types and funding sources within the University of Maine System. A change from prior year reports is the use of financial aid year for most aid types with the exception of waivers and Federal Work-Study. Fiscal year serves as the timeframe for all data prior to aid year 2014
Evolution and Change in Civic Engagement Organizations: A Life-Cycle Analysis of the Maine League of Young Voters
The Maine League of Young Voters is an organization involved in educational and political civic engagement activities in the State of Maine. A membership base consisting of hundreds of grassroots members makes up the base of the organization. By studying the life cycle of the Maine League of Young Voters and comparing it to similar civic engagement organizations, the research here aims to increase the body of knowledge available about how these types of organizations evolve and change. Findings from surveys and interviews indicated that the organization was over-extending the membership, despite a strong grassroots network, and that more delegation of tasks and leadership is necessary. Recommendations are included for improving the ability of the organization to detect and self-assess potential difficulties in the future
The University of Maine System Dash Board Indicators
A detailed summary of key University of Maine System indicators, including: enrollment, credit hours, applications, occupancy, revenues & expenditures, investment performance, FTE employees, financial aid, state appropriations, and operating expenses
University of Maine System - 2015-2016 Degrees Conferred Report
Summary information on degrees conferred at the University of Maine System for the 2015-16 academic year
University of Maine System - Fall 2016 Enrollment Report
The Fall 2016 Enrollment Report provides summary information regarding enrollment at the University of Maine System for the 2016 Fall Semester. All data reported is as of the census date, October 15, 2016
Improved results for N=(2,2) super Yang-Mills theory using supersymmetric discrete light-cone quantization
We consider the (1+1)-dimensional super Yang--Mills theory
which is obtained by dimensionally reducing super Yang--Mills
theory in four dimension to two dimensions. We do our calculations in the
large- approximation using Supersymmetric Discrete Light Cone
Quantization. The objective is to calculate quantities that might be
investigated by researchers using other numerical methods. We present a
precision study of the low-mass spectrum and the stress-energy correlator
. We find that the mass gap of this theory closes as the
numerical resolution goes to infinity and that the correlator in the
intermediate region behaves like .Comment: 18 pages, 8 figure
Noncommutative Superspace, N=1/2 Supersymmetry, Field Theory and String Theory
We deform the standard four dimensional superspace by making the odd
coordinates not anticommuting, but satisfying a Clifford algebra.
Consistency determines the other commutation relations of the coordinates. In
particular, the ordinary spacetime coordinates cannot commute. We study
chiral superfields and vector superfields and their interactions. As in
ordinary noncommutative field theory, a change of variables allows us to
express the gauge interactions in terms of component fields which are subject
to standard gauge transformation laws. Unlike ordinary noncommutative field
theories, the change of the Lagrangian is a polynomial in the deformation
parameter. Despite the deformation, the noncommutative theories still have an
antichiral ring with all its usual properties. We show how these theories with
precisely this deformation arise in string theory in a graviphoton background.Comment: 19 page
WZW-like Action for Heterotic String Field Theory
We complete the construction of the Neveu-Schwarz sector of heterotic string
field theory begun in hep-th/0406212 by giving a closed-form expression for the
action and gauge transformations. Just as the Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) action
for open superstring field theory can be constructed from pure-gauge fields in
bosonic open string field theory, our heterotic string field theory action is
constructed from pure-gauge fields in bosonic closed string field theory. The
construction involves a simple alternative form of the WZW action which is
consistent with the algebraic structures of closed string field theory.Comment: 22 pages, no figures, LaTeX2
Recruitment of a critically endangered sawfish into a riverine nursery depends on natural flow regimes
The freshwater sawfish (Pristis pristis) was recently listed as the most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) animal. The Fitzroy River in the remote Kimberley region of north-western Australia represents a significant stronghold for the species, which uses the freshwater reaches of the river as a nursery. There is also mounting pressure to develop the water resources of the region for agriculture that may substantially affect life history dynamics of sawfish in this system. However, the relationship between hydrology and population dynamics of freshwater sawfish was unknown. We used standardized catch data collected over 17 years to determine how wet season volume influences recruitment of freshwater sawfish into their riverine nursery. Negligible recruitment occurred in years with few days of high flood levels (above 98th percentile of cease-to-flow stage height), and relatively high recruitment occurred in years with 14 or more days of high flood levels. This relationship is indicative of a distinct boom-or-bust cycle, whereby freshwater sawfish rely almost entirely on the few years with large wet season floods, and the brief periods of highest water levels within these years, to replenish juvenile populations in the Fitzroy River nursery. This has direct implications for sustainable water resource management for the Fitzroy River basin in order to preserve one of the last known intact nursery habitats for this globally threatened species
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