Children with Disabilities and Delayed Entry to Kindergarten: To Send or Not to Send/Language Development: Communication Strategies in Early Childhood

Children with Disabilities and Delayed Entry to Kindergarten: To Send or Not to Send This starred paper addresses the transition to kindergarten for students with disabilities. The inspiration for this paper came from the frequent conversations that are had between families and educators when it comes time to decide if a child is ready for the transition to kindergarten. This paper addresses the areas to consider in the transition from preschool. First addressing the five main areas of development; academic achievement, social/emotional development, communication, functional skills, and motor development. Although it is not a developmental area it is also important to review socioeconomic status and how this impacts a child\u27s transition to kindergarten. This paper also addresses transition stressors for children, parents, and educators as this too does impact the transition process for many students. This topic is important as many early childhood special education teachers will have these conversations each spring with their families about the transition to kindergarten. It is important to remember that each child has an individualized transition plan. The ever changing expectations of kindergarten is what must be considered in the transition for early childhood students. In the conclusion of this paper it is discussed if kindergarten is ready for the needs of the child versus the child being ready for the demands of kindergarten. Language Development: Communication Strategies in Early Childhood This starred paper discusses communication strategies in early childhood that support language development both in the home and school settings. First identifying what we know about language development, the stages of language development, and factors that may hinder language development in young children. In reviewing the literature this paper addresses strategies to enhance language development in early childhood. These strategies include; play, routines, adult facilitated interactions, connection between home and school, as well as child directed interactions. Finally, as early childhood special education teachers it is important that we are aware of the different strategies to enhance language development so we can share our knowledge with families of students with disabilities or delayed speech/language skills

Quasinormal modes of the Schwarzchild black hole with a deficit solid angle and quintessence-like matter: Scalar and electromagnetic perturbations

We study the quasinormal modes (QNM) for scalar, and electromagnetic perturbations in the Schwarzchild black hole with a deficit solid angle and quintessence-like matter. Using the sixth--order WKB approximation and the improved asymptotic iteration method (AIM) we can determine the dependence of the quasinormal modes on the parameters of the black hole and the parameters on the test fields. The values of the real part and imaginary parts of the quasi--normal modes increase with the decrease of the values of the deficit solid angle and density of quintessence-like matter. The quasinormal modes gotten by these two methods are in good agreement. Using the finite difference method, we obtain the time evolution profile of such perturbations in this Black Hole

Effects of quintessence on scattering and absorption sections of black holes

Basing on the ideas used by Kiselev, we study three black holes surrounded by quintessence and the effects of quintessence on the classical and semiclassical scattering cross-sections. In contrast, the absorption section is studied with the sinc approximation in the eikonal limit. For Schwarzschild, Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m and Bardeen black holes surrounded by quintessence, the values critical of charges and the normalization factor are obtained. We also described the horizons and the extremal condition of the black holes surrounded by quintessence. By setting for the quintessence state parameter in two the particular cases w=-2/3 and w=-1/2

Transverse momentum dependence of the angular distribution of the Drell-Yan process

We calculate the transverse momentum Q_{\perp} dependence of the helicity structure functions for the hadroproduction of a massive pair of leptons with pair invariant mass Q. These structure functions determine the angular distribution of the leptons in the pair rest frame. Unphysical behavior in the region Q_{\perp} --> 0 is seen in the results of calculations done at fixed-order in QCD perturbation theory. We use current conservation to demonstrate that the unphysical inverse-power and \ln(Q/Q_{\perp}) logarithmic divergences in three of the four independent helicity structure functions share the same origin as the divergent terms in fixed-order calculations of the angular-integrated cross section. We show that the resummation of these divergences to all orders in the strong coupling strength \alpha_s can be reduced to the solved problem of the resummation of the divergences in the angular-integrated cross section, resulting in well-behaved predictions in the small Q_{\perp} region. Among other results, we show the resummed part of the helicity structure functions preserves the Lam-Tung relation between the longitudinal and double spin-flip structure functions as a function of Q_{\perp} to all orders in \alpha_s.Comment: 18 pages, 4 figures; typos corrected, references updated, a few clarifications recommended by the referee. Paper accepted for publication in Physical Review

Stochastic dynamics of microcavity polaritons

We study the time dependent polariton condensation as well as the parametric scattering process of polaritons in a semiconductor microcavity. Based upon a new stochastic scheme the dynamics for both cases is fully analyzed. We show how the evolution of the system is described by a set of stochastic differential Schrodinger equations which in average reproduces the exact dynamics. Furthermore, we underline the role that Coulomb correlations plays in the polariton dynamics. Threshold behaviors are well captured by the present approach. The results are in complete agreement with recent experimental observations.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figures. To appear in Solid State Communication

Effects of polyethylene glycol (PEG) on the corrosion inhibition of mild steel by cerium nitrate in chloride solution

International audienceIn this study, cerium was investigated as an inhibitor to improve the corrosion resistance of ASTM A915 mild steel in 0.1M NaCl solution. Increasing the Ce 3+ concentration up to an optimum level of 600 mg.L-1 (or 1.4 10-3 M) sharply decreased the corrosion rate (Icorr). However, the beneficial effect of cerium was lost after short immersion times at room temperature. In contrast, the addition of polyethylene glycol (PEG) to the cerium nitrate containing NaCl solutions enhanced protection through the formation of stable corrosion products and the decrease of cracks in the film formed on the surface of mild steel

Scattering and absorption sections of Schwarzschild-anti de Sitter with quintessence

In this paper, we study the Schwarzschild-anti de Sitter black hole surrounded by quintessence. The critical values of the cosmological constant and the normalization factor are obtained. We described the event horizons and the extremal condition of the black hole surrounded by quintessence. Also, the effects of quintessence on the classical and semiclassical scattering cross-sections have been estimated. The absorption section is studied with the sinc approximation in the eikonal limit. This study considers the quintessence state parameter in the particular cases $\omega=-2/3$ and $\omega=-1/2$.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2103.0641

Nested polymerase chain reaction for amplification of the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein gene.

We developed a sensitive nested polymerase chain reaction procedure for the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) gene. Amplification and genotyping were successful in 95.2% of 1,680 fecal samples, 77.6% by the unnested and 17.6% by the nested COWP procedure. The COWP gene was amplified from 2,128 fecal samples: 71 from livestock animals and 2,057 from humans. This series included 706 cases from seven drinking water-associated outbreaks and 51 cases from five swimming pool-associated outbreaks, as well as 1,300 sporadic cases

Geodesics of Hayward black hole surrounded by quintessence

Basing on the ideas used by Kiselev, we study the Hayward black hole surrounded by quintessence. By setting for the quintessence state parameter at the special case of $\omega=-\frac{2}{3}$, using the metric of the black hole surrounded by quintessence and the definition of the effective potential, we analyzed in detail the null geodesics for different energies. We also analyzed the horizons of the Hayward black hole surrounded by quintessence as well as the shadow of the black hole

Controlled Irradiative Formation of Penitentes

Spike-shaped structures are produced by light-driven ablation in very different contexts. Penitentes 1-4 m high are common on Andean glaciers, where their formation changes glacier dynamics and hydrology. Laser ablation can produce cones 10-100 microns high with a variety of proposed applications in materials science. We report the first laboratory generation of centimeter-scale snow and ice penitentes. Systematically varying conditions allows identification of the essential parameters controlling the formation of ablation structures. We demonstrate that penitente initiation and coarsening requires cold temperatures, so that ablation leads to sublimation rather than melting. Once penitentes have formed, further growth of height can occur by melting. The penitentes intially appear as small structures (3 mm high) and grow by coarsening to 1-5 cm high. Our results are an important step towards understanding and controlling ablation morphologies.Comment: Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letter