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Development of an Education Module on Conflict Resolution for Charge Nurses
A healthy work environment is essential for providing safe and efficient care for patients. When nurses avoid conflict on a patient care unit they create an unhealthy work environment by leaving problems unresolved. Avoiding conflict is common due to the perception that conflict is a negative outcome of dysfunctional relationships. In reality, conflict is a normal part of human interactions that stimulates individuals to adapt to the diversity that surrounds them. Increasing charge nursesâ understanding of interpersonal conflict and improving their skills of constructive conflict resolution, supports the creation and maintaining of a healthy work environment. An education module titled Embracing Conflict: A Bridge to a Healthy Work Environment is offered as a component of an interactive learning lab for charge nurse orientation. The concepts mutuality, pattern of the whole, and expanding consciousness from Margaret Newmanâs Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness provides a theoretical framework for the moduleâs development. As charge nurses model the skills of addressing and resolving conflict, they will increase the likelihood that others will recognize the benefits of constructively resolved conflict and modify their own response. Direct observation of participants practicing conflict resolution skills along with questions from and employee satisfaction survey are used to assess for immediate and long-term changes in behavior
Nonadiabatic quantum control of a semiconductor charge qubit
We demonstrate multipulse quantum control of a single electron charge qubit.
The qubit is manipulated by applying nonadiabatic voltage pulses to a surface
depletion gate and readout is achieved using a quantum point contact charge
sensor. We observe Ramsey fringes in the excited state occupation in response
to a pi/2 - pi/2 pulse sequence and extract T2* ~ 60 ps away from the charge
degeneracy point. Simulations suggest these results may be extended to
implement a charge-echo by reducing the interdot tunnel coupling and pulse rise
time, thereby increasing the nonadiabaticity of the pulses.Comment: Related papers at http://pettagroup.princeton.ed
Variety of idempotents in nonassociative algebras
In this paper, we study the variety of all nonassociative (NA) algebras from
the idempotent point of view. We are interested, in particular, in the spectral
properties of idempotents when algebra is generic, i.e. idempotents are in
general position. Our main result states that in this case, there exist at
least nontrivial obstructions (syzygies) on the Peirce spectrum of a
generic NA algebra of dimension . We also discuss the exceptionality of the
eigenvalue which appears in the spectrum of idempotents in
many classical examples of NA algebras and characterize its extremal properties
in metrised algebras.Comment: 27 pages, 1 figure, submitte
Multi-mode photonic crystal fibers for VCSEL based data transmission
Quasi error-free 10 Gbit/s data transmission is demonstrated over a novel
type of 50 micron core diameter photonic crystal fiber with as much as 100 m
length. Combined with 850$ nm VCSEL sources, this fiber is an attractive
alternative to graded-index multi-mode fibers for datacom applications. A
comparison to numerical simulations suggests that the high bit-rate may be
partly explained by inter-modal diffusion.Comment: Accepted for Optics Expres
Processing multiple non-adjacent dependencies: evidence from sequence learning
Processing non-adjacent dependencies is considered to be one of the hallmarks of human language. Assuming that sequence-learning tasks provide a useful way to tap natural-language-processing mechanisms, we cross-modally combined serial reaction time and artificial-grammar learning paradigms to investigate the processing of multiple nested (A(1)A(2)A(3)B(3)B(2)B(1)) and crossed dependencies (A(1)A(2)A(3)B(1)B(2)B(3)), containing either three or two dependencies. Both reaction times and prediction errors highlighted problems with processing the middle dependency in nested structures (A(1)A(2)A(3)B(3-)B(1)), reminiscent of the 'missing-verb effect' observed in English and French, but not with crossed structures (A(1)A(2)A(3)B(1-)B(3)). Prior linguistic experience did not play a major role: native speakers of German and Dutch-which permit nested and crossed dependencies, respectively-showed a similar pattern of results for sequences with three dependencies. As for sequences with two dependencies, reaction times and prediction errors were similar for both nested and crossed dependencies. The results suggest that constraints on the processing of multiple non-adjacent dependencies are determined by the specific ordering of the non-adjacent dependencies (i.e. nested or crossed), as well as the number of non-adjacent dependencies to be resolved (i. e. two or three). Furthermore, these constraints may not be specific to language but instead derive from limitations on structured sequence learning.Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO) [446-08-014]; Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour; Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (IBB/CBME, LA, FEDER/POCI) [PTDC/PSI-PCO/110734/2009]; Stockholm Brain Institute; Vetenskapsradet; Swedish Dyslexia Foundation; Hedlunds Stiftelse; Stockholm County Council (ALF, FoUU)info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
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