523 research outputs found
Dynamics of inflationary cosmology in TVSD model
Within the framework of a model Universe with time variable space dimensions
(TVSD), known as decrumpling or TVSD model, we study TVSD chaotic inflation and
obtain dynamics of the inflaton, scale factor and spatial dimension. We also
study the quantum fluctuations of the inflaton field and obtain the spectral
index and its running in this model. Two classes of examples have been studied
and comparisons made with the standard slow-roll formulae. We compare our
results with the recent Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) data.Comment: 18 pages, 3 figures, accepted in Mod. Phys. Lett.
Diameter and Chirality Dependence of Exciton Properties in Carbon Nanotubes
We calculate the diameter and chirality dependences of the binding energies,
sizes, and bright-dark splittings of excitons in semiconducting single-wall
carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Using results and insights from {\it ab initio}
calculations, we employ a symmetry-based, variational method based on the
effective-mass and envelope-function approximations using tight-binding
wavefunctions. Binding energies and spatial extents show a leading dependence
with diameter as and , respectively, with chirality corrections
providing a spread of roughly 20% with a strong family behavior. Bright-dark
exciton splittings show a leading dependence. We provide analytical
expressions for the binding energies, sizes, and splittings that should be
useful to guide future experiments
Density Contrast-Peculiar Velocity Relation in the Newtonian Gauge
In general relativistic framework of the large scale structure formation
theory in the universe, we investigate the relation between density contrast
and peculiar velocity in the Newtonian gauge. According to the gauge-invariant
property of the energy-momentum tensor in the Newtonian gauge, we consider the
perturbation of velocity in the energy-momentum tensor behaves as the Newtonian
peculiar velocity. It is shown that in the relativistic framework, the relation
between peculiar velocity and density contrast has an extra correction term
with respect to the Newtonian Peebles formula which in small scales, can be
ignorable . The relativistic correction of peculiar velocity for the structures
with the extension of few hundred mega parsec is about few percent which is
smaller than the accuracy of the recent observations for measuring peculiar
velocity. The peculiar velocity in the general relativistic framework also
changes the contribution of Doppler effect on the anisotropy of CMB.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure, accepted in Int. J. Mod. Phys
Cognitive ability experiment with photosensitive organic molecular thin films
We present an optical experiment which permits to evaluate the information
exchange necessary to self-induce cooperatively a well-organized pattern in a
randomly activated molecular assembly. A low-power coherent beam carrying
polarization and wavelength information is used to organize a surface relief
grating on a photochromic polymer thin film which is photo-activated by a
powerful incoherent beam. We demonstrate experimentally that less than 1% of
the molecules possessing information cooperatively transmit it to the entire
photo-activated polymer film.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figure
Cardiovascular patients� experiences of living with pacemaker: Qualitative study
BACKGROUND: A pacemaker implantation is considered major life event for cardiovascular patients, so they will probably have very interesting experiences of living with this device. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of cardiovascular patients living with the pacemaker. METHODS: In this qualitative study, 27 patients were chosen through purposive sampling to achieve data saturation, and their experiences were examined using semi-structured interviews. The patients� statements were recorded with their consent and analyzed using content analysis method. RESULTS: Participants� experiences included three main themes: �Problems and limitations,� �feeling and dealing with pacemaker�, and �sources of comfort� and 10 sub-themes including: physical problems, financial problems, social problems, the first encounter, the feeling of living with the pacemaker, how to cope with pacemaker, satisfaction with pacemaker, good family support, hospital and hospital staff performance, and role of religious beliefs. CONCLUSION: Planning to solve social problems, identifying and changing feelings of patients using pacemakers, reinforcing the resources of comfort especially family support seem to be necessary steps for improving quality of life and impact of using pacemaker. © 2015 Isfahan University of Medical Sciences(IUMS). All rights reserved
Effects of Recruitment and Selection Process on Employee Turnover and Its Consequence on Organization’s Profitability- A Study on Financial Sector of Bangladesh
Possessing a strong employee team, being profitable and achieving less turnover are desired by every organization. In country like Bangladesh, it is crucial to manage the recruitment and selection process properly to reduce turnover for both government and non-government sectors. This study aims at pointing out the effect of recruitment and selection process on employee turnover and its consequence on the organization’s profitability. The research has been conducted through a multiple case study method. Data has been collected with semi-structured interviews with twenty individual cases where the individuals are chosen from selected financial organizations. Analysis was done through pattern matching technique, based on the theoretical framework expected patterns were formulated and from the semi–structured interviews, empirical patterns were defined. Two propositions were proposed - appropriate recruitment and selection process affects employee turnover and proper recruitment and selection affects employee turnover which increases organization’s profitability. The study initiates that a small number of turnover factors can be controlled during the recruitment and selection process; thus organization becomes capable of reducing turnover up to a definite level and this reduced turnover eventually boosts up organization profitability. Thus the study partially confirmed the first proposition and completely confirmed the second proposition. Keywords: Recruitment, Selection, Turnover, Profitability
A New Piecewise-Spectral Homotopy Analysis Method for Solving Chaotic Systems of Initial Value Problems
An accurate algorithm for solving initial value problems (IVPs) which are highly oscillatory is proposed. The proposed method is based on a novel technique of extending the standard spectral homotopy analysis method (SHAM) and adapting it to a sequence of multiple intervals. In this new application the method is referred to as the piecewise spectral homotopy analysis method (PSHAM). The applicability of the proposed method is examined on the differential equation system modeling HIV infection of CD4+ T cells and the Genesio-Tesi system which is known to be chaotic and highly oscillatory. Also, for the first time, we present here a convergence proof for SHAM. We treat in detail Legendre collocation and Chebyshev collocation. The method is compared to MATLAB’s ode45 inbuilt solver as a measure of accuracy and efficiency
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