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A Multilevel Model of Client Participation in Intensive Family Preservation Services
We identify two distinct components of parent participation in intensive family preservation services: collaboration in treatment planning and compliance with program expectations. Using hierarchical linear models, we explore influences on collaboration and compliance at the case, worker, and program levels. Effects of cross-level interactions are also examined. Parental substance abuse, mental health problems, minority status, and lack of extended family support predict lower levels of participation. Workers\u27 perceptions of their clients and of their own working conditions appear to influence client participation. Program factors matter as well, although some operate in tandem with case characteristics and worker perceptions
A Multilevel Model of Client Participation in Intensive Family Preservation Services
We identify two distinct components of parent participation in intensive family preservation services: collaboration in treatment planning and compliance with program expectations. Using hierarchical linear models, we explore influences on collaboration and compliance at the case, worker, and program levels. Effects of cross-level interactions are also examined. Parental substance abuse, mental health problems, minority status, and lack of extended family support predict lower levels of participation. Workers\u27 perceptions of their clients and of their own working conditions appear to influence client participation. Program factors matter as well, although some operate in tandem with case characteristics and worker perceptions
Role of anion size, magnetic moment, and disorder on the properties of the organic conductor kappa-(BETS)_2Ga_{1-x}Fe_{x}Cl_{4-y}_Br_{y}
Shubnikov-de Haas and angular dependent magnetoresistance oscillations have
been used to explore the role of anion size, magnetic moment, and disorder in
the organic conductors kappa-(BETS)_2GaBr_{4} and kappa-(BETS)_2FeCl_{2}_Br_{2}
in the isomorphic class kappa-(BETS)_2Ga_{1-x}Fe_{x}Cl_{4-y}_Br_{y}. The
results, combined with previous work, show correlations between the anion
composition (Ga_{1-x}Fe_{x}Cl_{4-y}_Br_{y}) and the superconducting transition
temperature, effective mass, Fermi surface topology, and the mean free path.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figure
Tilted-Cone Induced Cusps and Nonmonotonic Structures in Dynamical Polarization Function of Massless Dirac Fermions
The polarization function of electrons with the tilted Dirac cone found in
organic conductors is studied using the tilted Weyl equation. The dynamical
property is explored based on the analytical treatment of the particle-hole
excitation. It is shown that the polarization function as the function of both
the frequency and the momentum exhibits cusps and nonmonotonic structures. The
polarization function depends not only on the magnitude but also the direction
of the external momentum. These properties are characteristic of the tilted
Dirac cone, and are contrast to the isotropic case of grapheme. Further, the
results are applied to calculate the optical conductivity, the plasma frequency
and the screening of Coulomb interaction, which are also strongly influenced by
the tilted cone.Comment: 28 pages, 12 figures, to be published in Journal of the Physical
Society of Japan Vol. 79 (2010) No. 1
Radiative Losses in Plasma Accelerators
We investigate the dynamics of a relativistic electron in a strongly
nonlinear plasma wave in terms of classical mechanics by taking into account
the action of the radiative reaction force. The two limiting cases are
considered. In the first case where the energy of the accelerated electrons is
low, the electron makes many betatron oscillations during the acceleration. In
the second case where the energy of the accelerated electrons is high, the
betatron oscillation period is longer than the electron residence time in the
accelerating phase. We show that the force of radiative friction can severely
limit the rate of electron acceleration in a plasma accelerator.Comment: 17 pages, 5 figure
5.5-7.5 MeV Proton generation by a moderate intensity ultra-short laser interaction with H2O nano-wire targets
We report on the first generation of 5.5-7.5 MeV protons by a moderate
intensity short-pulse laser (4.5 \times 1017 W/cm^2, 50 fsec) interacting with
H2O nano-wires (snow) deposited on a Sapphire substrate. In this setup, the
laser intensity is locally enhanced by the tip of the snow nano-wire, leading
to high spatial gradients. Accordingly, the plasma near the tip is subject to
enhanced ponderomotive potential, and confined charge separation is obtained.
Electrostatic fields of extremely high intensities are produced over the short
scale length, and protons are accelerated to MeV-level energies.Comment: submitted to PRL, under press embargo. 6 figure
Disorder induced critical phenomena in magnetically glassy Cu-Al-Mn alloys
Measurements of magnetic hysteresis loops in Cu-Al-Mn alloys of different Mn
content at low temperatures are presented. The loops are smooth and continuous
above a certain temperature, but exhibit a magnetization discontinuity below
that temperature. Scaling analysis suggest that this system displays a disorder
induced phase transition line. Measurements allow to determine the critical
exponents and in agreement
with those reported recently [Berger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 85}, 4176
(2000)]Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Elastic properties of FeSi
Measurements of the sound velocities in a single crystal of FeSi were
performed in the temperature range 4-300 K. Elastic constants and
deviate from a quasiharmonic behavior at high temperature; whereas,
increases anomalously in the entire range of temperature, indicating a
change in the electron structure of this materia
On a Linear Program for Minimum-Weight Triangulation
Minimum-weight triangulation (MWT) is NP-hard. It has a polynomial-time
constant-factor approximation algorithm, and a variety of effective polynomial-
time heuristics that, for many instances, can find the exact MWT. Linear
programs (LPs) for MWT are well-studied, but previously no connection was known
between any LP and any approximation algorithm or heuristic for MWT. Here we
show the first such connections: for an LP formulation due to Dantzig et al.
(1985): (i) the integrality gap is bounded by a constant; (ii) given any
instance, if the aforementioned heuristics find the MWT, then so does the LP.Comment: To appear in SICOMP. Extended abstract appeared in SODA 201
Role of the conduction electrons in mediating exchange interactions in Heusler alloys
Because of large spatial separation of the Mn atoms in Heusler alloys the Mn
3d states belonging to different atoms do not overlap considerably. Therefore
an indirect exchange interaction between Mn atoms should play a crucial role in
the ferromagnetism of the systems. To study the nature of the ferromagnetism of
various Mn-based semi- and full-Heusler alloys we perform a systematic
first-principles calculation of the exchange interactions in these materials.
The calculation of the exchange parameters is based on the frozen-magnon
approach. The calculations show that the magnetism of the Mn-based Heusler
alloys depends strongly on the number of conduction electrons, their spin
polarization and the position of the unoccupied Mn 3d states with respect to
the Fermi level. Various magnetic phases are obtained depending on the
combination of these characteristics. The Anderson's s-d model is used to
perform a qualitative analysis of the obtained results. The conditions leading
to diverse magnetic behavior are identified. If the spin polarization of the
conduction electrons at the Fermi energy is large and the unoccupied Mn 3d
states lie well above the Fermi level, an RKKY-type ferromagnetic interaction
is dominating. On the other hand, the contribution of the antiferromagnetic
superexchange becomes important if unoccupied Mn 3d states lie close to the
Fermi energy. The resulting magnetic behavior depends on the competition of
these two exchange mechanisms. The calculational results are in good
correlation with the conclusions made on the basis of the Anderson s-d model
which provides useful framework for the analysis of the results of
first-principles calculations and helps to formulate the conditions for high
Curie temperature.Comment: 16 pages, 9 figures, 2 table
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