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Ernesto Cardenal and North American Literature: Intertextuality and the Formulation of an Ethical Identity
Neel order in square and triangular lattice Heisenberg models
Using examples of the square- and triangular-lattice Heisenberg models we
demonstrate that the density matrix renormalization group method (DMRG) can be
effectively used to study magnetic ordering in two-dimensional lattice spin
models. We show that local quantities in DMRG calculations, such as the on-site
magnetization M, should be extrapolated with the truncation error, not with its
square root, as previously assumed. We also introduce convenient sequences of
clusters, using cylindrical boundary conditions and pinning magnetic fields,
which provide for rapidly converging finite-size scaling. This scaling behavior
on our clusters is clarified using finite-size analysis of the effective
sigma-model and finite-size spin-wave theory. The resulting greatly improved
extrapolations allow us to determine the thermodynamic limit of M for the
square lattice with an error comparable to quantum Monte Carlo. For the
triangular lattice, we verify the existence of three-sublattice magnetic order,
and estimate the order parameter to be M = 0.205(15).Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, typo fixed, reference adde
Revenue Bonds for Commercial Development in West Virginia: The Endorsement by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
The Ethnobotanical Poems of Esthela Calderón: An Ecocritical Focus
Este artículo sobre Soplo de corriente vital (2008) de la poeta nicaragüense Esthela Calderón (1970) se realiza a base de la ecocrítica, el estudio de la literatura en relación con el medio ambiente físico. Calderón presenta su libro como una colección de poemas etnobotánicos, explorando las complejas relaciones entre las plantas centroamericanas y los seres humanos.This article on Soplo de corriente vital (2008) by Nicaraguan poet Esthela Calderón (b. 1970) uses ecocriticism (the study of literature in relation to the physical environment) as its theoretical framework. Calderón presents her book as a collection of ethnobotanical poems that explore the complex relationships between Central American plants and human beings
Ecocrítica y chamanismo en la poesía de Pablo Antonio Cuadra
This study uses an ecocritical focus to explore the shamanic voice that characterizes the literary speaker throughout the poetic works of Nicaraguan Pablo Antonio Cuadra (1912-2002), from Poemas nicaragüenses (1934) to El indio y el violín (2000)
Effect of the W-term for a t-U-W Hubbard ladder
Antiferromagnetic and d_{x2-y2}-pairing correlations appear delicately
balanced in the 2D Hubbard model. Whether doping can tip the balance to pairing
is unclear and models with additional interaction terms have been studied. In
one of these, the square of a local hopping kinetic energy H_W was found to
favor pairing. However, such a term can be separated into a number of simpler
processes and one would like to know which of these terms are responsible for
enhancing the pairing. Here we analyze these processes for a 2-leg Hubbard
ladder
Minimally Entangled Typical Thermal State Algorithms
We discuss a method based on sampling minimally entangled typical thermal
states (METTS) that can simulate finite temperature quantum systems with a
computational cost comparable to ground state DMRG. Detailed implementations of
each step of the method are presented, along with efficient algorithms for
working with matrix product states and matrix product operators. We furthermore
explore how properties of METTS can reveal characteristic order and excitations
of systems and discuss why METTS form an efficient basis for sampling. Finally,
we explore the extent to which the average entanglement of a METTS ensemble is
minimal.Comment: 18 pages, 14 figure
Numerical renormalization group study of the correlation functions of the antiferromagnetic spin- Heisenberg chain
We use the density-matrix renormalization group technique developed by White
\cite{white} to calculate the spin correlation functions
for isotropic Heisenberg rings up to
sites. The correlation functions for large and are found to obey
the scaling relation
proposed by Kaplan et al. \cite{horsch} , which is used to determine
. The asymptotic correlation function and
the magnetic structure factor show logarithmic corrections
consistent with , where is related
to the cut-off dependent coupling constant , as
predicted by field theoretical treatments.Comment: Accepted in Phys. Rev. B. 4 pages of text in Latex + 5 figures in
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A trait-based approach for predicting species responses to environmental change from sparse data : how well might terrestrial mammals track climate change?
Acknowledgements LS was supported by two STSMs by the COST Action ES1101 ”Harmonising Global Biodiversity Modelling“ (Harmbio), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). JMB and SMW were funded by CEH projects NEC05264 and NEC05100. JMJT and SCFP are grateful for the support of the Natural Environment Research Council UK (NE/J008001/1). LS, JAH and JMJT conceived the original idea. LS, JAH, JMB, TC & JMJT designed the study; LS collected the data; LS and TC performed the statistical analyses; LS conducted the integrodifference modelling assisted by JMB and SMW. LS conducted the individual-based modelling assisted by SCFP. LS led the writing supported by JMJT, JMB, SCFP, SMW, TC, JAH and GB.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Evidence for symmetric chromosomal inversions around the replication origin in bacteria
BACKGROUND: Whole-genome comparisons can provide great insight into many aspects of biology. Until recently, however, comparisons were mainly possible only between distantly related species. Complete genome sequences are now becoming available from multiple sets of closely related strains or species. RESULTS: By comparing the recently completed genome sequences of Vibrio cholerae, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis to those of closely related species - Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pyogenes and Mycobacterium leprae, respectively - we have identified an unusual and previously unobserved feature of bacterial genome structure. Scatterplots of the conserved sequences (both DNA and protein) between each pair of species produce a distinct X-shaped pattern, which we call an X-alignment. The key feature of these alignments is that they have symmetry around the replication origin and terminus; that is, the distance of a particular conserved feature (DNA or protein) from the replication origin (or terminus) is conserved between closely related pairs of species. Statistically significant X-alignments are also found within some genomes, indicating that there is symmetry about the replication origin for paralogous features as well. CONCLUSIONS: The most likely mechanism of generation of X-alignments involves large chromosomal inversions that reverse the genomic sequence symmetrically around the origin of replication. The finding of these X-alignments between many pairs of species suggests that chromosomal inversions around the origin are a common feature of bacterial genome evolution
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