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Nuclear Model of Binding alpha-particles
The model of binding alpha-particles in nuclei is suggested. It is shown good
(with the accuracy of 1-2%) description of the experimental binding energies in
light and medium nuclear systems. Our preliminary calculations show enhancement
of the binding energy for super heavy nuclei with Z~120.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, Will be puplished in World Scientific as Procs.
Int. Symposium on Exotic Nuclei, "EXON - 2004", July 5 - 12, 2004, Peterhof,
Russi
Computer model calibration with large non-stationary spatial outputs: application to the calibration of a climate model
Bayesian calibration of computer models tunes unknown input parameters by
comparing outputs with observations. For model outputs that are distributed
over space, this becomes computationally expensive because of the output size.
To overcome this challenge, we employ a basis representation of the model
outputs and observations: we match these decompositions to carry out the
calibration efficiently. In the second step, we incorporate the non-stationary
behaviour, in terms of spatial variations of both variance and correlations, in
the calibration. We insert two integrated nested Laplace
approximation-stochastic partial differential equation parameters into the
calibration. A synthetic example and a climate model illustration highlight the
benefits of our approach
A study into the effectiveness of an education programme for parents and teachers
Introduction: Parents and teachers lack knowledge and self-efficacy when providing postural care to physically disabled children. This can act as a barrier to the successful implementation of therapy. An intervention was developed to improve knowledge and confidence in providing postural care. The aim is to determine whether this intervention improves parentsâ and teachersâ knowledge and confidence.
Participants and Methods: The intervention includes a 2-hour interactive workshop and follow-up home/school visits delivered in three localities across the south-east of England. The UKC-PostCarD scale, which assesses levels of knowledge and confidence in providing postural care, was used to evaluate the intervention. It is completed at baseline and after the intervention is completed. Focus groups with participants will provide insight into elements that were effective/ineffective.Interviews with children will provide their perspective. Interviews with therapists will consider the feasibility and acceptability of delivery.
Results: A mixed-design ANOVA 2 (Time: before vs. after) 9 3 (Area:Kent, Sussex, Surrey) will be used to determine whether knowledge and confidence improved following the intervention. Framework analysis will be used for the focus group and interview data. Qualitative findings will be fed into the overall evaluation. Results will be available by September 2013.
Conclusion: If shown to improve confidence and knowledge, we will make this education programme available nationally
POSTED - general questionnaire
This questionnaire is concerned with carers experiences of daytime postural care. This questionnaire may be completed by anyone with experience of providing postural care to a child with a physical disability in a school and/or home environment. This includes parents, teachers and teaching assistants. It is likely that information, training and support needs vary considerably from one person to the next â due to the needs of the child, the type of equipment used, or the environment in which postural care is provided. This questionnaire was developed to enable parents, teachers, and teaching assistants to highlight specific aspects of postural care that they find challenging in order that information, training and support may be appropriately targeted.
The questionnaire was originally designed for use in research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme (grant reference number PBâPGâ 0110â21045).
When using/referring to this questionnaire please acknowledge authorship as appropriate. Details of the development of the questionnaire can be found in the following publication.
Hotham, S., Hutton, E. & HamiltonâWest, K. E. (2015) Development of a reliable, valid measure to assess parents' and teachers' understanding of postural care for children with physical disabilities: the (UKCâPostCarD) questionnaire. Child: Care, Health and Development, 41, 1172â 1178
Determination of the Baryon Density from Large Scale Galaxy Redshift Surveys
We estimate the degree to which the baryon density, , can be
determined from the galaxy power spectrum measured from large scale galaxy
redshift surveys, and in particular, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. A high
baryon density will cause wiggles to appear in the power spectrum, which should
be observable at the current epoch. We assume linear theory on scales and do not include the effects of redshift distortions, evolution,
or biasing. With an optimum estimate of to ,
the uncertainties in are roughly 0.07 and 0.016 in flat
and open () cosmological models, respectively. This result
suggests that it should be possible to test for consistency with big bang
nucleosynthesis estimates of if we live in an open universe.Comment: 23 Pages, 10 Postscript figure
Fidelity for imperfect postselection
We describe a simple measure of fidelity for mixed state postselecting
devices. The measure is most appropriate for postselection where the task
performed by the output is only effected by a specific state.Comment: 8 Pages, 8 Figure
An Inversion Method for Measuring Beta in Large Redshift Surveys
A precision method for determining the value of Beta= Omega_m^{0.6}/b, where
b is the galaxy bias parameter, is presented. In contrast to other existing
techniques that focus on estimating this quantity by measuring distortions in
the redshift space galaxy-galaxy correlation function or power spectrum, this
method removes the distortions by reconstructing the real space density field
and determining the value of Beta that results in a symmetric signal. To remove
the distortions, the method modifies the amplitudes of a Fourier plane-wave
expansion of the survey data parameterized by Beta. This technique is not
dependent on the small-angle/plane-parallel approximation and can make full use
of large redshift survey data. It has been tested using simulations with four
different cosmologies and returns the value of Beta to +/- 0.031, over a factor
of two improvement over existing techniques.Comment: 16 pages including 6 figures Submitted to The Astrophysical Journa
INFLUENCE OF BODY MASS INDEX ON ROWING KINEMATICS
Rowing meets the criteria for weight loss as defined by the American College of Sport Medicine. Little research exists on the influence of body shape on movement kinematics. Even if rowing is a non weight bearing exercise, the body shape may have an influence on rowing motion and joint reactions. This study investigated rowing movement kinematics between normal weight and overweight subjects. Differences were found for hip abduction and adduction angles. This knowledge can help to understand the influence of body weight and body shape on movement kinematics and can help to avoid overloading the joints
Measuring the galaxy power spectrum with future redshift surveys
Precision measurements of the galaxy power spectrum P(k) require a data
analysis pipeline that is both fast enough to be computationally feasible and
accurate enough to take full advantage of high-quality data. We present a
rigorous discussion of different methods of power spectrum estimation, with
emphasis on the traditional Fourier method, the linear (Karhunen-Loeve; KL),
and quadratic data compression schemes, showing in what approximations they
give the same result. To improve speed, we show how many of the advantages of
KL data compression and power spectrum estimation may be achieved with a
computationally faster quadratic method. To improve accuracy, we derive
analytic expressions for handling the integral constraint, since it is crucial
that finite volume effects are accurately corrected for on scales comparable to
the depth of the survey. We also show that for the KL and quadratic techniques,
multiple constraints can be included via simple matrix operations, thereby
rendering the results less sensitive to galactic extinction and mis-estimates
of the radial selection function. We present a data analysis pipeline that we
argue does justice to the increases in both quality and quantity of data that
upcoming redshift surveys will provide. It uses three analysis techniques in
conjunction: a traditional Fourier approach on small scales, a pixelized
quadratic matrix method on large scales and a pixelized KL eigenmode analysis
to probe anisotropic effects such as redshift-space distortions.Comment: Major revisions for clarity. Matches accepted ApJ version. 23 pages,
with 2 figs included. Color figure and links at
http://www.sns.ias.edu/~max/galpower.html (faster from the US), from
http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/~max/galpower.html (faster from Europe) or
from [email protected]
Light Assisted Collisional Loss in a Rb Ultracold Optical Trap
We have studied hetero- and homonuclear excited state/ground state collisions
by loading both Rb and Rb into a far off resonant trap (FORT).
Because of the relatively weak confinement of the FORT, we expect the hyperfine
structure of the different isotopes to play a crucial role in the collision
rates. This dependence on hyperfine structure allows us to measure collisions
associated with long range interatomic potentials of different structure: such
as long and short ranged; or such as purely attractive, purely repulsive, or
mixed attractive and repulsive. We observe significantly different loss rates
for different excited state potentials. Additionally, we observe that some
collisional channels' loss rates are saturated at our operating intensities
(~15 mW/cm). These losses are important limitations in loading dual
isotope optical traps.Comment: about 8 pages, 5 figure
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