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The fermion dynamical symmetry model for the even--even and even--odd nuclei in the Xe--Ba region
The even--even and even--odd nuclei Xe-Xe and
Ba-Ba are shown to have a well-realized fermion dynamical symmetry. Their low-lying energy levels can be
described by a unified analytical expression with two (three) adjustable
parameters for even--odd (even--even) nuclei that is derived from the fermion
dynamical symmetry model. Analytical expressions are given for wavefunctions
and for transition rates that agree well with data. The distinction
between the FDSM and IBM limits is discussed. The experimentally
observed suppression of the the energy levels with increasing quantum
number can be explained as a perturbation of the pairing interaction on
the symmetry, which leads to an Pairing effect for nuclei.Comment: submitted to Phys. Rev. C, LaTeX, 31 pages, 8 figures with postscript
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A multi-center study on the attitudes of Malaysian emergency health care staff towards allowing family presence during resuscitation of adult patients
BACKGROUND
The practice of allowing family members to witness on-going active resuscitation has been gaining ground in many developed countries since it was first introduced in the early 1990s. In many Asian countries, the acceptability of this practice has not been well studied.
AIM
We conducted a multi-center questionnaire study to determine the attitudes of health care professionals in Malaysia towards family presence to witness ongoing medical procedures during resuscitation.
METHODS
Using a bilingual questionnaire (in Malay and English language), we asked our respondents about their attitudes towards allowing family presence (FP) as well as their actual experience of requests from families to be allowed to witness resuscitations. Multiple logistic regression was used to analyze the association between the many variables and a positive attitude towards FP.
RESULTS
Out of 300 health care professionals who received forms, 270 responded (a 90% response rate). Generally only 15.8% of our respondents agreed to allow relatives to witness resuscitations, although more than twice the number (38.5%) agreed that relatives do have a right to be around during resuscitation. Health care providers are significantly more likely to allow FP if the procedures are perceived as likely to be successful (e.g., intravenous cannulation and blood taking as compared to chest tube insertion). Doctors were more than twice as likely as paramedics to agree to FP (p-value = 0.002). This is probably due to the Malaysian work culture in our health care systems in which paramedics usually adopt a 'follow-the-leader' attitude in their daily practice.
CONCLUSION
The concept of allowing FP is not well accepted among our Malaysian health care providers
Study of doubly strange systems using stored antiprotons
Bound nuclear systems with two units of strangeness are still poorly known despite their importance for many strong interaction phenomena. Stored antiprotons beams in the GeV range represent an unparalleled factory for various hyperon-antihyperon pairs. Their outstanding large production probability in antiproton collisions will open the floodgates for a series of new studies of systems which contain two or even more units of strangeness at the P‾ANDA experiment at FAIR. For the first time, high resolution γ-spectroscopy of doubly strange ΛΛ-hypernuclei will be performed, thus complementing measurements of ground state decays of ΛΛ-hypernuclei at J-PARC or possible decays of particle unstable hypernuclei in heavy ion reactions. High resolution spectroscopy of multistrange Ξ−-atoms will be feasible and even the production of Ω−-atoms will be within reach. The latter might open the door to the |S|=3 world in strangeness nuclear physics, by the study of the hadronic Ω−-nucleus interaction. For the first time it will be possible to study the behavior of Ξ‾+ in nuclear systems under well controlled conditions
Fluid compositions in equilibrium with silica-undersaturated magmas in the system Na<SUB>2</SUB>O-Al<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>3</SUB>-SiO<SUB>2</SUB>-H<SUB>2</SUB>O: Clues to the composition of fenitizing fluids
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Fluid compositions in equilibrium with silica-undersaturated magmas in the system Na2O-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O: Clues to the composition of fenitizing fluids. <I>Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology</I>, 144: 559-569.
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The behaviour of ceramic matrix fiber composites under combined impact and tensile stresses Final report for period September 1986 - September 1987
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The behaviour of ceramic matrix, fibre composites under combined impact and tensile stresses
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