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Qualitative Case Studies in Operations Management: Trends, Research Outcomes, And Future Research Implications
Our study examines the state of qualitative case studies in operations management. Five main operations management journals are included for their impact on the field. They are in alphabetical order: Decision Sciences, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Journal of Operations Management, Management Science, and Production and Operations Management. The qualitative case studies chosen were published between 1992 and 2007. With an increasing trend toward using more qualitative case studies, there have been meaningful and significant contributions to the field of operations management, especially in the area of theory building. However, in many of the qualitative case studies we reviewed, sufficient details in research design, data collection, and data analysis were missing. For instance, there are studies that do not offer sampling logic or a description of the analysis through which research out-comes are drawn. Further, research protocols for doing inductive case studies are much better developed compared to the research protocols for doing deductive case studies. Consequently, there is a lack of consistency in the way the case method has been applied. As qualitative researchers, we offer suggestions on how we can improve on what we have done and elevate the level of rigor and consistency
Affine maps of density matrices
For quantum systems described by finite matrices, linear and affine maps of
matrices are shown to provide equivalent descriptions of evolution of density
matrices for a subsystem caused by unitary Hamiltonian evolution in a larger
system; an affine map can be replaced by a linear map, and a linear map can be
replaced by an affine map. There may be significant advantage in using an
affine map. The linear map is generally not completely positive, but the linear
part of an equivalent affine map can be chosen to be completely positive and
related in the simplest possible way to the unitary Hamiltonian evolution in
the larger system.Comment: 4 pages, title changed, sentence added, reference update
On the Finite-Time Blowup of a 1D Model for the 3D Axisymmetric Euler Equations
In connection with the recent proposal for possible singularity formation at
the boundary for solutions of 3d axi-symmetric incompressible Euler's equations
(Luo and Hou, 2013), we study models for the dynamics at the boundary and show
that they exhibit a finite-time blow-up from smooth data.Comment: A paragraph at the end of Section 2 and an appendix discussing
kinetic energy conservation are adde
The Effect of Carbon Payments on Deforestation Rates and Carbon Sequestration: Estimates from a Global Forestry and Agricultural Model.
Environmental Economics and Policy,
Effects of Lepton Flavour Violation on Chargino Production at the Linear Collider
We study the effects of lepton flavour violation (LFV) on the production
processes e+e- --> \chi+_i \chi-_j at a linear collider with longitudinal e+
and e- beam polarizations. In the case of LFV the sneutrino mass eigenstates
have no definite flavour, therefore, in the t-channel more than one sneutrino
mass eigenstate can contribute to the chargino production cross sections. Our
framework is the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) including LFV
terms. We show that in spite of the restrictions on the LFV parameters due to
the current limits on rare lepton decays, the cross section \sigma(e+e- -->
\chi+_1 \chi-_1) can change by a factor of 2 or more when varying the LFV
mixing angles. We point out that even if the present bound on BR(tau- --> e-
gamma) improves by a factor of thousand the influence of LFV on the chargino
production cross section can be significant. These results could have an
important impact on the strategies for determining the underlying model
parameters at the linear collider.Comment: 11pp; final version for JHE
Acculturative Stress and Social Support among Korean and Indian Immigrant Adolescents in the United States
This study examined acculturative stress and its relationship with social support among Korean and Indian immigrant adolescents. The data were collected from 165 Korean and Indian adolescents using the Acculturation Scale for Asian American Adolescents and Social Support Scale. Findings show that respondents experience low to moderate level of acculturative stress. Social support activities reduce the level of acculturative stress. Social support from parents is the most important predictive factor in determining the level of acculturative stress. These findings not only contribute to social work education and practice but also increase cultural sensitivity and awareness in working with these populations
Coherent many-body spin dynamics in a long-range interacting Ising chain
Coherent many-body quantum dynamics lies at the heart of quantum simulation
and quantum computation. Both require coherent evolution in the exponentially
large Hilbert space of an interacting many-body system. To date, trapped ions
have defined the state of the art in terms of achievable coherence times in
interacting spin chains. Here, we establish an alternative platform by
reporting on the observation of coherent, fully interaction-driven quantum
revivals of the magnetization in Rydberg-dressed Ising spin chains of atoms
trapped in an optical lattice. We identify partial many-body revivals at up to
about ten times the characteristic time scale set by the interactions. At the
same time, single-site-resolved correlation measurements link the magnetization
dynamics with inter-spin correlations appearing at different distances during
the evolution. These results mark an enabling step towards the implementation
of Rydberg atom based quantum annealers, quantum simulations of higher
dimensional complex magnetic Hamiltonians, and itinerant long-range interacting
quantum matter.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figure
Selectron production at an e-e- linear collider with transversely polarized beams
We study selectron production at an e-e- linear collider. With the help of
transverse beam polarizations, we define CP sensitive observables in the
production process e- e- --> selectron_L selectron_R. This process proceeds via
t-channel and u-channel exchange of neutralinos, and is sensitive to CP
violation in the neutralino sector. We present numerical results and estimate
the significances to which the CP sensitive observables can be measured.Comment: 14 page
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