Integrable Boundary Flows and the g-function

This thesis explores renormalisation group flows in integrable quantum field theories with boundaries, as described by the g-function. The main focus is on the g-function in the staircase model, the renormalisation group flow of which passes close to the unitary minimal models. This g-function is used to identify flows between boundary conditions both within and between the minimal models. In certain limits the $\mathcal{M}A_m^{(+)}$ theories which interpolate between pairs of minimal models emerge from the staircase model, and exact expressions for the g-function in these models are extracted from the staircase g-function. Perturbative tests on the $\mathcal{M}A_4^{(+)}$ g-function are discussed, as is initial work on the g-function for the $\mathcal{M}A_4^{(-)}$ theory, which describes flows that emerge when the bulk coupling is taken to have the opposite sign to that in $\mathcal{M}A_4^{(+)}$. Expressions are also found for excited state versions of the $\mathcal{M}A_m^{(+)}$ g-function, and these allow the unique identification of certain boundary flows

Preference between predictable and unpredictable administrations of carbon dioxide-enriched air

Predictability of panic attacks has been identified as an important factor in the development, maintenance, and treatment of panic disorder. Although animal studies typically have found a preference for signaled (predictable) over unsignaled (unpredictable) aversive events, results with human participants have been less clear. Because preference for predictability has a wide range of clinical implications, we examined human preference for predictability in a biological challenge paradigm. Further, we examined the differential effects of predictability as a function of anxiety sensitivity and gender. In general, females showed a significantly greater preference for predictability compared to males, as did high anxious participants compared to their low anxious counterparts. Specifically, high anxious females showed the greatest preference for predictability, high anxious males and low anxious females showed moderate preference for predictability, and low anxious males were indifferent. Although the results suggest the necessity of considering individual difference variables such as gender and anxiety sensitivity, support is provided for the use of prediction testing and other strategies to enhance an individual\u27s prediction of panic attacks in the treatment of panic disorder

Clay Mineralogy of a Gumbotil

Investigation of the clay minerals in a gumbotil associated with the Mahaska soil series in Keokuk County, Iowa, indicates that the principal clay mineral is a dioctahedral calcium montmorillonite. Other clay minerals present in this gumbotil are kaolinite and mica, although they are in much smaller percentages. The investigation also pointed out difficulties involved in analyzing this type of soil by standard X-ray procedures and the complications introduced in the analysis of soil samples with high iron content utilizing standard accepted diffraction techniques

6. Little Black Giovanni’s Dream

The poem, ‘Sogno di Giovannino Moro’, survives in a single manuscript copy, undated and unattributed, in the Medicean archives in Florence; the first page is shown as Figure 6.1. Throughout this chapter, I attribute authorship of the ‘Sogno’ to the enslaved Black chamber singer Giovannino Buonaccorsi, who was active at the Medici court between 1651 and his death on August 15, 1674. Buonaccorsi is often identified in contemporary sources by the name Giovannino Moro, Giovannino il Moro [Little ..

Exploring the Circularity of Fast Fashion Using Goal Framing Theory

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged fast fashion to circular products to prevent excessive overstock in responding to consumers' shift toward less consumption. These shifts are worth studying as consumers are willing to partake in pro-environmental behaviors, leading to a circular business model for fast fashion. This study explores how sustainable knowledge and consumer goals toward circularity can influence behavior toward circular consumption based on the goal framing theory. An online survey employing the Prolific survey platform was conducted with 300 fast-fashion consumer panels. The quantitative approach (ANOVA, cluster, factor, multiple regressions analyses) supported that consumers' framed-goals toward circularity significantly influence their intention to purchase fast fashion products. Fast-fashion consumers have prioritized reliable communication and pro-environmental goals to respectfully purchase circular products and 5Rs behaviors. They perceived circular economy and environmental knowledge as deciding factors in their pursuits of circularity. It corresponds to the benefits of lucrative circular business applications for fast fashion