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Notational approaches for composing and directing a non-homogeneous laptop orchestra
Within this composition commentary, I seek to outline my practice for composing for laptop ensembles, as well as the notational approaches I have developed to facilitate composition, direction, rehearsal and ultimately performance within an intentionally non-homogeneous laptop ensemble.
Illustrating the requirement to move beyond the current typical âapplication as score and meta-instrumentâ paradigm, I outline my own notational approach for laptop ensemble writing and the features it oďŹers to the operation of laptop ensembles. As a consequence of the notational approach I seek to outline the performative coding role of the player and acknowledge the compositional role it extends to the performer.
These theoretical considerations are considered within the practical operation of the HuddersďŹeld Experimental Laptop Orchestra (HELO) and its sibling HELOpg. As a consequence of these experiments I present my preference for graph and text based notations for directing the laptop performer
Getting Started in Your Neighborhood: Piloting Community Health Teams through a Multi-Payer Approach
The Care Transformation Collaborative of Rhode Island (CTC), a patient-centered medical home initiative managed by UMass Medical School, explains how primary care practices can build a medical neighborhood by creating a community health team to provide behavioral health and social support services to patients with high-cost, complex care needs. CTC used a multi-payer approach to pilot and evaluate two community health teams in two diverse areas of Rhode Island
The Sensitivity of First Generation Epoch of Reionization Observatories and Their Potential for Differentiating Theoretical Power Spectra
Statistical observations of the epoch of reionization (EOR) power spectrum
provide a rich data set for understanding the transition from the cosmic "dark
ages" to the ionized universe we see today. EOR observations have become an
active area of experimental cosmology, and three first generation
observatories--MWA, PAST, and LOFAR--are currently under development. In this
paper we provide the first quantitative calculation of the three dimensional
power spectrum sensitivity, incorporating the design parameters of a planned
array. This calculation is then used to explore the constraints these first
generation observations can place on the EOR power spectrum. The results
demonstrate the potential of upcoming power spectrum observations to constrain
theories of structure formation and reionization.Comment: 7 pages with 5 figures. Submitted to Ap
Perfectionism and exam performance: The mediating effect of task-approach goals
Perfectionistic strivings are positively correlated with studentsâ achievement goals and exam performance. However, so far no study has employed a prospective design investigating whether achievement goals mediate the positive relationship between perfectionistic strivings and exam performance. In the present study, 100 university students completed a measure of self-oriented perfectionism and socially prescribed perfectionism (Hewitt & Flett, 1991) and received a chapter from a textbook to study for 2-4 days. Then they returned to the lab to complete a measure of achievement goals following the 3 x 2 model (Elliot, Murayama, & Pekrun, 2011) and sit a mock exam testing their knowledge of the chapter. Multiple regressions showed that socially prescribed perfectionism negatively predicted exam performance when the overlap with self-oriented perfectionism was controlled for. In contrast, self-oriented perfectionismâa defining indicator of perfectionistic strivingsâpositively predicted exam performance. Moreover, task-approach goals mediated the positive relationship between self-oriented perfectionism and exam performance. The findings suggest that perfectionistic strivings make students adopt task-approach goals that help them achieve better results on exams
Toward Empirical Constraints on the Global Redshifted 21 cm Brightness Temperature During the Epoch of Reionization
Preliminary results are presented from a simple, single-antenna experiment
designed to measure the all-sky radio spectrum between 100 and 200 MHz. The
system used an internal comparison-switching scheme to reduce non-smooth
instrumental contaminants in the measured spectrum to 75 mK. From the
observations, we place an initial upper limit of 450 mK on the relative
brightness temperature of the redshifted 21 cm contribution to the spectrum due
to neutral hydrogen in the intergalactic medium (IGM) during the epoch of
reionization, assuming a rapid transition to a fully ionized IGM at a redshift
of 8. With refinement, this technique should be able to distinguish between
slow and fast reionization scenarios. To constrain the duration of reionization
to dz > 2, the systematic residuals in the measured spectrum must be reduced to
3 mK.Comment: Submitted to ApJ. 9 pages including 6 figure
Can caregivers trust information technology in the care of their patients? A systematic review
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) requires that healthcare providers allow patients to engage in their healthcare by allowing access to their health records. Often patients need informal caregivers including family members or others to help them with their care. This paper explores whether trust is a key factor for informal caregiversâ decision to use health information technologies (HIT) including electronic health records (EHR), patient portals, mobile apps, or other devices to care for their patient. Six reviewers conducted a comprehensive search of four literature databases using terms that pertained to a caregiver and trust to investigate the role trust plays when caregivers use HIT. While trust is a key factor for the use of HIT, it the researchers only identified ten articles that met the research question thresholds. Four main topics of trust surfaced including perceived confidentiality, perceived security, technological malfunction, and trustworthiness of the information. Trust is a critical factor for informal caregivers when using HIT to assist in the care of their patient (child, loved one, parent, or acquaintance). Based on the findings, it is clear that more research on the use of HIT by caregivers is needed
Thermal refugia and the survival of species in changing environments: new evidence from a nationally extinct freshwater fish
Variation in global climate during the Quaternary has helped shape current species distributions. The stenohaline fish fauna of the British Isles is generally thought to have colonised eastern England via a landbridge following the last glacial maximum. This theory is investigated using the nationally extinct burbot, Lota lota, as a model species. Samples were collected from 15 museum specimens of known English provenance and analysed for differences in the mitochondrial DNA control region. The DNA analysis produced eight sequences of 270 base pairs, with one sample reaching 420 base pairs in length. Genetic analysis suggests the extinct English population of the burbot was a distinct lineage, differing from those previously described from across the speciesâ global distribution. Despite this, network analysis suggests that the English lineage is closely related to populations in western Europe, supporting colonisation via a postglacial landbridge. The rate of genetic divergence suggests that the timing of L. lota's colonisation of English rivers was prior to the last glacial maximum. Lota lota appears to have survived the last glacial maximum in refugia within the British Isles. This study adds to the evidence for a British freshwater refugia and furthers our understanding of the colonisation history of British freshwater fishes. These results also provide valuable information for conservation strategies for L. lota indicating the western European clade as most genetically appropriate for potential future reintroductions to English rivers
Toward Epoch of Reionization Measurements with Wide-Field Radio Observations
This paper explores the potential for statistical epoch of reionization (EOR)
measurements using wide field radio observations. New developments in low
frequency radio instrumentation and signal processing allow very sensitive EOR
measurements, and the analysis techniques enabled by these advances offer
natural ways of separating the EOR signal from the residual foreground
emission. This paper introduces the enabling technologies and proposes an
analysis technique designed to make optimal use of the capabilities of next
generation low frequency radio arrays. The observations we propose can directly
observe the power spectrum of the EOR using relatively short observations, and
are significantly more sensitive than other techniques which have been
discussed in the literature. For example, in the absence of foreground
contamination the measurements we propose would produce five 3-sigma power
spectrum points in 100 hours of observation with only 4 MHz bandwidth with
LOFAR for simple models of the high redshift 21cm emission. The challenge of
residual foreground removal may be addressed by the symmetries in the
three-dimensional (two spatial frequencies and radiofrequency) radio
interferometric data. These symmetries naturally separate the EOR signal from
most classes of residual un-subtracted foreground contamination, including all
foreground continuum sources and radio line emission from the Milky Way.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ. Symmetry discussion has been
expanded and clarified, and emphasis on the ability of the analysis to remove
galactic radio recombination lines and other contaminants has been added.
Introduction generalized to include other radio telescopes, and one minor
equation typo has been corrected. 12 pages 7 figures, emulateapj syl
A Search for Radio Gravitational Lenses, Using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Very Large Array
We report on a novel search for radio gravitational lenses. Using the Very
Large Array, we imaged ten candidates with both dual redshifts in Sloan Digital
Sky Survey spectra and 1.4 GHz radio flux >2 mJy in the FIRST survey. The VLA
maps show that in each case the radio emission is associated with the
foreground galaxy rather than being lensed emission from the background galaxy,
although at least four of our targets are strong lenses at optical wavelengths.
These SDSS dual-redshift systems do not have lensed radio emission at the
sensitivity of current radio surveys.Comment: 7 pages, 10 figures, uses emulateapj. Accepted to ApJ (11/25/2005).
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