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Henry L. Simons letter to F. M. Ransbottom, March 29, 1920
No full textIn this letter dated March 29, 1920, Henry L. Simons of the First National Bank writes to F. M. Ransbottom in Zanesville, Ohio, in regard to the leanings of the Minnesota delegates to the Republican National Convention. According to Simons, there is no overwhelming support for one candidate, but General Leonard Wood will almost certainly lead Minnesota at the beginning, but there will be time later in the Convention for Harding to come out on top. Simons advises how to ensure Harding wins the state, and provides observations on the delegates-at-large and district delegates.
This letter is part of the Warren G. Harding Papers (MSS 345). This collection includes correspondence, business records, and other materials documenting Harding’s business career as owner and editor-in-chief of The Daily Marion Star, as well as the various stages of his political career. A significant portion of the collection, and what’s available on Ohio Memory, highlights his 1920 presidential campaign, spanning just before publicly announcing his candidacy to handily defeating Ohio Governor James M. Cox in the election. Correspondents include both Ohio and national businessmen, political figures, and ordinary citizens writing with questions, support, congratulatory notes, and campaign advice. Some of the most interesting insights into the tumultuous political climate in the U.S., the extreme factionalism within the Republican Party in Ohio, and Harding’s campaign strategies are described in letters between Harding and his campaign manager, Harry M. Daugherty. Some of the topics addressed include women’s suffrage, Prohibition, the League of Nations, African American representation and issues, and lingering peace negotiations following World War I
Simons, J L, NX2823
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/416934Surname: SIMONS. Given Name(s) or Initials: J L. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: NX2823. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 7702.239478
Item: [2016.0049.49195] "Simons, J L, NX2823
Letter from John F. Simons to Dr. Laurence L. Doggett (February 18, 1919)
No full textA letter from John F. Simons written to Dr. Laurence L. Doggett, president of Springfield College. The letter is dated February 18, 1919. The subject of the letter is about the costs of changing the barracks used by the S.A.T.C. program into a Dormitory for the school
Magnetoelectric boundary simulated by a Chern-Simons-like model
No full textIn this work we study some physical phenomena that emerge in the vicinity of a magnetoelectric boundary. For simplicity, we restrict to the case of a planar boundary described by a coupling between the gauge field with a planar external Chern-Simons-like potential. The results are obtained exactly. We compute the correction undergone by the photon propagator due to the presence of the Chern-Simons coupling and we investigate the interaction between a stationary point-like charge and the magnetoelectric boundary. In the limit of a perfect mirror, where the coupling constant between the field and the potential diverges, we recover the image method. For a non perfect mirror, we show that we have an attenuated image charge and, in addition, an image magnetic monopole whose field strength does not exhibit the presence of the undesirable and artificial divergences introduced by Dirac strings. We also study the interaction between the plate and a quantum particle with spin. In this case we have a kind of charge-magnetic dipole interaction due to the magnetoelectric properties of the plate
Twisted Chern‐Simons supergravity
No full textWe present a noncommutative version of D = 5 Chern-Simons supergravity, where noncommutativity is en- coded in a ⋆-product associated to an abelian Drinfeld twist. The theory is invariant under diffeomorphisms, and under the ⋆-gauge supergroup SU(2,2|4), including Lorentz and N = 4 local supersymmetries
Moving from collision to integration: reflecting on the experience of mixed methods
No full textCombining research approaches, commonly referred to as ‘mixed methods’, has the potential to lead to greater insights than would be gained by one approach alone. The discussion in this paper draws on the personal experience of conducting interrelated studies that adopted different methods, underpinned by different methodological positions. In the conduct of the research, several roles were occupied by members of the research team and, together with the mixed methods, gave rise to a number of issues in the conduct and implementation of research. The particular tensions identified are likely to be transferable to other contexts. Key to working with mixed methods is the need for researchers to acknowledge the alternative conceptions of knowledge and reflect on their position in relation to the range of possibilities. It is suggested that continued conflation of particular concepts, i.e. method and paradigm, acts as a barrier to meaningful interdisciplinary working and true integration of insights gained from combined approaches
Solitons in low-dimensional sigma models
No full textThe aim of this thesis is to study topological soliton solutions in classical field theories, called sigma models, on a three-dimensional space. In chapter 1 we review the general field-theoretical framework of classical soliton solutions and exemplify it on the main features of the 0(3) σ-model and the Abehan Higgs model in (2+1) dimensions. In chapter 2 a U(l)-gauged 0(3) σ-model is discussed, where the behaviour of the gauge field is determined by a Chern-Simons term in the action. We find numerical solutions for radially symmetric fields and discuss those of degree one and two. They carry a non-vanishing angular momentum and can be interpreted as classical anyons. A similar model is studied in chapter 3. Here the potential is of Higgs-type and chosen to produce a Bogomol'nyi model where the energy is bounded from below by a linear combination of the topological degree of the matter fields and the local U(l)-charge. Depending on internal parameters, the solutions are solitons or vortices. We study them numerically and prove for a certain range of the matter field's vacuum value that there cannot be a 1-soliton.In chapter 4 we discuss a modified 0(3) σ-model in (3+0) dimensions. The topological stability of the solitons is here imphed by the degree of the map S(^3) → S(^2), which provides a lower boundon the potential energy of the configuration. Numerical solutions are obtained for configurations of azimuthal symmetry and the spectrum of slowly rotating solitons is approximated. Chapter 5 deals with a theory where the fields are maps IR(^2+1) → CP(^2). The Lagrangian includes a potential and a fourth-order term in the field-gradient. We find a family of static analytic solutions of degree one and study the 2-soIiton configuration numerically by using a gradient-flow equation on the moduli space of solutions. We conclude this thesis with a brief summary and give an outlook to open questions
Community mental health nurses' perspectives on the treatment of people with common mental health problems
No full textThe study was in two parts. In Part 1 the thematic content analysis of the nurses’ individual accounts of their trial experience revealed how the CMHNs’ aimed to be an agent of change in the nurse-patient encounters and how the trial setting contrasted with everyday practice. Following this, detailed micro-analysis of the narratives of nurse-patient encounters found that the nurses’ goal to be an agent of change was not always borne out when the construction of their accounts was examined. In Part 2 the thematic content analysis of group discussions about CMHN role illuminated the tensions in CMHNs’ everyday practice and their perceived role with people with CMHPs outside of the experimental setting. Overall, the treatment of people with CMHPs was exceptional in that the nurses interpreted their trial experience in the way it contrasted with their everyday practice. Further, in line with the results of the randomised controlled trial, CMHNs did not think that people with CMHPs should be treated by specialist nurses within community mental health services. The nurses suggested a range of methods in which individual, community and primary care resources could be augmented to support people with the aim of preventing referral to specialist services.The integration of the key findings from both parts of the study demonstrated how the nurses used and valued a range of types and sources of knowledge, both in their practice and when forming their views about CMHPs and service organisation. These knowledge sources were not those valued in contemporary healthcare. The dominant evidence-based practice movement champions research evidence of effectiveness above other forms of knowledge. Broadening the understanding of evidence and narrowing the claims of evidence-based practice is suggested to permit all forms of knowledge to be valued in healthcare decision-makin
N-extended Chern-Simons Carrollian supergravities in 2 + 1 spacetime dimensions
No full textIn this work we present the ultra-relativistic N-extended AdS Chern-Simons supergravity theories in three spacetime dimensions invariant under N-extended AdS Carroll superalgebras. We first consider the (2, 0) and (1, 1) cases; subsequently, we generalize our analysis to N = (N, 0), with N even, and to N = (p, q), with p, q > 0. The N-extended AdS Carroll superalgebras are obtained through the Carrollian (i.e., ultra-relativistic) contraction applied to an so(2) extension of osp(2|2) ⊗ sp(2), to osp(2|1) ⊗ osp(2, 1), to an so(N) extension of osp(2|N) ⊗ sp(2), and to the direct sum of an so(p) ⊕ so(q) algebra and osp(2|p) ⊗ osp(2, q), respectively. We also analyze the flat limit (l → ∞, being l the length parameter) of the aforementioned N-extended Chern-Simons AdS Carroll supergravities, in which we recover the ultra-relativistic N-extended (flat) Chern-Simons supergravity theories invariant under N-extended super-Carroll algebras. The flat limit is applied at the level of the superalgebras, Chern-Simons actions, supersymmetry transformation laws, and field equations
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