Relevance differently affects the truth, acceptability, and probability evaluations of “and”, “but”, “therefore”, and “if–then”

In this study we investigate the influence of reason-relation readings of indicative conditionals and ‘and’/‘but’/‘therefore’ sentences on various cognitive assessments. According to the Frege-Grice tradition, a dissociation is expected. Specifically, differences in the reason-relation reading of these sentences should affect participants’ evaluations of their acceptability but not of their truth value. In two experiments we tested this assumption by introducing a relevance manipulation into the truth-table task as well as in other tasks assessing the participants’ acceptability and probability evaluations. Across the two experiments a strong dissociation was found. The reason-relation reading of all four sentences strongly affected their probability and acceptability evaluations, but hardly affected their respective truth evaluations. Implications of this result for recent work on indicative conditionals are discussed

Incommensurate antiferromagnetic fluctuations in the two-dimensional Hubbard model

Commensurate and incommensurate antiferromagnetic fluctuations in the two-dimensional repulsive t-t'-Hubbard model are investigated using functional renormalization group equations. For a sufficient deviation from half filling we establish the existence of local incommensurate order below a pseudocritical temperature T_{pc}. Fluctuations not accounted for in the mean field approximation are important--they lower T_{pc} by a factor \approx2.5.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figures, some changes due to referees' comments, equivalent to published versio

Netzwerkarbeit der freipraktizierenden Hebammen in der Schweiz : Zugang der Familien mit Neugeborenen zu weiteren Angeboten der Frühen Förderung

Abschlussbericht zuhanden des Nationalen Programms gegen Armut und Familystart Zürich

Networking of independent midwives in Switzerland

Background: In Switzerland, there are numerous families with children under three years of age with psychosocial disadvantages, which hinder children to get an optimal start into life and childhood. Independent midwives who provide home-based postpartum care offer uncomplicated and immediate access to early childhood support systems. Aim: The aim of this study was to analyse the structures, the opportunities and the potential of the network activities of Swiss midwives. Method: An online survey was conducted with n=401 independent midwives in Switzerland (response rate was 29.1 %). Descriptive statistics was carried out using SPSS 24. Findings: Almost two thirds of the participating midwives were organised in mono-professional or inter-disciplinary networks. Networking midwives care significantly more frequently for socially disadvantaged families (on a regular base: 16.9 vs. 9.2 %) due to referrals from other professionals. Midwives engaged in interdisciplinary networks stated that they had developed a greater understanding for other professionals (76.6 vs. 42.6 %) and felt no longer the pressure of caring alone for their clients (57.3 vs. 41.8%). According to them, interdisciplinary collaboration promotes a focus on the child’s needs (53.2 vs. 45.5%) and a more comprehensive care of families with complex situations (69.4 vs. 46.4%). Conclusion: Engagement in some kind of network is a reality for most midwives. They considerably contribute to the care for psychosocially disadvantaged families, especially if they are part of an interdisciplinary network. Some of the existing networks have beneficial structures that strengthen the competence and relevance of midwives within an interdisciplinary team and make it noticeable for midwives and families. The most effective networks need to be identified. Midwives should also be actively encouraged to join networks

Fermionic functional renormalization group for first-order phase transitions: a mean-field model

First-order phase transitions in many-fermion systems are not detected in the susceptibility analysis of common renormalization-group (RG) approaches. Here we introduce a counterterm technique within the functional renormalization-group (fRG) formalism which allows access to all stable and metastable configurations. It becomes possible to study symmetry-broken states which occur through first-order transitions as well as hysteresis phenomena. For continuous transitions, the standard results are reproduced. As an example, we study discrete-symmetry breaking in a mean-field model for a commensurate charge-density wave. An additional benefit of the approach is that away from the critical temperature for the breaking of discrete symmetries large interactions can be avoided at all RG scales.Comment: 17 pages, 8 figures. v2 corrects typos, adds references and a discussion of the literatur

LIFE-SHARE Project: Developing a Digitisation Strategy Toolkit

This poster will outline the Digitisation Strategy Toolkit created as part of the LIFE-SHARE project. The toolkit is based on the lifecycle model created by the LIFE project and explores the creation, acquisition, ingest, preservation (bit-stream and content) and access requirements for a digitisation strategy. This covers the policies and infrastructure required in libraries to establish successful practices. The toolkit also provides both internal and external resources to support the service. This poster will illustrate how the toolkit works effectively to support digitisation with examples from three case studies at the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York

Functional renormalization group for d-wave superconductivity in Hubbard type models

The temperature dependence of d-wave superconducting order for two dimensional fermions with d-wave attraction is investigated by means of the functional renormalization group with partial bosonization. Below the critical temperature T_c we find superconductivity, a gap in the electron propagator and a temperature dependent anomalous dimension. At T_c the renormalized "superfluid density" jumps and the approach to T_c from above is characterized by essential scaling. These features are characteristic for a phase transition of the Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) type.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, references added, discussion improve

Interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit im Bereich der frühen Förderung

Eine Studie der Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften zeigt, dass Hebammen soziale Belastungen in den Familien erkennen und Sorge dafür tragen, dass die Familien mit Neugeborenen im Zugang zu weiterführenden Angeboten der Frühen Förderung unterstützt werden. Die damit verbundene intra- und interdisziplinäre Vernetzung wird fallbezogen wie auch in Netzwerken erbracht