We use the 1/Nc method to estimate electromagnetic contributions to vector meson masses and mixings. We identify several new sources of ρ - ω mixing coming from short-distance effects. We comment on the extraction of quark masses from the vector meson masses. We also present a simple group theoretical discussion of the electromagnetic mass differences.

We estimate the 0 electromagnetic mass difference within the 1/N expansion approach to hadronic matrix elements. Perturbative QCD and a truncated meson theory describe the high- and low-photon-loop-momentum contributions, respectively. The matching between these complementary pictures for strong interactions is discussed.

According to Swärd (2012, p. 36), poverty has “many faces and its appearance is dependent upon time, place and type of society, ideological ideas and values”. The aim of this article was to study the beliefs about poverty held by Swedish students of social work, nursing and pre-school teaching. The study employed the experimental factorial survey vignette method, involving the use of fictitious de

As a part of the greening of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy in 2013, Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) became mandatory for many European farmers, with the aim to enhance on-farm biodiversity. However, their effects on biodiversity have been disputed. In this interdisciplinary effort, we assessed the effects of current and alternative formulations of EFA regulations in Sweden. By complementing eco

Syftet med artikeln är att introducera och demonstrera ett pedagogiskt verktyg baserat på användningen av fiktiva fall (vinjetter) konstruerade enligt den experimentella faktoriella surveymetodens principer. Dessa vinjetter är – till skillnad från traditionella ”case” eller ”fallbeskrivningar” – helt igenom kvantitativa, i betydelsen att de kan analyseras i termer av ett antal variabler (dimension

Aims: In this research we assessed the prevalence of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes and its association with social determinants such as indigenous origin and residence area in population from Comitan, Chiapas, Mexico. Methods: The Comitan Study is a population-based study carried out from 2010 to 2012 that included 1844 participants aged ≥ 20 years, 880 indigenous and 964 nonindigenous participa

Purpose: Perceived support from co-workers and managers is important for many organizational outcomes. However, the benefit of competence support from colleagues and school management on personal teacher efficacy has not been investigated. The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to investigate the impact of competence support from colleagues and the school management on growth in teacher effi

Background: Circulating biomarkers can facilitate diagnosis and risk stratification for complex conditions such as heart failure (HF). Newer molecular platforms can accelerate biomarker discovery, but they require significant resources for data and sample acquisition. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to test a pragmatic biomarker discovery strategy integrating automated clinical biobanki