Thesis (MSc)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.

This article introduces the feature article on policy implications of integrative nursing. It describes unitary ontology in nursing, highlighting the Rogerian view of holism. The importance of linking philosophy to practice policy is emphasized.

Thesis (M.Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-59). Also available in electronic version.

We give examples of two non nuclear non normal Hilbert-Schmidt operators that are not unitarily equivalent but have the same traces and kernel.

In this thesis we study Kudla’s special cycles of codimension 𝑟 on a unitary Shimura variety Sh(U(𝑚 − 1,1)) together with an embedding of a Shimura subvariety Sh(U(𝑚 − 1,1)). We prove that when 𝑟 = 𝑛 − 𝑚, for certain cuspidal automorphic representations 𝜋 of the quasi-split unitary group U(𝑟,𝑟) and certain cusp forms ⨍ ∈ 𝜋, the geometric volume of the pullbackof the arithmetic theta lift of ⨍ equals the special value of the standard 𝐿-function of 𝜋 at 𝑠 = (𝑚 − 𝑟 + 1)/2. As ingredients of the proof, we also give an exposition of Kudla’s geometric Siegel-Weil formula and Yuan-Zhang-Zhang’s pullback formula in the setting of unitary Shimura varieties, as well as Qin’s integral representation result for 𝐿-functions of quasi-split unitary groups.

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In this work we tackle the challenge of designing quantum unitary operators which represent solutions to optimization problems. We start with a novel method which combines an evolutionary algorithm known as an Evolution Strategy (ES) with a method to randomly generate unitary operators. With this new method, a quantum operator is represented for the first time using real-valued vectors and can be "evolved" or designed to meet certain target criteria. This criteria could be the solution to an optimization problem. With the ability to evolve quantum operators, we attempt to evolve various known single and multi-qubit quantum gates as well as quantum oracles. We evolve quantum operators which solve instance problems of a known NP-Hard problem and even attempt to evolve a generalized solution operator. We evolve multiple operators with varying size and investigate their properties through eigenanalysis methods as well as by synthesizing them into quantum logic gates using the quantum compiler Qubiter. We also present a new quantum logic algebra which offers a new way to represent quantum circuits and demonstrate its immediate uses in quantum computing.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2009. / "Graduate Program in Mathematical Sciences." Includes bibliographical references (p. 74).

Thesis (Doctoral)--Universität Bonn, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (May 2, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.