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Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 12, Pages 2231-2374, March 19, 2010 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 12, Pages 2231-2374, March 19, 2010

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: March 19, 2010
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Topological Field Theory of Time-Reversal Invariant Insulators (open access)

Topological Field Theory of Time-Reversal Invariant Insulators

We show that the fundamental time reversal invariant (TRI) insulator exists in 4 + 1 dimensions, where the effective field theory is described by the 4 + 1 dimensional Chern-Simons theory and the topological properties of the electronic structure is classified by the second Chern number. These topological properties are the natural generalizations of the time reversal breaking (TRB) quantum Hall insulator in 2 + 1 dimensions. The TRI quantum spin Hall insulator in 2 + 1 dimensions and the topological insulator in 3 + 1 dimension can be obtained as descendants from the fundamental TRI insulator in 4 + 1 dimensions through a dimensional reduction procedure. The effective topological field theory, and the Z{sub 2} topological classification for the TRI insulators in 2+1 and 3+1 dimensions are naturally obtained from this procedure. All physically measurable topological response functions of the TRI insulators are completely described by the effective topological field theory. Our effective topological field theory predicts a number of novel and measurable phenomena, the most striking of which is the topological magneto-electric effect, where an electric field generates a magnetic field in the same direction, with an universal constant of proportionality quantized in odd multiples of the fine …
Date: March 19, 2010
Creator: Qi, Xiao-Liang; Hughes, Taylor & Zhang, Shou-Cheng
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wellness Programs: Selected Legal Issues (open access)

Wellness Programs: Selected Legal Issues

This report will examine the legal issues raised by wellness programs, including discussions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) nondiscrimination rules, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), other employment discrimination laws such as the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as Medicaid and applicable tax code provisions.
Date: March 19, 2010
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee; Feder, Jody; Liu, Edward C.; Staman, Jennifer; Swendiman, Kathleen S. & Shimabukuro, Jon O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library