December 2013 arXiv papers — page 54

Kevin Leung, Craig M. Tenney

In lithium ion batteries, Li+ intercalation and processes associated with passivation of electrodes are governed by applied voltages, which are in turn associated with free energy changes of Li+ transfer (Delta G_t) between the solid and liquid phases. Using ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) and thermodynamic integration techniques, we compute Delta G_t fo

Paula Jofre, Ulrike Heiter, Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma, Caroline Soubiran

In this article we summarise on-going work on the so-called Gaia FGK Benchmark Stars. This work consists of the determination of their atmospheric parameters and of the construction of a high-resolution spectral library. The definition of such a set of reference stars has become crucial in the current era of large spectroscopic surveys. Only with homogeneous

Wes Maciejewski, Feng Fu, Christoph Hauert

Evolutionary graph theory is a well established framework for modelling the evolution of social behaviours in structured populations. An emerging consensus in this field is that graphs that exhibit heterogeneity in the number of connections between individuals are more conducive to the spread of cooperative behaviours. In this article we show that such a con

Philipp Jung, Susanne Butz, Michael Marthaler, Mikhail V. Fistul

The field of metamaterial research revolves around the idea of creating artificial media that interact with light in a way unknown from naturally occurring materials. This is commonly achieved by creating sub-wavelength lattices of electronic or plasmonic structures, so-called meta-atoms, that determine the interaction between light and metamaterial. One of

Julian Togelius, Noor Shaker, Georgios N. Yannakakis

We argue for the use of active learning methods for player modelling. In active learning, the learning algorithm chooses where to sample the search space so as to optimise learning progress. We hypothesise that player modelling based on active learning could result in vastly more efficient learning, but will require big changes in how data is collected. Some

Z. S. Sadeq, Paul Brumer

The response of an arbitrary closed quantum system to a partially coherent electric field is investigated, with a focus on the transient coherences in the system. As a model we examine, both perturbatively and numerically, the coherences induced in a three level $V$ system. Both rapid turn-on and pulsed turn-on effects are investigated. The effect of a long

Josef Kreulich

We show how the approach of Yosida approximation of the derivative serves to obtain new results for evolution systems. Using this method we obtain multivalued time dependent perturbation results. Additionally, translation invariant subspaces $Y$ of the bounded and uniformly continuous functions are considered, to obtain criteria for the existence of solution

Andreas S. Kronfeld

A perspective on charm physics, emphasizing recent developments, future prospects, and the interplay with lattice QCD.

Rebecca A. Harbison, Philip D. Nicholson, Matthew M. Hedman

Radio occultations of Saturn's main rings by spacecraft suggest a power law particle size-distribution down to sizes of the order of 1 cm (Marouf et al., 1983), (Zebker et al., 1985). The lack of optical depth variations between ultraviolet and near-IR wavelengths indicate a lack of micron-sized particles. Between these two regimes, the particle-size dis

Nikolay Bobev, Henriette Elvang, Timothy M. Olson

We clarify the structure of the four-dimensional low-energy effective action that encodes the conformal and $U(1)$ R-symmetry anomalies in an $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetric field theory. The action depends on the dilaton, $τ$, associated with broken conformal symmetry, and the Goldstone mode, $β$, of the broken $U(1)$ R-symmetry. We present the action for ge

Valery Bardakov, Vladimir Vershinin, Jie Wu

For a general surface $M$ and an arbitrary braid $α$ from the surface braid group $B_{n-1}(M)$ we study the system of equations $d_1β=\cdots=d_{n}β=α, $ where operation $d_i$ is deleting of $i$-th strand. We obtain that if $M\not=S^2$ or $\mathbb RP^2$ this system of equations has a solution $β\in B_{n}(M)$ if and only if $d_1α=\ldots=d_nα. $ The set of brai

Vasyl Ostrovskyi, Slavik Rabanovich

For a certain class of finite posets, we prove that all their irreducible orthoscalar representations are finite-dimensional and describe those, for which there exist essential (non-degenerate) irreducible orthoscalar representations.

Daniel Zinn, Todd J Green, Bertram Ludäscher

In a recent paper by Hellerstein [15], a tight relationship was conjectured between the number of strata of a Datalog${}^\neg$ program and the number of "coordination stages" required for its distributed computation. Indeed, Ameloot et al. [9] showed that a query can be computed by a coordination-free relational transducer network iff it is monotone,

Markus Lazar, Giacomo Po

A representation of the solid angle and the Burgers formula as line integral is derived in the framework of the theory of gradient elasticity of Helmholtz type. The gradient version of the Eshelby-deWit representation of the Burgers formula of a closed dislocation loop is given. Such a form is suitable for the numerical implementation in 3D dislocation dynam

Rishi Saket

This work revisits the PCP Verifiers used in the works of Hastad [Has01], Guruswami et al.[GHS02], Holmerin[Hol02] and Guruswami[Gur00] for satisfiable Max-E3-SAT and Max-Ek-Set-Splitting, and independent set in 2-colorable 4-uniform hypergraphs. We provide simpler and more efficient PCP Verifiers to prove the following improved hardness results: Assuming th

Patrizia A. Caraveo

Isolated Neutron Stars (INSs) were the first sources identified in the field of high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. At first, in the 70s, there were only two identified sources, the Crab and Vela pulsars. However, although few in number, these objects were crucial in establishing the very concept of a gamma-ray source. Moreover, they opened up significant disco

Diego Falceta-Goncalves, Hektor Monteiro

For the past decade observations of the alignement of PNe symmetries with respect to the galactic disk have led to conflicting results. Recently observational evidence for alignment between PNe and local interstellar magnetic fields in the central part of the Galaxy ($b < 5^\circ$) has been found. We studied the role of the interstellar magnetic field on the

Andrew R. Marble, Lorraine Callahan, Alexei A. Pevtsov

The Vector Spectromagnetograph (VSM) instrument on the Synoptic Optical Longterm Investigations of the Sun (SOLIS) telescope is capable of obtaining spectropolarimetry for the full Sun (or a select latitudinal range) with one arcsecond spatial resolution and 0.05 Angstrom spectral resolution. This is achieved by scanning the Sun in declination and building u

J. P. Connolly, D. Mencaraglia, C. Renard, D. Bouchier

Single junction Si solar cells dominate photovoltaics but are close to their efficiency limits. This paper presents ideal limiting efficiencies for tandem and triple junction multijunction solar cells subject only to the constraint of the Si bandgap and therefore recommending optimum cell structures departing from the single junction ideal. The use of III-V

Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira

Finite sample properties of random covariance-type matrices have been the subject of much research. In this paper we focus on the &#34;lower tail&#34; of such a matrix, and prove that it is subgaussian under a simple fourth moment assumption on the one-dimensional marginals of the random vectors. A similar result holds for more general sums of random positiv

Juan Helo, Martin Hirsch, Sergey Kovalenko

Sterile neutrinos with masses in the range (1-100) GeV, have been searched for in a variety of experiments. Here, we discuss the prospects to search for sterile neutrinos at the LHC using displaced vertices. Two different cases are discussed: (i) the standard model extended with sterile neutrinos and (ii) right-handed neutrinos in a left-right symmetric exte

Diego Chialva

Correlators of primordial perturbations could provide us with the signatures of physics at earlier times/higher momentum scales than inflation. The key-mechanisms are the interference and cumulation in time related to the interplay of negative- and positive-frequency components of fields and energy density generated by the high-momentum scale physics. Here,

Mario Dagrada, Michele Casula, Antonino M. Saitta, Sandro Sorella

We report an extensive theoretical study of the protonated water dimer (Zundel ion) by means of the highly correlated variational Monte Carlo and lattice regularized Monte Carlo approaches. This system represents the simplest model for proton transfer (PT) and a correct description of its properties is essential in order to understand the PT mechanism in mor

Marta Cialdea Mayer

In previous works, a tableau calculus has been defined, which constitutes a decision procedure for hybrid logic with the converse and global modalities and a restricted use of the binder. This work shows how to extend such a calculus to multi-modal logic enriched with features largely used in description logics: transitivity and relation inclusion assertions

John L. Bohn, Deborah S. Jin

Analytic expressions for the differential cross sections of ultracold atoms and molecules that scatter primarily due to dipolar interactions are derived within the first Born approximation, and are shown to agree with the partial wave expansion. These cross sections are applied to the problem of cross-dimensional rethermalization. Strikingly, the rate of ret

Julien Baste, Ignasi Sau

For some years it was believed that for &#34;connectivity&#34; problems such as Hamiltonian Cycle, algorithms running in time 2^{O(tw)}n^{O(1)} -called single-exponential- existed only on planar and other sparse graph classes, where tw stands for the treewidth of the n-vertex input graph. This was recently disproved by Cygan et al. [FOCS 2011], Bodlaender et

Dmitry Gorbunov, Alexander Panin

Renewed interest in GeV-scale sterile neutrinos capable of explaining active neutrino oscillations via see-saw type I mechanism has been expressed in several proposals of direct searches. Given this activity we estimate the minimal values of sterile-active mixing angles provided one, two, or three sterile neutrinos are lighter than D-meson.

Larisa Beilina, Michael V. Klibanov

A Carleman Weight Function (CWF) is used to construct a new cost functional for a Coefficient Inverse Problems for a hyperbolic PDE. Given a bounded set of an arbitrary size in a certain Sobolev space, one can choose the parameter of the CWF in such a way that the constructed cost functional will be strongly convex on that set. Next, convergence of the gradi

Muhammad Usman Sheikh, Jukka Lempiainen

Mobile operators commonly use macro cells with traditional wide beam antennas for wider coverage in the cell, but future capacity demands cannot be achieved by using them only. It is required to achieve maximum practical capacity from macro cells by employing higher order sectorization and by utilizing all possible antenna solutions including smart antennas.

Chih Hao Chen, Po Han Chen, Mark C. Ho, Meng Syun Syu

Let $λ$ be a complex number in the closed unit disc $\overline{\Bbb D}$, and $\cal H$ be a separable Hilbert space with the orthonormal basis, say, ${\cal E}=\{e_n:n=0,1,2,\cdots\}$. A bounded operator $T$ on $\cal H$ is called a {\em $λ$-Toeplitz operator} if $\langle Te_{m+1},e_{n+1}\rangle=λ\langle Te_m,e_n\rangle$ (where $\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle$ is th

Peter Weis, Juan Luis Garcia-Pomar, Marco Rahm

It is evidenced by numerical calculations that optically pumped graphene is suitable for compensating inherent loss in terahertz (THz) metamaterials. In a first step, the complex conductivity of graphene under optical pumping is calculated and the proper conditions for terahertz amplification in single layer graphene are determined. It is shown that amplific

Ira Livshits

Shifted Laplacian multigrid preconditioner has become a tool du jour for solving highly indefinite Helmholtz equations. The idea is to add a complex damping to the original Helmholtz operator and then apply a multigrid processing to the resulting operator using it to precondition Krylov methods, usually Bi-CGSTAB. Not only such preconditioning accelerates Kr

Ankit Gupta, Mustafa Khammash

A reaction network consists of a finite number of species, which interact through predefined reaction channels. Traditionally such networks were modeled deterministically, but it is now well-established that when reactant copy numbers are small, the random timing of the reactions create internal noise that can significantly affect the macroscopic properties

Mohammad H. Alomari, Aya Samaha, Khaled AlKamha

In this paper, we propose an automated computer platform for the purpose of classifying Electroencephalography (EEG) signals associated with left and right hand movements using a hybrid system that uses advanced feature extraction techniques and machine learning algorithms. It is known that EEG represents the brain activity by the electrical voltage fluctuat

Iulia Ghiu

We propose a new method of finding the mutually unbiased bases for three qubits. The key element is the construction of the table of striation-generating curves in the discrete phase space. We derive a system of equations in the Galois field GF(8) and show that the solutions of these equations are sufficient for the construction of the general sets of comple

C. Alexandrou, M. Constantinou, V. Drach, K. Jansen

We present results on the nucleon form factors, momentum fraction and helicity moment for $N_f=2$ and $N_f=2+1+1$ twisted mass fermions for a number of lattice volumes and lattice spacings. First results for a new $N_f=2$ ensemble at the physical pion mass are also included. The implications of these results on the spin content of the nucleon are discussed t

M. J. Reid, M. Honma

Astrometry provides the foundation for astrophysics. Accurate positions are required for the association of sources detected at different times or wavelengths, and distances are essential to estimate the size, luminosity, mass, and ages of most objects. Very Long Baseline Interferometry at radio wavelengths, with diffraction-limited imaging at sub-milliarcse

M. Bayar, W. H. Liang, T. Uchino, C. W. Xiao

We study the $ρK\bar{K}$ system with an aim to describe the $ρ(1700)$ resonance. The chiral unitary approach has achieved success in a description of systems of the light hadron sector. With this method, the $K \bar{K}$ system in the isospin sector $I=0$, is found to be a dominant component of the $f_0 (980)$ resonance. Therefore, by regarding the $K\bar{K}$

Victoriano Valencia García, Eugenio J. Fernández Vicente, Luis Usero Aragonés

The current success of organizations depends on the successful implementation of Information and Comunication Technologies (ICTs). Good governance and ICT management are essential for delivering value, managing technological risks, managing resources and performance measurement. In addition, outsourcing is a strategic option which complements IT services pro

Doreswamy, Chanabasayya M. Vastrad

A new smoothing method for solving ? -support vector regression (?-SVR), tolerating a small error in fitting a given data sets nonlinearly is proposed in this study. Which is a smooth unconstrained optimization reformulation of the traditional linear programming associated with a ?-insensitive support vector regression. We term this redeveloped problem as ?-

Vitali Volovoi

A new graphical framework, Abridged Petri Nets (APNs) is introduced for bottom-up modeling of complex stochastic systems. APNs are similar to Stochastic Petri Nets (SPNs) in as much as they both rely on component-based representation of system state space, in contrast to Markov chains that explicitly model the states of an entire system. In both frameworks,

Yannick J. L. Michaux, Anthony F. G. Moffat, Andre-Nicolas Chene, Nicole Saint-Louis

Examination of the temporal variability properties of several strong optical recombination lines in a large sample of Galactic Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars reveals possible trends, especially in the more homogeneous WC than the diverse WN subtypes, of increasing wind variability with cooler subtypes. This could imply that a serious contender for the driver of the v

Krzysztof Dębicki, Enkelejd Hashorva, Natalia Soja-Kukieła

Let $\{X(s,t):s,t\geqslant 0\}$ be a centered homogeneous Gaussian field with a.s. continuous sample paths and correlation function $r(s,t)=Cov(X(s,t),X(0,0))$ such that \[r(s,t)=1-|s|^{α_1}-|t|^{α_2}+o(|s|^{α_1}+|t|^{α_2}), \quad s,t \to 0,\] with $α_1,α_2\in(0,2],$ and $r(s,t)<1$ for $(s,t)\neq(0,0)$. In this contribution we derive an exact asymptotic expa

Doreswamy, Chanabasayya . M. Vastrad

From the past decade outlier detection has been in use. Detection of outliers is an emerging topic and is having robust applications in medical sciences and pharmaceutical sciences. Outlier detection is used to detect anomalous behaviour of data. Typical problems in Bioinformatics can be addressed by outlier detection. A computationally fast method for detec

Doreswamy, Chanabasayya . M. Vastrad

Missing data imputation is an important research topic in data mining. Large-scale Molecular descriptor data may contains missing values (MVs). However, some methods for downstream analyses, including some prediction tools, require a complete descriptor data matrix. We propose and evaluate an iterative imputation method MiFoImpute based on a random forest. B

Alexander Dranishnikov

We prove the inequality $$ \dim_{mc}\Wi M\le n-2$$ for the macroscopic dimension of the universal covers $\Wi M$ of almost spin $n$-manifolds $M$ with positive scalar curvature whose fundamental group $π_1(M)$ is a virtual duality group that satisfies the coarse Baum-Connes conjecture.

Srikrishna Doraiswamy, Arun R. Srinivasa

In this paper, we present an approach for modeling bio-tissues that incorporates the variability in properties as part of their characteristics. This is achieved by considering the parameters of the model of a biomaterial to themselves be random variables and represented by a probability distribution over the space of parameters. This probability distributio

Ira Livshits

The subject of this paper is multigrid solvers for Helmholtz operators with large wave numbers. Algorithms presented here are variations of the wave-ray solver which is modified to allow efficient solutions for operators with constant, continuous, and discontinuous wave numbers. Both geometric and algebraic frameworks are employed, all yielding efficient and

Francisco Guinea, Pierre Le Doussal, Kay Joerg Wiese

We consider a model of Dirac fermions coupled to flexural phonons to describe a graphene sheet fluctuating in dimension $2+d$. We derive the self-consistent screening equations for the quantum problem, exact in the limit of large $d$. We first treat the membrane alone, and work out the quantum to classical, and harmonic to anharmonic crossover. For the coupl

Doreswamy, Chanabasayya . M. Vastrad

Neural networks have been used successfully to a broad range of areas such as business, data mining, drug discovery and biology. In medicine, neural networks have been applied widely in medical diagnosis, detection and evaluation of new drugs and treatment cost estimation. In addition, neural networks have begin practice in data mining strategies for the aim

Terence C. Farrelly, Anthony J. Short

We study a single quantum particle in discrete spacetime evolving in a causal way. We see that in the continuum limit any massless particle with a two dimensional internal degree of freedom obeys the Weyl equation, provided that we perform a simple relabeling of the coordinate axes or demand rotational symmetry in the continuum limit. It is surprising that t

G. Theocharis, O. Richoux, V. Romero-García, V. Tournat

We investigate the sound propagation in an air-filled tube periodically loaded with Helmholtz resonators. By tuning the Helmholtz with the Bragg resonance, we study the efficiency of slow sound propagation in the presence of the intrinsic viscothermal losses of the system. While in the lossless case the overlapping of the resonances results in slow sound ind

Jing Tian, Haibo Qiu, Guanfang Wang, Yong Chen

Measure synchronization (MS) in a two-species bosonic Josephson junction (BJJ) is studied based on semi-classical theory. Six different scenarios for MS, including two in the Josephson oscillation regime (0 phase mode) and four in the self-trapping regime ($π$ phase mode), have been clearly shown. Systematic investigations of the common features behind these

Ignat Domanov, Lieven De Lathauwer

Canonical Polyadic Decomposition (CPD) of a third-order tensor is decomposition in a minimal number of rank-$1$ tensors. We call an algorithm algebraic if it is guaranteed to find the decomposition when it is exact and if it only relies on standard linear algebra (essentially sets of linear equations and matrix factorizations). The known algebraic algorithms

Alberto Ronzani, Carles Altimiras, Francesco Giazotto

We report on the fabrication and characterization of a two-terminal mesoscopic interferometer based on three V/Cu/V Josephson junctions having nanoscale cross-section. The junctions have been arranged in a double-ring geometry realized by metallic thin film deposition through a suspended mask defined by electron beam lithography. Although a significant amoun

Norbert Rimoux, Patrice Descourt

This paper introduces the memory by Association and Reinforcement of Contexts (mARC). mARC is a novel data modeling technology rooted in the second quantization formulation of quantum mechanics. It is an all-purpose incremental and unsupervised data storage and retrieval system which can be applied to all types of signal or data, structured or unstructured,

Asmita Mukherjee

We report on a recent calculation of the generalized parton distributions (GPDs) of the photon when the momentum transfer in the transverse direction is non-zero. We use an overlap representation of the photon GPDs in terms of the photon light-front wave functions. We calculate the GPDs at leading order in electromagnetic coupling $α$ and zeroth order in str

B. Comis, R. Adam, J. F. Macías-Pérez, A. Adane

We present the first detection of the thermal Sunyaev-Zel&#39;dovich (tSZ) effect from a cluster of galaxies performed with a KIDs (Kinetic Inductance Detectors) based instrument. The tSZ effect is a distortion of the black body CMB (Cosmic Microwave Background) spectrum produced by the inverse Compton interaction of CMB photons with the hot electrons of the

Doreswamy, Chanabasayya . M. Vastrad

Antitubercular activity of 5-nitrofuran-2-yl Derivatives series were subjected to Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) Analysis with an effort to derive and understand a correlation between the biological activity as response variable and different molecular descriptors as independent variables. QSAR models are built using 40 molecular descrip

Tomas Andrade, Sebastian Fischetti, Donald Marolf, Simon F. Ross

We use the AdS/CFT correspondence to study models of entanglement and correlations between two $d=4$ CFTs in thermofield double states at finite chemical potential. Our bulk spacetimes are planar Reissner-Nordström AdS black holes. We compute both thermo-mutual information and the two-point correlators of large-dimension scalar operators, focussing on the sm

Steven A. Frank

Biological systems produce outputs in response to variable inputs. Input-output relations tend to follow a few regular patterns. For example, many chemical processes follow the S-shaped Hill equation relation between input concentrations and output concentrations. That Hill equation pattern contradicts the fundamental Michaelis-Menten theory of enzyme kineti

Elaine C. F. S. Fortes, M. D. Tonasse

We study an extended B-L model, which has in its structure four neutral scalars. In this model, a representative set of parameters enable us to conclude that one of these scalars is a promising candidate for low-mass dark matter. We introduce an Z_2 symmetry, which ensure the stability of the dark matter. The dominant annihilation process will be through $s$

Stefano Roddaro, Daniele Ercolani, Mian Akif Safeen, Soile Suomalainen

Millivolt range thermovoltage is demonstrated in single InAs-nanowire based field effect transistors. Thanks to a buried heating scheme, we drive both a large thermal bias DT>10K and a strong field-effect modulation of electric conductance on the nanostructures. This allows the precise mapping of the evolution of the Seebeck coefficient S as a function of th

Maurizio Grasselli, Hao Wu

We consider the modified phase-field crystal (MPFC) equation that has recently been proposed by P. Stefanovic et al. This is a variant of the phase-field crystal (PFC) equation, introduced by K.-R. Elder et al., which is characterized by the presence of an inertial term $βϕ_{tt}$. Here $ϕ$ is the phase function standing for the number density of atoms and $β

V. M. Kolomietz, S. V. Radionov, B. V. Reznychenko

The gamma-quanta emission is considered within the framework of the non--Markovian kinetic theory. It is shown that the memory effects have a strong influence on the spectral distribution of gamma-quanta in the case of long-time relaxation regime. It is shown that the gamma-radiation can be used as a probe for both the time-reversible hindrance force and the

Pardis Pourghomi, Muhammad Qasim saeed, Gheorghita Ghinea

Near Field Communication (NFC) technology is based on a short range radio communication channel which enables users to exchange data between devices. With NFC technology, mobile services establish a contactless transaction system to make the payment methods easier for people. Although NFC mobile services have great potential for growth, they have raised seve

Nicola Low, Janneke C. M. Heijne, Sereina A. Herzog, Christian L. Althaus

Objectives: Re-infection after treatment for Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae reduces the effect of control interventions. We explored the impact of delays in partner treatment on the expected probability of re-infection of index cases using a mathematical model. Methods: We used previously reported parameter distributions to calculate the prob

E. Oset, M. Albaladejo, Ju-Jun Xie, A. Ramos

In this talk I report on the recent developments in the subject of dynamically generated resonances. In particular I discuss the $γp \to K^0 Σ^+$ and $γn \to K^0 Σ^0$ reactions, with a peculiar behavior around the $K^{*0} Λ$ threshold, due to a $1/2^-$ resonance around 2035 MeV. Similarly, I discuss a BES experiment, $J/ψ\to ηK^{*0} \bar K^{*0}$ decay, which

Tomáš Vejchodský

Quasi steady state assumptions are often used to simplify complex systems of ordinary differential equations in modelling of biochemical processes. The simplified system is designed to have the same qualitative properties as the original system and to have a small number of variables. This enables to use the stability and bifurcation analysis to reveal a dee

Konstantinos Charalampous, Ioannis Kostavelis, Dimitrios Chrysostomou, Angelos Amanatiadis

Mobile robots dedicated in security tasks should be capable of clearly perceiving their environment to competently navigate within cluttered areas, so as to accomplish their assigned mission. The paper in hand describes such an autonomous agent designed to deploy competently in hazardous environments equipped with a laser scanner sensor. During the robot&#39

Benny Avelin, Teemu Lukkari

Weak supersolutions to the porous medium equation are defined by means of smooth test functions under an integral sign. We show that nonnegative weak supersolutions become lower semicontinuous after redefinition on a set of measure zero. This shows that weak supersolutions belong to a class of supersolutions defined by a comparison principle.

Jean Cardinal, Stefan Felsner

A partial cube is a graph having an isometric embedding in a hypercube. Partial cubes are characterized by a natural equivalence relation on the edges, whose classes are called zones. The number of zones determines the minimal dimension of a hypercube in which the graph can be embedded. We consider the problem of covering the vertices of a partial cube with

Fengzhen Zhang, Othmar Marti, Stefan Walheim, Thomas Schimmel

Friction measurements in the range of several meters per second are still of great interests. With the atomic force microscopy (AFM), the oscilaltion situation of the quartz crystal resonators of 3MHz resonance frequency are studied. And the oscillation speed could reach up to several m/s. Then the friction measurements are carried out on the Fischer Pattern

Jan van den Heuvel

Many combinatorial problems can be formulated as &#34;Can I transform configuration 1 into configuration 2, if certain transformations only are allowed?&#34;. An example of such a question is: given two k-colourings of a graph, can I transform the first k-colouring into the second one, by recolouring one vertex at a time, and always maintaining a proper k-co

Sabine Hild, Armin Rosa, Othmar Marti

In this study the possibility of combining commercial Scanning Force Microscopes (SFM) with stretching devices for the investigation of microscopic surface changes during stepwise elongation is investigated. Different types of stretching devices have been developed either for Scanning Platform-SFM or for Stand Alone-SFM. Their suitability for the investigati

Kotaro Fujisawa, Yoshiharu Eriguchi

We have shown analytically that shapes of incompressible stars could be prolate if appropriate meridional flows exist. Although this result is strictly valid only if either the meridional flow or the rotation is absent and the vorticity is associated uniformly with meridional flow, this implies that perpendicular forces against centrifugal and/or magnetic fo

Susumu Matsumae

In the wireless sensor networks composed of battery-powered sensor nodes, one of the main issues is how to save power consumption on each node. The usual approach to this problem is to activate only necessary nodes (e.g., those nodes which compose a backbone network), and to put other nodes to sleep. One such algorithm using location information is GAF (Geog

Julia Romanowska

In this paper we consider functions of the type $$f(x) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty a_n g(b_nx+θ_n),$$ where $(a_n)$ are independent random variables uniformly distributed on $(-a^n, a^n)$ for some $0<a<1$, $b_{n+1}/b_n \geq b >1$, $a^2b> 1$ and $g$ is a $C^1$ periodic real function with finite number of critical points in every bounded interval. We prove that the oc

Alioscia Hamma

Topological ordered states are exotic quantum states of matter that defy the usual description in terms of symmetry breaking and local order parameters. The type or order they feature is of non-local, topological nature, and it allows such systems to present unusual and interesting behaviours, like robust degeneracy, and anyonic excitations. Here we focus on

Wissem Jedidi, Thomas Simon

We display several examples of generalized gamma convoluted and hyperbolically completely monotone random variables related to positive $α$-stable laws. We also obtain new factorizations for the latter, refining Kanter&#39;s and Pestana-Shanbhag-Sreehari&#39;s. These results give stronger credit to Bondesson&#39;s hypothesis that positive $α$-stable densitie

Abhishek Kumar SIngh, Aditi Sharma, Rahul Mishra

Temperature forecasting and rain forecasting in today&#39;s environment is playing a major role in many fields like transportation, tour planning and agriculture. The purpose of this paper is to provide a real time forecasting to the user according to their current position and requirement. The simplest method of forecasting the weather, persistence, relies

Susumu Matsumae

This paper studies the difference in computational power between the mesh-connected parallel computers equipped with dynamically reconfigurable bus systems and those with static ones. The mesh with separable buses (MSB) is the mesh-connected parallel computer with dynamically reconfigurable row/column buses. The broadcast buses of the MSB can be dynamically

Susumu Matsumae, Fukuhito Ooshita

In the wireless sensor networks composed of battery-powered sensor nodes, one of the main issues is how to save power consumption at each node. The usual approach to this problem is to activate only necessary nodes (e.g., those nodes which compose a backbone network), and to put other nodes to sleep. One such algorithm using location information is GAF (Geog

Claudio Bonati, Guido Cossu, Massimo D&#39;Elia, Marco Mariti

We discuss our study of QCD in the presence of CP-odd electromagnetic (e.m.) background fields. We investigate the propagation of the CP-odd term from the e.m. sector to the strong sector, inducing an effective $θ$ term. We discuss the method we have used in our lattice QCD simulations, and the results of our analysis, which are relevant to the determination

Simon Parkinson, Andrew Crampton

Administrating and monitoring New Technology File System (NTFS) permissions can be a cumbersome and convoluted task. In today&#39;s data rich world there has never been a more important time to ensure that data is secured against unwanted access. This paper identifies the essential and fundamental requirements of access control, highlighting the main causes

Y. Tanaka, T. Shoman, K. Nakayama, S. Souma

We have performed angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) on the (111) surface of the topological crystalline insulator SnTe. Distinct from a pair of Dirac-cone surface states across the X_bar point of the surface Brillouin zone on the (001) surface, we revealed two types of Dirac-cone surface states each centered at the G_bar and M_bar points, whi

Matthias Egg, Michael Esfeld

The paper argues that a causal explanation of the correlated outcomes of EPR-type experiments is desirable and possible. It shows how Bohmian mechanics and the GRW mass density theory offer such an explanation in terms of a non-local common cause.

Florence Forbes, Myriam Charras-Garrido, Lamiae Azizi, Senan Doyle

Current risk mapping models for pooled data focus on the estimated risk for each geographical unit. A risk classification, that is, grouping of geographical units with similar risk, is then necessary to easily draw interpretable maps, with clearly delimited zones in which protection measures can be applied. As an illustration, we focus on the Bovine Spongifo

Xiaoqing Pan, Maochao Xu, Taizhong Hu

Linear combinations of independent random variables have been extensively studied in the literature. However, most of the work is based on some specific distribution assumptions. In this paper, a companion of (J. Appl. Probab. 48 (2011) 1179-1188), we unify the study of linear combinations of independent nonnegative random variables under the general setup b

Shao Fen Liang, Donia Scott, Robert Stevens, Alan Rector

Ontology development is a non-trivial task requiring expertise in the chosen ontological language. We propose a method for making the content of ontologies more transparent by presenting, through the use of natural language generation, naturalistic descriptions of ontology classes as textual paragraphs. The method has been implemented in a proof-of- concept

P. Grondona, H. O. Di Rocco, D. I. Iriarte, J. A. Pomarico

We report a series of experiments on laser pulsed photoacoustic excitationin turbid polymer samples addressed to evaluate the sound speed in the samples and the presence of inhomogeneities in the bulk. We describe a system which allows the direct measurement of the speed of the detected waves by engraving the surface of the piece under study with a fiduciary

Weronika Łaukajtys, Leszek Słomiński

We study the problem of approximation of solutions of the Skorokhod problem and reflecting stochastic differential equations (SDEs) with jumps by sequences of solutions of equations with penalization terms. Applications to discrete approximation of weak and strong solutions of reflecting SDEs are given. Our proofs are based on new estimates for solutions of

Heather Ratcliffe, Eduard. P. Kontar

The evolution of a solar flare accelerated non-thermal electron population and associated plasma emission is considered in collisional inhomogeneous plasma. Non-thermal electrons collisionally evolve to become unstable and generate Langmuir waves, which may lead to intense radio emission. We self-consistently simulated the collisional relaxation of electrons

Daniel Torres-Salinas, Nicolás Robinson-García, J. M. Campanario, Emilio Delgado López-Cózar

Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyze the disciplinary coverage of the Thomson Reuters&#39; Book Citation Index database focusing on publisher presence, impact and specialization. Design/Methodology/approach: We conduct a descriptive study in which we examine coverage by discipline, publisher distribution by field and country of publication, and publi

A. Maiorano, G. Parisi, D. Yllanes

In recent times, the theoretical study of the three-dimensional Edwards-Anderson model has produced several rigorous results on the nature of the spin-glass phase. In particular, it has been shown that, as soon as the overlap distribution is non-trivial, ultrametricity holds. However, these theorems are valid only in the thermodynamical limit and are therefo

Doreswamy, Chanabasayya . M. Vastrad

Regularized regression techniques for linear regression have been created the last few ten years to reduce the flaws of ordinary least squares regression with regard to prediction accuracy. In this paper, new methods for using regularized regression in model choice are introduced, and we distinguish the conditions in which regularized regression develops our

Jiti Gao, Qiying Wang, Jiying Yin

In this paper we propose using a nonparametric model specification test for parametric time series with long-range dependence (LRD). To establish asymptotic distributions of the proposed test statistic, we develop new central limit theorems for certain weighted quadratic forms of stationary time series with LRD. To implement our proposed test in practice, we

E. I. Kalinin, A. B. Mazo

A numerical study of the problem of laminar infinite flow of viscous incompressible fluid around a rotating circular cylinder at Reynolds number $ 50 \le {\rm Re} \le 500 $ and dimensionless rotation rate $ 0 \le α\le 7 $ has been carried out. The parametric map of flow regimes has been constructed, where two zones of steady and two zones of periodic solutio

Mathis Seidl, Johannes B. Huber

We improve the method in \cite{Seidl:10} for increasing the finite-lengh performance of polar codes by protecting specific, less reliable symbols with simple outer repetition codes. Decoding of the scheme integrates easily in the known successive decoding algorithms for polar codes. Overall rate and block length remain unchanged, the decoding complexity is a

Srishti Gupta, Ponnurangam Kumaraguru

The awareness and sense of privacy has increased in the minds of people over the past few years. Earlier, people were not very restrictive in sharing their personal information, but now they are more cautious in sharing it with strangers, either in person or online. With such privacy expectations and attitude of people, it is difficult to embrace the fact th