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Building Local Terrain Maps Using SpatioTemporal Classification for Semantic Robot Localization
Zell, Andreas
of the environment. We describe how to efficiently integrate the classification results of each time stepBuilding Local Terrain Maps Using SpatioTemporal Classification for Semantic Robot Localization Stefan Laible1 and Andreas Zell1 Abstract-- The correct classification of the surrounding ter- rain
Resisting globalization- ATTAC in France: local discourses, global terrain
Leonard, Marie des Neiges
The debate over the "globalization" process has been influenced by the emergence of social movements who deplore this process. This research focuses on the French social movement ATTAC (Action for a Tobin Tax for the Aid of Citizens...
Terrain identification methods for planetary exploration rovers
Brooks, Christopher Allen, 1978-
Autonomous mobility in rough terrain is becoming increasingly important for planetary exploration rovers. Increased knowledge of local terrain properties is critical to ensure a rover's safety, especially when driving on ...
Terrain and vegetation structural influences on local avian species richness in two mixed-conifer forests
avian species richness in two mixed conifer forests, Moscow Mountain and Slate Creek, containing included height variability and canopy density whereas at Slate Creek they included slope, elevation, patch at Moscow Mountain but were strong predictors of avian species richness at the higher elevation Slate Creek
Pralat, Pawel
mining technique, web pages are often represented as vectors in a word-document space. Using LatentA SPATIAL WEB GRAPH MODEL WITH LOCAL INFLUENCE REGIONS W. AIELLO, A. BONATO, C. COOPER, J. JANSSEN-degree distribution, with exponent in [2, ) depending on the parameters, and with concentration for a wide range of in
Local Environmental Pollution Strongly Influences Culturable Bacterial Aerosols at an Urban Aquatic Superfund Site
Uriarte, Maria
Local Environmental Pollution Strongly Influences Culturable Bacterial Aerosols at an Urban Aquatic Information ABSTRACT: In polluted environments, when microbial aerosols originate locally, species composition of the aerosols should reflect the polluted source. To test the connection between local environmental pollution
High performance robotic traverse of desert terrain.
Whittaker, William (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA)
This report presents tentative innovations to enable unmanned vehicle guidance for a class of off-road traverse at sustained speeds greater than 30 miles per hour. Analyses and field trials suggest that even greater navigation speeds might be achieved. The performance calls for innovation in mapping, perception, planning and inertial-referenced stabilization of components, hosted aboard capable locomotion. The innovations are motivated by the challenge of autonomous ground vehicle traverse of 250 miles of desert terrain in less than 10 hours, averaging 30 miles per hour. GPS coverage is assumed to be available with localized blackouts. Terrain and vegetation are assumed to be akin to that of the Mojave Desert. This terrain is interlaced with networks of unimproved roads and trails, which are a key to achieving the high performance mapping, planning and navigation that is presented here.
Duchaineau, M. [Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)]|[Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States); Wolinsky, M.; Sigeti, D.E. [Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)] [and others
Real-time terrain rendering for interactive visualization remains a demanding task. We present a novel algorithm with several advantages over previous methods: our method is unusually stingy with polygons yet achieves real-time performance and is scalable to arbitrary regions and resolutions. The method provides a continuous terrain mesh of specified triangle count having provably minimum error in restricted but reasonably general classes of permissible meshes and error metrics. Our method provides an elegant solution to guaranteeing certain elusive types of consistency in scenes produced by multiple scene generators which share a common finest-resolution database but which otherwise operate entirely independently. This consistency is achieved by exploiting the freedom of choice of error metric allowed by the algorithm to provide, for example, multiple exact lines-of-sight in real-time. Our methods rely on an off-line pre-processing phase to construct a multi-scale data structure consisting of triangular terrain approximations enhanced ({open_quotes}thickened{close_quotes}) with world-space error information. In real time, this error data is efficiently transformed into screen-space where it is used to guide a greedy top-down triangle subdivision algorithm which produces the desired minimal error continuous terrain mesh. Our algorithm has been implemented and it operates at real-time rates.
Bouchard, Antoine; Da Costa, Gary S.; Jerjen, Helmut [Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, Weston, ACT 2611 (Australia)], E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, E-mail: email@example.com, E-mail: email@example.com
The results of an H{alpha} photometric survey of 30 dwarf galaxies of various morphologies in the Centaurus A and Sculptor groups are presented. Of these 30, emission was detected in 13: eight are of late-type, two are early-type, and three are of mixed morphologies. The typical flux detection limit of {approx}2 x 10{sup -16} erg s{sup -1} cm{sup -2} translates into a star-formation rate (SFR) detection limit of 4 x 10{sup -6} M {sub sun} yr{sup -1}. In light of these results, the morphology-density relation is re-examined, and it is shown that, despite a number of unaccounted parameters, there are significant correlations between the factors determining the morphological type of a galaxy and its environment. Dwarf galaxies in high-density regions have a lower current SFR and lower neutral gas content than their low-density counterparts, confirming earlier results from the Local Group and other denser environments. The effect of environment is also seen in the timescale formed from the ratio of blue luminosity to current SFR-dwarfs in higher-density environments have larger values, indicating relatively higher past average SFR. The influence of environment extends very far, and no dwarfs from our sample can be identified as 'field' objects.
Bryant, Steven
Immobilization of CO2 injected into deep subsurface storage reservoirs is a critical component of risk assessment for geologic CO2 storage (GCS). Local capillary trapping (LCT) is a recently established mode of immobilization that arises when CO2 migrates due to buoyancy through heterogeneous storage reservoirs. This project sought to assess the amount and extent of LCT expected in storage formations under a range of injection conditions, and to confirm the persistence of LCT if the seal overlying the reservoir were to lose its integrity. Numerical simulation using commercial reservoir simulation software was conducted to assess the influence of injection. Laboratory experiments, modeling and numerical simulation were conducted to assess the effect of compromised seal integrity. Bench-scale (0.6 m by 0.6 m by 0.03 m) experiments with surrogate fluids provided the first empirical confirmation of the key concepts underlying LCT: accumulation of buoyant nonwetting phase at above residual saturations beneath capillary barriers in a variety of structures, which remains immobile under normal capillary pressure gradients. Immobilization of above-residual saturations is a critical distinction between LCT and the more familiar �residual saturation trapping.� To estimate the possible extent of LCT in a storage reservoir an algorithm was developed to identify all potential local traps, given the spatial distribution of capillary entry pressure in the reservoir. The algorithm assumes that the driving force for CO2 migration can be represented as a single value of �critical capillary entry pressure� Pc,entrycrit, such that cells with capillary entry pressure greater/less than Pc,entrycrit act as barriers/potential traps during CO2 migration. At intermediate values of Pc,entrycrit, the barrier regions become more laterally extensive in the reservoir, approaching a percolation threshold while non-barrier regions remain numerous. The maximum possible extent of LCT thus occurs at Pc,entrycrit near this threshold. Testing predictions of this simple algorithm against full-physics simulations of buoyancy-driven CO2 migration support the concept of critical capillary entry pressure. However, further research is needed to determine whether a single value of critical capillary entry pressure always applies and how that value can be determined a priori. Simulations of injection into high-resolution (cells 0.3 m on a side) 2D and 3D heterogeneous domains show two characteristic behaviors. At small gravity numbers (vertical flow velocity much less than horizontal flow velocity) the CO2 fills local traps as well as regions that would act as local barriers if CO2 weremoving only due to buoyancy. When injection ceases, the CO2 migrates vertically to establish large saturations within local traps and residual saturation elsewhere. At large gravity numbers, the CO2 invades a smaller portion of the perforated interval. Within this smaller swept zone the local barriers are not invaded, but local traps are filled to large saturation during injection and remain during post-injection gravity-driven migration. The small gravity number behavior is expected in the region within 100 m of a vertical injection well at anticipated rates of injection for commercial GCS. Simulations of leakage scenarios (through-going region of large permeability imposed in overlying seal) indicate that LCT persists (i.e. CO2 remains held in a large fraction of the local iv traps) and the persistence is independent of injection rate during storage. Simulations of leakage for the limiting case of CO2 migrating vertically from an areally extensive emplacement in the lower portion of a reservoir showed similar strong persistence of LCT. This research has two broad implications for GCS. The first is that LCT can retain a significant fraction of the CO2 stored in a reservoir � above and beyond the residual saturation -- if the overlying seal were to fail. Thus frameworks for risk assessment should be extended to account for LCT. The second implication is that compared to press
Minority influence on public organization change: Latinos and local education politics
Juenke, Eric
1 MINORITY INFLUENCE ON PUBLIC ORGANIZATION CHANGE: LATINOS AND LOCAL EDUCATION POLITICS A Dissertation by ERIC JUENKE Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment... of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY August 2005 Major Subject: Political Science MINORITY INFLUENCE ON PUBLIC ORGANIZATION CHANGE: LATINOS AND LOCAL EDUCATION POLITICS A Dissertation...
Top-Down Influences on Local Networks: Basic Theory with Experimental Implications
Srinivasan, Ramesh; Thorpe, Samuel; Nunez, Paul L
lations and synchrony in top-down processing. Nat. Rev.functional coupling during top- down processing in a workingstate visual evoked potentials Top-down influences on local
Influence of local and remote SST on North Atlantic tropical cyclone potential intensity
Camargo, Suzana J.
Influence of local and remote SST on North Atlantic tropical cyclone potential intensity Suzana J of local and remote sea surface temperature (SST) on the tropical cyclone potential intensity in the North Atlantic using a suite of model simulations, while separating the impact of anthropogenic (external
Terrainosaurus: realistic terrain synthesis using genetic algorithms
Saunders, Ryan L.
), are solid evidence that believable terrain can be visualized in real-time with current technology. Terrain generation, in contrast, has received comparatively little treatment in the literature. Fractal-based techniques are the most prevalent, because... noted, fractal methods for terrain generation are limited in the types of terrain they can simulate, and one generally has to resort to elevation maps digitized from the real world to get more interesting and believable terrain models. In this thesis, I...
High Resolution SAR Interferometry: influence of local topography in the context of glacier monitoring
Paris-Sud XI, Universit� de
High Resolution SAR Interferometry: influence of local topography in the context of glacier the opportu- nity to measure temperate glacier surface topography and displacement between the two for glacier activity monitoring, by providing regular measure- ments such as surface topography, velocity
Local Impact, National Influence, Global Reach UC San Diego at 50
Russell, Lynn
� Innovation UCSD, February 2011 � "Green" Open House, April 16, 2011 #12;Local Impact, National Influence Playhouse � Wagner Theatre � UC San Diego Athletics � RIMAC � Stuart Collection � UC San Diego Libraries a multi- disciplinary effort. � Students also participate in climate research and have helped "green
Evaluating Hydrology Preservation of Simplified Terrain Representations
Varela, Carlos
Evaluating Hydrology Preservation of Simplified Terrain Representations Ph. D. Student: Christopher captures the hydrology is important for determining the effectiveness of a terrain simplification technique also present a novel ter- rain simplification algorithm based on the compression of hydrology features
Terrain Characterization and Classification with a Mobile
Borenstein, Johann
, commonly known categories, such as gravel, sand, or as- phalt. Terrain characterization, on the other hand aims at associating terrain with well-defined categories, such as gravel, sand, or dirt. A related for a turn is lower when driving over sand or wet grass than when driving on packed dirt or asphalt. In order
Alteration of Terrain Permits (New Hampshire)
Broader source: Energy.gov [DOE]
This permit is required whenever a project proposes to disturb more than 100,000 square feet of contiguous terrain (50,000 square feet if any portion of project is within protected shoreland), or...
Evaluating Hydrology Preservation of Simplified Terrain Representations
Franklin, W. Randolph
Evaluating Hydrology Preservation of Simplified Terrain Representations Jonathan Muckella , Marcus network. A quan- titative measurement of how accurately a drainage network captures the hydrology to preserve the important hydrology features. This method and other simplification schemes are then evaluated
Terrain Trafficability Characterization with a Mobile Robot
Borenstein, Johann
for a turn is lower when driving over sand or wet grass than when driving on packed dirt or asphalt tests we collected data on a variety of different terrains, such as gravel, sand, asphalt, grass
Newtonian analogue of Schwarzschild de-Sitter spacetime: Influence on the local kinematics in galaxies
Tamal Sarkar; Shubhrangshu Ghosh; Arunava Bhadra
The late time accelerated expansion of the Universe demands that even in local galactic-scales it is desirable to study astrophysical phenomena, particularly relativistic accretion related phenomena in massive galaxies or in galaxy mergers and the dynamics of the kiloparsecs-scale structure and beyond, in the local-galaxies in Schwarzschild-de Sitter (SDS) background, rather than in Schwarzschild or Newtonian paradigm. Owing to the complex and nonlinear character of the underlying magnetohydrodynamical equations in general relativistic (GR) regime, it is quite useful to have an Newtonian analogous potential containing all the important GR features that allows to treat the problem in Newtonian framework for study of accretion and its related processes. From the principle of conserved Hamiltonian of the test particle motion, here, a three dimensional Newtonian analogous potential has been obtained in spherical geometry corresponding to SDS/Schwarzschild anti-de Sitter (SADS) spacetime, that reproduces almost all of the GR features in its entirety with remarkable accuracy. The derived potential contains an explicit velocity dependent term of the test particle that renders an approximate relativistic modification of Newtonian like potential. The complete orbital dynamics around SDS geometry and the epicyclic frequency corresponding to SDS metric have been extensively studied in the Newtonian framework using the derived potential. Applying the derived analogous potential it is found that the current accepted value of $\\Lambda \\sim 10^{-56} \\rm cm^{-2}$ moderately influences both sonic radius as well as Bondi accretion rate, especially for spherical accretion with smaller values of adiabatic constant and temperature, which might have interesting consequences on the stability of accretion disk in AGNs/radio galaxies.
Janssen, Jeannette C.M.
technique, web pages are often represented as vectors in a word-document space. Using Latent SematicA SPATIAL WEB GRAPH MODEL WITH LOCAL INFLUENCE REGIONS W. AIELLO, A. BONATO, C. COOPER, J. JANSSEN in [2, ) depending on the parameters, and with concentration for a wide range of in-degree values. We
Low-cost multi-terrain autonomous vehicle for hostile environments
Perez, M. L., LLNL
This paper describes an innovative and unique autonomous vehicle being developed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) for versatile use in hostile environments. Conventional vehicles used in decommissioning and decontaminating, police activity, and unmanned military operations typically are designed with four-wheels or track in contact with the environment. Although four-wheel and track vehicles work well, they are limited in negotiating saturated terrain, steep hills and soft soils. The Spiral Track Autonomous Robot (STAR) is a versatile and maneuverable multi-terrain mobile vehicle that uses the latest available computer technology and two Archimedes screws, in contact with the local environment to intelligently negotiate a hostile environment.
Speed Map for Autonomous Rovers over Rough Terrain
Loh, Jonathan Edau
Grid Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .considered obstacles [27] Grid Map showing Tile Size, Cellspeed map. It also covers grid maps and terrain roughness,
Adaptive Streaming and Rendering of Large Terrains using Strip Masks
Paris-Sud XI, Universit� de
Adaptive Streaming and Rendering of Large Terrains using Strip Masks Joachim Pouderoux Jean-Eudes Marvie IPARLA Project (LaBRI - INRIA Futurs) University of Bordeaux, France Abstract Terrain rendering is an important factor in the rendering of virtual scenes. If they are large and detailed, digital terrains can
Creating Standards for Winter Terrain Parks
to engineering frame motivated creation of a 501c(3) non-profit, United States Terrain Park Council Dedicated fatalities (31 male, 6 female) mostly young J. Shealy (2000) Snowboard injury rate doubled during 1990-2000 from 3.37 to 6.97 per 1000 skier days Deaths: 50 (2007-2008) 39 (2008-2009) Compiled by California Ski
Terrain relative localization for lunar entry, descent, and landing
Hale, Matthew J., S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
As exploration of the solar system continues, the need for the capability to land a spacecraft very accurately on a planetary body has become apparent. Due to limitations on the achievable accuracy of inertial navigation ...
Chow, Fotini Katopodes
11.1 DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHOD TO RESOLVE COMPLEX TERRAIN IN THE WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODEL Katherine A. Lundquist1 , Fotini K. Chow 2 , Julie K. Lundquist 3 , and Jeffery D. Mirocha 3 in urban areas are profoundly influenced by the presence of build- ings which divert mean flow, affect
Influence of a local change of depth on the behavior of bouncing oil drops
Carmigniani, Remi; Symon, Sean; McKeon, Beverley J
The work of Couder \\textit{et al} (see also Bush \\textit{et al}) inspired consideration of the impact of a submerged obstacle, providing a local change of depth, on the behavior of oil drops in the bouncing regime. In the linked videos, we recreate some of their results for a drop bouncing on a uniform depth bath of the same liquid undergoing vertical oscillations just below the conditions for Faraday instability, and show a range of new behaviors associated with change of depth. This article accompanies a fluid dynamics video entered into the Gallery of Fluid Motion of the 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics.
Ductal Carcinoma in Situ-The Influence of the Radiotherapy Boost on Local Control
Wong, Philip [Division of Radiation Oncology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC (Canada); Lambert, Christine, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com [Division of Radiation Oncology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC (Canada); Agnihotram, Ramanakumar V. [Division of Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, QC (Canada); David, Marc; Duclos, Marie; Freeman, Carolyn R. [Division of Radiation Oncology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC (Canada)
Purpose: Local recurrence (LR) of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is reduced by whole-breast irradiation after breast-conserving surgery (BCS). However, the benefit of adding a radiotherapy boost to the surgical cavity for DCIS is unclear. We sought to determine the impact of the boost on LR in patients with DCIS treated at the McGill University Health Centre. Methods and Materials: A total of 220 consecutive cases of DCIS treated with BCS and radiotherapy between January 2000 and December 2006 were reviewed. Of the patients, 36% received a radiotherapy boost to the surgical cavity. Median follow-up was 46 months for the boost and no-boost groups. Kaplan-Meier survival analyses and Cox regression analyses were performed. Results: Compared with the no-boost group, patients in the boost group more frequently had positive and <0.1-cm margins (48% vs. 8%) (p < 0.0001) and more frequently were in higher-risk categories as defined by the Van Nuys Prognostic (VNP) index (p = 0.006). Despite being at higher risk for LR, none (0/79) of the patients who received a boost experienced LR, whereas 8 of 141 patients who did not receive a boost experienced an in-breast LR (log-rank p = 0.03). Univariate analysis of prognostic factors (age, tumor size, margin status, histological grade, necrosis, and VNP risk category) revealed only the presence of necrosis to significantly correlate with LR (log-rank p = 0.003). The whole-breast irradiation dose and fractionation schedule did not affect LR rate. Conclusions: Our results suggest that the use of a radiotherapy boost improves local control in DCIS and may outweigh the poor prognostic effect of necrosis.
TERRAIN ESTIMATION USING INTERNAL SENSORS Debangshu Sadhukhan, Carl Moore, Emmanuel Collins
Collins, Emmanuel
was successful in identifying gravel, packed dirt, and grass. KEY WORDS Mobile robot, terrain identification. For our research "sensing terrain" means determining the type of terrain, i.e.: gravel, sand, asphalt, mud
Hydrology-Aware Constrained Triangulation of Terrain Data
Franklin, W. Randolph
Hydrology-Aware Constrained Triangulation of Terrain Data Jonathan Muckella , Marcus Andradeb , W present a new data structure for simplifing terrain that captures hydrology significant features using. This allows better compression ratios the standard Triangu- lated Irregular Networks with highier hydrology
Design of a chain flail mower for leveling rough terrain
Flores, Aaron (Aaron N.)
The flail mower is a piece of agricultural equipment that uses bladed attachments rotating around a drum to cut down bushes and grassy terrain. One major drawback to the flail mower is the rapid wear that happens almost ...
Final Report of the Grant: ''Vertical Transport and Mixing in Complex Terrain Airsheds''
Harindra Joseph Fernando James Anderson Don Boyer Neil Berman
Stable stratification associated with nocturnal thermal circulation in areas of complex terrain leads to interesting and important phenomena that govern local meteorology and contaminant dispersion. Given that most urban areas are in complex topography, understanding and prediction of such phenomena are of immediate practical importance. This project dealt with theoretical, laboratory, numerical and field experimental studies aimed at understanding stratified flow and turbulence phenomena in urban areas, with particular emphasis on flow, turbulence and contaminant transport and diffusion in such flows. A myriad of new results were obtained and some of these results were used to improve the predictive capabilities of the models.
Feature-based Terrain Editing From Complex Sketches
Tasse, Flora Ponjou; Emilien, Arnaud; Cani, Marie-Paule; Hahmann, Stefanie; Dodgson, Neil
with plausible details.160 Cohen et al. [10] and Watanabe et al. [11] present the first161 terrain modelling interfaces that take as input a 2D silhouette162 stroke directly drawn on a 3D terrain model. They only han-163 dle a single silhouette stroke... -junctions. Our method is also able to han-637 dle complex mountains where ridges are not as well-defined as638 they are on smooth landscapes. An example of this is shown639 in Figure 10. Our proposed approach differs from other sketch-640 based methods...
Pielke, Roger A.
MESOSCALE MODELLING OF WIND ENERGY OVER NON-HOMOGENEOUS TERRAIN (ReviewArticle) Y. MAHRER.1. OBSERVATIONALAPPROACHES Evaluations of wind energy based on wind observations (usually surface winds) at well, the resolution of the wind energy pattern throughout an extended area by this methodology requires a large number
Unsupervised Learning of Terrain Appearance for Automated Coral Reef Exploration
Dudek, Gregory
Unsupervised Learning of Terrain Appearance for Automated Coral Reef Exploration Philippe Giguere above a coral reef, without the need to maintain pose estimates. We tested the technique in simulation autonomously above a coral reef during a 20 minutes period. 1. Introduction Underwater marine environments
Fernandez, Thomas
MARS TERRAIN IMAGE CLASSIFICATION USING CARTESIAN GENETIC PROGRAMMING J. Leitner, S. Harding, A. F to human designed approaches, a great deal of progress has been made using machine learning techniques to perform classification from images. In this work, we demonstrate the first known use of Cartesian Genetic
Digital Terrain Modeling Ayman F. Habib ENGO 573: Chapter 4
Habib, Ayman
Photography (Tropical) SPOT Satellite Aerial Photography (Urban) Satellite Stereo SAR (RADARSAT) Airborne orthogonally projected maps. · Procedure: Interior orientation. · Calibration procedure. Exterior a calibration procedure. #12;10 Digital Terrain Modeling Ayman F. Habib 19 Test Field for Camera Calibration
Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky Universität
BAYESIAN METHOD FOR SEGMENTATION OF SAR IMAGES IN ROUGH TERRAIN Marco Caparrini1 , Klaus Seidel1 are the basis for radiometric correction. Considering SAR images, the huge amount of processing for geographic and geometric calibration and registration that is needed prior to analysis is well established. Nonetheless
ROAMing terrain (Real-time Optimally Adapting Meshes)
Duchaineau, M.; Wolinsky, M.; Sigeti, D.E.; Miller, M.C.; Aldrich, C.; Mineev, M.
Terrain visualization is a difficult problem for applications requiring accurate images of large datasets at high frame rates, such as flight simulation and ground-based aircraft testing using synthetic sensor stimulation. On current graphics hardware, the problem is to maintain dynamic, view-dependent triangle meshes and texture maps that produce good images at the required frame rate. We present an algorithm for constructing triangle meshes that optimizes flexible view-dependent error metrics, produces guaranteed error bounds, achieves specified triangle counts directly, and uses frame-to-frame coherence to operate at high frame rates for thousands of triangles per frame. Our method, dubbed Real-time Optimally Adapting Meshes (ROAM), uses two priority queues to drive split and merge operations that maintain continuous triangulations built from pre-processed bintree triangles. We introduce two additional performance optimizations: incremental triangle stripping and priority-computation deferral lists. ROAM execution time is proportionate to the number of triangle changes per frame, which is typically a few percent of the output mesh size, hence ROAM performance is insensitive to the resolution and extent of the input terrain. Dynamic terrain and simple vertex morphing are supported.
Atmospheric studies in complex terrain: a planning guide for future studies
Orgill, M.M.
The objective of this study is to assist the US Department of Energy in Conducting its atmospheric studies in complex terrain (ASCOT0 by defining various complex terrain research systems and relating these options to specific landforms sites. This includes: (1) reviewing past meteorological and diffusion research on complex terrain; (2) relating specific terrain-induced airflow phenomena to specific landforms and time and space scales; (3) evaluating the technical difficulty of modeling and measuring terrain-induced airflow phenomena; and (4) avolving severdal research options and proposing candidate sites for continuing and expanding field and modeling work. To evolve research options using variable candidate sites, four areas were considered: site selection, terrain uniqueness and quantification, definition of research problems and research plans. 36 references, 111 figures, 20 tables.
The Influence of Prostate Volume on Outcome After High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Alone for Localized Prostate Cancer
Le, Hien, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; Rojas, Ana; Alonzi, Roberto; Hughes, Robert; Ostler, Peter; Lowe, Gerry; Bryant, Linda; Hoskin, Peter
Objective: To determine whether late genitourinary toxicity, biochemical control of prostate cancer, and dosimetric parameters in patients with large prostate glands is different from those variables in men with smaller glands after treatment with high-dose-rate brachytherapy alone (HDR-BT). Methods: From November 2003 to July 2009, 164 patients with locally advanced prostate carcinoma were sequentially enrolled and treated with 34 or 36 Gy in 4 fractions and 31.5 Gy in 3 fractions of {sup 192}Ir HDR-BT alone. The median follow-up time was 71 months. Gland size was not considered in the selection criteria for this study. Estimates of freedom from biochemical relapse (FFbR) and late morbidity, stratified by median clinical target volume (CTV), were obtained, and differences were compared. Results: The median CTV volume was 60 cc (range, 15-208 cc). Dose�volume parameters D90 and V100 (ie, minimum dose to 90% of the prostate volume and volume receiving 100% of the prescribed isodose) achieved in patients with glands ?60 cc were not significantly different from those with glands <60 cc (P?.2). Nonetheless, biochemical control in patients with larger CTV was significantly higher (91% vs 78% at 6 years; P=.004). In univariate and multivariate analysis, CTV was a significant predictor for risk of biochemical relapse. This was not at the expense of an increase in either moderate (P=.6) or severe (P=.3) late genitourinary toxicity. The use of hormonal therapy was 17% lower in the large gland group (P=.01). Conclusions: Prostate gland size does not affect dosimetric parameters in HDR-BT assessed by D90 and V100. In patients with larger glands, a significantly higher biochemical control of disease was observed, with no difference in late toxicity. This improvement cannot be attributed to differences in dosimetry. Gland size should not be considered in the selection of patients for HDR-BT.
Mapping textures on 3d terrains: a hybrid cellular automata approach
Sinvhal, Swapnil
?. Benati [7] showed that cellular automata can be used to model phenomena typical of living communities like reproduction, self-organization and a complex evolution. An interesting relation between fractals and cellular automata has been discussed... automata approach to represent a model. This gives the advantage of direct texture simulation on the model. II.c Terrain Generation Fractals [57] have been used to generate terrains by many terrain generation engines like fracPlanet [1] and Frac...
On-the-Fly Decompression and Rendering of Multiresolution Terrain
Lindstrom, P; Cohen, J D
We present a streaming geometry compression codec for multiresolution, uniformly-gridded, triangular terrain patches that supports very fast decompression. Our method is based on linear prediction and residual coding for lossless compression of the full-resolution data. As simplified patches on coarser levels in the hierarchy already incur some data loss, we optionally allow further quantization for more lossy compression. The quantization levels are adaptive on a per-patch basis, while still permitting seamless, adaptive tessellations of the terrain. Our geometry compression on such a hierarchy achieves compression ratios of 3:1 to 12:1. Our scheme is not only suitable for fast decompression on the CPU, but also for parallel decoding on the GPU with peak throughput over 2 billion triangles per second. Each terrain patch is independently decompressed on the fly from a variable-rate bitstream by a GPU geometry program with no branches or conditionals. Thus we can store the geometry compressed on the GPU, reducing storage and bandwidth requirements throughout the system. In our rendering approach, only compressed bitstreams and the decoded height values in the view-dependent 'cut' are explicitly stored on the GPU. Normal vectors are computed in a streaming fashion, and remaining geometry and texture coordinates, as well as mesh connectivity, are shared and re-used for all patches. We demonstrate and evaluate our algorithms on a small prototype system in which all compressed geometry fits in the GPU memory and decompression occurs on the fly every rendering frame without any cache maintenance.
Wavelet Analysis for a New Multiresolution Model for Large-Scale Textured Terrains
Illes Balears, Universitat de les
Wavelet Analysis for a New Multiresolution Model for Large-Scale Textured Terrains María José transmission of both geometry and textures of a terrain model. Wavelet Multiresolution Analysis is applied. An innovative texture synthesis process based on Wavelet classification is used in the reconstruction
Energetically Optimal Travel across Terrain: Visualizations and a New Metric of Geographic Distance with Archaeological Applications
Wood, Zoë J.
Energetically Optimal Travel across Terrain: Visualizations and a New Metric of Geographic Distance the energetically least cost path is shown in blue. This visualization shows how least cost paths often follow propose new methods for terrain visualization and analysis based on measuring paths of least caloric
A Uniform Sky Illumination Model to Enhance Shading of Terrain and Urban Areas
Stewart, James
. Brookville, NY 11050 USA (516) 299-2652 email@example.com Fax: (516) 299-3945 and A. James Stewart (Foley et al. 1990). Cartographers consider the same factors when shading terrain. Imhof (1982) discussed reflector (Foley et al. 1990; Weibel and Heller 1991; Zhou 1992). Because most terrain elements behave more
S. D. Schery; P. T. Wasiolek; Y. Li
Federal legislation expresses a long-term goal of reducing indoor radon to levels comparable to those outdoors. A thorough understanding of the behavior of radon and its progeny in the outdoor environment is therefore important We report near-surface measurements of radon, attached-to-aerosol progeny, and unattachcd-toaerosol progeny in the contrasting environments of the forested hill country of Oak Ridge, TN and the desert sands of White Sands National Monument, NM. Vertical progeny gradients are greater at White Sands due to a smoother terrain, and dose levels tend to be lower due to lower radon flux from the gypsum sand. Both sites show a significant diurnal variation of dose rate with a maximum occurring usually in the early morning. Correlation of dose rate variation with radon variation is surprisingly small suggesting the importance of other factors such as progeny deposition and aerosol concentration in controlling outdoor dose.
Wind Regimes in Complex Terrain of the Great Valley of Eastern Tennessee
Birdwell, Kevin R [ORNL
This research was designed to provide an understanding of physical wind mechanisms within the complex terrain of the Great Valley of Eastern Tennessee to assess the impacts of regional air flow with regard to synoptic and mesoscale weather changes, wind direction shifts, and air quality. Meteorological data from 2008 2009 were analyzed from 13 meteorological sites along with associated upper level data. Up to 15 ancillary sites were used for reference. Two-step complete linkage and K-means cluster analyses, synoptic weather studies, and ambient meteorological comparisons were performed to generate hourly wind classifications. These wind regimes revealed seasonal variations of underlying physical wind mechanisms (forced channeled, vertically coupled, pressure-driven, and thermally-driven winds). Synoptic and ambient meteorological analysis (mixing depth, pressure gradient, pressure gradient ratio, atmospheric and surface stability) suggested up to 93% accuracy for the clustered results. Probabilistic prediction schemes of wind flow and wind class change were developed through characterization of flow change data and wind class succession. Data analysis revealed that wind flow in the Great Valley was dominated by forced channeled winds (45 67%) and vertically coupled flow (22 38%). Down-valley pressure-driven and thermally-driven winds also played significant roles (0 17% and 2 20%, respectively), usually accompanied by convergent wind patterns (15 20%) and large wind direction shifts, especially in the Central/Upper Great Valley. The behavior of most wind regimes was associated with detectable pressure differences between the Lower and Upper Great Valley. Mixing depth and synoptic pressure gradients were significant contributors to wind pattern behavior. Up to 15 wind classes and 10 sub-classes were identified in the Central Great Valley with 67 joined classes for the Great Valley at-large. Two-thirds of Great Valley at-large flow was defined by 12 classes. Winds flowed on-axis only 40% of the time. The Great Smoky Mountains helped create down-valley pressure-driven winds, downslope mountain breezes, and divergent air flow. The Cumberland Mountains and Plateau were associated with wind speed reductions in the Central Great Valley, Emory Gap Flow, weak thermally-driven winds, and northwesterly down sloping. Ridge-and-valley terrain enhanced wind direction reversals, pressure-driven winds, as well as locally and regionally produced thermally-driven flow.
An Algorithm for the Visualization of a Terrain with Objects FLVIO SZENBERG
such as houses, vehicles, and transmission lines, thus allowing a simulated flight. For the objects, described and rapidly, aerial images of terrain with objects such as houses, vehicles, and transmission lines, thus
The design of a frame for an all terrain, lever propelled wheelchair
Walton, John Michael
This thesis outlines the process of designing a frame for the Leveraged Freedom Chair (LFC) Prime, an all-terrain levered powered wheelchair designed to improve the mobility of disabled individuals. This design allows for ...
Modelling of wind turbine wakes in complex terrain using computational fluid dynamics�
Makridis, Alexandros
This thesis focuses on modelling of wind turbine wakes when they are affected by real complex terrain features, such as hills and forests, and also examines the effect of the rotational momentum imparted to the downstream ...
Accurate Wind Characterization in Complex Terrain Using the Immersed Boundary Method
Lundquist, K A; Chow, F K; Lundquist, J K; Kosovic, B
This paper describes an immersed boundary method (IBM) that facilitates the explicit resolution of complex terrain within the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. Two different interpolation methods, trilinear and inverse distance weighting, are used at the core of the IBM algorithm. Functional aspects of the algorithm's implementation and the accuracy of results are considered. Simulations of flow over a three-dimensional hill with shallow terrain slopes are preformed with both WRF's native terrain-following coordinate and with both IB methods. Comparisons of flow fields from the three simulations show excellent agreement, indicating that both IB methods produce accurate results. However, when ease of implementation is considered, inverse distance weighting is superior. Furthermore, inverse distance weighting is shown to be more adept at handling highly complex urban terrain, where the trilinear interpolation algorithm breaks down. This capability is demonstrated by using the inverse distance weighting core of the IBM to model atmospheric flow in downtown Oklahoma City.
Subsidence of residual soils in a karst terrain
Drumm, E.C.; Kane, W.F.; Ben-Hassine, J.; Scarborough, J.A. (Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (USA)); Ketelle, R.H. (Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA))
Siting and operating landfills for solid waste disposal in eastern Tennessee that can operate with minimum impact on groundwater is problematic. The operational requirement of thick, excavational soils and the regulatory requirement of a buffer between disposal units and an aquifer result in siting most operating East Tennessee landfills in outcrop areas of the Knox Group. However, the common occurrence of karst terrain and sinkholes in the Knox Group indicates the vulnerability of such sites to rapid groundwater recharge and flow and the potential for subsidence or collapse of soil into bedrock cavities. To address the potential for subsidence or collapse of soils at the East Chestnut Ridge site on the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR), the following activities and analyses were completed: The locations of karst features on the site were determined by field reconnaissance; several sinkholes were selected for detailed examination; soil boring, sampling, and physical testing were performed in soils located within, adjacent to, and outside of sinkholes to characterize soil strength at various depths; detailed plane surveys were made for 11 sinkholes to measure accurately their dimension and shape for use in determining profile functions for subsidence basins at the site; The stress-deformation response of a typical soil profile overlying a hypothetical bedrock cavity was analyzed numerically for a range of soil thickness and a range of cavity radii. A consistent estimate of the relationship between subsidence basin dimension, soil thickness, and cavity radius has been derived. 30 refs., 41 figs., 7 tabs.
Multiphase production through hilly terrain pipelines in Cusiana oilfield, Colombia
Hill, T.J.; Fairhurst, C.P.; Nelson, C.J.; Becerra, H.; Bailey, R.S.
The Cusiana oilfield in Colombia is currently producing about 180,000 bpd through a complex multiphase flowline network. The terrain of the area is very hilly, with substantial elevation changes along the length of the lines. Prediction of pressure drop using industry standard correlations has been very variable in its accuracy. A revised pressure drop method, including the effect of slug formation and decay, has been produced, with appreciably better performance. Field data on flow regime characteristics from several of the lines are presented to show a transition from surging/slugging to a steady {open_quote}homogeneous{close_quote} flow at relatively low mixture velocity. The effect of slug flow on slugcatcher performance has also been assessed, both by direct measurement, and by use of a dynamic simulator. The simulator is used to test new control schemes prior to implementation. At low flowing velocities one line has been seen to undergo large pressure swings and to exhibit slug production due to liquid accumulation and sweepout. This effect is described, and re-produced using a transient simulator.
Ultrawideband radar clutter measurements of forested terrain, 1991--1992
Sheen, D.M.; Severtsen, R.H.; Prince, J.M.; Davis, K.C.; Collins, H.D.
The ultrawideband (UWB) radar clutter measurements project was conducted to provide radar clutter data for new ultrawideband radar systems which are currently under development. A particular goal of this project is to determine if conventional narrow band clutter data may be extrapolated to the UWB case. This report documents measurements conducted in 1991 and additional measurements conducted in 1992. The original project consisted of clutter measurements of forested terrain in the Olympic National Forest near Sequim, WA. The impulse radar system used a 30 kW peak impulse source with a 2 Gigasample/second digitizer to form a UHF (300--1000 MHz) ultrawideband impulse radar system. Additional measurements were conducted in parallel using a Systems Planning Corporation (SPC) step-chirp radar system. This system utilized pulse widths of 1330 nanoseconds over a bandwidth of 300--1000 MHz to obtain similar resolution to the impulse system. Due to the slow digitizer data throughput in the impulse radar system, data collection rates were significantly higher using the step-chirp system. Additional forest clutter measurements were undertaken in 1992 to increase the amount of data available, and especially to increase the amount of data from the impulse radar system.
Adaptive Resampling for Mobile, Real-Time Terrain
Mower, James E.
TinVariance scans the high-res TIN, searching for samples that exceed the variable local tolerance Scanning works about 3 minutes on a 700 mHz laptop #12;LocalTinVariance Speed Factors Worst-case performance is linear, triangular decomposition of a grid GridToTinVT adds a variable tolerance increasing with distance from
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 16 (2003) 465472 Predicting terrain contours using a feed-forward neural network
Chen, Sheng
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 16 (2003) 465472 Predicting terrain contours in pneumatic systems and they are difficult to prevent completely. This caused problems during the testing. 2. Prediction of unknown terrain The legs of the robot needed to be lifted at the end
Stapp, Henry
Robert Griffiths has recently addressed, within the framework of a �consistent quantum theory� (CQT) that he has developed, the issue of whether, as is often claimed, quantum mechanics entails a need for faster-than-light transfers of information over long distances. He argues, on the basis of his examination of certain arguments that claim to demonstrate the existence of such nonlocal influences, that such influences do not exist. However, his examination was restricted mainly to hidden-variable-based arguments that include in their premises some essentially classical-physics-type assumptions that are fundamentally incompatible with the precepts of quantum physics. One cannot logically prove properties of a system by attributing to the system properties alien to that system. Hence Griffiths� rejection of hidden-variable-based proofs is logically warranted. Griffiths mentions the existence of a certain alternative proof that does not involve hidden variables, and that uses only macroscopically described observable properties. He notes that he had examined in his book proofs of this general kind, and concluded that they provide no evidence for nonlocal influences. But he did not examine the particular proof that he cites. An examination of that particular proof by the method specified by his �consistent quantum theory� shows that the cited proof is valid within that restrictive framework. This necessary existence, within the �consistent� framework, of long range essentially instantaneous influences refutes the claim made by Griffiths that his �consistent� framework is superior to the orthodox quantum theory of von Neumann because it does not entail instantaneous influences. An added section responds to Griffiths� reply, which cites a litany of ambiguities that seem to restrict, devastatingly, the scope of his CQT formalism, apparently to buttress his claim that my use of that formalism to validate the nonlocality theorem is flawed. But the vagaries that he cites do not upset the proof in question. It is show here in detail why the precise statement of this theorem justifies the specified application of CQT. It is also shown, in response to his challenge, why a putative proof of locality that he has proposed is not valid.
Real-time Rendering of Complex Vector Data on 3d Terrain Models
Behnke, Sven
Real-time Rendering of Complex Vector Data on 3d Terrain Models M. Schneider, M. Guthe, and R of buildings, streets and runway (from left to right). Abstract. In this paper we present a hybrid technique model. The first part of this hybrid technique is a texture-based approach that is especially suited
Development of a Hybrid Powered 2D Biped Walking Machine Designed for Rough Terrain Locomotion
Baker, Bryce C.
has built a three legged 2D biped walking machine to be used as a test stand for studying rough terrain walking. The specific aim of this research is to investigate how biped walkers can best maintain walking stability when acted upon by small...
LOD-Sprite Technique for Accelerated Terrain Rendering Baoquan Chen1
Chen, Baoquan
LOD-Sprite Technique for Accelerated Terrain Rendering Baoquan Chen1 SUNY at Stony Brook J. Edward present a new rendering technique, termed LOD-sprite render- ing, which uses a combination of a level-of-detail (LOD) represen- tation of the scene together with reusing image sprites (previously rendered images
A Kalman-Particle Kernel Filter and its Application to Terrain Navigation
Del Moral , Pierre
A Kalman-Particle Kernel Filter and its Application to Terrain Navigation Dinh-Tuan firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract � A new nonlinear filter, the Kalman- Particle Kernel Filter (KPKF) is proposed. Compared. Keywords: Kalman filter, kernel density estimator, regularized particle filter, Inertial navigation System
Simple I/O-efficient flow accumulation on grid terrains Herman Haverkort
Haverkort, Herman
Simple I/O-efficient flow accumulation on grid terrains Herman Haverkort TU Eindhoven Jeffrey #12;Drainage network analysis 1 25 612 1350 flooding flow routing flow accumulation compute network analysis flow routingwatershed labelling flow accumulation #12;Analysing I/O-efficiency main
International Conference on Machine Control & Guidance 2008 1 Generation and Analysis of Digital Terrain Models with
1st International Conference on Machine Control & Guidance 2008 1 Generation and Analysis of Digital Terrain Models with Parallel Guidance Systems for Precision Agriculture G�rres GRENZD�RFFER models at no or little additional cost. In the paper the achievable data accuracy under different
Collins, Emmanuel
MODELING OF SKID-STEERED WHEELED ROBOTIC VEHICLES ON SLOPED TERRAINS Camilo Ordonez Center radii. This work presents the analysis and experimental verification of a dynamic model for skid-steered for Intelligent Systems, Controls and Robotics (CISCOR) Department of Mechanical Engineering Florida A
CO2 transport over complex terrain Jielun Sun a,*, Sean P. Burns a
Stephens, Britton B.
CO2 transport over complex terrain Jielun Sun a,*, Sean P. Burns a , Anthony C. Delany a , Steven P; accepted 15 February 2007 Abstract CO2 transport processes relevant for estimating net ecosystem exchange investigated during a pilot experiment. We found that cold, moist, and CO2- rich air was transported downslope
Saving the soil: AgriLife units work to improve training terrain�
Orth, Melanie
Saving the soil AgriLife units work to improve training terrain Story by Melanie Orth txH2O | pg. 9 Heavy tanks and armored vehicles that have continually rolled over the 67,000-acre West Range at Fort Hood for the past 60 years have...
Saving the soil: AgriLife units work to improve traning terrain�
Orth, Melanie
Saving the soil AgriLife units work to improve training terrain Story by Melanie Orth txH2O | pg. 9 Heavy tanks and armored vehicles that have continually rolled over the 67,000-acre West Range at Fort Hood for the past 60 years have...
Brennan, Sean
and the requirement to maintain redundancy in vehicle automation and driver assist systems necessitatesGPS-FREE TERRAIN-BASED VEHICLE TRACKING PERFORMANCE AS A FUNCTION OF INERTIAL SENSOR-free or degraded-GPS environments, achieve vehicle tracking with tactical-grade inertial sensors. However
How to use CFD for Wind in Terrain ... real-life experience!
: � Turbulence modelling / numerical methods � Inclusion of wind turbine wake � Temperature stratification 2 study 3. Construction and operation 4. Wind turbine breakdown! 5. Wind measurements / CFD simulations1 How to use CFD for Wind in Terrain ... real-life experience! CFD day at Suzlon, October 2007 A
Coupled Carbon/Water Fluxes in Complex Terrain, Water-Limited Forests Investigators
Walden, Von P.
Coupled Carbon/Water Fluxes in Complex Terrain, Water-Limited Forests Investigators: Karen Humes of quantifying the magnitude, timing, distribution and coupling of carbon and water fluxes in mountainous forestlands. This includes one segment of the continuum of carbon and water flow from the "forest to the sea
The All Terrain Bio nano Gear for Space Radiation Detection System
Mavroidis, Constantinos
The All Terrain Bio nano Gear for Space Radiation Detection System Ajay Ummat, Constantinos and warn the astronaut of probable biological damage. A basic framework for radiation detection system which utilizes bio-nano machines is discussed. This radiation detection system is termed as "radiation
An Experimental Investigation on the Wake Interference of Wind Turbines Sited Over Complex Terrains
Hu, Hui
1 An Experimental Investigation on the Wake Interference of Wind Turbines Sited Over Complex, 50011 An experimental study was conducted to investigate the interferences of wind turbines sited over conducted in a large wind tunnel with of wind turbine models sited over a flat terrain (baseline case
Interactive terrain visualization enables virtual fieldwork during rapid scientific response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake
Hamann, Bernd
response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake --Manuscript Draft-- Manuscript Number: GS687R1 Full Title: Interactive terrain visualization enables virtual fieldwork during rapid scientific response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake Short Title: Virtual fieldwork, Haiti Article Type: Research Paper Keywords: Enriquillo fault
Influence of longitudinal isotope substitution on the thermal conductivity of carbon nanotubes: Results of nonequilibrium molecular dynamics and local density functional calculations
Leroy, Fr�d�ric, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; B�hm, Michael C., E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com [Eduard-Zintl-Institut f�r Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie, Technische Universit�t Darmstadt, D-64287 Darmstadt (Germany); Schulte, Joachim [Bruker Biospin GmbH, Silberstreifen, D-76287 Rheinstetten (Germany)] [Bruker Biospin GmbH, Silberstreifen, D-76287 Rheinstetten (Germany); Balasubramanian, Ganesh [Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)] [Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)
We report reverse nonequilibrium molecular dynamics calculations of the thermal conductivity of isotope substituted (10,10) carbon nanotubes (CNTs) at 300 K. {sup 12}C and {sup 14}C isotopes both at 50% content were arranged either randomly, in bands running parallel to the main axis of the CNTs or in bands perpendicular to this axis. It is found that the systems with randomly distributed isotopes yield significantly reduced thermal conductivity. In contrast, the systems where the isotopes are organized in patterns parallel to the CNTs axis feature no reduction in thermal conductivity when compared with the pure {sup 14}C system. Moreover, a reduction of approximately 30% is observed in the system with the bands of isotopes running perpendicular to the CNT axis. The computation of phonon dispersion curves in the local density approximation and classical densities of vibrational states reveal that the phonon structure of carbon nanotubes is conserved in the isotope substituted systems with the ordered patterns, yielding high thermal conductivities in spite of the mass heterogeneity. In order to complement our conclusions on the {sup 12}C-{sup 14}C mixtures, we computed the thermal conductivity of systems where the {sup 14}C isotope was turned into pseudo-atoms of 20 and 40 atomic mass units.
CITPUFF: a gaussian puff model for estimating pollutant concentration in complex terrain. Forest Service research paper
Ross, D.G.; Fox, D.G.; Dietrich, D.L.; Childs, J.E.; Marlatt, W.E.
CITPUFF, is a puff-type dispersion model that uses a wind field calculated from a complex-terrain wind model. It accommodates a variety of source types including point, area, and line sources; calculates plume rise where applicable; and outputs a graphic display of puff trajectories and concentrations. The model is compared against models currently used for assessing air quality impacts in complex topography.
Evaluation of Single-Doppler Radar Wind Retrievals in Flat and Complex Terrain
Newsom, Rob K.; Berg, Larry K.; Pekour, Mikhail S.; Fast, Jerome D.; Xu, Qin; Zhang, Pengfei; Yang, Qing; Shaw, William J.; Flaherty, Julia E.
The accuracy of winds derived from NEXRAD level II data is assessed by comparison with independent observations from 915 MHz radar wind profilers. The evaluation is carried out at two locations with very different terrain characteristics. One site is located in an area of complex terrain within the State Line Wind Energy Center in northeast Oregon. The other site is located in an area of flat terrain on the east-central Florida coast. The National Severe Storm Laboratory�s 2DVar algorithm is used to retrieve wind fields from the KPDT (Pendleton OR) and KMLB (Melbourne FL) NEXRAD radars. Comparisons between the 2DVar retrievals and the radar profilers were conducted over a period of about 6 months and at multiple height levels at each of the profiler sites. Wind speed correlations at most observation height levels fell in the range from 0.7 to 0.8, indicating that the retrieved winds followed temporal fluctuations in the profiler-observed winds reasonably well. The retrieved winds, however, consistently exhibited slow biases in the range of1 to 2 ms-1. Wind speed difference distributions were broad with standard deviations in the range from 3 to 4 ms-1. Results from the Florida site showed little change in the wind speed correlations and difference standard deviations with altitude between about 300 and 1400 m AGL. Over this same height range, results from the Oregon site showed a monotonic increase in the wind speed correlation and a monotonic decrease in the wind speed difference standard deviation with increasing altitude. The poorest overall agreement occurred at the lowest observable level (~300 m AGL) at the Oregon site, where the effects of the complex terrain were greatest.
Adding Complex Terrain and Stable Atmospheric Condition Capability to the Simulator for On/Offshore Wind Farm Applications (SOWFA) (Presentation)
Churchfield, M. J.
This presentation describes changes made to NREL's OpenFOAM-based wind plant aerodynamics solver so that it can compute the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer and flow over terrain. Background about the flow solver, the Simulator for Off/Onshore Wind Farm Applications (SOWFA) is given, followed by details of the stable stratification/complex terrain modifications to SOWFA, along with some preliminary results calculations of a stable atmospheric boundary layer and flow over a simple set of hills.
Saving the soil: AgriLife units work to improve training terrain
Orth, Melanie
Saving the soil AgriLife units work to improve training terrain Story by Melanie Orth txH2O | pg. 9 Heavy tanks and armored vehicles that have continually rolled over the 67,000-acre West Range at Fort Hood for the past 60 years have... accelerated soil erosion. Fort Hood, the largest active duty armored post in the U.S. Armed Services and located near Killeen in central Texas, uses the range as the primary training and maneuver area for two armored divisions. The Texas Water...
Local Transportation. Transportation from the Airport to Hotel. There are two types of taxi companies that operate at the airport: special and regular taxis (
A Survey of Procedural Methods for Terrain Modelling Ruben M. Smelik, Klaas Jan de Kraker and Saskia A. Groenewegen
Bidarra, Rafael
such as terrain elevation and growth of plants in the 1980s and 1990s and extended its focus to urban environments or not at all. The integration and adjustment of existing procedural methods in such a way that they can Research (NWO) and the Netherlands ICT Research and Innovation Authority (ICT Regie). #12;current modelling
Modeling, system identication, and control for dynamic locomotion of the LittleDog robot on rough terrain
Levashov, Michael Yurievich
In this thesis, I present a framework for achieving a stable bounding gait on the LittleDog robot over rough terrain. The framework relies on an accurate planar model of the dynamics, which I assembled from a model of the ...
Tornadoes over complex terrain: an analysis of the 28th August 1999 tornadic event in eastern Spain
Romero, Romu
Tornadoes over complex terrain: an analysis of the 28th August 1999 tornadic event in eastern Spain Fi´sica, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca 07071, Spain b Instituto Nacional de Meteorologi´a, Centre Meteorolo`gic a les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain c IMEDEA, UIB-CSIC, Palma de
Rear-Projecting Virtual Data onto Physical Terrain: An Exercise in Two Senses Being Better Than One
Bailey, Mike
a computer-displayed 3D terrain map were not sufficient. We wanted to create more insight data set for POW that could be used for the 3D model, we had to merge seven USGS quads (Figure 3): Port shuttle (courtesy of the Earthrise project) showing POW Island from 182 nautical miles. Figure 2: POW
Development of an Integrated Sensor System for Obstacle Detection and Terrain Evaluation for Application to Unmanned Ground
Florida, University of
Development of an Integrated Sensor System for Obstacle Detection and Terrain Evaluation field of view of 50 degrees and 38 degrees, respectively. Two sensor systems were utilized to evaluate., Wexford Pennsylvania ABSTRACT This paper describes the development and performance of a sensor system
Bipedal Robotic Walking on Flat-Ground, Up-Slope and Rough Terrain with Human-Inspired Hybrid Zero Dynamics
Nadubettu Yadukumar, Shishir 1986-
The thesis shows how to achieve bipedal robotic walking on flat-ground, up-slope and rough terrain by using Human-Inspired control. We begin by considering human walking data and find outputs (or virtual constraints) that, when calculated from...
The new WAsP flow model: a fast, linearized Mixed Spectral-Integration model applicable to complex terrain
. There is interest in placing wind turbines in hilly and mountainous areas, due to the potentially high speed commercial PC-based tool to estimate wind resources at a potential wind turbine site, given a set of wind challenge for the wind energy industry is the prediction of the wind resource in complex terrain
Innovative Gamma Ray Spectrometer Detection Systems for Conducting Scanning Surveys on Challenging Terrain - 13583
Palladino, Carl; Mason, Bryan; Engle, Matt; LeVangie, James [The Palladino Company, Inc., 720 Fillmore St., San Francisco, CA 94117 (United States)] [The Palladino Company, Inc., 720 Fillmore St., San Francisco, CA 94117 (United States); Dempsey, Gregg [United States Environmental Protection Agency, P.O. Box 98517, Las Vegas, NV 89193-8517 (United States)] [United States Environmental Protection Agency, P.O. Box 98517, Las Vegas, NV 89193-8517 (United States); Klemovich, Ron [HydroGeoLogic, Inc., 6340 Glenwood, Suite 200, Building No. 7, Overland Park, KS 66202 (United States)] [HydroGeoLogic, Inc., 6340 Glenwood, Suite 200, Building No. 7, Overland Park, KS 66202 (United States)
The Santa Susana Field Laboratory located near Simi Valley, California was investigated to determine the nature and extent of gamma radiation anomalies. The primary objective was to conduct gamma scanning surveys over 100 percent of the approximately 1,906,000 square meters (471 acre) project site with the most sensitive detection system possible. The site had challenging topography that was not conducive to traditional gamma scanning detection systems. Terrain slope varied from horizontal to 48 degrees and the ground surface ranged from flat, grassy meadows to steep, rocky hillsides. In addition, the site was home to many protected endangered plant and animal species, and archaeologically significant sites that required minimal to no disturbance of the ground surface. Therefore, four innovative and unique gamma ray spectrometer detection systems were designed and constructed to successfully conduct gamma scanning surveys of approximately 1,076,000 square meters (266 acres) of the site. (authors)
Shear Wave Velocity Structure of Southern African Crust: Evidence for Compositional Heterogeneity within Archaean and Proterozoic Terrains
Kgaswane, E M; Nyblade, A A; Julia, J; Dirks, P H H M; Durrheim, R J; Pasyanos, M E
Crustal structure in southern Africa has been investigated by jointly inverting receiver functions and Rayleigh wave group velocities for 89 broadband seismic stations spanning much of the Precambrian shield of southern Africa. 1-D shear wave velocity profiles obtained from the inversion yield Moho depths that are similar to those reported in previous studies and show considerable variability in the shear wave velocity structure of the lower part of the crust between some terrains. For many of the Archaean and Proterozoic terrains in the shield, S velocities reach 4.0 km/s or higher over a substantial part of the lower crust. However, for most of the Kimberley terrain and adjacent parts of the Kheis Province and Witwatersrand terrain, as well as for the western part of the Tokwe terrain, mean shear wave velocities of {le} 3.9 km/s characterize the lower part of the crust along with slightly ({approx}5 km) thinner crust. These findings indicate that the lower crust across much of the shield has a predominantly mafic composition, except for the southwest portion of the Kaapvaal Craton and western portion of the Zimbabwe Craton, where the lower crust is intermediate-to-felsic in composition. The parts of the Kaapvaal Craton underlain by intermediate-to-felsic lower crust coincide with regions where Ventersdorp rocks have been preserved, and thus we suggest that the intermediate-to-felsic composition of the lower crust and the shallower Moho may have resulted from crustal melting during the Ventersdorp tectonomagmatic event at c. 2.7 Ga and concomitant crustal thinning caused by rifting.
Calibration, Terrain Reconstruction and Path Planning for a Planetary Exploration System
Pollefeys, Marc
and localization of the rover. The lat- ter makes use of four Light Emitting Diodes on the rover payload cab
Development of the Robotic Touch foot Sensor for 2D walking Robot, for Studying Rough Terrain Locomotion
Lee, Hunwoo
Development of the Robotic Touch foot Sensor for 2D walking Robot, for Studying Rough Terrain Locomotion By HUNWOO LEE Submitted to the graduate degree program in Mechanical Engineering and the Graduate Faculty of the University of Kansas... ________________________________ Professor Robert Umholtz Date Defended: June 5, 2012 ii The Thesis Committee for HUNWOO LEE certifies that this is the approved version of the following thesis: Development of the Robotic Touch Foot Sensor for 2D Walking Robot...
Spotlight SAR interferometry for terrain elevation mapping and interferometric change detection
Eichel, P.H.; Ghiglia, D.C.; Jakowatz, C.V. Jr. [and others
In this report, we employ an approach quite different from any previous work; we show that a new methodology leads to a simpler and clearer understanding of the fundamental principles of SAR interferometry. This methodology also allows implementation of an important collection mode that has not been demonstrated to date. Specifically, we introduce the following six new concepts for the processing of interferometric SAR (INSAR) data: (1) processing using spotlight mode SAR imaging (allowing ultra-high resolution), as opposed to conventional strip-mapping techniques; (2) derivation of the collection geometry constraints required to avoid decorrelation effects in two-pass INSAR; (3) derivation of maximum likelihood estimators for phase difference and the change parameter employed in interferometric change detection (ICD); (4) processing for the two-pass case wherein the platform ground tracks make a large crossing angle; (5) a robust least-squares method for two-dimensional phase unwrapping formulated as a solution to Poisson`s equation, instead of using traditional path-following techniques; and (6) the existence of a simple linear scale factor that relates phase differences between two SAR images to terrain height. We show both theoretical analysis, as well as numerous examples that employ real SAR collections to demonstrate the innovations listed above.
Influence of Aging and Environment on Nanoparticle Chemistry...
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of cerium in cerium oxide nanoparticles is studied in detail. The influence of synthesis medium, aging time and local environment on the oxidation state switching, between +3 and...
Influence of physiography and vegetation on small mammals at the Naval Petroleum Reserves, California
Cypher, B.L.
Influence of physiography and vegetation on small mammal abundance and species Composition was investigated at Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 in California to assess prey abundance for Federally endangered San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) and to assess the distribution of two Federal candidate species, San Joaquin antelope squirrels (Ammospermophilus nelsoni) and short-nosed kangaroo rats (Dinodomys nitratoides brevinasus). The specific objectives of this investigation were to determine whether small mammal abundance and community composition varied with north-south orientation, terrain, ground cover, and Cypher shrub density, and whether these factors influenced the distribution and abundance of San Joaquin antelope squirrels and short-nosed kangaroo rats.
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The effects of cultural noise on controlled source electromagnetic resonses of subsurface fractures in resistive terrain
Fernandes, Roland Anthony Savio
conductors such as metal fences and buried pipes. Cultural noise adds an element of complexity to the geological interpretation of this type of data. This research investigates the influence of mutual induction between two buried targets in a CSEM experiment...
Cite as: Lundquist, J.K., F. K. Chow, J. D. Mirocha, and K.A. Lundquist, 2007: An Improved WRF for Urban-Scale and Complex-Terrain Applications. American Meteorological Society's 7
Chow, Fotini Katopodes
method (IBM) approach to account for the effects of urban geometries and complex terrain. Companion of flow and dispersion in complex geometries such as urban areas, as well as new simulation capabilities for Urban-Scale and Complex-Terrain Applications. American Meteorological Society's 7 th Symposium
Locally Led Conservation The Local Work Group
Grants � Conservation Stewardship Program � Environmental Quality Incentive Program � Farm & Ranch Lands1 Locally Led Conservation & The Local Work Group Mark Habiger NRCS #12;2 What Is "Locally Led Conservation"? � Community Stakeholders � 1. Assessing their natural resource conservation needs � 2. Setting
The Complexity of Rivers in Triangulated Terrains Pankaj Agarwal 1 Mark de Berg 2 Prosenjit Bose 3 Katrin Dobrint 2 Marc van Kreveld 2
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The Complexity of Rivers in Triangulated Terrains Pankaj Agarwal 1 Mark de Berg 2 Prosenjit Bose 3 \\Theta(n 3 ) worst�case complexity, where complexity is measured in the number of line segments that make into the stream. Road building, logging, or other activities carried out in a watershed all have the potential
Proceedings IEEE Visualization '99, pages 291298, cIEEE Computer Society Press, 1999. LOD-Sprite Technique for Accelerated Terrain Rendering
Swan II, J. Edward
-Sprite Technique for Accelerated Terrain Rendering Baoquan Chen� SUNY at Stony Brook J. Edward Swan II� Naval rendering technique, termed LOD-sprite render- ing, which uses a combination of a level-of-detail (LOD) represen- tation of the scene together with reusing image sprites (previously rendered images). Our primary
A climatic basis for microrefugia: the influence of terrain S O L O M O N Z . D O B R O W S K I *
Dobrowski, Solomon
to understanding present day biotic response to anthropogenic warming (Noss, 2001; Pearson, 2006; Provan & Bennet; Provan & Bennet, 2008). The purported utilization of microrefugia has far- reaching implications
Local Impact, National Influence, Global Reach UC San Diego's
Russell, Lynn
Impacting the Economy Research and Funding � Magnet for state & federal funding � Annual research UC San Diego Is an Economic Engine � Education is key to the economy. Research universities create
Jake P. Gentle; Kurt S Myers; Tyler B Phillips; Inanc Senocak; Phil Anderson
Dynamic Line Rating (DLR) is a smart grid technology that allows the rating of power line to be based on real-time conductor temperature dependent on local weather conditions. In current practice overhead power lines are generally given a conservative rating based on worst case weather conditions. Using historical weather data collected over a test bed area, we demonstrate there is often additional transmission capacity not being utilized with the current static rating practice. We investigate a new dynamic line rating methodology using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to determine wind conditions along transmission lines at dense intervals. Simulated results are used to determine conductor temperature by calculating the transient thermal response of the conductor under variable environmental conditions. In calculating the conductor temperature, we use both a calculation with steady-state assumption and a transient calculation. Under low wind conditions, steady-state assumption predicts higher conductor temperatures that could lead to curtailments, whereas transient calculations produce conductor temperatures that are significantly lower, implying the availability of additional transmission capacity.
Local Incentives (Massachusetts)
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The Massachusetts Office of Business Development helps companies to identify communities interested in offering locally-negotiated incentives, such as Tax Increment Financing (TIF), Special Tax...
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To help you make energy efficiency improvements in your commercial building, your state and/or local community might offer incentives or have special programs.
Local regulation of immigration
Appleby, Clare A.
Kristina M. 2007. �Local Illegal Immigration Relief ActPennsylvania. 2006. �Illegal Alien Immigration Relief Act. �The Bill of Rights Protects Illegal Aliens� In Immigration
Large eddy simulation of atmospheric boundary layer flow in urban terrain : implications for transport of pollution and heat
Sun, Long
When the convection heat transfer model is well validated,models, convection heat transfer model is often over-and a convection heat transfer model with local accuracy is
Flow localization in sheet specimens with pairs of holes
Geltmacher, A.B. [FM Technologies, Fairfax, VA (United States); Koss, D.A. [Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Dept. of Metals Science and Engineering; Stout, M.G. [Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States); Matic, P. [Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (United States). Mechanics of Materials Dept.
The deformation localization behavior of sheet specimens containing geometric perturbations in the form of pairs of through-thickness holes is examined. Both experiments and computational modeling are performed in either uniaxial or equal-biaxial tension in order to examine the effect of applied loading path on the far-field strain needed to initiate localized necking in the ligament between the hole pairs. The models also examine the influence of hole spacing and matrix strain hardening on ligament localization. The far-field strain needed to cause the localization of the ligament is shown to increase as the biaxiality of the loading path increases, the hole spacing increases, and the strain-hardening exponent increases. The present study also indicates that the onset of localized necking can be predicted by employing the Hill criterion, if the local strain states within the ligament are taken into account.
Quigley, John M.
1959. The Theory of Public Finance. New York: McGraw-Hill.T. 2003. School finance, spatial income segregation, and theJohn M. "local public finance." The New Palgrave Dictionary
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24. How to cite this article Quigley, John M. "local publicEW P ALGRAVE ) By John M. Quigley May 2008 These papers arelocal public finance John M. Quigley From The New Palgrave
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cite this article Quigley, John M. "local public finance."HE N EW P ALGRAVE ) By John M. Quigley May 2008 These paperslocal public finance John M. Quigley From The New Palgrave
Local entropy generation analysis
Drost, M.K.; White, M.D.
Second law analysis techniques have been widely used to evaluate the sources of irreversibility in components and systems of components but the evaluation of local sources of irreversibility in thermal processes has received little attention. While analytical procedures for evaluating local entropy generation have been developed, applications have been limited to fluid flows with analytical solutions for the velocity and temperature fields. The analysis of local entropy generation can be used to evaluate more complicated flows by including entropy generation calculations in a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code. The research documented in this report consists of incorporating local entropy generation calculations in an existing CFD code and then using the code to evaluate the distribution of thermodynamic losses in two applications: an impinging jet and a magnetic heat pump. 22 refs., 13 figs., 9 tabs.
aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitansarcb influences: Topics...
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was compared with that of control Paris-Sud XI, Universit de 393 INFLUENCE OF CARBON AEROGEL TEXTURE ON PEMFC PERFORMANCES Computer Technologies and Information Sciences...
Orleans Local Coastal Program (Louisiana)
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The Local Coastal Programs Section provides technical assistance, guidance, and management to parishes in the development, approval, and implementation of local coastal programs (LCP). Once an LCP...
Construction Local engineering.
Construction Structures Geotech Local engineering. World-class engineers. World-class results. Constructed Facilities Division tti.tamu.edu #12;Expertise & Equipment ExpErtisE & EquipmEnt Created in 2005. The Texas Transportation Institute's (TTI's) Constructed Facilities Division represents a collaboration
Local Safety Committee Engineering
Saskatchewan, University of
Minutes Local Safety Committee Name of Committee Engineering Worksite Mailing Address & Postal Code. Ventilation fume hoods V. Bendig and FMD report that an uninterrupted power supply will be attached to the ventilation control panel the week of Dec. 9. Action: T. Zintel and L. Harder will conduct a test the first
Local microwave background radiation
Domingos Soares
An inquiry on a possible local origin for the Microwave Background Radiation is made. Thermal MBR photons are contained in a system called {\\it magnetic bottle} which is due to Earth magnetic field and solar wind particles, mostly electrons. Observational tests are anticipated.
Lithium Local Pseudopotential Using
Petta, Jason
Lithium Local Pseudopotential Using DFT Sergio Orozco Student Advisor: Chen Huang Faculty Mentor Lithium LPS Test Lithium LPS #12;Density Functional Theory (DFT) Successful quantum mechanical approach (1979) #12;Building LPS for Lithium Create a LPS using NLPS density for Lithium Test LPS by comparing
Monotonic Local Decay Estimates
Avy Soffer
For the Hamiltonian operator H = -{\\Delta}+V(x) of the Schr\\"odinger Equation with a repulsive potential, the problem of local decay is considered. It is analyzed by a direct method, based on a new, L^2 bounded, propagation observable. The resulting decay estimate, is in certain cases monotonic in time, with no "Quantum Corrections". This method is then applied to some examples in one and higher dimensions. In particular the case of the Wave Equation on a Schwarzschild manifold is redone: Local decay, stronger than the known ones are proved (minimal loss of angular derivatives and lower order of radial derivatives of initial data). The method developed here can be an alternative in some cases to the Morawetz type estimates, with L^2-multipliers replacing the first order operators. It provides an alternative to Mourre's method, by including thresholds and high energies.
Katsevich, Alexander J. (Los Alamos, NM); Ramm, Alexander G. (Manhattan, KS)
Local tomography is enhanced to determine the location and value of a discontinuity between a first internal density of an object and a second density of a region within the object. A beam of radiation is directed in a predetermined pattern through the region of the object containing the discontinuity. Relative attenuation data of the beam is determined within the predetermined pattern having a first data component that includes attenuation data through the region. In a first method for evaluating the value of the discontinuity, the relative attenuation data is inputted to a local tomography function .function..sub..LAMBDA. to define the location S of the density discontinuity. The asymptotic behavior of .function..sub..LAMBDA. is determined in a neighborhood of S, and the value for the discontinuity is estimated from the asymptotic behavior of .function..sub..LAMBDA.. In a second method for evaluating the value of the discontinuity, a gradient value for a mollified local tomography function .gradient..function..sub..LAMBDA..epsilon. (x.sub.ij) is determined along the discontinuity; and the value of the jump of the density across the discontinuity curve (or surface) S is estimated from the gradient values.
Local Field Topology behind Light Localization and Metamaterial Topological Transitions
Tong, Jonathan K.
We revisit the mechanisms governing the sub-wavelength spatial localization of light in surface plasmon polariton (SPP) modes by investigating both local and global features in optical powerflow at SPP frequencies. Close ...
Local Polarization Dynamics in Ferroelectric Materials
Kalinin, Sergei V [ORNL; Morozovska, A. N. [National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine; Chen, L. Q. [Pennsylvania State University; Rodriguez, Brian J [ORNL
Ferroelectrics and multiferroics have recently emerged as perspective materials for information technology and data storage applications. The combination of extremely narrow domain wall width and the capability to manipulate polarization by electric field opens the pathway towards ultrahigh (>10 TBit/in2) storage densities and small (sub-10 nm) feature sizes. The coupling between polarization and chemical and transport properties enables applications in ferroelectric lithography and electroresistive devices. The progress in these applications, as well as fundamental studies of polarization dynamics and the role of defects and disorder on domain nucleation and wall motion, requires the capability to probe these effects on the nanometer scale. In this review, we summarize recent progress in applications of Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM) for imaging, manipulation, and spectroscopy of ferroelectric switching processes. We briefly introduce the principles and relevant instrumental aspects of PFM, with special emphasis on resolution and information limits. The local imaging studies of domain dynamics, including local switching and relaxation accessed through imaging experiments, and spectroscopic studies of polarization switching, are discussed in detail. Finally, we briefly review the recent progress on photochemical processes on ferroelectric surfaces, the role of surface adsorbates, and imaging and switching in liquids. Beyond classical applications, probing local bias-induced transition dynamics by PFM opens the pathway to studies of the influence of a single defect on electrochemical and solid state processes, thus providing model systems for batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitor applications.
Local Water Quality Districts (Montana)
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This statute provides for the creation of local water quality districts to prevent and mitigate ground and surface water contamination. Each local water quality district may develop and implement a...
Influence of mineralogy on swelling and consolidation of soils in eastern Saudi Arabia
Ahmad, Sajjad
Influence of mineralogy on swelling and consolidation of soils in eastern Saudi Arabia Shahid Azam Saudi Arabia. Mineralogical evolution and engineering behaviour of such soils are governed by local investigations, this paper discusses the influence of mineralogy on swelling and consolidation of expansive clay
Termination Detection of Local Computations
Paris-Sud XI, Universit� de
Termination Detection of Local Computations Emmanuel Godard1 , Yves M�etivier2 and Gerard Tel3 1 is glob- ally finished. This paper investigates the problem of the detection of the termination of local computations. We define four types of termination detection: no detection, detection of the local termination
Uncertainty Principle Respects Locality
Dongsheng Wang
The notion of nonlocality implicitly implies there might be some kind of spooky action at a distance in nature, however, the validity of quantum mechanics has been well tested up to now. In this work it is argued that the notion of nonlocality is physically improper, the basic principle of locality in nature is well respected by quantum mechanics, namely, the uncertainty principle. We show that the quantum bound on the Clauser, Horne, Shimony, and Holt (CHSH) inequality can be recovered from the uncertainty relation in a multipartite setting. We further argue that the super-quantum correlation demonstrated by the nonlocal box is not physically comparable with the quantum one. The origin of the quantum structure of nature still remains to be explained, some post-quantum theory which is more complete in some sense than quantum mechanics is possible and might not necessarily be a hidden variable theory.
Local quantum ergodic conjecture
E. Zambrano; W. P. Karel Zapfe; Alfredo M. Ozorio de Almeida
The Quantum Ergodic Conjecture equates the Wigner function for a typical eigenstate of a classically chaotic Hamiltonian with a delta-function on the energy shell. This ensures the evaluation of classical ergodic expectations of simple observables, in agreement with Shnirelman's theorem, but this putative Wigner function violates several important requirements. Consequently, we transfer the conjecture to the Fourier transform of the Wigner function, that is, the chord function. We show that all the relevant consequences of the usual conjecture require only information contained within a small (Planck) volume around the origin of the phase space of chords: translations in ordinary phase space. Loci of complete orthogonality between a given eigenstate and its nearby translation are quite elusive for the Wigner function, but our local conjecture stipulates that their pattern should be universal for ergodic eigenstates of the same Hamiltonian lying within a classically narrow energy range. Our findings are supported by numerical evidence in a Hamiltonian exhibiting soft chaos. Heavily scarred eigenstates are remarkable counter-examples of the ergodic universal pattern.
Performing a local barrier operation
Archer, Charles J; Blocksome, Michael A; Ratterman, Joseph D; Smith, Brian E
Performing a local barrier operation with parallel tasks executing on a compute node including, for each task: retrieving a present value of a counter; calculating, in dependence upon the present value of the counter and a total number of tasks performing the local barrier operation, a base value of the counter, the base value representing the counter's value prior to any task joining the local barrier; calculating, in dependence upon the base value and the total number of tasks performing the local barrier operation, a target value, the target value representing the counter's value when all tasks have joined the local barrier; joining the local barrier, including atomically incrementing the value of the counter; and repetitively, until the present value of the counter is no less than the target value of the counter: retrieving the present value of the counter and determining whether the present value equals the target value.
Performing a local barrier operation
Archer, Charles J; Blocksome, Michael A; Ratterman, Joseph D; Smith, Brian E
Performing a local barrier operation with parallel tasks executing on a compute node including, for each task: retrieving a present value of a counter; calculating, in dependence upon the present value of the counter and a total number of tasks performing the local barrier operation, a base value, the base value representing the counter's value prior to any task joining the local barrier; calculating, in dependence upon the base value and the total number of tasks performing the local barrier operation, a target value of the counter, the target value representing the counter's value when all tasks have joined the local barrier; joining the local barrier, including atomically incrementing the value of the counter; and repetitively, until the present value of the counter is no less than the target value of the counter: retrieving the present value of the counter and determining whether the present value equals the target value.
The Hidden Landscape of Localization
Filoche, Marcel
Wave localization occurs in all types of vibrating systems, in acoustics, mechanics, optics, or quantum physics. It arises either in systems of irregular geometry (weak localization) or in disordered systems (Anderson localization). We present here a general theory that explains how the system geometry and the wave operator interplay to give rise to a "landscape" that splits the system into weakly coupled subregions, and how these regions shape the spatial distribution of the vibrational eigenmodes. This theory holds in any dimension, for any domain shape, and for all operators deriving from an energy form. It encompasses both weak and Anderson localizations in the same mathematical frame and shows, in particular, that Anderson localization can be understood as a special case of weak localization in a very rough landscape.
The Hidden Landscape of Localization
Marcel Filoche; Svitlana Mayboroda
Wave localization occurs in all types of vibrating systems, in acoustics, mechanics, optics, or quantum physics. It arises either in systems of irregular geometry (weak localization) or in disordered systems (Anderson localization). We present here a general theory that explains how the system geometry and the wave operator interplay to give rise to a "landscape" that splits the system into weakly coupled subregions, and how these regions shape the spatial distribution of the vibrational eigenmodes. This theory holds in any dimension, for any domain shape, and for all operators deriving from an energy form. It encompasses both weak and Anderson localizations in the same mathematical frame and shows, in particular, that Anderson localization can be understood as a special case of weak localization in a very rough landscape.
Local Government Revenue Bonds (Montana)
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Limited obligation local government bonds ("special revenue bonds") may be issued for qualified electric energy generation facilities, including those powered by renewables. These bonds generally...
Factors influencing quantitative liquid (scanning) transmission...
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Factors influencing quantitative liquid (scanning) transmission electron microscopy. Factors influencing quantitative liquid (scanning) transmission electron microscopy. Abstract:...
Dynamical mechanism for non-locality in dense granular flows
M. Bouzid; M. Trulsson; P. Claudin; E. Clement; B. Andreotti
The dynamical mechanism at the origin of the non-local rheology of dense granular flows is investigated trough discrete element simulations. We show that the influence of a shear band on the mechanical behavior of a distant zone is contained in the spatial variations observed in the network of granular contacts. Using a micro-rheology technique, we establish that the exponential responses hence obtained, do not proof the validity of a mechanical activation process as previously suggested, but stem from the spatial relaxation of the shear rate as a direct consequence of a macroscopic non-local constitutive relation. Finally, by direct visualization of the local relaxation processes, we dismiss the kinetic elasto-plastic picture, where a flow is conceived as a quasi-static sequence of localized plastic events interacting through the stress field. We therefore conclude in favor of the jamming scenario, where geometrical constrains lead to coherent non-affine displacements along floppy modes, inherently non-local.
management system and communications plan consistent with existing state and federal energy emergencyCALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY PLANNING HANDBOOK April 2004 PUBLICATION and authorities, and to integrate their management and communications systems with both the California Energy
Efficiency of Local Search Johann Hurink
Al Hanbali, Ahmad
Efficiency of Local Search Johann Hurink University of Twente BETA Mini Cour Efficiency of Local Search #12;Overview of the Talk � Efficiency of local search � Scheduling problems � Definition for P|| wjCj BETA Mini Cour Efficiency of Local Search #12;Efficiency of Local Search -1- Basic
Anytime Replanning Using Local Subplan Replacement
Ferrer, Gabriel J.
Anytime Replanning Using Local Subplan Replacement A Dissertation Presented to the faculty how local subplan replacement can be utilized to implement an anytime planning system that devises new plans to accommodate plan failures. Local subplan replacement consists of selecting subsequences
Furthering Your Local Governments' Energy Efficiency Goals: Getting Support from Local Leaders
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Power Point presentation from the Furthering your Local Governments Energy Efficiency Goals part 1 Getting Support From Local Leaders webcast.
Local non-equilibrium thermodynamics
Jinwoo, Lee
Local Shannon entropy lies at the heart of modern thermodynamics, with much discussion of trajectory-dependent entropy production. When taken at both boundaries of a process in phase space, it reproduces the second law of thermodynamics over a finite time interval for small scale systems. However, given that entropy is an ensemble property, it has never been clear how one can assign such a quantity locally. Given such a fundamental omission in our knowledge, we construct a new ensemble composed of trajectories reaching an individual microstate, and show that locally defined entropy, information, and free energy are properties of the ensemble, or trajectory-independent true thermodynamic potentials. We find that the Boltzmann-Gibbs distribution and Landauer's principle can be generalized naturally as properties of the ensemble, and that trajectory-free state functions of the ensemble govern the exact mechanism of non-equilibrium relaxation.
Local non-equilibrium thermodynamics
Lee Jinwoo; Hajime Tanaka
Local Shannon entropy lies at the heart of modern thermodynamics, with much discussion of trajectory-dependent entropy production. When taken at both boundaries of a process in phase space, it reproduces the second law of thermodynamics over a finite time interval for small scale systems. However, given that entropy is an ensemble property, it has never been clear how one can assign such a quantity locally. Given such a fundamental omission in our knowledge, we construct a new ensemble composed of trajectories reaching an individual microstate, and show that locally defined entropy, information, and free energy are properties of the ensemble, or trajectory-independent true thermodynamic potentials. We find that the Boltzmann-Gibbs distribution and Landauer's principle can be generalized naturally as properties of the ensemble, and that trajectory-free state functions of the ensemble govern the exact mechanism of non-equilibrium relaxation.
State and local economic development tools : how does the range of state-level economic development tools available to a locality influence the way local resources are deployed?
Piercy, Brett I. (Brett Ianthe)
Patterns in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) expenditures for economic development in selected states were analyzed to explore whether differences in economic development tools, policies and programs available at ...
Localization via Automorphisms of the CARs. Local gauge invariance
Hendrik Grundling; Karl-Hermann Neeb
The classical matter fields are sections of a vector bundle E with base manifold M. The space L^2(E) of square integrable matter fields w.r.t. a locally Lebesgue measure on M, has an important module action of C_b^\\infty(M) on it. This module action defines restriction maps and encodes the local structure of the classical fields. For the quantum context, we show that this module action defines an automorphism group on the algebra A, of the canonical anticommutation relations on L^2(E), with which we can perform the analogous localization. That is, the net structure of the CAR, A, w.r.t. appropriate subsets of M can be obtained simply from the invariance algebras of appropriate subgroups. We also identify the quantum analogues of restriction maps. As a corollary, we prove a well-known "folk theorem," that the algebra A contains only trivial gauge invariant observables w.r.t. a local gauge group acting on E.
Yield Enhancement of Digital Microfluidics-Based Biochips Using Space Redundancy and Local Reconfiguration*
Paris-Sud XI, Universit� de
Yield Enhancement of Digital Microfluidics-Based Biochips Using Space Redundancy and Local to avoid faulty elements. Digital microfluidics- based biochips are also amenable to redundancy-based yield. As microfluidics-based biochips become more complex, manufacturing yield will have significant influence
Non-localities in nucleon-nucleus potentials
P. Fraser; K. Amos; S. Karataglidis; L. Canton; G. Pisent; J. P. Svenne
Two causes of non-locality inherent in nucleon-nucleus scattering are considered. They are the results of two-nucleon antisymmetry of the projectile with each nucleon in the nucleus and the dynamic polarization potential representation of channel coupling. For energies $\\sim 40 - 300$ MeV, a g-folding model of the optical potential is used to show the influence of the knock-out process that is a result of the two-nucleon antisymmetry. To explore the dynamic polarization potential caused by channel coupling, a multichannel algebraic scattering model has been used for low-energy scattering.
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Analysis of wind shear models and trends in different terrains M.L. Ray *, A.L. Rogers, and J.G. McGowan
Massachusetts at Amherst, University of
of characterizing the wind shear at a given site for a utility scale wind turbine cannot be overemphasized. It is important to understand because it directly impacts the power available at different wind turbine hub heights and strongly influences the cyclic loading on the turbine blades. For decades, academic
Fractal Superconductivity near Localization Threshold
Fominov, Yakov
Fractal Superconductivity near Localization Threshold Mikhail Feigel'man Landau Institute, Moscow-electron states are extended but fractal and populate small fraction of the whole volume How BCS theory should be modified to account for eigenstates fractality ? #12;Mean-Field Eq. for Tc #12;#12;3D Anderson model: = 0
Kampung Capacity Local Solutions for
Kammen, Daniel M.
utility customers. Using a hybrid energy resource optimization framework, we explore optimal configurationKampung Capacity Local Solutions for Sustainable Rural Energy in the Baram River Basin, Sarawak Energy Laboratory (RAEL) & Energy and Resources Group and Goldman School of Public Policy Release Date
The influence of a magnetic field on turbulent heat transfer of a high Prandtl number fluid
Nakaharai, H. [Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga-kouen 6-1, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580 (Japan); Takeuchi, J.; Morley, N.B.; Abdou, M.A. [Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1597 (United States); Yokomine, T. [Faculty of Energy Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Kasuga-kouen 6-1, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580 (Japan); Kunugi, T. [Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501 (Japan); Satake, S. [Department of Applied Electronics, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510 (Japan)
The influence of a transverse magnetic field on the local and average heat transfer of an electrically conducting, turbulent fluid flow with high Prandtl number was studied experimentally. The mechanism of heat transfer modification due to magnetic field is considered with aid of available numerical simulation data for turbulent flow field. The influence of the transverse magnetic field on the heat transfer was to suppress the temperature fluctuation and to steepen the mean temperature gradient in near-wall region in the direction parallel to the magnetic field. The mean temperature gradient is not influenced compared to the temperature fluctuation in the direction vertical to the magnetic field. (author)
Understanding Localized-Scanning Worms Zesheng Chen
Ji, Chuanyi
Understanding Localized-Scanning Worms Zesheng Chen School of Electrical & Computer Engineering Email: email@example.com Abstract-- Localized scanning is a simple technique used by attackers to search for vulnerable hosts. Localized scanning trades off between the local and the global search
Nepal's Crisis: Mobilising International Influence
International Crisis Group
Policy Briefing Asia Briefing N�49 Kathmandu/Brussels, 19 April 2006 Nepal�s Crisis: Mobilising International Influence I. OVERVIEW Pro-democracy demonstrations and a general strike across Nepal in recent weeks mark a decisive shift... institutions) to form a common front on strategy and tactics to maximise international influence in assisting Nepal�s escape from its worsening conflict. The conflict remains soluble and a genuine democratic mass movement increases the chances of a...
Hardy's non-locality and generalized non-local theory
Sujit K. Choudhary; Sibasish Ghosh; Guruprasad Kar; Samir Kunkri; Ramij Rahaman; Anirban Roy
Hardy's non-locality theorem for multiple two-level systems is explored in the context of generalized nonlocal theory. We find nonlocal but non-signaling probabilities, providing Hardy's nonlocal argument, which are higher than those in Quantum Mechanics. Maximum probability of success of Hardy's argument is obtained for three two-level systems in quantum as well as in a more generalized theory. Interestingly, the maximum in the nonlocal generalized theory for both the cases turns out to be same.
Localization in active incommensurate arrays
T. V. Laptyeva; S. V. Denisov; G. V. Osipov; M. V. Ivanchenko
In a dissipationless linear lattice, spatial disorder or incommensurate modulation induce localization of the lattice eigenstates and block spreading of wave packets. Additionally, incommensurate arrays allow for the metal-insulator transition at a finite modulation amplitude already in one dimension. The addition of nonlinearity to the lattice Hamiltonian causes interaction between the eigenstates, which results in a slow packet spreading. We go beyond the dissipationless limit and consider nonlinear quasi-periodic arrays that are subjected to the dissipative losses and energy pumping. We find that there is a finite excitation of oscillations threshold in both metallic and insulating regimes. Moreover, excitation in the metallic and weakly insulating regime displays features of the second order phase transition to global oscillations, in contrast to disordered arrays. The Anderson attractor regime is recovered only in the limit of strong localization. The identified transition, and the further onset of chaos and synchronization can be potentially realized with polariton condensates lattices and cavity-QED arrays.
Kelly, Scott
�and�international�experience,�several�bespoke�energy�strategies�are�identified� that�have�significant�potential�to�contribute�to�local�energy�demand�reduction�and�lower� CO2�emissions� in� the�UK.�The� strategies� identified� include,�Combined�Heat�and�Power� with� District� Heating� (CHP?DH),� Energy� from� Waste� Facilities� (Ef... Energy, Decentralised Energy, Energy Service Company (ESCo), CHP, District Heating JEL Classification Contact firstname.lastname@example.com Publication January 2011 Financial Support 4CMR, Cambridge Econometrics, Cambridge Trusts 1 The...
Local Cloning of Entangled Qubits
Sujit K. Choudhary; Samir Kunkri; Ramij Rahaman; Anirban Roy
We discuss the exact cloning of orthogonal but entangled qubits under local operations and classical communication. The amount of entanglement necessary in blank copy is obtained for various cases. Surprisingly this amount is more than 1 ebit for certain set of two nonmaximal but equally entangled states of two qubits system. To clone any three two qubits Bell states at least log2 3 ebit is necessary.
Europhysics Letters PREPRINT Influence of pore-scale disorder on viscous fingering during
Toussaint, Renaud
Europhysics Letters PREPRINT Influence of pore-scale disorder on viscous fingering during drainage formation. PACS. 47.55.Mh � Flows through porous media. Abstract. � We study viscous fingering during, an effective law v ( P)2 relates the average interface growth rate and the local pressure gradient. Viscous
Influence of Tissue Conductivity Inhomogeneity and Anisotropy on EEG/MEG based
Utah, University of
source in the brain using a volume-conduction model of the head. The associated differential equations in the Human Brain #12;Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Wolters, Carsten Hermann: Influence of Tissue Conductivity Inhomogeneity and Anisotropy on EEG/MEG based Source Localization in the Human Brain
The influence of large dams on surrounding climate and precipitation patterns
Niyogi, Dev
The influence of large dams on surrounding climate and precipitation patterns Ahmed Mohamed Degu,1 February 2011. [1] Understanding the forcings exerted by large dams on local climate is key to establishing formation are identified around the reservoir shoreline for 92 large dams of North America. Our study
The influence of rock heterogeneity on the scaling properties of simulated3 and natural stylolites4
Paris-Sud XI, Universit� de
1 1 2 The influence of rock heterogeneity on the scaling properties of simulated3 and natural prominent deformation patterns in sedimentary rocks that24 document localized pressure solution. Recent is caused by the composition of27 the host rock, i.e. heterogeneities in the material, or is governed
Minority influence on public organization change: Latinos and local education politics�
Juenke, Eric
The research presented here has three major purposes. The first is to explain how political institutions and policy outputs can change in the presence of a growing minority population when the preferences of these minorities ...
Synoptic and local influences on boundary layer processes, with an application to California wind power
Mansbach, David K
three California wind farms: San Gorgonio Pass and Tehachapibuoy Ontario San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm Palm Springs Blytherecords from the San Gorgonio Pass wind farm are not avail-
Fisheries Research 83 (2007) 133144 Remotely sensed local oceanic thermal features and their influence
Pierce, Graham
and upwelling areas (either permanent or wind-generated) (Koubbi et al., 1991; Brunet et al., 1992; Olson et al
Non-local topographic influences on deep convection: An idealized model for the Nordic Seas
, the inner Norwegian Atlantic Current (iNwAC), which follows the continental slope along the west coast of Norway, and the outer Norwegian Atlanti
Synoptic and local influences on boundary layer processes, with an application to California wind power
Mansbach, David K.
maps showing locations of wind power conversion facilities,of US winds and wind power at 80 m derived fromEvaluation of global wind power. Journal of Geo- physical
Synoptic and local influences on boundary layer processes, with an application to California wind power
Mansbach, David K.
3.4.2 Wind roses . . . . . . . .Figure 5.5: Downscaled wind speed changes and componentin?uences on California�s wind energy resource. Part 1:
Synoptic and local influences on boundary layer processes, with an application to California wind power
Mansbach, David K
power conversion facilities, nearby METARs stations, and other ob- servation and buoypower con- version facilities, nearby METARs stations, and other observation and buoy
Influence of sigma-phase formation on the localized corrosion behavior of a duplex stainless steel
Adhe, K.N.; Kain, V.; Madangopal, K.; Gadiyar, H.S. [Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay (India). Metallurgy Div.
Because of their austenitic-ferritic microstructures, duplex stainless steels offer a good combination of mechanical and corrosion resistance properties. However, heat treatments can lower the mechanical strength of these stainless steels as well as render them susceptible to intergranular corrosion (IGC) and pitting corrosion. In this study, a low-carbon (0.02%) duplex stainless steel is subjected to various heat treatments at 450 to 950 C for 30 min to 10 h. The heat-treated samples than undergo ASTM IGC and pitting corrosion tests, and the results are correlated with the microstructures obtained after each heat treatment. In the absence of Cr{sub 23}C{sub 6} precipitation, {sigma}-phase precipitates render this duplex stainless steel susceptible to IGC and pitting corrosion. Even submicroscopic {sigma}-phase precipitates are deleterious for IGC resistance. Longer-duration heat treatments (at 750 to 850 C) induce chromium diffusion to replenish the chromium-depleted regions around the {sigma}-phase precipitates and improve IGC resistance; pitting resistance, however, is not fully restored. Various mechanisms of {sigma}-phase formation are discussed to show that regions adjacent to {sigma}-phase are depleted of chromium and molybdenum. The effect of chemical composition (pitting resistance equivalent) on the pitting resistance of various stainless steels is also noted.
Synoptic and local influences on boundary layer processes, with an application to California wind power
Mansbach, David K.
of observed summertime mesoscale pressure gradient and ??observed wind speeds and mesoscale SLP di?erences at pointsand modi?cation of mesoscale circulations. Monthly Weather
Magnesium and titanium: "The odd couple" Local order and the influence of stress on the
Dam, Bernard
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.2.2 A short history of switchable mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.3 Solar collectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2.2 Mg-Ti-H thin films for smart solar collectors . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2.2.1 Introduction as switchable solar absorbers . . . . . . . . . 28 2.3.1 Introduction
The potential for trickle up : how local actors' experiments influence national forest policy planning
Blockhus, Jill M
The loss of forests in Vietnam encouraged central government policy makers to consider new ways to manage forest resources. A major forest policy shift -- moving away from state-led management -- began in earnest in pilot ...
Synoptic and local influences on boundary layer processes, with an application to California wind power
Mansbach, David K.
near three California wind farms are then explored: Sancirculations that drive wind farms, and to consider the e?at three major California wind farms. This is clearly a much
Synoptic and local influences on boundary layer processes, with an application to California wind power
Mansbach, David K.
California o?shore wind energy potential. Renewable Energy,2008: Ex- ploring wind energy potential o? the Californiafor estimates of wind power potential. Journal of Applied
A Unified Algorithm for Adaptive Spacetime Meshing
Thite, Shripad
: Wave equation describing displacement u(x, t) about the mean. utt - 2 uxx = 0 (i) wavespeed can terrain whose spatial projection is a triangulation Advance in time local neighborhood of front of dependence of Q. Approximate domains of dependence and influence by a circular symmetric double cone. Shripad
Anderson localization on a simplex
A. Ossipov
We derive a field-theoretical representation for the moments of the eigenstates in the generalized Anderson model. The representation is exact and can be used for the Anderson model with generic non-random hopping elements in any dimensions. We apply this method to the simplex model, for which the hopping amplitude between any two lattice sites is the same, and find that the eigenstates are localized at any strength of disorder. Our analytical predictions are in excellent agreement with the results of numerical simulations.
Targeting Illegal Immigration: Local Ordinate Action
Gunn, Emily; Moffitt, Jessica; Montemayor, Victoria; Riedel, Sarah; Smith, Bart; Weizel, Daniel
2006 and 2008. The small number is surprising, given the recent media coverage on the topic. For these 21 localities, we studied several demographic and economic characteristics for each locality over time to try to ascertain factors that may...
Sensor network localization based on natural phenomena
Kim, Daniel Sang
Autonomous localization is crucial for many sensor network applications. The goal of this thesis is to develop a distributed localization algorithm for the PLUG indoor sensor network by analyzing sound and light sensory ...
Local Option- Solar Sales Tax Exemption
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The exemption does not apply to solar pool heating or other recreational applications. The laws also permit local governments (municipalities and counties) to grant an exemption from local sales...
"Furthering Your Local Governments' Energy Efficiency Goals-- Part 1- Getting Support From Local Leaders "
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DOE�s technical assistance program webcast on furthering your local government�s energy efficiency goals. This is part one, gaining support from local leaders.
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NOvA Experiment - The Local Community
Deb Wieber
Local proprietors Steve and Deb Wieber discuss the impact of the NOvA experiment on their community.
NOvA Experiment - The Local Community
Deb Wieber
Local proprietors Steve and Deb Wieber discuss the impact of the NOvA experiment on their community.
Cosmological perturbations on local systems
Gregory S. Adkins; Jordan McDonnell; Richard N. Fell
We study the effect of cosmological expansion on orbits--galactic, planetary, or atomic--subject to an inverse-square force law. We obtain the laws of motion for gravitational or electrical interactions from general relativity--in particular, we find the gravitational field of a mass distribution in an expanding universe by applying perturbation theory to the Robertson-Walker metric. Cosmological expansion induces an ($\\ddot a/a) \\vec r$ force where $a(t)$ is the cosmological scale factor. In a locally Newtonian framework, we show that the $(\\ddot a/a) \\vec r$ term represents the effect of a continuous distribution of cosmological material in Hubble flow, and that the total force on an object, due to the cosmological material plus the matter perturbation, can be represented as the negative gradient of a gravitational potential whose source is the material actually present. We also consider the effect on local dynamics of the cosmological constant. We calculate the perihelion precession of elliptical orbits due to the cosmological constant induced force, and work out a generalized virial relation applicable to gravitationally bound clusters.
Hugh Rudnick California Crisis Influences
Catholic University of Chile (Universidad Católica de Chile)
is hydro, with combined cycle natural gas plants growing at a rapid pace. All country deregulation models in 1994, and the Central American countries in 1997. Brazil also joined the group, and Venezuela, MexicoHugh Rudnick California Crisis Influences Further Reforms in Latin America The electric energy
Braun, Torsten
in a distributed event localization and tracking algorithm (DELTA). DELTA is extended with energy-efficient network management, event classification functionality and an energy based source localization. The energy;#12;Abstract Different approaches to do event detection, tracking, localization and classification have been
UNCORRECTEDPROOF 2 Positioning using local maps q
Ruml, Wheeler
Positioning using Local 11 Maps (PLM). Given a path between a starting node and a remote node we wish absolute coordinates. We instantiate the PLM framework using the previously pro- 15 posed MDS Local 57 Maps (PLM). The method estimates node loca- 58 tions based on local maps, i.e., positions
Tarski's influence on computer science
Solomon Feferman
The influence of Alfred Tarski on computer science was indirect but significant in a number of directions and was in certain respects fundamental. Here surveyed is the work of Tarski on the decision procedure for algebra and geometry, the method of elimination of quantifiers, the semantics of formal languages, modeltheoretic preservation theorems, and algebraic logic; various connections of each with computer science are taken up.
Local droplet etching � Nanoholes, quantum dots, and air-gap heterostructures
Heyn, Ch.; Sonnenberg, D.; Graf, A.; Kerbst, J.; Stemmann, A.; Hansen, W. [Institute of Applied Physics, University of Hamburg, Jungiusstr. 11, 20355 Hamburg (Germany)
Local droplet etching (LDE) allows the self-organized generation of nanoholes in semiconductor surfaces and is fully compatible with molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The influence of the process parameters as well as of droplet and substrate materials on the LDE nanohole morphology is discussed. Furthermore, recent applications of LDE, the fabrication of quantum dots by hole filling and the creation of air-gap heterostructures are addressed.
Under Utilization of Local Anesthetics in Infant Lumbar Punctures
Gorchynski, Julie; Everett, Worth; Prebil, Linda
Ochoa LF. Role of local anesthesia during lumbar puncturesnot routinely received local anesthesia prior to LP. Studyreceived local procedural anesthesia by emergency medicine
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State and Local Energy Assurance Planning State and Local Energy Assurance Planning OE works closely with State and local governments on energy assurance issues. The office...
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2, 605637, 2005 Influence of solar
Boyer, Edmond
HESSD 2, 605�637, 2005 Influence of solar activity on hydrological processes J. P�erez-Peraza et al Sciences Discussions Influence of solar activity on hydrological processes J. P�erez-Peraza 1 , A. Leyva;HESSD 2, 605�637, 2005 Influence of solar activity on hydrological processes J. P�erez-Peraza et al
Journal influence factors6 Massimo Franceschet
Franceschet, Massimo
Journal influence factors6 Massimo Franceschet Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of journal influence, namely 2- year impact factor, 5-year impact factor, eigenfactor and article influence. These indicators have been recently added by Thomson Reuters to the Journal Citation Reports, in both science
Andris Ambainis; Julia Kempe; Or Sattath
The Lovasz Local Lemma (LLL) is a powerful tool in probability theory to show the existence of combinatorial objects meeting a prescribed collection of "weakly dependent" criteria. We show that the LLL extends to a much more general geometric setting, where events are replaced with subspaces and probability is replaced with relative dimension, which allows to lower bound the dimension of the intersection of vector spaces under certain independence conditions. Our result immediately applies to the k-QSAT problem: For instance we show that any collection of rank 1 projectors with the property that each qubit appears in at most $2^k/(e \\cdot k)$ of them, has a joint satisfiable state. We then apply our results to the recently studied model of random k-QSAT. Recent works have shown that the satisfiable region extends up to a density of 1 in the large k limit, where the density is the ratio of projectors to qubits. Using a hybrid approach building on work by Laumann et al. we greatly extend the known satisfiable region for random k-QSAT to a density of $\\Omega(2^k/k^2)$. Since our tool allows us to show the existence of joint satisfying states without the need to construct them, we are able to penetrate into regions where the satisfying states are conjectured to be entangled, avoiding the need to construct them, which has limited previous approaches to product states.
John D. Barrow; Joao Magueijo
In a recent paper we demonstrated how the simplest model for varying alpha may be interpreted as the effect of a dielectric material, generalized to be consistent with Lorentz invariance. Unlike normal dielectrics, such a medium cannot change the speed of light, and its dynamics obey a Klein-Gordon equation. This work immediately suggests an extension of the standard theory, even if we require compliance with Lorentz invariance. Instead of a wave equation, the dynamics may satisfy a local algebraic relation involving the permittivity and the properties of the electromagnetic field, in analogy with more conventional dielectric (but still preserving Lorentz invariance). We develop the formalism for such theories and investigate some phenomenological implications. The problem of the divergence of the classical self-energy can be solved, or at least softened, in this framework. Some interesting new cosmological solutions for the very early universe are found, including the possibility of a bounce, inflation and expansion with a loitering phase, all of which are induced by early variations in alpha.
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Ireland and the role of local government
O'Mullane, Monica, E-mail: email@example.com [Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Care and Social Work/Fakulta Zdravotnictva a Socialnej Prace, Trnavska univerzita, Univerzitne namestie 1, 917 01 Trnava (Slovakia); Quinlivan, Aodh, E-mail: email@example.com [Department of Government, College of Business and Law, 2nd Floor O'Rahilly Building, University College Cork (Ireland)
Background: Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Ireland has developed significantly since its endorsement in the health strategies of the Republic of Ireland (2001) and Northern Ireland (2002). Throughout 2007 and 2008, research was conducted to examine HIA as a policy-informing tool throughout both jurisdictions. One aspect of this research investigated the role of local government and its relationship in advancing HIA practise and use in Ireland. Methods: A case study research design was used which employed qualitative research methods, including semistructured interviewing and participant observation. In total 48 interviews were conducted with members of the HIA steering committees and individuals closely involved in the HIAs. Results: The relationship between local government and HIA in Northern Ireland is a positive one given the strong tradition of local government in the jurisdiction. The Review of Public Administration (RPA) negatively influenced the integration of HIA into local authority procedures. In the Republic of Ireland, the influence of social values and political will was found to be negatively present with the HIA on Traveller accommodation. Evidence from the HIA conducted on traffic and transport in Dublin was used to plan further health promotion and community planning activities in the area. Conclusion: Local government plays a vital role in HIA practise and development in both jurisdictions. The willingness to work with external partners (such as the health care services) was an important enabler or barrier to HIA operation. This will remain the case in the foreseeable future. - Highlights: Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer We investigated influences on the use of HIA knowledge of four cases from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer The engagement of the public authorities assists implementation of the findings of the HIA. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Tension continues between positivist and incrementalist approaches towards HIA.
Local government and demand-side bidding
Vine, E.
As part of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory's (LBL) technical assistance to the Sustainable City Project, the issue of DSM bidding was examined as a possible option for local government. The recent interest and activity in DSM bidding around the country presents an opportunity for local government. Potential benefits for local government include increased installation of energy efficiency measures in municipal facilities and in the community, economic development, an additional source of revenue to help pay for municipal programs (including additional conservation efforts), and an enhanced local image. Local government will most likely participate in DSM bidding as a customer or as a client of an energy service company (ESCO). The exact role will depend on local government's response to key issues associated with DSM bidding, such as performance guarantees, quality assurance procedures (measuring savings and providing financial security), and the administrative burden. In addition, local government will have to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of working with an ESCO. While local government has not yet participated in DSM bidding, local government is in a unique position to take advantage of energy efficiency opportunities as owner-operators of municipal facilities which consume significant amounts of energy, planners and regulators of new development, and general providers of services and assistance to their communities. Furthermore, local governments have lower risks (in terms of program success) than small businesses, and local governments' credibility and experience in dealing with customers may reduce high transaction costs associated with DSM bidding. Despite these advantages, local governments should take a cautious approach in participating in DSM bidding processes, and should carefully examine other strategies for promoting energy efficiency (including participation in conventional utility programs) prior to participating in DSM bidding.
Stollmann, P.
localized region), E n k�? \\Lambda 1 j(H(!))�? \\Lambda 2 k o Ÿ kjk1 \\Delta dist(\\Lambda 1 ; \\Lambda 2 ) \\Gamma
Localized domain patterns in complex polymers
Localized domain patterns in complex polymers abstract. Block copolymers are macromolecules that can form variety of microstructures as a result of incomplete
Convolution type operators on locally compact groups
Shtein--~erg, Convolution Type Operators on Locally Compact Groups [in Russian],. Manuscript Deposited in the All-Union Institute of Scientific and Technical�...
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Fe4 plaquettes, correlates with local displacements of the Fe atoms as determined from neutron pair-distribution function analysis of the same data. The spins align...
Model Wind Ordinance for Local Governments
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In 2006, Pennsylvania developed a model local ordinance for wind energy facilities through a collaborative effort involving several state departments and stakeholder groups. The purpose of the...
Local Option- Property Tax Exemption for Solar
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Virginia allows any county, city or town to exempt or partially exempt solar energy equipment or recycling equipment from local property taxes. Residential, commercial or industrial property is...
Shear strain localization in elastodynamic rupture simulations
Daub, Eric G; Carlson, Jean M
We study strain localization as an enhanced velocity weakening mechanism on earthquake faults. Fault friction is modeled using Shear Transformation Zone (STZ) Theory, a microscopic physical model for non-affine rearrangements in granular fault gouge. STZ Theory is implemented in spring slider and dynamic rupture models of faults. We compare dynamic shear localization to deformation that is uniform throughout the gouge layer, and find that localized slip enhances the velocity weakening of the gouge. Localized elastodynamic ruptures have larger stress drops and higher peak slip rates than ruptures with homogeneous strain.
Bloch, Spencer
LOCAL FOURIER TRANSFORMS AND RIGIDITY FOR D. Local Fourier transforms, analogous to the `-adic local Fourier transforms [14], are constructed infinitesimal rigidity condition is satisfied. As in [12], the argument uses local Fourier transforms
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the influence of terrain properties on the ecosystem or other variables of interest including the human systems
California at Berkeley, University of
LOCALIZED AURORA BEYOND THE AURORAL OVAL Harald U. Frey1 Received 3 June 2005; revised 8 September 2006; accepted 10 October 2006; published 2 March 2007. [1] Aurora is the result of the interaction, there are localized regions of aurora that are unrelated to the ovals and exhibit different morphological, spatial
Local Export Spillovers in France Pamina Koenig
Paris-Sud XI, Universit� de
Local Export Spillovers in France Pamina Koenig Florian Mayneris Sandra Poncet� Abstract This paper investigates the presence of local export spillovers on both the extensive (the decision to start exporting) and the intensive (the export volume) margins of trade, using data on French individual export flows, at the product
Optimal Robot Localization in Trees Rudolf Fleischer
Fleischer, Rudolf
Optimal Robot Localization in Trees Rudolf Fleischer Department of Computer Science, The Hong Kong of localization, that is, of a robot finding its position on a map, is an important task for autonomous mobile robots. It has appli cations in numerous areas of robotics ranging from aerial photography to autonomous
Local symmetries of non-expanding horizons
Rudranil Basu; Ayan Chatterjee; Amit Ghosh
Local symmetries of a non-expanding horizon has been investigated in the 1st order formulation of gravity. When applied to a spherically symmetric isolated horizon only a U(1) subgroup of the Lorentz group survives as residual local symmetry that one can make use of in constructing an effective theory on the horizon.
Natural geometric representation for electron local observables
Minogin, V.G., E-mail: email@example.com
An existence of the quartic identities for the electron local observables that define orthogonality relations for the 3D quantities quadratic in the electron observables is found. It is shown that the joint solution of the quartic and bilinear identities for the electron observables defines a unique natural representation of the observables. In the natural representation the vector type electron local observables have well-defined fixed positions with respect to a local 3D orthogonal reference frame. It is shown that the natural representation of the electron local observables can be defined in six different forms depending on a choice of the orthogonal unit vectors. The natural representation is used to determine the functional dependence of the electron wave functions on the local observables valid for any shape of the electron wave packet. -- Highlights: �Quartic identities that define the orthogonality relations for the electron local observables are found. �Joint solution of quartic and bilinear identities defines a unique natural representation of the electron local observables. �Functional dependence of the electron wave functions on the electron local observables is determined.
Local Transition Functions of Quantum Turing Machines
Masanao Ozawa; Harumichi Nishimura
Foundations of the notion of quantum Turing machines are investigated. According to Deutsch's formulation, the time evolution of a quantum Turing machine is to be determined by the local transition function. In this paper, the local transition functions are characterized for fully general quantum Turing machines, including multi-tape quantum Turing machines, extending the results due to Bernstein and Vazirani.
DAMAGE LOCALIZATION USING LOAD VECTORS Dionisio Bernal
Bernal, Dionisio
DAMAGE LOCALIZATION USING LOAD VECTORS Dionisio Bernal Associate Professor Department of Civil: A technique to localize damage in structures that can be treated as linear in the pre and post-damage state is presented. Central to the approach is the computation of a set of vectors, designated as Damage Locating
Structural Damage Detection and Localization Using NETSHM
Gnawali, Omprakash
Structural Damage Detection and Localization Using NETSHM Krishna Chintalapudi, Jeongyeup Paek and localize damage in large civil structures. Structural engineers often implement and test SHM algorithms the intricacies of wireless networking, or the details of sensor data acquisition. We have implemented a damage
Local Connections: Designing Technologies for Discovery and
of great historical importance as the basis for our heritage, missing the rich narratives of email@example.com Anne Adams firstname.lastname@example.com Historical artifacts, places, char- acters, and stories with local heritage were developed and evaluated with local groups. The goal of the project was to enhance
Climate Change Adaptation for Local Government
Pedersen, Tom
Climate Change Adaptation for Local Government A Resource Guide June 2011 Jenny Fraser, Adaptation to Climate Change Team, Simon Fraser University #12;Page 1 of 26 Climate Change Adaptation for Local: RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT 3. Past and Future Climate Change and Its Impacts 4
Locally Accessible Information and Distillation of Entanglement
Sibasish Ghosh; Pramod Joag; Guruprasad Kar; Samir Kunkri; Anirban Roy
A new type of complementary relation is found between locally accessible information and final average entanglement for given ensemble. It is also shown that in some well known distillation protocol, this complementary relation is optimally satisfied. We discuss the interesting trade-off between locally accessible information and distillable entanglement for some states.
Furthering Your Local Governments' Energy Efficiency Goals-- Part 1- Getting Support From Local Leaders
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An overview of some of the best practices for gaining support for energy efficiency projects from your local leaders , key data points and other items of interest that local leaders might look for when approached about supporting energy efficiency projects..
Localities and their natural gas : stories of problem diffusion, state preemption, and local government capacity
Agatstein, Jessica C
The rapid rise of oil and gas production in the United States poses a new set of policy challenges for local governments. Striving to balance the goals of encouraging economic growth and mitigating its side effects, local ...
Global-local Structural Optimization Using Response Surfaces of Local Optimization Margins
Neumaier, Arnold
1 Global-local Structural Optimization Using Response Surfaces of Local Optimization Margins Boyang optimization problems. First, a large number of component optimizations for maximization of margins are performed. Response surface approximations (RSA) for maximum margins of component optimization
The Local Variational Multiscale Method for Turbulence Simulation.
Collis, Samuel Scott; Ramakrishnan, Srinivas
Accurate and efficient turbulence simulation in complex geometries is a formidable chal-lenge. Traditional methods are often limited by low accuracy and/or restrictions to simplegeometries. We explore the merger of Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) spatial discretizationswith Variational Multi-Scale (VMS) modeling, termed Local VMS (LVMS), to overcomethese limitations. DG spatial discretizations support arbitrarily high-order accuracy on un-structured grids amenable for complex geometries. Furthermore, high-order, hierarchicalrepresentation within DG provides a natural framework fora prioriscale separation crucialfor VMS implementation. We show that the combined benefits of DG and VMS within theLVMS method leads to promising new approach to LES for use in complex geometries.The efficacy of LVMS for turbulence simulation is assessed by application to fully-developed turbulent channelflow. First, a detailed spatial resolution study is undertakento record the effects of the DG discretization on turbulence statistics. Here, the localhp[?]refinement capabilites of DG are exploited to obtain reliable low-order statistics effi-ciently. Likewise, resolution guidelines for simulating wall-bounded turbulence using DGare established. We also explore the influence of enforcing Dirichlet boundary conditionsindirectly through numericalfluxes in DG which allows the solution to jump (slip) at thechannel walls. These jumps are effective in simulating the influence of the wall commen-surate with the local resolution and this feature of DG is effective in mitigating near-wallresolution requirements. In particular, we show that by locally modifying the numericalviscousflux used at the wall, we are able to regulate the near-wall slip through a penaltythat leads to improved shear-stress predictions. This work, demonstrates the potential ofthe numerical viscousflux to act as a numerically consistent wall-model and this successwarrents future research.As in any high-order numerical method some mechanism is required to control aliasingeffects due to nonlinear interactions and to ensure nonlinear stability of the method. Inthis context, we evaluate the merits of two approaches to de-aliasing -- spectralfilteringand polynomial dealiasing. While both approaches are successful, polynomial-dealiasingis found to be better suited for use in large-eddy simulation. Finally, results using LVMSare reported and show good agreement with reference direct numerical simulation therebydemonstrating the effectiveness of LVMS for wall-bounded turbulence. This success pavesthe way for future applications of LVMS to more complex turbulentflows.3
Electron localization in solid acetonitrile.
Shkrob, I. A.; Takeda, K.; Williams, F.; Chemistry; Univ. of Tennessee
Electron localization in the bulk condensed phases of acetonitrile differs drastically from the corresponding processes that take place in water and aliphatic alcohols. In particular, electron capture following the ionization of liquid and solid acetonitrile yields well-defined radical anions in place of the largely structureless solvated and trapped electrons characteristic of irradiated solutions and rigid glasses. This is remarkable given the many similarities that exist not only between the intrinsic properties of these individual solvent molecules, such as polarity, but also in their cooperative capacity to function as solvents. Here, with the aid of detailed experimental and computational studies, we examine on a fundamental level what gives rise to such a sharp contrast in the behavior of these alkyl cyanides as compared to water and alcohols. EPR and optical spectra, and ab initio calculations on the radical anions are used together with diffraction data for the crystal structures to demonstrate that electron attachment to nitrile molecules in the crystalline state results in a significant bending of the linear CCN moiety. Moreover, in the formation of the dimer anions, which only takes place in certain crystalline phases, it is determined that the intermolecular bonding occurs between the cyanide carbons in an antiparallel arrangement. A staggered structure for the dimer anion in {alpha}-acetonitrile is then suggested, in which there is a nearly coplanar arrangement with the two bent CCN fragments. The resulting structure accounts for the observed EPR parameters, the position of the UV-vis absorption band, and the trends observed in the vibronic progressions for the four H/D isotopomers. The dimer radical anion in a-acetonitrile retains the same orientation and symmetry as that of the preexisting neutral {l_brace}CH{sub 3}CN{r_brace}{sub 2} pairs in this crystal despite the resulting changes in molecular geometry and in the translational coordinates for the cyanide carbons as the two acetonitrile molecules come together. We suggest that dimer anions of nitriles can form only in the phases where such 'antiparallel' pairs occur, including liquid systems; otherwise, the electron remains attached to a single molecule, as in {beta}-acetonitrile. Because electron capture by water or alcohol molecules in the condensed phase appears to require larger molecular clusters, the contrast between the behavior of these solvents and acetonitrile is attributable to the relative ease with which acetonitrile molecules in the crystal or solvent can undergo valence-electron attachment via their accessible low-lying {pi}* orbitals.
Influence of Ice Particle Surface Roughening on the Global Cloud Radiative Effect BINGQI YI,* PING YANG,* BRYAN A. BAUM,1
Baum, Bryan A.
Influence of Ice Particle Surface Roughening on the Global Cloud Radiative Effect BINGQI YI,* PING locally by more than 10 W m22 over a range of effective diameters. The global-averaged SW cloud radiative but nonnegligible increase in the global LW cloud radiative effect. 1. Introduction Ice clouds significantly
Local Basis Expansions for MEG Source Localization. Partha P. Mitra1
, but are not identical to, spherical harmonics. Components of the transformed sensor measure- ments which correspond density power. The latter is particularly useful for localization of spontaneous activity. Below we first of the LBEX technique is to transform a global basis set into a local basis set for a given local region
The influence of land use on gully erosion in Brazos County, Texas: an historical perspective
Clark, Jeffrey Battle
. It was found that the underlying geology, soil characteristics, climate, and local topography were not dominant factors influencing the initiation and development of gully erosion. The rapid expansion of intensive agriculture in the Post Oak Savannah Uplands... Table of Contents (Continued) Page Bottomlands Bottomland Slopes Bottomland Vegetation Bottomland Soils 34 34 36 36 Prairie Uplands 37 Prairie Upland Slopes Prairie Upland Vegetation 38 38 Prairie Upland 5oils Post Oak Savannah Uplands...
Dynamic surface topography influences cell function
Kiang, Jennifer Deng
A) Relative surface topography of hydrogel over a wire (B)oscillating surface topography on cell morphology. In FigureSAN DIEGO Dynamic Surface Topography Influences Cell
Local complex singularity exponents for isolated singularities
Hou, Zuoliang, 1977-
In this thesis, I studied the stability of local complex'singularity exponents (lcse) for holomorphic functions whose zero sets have only isolated singularities. For a given holomorphic function f defined on a neighborhood ...
Anderson localization of partially incoherent light
Capeta, D.; Radic, J.; Buljan, H. [Department of Physics, University of Zagreb, PP 332, 10000 Zagreb (Croatia); Szameit, A.; Segev, M. [Physics Department and Solid State Institute, Technion, Haifa 32000 (Israel)
We study Anderson localization and propagation of partially spatially incoherent wavepackets in linear disordered potentials, motivated by the insight that interference phenomena resulting from multiple scattering are affected by the coherence of the waves. We find that localization is delayed by incoherence: the more incoherent the waves are, the longer they diffusively spread while propagating in the medium. However, if all the eigenmodes of the system are exponentially localized (as in one- and two-dimensional disordered systems), any partially incoherent wavepacket eventually exhibits localization with exponentially decaying tails, after sufficiently long propagation distances. Interestingly, we find that the asymptotic behavior of the incoherent beam is similar to that of a single instantaneous coherent realization of the beam.
Guidance for Local Wind Energy Ordinances
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Note: The documents described in this summary were designed to provide guidance to local governments that wish to develop their own siting rules for wind turbines. While they were developed under...
Localized Helioseismic Constraints on Solar Structure
John N. Bahcall; Sarbani Basu; Pawan Kumar
Localized differences between the real sun and standard solar models are shown to be small. The sound speeds of the real and the standard model suns typically differ by less than 0.3% in the solar core.
Solar Easements & Local Option Solar Rights Laws
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The New York General City, Town, and Village codes also allow local zoning districts to make regulations regarding solar access that provide for "the accommodation of solar energy systems and...
Local Option- Residential Sustainable Energy Program
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Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing effectively allows property owners to borrow money from the local government to pay for energy improvements. The amount borrowed is typically repai...
The Complexity of the Local Hamiltonian Problem
Julia Kempe; Alexei Kitaev; Oded Regev
The k-local Hamiltonian problem is a natural complete problem for the complexity class QMA, the quantum analog of NP. It is similar in spirit to MAX-k-SAT, which is NP-complete for k<=2. It was known that the problem is QMA-complete for any k <= 3. On the other hand 1-local Hamiltonian is in P, and hence not believed to be QMA-complete. The complexity of the 2-local Hamiltonian problem has long been outstanding. Here we settle the question and show that it is QMA-complete. We provide two independent proofs; our first proof uses only elementary linear algebra. Our second proof uses a powerful technique for analyzing the sum of two Hamiltonians; this technique is based on perturbation theory and we believe that it might prove useful elsewhere. Using our techniques we also show that adiabatic computation with two-local interactions on qubits is equivalent to standard quantum computation.
Fiscal stimulus through state and local governments
Feiveson, Laura (Laura Judith)
State and local governments in the United States make up more than half of total government consumption and investment and almost 90 percent of total government employment. Despite these facts, the debates surrounding ...
Interferometric hydrofracture microseism localization using neighboring fracture
Poliannikov, Oleg V.
Hydraulic fracturing is the process of injecting high-pressure fluids into a reservoir to induce fractures and thus improve reservoir productivity. Microseismic event localization is used to locate created fractures. ...
Interferometric hydrofracture microseism localization using neighboring fracture
Poliannikov, Oleg V.
Hydraulic fracturing is the process of injecting high-pressure fluids into a reservoir to induce fractures and thus improve reservoir productivity. Microseismic event localization is used to locate created fractures. ...
Local Option- Commercial PACE Financing (Utah)
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Senate Bill 221 of 2013 authorizes local governments to adopt Commercial* Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing�programs. C-PACE allows property owners to finance energy efficiency and...
Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act (Nebraska)
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This act gives local governments the option to provide direct and indirect assistance to business enterprises in their communities, whether for expansion of existing operations, the creation of new...
Agenda: State, Local and Tribal Issues
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Many of the primary authorities and governance structures that exist for states, localities and tribes related to electricity infrastructure have been in place for decades. What can be learned from...
Local Solid Waste Disposal Act (Illinois)
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It is the purpose of this Act and the policy of this State to protect the public health and welfare and the quality of the environment by providing local governments with the ability to properly...
Locally-smeared operator product expansions
Monahan, Christopher; Orginos, Kostantinos
We propose a "locally-smeared Operator Product Expansion" (sOPE) to decompose non-local operators in terms of a basis of locally-smeared operators. The sOPE formally connects nonperturbative matrix elements of smeared degrees of freedom, determined numerically using the gradient flow, to non-local operators in the continuum. The nonperturbative matrix elements do not suffer from power-divergent mixing on the lattice, provided the smearing scale is kept fixed in the continuum limit. The presence of this smearing scale prevents a simple connection to the standard operator product expansion and therefore requires the construction of a two-scale formalism. We demonstrate the feasibility of our approach using the example of real scalar field theory.
A Library for Locally Weighted Projection Regression�
Klanke, Stefan; Vijayakumar, Sethu; Schaal, Stefan
In this paper we introduce an improved implementation of locally weighted projection regression (LWPR), a supervised learning algorithm that is capable of handling high-dimensional input data. As the key features, our ...
Cooperative localization for autonomous underwater vehicles
Bahr, Alexander
Self-localization of an underwater vehicle is particularly challenging due to the absence of Global Positioning System (GPS) reception or features at known positions that could otherwise have been used for position ...
Local Option- County Energy District Authority
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Oklahoma enacted�S.B. 102, effective November 2011, to make PACE loans junior and inferior to other liens. This law should allow local governments to adopt PACE�programs that are within the accep...
Developmental Plasticity Links Local Adaptation and Evolutionary
Badyaev, Alex
Developmental Plasticity Links Local Adaptation and Evolutionary Diversification in Foraging, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Developmental plasticity is thought to reconcile the constraining role morphology into adulthood, providing an opportunity to directly examine the links between plasticity of bone
EERE's State & Local Energy Data Tool
Shambarger, Erick; DeCesaro, Jennifer
EERE's State and Local Energy Data (SLED) Tool provides basic energy market information that can help state and local governments plan and implement clean energy projects, including electricity generation; fuel sources and costs; applicable policies, regulations, and financial incentives; and renewable energy resource potential. Watch this video to learn more about the tool and hear testimonials from real users about the benefits of using this tool.
EERE's State & Local Energy Data Tool
Shambarger, Erick; DeCesaro, Jennifer
EERE's State and Local Energy Data (SLED) Tool provides basic energy market information that can help state and local governments plan and implement clean energy projects, including electricity generation; fuel sources and costs; applicable policies, regulations, and financial incentives; and renewable energy resource potential. Watch this video to learn more about the tool and hear testimonials from real users about the benefits of using this tool.
Landscape influences on headwater streams on Fort Stewart, Georgia, USA
Jager, Yetta [ORNL; Bevelhimer, Mark S [ORNL; al., et. [Various Institutes
Military landscapes represent a mixture of undisturbed natural ecosystems, developed areas, and lands that support different types and intensities of military training. Research to understand water-quality influences of military landscapes usually involves intensive sampling in a few watersheds. In this study, we developed a survey design of accessible headwater watersheds intended to improve our ability to distinguish land water relationships in general, and training influences, in particular, on Fort Stewart, GA. We sampled and analyzed water from watershed outlets. We successfully developed correlative models for total suspended solids (TSS), total nitrogen (TN), organic carbon (OC), and organic nitrogen (ON), which dominated in this blackwater ecosystem. TSS tended to be greater in samples after rainfall and during the growing season, and models that included %Wetland suggested a build-and-flush relationship. We also detected a positive association between TSS and tank-training, which suggests a need to intercept sediment-laden runoff from training areas. Models for OC showed a negative association with %Grassland. TN and ON both showed negative associations with %Grassland, %Wetland, and %Forest. Unexpected positive associations were observed between OC and equipmenttraining activity and between ON and %Bare ground ? Roads. Future studies that combine our survey-based approach with more intensive monitoring of the timing and intensity of training would be needed to better understand the mechanisms for these empirical relationships involving military training. Looking beyond local effects on Fort Stewart streams, we explore questions about how exports of OC and nitrogen from coastal military installations ultimately influence estuaries downstream.
7, 80878111, 2007 Influence of cloud top
Paris-Sud XI, Université de
ACPD 7, 80878111, 2007 Influence of cloud top variability on radiative transfer Richter, Barfus top variability from radar measurements on 3-D radiative transfer F. Richter 1 , K. Barfus 1 , F. firstname.lastname@example.com) 8087 #12;ACPD 7, 80878111, 2007 Influence of cloud top variability on radiative transfer Richter
influences on climate. For instance, some suggestthatchangesinsolarirradi-
Chater, Nick
influences on climate. For instance, some studies5,6 suggestthatchangesinsolarirradi- ance may have on clouds, or of variations in solar or volcanic influences). At the least, they argue, this should be the case provided that the climate feedbacks of the missing process or forcing are close to linear
Influence of attrition milling on nano-grain boundaries
Rawers, J.; Cook, D.
Nanostructured materials have a relatively large proportion of their atoms associated with the grain boundary, and the method used to develop the nano-grains has a strong influence on the resulting grain boundary structure. In this study, attrition milling iron powders and blends of iron powders produced micron-size particles composed of nano-size grains. Mechanical cold-working powder resulted in dislocation generation, multiplication, and congealing that produced grain refinement. As the grain size approached nano-dimensions, dislocations were no longer sustained within the grain and once generated, rapidly diffused to the grain boundary. Dislocations on the grain boundary strained the local lattice structure which, as the grain size decreased, became the entire grain. Mechanical alloying of substitutional aluminium atoms into iron powder resulted in the aluminium atoms substituting for iron atoms in the grain boundary cells and providing a grain boundary structure similar to that of the iron powder processed in argon. Attrition milling iron powder in nitrogen gas resulted in nitrogen atoms being adsorbed onto the particle surface. Continued mechanical milling infused the nitrogen atoms into interstitial lattice sites on the grain boundary which also contributed to expanding and straining the local lattice.
Breathers and localized solitons for the Hirota�Maxwell�Bloch system on constant backgrounds in erbium doped fibers
Guo, Rui, E-mail: email@example.com; Hao, Hui-Qin
In nonlinear erbium doped fibers, the Hirota�Maxwell�Bloch system with higher order effects usually governs the propagation of ultrashort pulses. New soliton solutions for this system are constructed on the constant backgrounds including one and two breathers and first and higher order localized soliton solutions. Considering the influence of higher order effects, propagation properties of those soliton solutions are discussed. -- Highlights: �The AB and Ma-breathers are derived on the constant backgrounds. �Dynamic features of two-breathers are discussed. �Localized solutions are generated from two different ways.
Reforming Local Government in Broome County 1 Center for Local Government College of Community & Public Affairs Binghamton University
Suzuki, Masatsugu
#12;Reforming Local Government in Broome County 1 Center for Local Government � College on committee findings and issued recommendations in each area studied. Reforming Local Government in Broome;Reforming Local Government in Broome County 2 Center for Local Government � College of Community & Public
Oklahoma Local Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive Leverage Act (Oklahoma)
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The Oklahoma Local Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive Leverage Act provides funding for local units of government to match local tax revenue dedicated to support a project located in an...
Localized edge states and homoclinic snaking in plane Couette flow
Doedel, Eusebius
-dimension =1) Skufca, Yorke & Eckhardt PRL 2006; Schneider, Eckhardt & Yorke PRL 2007; Schneider et al. PRE channels Schneider, Gibson & Burke, PRL, 2010 Bifurcation diagram: Localized traveling waves Localized-Stokes dynamics Schneider, Gibson & Burke, PRL, 2010 #12;Localized `cousins'
V.3K(1)-Local Homotopy Theory, Iwasawa Theory
V.3K(1)-Local Homotopy Theory, Iwasawa Theory and Algebraic K-Theory Stephen A. Mitchell* 3.3 K(1)-local Homotopy Theory............................................................. 965 -Adic K-Theory ................................................................. 968 K(1)-Localization
Local purity distillation with bounded classical communication
Hari Krovi; Igor Devetak
Local pure states are an important resource for quantum computing. The problem of distilling local pure states from mixed ones can be cast in an information theoretic paradigm. The bipartite version of this problem where local purity must be distilled from an arbitrary quantum state shared between two parties, Alice and Bob, is closely related to the problem of separating quantum and classical correlations in the state and in particular, to a measure of classical correlations called the one-way distillable common randomness. In Phys. Rev. A 71, 062303 (2005), the optimal rate of local purity distillation is derived when many copies of a bipartite quantum state are shared between Alice and Bob, and the parties are allowed unlimited use of a unidirectional dephasing channel. In the present paper, we extend this result to the setting in which the use of the channel is bounded. We demonstrate that in the case of a classical-quantum system, the expression for the local purity distilled is efficiently computable and provide examples with their tradeoff curves.
Converting online algorithms to local computation algorithms
Mansour, Yishay; Vardi, Shai; Xie, Ning
We propose a general method for converting online algorithms to local computation algorithms by selecting a random permutation of the input, and simulating running the online algorithm. We bound the number of steps of the algorithm using a query tree, which models the dependencies between queries. We improve previous analyses of query trees on graphs of bounded degree, and extend the analysis to the cases where the degrees are distributed binomially, and to a special case of bipartite graphs. Using this method, we give a local computation algorithm for maximal matching in graphs of bounded degree, which runs in time and space O(log^3 n). We also show how to convert a large family of load balancing algorithms (related to balls and bins problems) to local computation algorithms. This gives several local load balancing algorithms which achieve the same approximation ratios as the online algorithms, but run in O(log n) time and space. Finally, we modify existing local computation algorithms for hypergraph 2-color...
Correlations In n-local Scenario
Kaushiki Mukherjee; Biswajit Paul; Debasis Sarkar
Recently Bell-type inequalities were introduced in Phys. Rev. A \\textbf{85}, 032119 (2012) to analyze the correlations emerging in an entanglement swapping scenario characterized by independence of the two sources shared between three parties. The corresponding scenario was referred to as \\textit{bilocal} scenario. Here, we derive Bell-type inequalities in $n+1$ party scenario, i.e., in $n$-local scenario. Considering the two different cases with several number of inputs and outputs, we derive local and $n$-local bounds. The $n$-local inequality studied for two cases are proved to be tight. Replacing the sources by maximally entangled states for two binary inputs and two binary outputs and also for the fixed input and four outputs, we observe quantum violations of $n$-local bounds. But the resistance offered to noise cannot be increased as compared to the bilocal scenario. Thus increasing the number of parties in a linear fashion in source independent scenario does not contribute in lowering down the requirements of revealing quantumness in a network in contrast to the star configuration (Phys. Rev. A \\textbf{90}, 062109 (2014)) of $n+1$ parties.
One size fits all? An assessment tool for solid waste management at local and national levels
Broitman, Dani, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com [Department of Natural Resources and Environment Management, Graduate school of Management, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905 (Israel); Ayalon, Ofira [Department of Natural Resources and Environment Management, Graduate school of Management, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905 (Israel); Kan, Iddo [Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Rehovot 76100 (Israel)
Highlights: Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Waste management schemes are generally implemented at national or regional level. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Local conditions characteristics and constraints are often neglected. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer We developed an economic model able to compare multi-level waste management options. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer A detailed test case with real economic data and a best-fit scenario is described. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Most efficient schemes combine clear National directives with local level flexibility. - Abstract: As environmental awareness rises, integrated solid waste management (WM) schemes are increasingly being implemented all over the world. The different WM schemes usually address issues such as landfilling restrictions (mainly due to methane emissions and competing land use), packaging directives and compulsory recycling goals. These schemes are, in general, designed at a national or regional level, whereas local conditions and constraints are sometimes neglected. When national WM top-down policies, in addition to setting goals, also dictate the methods by which they are to be achieved, local authorities lose their freedom to optimize their operational WM schemes according to their specific characteristics. There are a myriad of implementation options at the local level, and by carrying out a bottom-up approach the overall national WM system will be optimal on economic and environmental scales. This paper presents a model for optimizing waste strategies at a local level and evaluates this effect at a national level. This is achieved by using a waste assessment model which enables us to compare both the economic viability of several WM options at the local (single municipal authority) level, and aggregated results for regional or national levels. A test case based on various WM approaches in Israel (several implementations of mixed and separated waste) shows that local characteristics significantly influence WM costs, and therefore the optimal scheme is one under which each local authority is able to implement its best-fitting mechanism, given that national guidelines are kept. The main result is that strict national/regional WM policies may be less efficient, unless some type of local flexibility is implemented. Our model is designed both for top-down and bottom-up assessment, and can be easily adapted for a wide range of WM option comparisons at different levels.
Interactive local search for multiple-criteria scheduling
Li, Shijun
, then the local search procedure is termed probabilistic (e. g. , simulated annealing). Probabilistic local search aims at avoiding that the search process gets trapped in local optima. The local search solution space can be viewed as a graph G = (V... solution and may be trapped in poor local optima. Second, they require large, though deterministic, computational effort. One very promising way of cutting down computational time is by using parallelism (Verhoeven and Aarts, 1995). Unfortunately, local...
anexiales experiencia local: Topics by E-print Network
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mosaics are constructed and used to localize a mobile robot operating in the modeled environment. Straightforward techniques from vision-based localization and mosaicking are used...
adenocarcinomes pancreatiques localement: Topics by E-print Network
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mosaics are constructed and used to localize a mobile robot operating in the modeled environment. Straightforward techniques from vision-based localization and mosaicking are used...
ampullectomy experiencia local: Topics by E-print Network
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mosaics are constructed and used to localize a mobile robot operating in the modeled environment. Straightforward techniques from vision-based localization and mosaicking are used...
Energy Department Awards $5 Million to Spur Local Clean Energy...
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5 Million to Spur Local Clean Energy Development, Energy Savings Energy Department Awards 5 Million to Spur Local Clean Energy Development, Energy Savings October 14, 2014 -...
Local Soot Loading Distribution in Cordierite Diesel Particulate...
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Local Soot Loading Distribution in Cordierite Diesel Particulate Filters by Dynamic Neutron Radiography Local Soot Loading Distribution in Cordierite Diesel Particulate Filters by...
Measuring Up: How to Track and Evaluate Local Sustainability Projects
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Join this EPA Local Climate and Energy webinar to learn how to measure and evaluate the results of local climate, energy, and sustainability projects.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency State and Local Climate...
for clean energy jobs, greenhouse gas accounting protocols, local strategy guides, case studies, Webcasts, Podcasts, building energy efficiency for local governments, and...
Local Energy Alliance Program Adds Green Appraisal Capabilities...
Local Energy Alliance Program Adds Green Appraisal Capabilities to its Energy Efficiency Services Local Energy Alliance Program Adds Green Appraisal Capabilities to its Energy...
albicans interactions localization: Topics by E-print Network
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from a local polarizability model MIT - DSpace Summary: A local approximation for dynamic polarizability leads to a nonlocal functional for the long-range dispersion...
T-653: Linux Kernel sigqueueinfo() Process Lets Local Users Send...
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Process Lets Local Users Send Spoofed Signals T-653: Linux Kernel sigqueueinfo() Process Lets Local Users Send Spoofed Signals June 23, 2011 - 4:49am Addthis PROBLEM:...
Evidence for Localization of Reaction Upon Reduction of Carbon...
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Localization of Reaction Upon Reduction of Carbon Tetrachloride by Granular Iron. Evidence for Localization of Reaction Upon Reduction of Carbon Tetrachloride by Granular Iron....
Obama Administration Announces Additional $13,969,700 for Local...
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Additional 13,969,700 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Alaska Obama Administration Announces Additional 13,969,700 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Alaska...
Solar Powering Your Community: A Guide for Local Governments...
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A Guide for Local Governments (Book), Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) Solar Powering Your Community: A Guide for Local Governments (Book), Energy Efficiency &...
New Energy Department Team Established to Help Local Authorities...
to Help Local Authorities Get Gas Stations Impacted by Hurricane Sandy Back Online New Energy Department Team Established to Help Local Authorities Get Gas Stations Impacted by...
Mahowald and Thompson determined the ?-adic ?-localizations of ...
In [21], Mahowald and Thompson determined the ?-adic ?-localizations of the odd spheres at an arbitrary prime ?, expressing these localizations as homotopy
Obama Administration Announces Additional $11,072,300 for Local...
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13,167,500 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in South Dakota Obama Administration Announces Additional 33,977,000 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Puerto Rico...
Obama Administration Announces Additional $33,977,000 for Local...
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3,977,000 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Puerto Rico Obama Administration Announces Additional 33,977,000 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Puerto Rico...
State and Local Code Implementation: South-central Region - 2014...
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2014 BTO Peer Review State and Local Code Implementation: Northeast Region - 2014 BTO Peer Review State and Local Code Implementation: State Energy Officials - 2014 BTO Peer Review...
Cellu-WHAT?-sic: Communicating the Biofuels Message to Local...
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Cellu-WHAT?-sic: Communicating the Biofuels Message to Local Stakeholders Cellu-WHAT?-sic: Communicating the Biofuels Message to Local Stakeholders Breakout Session 3D-Building...
Phonon localization drives nanoregions in a relaxor ferroelectric...
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localization drives nanoregions in a relaxor ferroelectric April 11, 2014 This inelastic neutron scattering spectrum shows the localizing modes (LMs) between the transverse optic...
Local Leaders: Respond to Natural Gas Disruptions | Department...
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Natural Gas Disruptions Local Leaders: Respond to Natural Gas Disruptions Local Leaders: Respond to Natural Gas Disruptions Because natural gas is distributed through underground...
U-094: EMC Documentum Content Server Lets Local Administrative...
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4: EMC Documentum Content Server Lets Local Administrative Users Gain Elevated Privileges U-094: EMC Documentum Content Server Lets Local Administrative Users Gain Elevated...
Spotlight on Rutland County, Vermont: How Local Ties Lead to...
Rutland County, Vermont: How Local Ties Lead to Local Wins Driving Demand The Better Buildings Neighborhood Program is part of the national Better Buildings Initiative led by the...
The thermodynamics of general and local anesthesia
Graesboll, Kaare; Heimburg, Thomas
General anesthetics are known to cause depression of the freezing point of transitions in biomembranes. This is a consequence of ideal mixing of the anesthetic drugs in the membrane fluid phase and exclusion from the solid phase. Such a generic law provides physical justification of the famous Meyer-Overton rule. We show here that general anesthetics, barbiturates and local anesthetics all display the same effect on melting transitions. Their effect is reversed by hydrostatic pressure. Thus, the thermodynamic behavior of local anesthetics is very similar to that of general anesthetics. We present a detailed thermodynamic analysis of heat capacity profiles of membranes in the presence of anesthetics. This analysis is able to describe experimentally observed calorimetric profiles and permits prediction of the anesthetic features of arbitrary molecules. In addition, we discuss the thermodynamic origin of the cutoff-effect of long-chain alcohols and the additivity of the effect of general and local anesthetics.
Topology on locally finite metric spaces
Capraro, Valerio
The necessity of a theory of General Topology and, most of all, of Algebraic Topology on locally finite metric spaces comes from many areas of research in both Applied and Pure Mathematics: Molecular Biology, Mathematical Chemistry, Computer Science, Topological Graph Theory and Metric Geometry. In this paper we propose the basic notions of such a theory and some applications: we replace the classical notions of continuous function, homeomorphism and homotopic equivalence with the notions of NPP-function, NPP-local-isomorphism and NPP-homotopy (NPP stands for Nearest Point Preserving); we also introduce the notion of NPP-isomorphism. We construct three invariants under NPP-isomorphisms and, in particular, we define the fundamental group of a locally finite metric space. As first applications, we propose the following: motivated by the longstanding question whether there is a purely metric condition which extends the notion of amenability of a group to any metric space, we propose the property SN (Small Neighb...
Secure positioning and non-local correlations
Muhammad Nadeem
Recently, the problem of secure position-verification has been extensively analyzed in a formal notion where distant verifiers send encrypted challenge along with the decryption information to the prover. However, currently it is known that all the existing position-verification scheme are insecure and secure positioning is impossible. We propose here a different notion for position-verification where distant verifiers determine the actions of the prover through non-local correlations generated by local measurements at the provers site. The proposed scheme guarantees secure positioning even if the verifiers do not have any pre-shared data with the prover, position is the only credential of the prover. Our proposed scheme is secure in general and evades known quantum attacks based on instantaneous non-local computations in particular. The scheme enables verifiers to identify dishonest provers with very high probability , where n is the number of entangled pairs used.
An emerging architecture of local experimentalist governance in China : a study of local innovations in Baoding, 1992-2012
Shin, Kyoung Mun
What are the conditions under which local actors are more likely to carry out policy innovations that produce environmental or social benefits in local China? Previous studies on "Chinese experimentalism" suggest that local ...
Molecular localization induced by collisions Vincenzo Grecchi
by the growing of the splitting [3]. Recently, in a joint work, A Martinez and us showed that the ML and VS. The timedependent perturbation simulates the dynamical influence of the environment on the ammonia¨odinger operator H with a realvalued symmetric double well potentia
Graphene Nanoribbon in Sharply Localized Magnetic Fields
Abdulaziz D. Alhaidari; Hocine Bahlouli; Abderrahim El Mouhafid; Ahmed Jellal
We study the effect of a sharply localized magnetic field on the electron transport in a strip (ribbon) of graphene sheet, which allows to give results for the transmission and reflection probability through magnetic barriers. The magnetic field is taken as a single and double delta type localized functions, which are treated later as the zero width limit of gaussian fields. For both field configurations, we evaluate analytically and numerically their transmission and reflection coefficients. The possibility of spacial confinement due to the inhomogeneous field configuration is also investigated.
Localized quantum walks as secured quantum memory
C. M. Chandrashekar; Th. Busch
We show that a quantum walk process can be used to construct and secure quantum memory. More precisely, we show that a localized quantum walk with temporal disorder can be engineered to store the information of a single, unknown qubit on a compact position space and faithfully recover it on demand. Since the localization occurss with a finite spread in position space, the stored information of the qubit will be naturally secured from the simple eavesdropper. Our protocol can be adopted to any quantum system for which experimental control over quantum walk dynamics can be achieved.
Local composition models for lattice mixtures
Wu, D.W.; Cui, Y.; Donohue, M.D. [Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering] [Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
A detailed comparison is made of several local-composition lattice models. The models considered include several popular activity coefficient models: the Wilson equation, Guggenheim`s quasi-chemical theory (GQC), the nonrandom two-liquid theory (NRTL), and the universal quasi-chemical (UNIQUAC) theory. Also considered are three recently developed lattice models: the Born-Green-Yvon (BGY) model, the nonrandom surface fraction (NRSF) model, and the Aranovich-Donohue (AD) model. Similarities and differences in the assumptions regarding the local compositions are examined. Detailed comparisons are made for both symmetric and asymmetric monomer mixtures as well as for polymer/solvent mixtures with Monte Carlo simulations.
Signal machines : localization of isolated accumulation Signal machines : localization of isolated
Durand-Lose, Jérôme
Signal machines : localization of isolated accumulation Signal machines : localization of isolated accumulation Jérôme Durand-Lose Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale d'Orléans, Université d of isolated accumulation 1 Signal machines and isolated accumulations 2 Necessary conditions
The Local Data Manager (LDM) The Unidata Local Data Manager (LDM) is a collection of
and educators at no cost. This data consists primarily of GOES satellite imagery, radar imagery (level IIFact Sheet Data The Local Data Manager (LDM) The Unidata Local Data Manager (LDM) is a collection of cooperating programs that select, capture, manage, and distribute arbitrary data products. The system
Local control stations: Human engineering issues and insights
Brown, W.S.; Higgins, J.C.; O`Hara, J.M. [Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
The objective of this research project was to evaluate current human engineering at local control stations (LCSs) in nuclear power plants, and to identify good human engineering practices relevant to the design of these operator interfaces. General literature and reports of operating experience were reviewed to determine the extent and type of human engineering deficiencies at LCSs in nuclear power plants. In-plant assessments were made of human engineering at single-function as well as multifunction LCSs. Besides confirming the existence of human engineering deficiencies at LCSs, the in-plant assessments provided information about the human engineering upgrades that have been made at nuclear power plants. Upgrades were typically the result of any of three influences regulatory activity, broad industry initiatives such as INPO, and specific in-plant programs (e.g. activities related to training). It is concluded that the quality of LCSs is quite variable and might be improved if there were greater awareness of good practices and existing human engineering guidance relevant to these operator interfaces, which is available from a variety of sources. To make such human engineering guidance more readily accessible, guidelines were compiled from such sources and included in the report as an appendix.
Local readout enhancement for detuned signal-recycling interferometers
Henning Rehbein; Helge Mueller-Ebhardt; Kentaro Somiya; Chao Li; Roman Schnabel; Karsten Danzmann; Yanbei Chen
Motivated by the optical-bar scheme of Braginsky, Gorodetsky and Khalili, we propose to add to a high power detuned signal-recycling interferometer a local readout scheme which measures the motion of the arm-cavity front mirror. At low frequencies this mirror moves together with the arm-cavity end mirror, under the influence of gravitational waves. This scheme improves the low-frequency quantum-noise-limited sensitivity of optical-spring interferometers significantly and can be considered as a incorporation of the optical-bar scheme into currently planned second-generation interferometers. On the other hand it can be regarded as an extension of the optical bar scheme. Taking compact-binary inspiral signals as an example, we illustrate how this scheme can be used to improve the sensitivity of the planned Advanced LIGO interferometer, in various scenarios, using a realistic classical-noise budget. We also discuss how this scheme can be implemented in Advanced LIGO with relative ease.
Can Eutrophication Influence Nitrogen vs. Phosphorus Limitation?
Vallino, Joseph J.
Can Eutrophication Influence Nitrogen vs. Phosphorus Limitation? George Gregory Bates College, originating largely from septic systems and fertilizers, have caused significant eutrophication in freshwater nitrogen and phosphorus grew the highest concentration of phytoplankton, but eutrophic ponds grew a mean
Influence strategies for systems of systems
Shah, Nirav Bharat, 1979-
Distributed decision making has been identified as a source of managerial complexity for leaders of systems of systems (SoS). A new framework, AIR (Anticipation-Influence-Reaction), is proposed to capture the feedback ...
Microbially influenced corrosion in sour environments
Li, Kwan (Kwan Hon)
Microbially influenced corrosion (MIC) is a costly and poorly understood source of corrosion that plagues many modern industrial processes such as oil extraction and transportation. Throughout the years, many possible ...
Influence strategies for systems of systems
Shah, Nirav B.
Distributed decision making has been identified as a source of managerial complexity for the SoS engineer. A new framework, AIR (Anticipation-Influence-Reaction), is proposed to capture the feedback relationship between ...
Regions of influence for two iterative methods�
Leifeste, Arlee Ross
Subject Mathematics REGIONS OF INFLUENCE FOR TWO ITERATIVE METHODS A Thesis By ARLEE ROSS LEIFESTE Approved as to style and content by: (Chairman of Committee) (Head of Department) (Member) (N b )' January 1966 ACKNOWLEDGMENT The author wishes... purpose of the present discussion is to initiate a study of the "regions of influence" of the various solutions of the simul- taneous equations involved. Let the simultaneous functions be denoted and let ( y , y , , y 1 be a point of n...
Atomically localized plasmon enhancement in monolayer graphene
Pennycook, Steve
Atomically localized plasmon enhancement in monolayer graphene Wu Zhou1,2 *, Jaekwang Lee1,2 , Jagjit Nanda2 , Sokrates T. Pantelides1,2 , Stephen J. Pennycook1,2 and Juan-Carlos Idrobo1,2 * Plasmons plas- mons in very small regions could have applications in optoelec- tronics8,9 , plasmonics10
Program Under Solicitation PON 11604 Advanced Vehicle Technology Manufacturing CALIFORNIA ENERGY � Advanced Vehicle Technology Manufacturing (CEC6002012005) was posted July 25, 2012, and the 30day public a revised NOPA for additional projects proposed for funding under PON11604, and this Localized Health
A Stability Index for Local Effectivity Functions
Paris-Sud XI, Université de
A Stability Index for Local Effectivity Functions Joseph Abdou October 9, 2009 Abstract We study - France; email: email@example.com 1 halshs-00389003,version1-14Oct2009 Author manuscript, published setting (see Abdou and Keiding (2003) for the general notion of effectiv- ity structure), we shall focus
Bosnia and Herzegovina Local Level Institutions
Boyer, Edmond
Bosnia and Herzegovina Local Level Institutions and Social Capital Study Vol. 1 World Bank, ECSSD World Bank Work on Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 Study's Operational Definition of Social Capital 3 Specific Capital 17 B. Social Cleavages and Population Movements 18 Main Social Cleavages in Bosnia-Herzegovina 18
McCluskey, Matthew
HYDROGEN LOCAL VIBRATIONAL MODES IN COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS M.D. MCCLUSKEY* University) spectroscopy of hydrogen and deuterium in GaP, AlSb, ZnSe, and GaN has provided important information about the structures of dopant- hydrogen complexes and their interaction with the host lattice. In GaN:Mg, for example
On local duality invariance in electromagnetism
S. C. Tiwari
Duality is one of the oldest known symmetries of Maxwell equations. In recent years the significance of duality symmetry has been recognized in superstrings and high energy physics and there has been a renewed interest on the question of local duality rotation invariance. In the present paper we re-visit global duality symmetry in the Maxwell action and delineate the ambiguous role of gauge invariance and time locality. We have recently demonstrated that local duality invariance in a Lorentz covariant form can be carried out in the Maxwell equations. In this paper it is shown that in the four-pseudo vector Lagrangian theory of Sudbery a local duality generalization can be naturally and unambiguously implemented and the Euler-Lagrange equations of motion are consistent with the generalized Maxwell field equations. It is pointed out that the extension of Noether theorem in full generality for a vector action is an important open problem in mathematical physics. Physical consequences of this theory for polarized light and topological insulators are also discussed.
Analysis of Local Experts in Social Media
Venkatesh, Sindhuja
,celebs,celebrity,celebrities,celebz food food, foods, foodie, foodies finance finance, finances politics politics, political, politica, politico, politicians, politician Table 3.3: Topics derived from tag names 18 3.2 Localness of Experts In this section, I begin my investigation...
Kampung Capacity Local Solutions for Sustainable
Kammen, Daniel M.
Kampung Capacity Local Solutions for Sustainable Rural Energy in the Baram River Basin, Sarawak and social opportunities of up to 1.5 billion people worldwide. As a critical case in point, most rural of service provision based on large-scale regional electrification. A range of different renewable energy
Improvements of the local bosonic algorithm
B. Jegerlehner
We report on several improvements of the local bosonic algorithm proposed by M. Luescher. We find that preconditioning and over-relaxation works very well. A detailed comparison between the bosonic and the Kramers-algorithms shows comparable performance for the physical situation examined.
Differerential Evolution methods based on local searches
Dec 12, 2012 ... Coupling these techniques with DE and local optimization resulted in ... The strategy outlined in Algorithm 1 can be classified as DE/rand/1/bin. We ...... lowest energy structures of Lennard�Jones clusters containing up to 110.
May 21, 2014 Local Agency Traffic
Minnesota, University of
Field Evaluation Traffic Data Collection Processes Study Is there better EQUIPMENT for collecting low Improvements Field Evaluation Traffic Data Collection Processes Study Is there better EQUIPMENT for collecting;Project Overview 2013-2014Local Agency Data Collection 5 � Tested traffic sensors in a low
Dynamical Localization in the Paul Trap
M. El Ghafar; P. Torma; V. Savichev; E. Mayr; A. Zeiler; W. P. Schleich
We show that quantum localization occurs in the center-of-mass motion of an ion stored in a Paul trap and interacting with a standing laser field. The present experimental state of the art makes the observation of this phenomenon feasible.
Locality hypothesis and the speed of light
G. Longhi
The locality hypothesis is generally considered necessary for the study of the kinematics of non-inertial systems in special relativity. In this paper we discuss this hypothesis, showing the necessity of an improvement, in order to get a more clear understanding of the various concepts involved, like coordinate velocity and standard velocity of light. Concrete examples are shown, where these concepts are discussed.
Proton Hexality in Local Grand Unification
Stefan Forste; Hans Peter Nilles; Saul Ramos-Sanchez; Patrick K. S. Vaudrevange
Proton hexality is a discrete symmetry that avoids the problem of too fast proton decay in the supersymmetric extension of the standard model. Unfortunately it is inconsistent with conventional grand unification. We show that proton hexality can be incorporated in the scheme of "Local Grand Unification" discussed in the framework of model building in (heterotic) string theory.
Slatton, Clint
1 LOCAL LINEAR PID CONTROLLERS FOR NONLINEAR CONTROL Jing Lan1, Jeongho Cho1, Deniz Erdogmus2, firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract Nonlinear PID design is difficult if one approaches modeling approach with traditional linear PID controller design techniques to arrive at a principled
EPA`s local governments reimbursement program
Zeller, E.; Ferguson, J. [Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Emergency Response Division; Catalano, J.; Lally, R. [Booz Allen and Hamilton, Bethesda, MD (United States)
Under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), section 123 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), Congress enacted the Local Governments Reimbursement (LGR) Program. The program`s goal is to provide financial relief to local governments that conduct emergency measures in response to releases or threats of releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants. The intent of this program is to supply reimbursements of up to $25,000 per incident to the most deserving applicants, specifically local governments, for responses that exceed funds normally available for temporary emergency measures. These monies provide greatly needed support when potentially responsible party (PRP) searches and other cost recovery efforts fail. The standards and the approach for this program are set forth in 40 CFR Part 310, and are consistent with the overall policies and goals of the Superfund program. The maximum amount allocated to the reimbursement program is equal to 0.1 percent of the total amount appropriated for the Superfund, or approximately $1.7 million per year. A major focus of this program is to make known the availability of these funds for reimbursement to local governments in need of financial assistance. This paper highlights the features of this program, illustrates the types of incidents that have been awarded reimbursement, and describes common mistakes to be avoided when applying for reimbursement.
EPA`s Local Governments Reimbursement Program
Zeller, E.; Ferguson, J. [Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Emergency Response Division; Catalano, J.; Lally, R. [Booz Allen and Hamilton, McLean, VA (United States)
Under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), section 123 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), Congress enacted the Local Governments Reimbursement (LGR) Program. The program`s goal is to provide financial relief to local governments that conduct emergency measures in response to releases or threats of releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants. The intent of this program is to supply reimbursements of up to $25,000 per incident to the most deserving applicants, specifically local governments, for responses that exceed funds normally available for temporary emergency measures. These monies provide greatly needed support when potentially responsible party (PRP) searches and other cost-recovery efforts fail. The standards and the approach for this program are set forth in 40 CFR Part 310, and are consistent with the overall policies and goals of the Superfund program. The maximum amount allocated to the reimbursement program is equal to 0.1 percent of the total amount appropriated for the Superfund, or approximately $1.7 million per year. A major focus of this program is to make known the availability of these funds for reimbursement to local governments in need of financial assistance. This paper highlights the features of this program, illustrates the types of incidents that have been awarded reimbursement, and describes common mistakes to be avoided when applying for reimbursement.
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONS FOR LOCAL WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA A White Paper from the California Energy Commission's California Climate Change Center JULY 2012 CEC Climate change will affect both sea level and the temporal and spatial distribution of runoff
Rescheduling for Locality in Sparse Matrix Computations
Strout, Michelle Mills
. The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a numerical technique used in scien- ti#12;c applications such as Stress in order to improve the data locality in scienti#12;c applications such as Finite Element Analysis Analysis, Heat Transfer, and Fluid Flow. In FEM the physical domain being modeled is discretized
Estimating Vehicle Miles Traveled on Local Roads
Qian, Jiayu
This research presents a new method to estimate the local road vehicle miles traveled (VMT) with the concept of betweenness centrality. Betweenness centrality is a measure of a node�s or link�s centrality on a network that has been applied popularly...
Terminal Ligand Influence on the Electronic Structure and Intrinsic...
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Terminal Ligand Influence on the Electronic Structure and Intrinsic Redox Properties of the Fe4S42+ Cubane Clusters. Terminal Ligand Influence on the Electronic Structure and...
The influence of molecular orientation on organic bulk heterojunction...
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The influence of molecular orientation on organic bulk heterojunction solar cells The influence of molecular orientation on organic bulk heterojunction solar cells Print Monday, 28...
Complex systems influence melting of Greenland ice sheet
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Complex systems influence melting of Greenland ice sheet Complex systems influence melting of Greenland ice sheet International research team's field work shows that, well, things...
Local gravitational physics of the Hubble expansion
Sergei Kopeikin
We study physical consequences of the Hubble expansion of FLRW manifold on measurement of space, time and light propagation in the local inertial frame. We analyse the solar system radar ranging and Doppler tracking experiments, and time synchronization. FLRW manifold is covered by global coordinates (t,y^i), where t is the cosmic time coinciding with the proper time of the Hubble observers. We introduce local inertial coordinates x^a=(x^0,x^i) in the vicinity of a world line of a Hubble observer with the help of a special conformal transformation. The local inertial metric is Minkowski flat and is materialized by the congruence of time-like geodesics of static observers being at rest with respect to the local spatial coordinates x^i. We consider geodesic motion of test particles and notice that the local coordinate time x^0=x^0(t) taken as a parameter along the world line of particle, is a function of the Hubble's observer time t. This function changes smoothly from x^0=t for a particle at rest (observer's clock), to x^0=t+1/2 Ht^2 for photons, where H is the Hubble constant. Thus, motion of a test particle is non-uniform when its world line is parametrized by time t. NASA JPL Orbit Determination Program presumes that motion of light (after the Shapiro delay is excluded) is uniform with respect to the time t but it does not comply with the non-uniform motion of light on cosmological manifold. For this reason, the motion of light in the solar system analysed with the Orbit Determination Program appears as having a systematic blue shift of frequency, of radio waves circulating in the Earth-spacecraft radio link. The magnitude of the anomalous blue shift of frequency is proportional to the Hubble constant H that may open an access to the measurement of this fundamental cosmological parameter in the solar system radiowave experiments.
Bloch, Spencer
LOCAL FOURIER TRANSFORMS AND RIGIDITY FOR D-MODULES SPENCER BLOCH AND H #19; EL #18; ENE ESNAULT To Armand Borel, in memoriam Abstract. Local Fourier transforms, analogous to the `-adic local Fourier if a certain in#12;nitesimal rigidity condition is satis#12;ed. As in [12], the argument uses local Fourier
Similarity Dimension of a Glaciated Terrain
Jackson, Daniel R.
rate of movement. #12;Data Acquisition � The topography of a formerly glaciated surface the proportionality constant b from the previous equation. #12;Application to Topography � The topography of a region, it becomes possible to evaluate the length and similarity dimension of topography as Richardson
Modles Numriques de Terrain Interpolation Numrique
Delacourt, Christophe
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Pattern classification of terrain during amputee walking
Farrell, Matthew Todd
In this thesis I study the role of extrinsic (sensors placed on the body) versus intrinsic sensing (instruments placed on an artificial limb) and determine a robust set of sensors from physical and reliability constraints ...
Asynchronous deterministic rendezvous in bounded terrains$
Ilcinkas, David
. c LIF, Universit´e de Provence, 13453 Marseille, France. Abstract Two mobile agents (robots) have. Robots are modeled as points, and each of them is equipped with a compass. Compasses of robots may be incoherent. Robots construct their routes, but the actual walk of each robot is decided by the adversary
Local rollback for fault-tolerance in parallel computing systems
Blumrich, Matthias A. (Yorktown Heights, NY); Chen, Dong (Yorktown Heights, NY); Gara, Alan (Yorktown Heights, NY); Giampapa, Mark E. (Yorktown Heights, NY); Heidelberger, Philip (Yorktown Heights, NY); Ohmacht, Martin (Yorktown Heights, NY); Steinmacher-Burow, Burkhard (Boeblingen, DE); Sugavanam, Krishnan (Yorktown Heights, NY)
A control logic device performs a local rollback in a parallel super computing system. The super computing system includes at least one cache memory device. The control logic device determines a local rollback interval. The control logic device runs at least one instruction in the local rollback interval. The control logic device evaluates whether an unrecoverable condition occurs while running the at least one instruction during the local rollback interval. The control logic device checks whether an error occurs during the local rollback. The control logic device restarts the local rollback interval if the error occurs and the unrecoverable condition does not occur during the local rollback interval.
Climatic influences on hillslope soil transport efficiency
Schurr, Naomi D. (Naomi Danika)
The soil transport coefficient D represents the relationship between local topographical gradient and soil flux in the landscape evolution model. This work presents new estimates of the soil transport coefficient D at 9 ...
Scuola sullo Sviluppo Locale School on Local Development Universit di Trento University of Trento
. Organi di governo 5. Il Direttivo 6. Il Coordinatore della Scuola 7. Il Collegio dei Docenti 8 locale in un ampio contesto. #12;4 Art. 4 � ORGANI DI GOVERNO 1. L'organizzazione e il coordinamento
Localized Surface Plasmons in Vibrating Graphene Nanodisks
Wang, Weihua; Mortensen, N Asger; Christensen, Johan
Localized surface plasmons are confined collective oscillations of electrons in metallic nanoparticles. When driven by light, the optical response is dictated by geometrical parameters and the dielectric environment and plasmons are therefore extremely important for sensing applications. Plasmons in graphene disks have the additional benefit to be highly tunable via electrical stimulation. Mechanical vibrations create structural deformations in ways where the excitation of localized surface plasmons can be strongly modulated. We show that the spectral shift in such a scenario is determined by a complex interplay between the symmetry and shape of the modal vibrations and the plasmonic mode pattern. Tuning confined modes of light in graphene via acoustic excitations, paves new avenues in shaping the sensitivity of plasmonic detectors, and in the enhancement of the interaction with optical emitters, such as molecules, for future nanophotonic devices.
Spatially localized solutions of shear flows
Gibson, J F
We present several new spatially localized equilibrium and traveling-wave solutions of plane Couette and channel flows. The solutions exhibit strikingly concentrated regions of vorticity that are flanked on either side by high-speed streaks. For several traveling-wave solutions of channel flow, the concentrated vortex structures are confined to the near-wall region and form particularly isolated and elemental coherent structures in the near-wall region of shear flows. The solutions are constructed by a variety of methods: application of windowing functions to previously known spatially periodic solutions, continuation from plane Couette to channel flow conditions, and from initial guesses obtained from turbulent simulation data. We show how the symmetries of localized solutions derive from the symmetries of their periodic counterparts, analyze the exponential decay of their tails, examine the scale separation and scaling of their streamwise Fourier modes, and show that they develop critical layers for large R...
Tensor gauge field localization in branes
Tahim, M. O. [Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Ceara, C.P. 6030, 60455-760 Fortaleza, Ceara (Brazil); Departamento de Ciencias da Natureza, Faculdade de Ciencias, Educacao e Letras do Sertao Central (FECLESC), Universidade Estadual do Ceara, 63900-000 Quixada, Ceara (Brazil); Cruz, W. T. [Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Ceara, C.P. 6030, 60455-760 Fortaleza, Ceara (Brazil); Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica do Ceara (CEFETCE), Unidade Descentralizada de Juazeiro do Norte, 63040-000 Juazeiro do Norte, Ceara (Brazil); Almeida, C. A. S. [Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Ceara, C.P. 6030, 60455-760 Fortaleza, Ceara (Brazil)
In this work we study localization of a Kalb-Ramond tensorial gauge field on a membrane described by real scalar fields. The membrane is embedded in an AdS-type five-dimensional bulk space, which mimics a Randall-Sundrum scenario. First, we consider a membrane described by only a single real scalar field. In that scenario we find that there is no localized tensorial zero mode. When we take into account branes described by two real scalar fields with internal structures, we obtain again a nonlocalized zero mode for a Kalb-Ramond tensorial gauge field. After modifying our model of one single scalar field by coupling the dilaton to the Kalb-Ramond field, we find that this result is changed. Furthermore, we analyze Kaluza-Klein massive modes and resonance structures.
Influence of confinement on polymer-electrolyte relaxational dynamics.
Zanotti, J.-M.; Smith, L. J.; Price, D. L.; Saboungi, M.-L.; Intense Pulsed Neutron Source; Lab. Leon Brillouin (CEA-CRNS); Clark Univ.; CRMHT (CNRS); CRMD (CNRS)
Conception and industrial production of viable high specific energy/power batteries is a central issue for the development of non-polluting vehicles. In terms of stored energy and safety, solid-state devices using polymer electrolytes are highly desirable. One of the most studied systems is PEO (polyethylene oxide) complexed by Li salts. Polymer segmental motions and ionic conductivity are closely related. Bulk PEO is actually a biphasic system where an amorphous and a crystalline state (Tm 335 K) coexist. To improve ionic conduction in those systems requires a significant increase of the amorphous phase fraction where lithium conduction is known to mainly take place. Confinement strongly affects properties of condensed matter and in particular the collective phenomena inducing crystallization. Confinement of the polymer matrix is therefore a possible alternative route to the unpractical use of high temperature. Results of a quasi-elastic incoherent neutron scattering study of the influence of confinement on polyethylene oxide (PEO) and (PEO)8Li+[(CF3SO2)2N]- (or (POE)8LiTFSI) dynamics are presented. The nano-confining media is Vycor, a silica based hydrophilic porous glass (characteristic size of the 3D pore network 50 {angstrom}). As expected, the presence of Li salt slows down the bulk polymer dynamics. The confinement also affects dramatically the apparent mean-square displacement of the polymer. Local relaxational PEO dynamics is described KWW model. We also present an alternate model and show how the detailed polymer dynamics (correlation times and local geometry of the motions) can be described without the use of such stretched exponentials so as to access a rheology-related meaningful physical quantity: the monomeric friction coefficient.
Study of Influence of Electrode Geometry on Impedance Spectroscopy
Ahmed, Riaz; Reifsnider, Kenneth L
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) is a powerful and proven tool for analyzing AC impedance response. A conventional three electrode EIS method was used to perform the investigation in the present study. Saturated potassium chloride solution was used as the electrolyte and three different material rods were used as working electrodes. Different configurations of electrode area were exposed to the electrolyte as an active area to investigate electrode geometry effects. Counter to working electrode distance was also altered while keeping the working electrode effective area constant to explore the AC response dependence on the variation of ion travel distance. Some controlled experiments were done to validate the experimental setup and to provide a control condition for comparison with experimental results. A frequency range of 100 mHz to 1 MHz was used for all experiments. In our analysis, we have found a noteworthy influence of electrode geometry on AC impedance response. For all electrodes, impedance decreases with the increase of effective area of the electrolyte. High frequency impedance is not as dependent on geometry as low frequency response. The observed phase shift angle drops in the high frequency region with increased working electrode area, whereas at low frequency the reverse is true. Resistance and capacitive reactance both decrease with an increase of area, but resistance response is more pronounce than reactance. For lower frequencies, small changes in working area produce very distinctive EIS variations. Electrode material as well as geometry was systematically varied in the present study. From these and other studies, we hope to develop a fundamental foundation for understanding specific changes in local geometry in fuel cell (and other) electrodes as a method of designing local morphology for specific performance.
Preoperative irradiation, lymphadenectomy, and 125iodine implantation for patients with localized carcinoma of the prostate
DeLaney, T.F.; Shipley, W.U.; O'Leary, M.P.; Biggs, P.J.; Prout, G.R. Jr.
Fifty-four patients with clinically and surgically localized prostatic carcinoma were treated with low-dose preoperative irradiation (1050 cGy), pelvic lymphadenectomy, and interstitial /sup 125/Iodine implantation. The follow-up range is 2 to 9 years with a median follow-up of 5 years. Overall local tumor control is 92%. Actuarial 5-year survival is 86% and the actuarial disease-free survival at 5 years is 73%. Patients with poorly differentiated tumors have a significantly worse actuarial survival (62%) at 5 years than patients with well (95%) or moderately well differentiated tumors (93%), p = 0.04. Disease-free survival at 5 years was influenced by grade: well (100%), moderate (60%), and poor (48%), p = 0.03. Multivariate regression analysis indicates that only the degree of differentiation (p = 0.05) significantly impacts on survival. Both degree of differentiation (p = 0.04) and nodal status (p = 0.03) significantly influence disease-free survival. Potency has been maintained in 71% of patients potent at the time of implantation. Late reactions have been acceptable to date: bladder outlet obstruction (13%), mild proctitis (13%), cystourethritis (6%), incontinence (2%), and prostatic calculi (2%).
State and Local Financial Relations in Texas.
Bradshaw, H. C.
by the various auditing firms. There are a number of units, however, which have prepared specifications showing exactly what was to be done by any auditor who might be em- ployed. The first State Auditor also prepared specifications for a detailed audit... of the problem. This bulletin outlines the State and local relations growing out of the general laws respecting budgeting, assessing and collecting taxes, account- ing, auditing, public reporting, and the management of debts. In addi- tion, contributions...
Energy localization in two chaotically coupled systems
Johan Gronqvist; Thomas Guhr
We set up and analyze a random matrix model to study energy localization and its time behavior in two chaotically coupled systems. This investigation is prompted by a recent experimental and theoretical study of Weaver and Lobkis on coupled elastomechanical systems. Our random matrix model properly describes the main features of the findings by Weaver and Lobkis. Due to its general character, our model is also applicable to similar systems in other areas of physics -- for example, to chaotically coupled quantum dots.
Anholonomy and Geometrical Localization in Dynamical Systems
Radha Balakrishnan; Indubala Satija
We characterize the geometrical and topological aspects of a dynamical system by associating a geometric phase with a phase space trajectory. Using the example of a nonlinear driven damped oscillator, we show that this phase is resilient to fluctuations, responds to all bifurcations in the system, and also finds new geometric transitions. Enriching the phase space description is a novel phenomenon of ``geometrical localization'' which manifests itself as a significant deviation from planar dynamics over a short time interval.
Local semicircle law for random regular graphs
Roland Bauerschmidt; Antti Knowles; Horng-Tzer Yau
We consider random $d$-regular graphs on $N$ vertices, with degree $d$ at least $(\\log N)^4$. We prove that the Green's function of the adjacency matrix and the Stieltjes transform of its empirical spectral measure are well approximated by Wigner's semicircle law, down to the optimal scale given by the typical eigenvalue spacing (up to a logarithmic correction). Aside from well-known consequences for the local eigenvalue distribution, this result implies the complete delocalization of all eigenvectors.
Local temperature for dynamical black holes
Sean A. Hayward; R. Di Criscienzo; M. Nadalini; L. Vanzo; S. Zerbini
A local Hawking temperature was recently derived for any future outer trapping horizon in spherical symmetry, using a Hamilton-Jacobi tunneling method, and is given by a dynamical surface gravity as defined geometrically. Descriptions are given of the operational meaning of the temperature, in terms of what observers measure, and its relation to the usual Hawking temperature for static black holes. Implications for the final fate of an evaporating black hole are discussed.
UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM INFLUENCE ON STBLI UNSTEADINESS Upstream and Downstream Influence on the Unsteadiness
Mart�n, Pino
UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM INFLUENCE ON STBLI UNSTEADINESS 1 Upstream and Downstream Influence between the incoming flow and the shock motions, as well as the downstream flow and the shock unsteadiness correlate with downstream shock motion. Pirozzoli & Grasso [14] analyzed DNS data of a reflected shock
Local asymptotic normality in quantum statistics
Madalin Guta; Anna Jencova
The theory of local asymptotic normality for quantum statistical experiments is developed in the spirit of the classical result from mathematical statistics due to Le Cam. Roughly speaking, local asymptotic normality means that the family varphi_{\\theta_{0}+ u/\\sqrt{n}}^{n} consisting of joint states of n identically prepared quantum systems approaches in a statistical sense a family of Gaussian state phi_{u} of an algebra of canonical commutation relations. The convergence holds for all "local parameters" u\\in R^{m} such that theta=theta_{0}+ u/sqrt{n} parametrizes a neighborhood of a fixed point theta_{0}\\in Theta\\subset R^{m}. In order to prove the result we define weak and strong convergence of quantum statistical experiments which extend to the asymptotic framework the notion of quantum sufficiency introduces by Petz. Along the way we introduce the concept of canonical state of a statistical experiment, and investigate the relation between the two notions of convergence. For reader's convenience and completeness we review the relevant results of the classical as well as the quantum theory.
Subsystem codes with spatially local generators
Bravyi, Sergey [IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598 (United States)
We study subsystem codes whose gauge group has local generators in two-dimensional (2D) geometry. It is shown that there exists a family of such codes defined on lattices of size LxL with the number of logical qubits k and the minimum distance d both proportional to L. The gauge group of these codes involves only two-qubit generators of type XX and ZZ coupling nearest-neighbor qubits (and some auxiliary one-qubit generators). Our proof is not constructive as it relies on a certain version of the Gilbert-Varshamov bound for classical codes. Along the way, we introduce and study properties of generalized Bacon-Shor codes that might be of independent interest. Secondly, we prove that any 2D subsystem [n,k,d] code with spatially local generators obeys upper bounds kd=O(n) and d{sup 2}=O(n). The analogous upper bound proved recently for 2D stabilizer codes is kd{sup 2}=O(n). Our results thus demonstrate that subsystem codes can be more powerful than stabilizer codes under the spatial locality constraint.
Subsystem codes with spatially local generators
Sergey Bravyi
We study subsystem codes whose gauge group has local generators in the 2D geometry. It is shown that there exists a family of such codes defined on lattices of size LxL with the number of logical qubits k and the minimum distance d both proportional to L. The gauge group of these codes involves only two-qubit generators of type XX and ZZ coupling nearest neighbor qubits (and some auxiliary one-qubit generators). Our proof is not constructive as it relies on a certain version of the Gilbert-Varshamov bound for classical codes. Along the way we introduce and study properties of generalized Bacon-Shor codes which might be of independent interest. Secondly, we prove that any 2D subsystem [n,k,d] code with spatially local generators obeys upper bounds kd=O(n) and d^2=O(n). The analogous upper bound proved recently for 2D stabilizer codes is kd^2=O(n). Our results thus demonstrate that subsystem codes can be more powerful than stabilizer codes under the spatial locality constraint.
Local Energy Landscape in a Simple Liquid
Takuya Iwashita; Takeshi Egami
It is difficult to relate the properties of liquids and glasses directly to their structure because of complexity in the structure which defies precise definition. The potential energy landscape (PEL) approach is a very insightful way to conceptualize the structure-property relationship in liquids and glasses, particularly on the effect of temperature and history. However, because of the highly multi-dimensional nature of the PEL it is hard to determine, or even visualize, the actual details of the energy landscape. In this article we introduce a modified concept of the local energy landscape (LEL) which is limited in phase space, and demonstrate its usefulness using molecular dynamics simulation on a simple liquid at high temperatures. The local energy landscape is given as a function of the local coordination number, the number of the nearest neighbor atoms. The excitations in the LEL corresponds to the so-called beta-relaxation process. The LEL offers a simple but useful starting point to discuss complex phenomena in liquids and glasses.
An Integrated Assessment of the Influences of Upland Thermal-Erosional Features on Landscape Structure and Function in the Foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaska
Crosby, Benjamin T.
The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, USA B.T. Crosby, K. Krieger in foothill and mountain terrain are less well known than similar dynamics on coastal plains and peat plateaus
The influence of local and imported factors on the design and construction of the Spanish missions in San Antonio, Texas�
Crowley, Nancy E.
San Antonio, Texas, is home to several eighteenth-century Spanish Franciscan missions, which represent some of the best examples of Spanish colonial mission architecture in the United States and which together comprise the ...
The influence of local and imported factors on the design and construction of the Spanish missions in San Antonio, Texas
Crowley, Nancy E.
San Antonio, Texas, is home to several eighteenth-century Spanish Franciscan missions, which represent some of the best examples of Spanish colonial mission architecture in the United States and which together comprise the city's historic Chain...
Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence Program
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To establish the policies, responsibilities, and authorities for implementing the Department of Energy (DOE) Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) program, which is designed to obtain information that indicates whether DOE offerors/bidders or contractors/subcontractors are owned, controlled, or influenced by foreign individuals, governments, or organizations, and whether that foreign involvement may pose an undue risk to the common defense and security. This directive does not cancel another directive. Canceled by DOE O 470.1 of 9-28-1995.
Kiwifruitsize influences softening rate during storage
Crisosto, Carlos H.
Kiwifruitsize influences softening rate during storage Carlos H. Crisosto o David Garner D Katia)at 32*F for 16 weeks. Un- der both storage conditions,large fruit had a slower rate of softening than fruit size and the rate of softening under air and CA conditions will help cold storage managerssafely
Solar influences on Climate PROFESSOR JOANNA HAIGH
Solar influences on Climate PROFESSOR JOANNA HAIGH Executive summary THE SUN PROVIDES THE ENERGY THAT DRIVES THE EARTH'S CLIMATE system. Variations in the composition and intensity of incident solar and additional to those from man-made climate change. In the current epoch, solar variation impacts on regional
Identifying Microbially Influenced Corrosion in Paper
Das, Suman
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Factors Influencing Succession: Lessons from Large, Infrequent
Turner, Monica G.
intense disturbances of large and small extent. Key words: disturbance frequency; disturbance intensityFactors Influencing Succession: Lessons from Large, Infrequent Natural Disturbances Monica G ABSTRACT Disturbance events vary in intensity, size, and fre- quency, but few opportunities exist to study
Chemical Composition of Anthropogenically Influenced Groundwater
Vallino, Joseph J.
Chemical Composition of Anthropogenically Influenced Groundwater Jacqueline Gordon Brandeis of Biology 1 #12;ABSTRACT I examined the oxygen and nitrogen components of groundwater. I looked at groundwater from a pristine site, a human impacted site, and Title V treated wastewater. All of the water
How to win friends and influence people
Wheelock, Jess (Jessica Therese)
My thesis work developed out of a specific book: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. The book is one of the best-selling self-help books of all time. Every part of the book was material for my project: ...
Influence of wastewater-treatment effluent on
Influence of wastewater- treatment effluent on concentrations and fluxes of solutes in the Bush of treated effluents from wastewater-treatment plants (WWTPs) will increasingly affect the chemical biological processes associated with very low flow conditions, such as denitrification and sulfate reduction
Localized Domains of Disoriented Chiral Condensates
B. K. Nandi; T. K. Nayak; B. Mohanty; D. P. Mahapatra; Y. P. Viyogi
A new method to search for localized domains of disoriented chiral condensates (DCC) has been proposed by utilising the (eta-phi) phase space distributions of charged particles and photons. Using the discrete wavelet transformation (DWT) analysis technique, it has been found that the presence of DCC domains broadens the distribution of wavelet coefficients in comparison to that of normal events. Strength contours have been derived from the differences in rms deviations of these distributions by taking into account the size of DCC domains and the probability of DCC production in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions. This technique can be suitably adopted to experiments measuring multiplicities of charged particles and photons.
Optimal generation of entanglement under local control
Raffaele Romano; Alessio Del Fabbro
We study the optimal generation of entanglement between two qubits subject to local unitary control. With the only assumptions of linear control and unitary dynamics, by means of a numerical protocol based on the variational approach (Pontryagin's Minimum Principle), we evaluate the optimal control strategy leading to the maximal achievable entanglement in an arbitrary interaction time, taking into account the energy cost associated to the controls. In our model we can arbitrarily choose the relative weight between a large entanglement and a small energy cost.
Fermion localization on a split brane
Chumbes, A. E. R.; Vasquez, A. E. O.; Hott, M. B. [UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista - Campus de Guaratingueta - DFQ. Av. Dr. Ariberto Pereira Cunha, 333 12516-410 Guaratingueta SP Brasil (Brazil)
In this work we analyze the localization of fermions on a brane embedded in five-dimensional, warped and nonwarped, space-time. In both cases we use the same nonlinear theoretical model with a nonpolynomial potential featuring a self-interacting scalar field whose minimum energy solution is a soliton (a kink) which can be continuously deformed into a two-kink. Thus a single brane splits into two branes. The behavior of spin 1/2 fermions wave functions on the split brane depends on the coupling of fermions to the scalar field and on the geometry of the space-time.
Statistical density modification using local pattern matching
Terwilliger, Thomas C., E-mail: email@example.com [Mail Stop M888, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)
Statistical density modification can make use of local patterns of density found in protein structures to improve crystallographic phases. A method for improving crystallographic phases is presented that is based on the preferential occurrence of certain local patterns of electron density in macromolecular electron-density maps. The method focuses on the relationship between the value of electron density at a point in the map and the pattern of density surrounding this point. Patterns of density that can be superimposed by rotation about the central point are considered equivalent. Standard templates are created from experimental or model electron-density maps by clustering and averaging local patterns of electron density. The clustering is based on correlation coefficients after rotation to maximize the correlation. Experimental or model maps are also used to create histograms relating the value of electron density at the central point to the correlation coefficient of the density surrounding this point with each member of the set of standard patterns. These histograms are then used to estimate the electron density at each point in a new experimental electron-density map using the pattern of electron density at points surrounding that point and the correlation coefficient of this density to each of the set of standard templates, again after rotation to maximize the correlation. The method is strengthened by excluding any information from the point in question from both the templates and the local pattern of density in the calculation. A function based on the origin of the Patterson function is used to remove information about the electron density at the point in question from nearby electron density. This allows an estimation of the electron density at each point in a map, using only information from other points in the process. The resulting estimates of electron density are shown to have errors that are nearly independent of the errors in the original map using model data and templates calculated at a resolution of 2.6 �. Owing to this independence of errors, information from the new map can be combined in a simple fashion with information from the original map to create an improved map. An iterative phase-improvement process using this approach and other applications of the image-reconstruction method are described and applied to experimental data at resolutions ranging from 2.4 to 2.8 �.
Localization principle in SUSY gauge theories
Hosomichi, Kazuo
Localization principle is a powerful analytic tool in supersymmetric gauge theories which enables one to perform supersymmetric path integrals explicitly. Many important formulae have been obtained, and they led to a major breakthrough in the understanding of gauge theories at strong coupling as well as the dynamics of branes in M-theory. Some of those results are reviewed, focusing especially on Pestun's solution to four-dimensional N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories on S^4 and the subsequent developments on three or four-dimensional gauge theories on spheres.
The key role of local elected officials
Edwards, K. [Village of Newburgh Heights, OH (United States); Koh, B. [B. Koh, B.Koh & Associates, Inc., Owings Mills, MD (United States)
Many factions have a stake in the cleanup of radioactively contaminated properties. Often, the interests of these groups conflict, and the ensuing controversy leads to long delays in the decommissioning. The authors were deeply involved in one such project. Their experience revealed that local elected officials are in the best position to take a leadership role among the parties. Elected officials can use the authority of their office to represent the affected constituents and get action from regulators, legislators and the parties responsible for the cleanup.
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Localization and Coordination in Decentralized Multi-Robot Systems
Sun, Yu
Localization and Coordination in Decentralized Multi-Robot Systems Patricia Kristine Sheridan Supervisor: Professor B. Benhabib Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Toronto March, 2009 #12;Localization and Coordination in Decentralized Multi-Robot Systems ABSTRACT
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Massachusetts Middle School Goes Local for PV Solar Energy System EECBG Success Story: Massachusetts Middle School Goes Local for PV Solar Energy System August 13, 2010 - 11:21am...
Local Promise for Climate Mitigation: An Empirical Assessment
Feiock, Richard C.; Outka, Uma
This interdisciplinary work contributes empirical grounding to the growing literature in law and public policy on local governments and climate mitigation. Much of the recent scholarship presents an optimistic view of the potential in local climate...
Argonne, Fermi national laboratories to welcome local businesses...
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than 140 people will be in attendance representing 84 local small businesses and start-ups. "The labs have not fully tapped their potential to galvanize their local economies,"...
Static and Dynamic Locality Optimizations Using Integer Linear Programming
Kuzmanovic, Aleksandar
Static and Dynamic Locality Optimizations Using Integer Linear Programming Mahmut Kandemir, Member hierarchies is closely related to the performance of the memory subsystem. Compiler optimizations aimed at improving cache locality are critical in realizing the performance potential of powerful processors
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INSTANTANEOUS DAMAGE IDENTIFICATION AND LOCALIZATION THROUGH SPARSE LASER ULTRASONIC SCANNING This study proposes an instantaneous damage identification and localization technique through sparse laser ultrasonic signals are obtained, a damage index (DI) representing the violation of the linear reciprocity
Essays on the economics of local labor markets
Notowidigdo, Matt, 1981-
This thesis studies the economics of local labor markets. There are three chapters in the thesis, and each chapter studies how economic outcomes are affected by local labor market conditions. The first chapter studies the ...
The Local Board of Health Environmental Health Primer
The Local Board of Health Environmental Health Primer Risk Assessment Factsheet environmental,M.,andToscano,W.(Eds).(2007).Risk Assessment for Environmental Health. � NationalAssociationofLocalBoardsofHealth.(2011).RiskAssessment assessment
Optimal Path Generation for Monocular Simultaneous Localization and Mapping�
Roorda, Timothy Isaac
Monocular Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (MonoSLAM), a derivative of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), is a navigation method for autonomous vehicles that uses only an inertial measurement unit and a camera to map the environment...
Localization at low energies for attractive Poisson random Schr�dinger operators
Fran�ois Germinet; Peter D. Hislop; Abel Klein
We prove exponential and dynamical localization at low energies for the Schr\\"odinger operator with an attractive Poisson random potential in any dimension. We also conclude that the eigenvalues in that spectral region of localization have finite multiplicity.
Three essays in the economics of local public goods
Lutz, Byron F
This thesis is a collection of three empirical essays on the economics of local public goods. Chapter One examines the marginal propensity of local governments to spend out of lump- sum grant income. Economic theory predicts ...
Local architectural identities within modernization context in southern China
Zhen, Lian Quan
In the processing of modernization, local architecture identities are diminishing in Kaiping, my home county in Canton Province, China. This thesis is searching for new architectural features that are based on the local ...
Localization with witnesses Arun Saha and Mart Molle
Molle, Mart
Localization with witnesses Arun Saha and Mart Molle Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA, 92521, USA saha, mart� @cs.ucr.edu Abstract Localization
Welcoming the Outsider: Local Construction of the Law towards Immigrants
Williams, Linda M.
This dissertation examines the local construction of law on the street regarding immigrants. Local agencies play a key role in immigration enforcement and in providing services to immigrants. They are increasingly the face ...
Optimal Path Generation for Monocular Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
Roorda, Timothy Isaac
Monocular Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (MonoSLAM), a derivative of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), is a navigation method for autonomous vehicles that uses only an inertial measurement unit and a camera to map the environment...
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23 24 25 Next Page Last Page Topic Index 1 Localized Domains of Disoriented Chiral Condensates Nuclear Experiment (arXiv) Summary: A new method to search for localized domains of...
Sobolev inequality for localization of pseudo-relativistic energy
A. A. Balinsky; A. E. Tyukov
In this article we present Sobolev-type inequalities for the localization of pseudo-relativistic energy.
Charged Local Defects in Extended Systems
Schultz, Peter A.
The conventional approach to treating charged defects in extended systems in first principles calculations is via the supercell approximation using a neutralizing jellium background charge. I explicitly demonstrate shortcomings of this standard approach and discuss the consequences. Errors in the electrostatic potential surface over the volume of a supercell are shown to be comparable to a band gap energy in semiconductor materials, for cell sizes typically used in first principles simulations. I present an alternate method for eliminating the divergence of the Coulomb potential in supercell calculations of charged defects in extended systems that embodies a correct treatment of the electrostatic potential in the local viciniq of the a charged defect, via a mixed boundary condition approach. I present results of first principles calculations of charged vacancies in NaCl that illustrate the importance of polarization effects once an accurate representation of the local potential is obtained. These polarization effects, poorly captured in small supercells, also impact the energetic on the scale of typical band gap energies.
Star Formation Histories in the Local Group
Thomas M. Brown
Deep color magnitude diagrams extending to the main sequence provide the most direct measure of the detailed star formation history in a stellar population. With large investments of observing time, HST can obtain such data for populations out to 1 Mpc, but its field of view is extremely small in comparison to the size of Local Group galaxies. This limitation severely constrains our understanding of galaxy formation. For example, the largest galaxy in the Local Group, Andromeda, offers an ideal laboratory for studying the formation of large spiral galaxies, but the galaxy shows substructure on a variety of scales, presumably due to its violent merger history. Within its remaining lifetime, HST can only sample a few sight-lines through this complex galaxy. In contrast, a wide field imager could provide a map of Andromeda's halo, outer disk, and tidal streams, revealing the spatially-dependent star formation history in each structure. The same data would enable many secondary studies, such as the age variation in Andromeda's globular cluster system, gigantic samples of variable stars, and microlensing tracers of the galaxy's dark matter distribution.
Incoherent Control of Locally Controllable Quantum Systems
Daoyi Dong; Chenbin Zhang; Herschel Rabitz; Alexander Pechen; Tzyh-Jong Tarn
An incoherent control scheme for state control of locally controllable quantum systems is proposed. This scheme includes three steps: (1) amplitude amplification of the initial state by a suitable unitary transformation, (2) projective measurement on the amplified state, and (3) final optimization by a unitary controlled transformation. The first step increases the amplitudes of some desired eigenstates and the corresponding probability of observing these eigenstates, the second step projects, with high probability, the amplified state into a desired eigenstate, and the last step steers this eigenstate into the target state. Within this scheme, two control algorithms are presented for two classes of quantum systems. As an example, the incoherent control scheme is applied to the control of a hydrogen atom by an external field. The results support the suggestion that projective measurements can serve as an effective control and local controllability information can be used to design control laws for quantum systems. Thus, this scheme establishes a subtle connection between control design and controllability analysis of quantum systems and provides an effective engineering approach for controlling quantum systems with partial controllability information.
Non-Locality Distillation is Impossible for Isotropic Quantum Systems
Dejan D. Dukaric
Non-locality is a powerful resource for various communication and information theoretic tasks, e.g., to establish a secret key between two parties, or to reduce the communication complexity of distributed computing. Typically, the more non-local a system is, the more useful it is as a resource for such tasks. We address the issue of non-locality distillation, i.e., whether it is possible to create a strongly non-local system by local operations on several weakly non-local ones. More specifically, we consider a setting where non-local systems can be realized via measurements on underlying shared quantum states. The hardest instances for non-locality distillation are the isotropic quantum systems: if a certain isotropic system can be distilled, then all systems of the same non-locality can be distilled as well. The main result of this paper is that non-locality cannot be distilled from such isotropic quantum systems. Our results are based on the theory of cross norms defined over the tensor product of certain Banach spaces. In particular, we introduce a single-parameter family of cross norms, which is used to construct a hierarchy of convex sets that are closed under local operations. This hierarchy interpolates between the set of local systems and an approximation to the set of quantum systems.
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Sustainable feeding systems based on the use of local resources
Paris-Sud XI, Universit� de
Sustainable feeding systems based on the use of local resources PP Roggero S Bellon M Rosales3 1 of organisation and planning of the use of renewable local resources. The multiple use of a specific feed resource considered as examples of diversification and exploitation of local resources. The integration
A Guide on Local Agriculture for Houstonians Sarita Panchang
Richards-Kortum, Rebecca
prices, and often meet other local organizations or farmers who are showcasing their own food work around and support local growers, so you go to the grocery store and start examining produce. Local. Organic find the people who grew the food and ask them yourself. Though purchasing food that was produced
Local Fourier analysis for staggered systems of PDEs
MacLachlan, Scott
Local Fourier analysis for staggered systems of PDEs Scott MacLachlan email@example.com Tufts University and Kees Oosterlee TU-Delft and CWI April 10, 2008 Local Fourier analysis for staggered of complementary processes · Relaxation · Coarse-grid correction Local Fourier analysis for staggered systems
Sequence-Based Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks
Krishnamachari, Bhaskar
Sequence-Based Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks Kiran Yedavalli and Bhaskar Krishnamachari Abstract--We introduce a novel sequence-based localization technique for wireless sensor networks. We show that the localization space can be divided into distinct regions that can each be uniquely identified by sequences
Evolving an Indoor Robotic Localization System Based on Wireless Networks
Braun, Torsten
of indoor robotic localization. We investigate the design and building of an autonomous localization system provides the position of one robot in a space, as in a Cartesian plane, corroborating with the EvoEvolving an Indoor Robotic Localization System Based on Wireless Networks Gustavo Pessin1
Extremely local MR representations: Youngmi Hur1 & Amos Ron2
Maryland at College Park, University of
Extremely local MR representations: L-CAMP Youngmi Hur1 & Amos Ron2 Workshop on sparse representations: UMD, May 2005 1 Math, UW-Madison 2 CS, UW-Madison #12;Wavelet and framelet constructions History of all local MR representations #12;L-CAMP: Extremely local MR constructions Bird's view of the CAP
Local Representation in the Context of Decentralization: Mayors, Citizens, and Local Governance in Latin America
Shockley, Bethany L
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Infrared problem and spatially local observables in electrodynamics
Andrzej Herdegen
An algebra previously proposed as an asymptotic field structure in electrodynamics is considered in respect of localization properties of fields. Fields are 'spatially local' -- localized in regions resulting as unions of two intersecting (solid) lightcones: a future- and a past-lightcone. This localization remains in concord with the usual idealizations connected with the scattering theory. Fields thus localized naturally include infrared characteristics normally placed at spacelike infinity and form a structure respecting Gauss law. When applied to the description of the radiation of an external classical current the model is free of 'infrared catastrophe'.
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Local momentum space and the vector field
David J. Toms
The local momentum space expansion for the real vector field is considered. Using Riemann normal coordinates we obtain an expansion of the Feynman Green function up and including terms that are quadratic in the curvature. The results are valid for a non-minimal operator such as that arising from a general Feynman type gauge fixing condition. The result is used to derive the first three terms in the asymptotic expansion for the coincidence limit of the heat kernel without taking the trace, thus obtaining the untraced heat kernel coefficients. The spacetime dimension is kept general before specializing to four dimensions for comparison with previously known results. As a further application we re-examine the anomalous trace of the stress-energy-momentum tensor for the Maxwell field and comment on the gauge dependence.
Constructing optimal local pseudopotentials from first principles
Mi, Wenhui; Ma, Yanming; Miao, Maosheng
Local pseudopotential (LPP) is an important component of the orbital free density functional theory (OF-DFT), which is a promising large scale simulation method that can still maintain information of electron state in materials. Up to date, LPP is usually extracted from the solid state DFT calculations. It is unclear how to assess its transferability while applying to a much different chemical environment. Here we reveal a fundamental relation between the first principles norm-conserving PP (NCPP) and the LPP. Using the optimized effective potential method developed for exchange functional, we demonstrate that the LPP can be constructed optimally from the NCPP for a large number of elements. Our theory also reveals that the existence of an LPP is intrinsic to the elements, irrespective to the parameters used for the construction. Our method provides a unified method in constructing and assessing LPP in the framework of first principles pseudopotentials.
Segmented nanowires displaying locally controllable properties
Sutter, Eli Anguelova; Sutter, Peter Werner
Vapor-liquid-solid growth of nanowires is tailored to achieve complex one-dimensional material geometries using phase diagrams determined for nanoscale materials. Segmented one-dimensional nanowires having constant composition display locally variable electronic band structures that are determined by the diameter of the nanowires. The unique electrical and optical properties of the segmented nanowires are exploited to form electronic and optoelectronic devices. Using gold-germanium as a model system, in situ transmission electron microscopy establishes, for nanometer-sized Au--Ge alloy drops at the tips of Ge nanowires (NWs), the parts of the phase diagram that determine their temperature-dependent equilibrium composition. The nanoscale phase diagram is then used to determine the exchange of material between the NW and the drop. The phase diagram for the nanoscale drop deviates significantly from that of the bulk alloy.
Monogamy of Measurement Induced Non-Locality
Ajoy Sen; Debasis Sarkar; Amit Bhar
Measurement-Induced NonLocality was introduced by Luo and Fu (Phys. Rev. Lett. \\textbf{106}, 120401,(2011)) as a measure of nonlocality in a bipartite state. In this paper we will discuss monogamy property of measurement-induced nonlocality for some three- and four-qubit classes of states. Unlike discord, we find quite surprising results in this situation. Both the GHZ and W states satisfy monogamy relations in the three-qubit case, however, in general there are violations of monogamy relations in both the GHZ-class and W-class states. In case of four-qubit system, monogamy holds for most of the states in the generic class. Four qubit GHZ does not satisfy monogamy relation, but W-state does. We provide several numerical results including counterexamples regarding monogamy nature of measurement induced nonlocality. We will also extend our results of generalized W-class to n-qubit.
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The influence of learning on evolution Presented by David Oren
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explains why learning influences evolution in these simulations. In order to overcome these limitationsThe influence of learning on evolution Presented by David Oren April 21st, 1998 Abstract In this seminar we will examine the article ``The influence of learning on evolution'' by Stefano Nolfi
Quantum efficiency affected by localized carrier distribution near the V-defect in GaN based quantum well
Cho, Yong-Hee, E-mail: email@example.com; Shim, Mun-Bo; Hwang, Sangheum; Kim, Sungjin [Computational Science Group, CAS Center, SAIT, Samsung Electronics, Nongsuh-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Kyeonggi-do 446-712 (Korea, Republic of)] [Computational Science Group, CAS Center, SAIT, Samsung Electronics, Nongsuh-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Kyeonggi-do 446-712 (Korea, Republic of); Kim, Jun-Youn; Kim, Jaekyun; Park, Young-Soo [GaN Device Group, Advanced Device Lab, SAIT, Samsung Electronics, Nongsuh-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Kyeonggi-do 446-712 (Korea, Republic of)] [GaN Device Group, Advanced Device Lab, SAIT, Samsung Electronics, Nongsuh-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Kyeonggi-do 446-712 (Korea, Republic of); Park, Seoung-Hwan [Department of Physics and Semiconductor Science, Catholic University of Daegu, Hayang, Kyeongbuk (Korea, Republic of)] [Department of Physics and Semiconductor Science, Catholic University of Daegu, Hayang, Kyeongbuk (Korea, Republic of)
It is known that due to the formation of in-plane local energy barrier, V-defects can screen the carriers which non-radiatively recombine in threading dislocations (TDs) and hence, enhance the internal quantum efficiency in GaN based light-emitting diodes. By a theoretical modeling capable of describing the inhomogeneous carrier distribution near the V-defect in GaN based quantum wells, we show that the efficient suppression of non-radiative (NR) recombination via TD requires the local energy barrier height of V-defect larger than ?80?meV. The NR process in TD combined with V-defect influences the quantum efficiency mainly in the low injection current density regime suitably described by the linear dependence of carrier density. We provide a simple phenomenological expression for the NR recombination rate based on the model result.
Variation of Solar Attenuation with Height in CAPLTER The atmosphere over rural and urbanized areas differs in many ways in relation to terrain influences and human-induced variations (e.g., heat, humidity, wind, and pollution). The sun's energy penetrate
Hall, Sharon J.
Variation of Solar Attenuation with Height in CAPLTER Abstract The atmosphere over rural on amounts of solar energy that are accumulated at any given time. These controls range from extraterrestrial of variability cascade into plant productivity, solar energy technology, and urban climate processes, in general
Edge-localized-modes in tokamaks
Leonard, A. W. [General Atomics, PO Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608 (United States)
Edge-localized-modes (ELMs) are a ubiquitous feature of H-mode in tokamaks. When gradients in the H-mode transport barrier grow to exceed the MHD stability limit the ELM instability grows explosively, rapidly transporting energy and particles onto open field lines and material surfaces. Though ELMs provide additional particle and impurity transport through the H-mode transport barrier, enabling steady operation, the resulting heat flux transients to plasma facing surfaces project to large amplitude in future low collisionality burning plasma tokamaks. Measurements of the ELM heat flux deposition onto material surfaces in the divertor and main chamber indicate significant broadening compared to inter-ELM heat flux, with a timescale for energy deposition that is consistent with sonic ion flow and numerical simulation. Comprehensive ELM simulation is highlighting the important physics processes of ELM transport including parallel transport due to magnetic reconnection and turbulence resulting from collapse of the H-mode transport barrier. Encouraging prospects for ELM control and/or suppression in future tokamaks include intrinsic modes of ELM free operation, ELM triggering with frequent small pellet injection and the application of 3D magnetic fields.
The Local Interstellar Ultraviolet Radiation Field
Richard Conn Henry
I have used the Hipparcos Input Catalog, together with Kurucz model stellar atmospheres, and information on the strength of the interstellar extinction, to create a model of the expected intensity and spectral distribution of the local interstellar ultraviolet radiation field, under various assumptions concerning the albedo a of the interstellar grains. (This ultraviolet radiation field is of particular interest because of the fact that ultraviolet radiation is capable of profoundly affecting the chemistry of the interstellar medium.) By comparing my models with the observations, I am able to conclude that the albedo a of the interstellar grains in the far ultraviolet is very low, perhaps a = 0.1. I also advance arguments that my present determination of this albedo is much more reliable than any of the many previous (and conflicting) ultraviolet interstellar grain albedo determinations. Beyond this, I show that the ultraviolet background radiation that is observed at high galactic latitudes must be extragalactic in origin, as it cannot be backscatter of the interstellar radiation field.
Aspects of locally covariant quantum field theory
Ko Sanders
This thesis considers various aspects of locally covariant quantum field theory (LCQFT; see Brunetti et al., Commun.Math.Phys. 237 (2003), 31-68), a mathematical framework to describe axiomatic quantum field theories in curved spacetimes. New results include: a philosophical interpretation of certain aspects of this framework in terms of modal logic; a proof that the truncated n-point functions of any Hadamard state of the free real scalar field are smooth, except for n=2; a description of he free Dirac field in a representation independent way, showing that the theory is determined entirely by the relations between the adjoint map, the charge conjugation map and the Dirac operator; a proof that the relative Cauchy evolution of the free Dirac field is related to its stress-energy-momentum tensor in the same way as for the free real scalar field (cf. loc.cit.); several results on the Reeh-Schlieder property in LCQFT, including but not limited to those of our earlier paper; a new and elegant approach to wave front sets of Banach space-valued distributions, which allows easy proofs and extensions of results in the literature.
Dual mode stereotactic localization method and application
Keppel, Cynthia E. (Norfolk, VA); Barbosa, Fernando Jorge (Newport News, VA); Majewski, Stanislaw (Grafton, VA)
The invention described herein combines the structural digital X-ray image provided by conventional stereotactic core biopsy instruments with the additional functional metabolic gamma imaging obtained with a dedicated compact gamma imaging mini-camera. Before the procedure, the patient is injected with an appropriate radiopharmaceutical. The radiopharmaceutical uptake distribution within the breast under compression in a conventional examination table expressed by the intensity of gamma emissions is obtained for comparison (co-registration) with the digital mammography (X-ray) image. This dual modality mode of operation greatly increases the functionality of existing stereotactic biopsy devices by yielding a much smaller number of false positives than would be produced using X-ray images alone. The ability to obtain both the X-ray mammographic image and the nuclear-based medicine gamma image using a single device is made possible largely through the use of a novel, small and movable gamma imaging camera that permits its incorporation into the same table or system as that currently utilized to obtain X-ray based mammographic images for localization of lesions.
Analyzing many-body localization with a quantum computer
Bela Bauer; Chetan Nayak
Many-body localization, the persistence against electron-electron interactions of the localization of states with non-zero excitation energy density, poses a challenge to current methods of theoretical and numerical analysis. Numerical simulations have so far been limited to a small number of sites, making it difficult to obtain reliable statements about the thermodynamic limit. In this paper, we explore the ways in which a relatively small quantum computer could be leveraged to study many-body localization. We show that, in addition to studying time-evolution, a quantum computer can, in polynomial time, obtain eigenstates at arbitrary energies to sufficient accuracy that localization can be observed. The limitations of quantum measurement, which preclude the possibility of directly obtaining the entanglement entropy, make it difficult to apply some of the definitions of many-body localization used in the recent literature. We discuss alternative tests of localization that can be implemented on a quantum computer.
Local Thermal Equilibrium States and Quantum Energy Inequalities
Jan Schlemmer; Rainer Verch
In this paper we investigate the energy distribution of states of a linear scalar quantum field with arbitrary curvature coupling on a curved spacetime which fulfill some local thermality condition. We find that this condition implies a quantum energy inequality for these states, where the (lower) energy bounds depend only on the local temperature distribution and are local and covariant (the dependence of the bounds other than on temperature is on parameters defining the quantum field model, and on local quantities constructed from the spacetime metric). Moreover, we also establish the averaged null energy condition (ANEC) for such locally thermal states, under growth conditions on their local temperature and under conditions on the free parameters entering the definition of the renormalized stress-energy tensor. These results hold for a range of curvature couplings including the cases of conformally coupled and minimally coupled scalar field.
A Linear Circuit Model For Social Influence Analysis
Xiang, Biao; Liu, Qi; Xiong, Hui
Understanding the behaviors of information propagation is essential for the effective exploitation of social influence in social networks. However, few existing influence models are both tractable and efficient for describing the information propagation process and quantitatively measuring social influence. To this end, in this paper, we develop a linear social influence model, named Circuit due to its close relation to the circuit network. Based on the predefined four axioms of social influence, we first demonstrate that our model can efficiently measure the influence strength between any pair of nodes. Along this line, an upper bound of the node(s)' influence is identified for potential use, e.g., reducing the search space. Furthermore, we provide the physical implication of the Circuit model and also a deep analysis of its relationships with the existing methods, such as PageRank. Then, we propose that the Circuit model provides a natural solution to the problems of computing each single node's authority a...
Fermion localization and flavour hierarchy in higher curvature spacetime
Choudhury, Sayantan; SenGupta, Soumitra
Fermion localization in a braneworld model in presence of dilaton coupled higher curvature Gauss-Bonnet bulk gravity is discussed. It is shown that the left handed fermionic modes can be localized on the visible brane due to the dilaton coupled higher curvature term without the necessity of any external localizing bulk field. This offers a natural resolution of the flavour hierarchy problem in Standard Model.
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Materials Characterization New Atomic Force Microscope Spectroscopy Probes Local Elasticity March 04, 2015 Shown is a contact resonance frequency image after nano-oxidation of a...
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Organizing and Strategizing a Local/Regional Solar Effort
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Scanning Tunneling Microscopy currents on locally disordered graphene
Tsai, Shan-Wen; Peres, Nuno M. R.; Santos, J. E.; Ribeiro, R. M.
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy currents on locally disorderedcharacteristic curves of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM)for the calculation of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM)
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the robot should perform in order to improve mapping efficiency Chaimowicz, Luiz 7 Business Plans Classification with Locally Pruned Lazy Learning Models Engineering...
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Abstract. We prove local uniqueness for the inverse problem in obstacle scattering at a fixed energy and fixed incident angle. We consider the inverse problem of�...
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Cubic-based 3-D Localization for Wireless Sensor Networks
Shwe, Hnin Yu; Chong, Peter HJ
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environment and composition of magnesium gallium layered double hydroxides determined from solid-state 1H and 71Ga NMR Local environment and composition of magnesium gallium...
Local Content Requirements in British Columbia's Wind Power Industry
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We prove an inequality between Hilbert functions of local cohomology modules supported in the homogeneous maximal ideal of standard graded algebras over
High power density supercapacitors using locally aligned carbon nanotube electrodes
Du, C S; Yeh, J; Pan, Ning
High power density supercapacitors using locally alignedof high power density supercapacitors and other similarcells [6], and for supercapacitors [7�18]. As unique energy
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Skeletal muscle biomechanics drives intramuscular transport of locally delivered drugs
Wu, Peter I-Kung
Introduction: Effective local drug delivery to contractile tissues such as skeletal muscle requires a thorough understanding of the impact of mechanical loads on intramuscular pharmacokinetics. Current preparations for ...
Theory of Semidefinite Programming for Sensor Network Localization
Anthony So
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Risk Analysis 101: fooled by local robustness ... again!
Moshe Sniedovich
Sep 24, 2012 ... Risk Analysis 101: fooled by local robustness ... again! Moshe Sniedovich(moshe ***at*** ms.unimelb.edu.au). Abstract: This article explains,�...
Connecting Reionization to the Local Universe
Alvarez, Marcelo A.; Busha, Michael; Abel, Tom; Wechsler, Risa H.; /KIPAC, Menlo Park
We present results of combined N-body and three-dimensional reionization calculations to determine the relationship between reionization history and local environment in a volume 1 Gpc h{sup -1} across and a resolution of about 1 Mpc. We resolve the formation of about 2 x 10{sup 6} halos of mass greater than {approx} 10{sup 12} M{sub {circle_dot}} at z = 0, allowing us to determine the relationship between halo mass and reionization epoch for galaxies and clusters. For our fiducial reionization model, in which reionization begins at z {approx} 15 and ends by z {approx} 6, we find a strong bias for cluster-size halos to be in the regions which reionized first, at redshifts 10 < z < 15. Consequently, material in clusters was reionized within relatively small regions, on the order of a few Mpc, implying that all clusters in our calculation were reionized by their own progenitors. Milky Way mass halos were on average reionized later and by larger regions, with a distribution most similar to the global one, indicating that low mass halos are nearly uncorrelated with reionization when only their mass is taken as a prior. On average, we find that most halos with mass less than 10{sup 13} M{sub {circle_dot}} were reionized internally, while almost all halos with masses greater than 10{sup 14} M{sub {circle_dot}} were reionized by their own progenitors. We briefly discuss the implications of this work in light of the 'missing satellites' problem and how this new approach may be extended further.
Hydrogen local vibrational modes in semiconductors
McCluskey, M D [Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Following, a review of experimental techniques, theory, and previous work, the results of local vibrational mode (LVM) spectroscopy on hydrogen-related complexes in several different semiconductors are discussed. Hydrogen is introduced either by annealing in a hydrogen ambient. exposure to a hydrogen plasma, or during growth. The hydrogen passivates donors and acceptors in semiconductors, forming neutral complexes. When deuterium is substituted for hydrogen. the frequency of the LVM decreases by approximately the square root of two. By varying the temperature and pressure of the samples, the microscopic structures of hydrogen-related complexes are determined. For group II acceptor-hydrogen complexes in GaAs, InP, and GaP, hydrogen binds to the host anion in a bond-centered orientation, along the [111] direction, adjacent to the acceptor. The temperature dependent shift of the LVMs are proportional to the lattice thermal energy U(T), a consequence of anharmonic coupling between the LVM and acoustical phonons. In the wide band gap semiconductor ZnSe, epilayers grown by metalorganic chemical vapor phase epitaxy (MOCVD) and doped with As form As-H complexes. The hydrogen assumes a bond-centered orientation, adjacent to a host Zn. In AlSb, the DX centers Se and Te are passivated by hydrogen. The second, third, and fourth harmonics of the wag modes are observed. Although the Se-D complex has only one stretch mode, the Se-H stretch mode splits into three peaks. The anomalous splitting is explained by a new interaction between the stretch LVM and multi-phonon modes of the lattice. As the temperature or pressure is varied, and anti-crossing is observed between LVM and phonon modes.
A new prediction strategy for long local protein structures using an original description
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- 1 - A new prediction strategy for long local protein structures using an original description Prediction Keywords: library of fragments, structural networks, local structure prediction, support vector approximation. A local structure prediction method was also proposed. Here, overlapping properties of local
On the relationship between the non-local clustering mechanism and preferential concentration
Bragg, Andrew D; Collins, Lance R
`Preferential concentration' (\\emph{Phys. Fluids} \\textbf{A3}:1169--78, 1991) refers to the clustering of inertial particles in the high-strain, low-rotation regions of turbulence. The `centrifuge mechanism' of Maxey (\\emph{J. Fluid Mech.} \\textbf{174}:441--65, 1987) appears to explain this phenomenon. In a recent paper, Bragg \\& Collins (\\emph{New J. Phys.} \\textbf{16}:055013, 2014) showed that the centrifuge mechanism is dominant only in the regime ${St\\ll1}$, where $St$ is the Stokes number based on the Kolmogorov time scale. Outside this regime, the centrifuge mechanism gives way to a non-local, path-history symmetry breaking mechanism. However, despite the change in the clustering mechanism, the instantaneous particle positions continue to correlate with high-strain, low-rotation regions of the turbulence. In this paper, we analyze the exact equation governing the radial distribution function and show how the non-local clustering mechanism is influenced by, but not dependent upon, the preferential sa...
Control of the microclimate around the head with opposing jet local ventilation
Liu, Chonghui; Higuchi, Hiroshi; Arens, Edward; Zhang, Hui Ph.D
of opposing jet local ventilation. AIAA 2009 Region I-NEHead with Opposing Jet Local Ventilation Chonghui Liu 1,* ,
Local implementations of non-local quantum gates in linear entangled channel
Debashis Saha; Sanket Nandan; Prasanta K. Panigrahi
In this paper, we demonstrate n-party controlled unitary gate implementations locally on arbitrary remote state through linear entangled channel where control parties share entanglement with the adjacent control parties and only one of them shares entanglement with the target party. In such a network, we describe the protocol of simultaneous implementation of controlled-Hermitian gate starting from three party scenario. We also explicate the implementation of three party controlled-Unitary gate, a generalized form of To?oli gate and subsequently generalize the protocol for n-party using minimal cost.
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THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE STRIKES ON LOCAL CROPLAND PRODUCTIVITY: EVIDENCE FROM THE CARIBBEAN Eric://www.enseignement.polytechnique.fr/economie/ mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com hal-00393883,version1-10Jun2009 #12;THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE� 2009-14 Abstract: We empirically estimate the impact of hurricane strikes on local crop productivity
Fertility Limits on Local Politicians in India Abhishek Chakravarty
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.g., sterilization incentives in India). This paper examines a novel policy experiment that imposes fertility limitsFertility Limits on Local Politicians in India S Anukriti Abhishek Chakravarty September 19, 2014: political leaders. Keywords: India, Local Elections, Fertility Limits, Sex Ratios, Population Control We
A Library for Locally Weighted Projection Regression --Supplementary Documentation --
problems: � The function to be learnt is non-linear. Otherwise having multiple local models is a waste of resources, and you should rather use ordinary linear regression, or partial least squares (PLS) for the caseA Library for Locally Weighted Projection Regression -- Supplementary Documentation -- Stefan
Phase transitions in dilute, locally connected neural networks
MacIver, Malcolm A.
a local neighborhood (dense, short-range connectivity). The number of connections per neuron, K, scales other neurons within a local neighborhood (dense, short-range connectivity). The number of connections connectivity variants are observed to obey an approximate Boltzmann-like energy distribution where a function
Energy-Efficient Localized Routing in Random Multihop Wireless Networks
Wang, Yu
Localized Energy-Aware Restricted Neighborhood routing (LEARN), which can guarantee the energy efficiency is the energy consumption of the least energy cost path connecting s and t. In this paper, we study an energyEnergy-Efficient Localized Routing in Random Multihop Wireless Networks Yu Wang, Senior Member
Damping filter method for obtaining spatially localized solutions
Toshiki Teramura; Sadayoshi Toh
Spatially localized structures are key components of turbulence and other spatio-temporally chaotic systems. From a dynamical systems viewpoint, it is desirable to obtain corresponding exact solutions, though their existence is not guaranteed. A damping filter method is introduced to obtain variously localized solutions, and adopted into two typical cases. This method introduces a spatially selective damping effect to make a good guess at the exact solution, and we can obtain an exact solution through a continuation with the damping amplitude. First target is a steady solution to Swift-Hohenberg equation, which is a representative of bi-stable systems in which localized solutions coexist, and a model for span-wisely localized cases. Not only solutions belonging to the well-known snaking branches but also those belonging to an isolated branch known as "isolas" are found with a continuation paths between them in phase space extended with the damping amplitude. This indicates that this spatially selective excitation mechanism has an advantage in searching spatially localized solutions. Second target is a spatially localized traveling-wave solution to Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation, which is a model for stream-wisely localized cases. Since the spatially selective damping effect breaks Galilean and translational invariances, the propagation velocity cannot be determined uniquely while the damping is active, and a singularity arises when these invariances are recovered. We demonstrate that this singularity can be avoided by imposing a simple condition, and a localized traveling-wave solution is obtained with a specific propagation speed.
Local and Global Casimir Energies for a Semitransparent Cylindrical Shell
Milton, Kim
Local and Global Casimir Energies for a Semitransparent Cylindrical Shell In´es Cavero the -function shell, the local energy density diverges as the surface of the shell is approached; the divergence by physical boundaries, such as the Casimir energy due to a perfectly conducting spherical shell [1], has been
REVIEWS AND SYNTHESES Local adaptation in host use among marine
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, local adaptation, selection. Ecology Letters (2005) 8: 448459 I N T R O DU C T I O N Population, abundance and ecological roles of organisms (Fox & Morrow 1981; Mopper & Strauss 1998), helps to maintain, there is a lingering perception that populations in the sea rarely locally adapt, and are more likely to evolve
Organizing and Strategizing a Local/Regional Solar Effort
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equations describe the evolution of tsunamis during run-up in such a way that the shoreline is fixed in (ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS, VOL. 39 LOCAL TSUNAMIS AND EARTHQUAKE SOURCE PARAMETERS ERIC L. GEIST u in estimating the severity of local tsunamis gener- ated by earthquakes is explaining the great event
Image Forgery Detection Using Multi-Resolution Weber Local Descriptors
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Image Forgery Detection Using Multi-Resolution Weber Local Descriptors Muhammad Hussain1 , Ghulam * firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract-- In this paper, a multi-resolution Weber law descriptors (WLD) based image of the images. Keywords: image forgery detection, Weber local descriptor, splicing forgery, copy-move forgery
Business Plans Classification with Locally Pruned Lazy Learning Models
Verleysen, Michel
1 Business Plans Classification with Locally Pruned Lazy Learning Models Antti Sorjamaa1 , Amaury linéaire par morceaux connue sous le nom de Locally Pruned Lazy Learning Model. Mots clefs : Lazy Learning, Classification, Leave-one-Out, Elagage. Abstract : A business plan is a document presenting in a concise form
Localized temperature stability of low temperature cofired ceramics
Dai, Steven Xunhu
The present invention is directed to low temperature cofired ceramic modules having localized temperature stability by incorporating temperature coefficient of resonant frequency compensating materials locally into a multilayer LTCC module. Chemical interactions can be minimized and physical compatibility between the compensating materials and the host LTCC dielectrics can be achieved. The invention enables embedded resonators with nearly temperature-independent resonance frequency.
A technical approach to local government amalgamation Sasa Drezgic1
Przulj, Natasa
savings, there is a lack of methodology that would enable construction of a tool for better decision governments that would save cost. This does not only allow for determination of a cost saving amalgamation scenario, but also can serve as a benchmark of tolerable costs of local government provision of local goods
Nuclear localization of pyrroleimidazole polyamidefluorescein conjugates in cell culture
Dervan, Peter B.
- jugates were synthesized and assayed for cellular localization. Thirteen cell lines, representing 11 human cancers, one human transformed kidney cell line, and one murine leukemia cell line, were treated with 5 M cell lines tested. The localization profiles of several other conjugates suggest that pyrrole
Quantum non-locality and information security Muhammad Nadeem
1 Quantum non-locality and information security Muhammad Nadeem Department of Basic Sciences-locality, as discussed here, is sufficient to achieve unconditional information security without requiring advanced, integrity, authenticity and availability of information to legitimate users. These information security
DAMAGE LOCALIZATION IN PLATES USING DLVs Dionisio Bernal1
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DAMAGE LOCALIZATION IN PLATES USING DLVs Dionisio Bernal1 and Ariel Levy2 Department of Civil Associate Professor, 2 Graduate Student ABSTRACT The performance of a technique to localize damage based on the computation of load vectors that create stress fields that bypass the damaged region is investigated
Robust Target Localization from Binary Decisions in Wireless Sensor Networks
Michailidis, George
Robust Target Localization from Binary Decisions in Wireless Sensor Networks Natallia Katenka Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are becoming an important tool in a variety of tasks, including mon- itoring targets and localizing multiple targets are also considered. Keywords: wireless sensor network, target
LYCEN 9721 May 1997 LOCAL NUCLEAR SLOPE and CURVATURE
Boyer, Edmond
LYCEN 9721 May 1997 LOCAL NUCLEAR SLOPE and CURVATURE in HIGH ENERGY pp and ¯pp ELASTIC SCATTERING The local nuclear slope B(s, t) = d dt ln dn(s,t) dt is reconstructed from the exper- imental angular agreement with the (non fitted) slope data, in particular for the evolution of B(s, t) with s as a function
Gradient Improvement by Removal of Identified Local Defects
R.L. Geng, W.A. Clemens, C.A. Cooper, H. Hayano, K. Watanabe
Recent experience of ILC cavity processing and testing at Jefferson Lab has shown that some 9-cell cavities are quench limited at a gradient in the range of 15-25 MV/m. Further studies reveal that these quench limits are often correlated with sub-mm sized and highly localized geometrical defects at or near the equator weld. There are increasing evidence to show that these genetic defects have their origin in the material or in the electron beam welding process (for example due to weld irregularities or splatters on the RF surface and welding porosity underneath the surface). A local defect removal method has been proposed at Jefferson Lab by locally re-melting the niobium material. Several 1-cell cavities with known local defects have been treated by using the JLab local e-beam re-melting method, resulting in gradient and Q0 improvement. We also sent 9-cell cavities with known gradient limiting local defects to KEK for local grinding and to FNAL for global mechanical polishing. We report on the results of gradient improvements by removal of local defects in these cavities.
Entangling power and local invariants of two-qubit gates
S Balakrishnan; R Sankaranarayanan
We show a simple relation connecting entangling power and local invariants of two-qubit gates. From the relation, a general condition under which gates have same entangling power is arrived. The relation also helps in finding the lower bound of entangling power for perfect entanglers, from which the classification of gates as perfect and nonperfect entanglers is obtained in terms of local invariants.
Entangling power and local invariants of two-qubit gates
Balakrishnan, S
We show a simple relation connecting entangling power and local invariants of two-qubit gates. From the relation, a general condition under which gates have same entangling power is arrived. The relation also helps to find the lower bound of entangling power for perfect entangler, from which a new classification of gates in terms of local invariants is obtained.
Energy-Optimal Collaborative GPS Localization with Short Range Communication
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accuracy. In this paper, we show that the collaboration among proxy devices is helpful to energy-efficiently campuses. Next, we contemplate what is the best method for selfish mobile users to collaborate for energy-efficient localization, and suggest an energy-efficient and/or user fairness localization framework. Next, we develop
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with power consumption and heat dissipation. 1Occupancy is the ratio of active a CPU is, it has to request data from different levels of some memory hierarchy. Hence CPU speed locality" instead of "data locality" is because information may be carried not only by a data but also
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Generating the local oscillator "locally" in continuous-variable quantum key distribution based on coherent detection
Bing Qi; Pavel Lougovski; Raphael Pooser; Warren Grice; Miljko Bobrek
Continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) protocols based on coherent detection have been studied extensively in both theory and experiment. In all the existing implementations of CV-QKD, both the quantum signal and the local oscillator (LO) are generated from the same laser and propagate through the insecure quantum channel. This arrangement may open security loopholes and also limit the potential applications of CV-QKD. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a pilot-aided feedforward data recovery scheme which enables reliable coherent detection using a "locally" generated LO. Using two independent commercial laser sources and a spool of 25 km optical fiber, we construct a coherent communication system. The variance of the phase noise introduced by the proposed scheme is measured to be 0.04 (rad^2), which is small enough to enable secure key distribution. This technology also opens the door for other quantum communication protocols, such as the recently proposed measurement-device-independent (MDI) CV-QKD where independent light sources are employed by different users.
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Improved Beta-Protein Structure Prediction by Multilevel Optimization of NonLocal Strand Pairings and Local
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Influence of magnetic electrodes thicknesses on the transport properties of magnetic tunnel junctions with perpendicular anisotropy
Cuchet, L�a; Rodmacq, Bernard; Auffret, St�phane; Sousa, Ricardo C.; Dieny, Bernard [SPINTEC, UMR 8191, CEA-INAC/CNRS/UJF-Grenoble 1/Grenoble-INP, 38054 Grenoble Cedex (France)
The influence of the bottom and top magnetic electrodes thicknesses on both perpendicular anisotropy and transport properties is studied in (Co/Pt)/Ta/CoFeB/MgO/FeCoB/Ta magnetic tunnel junctions. By carefully investigating the relative magnetic moment of the two electrodes as a function of their thicknesses, we identify and quantify the presence of magnetically dead layers, likely localized at the interfaces with Ta, that is, 0.33?nm for the bottom electrode and 0.60?nm for the top one. Critical thicknesses (spin-reorientation transitions) are determined as 1.60 and 1.65?nm for bottom and top electrodes, respectively. The tunnel magnetoresistance ratio reaches its maximum value, as soon as both effective (corrected from dead layer) electrode thicknesses exceed 0.6?nm.
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