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Platinum-group elements and geochemical characteristics of the Permian continental flood basalts in the Tarim Basin, northwest China: Implications for the evolution of the Tarim Large Igneous Province
No full textAbstract not availableYin-Qi Li, Zi-Long Li, Ya-Li Sun, M. Santosh, Charles H. Langmuir, Han-Lin Chen, Shu-Feng Yang, Zhong-Xing Chen, Xing Y
Lowest electronic states of neutral and ionic LiN
No full textWe have investigated the potential energy curves (PECs) of the LiN heteronuclear diatomic molecule, including its ionic species LiN+ and LiN−, using explicitly correlated multi-reference configuration interaction (MRCI-F12) calculations in conjunction with the correlation consistent quintuple- basis set. The effect of core–valence correlation, scalar relativistic effects, and the size of the basis sets has been investigated. A comprehensive set of spectroscopic constants determined based on the above-mentioned calculations are also reported for the lowest electronic states and all systems, including dissociation energies, harmonic and anharmonic vibrational frequencies, and rotational constants. Additional parameters, such as the dipole moments, equilibrium spin-orbit constants, excitation energies, and rovibrational energy levels, are also documented. We found that the three triplet states of LiN, namely, X 3∑−, A 3Π, and 2 3∑−, exhibit substantial potential wells in the PEC diagrams, while the quintet states are repulsive in nature. The ground state of the anion also shows a deep potential well in the vicinity of its equilibrium geometry. In contrast, the ground and excited states of the cation are very loosely bound. Charge transfer properties of each of these states are also analyzed to obtain an in-depth understanding of the interatomic interactions. We found that the core–valence correlation has a substantial effect on the calculated spectroscopic constants.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Atmospheric Remote Sensin
Vascular endothelial growth factor restores delayed tumor progression in tumors depleted of macrophages
No full textGenetic depletion of macrophages in Polyoma Middle T oncoprotein (PyMT)-induced mammary tumors in mice delayed the angiogenic switch and the progression to malignancy. To determine whether vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) produced by tumor-associated macrophages regulated the onset of the angiogenic switch, a genetic approach was used to restore expression of VEGF-A into tumors at the benign stages. This stimulated formation of a high-density vessel network and in macrophage-depleted mice, was followed by accelerated tumor progression. The expression of VEGF-A led to a massive infiltration into the tumor of leukocytes that were mostly macrophages. This study suggests that macrophage-produced VEGF regulates malignant progression through stimulating tumor angiogenesis, leukocytic infiltration and tumor cell invasion
A multiscale approach for optimal control problems of linear parabolic equations
No full textAuthor name used in this publication: Lin, Yanping2012-2013 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalVersion of RecordPublishedVoR allowe
sj-pdf-1-tcp-10.1177_00110000221094324 – Supplemental Material for Linguistic Minority International Counseling Psychology Trainees’ Experiences in Clinical Supervision
No full textSupplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-tcp-10.1177_00110000221094324 for Linguistic Minority International Counseling Psychology Trainees’ Experiences in Clinical Supervision by Hui Xu, Lisa Y. Flores, Yunkyoung Garrison, Chi W. Yeung, Yu Chak Sunny Ho, Jung Eui Hong, Yeji Son, Ching-Lan Rosaline Lin and Charles Bermingham in The Counseling Psychologist</p
Author Co-Citation Analysis (ACA): a powerful tool for representing implicit knowledge of scholar knowledge workers
No full textIn the last decade, knowledge has emerged as one of the most important and valuable organizational assets. Gradually this importance caused to emergence of new discipline entitled ―knowledge management‖. However one of the major challenges of knowledge management is conversion implicit or tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge. Thus Making knowledge visible so that it can be better accessed, discussed, valued or generally managed is a long-standing objective in knowledge management. Accordingly in this paper author co- citation analysis (ACA) will be proposed as an efficient technique of knowledge visualization in academia (Scholar knowledge workers)
Y(4143) is probably a molecular partner of Y(3930)
No full textAfter discussing the various possible interpretations of the Y(4143) signal observed by the CDF collaboration in the J/Sigma phi mode, we tend to conclude that Y(4143) is probably a D(s)(*)D(s)(*) molecular state with J(PC)=0(++) or 2(++) while Y(3930) is its D(*)D(*) molecular partner as predicted in our previous work [X. Liu, Z. G. Luo, Y. R. Liu, and Shi-Lin Zhu, Eur. Phys. J. C 61, 411 (2009)]. Both the hidden-charm and open-charm two-body decays occur through the rescattering of the vector components within the molecular states while the three- and four-body open-charm decay modes are forbidden kinematically. Hence, their widths are narrow naturally. CDF, BABAR and Belle collaborations may have discovered heavy molecular states already. We urge experimentalists to measure their quantum numbers and explore their radiative decay modes in the future.Astronomy & AstrophysicsPhysics, Particles & FieldsSCI(E)50ARTICLE1null8
Élaboration d'une nouvelle métaheuristique pour le partitionnement de graphe : la méthode de fusion-fission. Application au découpage de l'espace aérien
No full textDans cette thèse, nous étudions des méthodes de partitionnement de graphe et les appliquons au découpage de l'espace aérien, ainsi qu'à d'autres problèmes. L'espace aérien est composé de volumes limités, appelés secteurs de contrôle, chacun étant sous la responsabilité d'un contrôleur. Chaque contrôleur est habilité sur un ensemble de secteurs, appelé zone de qualification. Les secteurs sont également regroupés en centres de contrôle, qui englobent au moins une zone de qualification. Dans le cadre du ciel unique européen, la Commission européenne a prévu la création de blocs fonctionnels d'espace aérien. La création de ces blocs entre pays européens entraînera probablement un redécoupage des centres actuels. Cette thèse propose des outils d'aide à la conception d'un nouveau découpage de l'espace européen en centres et en zones de qualification. À cet effet, plusieurs méthodes sont étudiées : des méthodes de partitionnement classiques,comme l'expansion de région, le multiniveaux ou les algorithmes de type Kernighan-Lin ; des métaheuristiques, comme le recuit simulé, les algorithmes de colonies de fourmis et les algorithmes évolutionnaires ; et une nouvelle méthode que nous avons mise au point, la fusion-fission. C'est cette dernière qui permet de trouver les découpages les plus performants, au sens de la fonction de coût utilisée, pour le découpage de l'espace aérien. Afin de diversifier ses applications, nous l'avons aussi adaptée à la segmentation d'images et à la classification de documents. Enfin, la qualité de cette méthode a été éprouvée sur les bancs de tests classiques du partitionnement de graphe et confrontée aux méthodes concurrentes. Elle a permis de trouver pour plusieurs problèmes de test des partitions dont le coût est le plus bas obtenu jusqu'à présent. ABSTRACT : This thesis studies graph partitioning methods and applies them to airspace partitioning and other partitioning problems. Each air traffic controller supervises a limited space, called an air traffic sector. Controllers have qualifications to work only on a set of sectors, called qualification air zone. Sectors are grouped together into control centers wich include almost one qualification air zone. The European single sky project intended by the European Commission could involve a new airspace partitioning into control centers and qualification air zones. In this framework, this thesis proposes some tools to design the airspace. Classical graph partitioning methods are studied (load-balancing, region growing and multilevel algorithms), a well as some metaheuristics (simulated annealing, ant colonies and evolutionary algorithms). A new method is introduced in this thesis : the fusion-fission method. Compared with the others, this method allows to find the best airspace partitioning for our objective function. To diversify its applications, the fusion- ission method has also been applied to image segmentation and documents clustering. Finally, it has been tested on classical benchmarks and compared with contestant methods. On benchmarks, it finds some new partitions which have the lowest cut ever foun
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