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    High-order Finite Volume WENO schemes for non-local multi-class traffic flow models

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    This paper focuses on the numerical approximation of a class of non-local systems of conservation laws in one space dimension, arising in traffic modeling, proposed by [F. A. Chiarello and P. Goatin. Non-local multi-class traffic flow models. Networks and Heteroge-neous Media, to appear, Aug. 2018]. We present the multi-class version of the Finite Volume WENO (FV-WENO) schemes [C. Chalons, P. Goatin, and L. M. Villada. High-order numerical schemes for one-dimensional non-local conservation laws. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 40(1):A288–A305, 2018.], with quadratic polynomial reconstruction in each cell to evaluate the non-local terms in order to obtain high-order of accuracy. Simulations using FV-WENO schemes for a multi-class model for autonomous and human-driven traffic flow are presented for M =

    The cylindrical drift chamber for the meg II

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    The MEG experiment, at PSI in Switzerland, aims at searching the charged lepton flavor violating decay m+ ! e+g. MEG has already determined the world best upper limit on the branching ratio: BR<4.2×10−13 @90\%CL with the full data set collected in the years 2009-2013. The new positron tracker is a high transparency single volume, full stereo cylindrical Drift Chamber (DC), immersed in a non uniform longitudinal B-field, co-axial to the muon beam line with length of 1:93 m, internal radius of 17 cm and external radius of 30 cm. It is composed of 10 concentric layers, divided in 12 identical sector of 16 drift cells each. The single drift cell is approximately square, with a 20 mm gold plated W sense wire surrounded by 40 mm silver plated Al field wires in a ratio of 5:1. For equalizing the gain of the innermost and outermost layers, two guard layers have been added at proper radii and at appropriate high voltages. The total number of wires amounts to 12288 for an equivalent radiation length per track turn of about 1.45x10-3 X0 when the chamber is filled with an ultra-low mass gas mixture of helium and iso-butane. Due to the high wire density (12wires=cm2), the use of the classical feed-through technique as wire anchoring system could hardly be implemented and therefore it was necessary to develop new wiring strategies. The number of wires and the stringent requirements on the precision of their position and on the uniformity of the wire mechanical tension impose the use of an automatic system (wiring robot) to operate the wiring procedures. Several tests have been performed in different prototypes of the drift chamber, exposed to cosmic rays, test beams and radioactive sources, to fulfill the requirement on the spatial resolution to be less than 110 mm. The drift chamber is currently under construction at INFN and should be completed by the end of 2017 to be then delivered to PSI

    Marcelino Chiarello: reflex?es de uma trajet?ria de vida e significados de uma morte tr?gica

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    The objective of the research was to analyze the trajectory of Marcelino Chiarello who was a teacher and councilor, in Chapec?-SC, and community and Union of Workers in Education leadership of The State of Santa Catarina (Sinte). He was found hanged at his house on November 28, 2011.The incient caused social commotion, since it was considered homicide inicially, according to the report of the lawyer who worked for Medical-Legal Institute (MLI), and by Civil Police investigations. Afterwards, police investigations were conducted for a suicide thesis, through the report of Medical-Legal Institute (MLI). After the first report, two others were presented, one being a certificate of suicide, prepared by Federal Police staff, and a second one that reported homicide thesis, prepared by the group of Legal Medicine at USP. The political formation of Marcelino was rooted in a relationship with the regional social movements, and it had a strong influence on the figure of Bishop Dom Jos? Gomes, and on social doctrine of Catholic Church. Aspects presented to Chiarello Case start from this correlation between the process of territorial building of the west of Santa Catarina and of Chapec? in specific. There are political, cultural, economic and social elements whose accumulate, influence, denote clashes by position and power. In this respect, local political history has features of past that are based on bossism/coronelist model, with cases of political violence (e.g., lynching of 1950). Marcelino death can feature, depending on the angle of observation, or the version to the case, similarities to the political tradition based on bossism/coronelist, since when councilor, Marcelino denounced to the Public Ministry, some cases of corruption against local political actors. In this research, 3 were made interviews by the author, in addition to the analysis of interviews granted to local media. As sources of research, the analysis of the Marcelino Chiarello the CEOM, personal collection materials of Pedro Chiarello, a significant amount of journalistic materials about the case, in addition to the investigative process analysis and produced reports about the death of Marcelino and the participation in events related to the case as Seminars and the release of the Popular Judgement Case Chiarello. It was a qualitative research, whose conceptual narrative went through Walter Benjamin and the historiographical approach used was the Micro-history, passing by the Social History and Political History, making use of the methodological principle of Carlo Ginzburg known as indicting paradigm. The signification of a interrupted life by a tragic death, by the further impact, by the strong mobilizations of the Forum in Defense of Life, by justice and Democracy and other repercussions, pointed that Marcelino Chiarello?s journey constitutes historical fact, and based on Micro-History, microanalysis sought to bring elements of comprehension of Regional History which contribute to historiography.O objetivo da pesquisa foi analisar a trajet?ria de Marcelino Chiarello, o qual foi professor e vereador, no munic?pio de Chapec?-SC, e lideran?a comunit?ria e do Sindicato dos Trabalhadores em Educa??o de Santa Catarina (Sinte). Em 28 novembro de 2011, Chiarello foi encontrado enforcado em sua resid?ncia. O fato causou como??o social, visto que foi tratado inicialmente como homic?dio, pelo laudo do legista do Instituto M?dico Legal (IML), e pelas investiga??es da Pol?cia Civil. Posteriormente, as investiga??es policiais foram conduzidas para a tese de suic?dio, por meio de um primeiro laudo do Instituto Geral de Per?cias (IGP). Ap?s o primeiro laudo, outros dois foram apresentados, sendo um atestando para suic?dio, elaborado por equipe da Pol?cia Federal, e outro que apontou para a tese de homic?dio, elaborado por equipe de Medicina Legal da USP. A forma??o pol?tica de Marcelino esteve alicer?ada na rela??o com os movimentos sociais regionais, e teve na figura do Bispo Dom Jos? Gomes e na Doutrina Social da Igreja Cat?lica, uma forte influ?ncia. Os aspectos postos para o Caso Chiarello partem desta correla??o entre ao processo de constru??o territorial do oeste catarinense, e de Chapec? em espec?fico. Esse processo de constru??o territorial constitui-se de elementos pol?ticos, culturais, econ?micos e sociais que se acumulam, influenciam, e denotam embates por posi??o, por poder. Neste aspecto, o hist?rico pol?tico local ? constitu?do por caracter?sticas do passado que se assentam no modelo mandonista/coronelista, com casos de viol?ncia pol?tica (como por exemplo, o linchamento de 1950). A morte de Marcelino pode caracterizar, dependendo do ?ngulo de observa??o ou da vers?o que se assume para o fato, semelhan?as com a tradi??o pol?tica assentada neste modelo mandonista/coronelista, visto que Chiarello, durante seu mandato de vereador, denunciou ao Minist?rio P?blico alguns casos de corrup??o contra agentes pol?ticos locais. Nesta pesquisa, foram feitas 3 entrevistas pelo autor, al?m da an?lise de entrevistas concedidas aos meios de comunica??o locais. Como fontes de pesquisa, a an?lise do acervo de Marcelino Chiarello no arquivo do CEOM, de materiais de acervo pessoal de Pedro Chiarello, uma quantidade significativa de mat?rias jornal?sticas sobre o caso, al?m da an?lise do processo investigat?rio e dos laudos produzidos acerca da morte de Marcelino e a participa??o em eventos relacionados ao caso, como Semin?rios e o lan?amento do Julgamento Popular do Caso Chiarello. Foi uma pesquisa qualitativa, cuja conceitual da narrativa passou por Walter Benjamin e a abordagem historiogr?fica utilizada foi a Micro-Hist?ria, transitando pela Hist?ria Social e Hist?ria Pol?tica, fazendo uso do princ?pio metodol?gico de Carlo Ginzburg conhecido como paradigma indici?rio. A significa??o de uma vida interrompida por uma morte tr?gica, pela repercuss?o posterior, pelas mobiliza??es intensas do F?rum em Defesa da Vida, por Justi?a e Democracia e demais repercuss?es, apontam que a trajet?ria de Marcelino Chiarello constitui fato hist?rico, e sob o vi?s da Micro-hist?ria, a microan?lise buscou trazer elementos de compreens?o da Hist?ria Regional, que contribuam para a historiografia

    2007 Guideline for isolation precautions : preventing transmission of infectious agents in healthcare settings. Last update: July 2023

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    Acknowledgement: The authors and HICPAC gratefully acknowledge Dr. Larry Strausbaugh for his many contributions and valued guidance in the preparation of this guideline.Suggested citation: Siegel JD, Rhinehart E, Jackson M, Chiarello L, and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/isolation/index.htmlIsolation-guidelines-H.pd

    Securing Wireless Infrared Communications Through Optical Chaos

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    A wireless infrared optical chaotic communication system, for the secure transmission of a digital message at hundreds of megabits per second is presented. A numerical investigation of the system is performed for various configurations, to evaluate the synchronization error and the Q-factor with respect to the impairments due to the indoor infrared channel
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