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Cosmic degeneracies III: N-body simulations of Interacting Dark Energy with non-Gaussian initial conditions
No full textWe perform for the first time N-body simulations of interacting dark energy assuming non-Gaussian initial conditions, with the aim of investigating possible degeneracies of these two theoretically independent phenomena in different observational probes. We focus on the large-scale matter distribution, as well as on the statistical and structural properties of collapsed haloes and cosmic voids. On very large scales, we show that it is possible to choose the interaction and non-Gaussian parameters such that their effects on the halo power spectrum cancel, and the power spectrum is indistinguishable from a Λ cold dark matter (ΛCDM) model. On small scales, measurements of the non-linear matter power spectrum, halo-matter bias, halo and subhalo mass function, and cosmic void number function validate the degeneracy determined on large scales. However, the internal structural properties of haloes and cosmic voids, namely halo concentration–mass relation and void density profile, are very different from those measured in the ΛCDM model, thereby breaking the degeneracy. In practice, the values of fNL required to cancel the effect of interaction are already ruled by observations. Our results show in principle that the combination of large- and small-scale probes is needed to constrain interacting dark energy and primordial non-Gaussianity separately
Two new species of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Cameron's Highlands, Peninsular Malaysia, with keys to 21 species of the Simulium asakoae species-group
No full textTakaoka, H., Sofian-Azirun, M., Ob, Z. Ya'C, Hashim, R. (2014): Two new species of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Cameron's Highlands, Peninsular Malaysia, with keys to 21 species of the Simulium asakoae species-group. Zootaxa 3765 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.1.
Characterisation of the effects of transient enhanced diffusion in SiGe HBTs by a comparison of measured and 2D simulated device characteristics
No full textAn analysis of the relationship between the international economic-legal regime and the achievement of balanced and stable growth through the international economic cycle
No full textThe global economy is controlled by an 'international economic–legal regime' (hereinafter
"IELR"), in which international economic institutions (hereinafter "IEIs") are the major nonstate
actors. They provide the rules of the game for the interaction of the States in an
international economic scenario. These IEIs, through their institutional capacity, enhance
certainty and predictability within the IELR, thereby passively supporting stable and a balanced
growth of global economy.
This thesis argues that opportunities to achieve stable and balanced growth, in which both the
financial and the real side of the economy grow, can be improved if the IEIs increase their focus
on the relationship between the Economic Cycle and the IEIs' institutional role. This argument
is developed by analysing the relationship between the IEIs' institutional role and the Economic
Cycle, first describing the Economic Cycle, and then clarifying the functioning of the IEIs in
their institutional role. To narrow the scope of this research, this thesis takes two IEIs as case
studies; namely, the IMF and the WTO
Effects of the antimicrobial agent sulfamethazine on metolachlor persistence and sorption in soil.
No full textRecent monitoring investigations have shown that antimicrobial agents used in veterinary medicine can cause nonpoint
source contamination of soils through manure spreading. In the present study, the effect of the antimicrobial
agent sulfamethazine (sulfadimidine) on degradation and sorption of the herbicide metolachlor in a sandy loam soil
was studied. In soil samples treated with sulfamethazine at two concentrations (15 and 150 mg/kg soil), metolachlor
persistence was not different than of that observed in untreated samples. These results were supported by the absence of
effects of both sulfamethazine concentration levels on the size of the culturable soil bacteria population. Equilibrating
soil samples with metolachlor solutions containing equivalent sulfamethazine concentrations did not lead to any significant
effects on metolachlor sorption, suggesting that, under the conditions of the present experiment, sulfamethazine
did not affect metolachlor bioavailability in soil. This laboratory investigation showed that concentrations of sulfamethazine
in the lg kg1 range did not cause significant effects on metolachlor degradation and sorption thus not affecting
the main processes ruling its environmental fate in soil
Thermal expansion anomalies of R(Fe, M)(12) (R=Y, Nd; M=Mo and Si)
No full textStructural and thermal-expansion anomaly studies on R(Fe,M)(12) (R=Nd and and Y, M=Mo and Si) compounds were performed by x-ray diffraction. Mo atoms occupy the 8i site. While Si atoms occupy the 8f and 8j sites but not the 8i site. Thermal-expansion anomaly shows only in ab plane in the Mo compounds, while becomes very weak and along with only the c axis in the Si compounds. The anomaly was attributed to the contribution of the interactions of short Fe-Fe distances similar to the previous explanation on other R-Fe intermetallics and that of other strongly positive interactions such as 8j-8j. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000230168300025&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=8e1609b174ce4e31116a60747a720701Physics, AppliedSCI(E)EICPCI-S(ISTP)
Nocturia Think Tank: Focus on Nocturnal Polyuria: Report from the ICI-RS 2011
No full textWeiss JP, Ruud Bosch JL, Drake M, Dmochowski RR, Hashim H, Hijaz A, Johnson TM, Juul K, Nørgaard JP, Norton P, Robinson D, Tikkinen KA, Van Kerrebroeck PE, Wein AJ. . Neurourol Urodyn 2012; 31:330-
Letter from Thomas R. Bodine, American Friends Service Committee Seattle office, to Mary M. Kimber, May 25, 1942
No full textLetter from Thomas R. Bodine to Mary M. Kimber, asking Kimber to visit individuals from the Puget Sound area incarcerated at Pinedale Assembly Center: Rev. Daisuke Kitigawa, Waichi Oyanagi, Chisako Higuchi, Mutsuo Hasiguchi and Mrs. Matsuoka, Makato Kobukata, the Hirabayashi family, and Violet Yokoyama. A note in pencil at the top of the page: "Burcham." A response letter from Grace and Calvin Coke to Thomas R. Bodine is found in item: chs_ms840_0306.Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide
A 2 h periodic variation in the low-mass X-ray binary Ser X-1
No full textSpectroscopy of the low-mass X-ray binary Ser X-1 using the Gran Telescopio Canarias have revealed a ?2 h periodic variability that is present in the three strongest emission lines. We tentatively interpret this variability as due to orbital motion, making it the first indication of the orbital period of Ser X-1. Together with the fact that the emission lines are remarkably narrow, but still resolved, we show that a main-sequence K dwarf together with a canonical 1.4 M? neutron star gives a good description of the system. In this scenario, the most likely place for the emission lines to arise is the accretion disc, instead of a localized region in the binary (such as the irradiated surface or the stream-impact point), and their narrowness is due instead to the low inclination (?10°) of Ser X-1
Cancer mortality disparities among New York City’s Upper Manhattan neighborhoods
No full textThe East Harlem (EH), Central Harlem (CH), and Upper East Side (UES) neighborhoods of New York City are geographically contiguous to tertiary medical care, but are characterized by cancer mortality rate disparities. This ecological study aims to disentangle the effects of race and neighborhood on cancer deaths. Mortality-to-incidence ratios were determined using neighborhood-specific data from the New York State Cancer Registry and Vital Records Office (2007-2011). Ecological data on modifiable cancer risk factors from the New York City Community Health Survey (2002-2006) were stratified by sex, age group, race/ethnicity, and neighborhood and modeled against stratified mortality rates to disentangle race/ethnicity and neighborhood using logistic regression. Significant gaps in mortality rates were observed between the UES and both CH and EH across all cancers, favoring UES. Mortality-to-incidence ratios of both CH and EH were similarly elevated in the range of 0.41-0.44 compared with UES (0.26-0.30). After covariate and multivariable adjustment, black race (odds ratio=1.68; 95% confidence interval: 1.46-1.93) and EH residence (odds ratio=1.20; 95% confidence interval: 1.07-1.35) remained significant risk factors in all cancers' combined mortality. Mortality disparities remain among EH, CH, and UES neighborhoods. Both neighborhood and race are significantly associated with cancer mortality, independent of each other. Multivariable adjusted models that include Community Health Survey risk factors show that this mortality gap may be avoidable through community-based public health interventions. © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc
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