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Estimation of the invisible Z background to hadronic supersymmetry searches performed with proton-proton collision data at 7 and 8 TeV observed with the CMS detector during the first run of the CERN Large Hadron Collider
No full textIn searches for SUSY in all-hadronic channels, events with jets and a Z boson form an irreducible background when the \PZ\ boson decays to a pair of neutrinos. For R-parity conserving \susy models, every decay chain involving a superparticle must result in at least one \gls{lsp}, which can be neutral and noninteracting. The detector signature for the \gls{lsp} is identical to that of the two neutrinos from the \PZ, which appear as an imbalance in the transverse momentum of the event. The characterization of these types of events is crucially important in any search for new physics performed in a multi-jets+missing transverse momentum channel. A method for estimating this irreducible background using events with a measured photon is presented, and the results for a search performed in the all-hadronic multi-jet channel are shown to be consistent with standard model expectations. Limits are set on the mass of expected new particles in various models
Demonstrating TrussFab's editor: Designing sturdy large-scale structures
No full textCopyright © 2017 is held by the owner/author(s). We demonstrate TrussFab's editor for creating large-scale structures that are sturdy enough to carry human weight. TrussFab achieves the large scale by using plastic bottles as beams that form structurally sound node-link structures, also known as trusses, allowing it to handle the forces resulting from scale and load. During this hands-on demo at UIST, attendees will use the TrussFab software to design their own structures, validate their design using integrated structural analysis, and export their designs for 3D printing
Raccolta di Favole Scelte fra Quelle di Pignotti, Clasio, Bertola, Roberti, Grillo, Crudeli, Passeroni, Perego, Bondi, Polidori
No full textWow! Here is a sturdy little book of Italian fables published in London and sold in New York! After a short preface, there are 205 numbered verse fables on 410 pages. At the back there is a T of C, organized, like the book, according to the eleven authors represented. I had not even heard of many of these! What a great little find! Now I need to learn Italian…. For some reason, the title-page misses Rossi, who has fifteen fables here. Wow! Here is a sturdy little book of Italian fables published in London and sold in New York! After a short preface, there are 205 numbered verse fables on 410 pages. At the back there is a T of C, organized, like the book, according to the eleven authors represented. I had not even heard of many of these! What a great little find! Now I need to learn Italian…. For some reason, the title-page misses Rossi, who has fifteen fables here. Sold by Bernard & Monson, NY.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: ItalianBy Elizabeth Eyear
Field evaluation of CIEP and PCR detection/removal control methods of Aleutian mink disease (AD) in Canada
No full textDetection/removal control method of Aleutian disease by CIEP detection of ADV-antibody and farm or barn depopulation/repopulation, have been the recommended approaches of AD control since mid 1970s. The detection/removal was, at least under common N. American husbandry conditions, unsuccessful in controlling AD in a sustainable manner. Recently, attention was turned towards virus detection by PCR, and its use for AD eradication by removal of positive individual animals. In view of the common failures of CIEP to facilitate AD eradication, we were skeptical about premature acceptance of PCR-detection/removal, as the recommended control method. The frequent failures of CIEP test/removal were often blamed on breaches of biosecurity. However, we believed that this method has been based on fundamentally wrong premise that the virus is primarily harbored by the infected animals. In reality, this sturdy parvovirus is harbored primarily in the contaminated environment through feces, saliva, urine, whelping, as well as through blood during bleeding for testing. While the use of both CIEP and PCR for monitoring of farms free of the virus remains certainly a valid approach, the data obtained in this study indicate that detection/removal by neither of the methods could facilitate real and lasting freedom from the virus, under the conditions of the study
My Elvis Blackout and Neverland: Truth, Fiction and Celebrity in the Postmodernist Heterobiographical Composite Novel
No full textA PhD by publication comprising two of my books, My Elvis Blackout and Neverland, accompanied by a reflective and critical exegesis, which examines notions of truth, fiction and celebrity in the composite novel through a broadly analytical and practice-based methodology. The exegesis begins by exploring the links between the methodology of the fine artist and the new creative writer. It then demonstrates that My Elvis Blackout and Neverland represent an original contribution to knowledge in the way that they explore and develop literary form (the ‘composite’ novel), and, in their exploration of celebrity, myth-making and fictional hagiography, and that the two books function as performative critiques which probe the boundaries between fiction and the fabricated reality of celebrity culture. My exegesis analyses Linda Boldrini’s term ‘heterobiography’ (2012) with particular reference to Michael Ondaatje’s The Collected Works of Billy The Kid (1981), which as a bricolage relies upon the reader’s pre-conceived recognition of the historicity of its protagonist and continually tests the boundaries between fact and fiction. In this section of the exegesis, I propose that what sets My Elvis Blackout and Neverland apart from Billy The Kid is that whilst Ondaatje’s book certainly does exploit the confusions between fact, fiction, autobiography and history, it remains firmly set within the timeframe that its historical protagonist inhabits. My Elvis Blackout and Neverland remain grounded within their readers’ expectations of American settings contemporary to their nominative protagonists, but both books also feature dilations in both historical and geographical setting. Through analysis I have come to perceive ‘the celebrity persona’ as an identikit image assembled by thousands of witnesses. A photo fit photomontage tiered with impressions of subjective provenance, each layered transparency filtered through the fears and desires of fans and critics. Whereas other historiographic metafictions use historical figures as singular characters, My Elvis Blackout and Neverland can be seen to be utilising an ‘identikit’ concept to present their respective protagonists as manyheaded Hydras, or multiple probability ‘versions’ from parallel universes. By a conflation of terms, Hutcheon’s ‘historiographic metafiction’ (1988) and Boldrini’s ‘heterobiography’ (2012), My Elvis Blackout and Neverland are in fact historiobiographic metafictions. The exegesis concludes by establishing my own works’ live impact on the overarching celebrity metanarratives, and their inevitable organic status
Hans Belting, Face and Mask: a Double History
No full textIn this work, Hans Belting sets out to substantiate the assumption that the possibility and development of the image of the face have been tied to the concept of mask from time immemorial up to the very now of the “consumption of media faces” as the author puts it. The enterprise appears awe-inspiring, despite the charm of the oppositional pair face/mask only reminiscent of the once sturdy structuralism. The book falls into three parts, each of them divided in sundry usually short chapters. T..
Fabeln über Tiere und Menschen
No full textThis sturdy little volume is straightforward. It begins its fables with WS on the page after the title-page. There is no T of C or list of sources. Often a fabulist is cited after a particular fable: the most frequently cited seem to be Aesop, La Fontaine, Pfeffel, Gellert, Lessing, and Hagedorn. Also occasionally there are reproductions of illustrations from Grandville. Almost all the fables are in verse. For fun I tried Die Beratschlagung der Pferde by Gleim (21). A young horse gives an impassioned speech calling his horse brothers to rise up and claim their supremacy over the weak being that is humanity. A wise older horse points out that all the rational organization of horses' lives--their protection, their food, their rest--comes from humans. The horses return to their stalls. How nice of Fräulein Schrode to think of me with this gift!This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: GermanJames Thurber; aus dem Amerikanischen übertragen von Gerda Richte
Aesop's Fables
No full textHere is a sturdy 144-page book with a fable on every page after the first six pages, which include a numbered T of C on 4-6. Each page has a strong colored cartoon at its top, and each adds a moral. I find it a good rendition of the fables with lively cartoons. There are some curiosities along the way. The shepherd's own goats on 7 are referred to as the later where we would say latter. The same question arises with betted on 21. Why might Rabbit and Frog on 11 mention that the frogs overheard the rabbits' suicide plans? And why have the frogs jump out of the river rather than into it? The version of UP here has a wolf bringing the good news that there is no killing. In this version the hen in the tree sees a lion coming (29). The Unfaithful Ass (129) has the dying ass ask Why the hell did I set out to fight? We do not find that language in children's books here. Despite the little stumbling blocks I have mentioned, I find these stories and pictures well done.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)This book has a dust jacket (book cover
HOW CAN WE GET RID OF DOGMATIC PRIOR INFORMATION?
No full textIn this paper it is argued that conclusions cannot be sturdy if they are based upon unchecked dogmatic prior information. The vehicle chosen to evaluate models is their out-of-sample prediction performance. If model M predicts systematically better than model N we should stop using N, but if the difference in predictive quality is mainly caused by a few very influential observations there is reason for serious doubt. The testing point of view of McAleer et al. (1985) and many others is adopted, but it is demonstrated that some of the tests may be misleading. The author agrees with the conclusion of Learner (1985) that sensitivity analysis is important but he prefers different tools of analysis and a different reporting style
Psychosocial correlates of recidivism in a sample of ex-prisoners: the role of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder
No full textThe present study aimed to (a) examine the role of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder in predicting recidivism, while controlling for childhood arrest, perceived neighbourhood crime frequency, alcohol consumption, age, and gender, and (b) explore the relevance of these factors in predicting risk of recidivism for males and females separately. Participants were 669 ex-prisoners identified in the National Survey of American Life. Results revealed that gender, Conduct Disorder, and average daily alcohol consumption predicted recidivism. When separate models were estimated for males and females, only average daily alcohol consumption was predictive of female recidivism. By comparison, recidivism was significantly predicted in males by Conduct Disorder in youth and childhood arrest. Oppositional Defiant Disorder was also negatively associated with recidivism in males. Consequently, targeting variables identified as significant predictors of recidivism for both males and females, or males, is unlikely to be an optimal way of reducing repeat offending
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