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    [Report to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author #1]

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    Report to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author. The report contains a list of officers who gave depositions to the United States Attorney

    [Report to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author #2]

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    Report to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author. The report contains a list of officers who gave depositions to the United States Attorney

    Evidence for the decay B0→J/ψω and measurement of the relative branching fractions of meson decays to J/ψη and J/ψη′

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    First evidence of the B 0 → J / ψ ω decay is found and the B s 0 → J / ψ η and B s 0 → J / ψ η ′ decays are studied using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb -1 collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of sqrt(s) = 7 TeV. The branching fractions of these decays are measured relative to that of the B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0 decay:frac(B (B 0 → J / ψ ω), B (B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0)) = 0.89 ± 0.19 (stat) - 0.13 + 0.07 (syst),frac(B (B s 0 → J / ψ η), B (B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0)) = 14.0 ± 1.2 (stat) - 1.5 + 1.1 (syst) - 1.0 + 1.1 (frac(f d, f s)),frac(B (B s 0 → J / ψ η ′), B (B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0)) = 12.7 ± 1.1 (stat) - 1.3 + 0.5 (syst) - 0.9 + 1.0 (frac(f d, f s)), where the last uncertainty is due to the knowledge of f d / f s, the ratio of b-quark hadronization factors that accounts for the different production rate of B 0 and B s 0 mesons. The ratio of the branching fractions of B s 0 → J / ψ η ′ and B s 0 → J / ψ η decays is measured to befrac(B (B s 0 → J / ψ η ′), B (B s 0 → J / ψ η)) = 0.90 ± 0.09 (stat) - 0.02 + 0.06 (syst)

    Measurement of the ratio of prompt χ c to J / ψ production in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

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    The prompt production of charmonium χ c and J / ψ states is studied in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 7 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider. The χ c and J / ψ mesons are identified through their decays χ c → J / ψ γ and J / ψ → μ + μ - using 36 pb - 1 of data collected by the LHCb detector in 2010. The ratio of the prompt production cross-sections for χ c and J / ψ, σ (χ c → J / ψ γ) / σ (J / ψ), is determined as a function of the J / ψ transverse momentum in the range 2 < p T J / ψ < 15 GeV / c. The results are in excellent agreement with next-to-leading order non-relativistic expectations and show a significant discrepancy compared with the colour singlet model prediction at leading order, especially in the low p T J / ψ region

    Scale up of two-dimensional conductivity tensor for heterogeneous fracture networks

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    An approach is developed to scale up the two-dimensional conductivity tensor for highly heterogenous fracture networks, based on a numerical modelling approach that was proposed previously by Zhang et al., J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. 33, 17–37 (1996). In that approach, it was assumed that the fractured rock mass was statistically uniform and only a unit square of sample rock was needed to work out the conductivity tensor. Hence, its application was limited where the heterogenous characteristics of a fracture network was not negligible. In the present paper, the local conductivity tensors, both magnitude and direction, either calculated based on small fracture networks or samples measured on separate exposures are scaled up to estimate the overall nature of conductivity for a relatively large region.The approach developed is used to estimate the two-dimensional conductivity tensor of naturally fractured rock masses for two types of fracture networks, constant aperture and variable aperture under stress. The effects of sample number and sample size of local sub-areas were examined against the totally sampled area. Finally, field data were used to predict the overall conductivity tensor of a large region, based on four fracture networks sampled on separate exposures within the region.<br/

    An improved moving particle semi-implicit method for dam break simulation

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    Dam break is quite a common and hazard phenomenon in shipbuilding and ocean engineering. The objective of this study is to investigate dam break hydrodynamics with improved Moving Particle Semi-implicit method (MPS). Compared to traditional mesh methods, MPS is feasible to simulate surface flows with large deformation, however, during the simulation, the pressure oscillates violently, due to misjudgment of surface particles as well as particles gathering together. To modify these problems, a new arc method is applied to judge free surface particles, and a collision model is introduced to avoid particles from gathering together. Hydrostatic pressure is simulated by original and improved MPS. The results verify that improved MPS method is more effective. Based on these, dam break model is investigated with improved MPS

    Foreign direct investment and China's bilateral intra-industry trade with Japan and the US

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    This paper analyzes dynamic changes of China's intra-industry trade with its major trading partners, Japan and the US, from 1980 to 2004. It also investigates to what extent foreign direct investment promoted intra-industry trade. The empirical results show that, while shares of China's intra-industry trade with both Japan and U.S rose substantially, its intra-industry trade with Japan has reached 35 per cent of the overall trade, considerably larger than 10 per cent with the US. Sino-Japan intra-industry trade concentrated in the electrical and machinery sectors accounted for 52 per cent and 46 per cent of overall trade respectively. On the other hand, it is in the chemical and food sectors where intra-industry trade represented a relatively large proportion of Sino-US trade, 50 per cent and 30 per cent accordingly in each sector. In addition, the analysis indicates that Japanese direct investment in China performed a significant role in enhancing intra-industry trade between Japan and China. However, it found no evidence that the US direct investment in China contributed to the growth of the bilateral intra-industry trade between the two countries.intra-industry trade; FDI; China

    Jilinga linzhiensis Xing et al. 2012

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    Jilinga linzhiensis Xing et al., 2012 Fig. 8 G–I Jilinga linzhiensis Xing et al., 2012:49 Distribution. China Remarks. This species was described from Tibet, China, and the illustrations of male genitalia were provided by Xing et al. (2012). It is very similar to J. darjilingensis, but may be distinguished from the latter by the dorsal connective with one pair of processes at the base.Published as part of Zhang, Huining & Dai, Wu, 2017, Revision of the grassland leafhopper genus Jilinga Ghauri (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini) with description of a new species from China, pp. 541-553 in Zootaxa 4268 (4) on page 552, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/58094

    Murder on the mountain: author talk with Peter J. Wosh

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    Author talk by Peter J. Wosh on May 5th, 2022, on his book, "Murder on the Mountain: crime, passion, and punishment in gilded age New Jersey.

    Some modifications of MPS method for incompressible free surface flow

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    As a Lagrangian mesh-free method, the Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS)[1] method is very suitable for simulating violent flows, such as breaking waves on free surface. However, despite its wide range of applicability, the original MPS algorithm suffers from some inherent difficulties in obtaining an accurate fluid pressure in both spatial and time domain. Different modifications to improve the method have been proposed [2-5] in the literature. In this paper, the authors developed a particle position shifting and collision handling technique which could effectively suppress the pressure fluctuation. In addition, a new version of “cell-link” neighbour particle searching strategy, which reduces about 7/9 (~78%) of the searching area compared with traditional “cell-link” algorithm, is proposed.The developed MPS method with the proposed modifications has been tested on two free surface flow problems: 2D dam break and liquid sloshing. The numerical results obtained are found to be in good agreement with the available numerical and experimental results. With the proposed modifications, the stability and accuracy of the pressure field are improved in spatial and time domains
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