cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Water-based particle size magnifier for wet sampling of aerosol particles
Creators: name: Ito, Erika
name: Tamadate, Tomoya
name: Inomata, Yayoi
name: Seto, Takafumi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 60506 Virology

description: A water-based particle size magnifier (WPSM) was designed and applied to the wet sampling of airborne nanoparticles at the air-liquid interface (ALI). A T-shaped micromixer was employed to supersaturate the water vapor by instantaneous turbulent mixing between a cold aerosol and hot water vapor-laden gas. The nucleation efficiency of the size-selected test particles of sodium chloride (10 to 40 nm) and lithium sulfate (30 to 150 nm) was evaluated by changing the operation parameters of the WPSM. It was found that over 80% of the test particles (>30 nm) successfully grew into droplets larger than 2.3 µm, which is the cutoff diameter of the impactor. The condensational growth of the water droplets was also confirmed experimentally using an optical particle sizer as well as theoretical calculations. To realize stable deposition at the ALI, a cold wall condenser was employed for draining the excess water vapor from the WPSM. As a result of inertial deposition on the water surface, airborne particles were transported from air to the liquid phase through the ALI, and aqueous ions (Li+) were successfully detected by ion chromatography (IC). The detection limit of the WPSM-IC system was as low as 0.33 µg m−3-air, which corresponded to the 10-minute sampling of 30-nm particles with a number concentration of approximately 10,000 particles mL−1. Copyright © 2021 American Association for Aerosol Research
Conserve Wildlife: Newsletter of the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife's Endangered and Nongame Species Program, Fall/Winter 2002
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Fish and Wildlife (NJDEP), the Endangered and Nongame Species Program
Year: 2002

description: This newsletter is intended to inform interested individuals and organizations about the activities and events of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Division of Fish and Wildlife's Endangered and Nongame Species Program, as well as provide general information about New Jersey wildlife. This issue contains articles about the division's art and essay contest, the departure of the division's director, a request for the public to report sightings of threatened or endangered species, and a report on the division's work in the Canadian Arctic.
Maximal rigid objects without loops in connected 2-CY triangulated categories are cluster-tilting objects
Creators: name: Xu, Jinde
name: Ouyang, Baiyu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 16G20, 16G70, 18E30

description: In this paper, we study the conjecture II.1.9 of Cluster structures for 2-Calabi-Yau categories and unipotent groups, which said that any maximal rigid object without loops or 2-cycles in its quiver is a cluster tilting object in a connected Hom-finite triangulated 2-CY category C. We obtain some conditions equivalent to the conjecture, and using them we proved the conjecture.
description: 15 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1004.5475, arXiv:math/0701557 by other authors. final version, to appear in J. Algebra Appl. minor changes
Probing the $Hγγ$ coupling via Higgs exclusive decay into quarkonia plus a photon at the HL-LHC
Creators: name: Dong, Hongxin
name: Sun, Peng
name: Yan, Bin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is well know that the precise measurement of $H\toγγ$ can generate two degenerate parameter spaces of $Hγγ$ anomalous coupling. We propose to utilize the exclusive Higgs rare decays $H\toΥ(ns)+γ$ to break above mentioned degeneracy and further to constrain the $Hγγ$ anomalous coupling at the HL-LHC. We demonstrate that the branching ratios of $H\toΥ(ns)+γ$ can be significantly enhanced in the non-SM-like parameter space from $H\toγγ$ measurement, due to the destructive interference between the direct and indirect production of $Υ(ns)$ in the SM. By applying the NRQCD factorization formalism, we calculate the partial decay widths of $H\toΥ(ns)+γ$ at the NLO accuracy of $α_s$. We show that it is hopeful to break such degenerate parameter space at the HL-LHC if we can further highly suppress the background and enhance the signal efficiency compared to the ATLAS preliminary simulation.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, published version
Priority Setting Within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, Division of Science and Research
Year: 1992

description: The purpose of this paper is to examine the need for formal environmental priority setting within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy. The paper will discuss how priorities are currently established by (and for) the DEP, why a better approach is needed, the policy implications of pursuing a more structured system, and a review of priority setting efforts nationally.
DNA confined in a two-dimensional strip geometry
Creators: name: Huang, Aiqun
name: Bhattacharya, Aniket
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Semiflexible polymers characterized by the contour length $L$ and persistent length $\ell_p$ confined in a spatial region $D$ have been described as a series of ``{\em spherical blobs}'' and ``{\em deflecting lines}'' by de Gennes and Odjik for $\ell_p < D$ and $\ell_p \gg D$ respectively. Recently new intermediate regimes ({\em extended de Gennes} and {\em Gauss-de Gennes}) have been investigated by Tree {\em et al.} [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 110}, 208103 (2013)]. In this letter we derive scaling relations to characterize these transitions in terms of universal scaled fluctuations in $d$-dimension as a function of $L,\ell_p$, and $D$, and show that the Gauss-de Gennes regime is absent and extended de Gennes regime is vanishingly small for polymers confined in a 2D strip. We validate our claim by extensive Brownian dynamics (BD) simulation which also reveals that the prefactor $A$ used to describe the chain extension in the Odjik limit is independent of physical dimension $d$ and is the same as previously found by Yang {\em et al.}[Y. Yang, T. W. Burkhardt, G. Gompper, Phys. Rev. E {\bf 76}, 011804 (2007)]. Our studies are relevant for optical maps of DNA stretched inside a nano-strip.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Parasyrphus vittiger
Creators: name: MAZáNEK, Libor
name: VONIČKA, Pavel
name: PREISLER, JiřÍ
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Parasyrphus
Parasyrphus vittiger

description: Parasyrphus vittiger (Zetterstedt, 1843) Eurosibiřský druh, který se nejčastěji vyskytuje v jehličnatých lesÍch až po hornÍ hranici lesa. Jeho afidofÁgnÍ larvy jsou nalézÁny v korunÁch jedlÍ, buků, smrků a borovic. Bukovec PR [3b]: 13.VI.2005, 1 ♀. Černá hora PR [5]: 14.-29.VIII.2004, 1 ♀ (MT). Jizerka [15a]: 14.VI.2005, 1 ♀ (SW). Rašeliniště Jizerky NPR [33b]: 14.VI.2005, 1 ♀ (SW). Rašeliniště Jizery NPR [34]: 5.-17.V.2003, 1 ♂ (YPT). Smrk [39a]: 13.VII.-3.VIII.2006, 1 ♂ (MT). Tichá říčka PP [44]: 6.V.-2.VI.2004, 1 ♂ (CFT).
description: Published as part of MAZáNEK, Libor, VONIČKA, Pavel & PREISLER, JiřÍ, 2009, Syrphidae (Diptera) of the Jizerské hory Mts and Frýdlant region (northern Bohemia, Czech Republic), pp. 3-46 in Sborník Severočeského Muzea 27 on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7153554
Information processing with topologically protected vortex memories in exciton-polariton condensates
Creators: name: Sigurdsson, H.
name: Egorov, O. A.
name: Ma, X.
name: Shelykh, I. A.
name: Liew, T. C. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that in a non-equilibrium system of an exciton-polariton condensate, where polaritons are generated from incoherent pumping, a ring-shaped pump allows for stationary vortex memory elements of topological charge $m = 1$ or $m = -1$. Using simple potential guides we can choose whether to copy the same charge or invert it onto another spatially separate ring pump. Such manipulation of binary information opens the possibility of a new type processing using vortices as topologically protected memory components.
Customer On-site Renewable Energy (CORE) Program Rebate Level Update September 8, 2005
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey's Clean Energy Program (NJCEP), New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU), Office of Clean Energy
Year: 2005

description: This document provides information related to New Jersey's Clean Energy Program, including a September update on the Customer On-site Renewable Energy (CORE) Program Rebate Level. With the advice and consent of the Clean Energy Council, the Office of Clean Energy is changing the rebate levels for solar photovoltaic equipment installation in the Customer On-site Renewable Energy program. Applications for rebate on solar electric systems in the CORE program will be approved for a maximum rebate according to the schedule announced on May 25, 2005 assuming the system is placed in service before January 1, 2006. This document also contains a Customer On-site Renewable Energy (CORE) Program Policy Enforcement Update from August 29, 2005.
Realization of all-optical higher-order spatial differentiators based on cascaded operations
Creators: name: Shou, Yichang
name: Wang, Yan
name: Miao, Lili
name: Chen, Shizhen
name: Luo, Hailu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cascaded operations play an important role in traditional electronic computing systems for the realization of advanced strategies. Here, we introduce the idea of cascaded operations into all-optical spatial analog computing. The single function of the firstorder operation is difficult to meet the requirements of practical applications in image recognition. The all-optical second-order spatial differentiators are implemented by cascading two first-order differential operation units, and the image edge detection of amplitude and phase objects are demonstrated. Our scheme provides a possible pathway towards the development of compact multifunctional differentiators and advanced optical analog computing networks.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures
Effect of Specific Chemical Reactions on the Transformation and the Transport of Chromium in the Soil-Water System : Part I
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Delaware
Year: 1995

description: This document contains the first part of a report (cover through Chapter 3) from the third year of a study of chromium leaching behavior from chromium contaminated soil (Cr-soil) in Hudson County, New Jersey. Chromium is the most commonly found toxic heavy metal contaminant in New Jersey soils, and poses a considerable environmental hazard. Remediation of contaminated sites is necessary to reduce the public health hazard, and therefore it is essential to understand the chemical and physical interaction of chromium with soils. The major goal of this research is to evaluate the kinetic parameters of chromium redox reactions in soils with respect to various environmental conditions experienced at the contaminated site. pH levels, temperature, and the presence of manganese are all found to be important variables.
Circuit QED flip-flop memory with all-microwave switching
Creators: name: Andersen, Christian Kraglund
name: Mølmer, Klaus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a theoretical proposal for a microwave driven circuit composed of superconducting resonators and qubits which shows a bistable behaviour, and we present a simple mechanism that allows single- or few-photon microwave pulses to work as Set- and Reset-signals that switch the circuit between its stable modes. The resulting system constitutes an ultra-low-energy Set-Reset flip-flop, and we show that its memory lifetime far exceeds the lifetime of states stored in any of its separate components.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures and Supplementary Information
Application of planar auto-compensating laser-induced incandescence to low-sooting turbulent flames and investigation of the detection gate width effect
Creators: name: Bouvier, M.
name: Yon, J.
name: Liu, F.
name: Cabot, G.
name: Grisch, F.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Laser-induced incandescence (LII) is an optical technique that is widely used for the in situ measurement of the soot volume fraction in flames. The low intensity of LII signals in low-sooting turbulent flames means that long camera acquisition times are needed to achieve sufficiently high signal-to-noise ratios. The direct application of auto-compensating LII (AC-LII) to infer the soot volume fraction from the measured LII signals can lead to large errors due to the significant decrease in the temperature of the soot particles over the duration of the camera gate. In order to reduce the measurement errors from AC-LII, we propose an improved approach in which the cooling of soot particles during the camera acquisition of LII signals is considered. The proposed methodology is applied to planar AC-LII measurements for the determination of soot volume fraction and primary particle diameter in a low-sooting turbulent flame, with the help of the open source LII software LIISim. This study represents the first application of planar AC-LII to a turbulent flame. A sensitivity analysis is also conducted in order to determine the main factors affecting the uncertainty of the proposed approach. Copyright © 2021 American Association for Aerosol Research
Real-Time Oil Leakage Detection on Aftermarket Motorcycle Damping System with Convolutional Neural Networks
Creators: name: Bianchi, Federico
name: Speziali, Stefano
name: Marini, Andrea
name: Proietti, Massimiliano
name: Menculini, Lorenzo
name: Garinei, Alberto
name: Bellani, Gabriele
name: Marconi, Marcello
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this work, we describe in detail how Deep Learning and Computer Vision can help to detect fault events of the AirTender system, an aftermarket motorcycle damping system component. One of the most effective ways to monitor the AirTender functioning is to look for oil stains on its surface. Starting from real-time images, AirTender is first detected in the motorbike suspension system, simulated indoor, and then, a binary classifier determines whether AirTender is spilling oil or not. The detection is made with the help of the Yolo5 architecture, whereas the classification is carried out with the help of a suitably designed Convolutional Neural Network, OilNet40. In order to detect oil leaks more clearly, we dilute the oil in AirTender with a fluorescent dye with an excitation wavelength peak of approximately 390 nm. AirTender is then illuminated with suitable UV LEDs. The whole system is an attempt to design a low-cost detection setup. An on-board device, such as a mini-computer, is placed near the suspension system and connected to a full hd camera framing AirTender. The on-board device, through our Neural Network algorithm, is then able to localize and classify AirTender as normally functioning (non-leak image) or anomaly (leak image).
description: analysis of literature reviewed, n.2 figures added, minor corrections
MPEC 2023-V15 : 2004 VZ14
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
A Swarm of Bs
Creators: name: Evans, Jared A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: New physics signals containing five or more b-tagged jets, but without MET or leptons, could realistically be sitting within the current 8 TeV LHC data set without receiving meaningful constraints from any of the existing LHC searches at either ATLAS or CMS. This work provides several examples of simple, motivated models that yield final states containing many b-jets. To study the potential for uncovering new physics in these high b-jet multiplicity channels, this paper focuses on a natural supersymmetry scenario where each of the pair-produced stops decays to an on-shell chargino, which subsequently decays via an MFV-motivated, R-parity violating coupling. This gives rise to an eight-jet final state containing six b-quarks. Although no public measurements exist, estimates indicate that the standard model backgrounds in high b-jet multiplicity channels should be very small. To circumvent the background uncertainty, an asymmetric method is presented that utilizes two different techniques to conservatively exclude or to discover new physics in high b-jet multiplicity final states.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables, journal version
Steady-state phase diagram of a driven QED-cavity array with cross-Kerr nonlinearities
Creators: name: Jin, Jiasen
name: Rossini, Davide
name: Leib, Martin
name: Hartmann, Michael J.
name: Fazio, Rosario
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the properties of an array of QED-cavities coupled by nonlinear elements in the presence of photon leakage and driven by a coherent source. The main effect of the nonlinear couplings is to provide an effective cross-Kerr interaction between nearest-neighbor cavities. Additionally, correlated photon hopping between neighboring cavities arises. We provide a detailed mean-field analysis of the steady-state phase diagram as a function of the system parameters, the leakage, and the external driving, and show the emergence of a number of different quantum phases. A photon crystal associated to a spatial modulation of the photon blockade appears. The steady state can also display oscillating behavior and bistability. In some regions the crystalline ordering may coexist with the oscillating behavior. Furthermore we study the effect of short-range quantum fluctuations by employing a cluster mean-field analysis. Focusing on the corrections to the photon crystal boundaries, we show that, apart for some quantitative differences, the cluster mean field supports the findings of the simple single-site analysis. In the last part of the paper we concentrate on the possibility to build up the class of arrays introduced here, by means of superconducting circuits of existing technology. We consider a realistic choice of the parameters for this specific implementation and discuss some properties of the steady-state phase diagram.
description: 11 pages, 12 figures
Location Sensing and Beamforming Design for IRS-Enabled Multi-User ISAC Systems
Creators: name: Yu, Zhouyuan
name: Hu, Xiaoling
name: Liu, Chenxi
name: Peng, Mugen
name: Zhong, Caijun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This paper explores the potential of the intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in realizing multi-user concurrent communication and localization, using the same time-frequency resources. Specifically, we propose an IRS-enabled multi-user integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) framework, where a distributed semi-passive IRS assists the uplink data transmission from multiple users to the base station (BS) and conducts multi-user localization, simultaneously. We first design an ISAC transmission protocol, where the whole transmission period consists of two periods, i.e., the ISAC period for simultaneous uplink communication and multi-user localization, and the pure communication (PC) period for only uplink data transmission. For the ISAC period, we propose a multi-user location sensing algorithm, which utilizes the uplink communication signals unknown to the IRS, thus removing the requirement of dedicated positioning reference signals in conventional location sensing methods. Based on the sensed users' locations, we propose two novel beamforming algorithms for the ISAC period and PC period, respectively, which can work with discrete phase shifts and require no channel state information (CSI) acquisition. Numerical results show that the proposed multi-user location sensing algorithm can achieve up to millimeter-level positioning accuracy, indicating the advantage of the IRS-enabled ISAC framework. Moreover, the proposed beamforming algorithms with sensed location information and discrete phase shifts can achieve comparable performance to the benchmark considering perfect CSI acquisition and continuous phase shifts, demonstrating how the location information can ensure the communication performance.
Decrypting Transition States by Light: Photoisomerization as a Mechanistic Tool in BrÃ¸nsted Acid Catalysis
Creators: name: Renzi, P.
name: Hioe, J.
name: Gschwind, Ruth Maria
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: TRANSFER HYDROGENATION; PHOSPHORIC-ACIDS; BOND ROTATION; IMINES; ACTIVATION; POWERFUL; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PHOTOREDUCTION; ISOMERIZATION; PHOSPHATES;
subject: 540 Chemie

description: Despite the wide applicability of enantioselective Bronsted acid catalysis, experimental insight into transition states is Very rare, and most of the mechanistic knowledge is gained by theoretical calculations. Here, we present an alternative approach (decrypting transition state by light = DTS-hv), which enables the decryption of the transition states involved in chiral phosphoric acids catalyzed addition of nucleophiles to imines. Photoisomerization of double bonds is employed as a mechanistic tool. For this class of reactions four pathways (Type I Z, Type I E, Type II Z, Type II E) are possible, leading to different enantiomers depending on the imine configuration (E- or Z-imine) and on the nucleophilic attack site (top or bottom). We demonstrated that the imine double bond can be isomerized by light (365 nm LED) during the reaction leading to a characteristic fingerprint pattern of changes in reaction rate and enantioselectivity. This characteristic fingerprint pattern is directly correlated to the transition states involved in the transformation. Type I Z and Type II Z are demonstrated to be the competing pathways for the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketimines, while in the nucleophilic addition of acetylacetone to N-Boc protected aldimines Type I E and Type II E are active. Accelerations on reaction rate up to 177% were observed for ketimines reduction. Our experimental findings are supported by quantum chemical calculations and noncovalent interaction analysis.
Mercury Contamination in New Jersey Freshwater Fish: Report of the Toxics in Biota Committee
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
Year: 1994

description: The primary objective of this project is to assess the amount of mercury contamination in higher trophic level fish from selected freshwaters in New Jersey. Higher trophic level fish are generally the most sought after species by anglers. They represent the major mercury source in human diets.
Optimal iteration and its application to some problems in aerosol science and particle dynamics
Creators: name: Lewis, Ernie R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Iteration is a common technique for finding the solutions to an equation. It is easy to code, straightforward to apply, readily comprehensible, and can be run indefinitely until a given accuracy is attained. However, for a given equation there are multiple iteration schemes that can be employed, with different convergence rates, and there is no obvious way to determine a priori which is best. Here the convergence rates of different approaches to simple iteration schemes are analyzed and the new technique of optimal iteration, which determines the scheme that maximizes the convergence rate, is introduced and illustrated by its application to several common problems in aerosol and particle dynamics. The first application is determination of the mobility diameter of an aerosol particle from the measured mobility, which is complicated by the nonlinearity of the Cunningham correction. This same equation occurs in the determination of the diameter of multiply charged particles with the same mobility diameter as singly charged particles. The next application is determination of the aerodynamic diameter from the mobility diameter for situations in which the Cunningham correction must be taken into account. The final two applications are determination of the terminal velocity from the diameter, and of the diameter from the terminal velocity, for particles sufficiently large that Stokes’ Law does not apply. The technique is easy to apply and can be employed in a number of situations.
MPEC 2023-V16 : 2023 UC11
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 UC11

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Optimal Iteration and its Application to Some Problems in Aerosol Science and Particle Dynamics
Creators: name: Lewis, Ernie R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Iteration is a common technique for finding the solutions to an equation. It is easy to code, straightforward to apply, readily comprehensible, and can be run indefinitely until a given accuracy is attained. However, for a given equation there are multiple iteration schemes that can be employed, with different convergence rates, and there is no obvious way to determine a priori which is best. Here the convergence rates of different approaches to simple iteration schemes are analyzed and the new technique of optimal iteration, which determines the scheme that maximizes the convergence rate, is introduced and illustrated by its application to several common problems in aerosol and particle dynamics. The first application is determination of the mobility diameter of an aerosol particle from the measured mobility, which is complicated by the nonlinearity of the Cunningham correction. This same equation occurs in the determination of the diameter of multiply-charged particles with the same mobility diameter as singly-charged particles. The next application is determination of the aerodynamic diameter from the mobility diameter for situations in which the Cunningham correction must be taken into account. The final two applications are determination of the terminal velocity from the diameter, and of the diameter from the terminal velocity, for particles sufficiently large that Stokes’ Law does not apply. The technique is easy to apply and can be employed in a number of situations.
Skipper-CCDs: current applications and future
Creators: name: Cervantes-Vergara, B. A.
name: Perez, S.
name: D'Olivo, J. C.
name: Estrada, J.
name: Grimm, D. J.
name: Holland, S.
name: Sofo-Haro, M.
name: Wong, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This work briefly discusses the potential applications of the Skipper-CCD technology in astronomy and reviews its current use in dark matter and neutrino experiments. An overview of the ongoing efforts to build multi-kilogram experiments with these sensors is given, in the context of the Oscura experiment. First results from the characterization of Oscura sensors from the first 200 mm wafer-fabrication run with a new vendor are presented. The overall yield of the electron counting capability of these sensors is 71%. A noise of 0.087 e$^-$ RMS, with 1225 samples/pix, and a dark current of (0.031$\pm$0.013) e$^-$/pix/day at 140 K were measured.
Smart Growth, NJ: Vol. 1, Issue 2, Winter 2004
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Office of Smart Growth
Year: 2004

description: This newsletter serves as a Smart Growth resource so citizens can keep track of New Jersey's Smart Growth efforts, current events, county and municipal Smart Growth initiatives, and many other topics that deal with New Jersey's future through Smart Growth. This issue contains information on preserving New Jersey's Highlands, smart growth strategy, community design trends, Camden County's growth planning, brownfields redevelopment, and Sussex County's design charrette.
MPEC 2023-V17 : 2023 VE
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 VE

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Aerosol and droplet generation from performing with woodwind and brass instruments
Creators: name: McCarthy, Lauren P.
name: Orton, Christopher M.
name: Watson, Natalie A.
name: Gregson, Florence K. A.
name: Haddrell, Allen E.
name: Browne, William J.
name: Calder, James D.
name: Costello, Declan
name: Reid, Jonathan P.
name: Shah, Pallav L.
name: Bzdek, Bryan R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: The performing arts have been significantly restricted due to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. We report measurements of aerosol and droplet concentrations generated when playing woodwind and brass instruments and comparisons with breathing, speaking, and singing. These measurements were conducted in a room with zero number concentration aerosol background in the 0.5-20 µm diameter size range, allowing clear attribution of detected particles to specific activities. A total of 13 instruments were examined across 9 participants. Respirable particle number concentrations and size distributions for playing instruments are consistent with those from the participant when breathing, based on measurements with multiple participants playing the flute and piccolo as well as measurements across the entire cohort. Due to substantial interparticipant variability, we do not provide a comparative assessment of the aerosol generated by playing different instruments, instead considering only the variation in aerosol yield across all instruments studied. Both particle number and mass concentrations from playing instruments are lower than those from speaking and singing at high volume, and no large droplets >20 µm diameter are detected. Combined, these observations suggest that playing instruments generates less aerosol than speaking or singing at high volumes. Moreover, there is no difference between the aerosol concentrations generated by professional and amateur performers while breathing, speaking, or singing, suggesting conclusions for professional singers may also apply to amateurs.
Flavour Models with Three Higgs Generations
Creators: name: Hartmann, Florian
name: Kilian, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct models with a spontaneously broken $SU(3)_F$ flavour symmetry where three generations of Higgs multiplets transform in a flavour-triplet representation. The models are embedded in a supersymmetric Pati-Salam GUT framework, which includes left-right symmetry. We study the possible flavon representations and show that a model with flavons in the decuplet representation is able to reproduce the hierarchy structure of the quark and lepton mass and mixing matrices. This result requires no additional structure or fine-tunings except for an extra $Z_4$ discrete symmetry in the superpotential.
description: 12 pages, v2 published in EPJ-C
ANJEC Report Summer 2005: Vol. 25, No. 3
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC)
Year: 2005

description: This quarterly journal, published by the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC), offers practical suggestions for local action and explores environmental issues in New Jersey. Full-length feature articles cover subjects such as suburban sprawl, drinking water quality, stream corridor protection, land use planning, open space, tree ordinances and noise pollution. Highlights of this issue include: ANJEC Names 2005 Smart Growth Grant Recipients; ANJEC's Annual Meeting and Election of Board Members; Spruce Run Regional Initiative; ANJEC in the City -Environmental Justice Petitions; and Resource Center -Economics of Open Space.
Disordered Graphene Ribbons as Topological Multicritical Systems
Creators: name: Kasturirangan, Saumitran
name: Kamenev, Alex
name: Burnell, Fiona J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The low energy spectrum of a zigzag graphene ribbon contains two gapless bands with highly non-linear dispersion, $ε(k)=\pm |π-k|^W$, where $W$ is the width of the ribbon. The corresponding states are located at the two opposite zigzag edges. Their presence reflects the fact that the clean ribbon is a quasi one dimensional system naturally fine-tuned to the topological {\em multicritical} point. This quantum critical point separates a topologically trivial phase from the topological one with the index $W$. Here we investigate the influence of the (chiral) symmetry-preserving disorder on such a multicritical point. We show that the system harbors delocalized states with the localization length diverging at zero energy in a manner consistent with the $W=1$ critical point. The same is true regarding the density of states (DOS), which exhibits the universal Dyson singularity, despite the clean DOS being substantially dependent on $W$. On the other hand, the zero-energy localization length critical exponent, associated with the lattice staggering, is not universal and depends on the topological index $W$.
description: 13 pages, 12 figures
Statistical Constraints
Creators: name: Rossi, Roberto
name: Prestwich, Steven
name: Tarim, S. Armagan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.4.1

description: We introduce statistical constraints, a declarative modelling tool that links statistics and constraint programming. We discuss two statistical constraints and some associated filtering algorithms. Finally, we illustrate applications to standard problems encountered in statistics and to a novel inspection scheduling problem in which the aim is to find inspection plans with desirable statistical properties.
MPEC 2023-V18 : 2023 VF
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 VF

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Aerosol and Droplet Generation from Performing with Woodwind and Brass Instruments
Creators: name: McCarthy, Lauren P.
name: Orton, Christopher M.
name: Watson, Natalie A.
name: Gregson, Florence K. A.
name: Haddrell, Allen E.
name: Browne, William J.
name: Calder, James D.
name: Costello, Declan
name: Reid, Jonathan P.
name: Shah, Pallav L.
name: Bzdek, Bryan R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: The performing arts have been significantly restricted due to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. We report measurements of aerosol and droplet concentrations generated when playing woodwind and brass instruments and comparisons with breathing, speaking, and singing. These measurements were conducted in a room with zero number concentration aerosol background in the 0.5-20 μm diameter size range, allowing clear attribution of detected particles to specific activities. A total of 13 instruments were examined across 9 participants. Respirable particle number concentrations and size distributions for playing instruments are consistent with those from the participant when breathing, based on measurements with multiple participants playing the flute and piccolo as well as measurements across the entire cohort. Due to substantial interparticipant variability, we do not provide a comparative assessment of the aerosol generated by playing different instruments, instead considering only the variation in aerosol yield across all instruments studied. Both particle number and mass concentrations from playing instruments are lower than those from speaking and singing at high volume, and no large droplets >20 μm diameter are detected. Combined, these observations suggest that playing instruments generates less aerosol than speaking or singing at high volumes. Moreover, there is no difference between the aerosol concentrations generated by professional and amateur performers while breathing, speaking, or singing, suggesting conclusions for professional singers may also apply to amateurs.
Baryonic matter perturbations in decaying vacuum cosmology
Creators: name: Marttens, R. F. vom
name: Hipólito-Ricaldi, W. S.
name: Zimdahl, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the perturbation dynamics for the cosmic baryon fluid and determine the corresponding power spectrum for a $Λ(t)$CDM model in which a cosmological term decays into dark matter linearly with the Hubble rate. The model is tested by a joint analysis of data from supernovae of type Ia (SNIa) (Constitution and Union 2.1), baryonic acoustic oscillation (BAO), the position of the first peak of the anisotropy spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and large-scale-structure (LSS) data (SDSS DR7). While the homogeneous and isotropic background dynamics is only marginally influenced by the baryons, there are modifications on the perturbative level if a separately conserved baryon fluid is included. Considering the present baryon fraction as a free parameter, we reproduce the observed abundance of the order of $5\%$ independently of the dark-matter abundance which is of the order of $32\%$ for this model. Generally, the concordance between background and perturbation dynamics is improved if baryons are explicitly taken into account.
description: 22 pages, 6 figures Analysis enlarged, references added, accepted for publication in JCAP
Intrinsic Carrier Losses in Tellurium Due to Radiative and Auger Recombinations
Creators: name: Hader, Jörg
name: Liebscher, Sven C.
name: Moloney, Jerome V.
name: Koch, Stephan W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Fully microscopic many-body models based on inputs from first principle density functional theory are used to calculate the carrier losses due to radiative- and Auger-recombinations in bulk tellurium. It is shown that Auger processes dominate the losses for carrier densities in the range typical for applications as lasers. The Auger loss depends crucially on the energetic position of the $H_6$ valence bands. At cryogenic temperatures of 50$\,$K (100$\,$K) the Auger coefficient, $C$, varies by about six (three) orders of magnitude within the range of published distances between these bands and the valence bandedge. Values for $C$ at the high and low end of these ranges are found if the distance is smaller or larger than the bandgap, respectively. At room temperature the sensitivity is reduced to about a factor of four with $C$ values ranging between $0.4$ and $1.6\times 10^{-27}$cm$^6$s$^{-1}$. Here, radiative losses dominate for carrier densities up to about $10^{16}/$cm$^3$ with a loss coefficient $B\approx 10^{-11}$cm$^3$s$^{-1}$. The radiative losses are about two to three times lower than in typical bulk III-V materials for comparable wavelengths.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures. Submitted to Applied Physics Letters on 07/27/2022
New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, Hudson County
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Historic Preservation Office
Year: 2004

description: This document by the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places lists properties and historic districts in Hudson County, New Jersey for which a formal action was taken by the State Historic Preservation Officer or designee. The listings are current through the end of 2002, and itemize the buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places (SR) and the National Register of Historic Places (NR). They also include resources that have received Certifications of Eligibility (COE), opinions of eligibility from the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO Opinion), or Determinations of Eligibility (DOE) from the Keeper of the National Register.
MOND theory
Creators: name: Milgrom, Mordehai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A general account of MOND theory is given. I start with the basic tenets of MOND, which posit departure from standard dynamics in the limit of low acceleration -- below an acceleration constant a0 -- where dynamics become scale invariant. I list some of the salient predictions of these tenets. The special role of a0 and its significance are then discussed. In particular, I stress its coincidence with cosmologically relevant accelerations. The deep-MOND limit and the consequences of its scale invariance are considered in some detail. General aspects of MOND theories are then described, after which I list briefly presently known theories, both nonrelativistic and relativistic. Most full-fledged theories modify the gravitational action, hinge on a0, introduce an interpolating function between the low and high accelerations, and obey MOND requirements in the opposite limits. These theories have much heuristic value as proofs of various concepts (e.g., that covariant MOND theories can be written with correct gravitational lensing). But, probably, they are, at best, effective theories of limited applicability. I then outline several other promising approaches to constructing MOND theories that strive to obtain MOND as an effective theory from deeper concepts, for example, by modifying inertia and/or gravity as a result of interactions with some omnipresent agent. Some theories do enjoy a natural appearance of a cosmological-constant-like contribution that, furthermore, exhibits the observed connection with a0. However, none were shown to address fully the mass discrepancies in cosmology and structure formation that are otherwise explained by cosmological dark matter. We have no clues as to whether and how MOND aspects enter non-gravitational phenomena, but I discuss briefly some possibilities.
description: 15 pages, to be published in a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Physics dedicated to MOND. Minor corrections to match published version