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Structural and Natural Isotopic Abundance Analysis of Magnesium Gluconate Treated with Energy of Consciousness (The Trivedi Effect®)
Creators: name: Sand, Carola Marina
Publisher: name: SMN - The ScienceMedia Network
Year: 2019
Subjects: Natural Sciences

description: The current research article was aimed to investigate the impact of The Trivedi Effect®- Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment on the structural properties and isotopic abundance ratio (PM+1/PM and PM+2/PM) of magnesium gluconate using LC-MS and NMR spectroscopy. Magnesium gluconate was divided into two parts – one part was control, and another part was treated with The Trivedi Effect® remotely by eighteen renowned Biofield Energy Healers and defined as the Trivedi Effect® Treated sample. The liquid chromatogram of the control sample showed two peaks at Rt of 1.81 and 2.06 min, whereas the Trivedi Effect® Treated sample displayed these peaks at Rt of 1.79 and 2.03 min. The ESI-MS spectra of the control and the Trivedi Effect® Treated samples revealed the presence of the mass for magnesium gluconate ion in two forms at m/z 447 (adduct form with methanol) and 415 (protonated ion) in positive ionization mode. But, it showed the mass for the gluconate ion at m/z 195 in the negative ionization mode. The fragmentation pattern of magnesium gluconate in the treated sample was notably altered as compared to the control sample. The proton and carbon signals for CH, CH2 and CO groups in the proton and carbon NMR spectra were found almost similar for the control and the treated samples. The isotopic abundance ratio analysis revealed that the isotopic abundance ratio of PM+1/PM (2H/1H or 13C/12C or 17O/16O or 25Mg/24Mg) in two magnesium gluconate ion forms at m/z 447 and 415 in treated sample was significantly decreased by 59.82% and 55.44%, respectively compared with the control sample. The percentage change in the isotopic abundance ratio of PM+2/PM (18O/16O or 26Mg/24Mg) was remarkably decreased in the magnesium gluconate ion at m/z 447 in the treated sample by 78.26% compared with the control sample. Consequently, the isotopic abundance ratio of PM+1/PM (2H/1H or 13C/12C or 17O/16O) in gluconate ion in the treated sample was significantly increased by 37.35% with respect to the control sample. Thus, the Trivedi Effect® treated magnesium gluconate could be valuable for designing better pharmaceutical and/or nutraceutical formulations through its changed physicochemical and thermal properties, which might be providing better therapeutic response against various diseases such as diabetes mellitus, allergies, aging, inflammatory diseases, immunological disorders, and other chronic infections. The treated magnesium gluconate might be helpful to design the novel potent enzyme inhibitors by using its kinetic isotope effects.
Impact of Biofield Energy Treated Herbomineral Formulation on Mouse Dendritic and Splenocyte Cells for Modulation of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines
Creators: name: Sand, Carola Marina
Publisher: name: SMN - The ScienceMedia Network
Year: 2019
Subjects: Natural Sciences

description: The use of herbomineral formulation in the healthcare sector for different chronic diseases is gaining popularity due to its fewer side effects, high safety profile, and cost effectiveness. A new proprietary herbomineral formulation was formulated, consisting of four essential ingredients viz. herbal root extract (ashwagandha), and minerals (zinc, magnesium, and selenium). The study aims to evaluate the in vitro effect of Biofield Energy Healing (The Trivedi Effect®) on the test formulation using murine dendritic (DCs) and splenocyte cells. The herbomineral formulation was divided into two parts; one was represented as control, while the other part was treated with the Biofield Energy Healing Treatment remotely by eighteen renowned Biofield Energy Healers (The Trivedi Effect®) and defined as the Biofield Treated formulation. The effect of the test formulation on these cells were monitored by an estimation of pro-inflammatory cytokines level such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α), macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP-1α), and interleukin (IL-1β) in cell culture supernatants at the non-cytotoxic concentrations of the test formulation using MTT assay. The DCs were treated with the Biofield Energy Treated test formulation at different concentrations (i.e. 1.05 to 1052.5 µg/mL) for 24 hours, and the results showed significant (p≤0.001) suppression of TNF-α levels at all the tested concentrations with a maximum percentage decrease by 43.64% at 5.2 µg/mL concentration in the Biofield Treated formulation as compared with the untreated test formulation. Further, the Biofield Treated formulation also demonstrated inhibition of MIP-1α and IL-1β at a concentration range of 0.0000105 to 10.5 µg/mL in LPS stimulated splenocyte cells. There was a significant (p≤0.001) inhibition of MIP-1α (26.52%) and IL-1β (35.28%) in the Biofield Treated test formulation at concentration 0.000105 µg/mL and 0.0000105 µg/mL, respectively in comparison to the untreated test formulation. Overall, these results suggest that the Biofield Energy Healing based herbomineral formulation (The Trivedi Effect®) significantly down-regulated the tested cytokines expression in DCs and splenocyte cells as compared to the untreated formulation. Therefore, the Biofield Healing based formulation might be useful as a better anti-inflammatory product for many chronic and acute inflammatory disease conditions and autoimmune disorders. The Biofield Energy Treatment based formulation can also be effectively applied in cases of organ transplants, stress management and anti-aging by improving overall health.
Passive Dynamics in Mean Field Control
Creators: name: Bušić, Ana
name: Meyn, Sean
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Mean-field models are a popular tool in a variety of fields. They provide an understanding of the impact of interactions among a large number of particles or people or other "self-interested agents", and are an increasingly popular tool in distributed control. This paper considers a particular randomized distributed control architecture introduced in our own recent work. In numerical results it was found that the associated mean-field model had attractive properties for purposes of control. In particular, when viewed as an input-output system, its linearization was found to be minimum phase. In this paper we take a closer look at the control model. The results are summarized as follows: (i) The Markov Decision Process framework of Todorov is extended to continuous time models, in which the "control cost" is based on relative entropy. This is the basis of the construction of a family of controlled Markovian generators. (ii) A decentralized control architecture is proposed in which each agent evolves as a controlled Markov process. A central authority broadcasts a common control signal to each agent. The central authority chooses this signal based on an aggregate scalar output of the Markovian agents. (iii) Provided the control-free system is a reversible Markov process, the following identity holds for the linearization, \[ \text{Real} (G(jω)) = \text{PSD}_Y(ω)\ge 0, \quad ω\in\Re, \] where the right hand side denotes the power spectral density for the output of any one of the individual (control-free) Markov processes.
description: To appear IEEE CDC, 2014
Topological quantum phases of ${^4}$He confined to nanoporous materials
Creators: name: Pollet, Lode
name: Kuklov, Anatoly
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ground state of $^4$He confined in a system with the topology of a cylinder can display properties of a solid, superfluid and liquid crystal. This phase, which we call compactified supersolid (CSS), originates from wrapping the basal planes of the bulk hcp solid into concentric cylindrical shells, with several central shells exhibiting superfluidity along the axial direction. Its main feature is the presence of a topological defect which can be viewed as a disclination with Frank index $n=1$ observed in liquid crystals, and which, in addition, has a superfluid core. The CSS as well as its transition to an insulating compactified solid with a very wide hysteresis loop are found by ab initio Monte Carlo simulations. A simple analytical model captures qualitatively correctly the main property of the CSS -- a gradual decrease of the superfluid response with increasing pressure.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures + supplemental information; replaced with published version; substantial changes with first version
Multi-mode effects in cavity QED based on a one-dimensional cavity array
Creators: name: Zhu, Wei
name: Wang, Z. H.
name: Zhou, D. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a microscopic mo del of cavity quantum electro dynamics based on a one-dimensional coupled cavity array (1D CCA), where a sup er cavity (SC) is comp osed by a segment of the 1D CCA with relatively smaller couplings with the outsides. The single-photon scattering problem for the SC empty or with a two-level atom is investigated. We obtain the exact theoretical result on the transmission rate for our system, which predicts the transmission p eaks shall app ear near the eigen-energies. Our numerical results further prove that the SC is a well-defined multi-mo de cavity. When a two-level atom resonant with the SC lo cates at the antino de of the resonant mo de, the transmission sp ectrum shows a clear sign of vacuum Rabi splitting as exp ected. However, when the atom lo cates at the no de of the resonant mo de, we observe a deep valley in the transmission p eak, which can b e explained by the destructive interference of two transmission channels, one is the resonant mo de, while the other is arising from the atom coupling with the non-resonance mo des. The effect of non-resonance mo des on vacuum Rabi splitting is also analyzed.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures
Notes on natural inflation
Creators: name: Yonekura, Kazuya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the so-called natural inflation, an axion-like inflaton is assumed to have a cosine-type periodic potential. This is not the case in a very simple model in which the axion-like inflaton is coupled to an SU(N) (or other) pure Yang-Mills, at least in the large N limit as pointed out by Witten. It has a multi-valued potential, which is effectively quadratic, i.e., there is only a mass term in the large N limit. Thanks to this property, chaotic inflation can be realized more naturally with the decay constant of the axion-like inflaton less than the Planck scale. We demonstrate these points explicitly by using softly broken ${\mathcal N}=1$ Super-Yang-Mills which allows us to treat finite N. This analysis also suggests that moderately large gauge groups such as $E_{8}$ are good enough with a Planck scale decay constant.
description: 12 pages. v2: Published version
Nonadiabatic stationary behaviour in a driven low-dimensional gapped system
Creators: name: Maraga, Anna
name: Smacchia, Pietro
name: Fabrizio, Michele
name: Silva, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the emergence of nonadiabatic behavior in the dynamics of the order parameter in a low-dimensional quantum many-body system subject to a linear ramp of one of its parameters. While performing a ramp within a gapped phase seems to be the most favorable situation for adiabaticity, we show that such a change leads eventually to the disruption of the order, no matter how slowly the ramp is performed. We show this in detail by studying the dynamics of the one-dimensional quantum Ising model subject to linear variation of the transverse magnetic field within the ferromagnetic phase, and then propose a general argument applicable to other systems.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Anderson localization on the Bethe lattice: non-ergodicity of extended states
Creators: name: De Luca, A.
name: Altshuler, B. L.
name: Kravtsov, V. E.
name: Scardicchio, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Statistical analysis of the eigenfunctions of the Anderson tight-binding model with on-site disorder on regular random graphs strongly suggests that the extended states are multifractal at any finite disorder. The spectrum of fractal dimensions $f(α)$ defined in Eq.(3), remains positive for $α$ noticeably far from 1 even when the disorder is several times weaker than the one which leads to the Anderson localization, i.e. the ergodicity can be reached only in the absence of disorder. The one-particle multifractality on the Bethe lattice signals on a possible inapplicability of the equipartition law to a generic many-body quantum system as long as it remains isolated.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures + 4 pages supplemental material. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1401.0019
Of cats and people
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1951

description: An illustrated booklet on the effects of alcohol, based on E. M. Jellinek's article and pamphlet "Alcohol, cats, and people" first published in 1948 in Allied Youth. Geared toward young people, the booklet uses a new approach in alcohol education: telling a science-based story with the help of cartoons in a modified comic book.
Evaluation of the Trivedi Effect® - Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment on the Physical, Structural, and Thermal Properties of Zinc Chloride
Creators: name: Sand, Carola Marina
Publisher: name: SMN - The ScienceMedia Network
Year: 2019
Subjects: Natural Sciences

description: Zinc chloride has an importance in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries for the prevention and treatment of several diseases. The objective of the current study was to investigate the impact of The Trivedi Effect® - Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment (Biofield Energy Treatment) on physical, structural, and thermal properties of zinc chloride using PXRD, PSD, FT-IR, UV-vis, TGA, and DSC analysis. Zinc chloride was divided into two parts – one part was control, while other part was treated with The Trivedi Effect® remotely by eighteen renowned Biofield Energy Healers and defined as The Trivedi Effect® Treated sample. A significant change of the crystallite size and relative intensities of the PXRD peaks was observed in The Trivedi Effect® treated sample with respect to the control sample. The average crystallite size of the treated sample was significantly increased by 41.22% compared with the control sample. The size of the particles at d10, d50, and d90 was increased by 8.33%, 6.27%, and 1.83%, respectively in the treated sample compared with the control sample. The surface area of the treated sample was decreased by 5.90% compared with the control sample. The FT-IR spectroscopic analysis revealed that Zn-Cl stretching in the control and treated sample were at 511 and 507 cm-1, respectively. The UV-vis analysis exhibited that wavelength of the maximum absorbance of both the control and treated samples were at 196.4 and 196.3 nm, respectively. The TGA analysis exhibited that weight loss of the treated sample was reduced by 13.98% and 2.43% in the 1st and 2nd steps of degradation, respectively. Consequently, the DSC analysis revealed that the maximum thermal decomposition temperature of the treated sample (489.06°C) was significantly increased by 15.75% compared with the control sample (422.50°C). Moreover, a significant increase in the enthalpy of decomposition was noticed in the treated sample (ΔHdecomp = 131.40 J/g) by 137.10% compared with the control sample (ΔHdecomp = 55.42 J/g). The current study anticipated that The Trivedi Effect® Treatment might lead to produce a new polymorphic form of zinc chloride, which could have better powder flowability and thermal stability. The treated sample could be more stable during manufacturing, delivery or storage conditions than the untreated sample. Hence, the treated zinc chloride would be very useful to design better nutraceutical and/or pharmaceutical formulations that might offer better therapeutic response against inflammatory diseases, immunological disorders, aging, stress, cancer, etc.
Investigation of Physicochemical, Spectral, and Thermal Properties of Sodium Selenate Treated with the Energy of Consciousness (The Trivedi Effect®)
Creators: name: Sand, Carola Marina
Publisher: name: SMN - The ScienceMedia Network
Year: 2019
Subjects: Natural Sciences

description: Sodium selenate is used for the prevention and treatment of various disorders like cancer, diabetes, inflammation diseases, etc. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effect of The Trivedi Effect®-Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment (Biofield Energy Treatment) on physicochemical, spectral, and thermal properties of The Trivedi Effect®-Biofield Energy Treated sodium selenate using various analytical methods such as PXRD, PSD, FT-IR, UV-vis spectroscopy, TGA, and DSC analysis. Sodium selenate was divided into two parts – one part was control without any treatment and another part was treated with The Trivedi Effect®-Biofield Energy Healing Treatment remotely by eighteen renowned Biofield Energy Healers and defined as The Trivedi Effect®-Energy of Consciousness Healing Treated sample. The PXRD analysis showed the significant alteration of the crystallite size of the treated sample in the range of -36.36% to 133.24% as compared to the control sample. However, the average crystallite size of the treated sample was significantly decreased by 8.31% as compared to the control sample. Overall, the crystal morphology of the treated sample was different from the control sample. The particle sizes d10, d50, and d90 values of the treated sample were significantly decreased by 3.40%, 9.75%, and 8.52%, respectively as compared to the control sample. Consequently, the surface area of the treated sample was significantly increased by 5.26% from the control sample. Both the control and treated FT-IR spectra indicated the presence of sharp and strong absorption bands at 887 cm-1 due to the Se=O stretching. The UV-vis spectroscopic analysis displayed that the wavelength for the maximum absorbance of both the control and treated samples were at 204.1 and 204.0 nm, respectively. TGA analysis revealed that the total weight loss of the treated sample was reduced by 1.24% as compared with the control sample. The DSC analysis showed that the treated sample (588.77°C) had higher melting point than the control sample (588.60°C). The latent heat of fusion was reduced in the treated sample by 8.01% compared to the control sample. Thus, The Trivedi Effect®-Biofield Energy Healing might lead to generate a new polymorphic (enantiotropic) form of sodium selenate which would be more soluble, bioavailable, and thermally stable compared with the untreated sample. The Trivedi Effect treated sodium selenate would be very useful to design better nutraceutical and/or pharmaceutical formulations that might offer better therapeutic response against inflammatory diseases, immunological disorders, stress, aging, infectious diseases, cancer, diabetes, heart diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, etc.
When war meets a natural disaster – the earthquake in Syria
Creators: name: Gianola, Martina
Publisher: name: Eurac Research
Year: 2023

description: The Syrian conflict is not over. There is no peace agreement and the slow works of the Constitutional Committee – in place since 2019 – could not state it clearer.
However, lately Syria has captured international headlines for another reason: on 6 February 2023, a violent earthquake hit the Northwest area which borders Turkey.
Physical, Spectroscopic, and Thermal Characterization of Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) Root Extract Treated with the Energy of Consciousness
Creators: name: Sand, Carola Marina
Publisher: name: SMN - The ScienceMedia Network
Year: 2019
Subjects: Natural Sciences

description: Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) root extract and their active metabolites possess a broad range of pharmacological activities. The current study aimed to explore the impact of The Trivedi Effect® - Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment (Biofield Energy Healing) on the physical, spectroscopic, and thermal properties of ashwagandha root extract using PXRD, PSD, FT-IR, UV-vis spectroscopy, TGA, and DSC analysis. Ashwagandha root extract was divided into two parts – one part was control without any and another part was treated with The Trivedi Effect® - Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment remotely by eighteen renowned Biofield Energy Healers and defined as The Trivedi Effect® treated sample. The PXRD analysis exhibited that both the treated and control samples were amorphous in nature. The particle sizes at d10, d50, and d90 values of the treated sample were significantly decreased by 12.23%, 10.97%, and 1.25%, respectively with respect to the control sample. The surface area analysis revealed that the surface area of the treated sample was significantly increased by 14.29% as compared to the control sample. The FT-IR analysis indicated the alteration of the force constant for the functional groups of the treated sample in comparison to the control sample. The UV-vis analysis revealed that the wavelength for the maximum absorbance of the control and treated samples were at 205.8 and 206.0 nm, respectively. The TGA analysis revealed that the total weight loss was decreased by 0.70% in the treated sample as compared to the control sample. This indicated that the treated sample was thermally more stable as compared to the control sample. The DSC analysis indicated that the melting point of the treated sample (190.48°C) was decreased by 4.91% than the control sample (203.45°C). The latent heat of fusion of the treated (4.94 J/g) sample was significantly decreased by 42.96% compared with the control (8.66 J/g) sample. The current findings suggest that The Trivedi Effect® - Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment (Biofield Energy Healing) might have the astounding capacity to enhance the solubility, absorption, dissolution, and finally, bioavailability of ashwagandha root extract in various form of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical formulation by modifying its particle size and surface area. Thus, the treated ashwagandha root extract might provide better therapeutic response against against inflammatory diseases, immunological disorders, stress, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, sexual disorders, aging and other chronic infections.
LC-MS, GC-MS, and NMR Spectroscopic Analysis of Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) Root Extract After Treatment with the Energy of Consciousness
Creators: name: Sand, Carola Marina
Publisher: name: SMN - The ScienceMedia Network
Year: 2019
Subjects: Natural Sciences

description: Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) root extract is very popular ancient herbal medicine. The current study was designed to investigate the impact of The Trivedi Effect® - Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment on the structural characterization of the ashwagandha root extract using LC-MS, GC-MS, and NMR spectroscopy. Ashwagandha root extract was divided into two parts – one part was control, without any Biofield Energy Healing Treatment, while another part was treated with the Biofield Energy Healing Treatment remotely by eighteen renowned Biofield Energy Healers and defined as the Biofield Energy Treated sample. The retention time of the phytoconstituents remained same in both the control and treated samples, whereas the peak area% at respective retention time was significantly altered. The peak area% of the treated sample at Rt of 5.35, 5.55, 5.94, 6.25, 6.63, 6.76, 7.92, 8.04, 8.60, 8.73, and 9.31 min were significantly reduced by 6.15% to 60.67% compared with the control sample at Rt of 5.43, 5.65, 5.95, 6.29, 6.76, 6.85, 8.03, 8.14, 8.68, 8.78, and 9.30 min. Consequently, the peak area% of the treated sample at Rt of 7.25, 7.30, 8.27, and 8.47 min were significantly increased by 26.32%, 7.99%, 16.93% and 7.97% compared with the control sample at Rt of 7.37, 7.41, 8.36, and 8.55 min, respectively. A total of 13 withanolides were proposed with their structure from the deduced molecular mass at m/z 470, 472, 488, 504, 782, and 991 through LC-MS, GC-MS, 1H and 13C NMR analysis of both the control and treated samples. Viscosa lactone B, 27-hydroxy withanolide A, (20S, 22R)-α, 6α-epoxy-β, 5β, 27-trihydroxy-1-oxowitha-24-enolide, (20S, 22R)-4β, 5β, 6α, 27-tetrahydroxy-1-oxo-with-2, 24-dienolide were proposed in the control and treated samples at Rt of 6.85 and 7.30 min, respectively. Dihydrowithanolide D was only identified in the control sample at Rt of 7.41 min, whereas withanoside IV or withanoside VI was only present in the Biofield Treated sample at Rt of 6.76 min. Withanolide A, withaferin A, withanone, withanolide D, ixocarpalactone A and withanolide sulfoxide were found in both the control and treated samples. These findings suggest that The Trivedi Effect® - Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment could be beneficial for altering the concentration of the phytoconstituents in the ashwagandha root extract by modifying their intrinsic physicochemical properties, which might be helpful to improve the bioavailability of active constituents of W. somnifera extract that might provide better therapeutic response against inflammatory diseases, immunological disorders, stress, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, sexual disorders, aging and other chronic infections.
Asymptotic Behavior of Ultra-Dense Cellular Networks and Its Economic Impact
Creators: name: Park, Jihong
name: Kim, Seong-Lyun
name: Zander, Jens
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper investigates the relationship between base station (BS) density and average spectral efficiency (SE) in the downlink of a cellular network. This relationship has been well known for sparse deployment, i.e. when the number of BSs is small compared to the number of users. In this case the SE is independent of BS density. As BS density grows, on the other hand, it has previously been shown that increasing the BS density increases the SE, but no tractable form for the SE-BS density relationship has yet been derived. In this paper we derive such a closed-form result that reveals the SE is asymptotically a logarithmic function of BS density as the density grows. Further, we study the impact of this result on the network operator's profit when user demand varies, and derive the profit maximizing BS density and the optimal amount of spectrum to be utilized in closed forms. In addition, we provide deployment planning guidelines that will aid the operator in his decision if he should invest in densifying his network or in acquiring more spectrum.
description: This paper will appear in Proc. IEEE Global Commun. Conf. (GLOBECOM) 2014
TAX AVOIDANCE AND ITS DETERMINANTS IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN INDONESIA
Creators: name: TEGUH ERAWATI
name: HADRI KUSUMA
name: JOHAN ARIFIN
name: AYU CHAIRINA LAKSMI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Tax Avoidance, Profitability, Sales Growth, Audit Quality.

description: Abstract
The realization of tax revenues with different tax targets results in problems in tax revenues. This is and is caused by the existence of tax avoidance behavior carried out by companies in Indonesia. The primary objective of this research is to determine whether profitability and sales growth influence tax avoidance, with audit quality as a moderating variable. This study utilizes financial statement data from manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2016-2020 with 210 observations. The sample selection technique employed is purposive sampling. Data analysis methods include multiple linear regression analysis and Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA). The research findings indicate that profitability has a positive impact on tax avoidance, and sales growth also positively influences tax avoidance. Audit quality moderates the relationship between profitability and tax avoidance, as well as between sales growth and tax avoidance. This study explores several factors that affect tax avoidance, such as profitability and sales growth. Based on the research model used, this study introduces audit quality as a moderating variable in the relationship between profitability and sales growth with tax avoidance. Furthermore, this research specifically focuses on manufacturing companies in Indonesia, where tax avoidance practices are likely to occur. Implications for the government include the potential loss of tax revenue due to tax avoidance by companies. The government needs to tighten tax regulations more effectively to curb tax avoidance practices. Additionally, the government should enhance monitoring and law enforcement regarding tax avoidance practices in manufacturing companies in Indonesia.
rom Firebrand to Status Quo: Populist Discourse on China during the Trump Years
Creators: name: Canters, Thom
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2023

description: This dissertation deals with the discourse of President Trump on China during his time in office. In departing from his political predecessors by engaging with China in a more protectionist manner, this dissertation seeks to understand this rhetoric in light of Trump’s anti-establishment populism and in the context of the perceived global power struggle between the United States and China. By mapping out what narratives appear in Trump’s discourse on China, this dissertation argues that there is an interaction between domestic political and geopolitical factors that undergird this rhetoric. Initially, Trump used a trade war, partially underpinned by considerations of systemic rivalry, for electoral gain. Balancing domestic political motivations and perceived geopolitical realities, the latter gained more prominence when for instance the coronavirus pandemic produced domestic political and economic concern for Trump’s administration. Such developments in the bilateral relations in turn offered new domestic political opportunities for Trump.
A relation between screening masses and real-time rates
Creators: name: Brandt, Bastian B.
name: Francis, A:
name: Laine, M.
name: Meyer, H. B.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 530 Physik

description: Thermal screening masses related to the conserved vector current are determined for the case that the current carries a non-zero Matsubara frequency, both in a weak-coupling approach and through lattice QCD. We point out that such screening masses are sensitive to the same infrared physics as light-cone real-time rates. In particular, on the perturbative side, the inhomogeneous Schrödinger equation determining screening correlators is shown to have the same general form as the equation implementing LPM resummation for the soft-dilepton and photon production rates from a hot QCD plasma. The static potential appearing in the equation is identical to that whose soft part has been determined up to NLO and on the lattice in the context of jet quenching. Numerical results based on this potential suggest that screening masses overshoot the free results (multiples of 2 πT ) more strongly than at zero Matsubara frequency. Four-dimensional lattice simulations in two-flavour QCD at temperatures of 250 and 340 MeV confirm the non-static screening masses at the 10% level. Overall our results lend support to studies of jet quenching based on the same potential at T ≳ 250 MeV.
Non equilibrium phase transition with gravitational-like interaction in a cloud of cold atoms
Creators: name: Barré, Julien
name: Marcos, Bruno
name: Wilkowski, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose to use a cloud of laser cooled atoms in a quasi two dimensional trap to investigate a non equilibrium collapse phase transition in presence of gravitational-like interaction. Using theoretical arguments and numerical simulations, we show that, like in two dimensional gravity, a transition to a collapsed state occurs below a critical temperature. In addition and as a signature of the non equilibrium nature of the system, persistent particles currents, dramatically increasing close to the phase transition, are observed.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
Funciones ejecutivas en estudiantes universitarios relacionadas al consumo de alcohol
Creators: name: Preciado Rodríguez, Edgar Joel,
Publisher: name: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California.
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Administración||Tesis y disertaciones académicas||Juventud||Consumo de alcohol||Adolescentes||Consumo de alcohol
subject: HV5135 P74 2022

description: El consumo de alcohol es muy común en la convivencia social, desafortunadamente puede tener efectos negativos a corto o largo plazo, afectando el funcionamiento del cuerpo e incluso teniendo repercusión en otras áreas de la vida social, laboral, personal y/o escolar de los consumidores.
Compressive Phase Retrieval via Generalized Approximate Message Passing
Creators: name: Schniter, Philip
name: Rangan, Sundeep
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In phase retrieval, the goal is to recover a signal $\mathbf{x}\in\mathbb{C}^N$ from the magnitudes of linear measurements $\mathbf{Ax}\in\mathbb{C}^M$. While recent theory has established that $M\approx 4N$ intensity measurements are necessary and sufficient to recover generic $\mathbf{x}$, there is great interest in reducing the number of measurements through the exploitation of sparse $\mathbf{x}$, which is known as compressive phase retrieval. In this work, we detail a novel, probabilistic approach to compressive phase retrieval based on the generalized approximate message passing (GAMP) algorithm. We then present a numerical study of the proposed PR-GAMP algorithm, demonstrating its excellent phase-transition behavior, robustness to noise, and runtime. Our experiments suggest that approximately $M\geq 2K\log_2(N/K)$ intensity measurements suffice to recover $K$-sparse Bernoulli-Gaussian signals for $\mathbf{A}$ with i.i.d Gaussian entries and $K\ll N$. Meanwhile, when recovering a 6k-sparse 65k-pixel grayscale image from 32k randomly masked and blurred Fourier intensity measurements at 30~dB measurement SNR, PR-GAMP achieved an output SNR of no less than 28~dB in all of 100 random trials, with a median runtime of only 7.3 seconds. Compared to the recently proposed CPRL, sparse-Fienup, and GESPAR algorithms, our experiments suggest that PR-GAMP has a superior phase transition and orders-of-magnitude faster runtimes as the sparsity and problem dimensions increase.
Dense baryonic matter: constraints from recent neutron star observations
Creators: name: Hell, Thomas
name: Weise, Wolfram
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Updated constraints from neutron star masses and radii impose stronger restrictions on the equation of state for baryonic matter at high densities and low temperatures. The existence of two-solar-mass neutron stars rules out many soft equations of state with prominent "exotic" compositions. The present work reviews the conditions required for the pressure as a function of baryon density in order to satisfy these new constraints. Several scenarios for sufficiently stiff equations of state are evaluated. The common starting point is a realistic description of both nuclear and neutron matter based on a chiral effective field theory approach to the nuclear many-body problem. Possible forms of hybrid matter featuring a quark core in the center of the star are discussed using a three-flavor Polyakov--Nambu--Jona-Lasinio (PNJL) model. It is found that a conventional equation of state based on nuclear chiral dynamics meets the astrophysical constraints. Hybrid matter generally turns out to be too soft unless additional strongly repulsive correlations, e.g. through vector current interactions between quarks, are introduced. The extent to which strangeness can accumulate in the equation of state is also discussed.
description: v2; substantial revisions with respect to v1; 17 pages, 15 figures
Cosmic Reionization On Computers I. Design and Calibration of Simulations
Creators: name: Gnedin, Nickolay Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cosmic Reionization On Computers (CROC) is a long-term program of numerical simulations of cosmic reionization. Its goal is to model fully self-consistently (albeit not necessarily from the first principles) all relevant physics, from radiative transfer to gas dynamics and star formation, in simulation volumes of up to 100 comoving Mpc, and with spatial resolution approaching 100 pc in physical units. In this method paper we describe our numerical method, the design of simulations, and the calibration of numerical parameters. Using several sets (ensembles) of simulations in 20 Mpc/h and 40 Mpc/h boxes with spatial resolution reaching 125 pc at z=6, we are able to match the observed galaxy UV luminosity functions at all redshifts between 6 and 10, as well as obtain reasonable agreement with the observational measurements of the Gunn-Peterson optical depth at z<6.
description: Replaced with the final, accepted for publication in ApJ version
Universally Optimal Noisy Quantum Walks on Complex Networks
Creators: name: Caruso, Filippo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Transport properties play a crucial role in several fields of science, as biology, chemistry, sociology, information science, and physics. The behavior of many dynamical processes running over complex networks is known to be closely related to the geometry of the underlying topology, but this connection becomes even harder to understand when quantum effects come into play. Here, we exploit the Kossakoski-Lindblad formalism of quantum stochastic walks to investigate the capability to quickly and robustly transmit energy (or information) between two distant points in very large complex structures, remarkably assisted by external noise and quantum features as coherence. An optimal mixing of classical and quantum transport is, very surprisingly, quite universal for a large class of complex networks. This widespread behaviour turns out to be also extremely robust with respect to geometry changes. These results might pave the way for designing optimal bio-inspired geometries of efficient transport nanostructures that can be used for solar energy and also quantum information and communication technologies.
description: 17 pages, 12 figures
Sterile neutrino oscillations in core-collapse supernovae
Creators: name: Warren, MacKenzie L.
name: Meixner, Matthew
name: Mathews, Grant
name: Hidaka, Jun
name: Kajino, Toshitaka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have made core-collapse supernova simulations that allow oscillations between electron neutrinos (or their anti particles) with right-handed sterile neutrinos. We have considered a range of mixing angles and sterile neutrino masses including those consistent with sterile neutrinos as a dark matter candidate. We examine whether such oscillations can impact the core bounce and shock reheating in supernovae. We identify the optimum ranges of mixing angles and masses that can dramatically enhance the supernova explosion by efficiently transporting electron anti-neutrinos from the core to behind the shock where they provide additional heating leading to much larger explosion kinetic energies. We show that this effect can cause stars to explode that otherwise would have collapsed. We find that an interesting periodicity in the neutrino luminosity develops due to a cycle of depletion of the neutrino density by conversion to sterile neutrinos that shuts off the conversion, followed by a replenished neutrino density as neutrinos transport through the core.
The QCD equation of state in background magnetic fields
Creators: name: Bali, Gunnar S.
name: Bruckmann, Falk
name: Endrödi, Gergely
name: Katz, S. D.
name: Schäfer, Andreas
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: QCD equation of state, background field method, magnetic susceptibility, external fields
subject: 530 Physik

description: We determine the equation of state of 2+1-flavor QCD with physical quark masses, in the presence of a constant (electro)magnetic background field on the lattice. To determine the free energy at nonzero magnetic fields we develop a new method, which is based on an integral over the quark masses up to asymptotically large values where the effect of the magnetic field can be neglected. The method is compared to other approaches in the literature and found to be advantageous for the determination of the equation of state up to large magnetic fields. Thermodynamic observables including the longitudinal and transverse pressure, magnetization, energy density, entropy density and interaction measure are presented for a wide range of temperatures and magnetic fields, and provided in ancillary files. The behavior of these observables confirms our previous result that the transition temperature is reduced by the magnetic field. We calculate the magnetic susceptibility and permeability, verifying that the thermal QCD medium is paramagnetic around and above the transition temperature, while we also find evidence for weak diamagnetism at low temperatures.
Residual Symmetries Applied to Neutrino Oscillations at NO$ν$A and T2K
Creators: name: Hanlon, Andrew D.
name: Repko, Wayne W.
name: Dicus, Duane A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The results previously obtained from the model-independent application of a generalized hidden horizontal $\mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry to the neutrino mass matrix are updated using the latest global fits for the neutrino oscillation parameters. The resulting prediction for the Dirac $CP$ phase $δ_D$ is in agreement with recent results from T2K. The distribution for the Jarlskog invariant $J_ν$ has become sharper and appears to be approaching a particular region. The approximate effects of matter on long baseline neutrino experiments are explored, and it is shown how the weak interactions between the neutrinos and the particles that make up the Earth can help to determine the mass hierarchy. A similar strategy is employed to show how NO$ν$A and T2K could determine the octant of $θ_a (\equiv θ_{23})$. Finally, the exact effects of matter are obtained numerically in order to make comparisons with the form of the approximate solutions. From this analysis there emerges some interesting features of the effective mass eigenvalues.
description: 9 pages, 1 table, 17 figures
HARVESTING TIDES RESPONSIBLY - NAVIGATING ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN TIDAL ENERGY GENERATION
Creators: name: Brandl, Edenilson
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Tidal energy generation
Ethical challenges
Environmental impacts
Socio-economic considerations
Cultural preservation
Renewable energy
Stakeholder engagement
Adaptive management
Responsible development
Sustainability

description: This systematic review delves into the intricate ethical challenges inherent in tidal energy generation, employing a rigorous methodology that incorporates interdisciplinary perspectives, qualitative data from interviews, and a comprehensive analysis of scholarly and non-academic sources. The study identifies key ethical dilemmas in tidal energy projects, focusing on environmental impacts, socio-economic considerations, and cultural preservation. Rigorous environmental impact assessments, transparent decision-making processes, equitable compensation mechanisms, and recognition of indigenous rights are emphasized as essential strategies to mitigate these challenges. The research highlights the dynamic nature of ethical concerns in tidal energy, emphasizing the need for adaptive management and ongoing stakeholder engagement. Furthermore, the study underscores the importance of standardized guidelines, public awareness, and education to foster responsible and sustainable tidal energy development. As renewable energy transitions gain momentum, this research advocates for the integration of ethical considerations, ensuring a cleaner and more equitable energy future.
 
Diese systematische Übersicht befasst sich mit den komplexen ethischen Herausforderungen der Gezeitenenergieerzeugung und verwendet dabei eine strenge Methodik, die interdisziplinäre Perspektiven, qualitative Daten aus Interviews und eine umfassende Analyse wissenschaftlicher und nichtakademischer Quellen einbezieht. Die Studie identifiziert wichtige ethische Dilemmata bei Gezeitenenergieprojekten und konzentriert sich dabei auf Umweltauswirkungen, sozioökonomische Überlegungen und den Erhalt der Kultur. Als wesentliche Strategien zur Bewältigung dieser Herausforderungen werden strenge Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungen, transparente Entscheidungsprozesse, gerechte Entschädigungsmechanismen und die Anerkennung indigener Rechte hervorgehoben. Die Forschung unterstreicht die Dynamik ethischer Bedenken im Bereich der Gezeitenenergie und betont die Notwendigkeit eines adaptiven Managements und einer kontinuierlichen Einbindung der Interessengruppen. Darüber hinaus unterstreicht die Studie die Bedeutung standardisierter Richtlinien, des öffentlichen Bewusstseins und der Aufklärung zur Förderung einer verantwortungsvollen und nachhaltigen Entwicklung der Gezeitenenergie. Da die Umstellung auf erneuerbare Energien an Dynamik gewinnt, plädiert diese Forschung für die Integration ethischer Überlegungen, um eine sauberere und gerechtere Energiezukunft zu gewährleisten.
Stressed Cooper pairing in QCD at high isospin density: effective Lagrangian and random matrix theory
Creators: name: Kanazawa, Takuya
name: Wettig, Tilo
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 530 Physik

description: We generalize QCD at asymptotically large isospin chemical potential to an arbitrary even number of flavors. We also allow for small quark chemical potentials, which stress the coincident Fermi surfaces of the paired quarks and lead to a sign problem in Monte Carlo simulations. We derive the corresponding low-energy effective theory in both p- and ϵ-expansion and quantify the severity of the sign problem. We construct the random matrix theory describing our physical situation and show that it can be mapped to a known random matrix theory at low baryon density so that new insights can be gained without additional calculations. In particular, we explain the Silver Blaze phenomenon at high isospin density. We also introduce stressed singular values of the Dirac operator and relate them to the pionic condensate. Finally we comment on extensions of our work to two-color QCD.