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Antarctic ice rises and rumples : their properties and significance for ice-sheet dynamics and evolution.

Locally grounded features in ice shelves, called ice rises and rumples, play a key role buttressing discharge from the Antarctic Ice Sheet and regulating its contribution to sea level. Ice rises typically rise several hundreds of meters above the surrounding ice shelf; shelf flow is diverted around them. On the other hand, shelf ice flows across ice rumples, which typically rise only a few tens of meters above the ice shelf. Ice rises contain rich histories of deglaciation and climate that extend back over timescales ranging from a few millennia to beyond the last glacial maximum. Numerical model results have shown that the buttressing effects of ice rises and rumples are significant, but details of processes and how they evolve remain poorly understood. Fundamental information about the conditions and processes that cause transitions between floating ice shelves, ice rises and ice rumples is needed in order to assess their impact on ice-sheet behavior. Targeted high-resolution observational data are needed to evaluate and improve prognostic numerical models and parameterizations of the effects of small-scale pinning points on grounding-zone dynamics
On-shell diagrams for N = 8 supergravity amplitudes.

We define recursion relations for N = 8 supergravity amplitudes using a generalization of the on-shell diagrams developed for planar N = 4 super-Yang-Mills. Although the recursion relations generically give rise to non-planar on-shell diagrams, we show that at tree-level the recursion can be chosen to yield only planar diagrams, the same diagrams occurring in the planar N = 4 theory. This implies non-trivial identities for non-planar diagrams as well as interesting relations between the N = 4 and N = 8 theories. We show that the on-shell diagrams of N = 8 supergravity obey equivalence relations analogous to those of N = 4 super-Yang-Mills, and we develop a systematic algorithm for reading off Grassmannian integral formulae directly from the on-shell diagrams. We also show that the 1-loop 4-point amplitude of N = 8 supergravity can be obtained from on-shell diagrams
On elliptic Calogero-Moser systems for complex crystallographic reflection groups

NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Algebra. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2010.04.011.To every irreducible  nite crystallographic reflection group (i.e., an irreducible  finite reflection group G acting faithfully\ud
on an abelian variety X), we attach a family of classical and quantum integrable systems on X (with meromorphic coefficients). These families are parametrized by G-invariant functions of pairs (T; s), where T is a hypertorus in X (of codimension 1), and\ud
s 2 G is a reflection acting trivially on T. If G is a real reflection group, these families reduce to the known generalizations of elliptic Calogero-Moser systems, but in the non-real case they appear to be new. We give two constructions of the integrals of these systems - an explicit construction as limits of classical Calogero-Moser Hamiltonians of elliptic Dunkl operators as the dynamical parameter goes to 0 (implementing an idea of [BFV]), and a geometric construction as global sections of sheaves of elliptic Cherednik algebras for the critical value of the twisting parameter. We also prove algebraic integrability of these systems for values of parameters satisfying certain integrality conditions
Micelle shape transitions in block copolymer/homopolymer blends: comparison of self-consistent field theory with experiment

Diblock copolymers blended with homopolymer may self-assemble into spherical, cylindrical, or lamellar aggregates. Transitions between these structures may be driven by varying the homopolymer diblock molecular weight or composition. Using self-consistent field theory (SCFT), we reproduce these effects. Our results are compared to x-ray scattering and transmission electron microscopy measurements by Kinning et al. and good agreement is found, although the tendency to form cylindrical and lamellar structures is sometimes overestimated due to our neglect of edge effects due to the finite size of these aggregates. Our results demonstrate that SCFT can provide detailed information on the self-assembly of isolated block copolymeraggregates
Black hole microstates in AdS$_4$ from supersymmetric localization

This paper addresses a long standing problem, the counting of the microstates
of supersymmetric asymptotically AdS black holes in terms of a holographically
dual field theory. We focus on a class of asymptotically AdS$_4$ static black
holes preserving two real supercharges which are dual to a topologically
twisted deformation of the ABJM theory. We evaluate in the large $N$ limit the
topologically twisted index of the ABJM theory and we show that it correctly
reproduces the entropy of the AdS$_4$ black holes. An extremization of the
index with respect to a set of chemical potentials is required. We interpret it
as the selection of the exact R-symmetry of the superconformal quantum
mechanics describing the horizon of the black hole.Comment: 35 pages + appendices, 4 figures; v2: refs adde
The effect of episodic accretion on the phase transition of CO and CO2 in low-mass star formation

Copyright © ESO, 2013We study the evaporation and condensation of CO and CO_2 during the embedded stages of low-mass star formation by using numerical simulations. We focus on the effect of luminosity bursts, similar in magnitude to FUors and EXors, on the gas-phase abundance of CO and CO_2 in the protostellar disk and infalling envelope. The evolution of a young protostar and its environment is followed based on hydrodynamical models using the thin-disk approximation, coupled with a stellar evolution code and phase transformations of CO and CO_2. The accretion and associated luminosity bursts in our model are caused by disk gravitational fragmentation followed by quick migration of the fragments onto the forming protostar. We found that bursts with luminosity on the order of 100-200 L_sun can evaporate CO ices in part of the envelope. The typical freeze-out time of the gas-phase CO onto dust grains in the envelope (a few kyr) is much longer than the burst duration (100-200 yr). This results in an increased abundance of the gas-phase CO in the envelope long after the system has returned into a quiescent stage. In contrast, luminosity bursts can evaporate CO_2 ices only in the disk, where the freeze-out time of the gas-phase CO_2 is comparable to the burst duration. We thus confirm that luminosity bursts can leave long-lasting traces in the abundance of gas-phase CO in the infalling envelope, enabling the detection of recent bursts as suggested by previous semi-analytical studies.Royal SocietyEuropean Community Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC
A comparison of welfare outcomes for weaner and mature Bos indicus bulls surgically or tension ban castrated with or without analgesia: 2. responses related to stress, health and productivity

Tension banding castration of cattle is gaining favour because it is relatively simple to perform and is promoted by retailers of the banders as a humane castration method. Two experiments were conducted, under tropical conditions using Bos indicus bulls comparing tension banding (Band) and surgical (Surgical) castration of weaner (7-10 months old) and mature (22-25 months old) bulls with and without pain management (NSAID (ketoprofen) or saline injected intramuscularly immediately prior to castration). Welfare outcomes were assessed using a range of measures; this paper reports on some physiological, morbidity and productivity-related responses to augment the behavioural responses reported in an accompanying paper. Blood samples were taken on the day of castration (day 0) at the time of restraint (0. min) and 30. min (weaners) or 40. min (mature bulls), 2. h, and 7. h; and days 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 21 and 28 post-castration. Plasmas from day 0 were assayed for cortisol, creatine kinase, total protein and packed cell volume. Plasmas from the other samples were assayed for cortisol and haptoglobin (plus the 0. min sample). Liveweights were recorded approximately weekly to 6 weeks and at 2 and 3 months post-castration. Castration sites were checked at these same times to 2 months post-castration to score the extent of healing and presence of sepsis. Cortisol concentrations (mean. ±. s.e. nmol/L) were significantly (
Limits on neutral Higgs boson production in the forward region in pp collisions at  √s=7 TeV

Limits on the cross-section times branching fraction for neutral Higgs bosons, produced in pp collisions at s√=7s=7 TeV, and decaying to two tau leptons with pseudorapidities between 2.0 and 4.5, are presented. The result is based on a dataset, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1, collected with the LHCb detector. Candidates are identified by reconstructing final states with two muons, a muon and an electron, a muon and a hadron, or an electron and a hadron. A model independent upper limit at the 95% confidence level is set on a neutral Higgs boson cross-section times branching fraction. It varies from 8.6 pb for a Higgs boson mass of 90 GeV to 0.7 pb for a Higgs boson mass of 250 GeV, and is compared to the Standard Model expectation. An upper limit on tan β in the Minimal Supersymmetric Model is set in the mmaxh0mh0max scenario. It ranges from 34 for a CP -odd Higgs boson mass of 90 GeV to 70 for a pseudo-scalar Higgs boson mass of 140 GeV
Soliton resonances for the MKP-II

Using the second flow (derivative reaction-diffusion system) and the third one of the dissipative SL(2, ℝ) Kaup-Newell hierarchy, we show that the product of two functions satisfying those systems is a solution of the modified Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation in 2+1 dimensions with negative dispersion (MKP-II). We construct Hirota's bilinear representations for both flows and combine them as the bilinear system for the MKP-II. Using this bilinear form, we find one- and two-soliton solutions for the MKP-II. For special values of the parameters, our solution shows resonance behavior with the creation of four virtual solitons. Our approach allows interpreting the resonance soliton as a composite object of two dissipative solitons in 1+1 dimensions
Determination of the top-quark pole mass using tt¯+ 1-jet events collected with the ATLAS experiment in 7 TeV pp collisions

Çetin, Serkant Ali (Dogus Author)The normalized differential cross section for top-quark pair production in association with at least one jet is studied as a function of the inverse of the invariant mass of the tt¯(Formula presented.) + 1-jet system. This distribution can be used for a precise determination of the top-quark mass since gluon radiation depends on the mass of the quarks. The experimental analysis is based on proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC with a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.6 fb−1. The selected events were identified using the lepton+jets top-quark-pair decay channel, where lepton refers to either an electron or a muon. The observed distribution is compared to a theoretical prediction at next-to-leading-order accuracy in quantum chromodynamics using the pole-mass scheme. With this method, the measured value of the top-quark pole mass, mt pole, is:mtpole=173.7±1.5stat.±1.4syst.−0.5+1.0theoryGeV.(Formula presented.). This result represents the most precise measurement of the top-quark pole mass to date
Impact of open de-ionized water thin film laminar immersion on the liquid immersed ablation threshold and ablation rate of features machined by KrF excimer laser ablation of bisphenol A polycarbonate

Debris control and surface quality are potential major benefits of sample liquid immersion when laser micromachining; however, the use of an immersion technique potentially modifies the ablation mechanism when compared to an ambient air interaction. To investigate the machining characteristics, bisphenol A polycarbonate has been laser machined in air and under a controllable open liquid film. To provide quantitative analysis, ablation threshold, ablation rate and the attenuation coefficient of the immersing DI water fluid were measured. In ambient air the threshold fluence was measured to be 37 mJ.cm-2. Thin film immersion displayed two trends: threshold fluences of 58.6 mJcm-2 and 83.9 mJcm-2. The attenuation of DI water was found to be negligible; thus, the change in ablation rate resulted from increased confinement of the vapour plume by the liquid medium, generating higher Bremsstrahlung attenuation of the beam, lowering the laser etch rate. Simultaneously, splashing motivated by the confined ablation plume allowed release of plume pressure before plume etching commenced. This contributed to the loss of total etching efficiency. Two interaction scenarios were obsereved as a result of splashing: (i) intermediate threshold fluence, where splashing occured after every pulse in a mode that interrupted the flow entirely, leaving an ambient air interaction for the following pulse; (ii) high threshold fluence, where splashing occured for every pulse in a mode that allowed the flow to recommence over the image before the next pulse causing every pulse to experience Bremsstrahlung attenuation. Since attenuation of the immersion liquid was negligible, it is the action of the constrained ablation plume within a thin flowing immersion liquid, the resultant Bremsstrahlung attenuation and splashing events that are the critical mechanisms that modify the primary ablation characteristics
Temperature coefficients of compensated silicon solar cells - influence of ingot position and blend-in-ratio

Published version of an article in the journal: Energy Procedia. Also available on Science Direct: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.004Solar-grade silicon made from a metallurgical route presents boron and phosphorus compensation. Earlier work has shown that cells made from such material produce more energy than reference polysilicon modules when the temperature and irradiance is high. In the present study, solar cells from two different ingots with different blend-in-ratios were made from wafers at varying ingot heights in order to investigate how the temperature coefficients vary with compensation level and ingot height. The results suggest that solar modules made with solar cells from different ingot heights will perform differently at high temperature. It was also observed that the compensation level seems to have a smaller impact on the temperature coefficients than the ingot height
Nonparametric estimation for pure jump Lévy processes based on high frequency data.

International audienceIn this paper, we study nonparametric estimation of the Lévy density for pure jump Lévy processes. We consider $n$ discrete time observations with step $\Delta$. The asymptotic framework is: $n$ tends to infinity, $\Delta=\Delta_n$ tends to zero while $n\Delta_n$ tends to infinity. First, we use a Fourier approach (``frequency domain"): this allows to construct an adaptive nonparametric estimator and to provide a bound for the global ${\mathbb L}^2$-risk. Second, we use a direct approach (``time domain") which allows to construct an estimator on a given compact interval. We provide a bound for ${\mathbb L}^2$-risk restricted to the compact interval. We discuss rates of convergence and give examples and simulation results for processes fitting in our framework
The Variable Hierarchy for the Games mu-Calculus

To appear in the journal Annals of Pure and Applied LogicInternational audienceParity games are combinatorial representations of closed Boolean mu-terms. By adding to them draw positions, they have been organized by Arnold and one of the authors into a mu-calculus. As done by Berwanger et al. for the propositional modal mu-calculus, it is possible to classify parity games into levels of a hierarchy according to the number of fixed-point variables. We ask whether this hierarchy collapses w.r.t. the standard interpretation of the games mu-calculus into the class of all complete lattices. We answer this question negatively by providing, for each n >= 1, a parity game Gn with these properties: it unravels to a mu-term built up with n fixed-point variables, it is semantically equivalent to no game with strictly less than n-2 fixed-point variables
Search for the production of dark matter in association with top-quark pairs in the single-lepton final state in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV

A search is presented for particle dark matter produced in association with a pair of top quarks in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of sqrt(s) = 8 TeV. The data were collected with the CMS detector at the LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1. This search requires the presence of one lepton, multiple jets, and large missing transverse energy. No excess of events is found above the SM expectation, and upper limits are derived on the production cross section. Interpreting the findings in the context of a scalar contact interaction between fermionic dark matter particles and top quarks, lower limits on the interaction scale are set. These limits are also interpreted in terms of the dark matter-nucleon scattering cross sections for the spin-independent scalar operator and they complement direct searches for dark matter particles in the low mass region
Distinct functions of alternatively spliced isoforms encoded by zebrafish mef2ca and mef2cb.\ud
Ganassi M, Badodi S, Polacchini A, Baruffaldi F, Battini R, Hughes SM, Hinits Y, Molinari S.\ud
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014 Jul;1839(7):559-70. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.05.003. Epub 2014 May 17.

In mammals, an array of MEF2C proteins is generated by alternative splicing (AS), yet specific functions have not been ascribed to each isoform. Teleost fish possess two MEF2C paralogues, mef2ca and mef2cb. In zebrafish, the Mef2cs function to promote cardiomyogenic differentiation and myofibrillogenesis in nascent skeletal myofibers. We found that zebrafish mef2ca and mef2cb are alternatively spliced in the coding exons 4-6 region and these splice variants differ in their biological activity. Of the two, mef2ca is more abundantly expressed in developing skeletal muscle, its activity is tuned through zebrafish development by AS. By 24hpf, we found the prevalent expression of the highly active full length protein in differentiated muscle in the somites. The splicing isoform of mef2ca that lacks exon 5 (mef2ca 4-6), encodes a protein that has 50% lower transcriptional activity, and is found mainly earlier in development, before muscle differentiation. mef2ca transcripts including exon 5 (mef2ca 4-5-6) are present early in the embryo. Over-expression of this isoform alters the expression of genes involved in early dorso-ventral patterning of the embryo such as chordin, nodal related 1 and goosecoid, and induces severe developmental defects. AS of mef2cb generates a long splicing isoform in the exon 5 region (Mef2cbL) that predominates during somitogenesis. Mef2cbL contains an evolutionarily conserved domain derived from exonization of a fragment of intron 5, which confers the ability to induce ectopic muscle in mesoderm upon over-expression of the protein. Taken together, the data show that AS is a significant regulator of Mef2c activit
Reduction of Olefins, Nitroarenes and Schiff Base Compounds by a Polymer-Supported [2-(2′-pyridyl) Benzimidazole]palladium Complex

2-(2′-Pyridyl)benzimidazole (PBIMH) was functionalized onto chloromethylated polystyrene beads crosslinked with 6.5 % divinylbenzene, and this solid support was then reacted with Na2PdCl4 in methanol. The functionalized beads were then activated using sodium borohydride. The resultant polymer-supported [2-(2′-pyridyl)benzimidazole]palladium complex (PSDVB–PBIM–PdCl2) and its activated form were characterized by various physicochemical techniques. XPS studies confirmed the +2 oxidation state of palladium in the supported complex. The activated complex was found to catalyse the hydrogenation of various organic substrates including olefins, nitro and Schiff base compounds. Kinetic measurements for the hydrogenation of cyclopentene, cyclohexene and cyclooctene were carried out by varying temperature, catalyst and substrate concentration. The energy and entropy of activation were evaluated from the kinetic data. The catalyst showed an excellent recycling efficiency over six cycles without leaching of metal from the polymer support, whereas the unsupported complex was unstable as metal leached out into the solution during the first run
A kinetic model based on nonlinear regression analysis is proposed for the degradation of phenol under UV​/solar light using nitrogen doped TiO2

Nitrogen was doped into the TiO2 matrix in the concn. range of 0.05-​0.20 at.​% and the photocatalytic activities were tested for the degrdn. of phenol (Ph) under UV​/solar light using hydrogen peroxide (HP) and ammonium persulfate (APS) as electron acceptors.  The prepd. photocatalysts characterized by various anal. techniques confirm the incorporation of nitrogen in the TiO2 lattice.  The 0.15 at.​% dopant concn. shows higher photocatalytic activity compared with sol-​gel TiO2 (SG) and Degauss P25 TiO2 (P25) for the degrdn. process.  Photoluminescence technique was used for studying the extent of hydroxyl radicals produced on TiO2 and TiO2-​xNx (NT) surface in the presence of oxidants under UV​/solar light irradn.  The kinetic rate equation obtained for the best system TiO2-​xNx (x = 0.15 at.​%)​/APS​/under solar irradn. is found to be: r ap,​solar = 0.0041[NT]​0.54[APS]​0.71[Ph]​-​0.70.  A kinetic​/math. model was developed based on the nonlinear regression anal. for the various processes and the validity of the model was tested by comparing the exptl. values with the theor. calcd. data as a function of variable parameters like catalyst dosage, concn. of electron acceptors and initial concn. of Ph
Measurement of forward $t\overline{t}$, $W+b\overline{b}$ and
  $W+c\overline{c}$ production in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV

The production of $t\overline{t}$, $W+b\overline{b}$ and $W+c\overline{c}$ is
studied in the forward region of proton-proton collisions collected at a
centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an
integrated luminosity of 1.98 $\pm$ 0.02 $\mbox{fb}^{-1}$. The $W$ bosons are
reconstructed in the decays $W\rightarrow\ell\nu$, where $\ell$ denotes muon or
electron, while the $b$ and $c$ quarks are reconstructed as jets. All measured
cross-sections are in agreement with next-to-leading-order Standard Model
predictions.Comment: All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and
  additional information, are available at
  https://lhcbproject.web.cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/LHCbProjectPublic/LHCb-PAPER-2016-038.htm
Climate social science — Any future for ‘blue sky research’ in management studies?

Summary The environmental humanities call for post-disciplinary approaches to meet the vexing problem of climate change. However, scholars have not scrutinised how management and organisation studies (MOS) could contribute to such an endeavour. This research note explores common surfaces of contact between the natural and social sciences, with the goal of unravelling the legitimate positions to speak from about climate change. The findings suggest that scholars in MOS are exposed to ecological reasoning, which undergirds underdog heroism, disciplinary confusion and a debasement of political subjectivity. As a counter strategy, I suggest that we affirm a ‘blue-sky research’ approach that would support alternative research paths and a more traditional will to know—to advance ‘climate social science’