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Water and Energy Nexus of Residential Rain Water Tanks at an End Use Level: Case of Australia

Internationally, rain water tank systems have experienced a renaissance in urban areas in recent times as they are perceived to be a low cost source substitution option for many end uses or micro-components (e.g. toilet, clothes washer, irrigation, etc.) of water demand. While there are many studies that have been conducted investigating rainwater tank performance, none have explored their water-energy nexus at a micro-component level. Through a high resolution (i.e. 5 s, 0.014 L/pulse, 1 W/pulse) smart metering study, this research was able to reveal the energy intensity of three rainwater tank end uses in 19 residential homes located in Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia. Half flush toilet cistern events were found to have the highest variability of energy intensity values between homes (1.05 to 3.32 Wh/L) and also the highest energy intensity at 1.88 Wh/L. Full flush toilet events had a tighter range (1.02 to 2.30 Wh/L) and slightly lower energy intensity than half flush events at 1.61 Wh/L. Clothes washer energy intensity values were quite variable (0.90 to 2.73 Wh/L) but on average were lower than toilet flushing at 1.28 Wh/L. Lastly, irrigation events had the tightest range (0.83 to 1.66 Wh/L) and lowest average energy intensity of 1.12 Wh/L. The study has significant implications for building code specifications for internally plumbed rain tanks systems, particularly fit-for-purpose pump selection.Griffith Sciences, Griffith School of EngineeringFull Tex
Search for dijet resonances in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV and constraints on dark matter and other models

A search is presented for narrow resonances decaying to dijet final states in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 12.9 inverse femtobarns. The dijet mass spectrum is well described by a smooth parameterization and no significant evidence for the production of new particles is observed. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are reported on the production cross section for narrow resonances with masses above 0.6 TeV. In the context of specific models, the limits exclude string resonances with masses below 7.4 TeV, scalar diquarks below 6.9 TeV, axigluons and colorons below 5.5 TeV, excited quarks below 5.4 TeV, color-octet scalars below 3.0 TeV, W' bosons below 2.7 TeV, Z' bosons below 2.1 TeV and between 2.3 and 2.6 TeV, and RS gravitons below 1.9 TeV. These extend previous limits in the dijet channel. Vector and axial-vector mediators in a simplified model of interactions between quarks and dark matter are excluded below 2.0 TeV. The first limits in the dijet channel on dark matter mediators are presented as functions of dark matter mass and are compared to the exclusions of dark matter in direct detection experiments
GABA-mediated changes in inter-hemispheric beta frequency activity in early-stage Parkinson's disease.

In Parkinson's disease (PD), elevated beta (15-35Hz) power in subcortical motor networks is widely believed to promote aspects of PD symptomatology, moreover, a reduction in beta power and coherence accompanies symptomatic improvement following effective treatment with l-DOPA. Previous studies have reported symptomatic improvements that correlate with changes in cortical network activity following GABAA receptor modulation. In this study we have used whole-head magnetoencephalography to characterize neuronal network activity, at rest and during visually cued finger abductions, in unilaterally symptomatic PD and age-matched control participants. Recordings were then repeated following administration of sub-sedative doses of the hypnotic drug zolpidem (0.05mg/kg), which binds to the benzodiazepine site of the GABAA receptor. A beamforming based 'virtual electrode' approach was used to reconstruct oscillatory power in the primary motor cortex (M1), contralateral and ipsilateral to symptom presentation in PD patients or dominant hand in control participants. In PD patients, contralateral M1 showed significantly greater beta power than ipsilateral M1. Following zolpidem administration contralateral beta power was significantly reduced while ipsilateral beta power was significantly increased resulting in a hemispheric power ratio that approached parity. Furthermore, there was highly significant correlation between hemispheric beta power ratio and Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS). The changes in contralateral and ipsilateral beta power were reflected in pre-movement beta desynchronization and the late post-movement beta rebound. However, the absolute level of movement-related beta desynchronization was not altered. These results show that low-dose zolpidem not only reduces contralateral beta but also increases ipsilateral beta, while rebalancing the dynamic range of M1 network oscillations between the two hemispheres. These changes appear to underlie the symptomatic improvements afforded by low-dose zolpidem
CSI 2264 : accretion process in classical T Tauri stars in the young cluster NGC 2264

APS and SHPA acknowledge support from CNPq, CAPES and Fapemig. JFG acknowledges support from FCT ref project UID/FIS/04434/2013.Context. NGC 2264 is a young stellar cluster (~3 Myr) with hundreds of low-mass accreting stars that allow a detailed analysis of the accretion process taking place in the pre-main sequence. Aims. Our goal is to relate the photometric and spectroscopic variability of classical T Tauri stars to the physical processes acting in the stellar and circumstellar environment, within a few stellar radii from the star. Methods. NGC 2264 was the target of a multiwavelength observational campaign with CoRoT, MOST, Spitzer, and Chandra satellites and photometric and spectroscopic observations from the ground. We classified the CoRoT light curves of accreting systems according to their morphology and compared our classification to several accretion diagnostics and disk parameters. Results. The morphology of the CoRoT light curve reflects the evolution of the accretion process and of the inner disk region. Accretion burst stars present high mass-accretion rates and optically thick inner disks. AA Tau-like systems, whose light curves are dominated by circumstellar dust obscuration, show intermediate mass-accretion rates and are located in the transition of thick to anemic disks. Classical T Tauri stars with spot-like light curves correspond mostly to systems with a low mass-accretion rate and low mid-IR excess. About 30% of the classical T Tauri stars observed inthe 2008 and 2011 CoRoT runs changed their light-curve morphology.Transitions from AA Tau-like and spot-like to a periodic light curves and vice versa were common. The analysis of the Hα emission line variability of 58 accreting stars showed that 8 presented a periodicity that in a few cases was coincident with the photometric period. The blue and red wings of the Hα line profiles often do not correlate with each other, indicating that they are strongly influenced by different physical processes. Classical T Tauri stars have a dynamic stellar and circumstellar environment that can be explained by magnetospheric accretion and outflow models, including variations from stable to unstable accretion regimes on timescales of a few years.PostprintPeer reviewe
Search for supersymmetry in events with at least one photon, missing transverse momentum, and large transverse event activity in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV

A search for physics beyond the standard model in final states with at least one photon, large transverse momentum imbalance, and large total transverse event activity is presented. Such topologies can be produced in gauge-mediated supersymmetry models in which pair-produced gluinos or squarks decay to photons and gravitinos via short-lived neutralinos. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 $fb^{−1}$ of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016. No significant excess of events above the expected standard model background is observed. The data are interpreted in simplified models of gluino and squark pair production, in which gluinos or squarks decay via neutralinos to photons. Gluino masses of up to 1.50-2.00 TeV and squark masses up to 1.30-1.65 TeV are excluded at 95% confidence level, depending on the neutralino mass and branching fraction
Contour segmentation of the intima, media, and adventitia layers in intracoronary OCT images: application to fully automatic detection of healthy wall regions

Purpose: Quantitative and automatic analysis of intracoronary optical coherence tomography images is useful and time-saving to assess cardiovascular risk in the clinical arena. Methods: First, the interfaces of the intima, media, and adventitia layers are segmented, by means of an original front propagation scheme, running in a 4D multi-parametric space, to simultaneously extract three non-crossing contours in the initial cross-sectional image. Second, information resulting from the tentative contours is exploited by a machine learning approach to identify healthy and diseased regions of the arterial wall. The framework is fully automatic. Results: The method was applied to 40 patients from two different medical centers. The framework was trained on 140 images and validated on 260 other images. For the contour segmentation method, the average segmentation errors were (Formula presented.) for the intima–media interface, (Formula presented.) for the media–adventitia interface, and (Formula presented.) for the adventitia–periadventitia interface. The classification method demonstrated a good accuracy, with a median Dice coefficient equal to 0.93 and an interquartile range of (0.78–0.98). Conclusion: The proposed framework demonstrated promising offline performances and could potentially be translated into a reliable tool for various clinical applications, such as quantification of tissue layer thickness and global summarization of healthy regions in entire pullbacks
Governance struggles and policy processes in disaster risk reduction : a case study from Nepal.

In the neo-liberal climate of reduced responsibility for the state, alongside global platforms established to implement the Hyogo Framework for Action, a new arena opens for a multitude of stakeholders to engage in disaster risk reduction (DRR). The key role that the state can play in instituting effective DRR tends to receive little attention, yet in situations where the state apparatus is weak, such as in Nepal, it becomes evident that integrating DRR into development is a particularly challenging task. Due to the political situation in Nepal, progress has been stalled in providing a legislative context conducive to effective DRR. This paper traces the evolution of key DRR initiatives that have been developed in spite of the challenging governance context, such as the National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management and the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium. Informed by in-depth interviews with key informants, the argument is made that the dedicated efforts of national and international non-governmental organisations, multilateral agencies and donors in mainstreaming DRR demonstrate that considerable progress can be made even where government departments are protective of their own interests and are slow to enact policies to support DRR. The paper suggests however, that without stronger engagement of key political actors the prospects for further progress in DRR may be limited. The findings have implications for other post-conflict countries or weak states engaging in DRR
Responding to climate change as a transformative stressor through metro-regional planning\ud

This paper characterises climate change as a “transformative stressor”. It argues that institutional change will become increasingly necessary as institutions seek to reorientate governance frameworks to better manage the transformative stresses created by climate change in urban environments. Urban and metropolitan planning regimes are identified as central institutions in addressing this challenge. The operationalisation of climate adaptation is identified as a central tenet of a comprehensive urban response to the transformative stresses that climate change is predicted to create. Operationalisation refers to climate adaptation becoming incorporated, codified and implemented as a central tenet of urban planning governance. This paper has three purposes. First, it examines conceptual perspectives on the role of transformative stressors in compelling institutional change. Second, it establishes a conceptual approach that characterises climate change as a transformative stressor requiring institutional change within planning frameworks. Third, it reports emergent results and analysis from an empirical inquiry which examines how the metro-regional planning regime of Southeast Queensland has responded to climate change as a transformative stressor via institutional change and the operationalisation of climate adaptation
Microstructure of friction surface developed on carbon fibre reinforced carbon-silicon carbide (Cf /C-SiC)

This article was published in the Journal of the European Ceramic Society [© Elsevier Ltd.] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.03.039We have used TEM to study the microstructure of friction surface of carbon fibre/carbon-silicon carbide composites brake discs after multi braking stop by using organic pads. A friction surface layer was developed consistently on the top of Si regions of the composites, but inconsistently on that of SiC and C. Inside the layer, amorphous silicon/silicon oxides appeared extensively with various non-metallic and metallic crystallites dispersed inside with sizes ranging from a few nanometers to several microns. A coherent interface between the friction layer and the composite surface was established under the braking conditions, whilst its sustainability varied notably in SiC and C regions. Microcracking near the friction surface appeared in SiC and C /C regions largely due to the extensive ductile deformation of SiC and weak interfaces between C and C . Material joining mechanisms were discussed to enlighten the friction transfer layer development on the surface of the composite discs
Language life of Japanese expatriates in non-English speaking countries : the case of Barcelona and Madrid

MULTIMODAL COMMUNICATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC CHALLENGES. 33rd Conference of the Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics (AESLA), XXXIII AESLA CONFERENCE, 16-18 April 2015, Madrid, SpainStarting from the question of whether expatriates can survive a temporary stay in the host society without any knowledge of the local language, this study explores the language life of Japanese expatriates in Barcelona and Madrid. The relationship between language competence, language needs, and the degree of communicative satisfaction and satisfaction with life in general was analyzed. The result suggests that use of the local language in a Non-English-speaking country is very important and can be one of the factors determining the degree of communicative satisfaction, but not necessary satisfaction with life in general
Heavy-heavy-light quark potential in SU(3) lattice QCD

We perform the first study for the heavy-heavy-light quark (QQq) potential in
SU(3) lattice QCD. The calculations are done with the standard gauge and
$O(a)$-improved Wilson fermion action on the $16^4$ lattice at $\beta =6.0$ at
the quenched level. We calculate the energy of QQq systems as the function of
the distance between the two heavy quarks, and find that the QQq potential is
well described with a Coulomb plus linear potential form. Compared to the
static three-quark case, the Coulomb term does not change but the effective
string tension between the heavy quarks is significantly reduced by the
light-quark effect. We also investigate the light-quark mass dependence of the
QQq potential using the four hopping parameters, $\kappa
=0.1200,0.1300,0.1340$, and 0.1380. The reduction of the effective string
tension is considered to be a general property for baryons and multi-quark
hadrons.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Isomorphisms in pro-categories.

A morphism of a category which is simultaneously an epimorphism and a monomorphism is called a bimorphism. In (Dydak and Ruiz del Portal (Monomorphisms and epimorphisms\ud
in pro-categories, preprint)) we gave characterizations of monomorphisms (resp. epimorphisms)in arbitrary pro-categories, pro-C, where C has direct sums (resp. weak push-outs). In this paper, we introduce the notions of strong monomorphism and strong epimorphism. Part of their\ud
signi5cance is that they are preserved by functors. These notions and their characterizations lead us to important classical properties and problems in shape and pro-homotopy. For instance,strong epimorphisms allow us to give a categorical point of view of uniform movability and\ud
to introduce a new kind of movability, the sequential movability. Strong monomorphisms are connected to a problemof K. Borsuk regarding a descending chain of retracts of ANRs. If f : X → Y is a bimorphism in the pointed shape category of topological spaces, we prove that\ud
f is a weak isomorphism and f is an isomorphism provided Y is sequentially movable and X or Y is the suspension of a topological space. If f : X → Y is a bimorphism in the pro-category pro-H0 (consisting of inverse systems in H0, the homotopy category of pointed connected CW\ud
complexes) we show that f is an isomorphism provided Y is sequentially movable
Effective equidistribution and the Sato-Tate law for families of
  elliptic curves

Extending recent work of others, we provide effective bounds on the family of
all elliptic curves and one-parameter families of elliptic curves modulo p (for
p prime tending to infinity) obeying the Sato-Tate Law. We present two methods
of proof. Both use the framework of Murty-Sinha; the first involves only
knowledge of the moments of the Fourier coefficients of the L-functions and
combinatorics, and saves a logarithm, while the second requires a Sato-Tate
law. Our purpose is to illustrate how the caliber of the result depends on the
error terms of the inputs and what combinatorics must be done.Comment: Version 1.1, 24 pages: corrected the interpretation of Birch's moment
  calculations, added to the literature review of previous results
The Herschel-ATLAS: Evolution of the 250um luminosity function out to
  z=0.5

We have determined the luminosity function of 250um-selected galaxies
detected in the ~14 sq.deg science demonstration region of the Herschel-ATLAS
project out to a redshift of z=0.5. Our findings very clearly show that the
luminosity function evolves steadily out to this redshift. By selecting a
sub-group of sources within a fixed luminosity interval where incompleteness
effects are minimal, we have measured a smooth increase in the comoving 250um
luminosity density out to z=0.2 where it is 3.6+1.4-0.9 times higher than the
local value.Comment: Accepted for publication in A&
Hopf solitons in the Nicole model

The Nicole model is a conformal field theory in three-dimensional space. It
has topological soliton solutions classified by the integer-valued Hopf charge,
and all currently known solitons are axially symmetric. A volume-preserving
flow is used to numerically construct soliton solutions for all Hopf charges
from one to eight. It is found that the known axially symmetric solutions are
unstable for Hopf charges greater than two and new lower energy solutions are
obtained that include knots and links. A comparison with the Skyrme-Faddeev
model suggests many universal features, though there are some differences in
the link types obtained in the two theories.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figure
Production of Drell--Yan lepton pairs in hadron collisions:
  transverse-momentum resummation at next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic
  accuracy

We consider the transverse-momentum (q_T) distribution of Drell--Yan lepton
pairs produced in hadron collisions. At small values of q_T, we resum the
logarithmically-enhanced perturbative QCD contributions up to
next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy. At intermediate and large values
of q_T, we consistently combine resummation with the known next-to-leading
order perturbative result. All perturbative terms up to order alpha_S^2 are
included in our computation which, after integration over q_T, reproduces the
known next-to-next-to-leading order result for the Drell--Yan total cross
section. We show and discuss the reduction in the scale dependence of the
results with respect to lower-order calculations, estimating the corresponding
perturbative uncertainty. We present a preliminary comparison with Tevatron Run
II data.Comment: Additional details shown in Fig.3. Note added on the quantitative
  effect of the coefficient A^{(3)
Process dependent Sivers function and implications for single spin
  asymmetry in inclusive hadron production

We study the single transverse spin asymmetries in the single inclusive
particle production within the framework of the generalized parton model (GPM).
By carefully analyzing the initial- and final-state interactions, we include
the process-dependence of the Sivers functions into the GPM formalism. The
modified GPM formalism has a close connection with the collinear twist-3
approach. Within the new formalism, we make predictions for inclusive $\pi^0$
and direct photon productions at RHIC energies. We find the predictions are
opposite to those in the conventional GPM approach.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures, extended discussion on connection with twist
  three approach, references adde
Modeling the Dispersal of an Active Region: Quantifying Energy Input
  into the Corona

In this paper a new technique for modeling non-linear force-free fields
directly from line of sight magnetogram observations is presented. The
technique uses sequences of magnetograms directly as lower boundary conditions
to drive the evolution of coronal magnetic fields between successive force-free
equilibria over long periods of time. It is illustrated by applying it to MDI
observations of a decaying active region, NOAA AR 8005. The active region is
modeled during a 4 day period around its central meridian passage. Over this
time, the dispersal of the active region is dominated by random motions due to
small scale convective cells. Through studying the build up of magnetic energy
in the model, it is found that such small scale motions may inject anywhere
from $2.5-3 \times 10^{25}$ erg s$^{-1}$ of free magnetic energy into the
coronal field. Most of this energy is stored within the center of the active
region in the low corona, below 30 Mm. After 4 days the build-up of free energy
is 10% that of the corresponding potential field. This energy buildup, is
sufficient to explain the radiative losses at coronal temperatures within the
active region. Small scale convective motions therefore play an integral part
in the energy balance of the corona. This new technique has wide ranging
applications with the new high resolution, high cadence observations from the
SDO:HMI and SDO:AIA instruments.Comment: 13 Figures, 2 movie
Type-II Supernovae and Neutrino Magnetic Moment

The present solar and atmospheric neutrino data together with the LSND
results and the presence of hot dark matter (HDM) suggest the existence of a
sterile neutrino at the eV scale. We have reanalysed the effect of resonant
{\sl sterile} neutrino conversions induced by neutrino magnetic moments in a
type-II supernova. We analyse the implications of $\nu_e-\nu_s$ and
$\bar{\nu}_e-\bar{\nu}_s$ ($\nu_s$ denotes sterile neutrino) conversions for
the supernova shock re-heating, the detected $\bar\nu_e$ signal from SN1987A
and the $r$-process nucleosynthesis hypothesis. Using reasonable magnetic field
profiles we determine the sensitivity of these three arguments to the relevant
neutrino parameters, i.e. the value of the transition magnetic moment and the
$\nu_e-\nu_s$ mass difference $\Delta m^2 \equiv \Delta m^2_{LSND/HDM}$Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures, latex file, final version, references adde