Maxwell Demon from a Quantum Bayesian Networks Perspective

We propose a new inequality that we call the conditional ageing inequality (CAIN). The CAIN is a slight generalization to non-equilibrium situations of the Second Law of thermodynamics. The goal of this paper is to study the consequences of the CAIN. We use the CAIN to discuss Maxwell demon processes (i.e., thermodynamic processes with feedback.) In particular, we apply the CAIN to four cases of the Szilard engine: for a classical or a quantum system with either one or two correlated particles. Besides proposing this new inequality that we call the CAIN, another novel feature of this paper is that we use quantum Bayesian networks for our analysis of Maxwell demon processes.Comment: 30 pages (6 files: 1 .tex, 2 .sty, 3 .eps

John D. Feerick to George H. Cain

Letter from John D. Feerick to George H. Cain in which Feerick thanks Cain for his report. Feerick praises the report.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/twentyfifth_amendment_correspondence/1058/thumbnail.jp

Cain and Abel: Re-Imagining the Immigration 'Crisis'

This essay proposes to interpret the significance of the so-called immigration crisis in the light of the ancient story of Cain and Abel. Much more than a mere conflict between brothers, this essay will argue that the story of Cain and Abel presents two archetypal ways of dwelling in the world: the sedentary and the nomadic. As such, the story sheds a shocking new light on our present crisis, deeply problematizing the sedentary and revealing in an amazing tour de force, the hidden potentialities of the nomadic and the powerful rejuvenating force that comes with its inclusion and welcoming in the sedentary landscape that characterizes our Western societies

Нові для України види копрофільних аскоміцетів. I. Піреноміцети та локулоаскоміцети

Сообщается о восьми новых для Украины видах копрофильных пиреномицетов и локулоаскомицетов, собранных в Новгород-Сиверском Полесье в 2004—2005 гг. Sporormiella australis (Speg.) S.I. Ahmed et Cain, S. minimoides S.I. Ahmed et Cain, S. vexans (Auersw.) S.I. Ahmed et Cain и Trichodelitschia bisporula (P. Crouan et H. Crouan) Munk — представители порядка Pleosporales, а Coniochaeta scatigena (Berk. et Broome) Cain, Podospora setosa (G. Winter) Niessl, Schizothecium aloides (Fuckel) N. Lundq. и Sch. vesticola (Berk. et Broome) N. Lundq. — Sordariales. Для всех таксонов представлены подробные описания, иллюстрации, синонимы и местонахождение в Украине. Обсуждаются особенности их морфологии и общего распространения.Eight species of coprophilous pyrenomycetes and loculoascomycetes new for Ukraine are recorded in 2004—2005 in Novgorod-Sivers’k Polissia (Chernigov and Sumy regions). Sporormiella australis (Speg.) S.I. Ahmed et Cain, S. minimoides S.I. Ahmed et Cain, S. vexans (Auersw.) S.I. Ahmed et Cain, and Trichodelitschia bisporula (P. Crouan et H. Crouan) Munk belong to the order Pleosporales, Coniochaeta scatigena (Berk. et Broome) Cain, Podospora setosa (G. Winter) Niessl, Schizothecium aloides (Fuckel) N. Lundq., and Sch. vesticola (Berk. et Broome) N. Lundq. are representatives of the order Sordariales. Descriptions, illustrations, synonyms and localities in Ukraine are provided for each taxon. Characters of their morphology and general distribution are discussed

On the Job: Velvet Cain

While the Department of Surgery is renowned for operating on people, Velvet Cain specializes in another type of “surgery”: analyzing and managing complex numbers. As the Department’s Senior Financial Analyst, she is instrumental in planning budgets, tracking expenses, generating reports and monitoring various components of compensation for faculty and nonfaculty staff. Velvet joined Jefferson in 1999 as a staff accountant in the Controller’s Office. She transferred to Jefferson University Physicians’ Finance Department in 2001 before assuming her current position in Surgery in 2007. While she has remained in the same role, her dayto- day work has changed dramatically over the past nine years. For starters, she says, the number of staff within the Department has grown tremendously. Faculty alone have increased from 25 to more than 50—doubling her workload in terms of financial oversight and planning for all clinical and academic activities. The tools she uses have evolved, as well. Spreadsheets are no longer the preferred method for budgeting; instead, she now uses sophisticated software. Velvet notes that her favorite part of the job is budgeting, and she is proudest of her contributions to controlling costs: “The budget is very challenging,” she says. “As we face challenges in the healthcare environment, setting and sticking to our budgets is more important than ever. I work hard to make sure we stay within what we budgeted.” While some of her friends have questioned how she doesn’t get “bored” looking at numbers all day, she asserts that her job is anything but dull. “Someone always needs a report, and everyone wants something simple—on a single page,” she explains, adding that those “simple” reports require a lot of work on her part. She thoroughly enjoys the process of extracting, analyzing and presenting data from multiple sources. And she takes seriously the opportunity to lessen the administrative burden for her colleagues who deliver patient care: “I know how important it is for them to focus on their patients. When they have a purchasing, accounts payable or other administrative issue, I am always available to help them— even if it means making a ‘house call’ to where they are.

The biblical foundation of James Baldwin\u27s Sonny\u27s Blues

This article focuses on the critical analysis of two main biblical texts that form the foundation of Baldwin’s Sonny\u27s Bules : the Cain and Abel story from the Book of Genesis and the parable of the Prodigal Son from Luke’s gospel

Cisney, Barbara (SC 2252)

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2252. Bevie W. Cain, and Civil War Letters of Bevie Cain, two papers written by Barbara Cisney for Western Kentucky University history classes and based primarily on a collection of Cain\u27s letters at the Kenktucky Library & Museum (SC 2251)

Self-Automaton Semigroups

After reviewing automaton semigroups, we introduce Cayley Automata and the corresponding Cayley Automaton semigroups. We investigate which semigroups are isomorphic to their Cayley Automaton semigroup and give some results for special classes of semigroups. We answer a question posed by Cain relating to the dual construction.Comment: 18 page

So YHWH established a sign for Cain\u27: Rethinking Genesis 4,15

The so-called mark of Cain has long been thought to be something God puts upon Cain\u27s body or a trait Cain would possess to deter would-be avengers. Often overlooked, however, are details immediately following the story Gen 4,17 – dealing with the building of a city – which may well indicate the sign. In this short note I argue that the sign might best be understood not as a mark upon the body, but as something God established for Cain\u27s protection – perhaps a city of refuge