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A simply connected surface of general type with p_g=0 and K^2=3
Motivated by a recent result of Y. Lee and the second author[7], we construct
a simply connected minimal complex surface of general type with p_g=0 and K^2=3
using a rational blow-down surgery and Q-Gorenstein smoothing theory. In a
similar fashion, we also construct a new simply connected symplectic 4-manifold
with b_2^+=1 and K^2=4.Comment: 17 pages, 10 figures, a section regarding a symplectic 4-manifold
with K^2=4 is adde
Surface gravity and Hawking temperature from entropic force viewpoint
We consider a freely falling holographic screen for the Schwarzschild and
Reissner-Nordstr\"om black holes and evaluate the entropic force \`a la
Verlinde. When the screen crosses the event horizon, the temperature of the
screen agrees to the Hawking temperature and the entropic force gives rise to
the surface gravity for both of the black holes.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figure; RevTeX
Quasiphantom categories on a family of surfaces isogenous to a higher product
We construct exceptional collections of line bundles of maximal length 4 on
which is a surface isogenous to a higher product with
where is a finite group of order 32 having number 27 in
the list of Magma library. From these exceptional collections, we obtain new
examples of quasiphantom categories as their orthogonal complements.Comment: 18 pages; v2 reflects the revision made during the journal
publication proces
Information flow between composite stock index and individual stocks
We investigate the strength and the direction of information transfer in the
U.S. stock market between the composite stock price index of stock market and
prices of individual stocks using the transfer entropy. Through the
directionality of the information transfer, we find that individual stocks are
influenced by the index of the market.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figure
Effect of previous-winter mortality on the association between summer temperature and mortality in South Korea.
BACKGROUND: It has recently been postulated that low mortality levels in the previous winter may increase the proportion of vulnerable individuals in the pool of people at risk of heat-related death during the summer months. OBJECTIVES: We explored the sensitivity of heat-related mortality in summer (June-August) to mortality in the previous winter (December-February) in Seoul, Daegu, and Incheon in South Korea, from 1992 through 2007, excluding the summer of 1994. METHODS: Poisson regression models adapted for time-series data were used to estimate associations between a 1 °C increase in average summer temperature (on the same day and the previous day) above thresholds specific for city, age, and cause of death, and daily mortality counts. Effects were estimated separately for summers preceded by winters with low and high mortality, with adjustment for secular trends. RESULTS: Temperatures above city-specific thresholds were associated with increased mortality in all three cities. Associations were stronger in summers preceded by winters with low versus high mortality levels for all nonaccidental deaths and, to a lesser extent, among persons ≥ 65 years of age. Effect modification by previous-winter mortality was not evident when we restricted deaths to cardiovascular disease outcomes in Seoul. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that low winter all-cause mortality leads to higher mortality during the next summer. Evidence of a relation between increased summer heat-related mortality and previous wintertime deaths has the potential to inform public health efforts to mitigate effects of hot weather
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