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Towards the isotopic measurement of solar wind carbon in the Genesis silicon target
We report a current stage of the carbon isotope measurements in the Genesis Si target
The structural contradictions and constraints on corporate social responsibility: Challenges for corporate social irresponsibility
Purpose - This chapter engages critically with the ideas of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and irresponsibility (CSI) in order to examine their utility for the purposes of realizing more socially just and environmentally sustainable social and economic practices. Methodology/approach - The chapter develops Marx's understanding of the twin pressures of class struggle and inter-capitalist competition in setting the limits of agency for corporate actors. It is thus theoretical and discursive in nature. Findings - The findings of the chapter suggest that the scope for corporate agency in relation to responsibility/irresponsibility is severely limited by inter-capitalist competition and capitalist social relations. It therefore argues that those interested in social justice and environmental sustainability should focus on these structural pressures rather than theorizing corporate agency. Social implications - The research suggests that the focus of academic and government attention should be on resolving the contradictions and exploitative social relations inherent in capitalism. Without this emphasis activism, corporate agency and government action will not eradicate the types of problem that advocates of CSR/CSI are concerned about. Originality/value of paper - The value of the paper is that it contests and engages critically with the utility of the notion of CSR and the emergent concept of CSI. It asks proponents of these concepts to think seriously about the structural pressures and constraints within which business and policy makers act. Copyrightr © 2012 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Partition Functions in Statistical Mechanics, Symmetric Functions, and Group Representations
Partition functions for non-interacting particles are known to be symmetric
functions. It is shown that powerful group-theoretical techniques can be used
not only to derive these relationships, but also to significantly simplify
calculation of the partition functions for particles that carry internal
quantum numbers. The partition function is shown to be a sum of one or more
group characters. The utility of character expansions in calculating the
partition functions is explored. Several examples are given to illustrate these
techniques.Comment: 16 pages of RevTe
Phase diagram and critical properties in the Polyakov--Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model
We investigate the phase diagram of the so-called
Polyakov--Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model at finite temperature and nonzero chemical
potential with three quark flavours. Chiral and deconfinement phase transitions
are discussed, and the relevant order-like parameters are analyzed. The results
are compared with simple thermodynamic expectations and lattice data. A special
attention is payed to the critical end point: as the strength of the
flavour-mixing interaction becomes weaker, the critical end point moves to low
temperatures and can even disappear.Comment: Talk given at the 9th International Conference on Quark Confinement
and the Hadron Spectrum - QCHS IX, Madrid, Spain, 30 August - September 201
coherent state operators and invariant correlation functions and their quantum group counterparts
Coherent state operators (CSO) are defined as operator valued functions on
G=SL(n,C), homogeneous with respect to right multiplication by lower triangular
matrices. They act on a model space containing all holomorphic finite
dimensional representations of G with multiplicity 1. CSO provide an analytic
tool for studying G invariant 2- and 3-point functions, which are written down
in the case of . The quantum group deformation of the construction gives
rise to a non-commutative coset space. We introduce a "standard" polynomial
basis in this space (related to but not identical with the Lusztig canonical
basis) which is appropriate for writing down invariant 2-point
functions for representaions of the type and .
General invariant 2-point functions are written down in a mixed
Poincar\'e-Birkhoff-Witt type basis.Comment: 33 pages, LATEX, preprint IPNO/TH 94-0
Comparison of articulate brachiopod nuclear and mitochondrial gene trees leads to a clade-based redefinition of protostomes (Protostomozoa) and deuterostomes (Deuterostomozoa)
Nuclear and mtDNA sequences from selected short-looped terebratuloid (terebratulacean) articulate brachiopods yield congruent and genetically independent phylogenetic reconstructions by parsimony, neighbor-joining and maximum likelihood methods, suggesting that both sources of data are reliable guides to brachiopod species phylogeny. The present-day genealogical relationships and geographical distributions of the tested terebratuloid brachiopods are consistent with a tethyan dispersal and subsequent radiation. Concordance of nuclear and mitochondrial gene phylogenies reinforces previous indications that articulate brachiopods, inarticulate brachiopods, phoronids and ectoprocts cluster with other organisms generally regarded as protostomes. Since ontogeny and morphology in brachiopods, ectoprocts and phoronids depart in important respects from those features supposedly diagnostic of protostomes, this demonstrates that the operational definition of protostomy by the usual ontological characters must be misleading or unreliable. New, molecular, operational definitions are proposed to replace the traditional criteria for the recognition of protostomes and deuterostomes, and the clade-based terms 'Protostomozoa' and 'Deuterostomozoa' are proposed to replace the existing terms 'Protostomia' and 'Deuterostomia'
A State Space Framework for Automatic Forecasting Using Exponential Smoothing Methods.
We provide a new approach to automatic business forecasting based on an extended range of exponential smoothing methods. Each method in our taxonomy of exponential smoothing methods can be shown to be equivalent to the forecasts obtained from a state space model. This allows (1) the easy calculation of the likelihood, the AIC and other model selection criteria; (2) the computation of prediction intervals for each method; and (3) random simulation from the underlying state space model. We demonstrate the methods by applying them to the data from the M-competition on the M3-competition.Automatic forecasting, exponential smoothing, prediction intervals, state space models.
Theory of combined exciton-cyclotron resonance in a two-dimensional electron gas: The strong magnetic field regime
I develop a theory of combined exciton-cyclotron resonance (ExCR) in a
low-density two-dimensional electron gas in high magnetic fields. In the
presence of excess electrons an incident photon creates an exciton and
simultaneously excites one electron to higher-lying Landau levels. I derive
exact ExCR selection rules that follow from the existing dynamical symmetries,
magnetic translations and rotations about the magnetic field axis. The nature
of the final states in the ExCR is elucidated. The relation between ExCR and
shake-up processes is discussed. The double-peak ExCR structure for transitions
to the first electron Landau level is predicted.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, replaced with the published versio
Special Section Guest Editorial: Image/Video Quality and System Performance
Rapid developments in display technologies, digital printing, imaging sensors, image processing and image transmission are providing new possibilities for creating and conveying visual content. In an age in which images and video are ubiquitous and where mobile, satellite, and three-dimensional (3-D) imaging have become ordinary experiences, quantification of the performance of modern imaging systems requires appropriate approaches. At the end of the imaging chain, a human observer must decide whether images and video are of a satisfactory visual quality. Hence the measurement and modeling of perceived image quality is of crucial importance, not only in visual arts and commercial applications but also in scientific and entertainment environments. Advances in our understanding of the human visual system offer new possibilities for creating visually superior imaging systems and promise more accurate modeling of image quality. As a result, there is a profusion of new research on imaging performance and perceived quality
Harmonically mode-locked fibre soliton lasers and their applications
We present a detailed description of a passive harmonically mode-locked laser. Experimental results are consistent with the suggestion of a passive self-stabilization effect driven by transverse acoustic wave excitation due to electrostriction. We also demonstrate some applications of the laser
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