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On the cognitive basis of contact-induced sound change: vowel merger reversal in Shanghainese: online appendices
Inflaton two-point correlation in the presence of a cosmic string
Precise measurements of the microwave background anisotropy have confirmed the inflationary picture of approximately scale invariant, Gaussian primordial adiabatic density perturbations. However, there are some anomalies that suggest a small violation of rotational and/or translational invariance in the mechanism that generates the primordial density fluctuations. Motivated by this we study the two-point correlation of a massless scalar (the inflaton) when the stress tensor contains the energy density from an infinitely long straight cosmic string in addition to a cosmological constant
Rent Appropriation in Strategic Alliances: A Study of Technical Alliances in Pharmaceutical Industry
Many existing alliance studies have investigated how embedded relations create superior value for organizations. The role of network structure in rent appropriation or pie splitting, however, has been underexplored. We propose that favorable locations in interorganizational networks provide firms with superior opportunities for appropriating more economic benefits from alliances than their partners do. Specifically, we argue that partners’ asymmetric network positions will lead to unequal brokerage positions that promote disparate levels of information gathering, monitoring, and bargaining power, which lead to differing capacities to appropriate value. This in turn results in variations in market performance. We also propose this brokerage position exacerbates existing inequalities such as commercial capital; thus, available firm resources will moderate such network effects. Evidence is presented in the form of market response to technology alliance announcements from a set of pharmaceutical firms. In general, we find that firms within central network positions and those spanning structural holes have higher returns than their partners. In addition, we show that this relationship is contingent upon available firm resources
Silent reading of direct versus indirect speech activates voice-selective areas in the auditory cortex
In human communication, direct speech (e.g., Mary said: “I'm hungry”) is perceived to be more vivid than indirect speech (e.g., Mary said [that] she was hungry). However, for silent reading, the representational consequences of this distinction are still unclear. Although many of us share the intuition of an “inner voice,” particularly during silent reading of direct speech statements in text, there has been little direct empirical confirmation of this experience so far. Combining fMRI with eye tracking in human volunteers, we show that silent reading of direct versus indirect speech engenders differential brain activation in voice-selective areas of the auditory cortex. This suggests that readers are indeed more likely to engage in perceptual simulations (or spontaneous imagery) of the reported speaker's voice when reading direct speech as opposed to meaning-equivalent indirect speech statements as part of a more vivid representation of the former. Our results may be interpreted in line with embodied cognition and form a starting point for more sophisticated interdisciplinary research on the nature of auditory mental simulation during reading
Trends in multiparticle production and some "predictions" for pp and PbPb collisions at LHC
Based on trends seen at lower energies we "predict" the multiplicities and
pseudorapidity distributions of particle density and elliptic flow that will be
seen in PbPb and pp collisions at the LHC. We argue that, if these predictions
turn out to be correct, either these quantities are insensitive to the state of
matter created in high energy heavy ion collisions or the observed simplicity
and universality of the data must be telling us something profound about the
mechanism of particle production, which to this date is not well understood.Comment: Invited Talk at SQM2007 Conferenc
The generalized Kupershmidt deformation for constructing new integrable systems from integrable bi-Hamiltonian systems
Based on the Kupershmidt deformation for any integrable bi-Hamiltonian
systems presented in [4], we propose the generalized Kupershmidt deformation to
construct new systems from integrable bi-Hamiltonian systems, which provides a
nonholonomic perturbation of the bi-Hamiltonian systems. The generalized
Kupershmidt deformation is conjectured to preserve integrability. The
conjecture is verified in a few representative cases: KdV equation, Boussinesq
equation, Jaulent-Miodek equation and Camassa-Holm equation. For these specific
cases, we present a general procedure to convert the generalized Kupershmidt
deformation into the integrable Rosochatius deformation of soliton equation
with self-consistent sources, then to transform it into a -type
bi-Hamiltonian system. By using this generalized Kupershmidt deformation some
new integrable systems are derived. In fact, this generalized Kupershmidt
deformation also provides a new method to construct the integrable Rosochatius
deformation of soliton equation with self-consistent sources.Comment: 21 pages, to appear in Journal of Mathematical Physic
A molecular-dynamics algorithm for mixed hard-core/continuous potentials
We present a new molecular-dynamics algorithm for integrating the equations
of motion for a system of particles interacting with mixed continuous/impulsive
forces. This method, which we call Impulsive Verlet, is constructed using
operator splitting techniques similar to those that have been used successfully
to generate a variety molecular-dynamics integrators. In numerical experiments,
the Impulsive Verlet method is shown to be superior to previous methods with
respect to stability and energy conservation in long simulations.Comment: 18 pages, 6 postscript figures, uses rotate.st
Chiral geometry of higher excited bands in triaxial nuclei with particle-hole configuration
The lowest six rotational bands have been studied in the particle-rotor model
with the particle-hole configuration
and different triaxiality parameter . Both constant and spin-dependent
variable moments of inertial (CMI and VMI) are introduced. The energy spectra,
electromagnetic transition probabilities, angular momentum components and
-distribution have been examined. It is shown that, besides the band 1 and
band 2, the predicted band 3 and band 4 in the calculations of both CMI and VMI
for atomic nuclei with could be interpreted as chiral doublet
bands.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
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