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Views from the Ohio manufacturing index
An introduction to the experimental Ohio Manufacturing Index and a brief examination of the recent patterns of manufacturing growth occurring in the state.Manufactures - Ohio ; Ohio ; Economic indicators - Ohio
Autoignition test cell Patent
Test chamber for determining decomposition and autoignition of materials used in spacecraft under controlled environmental condition
Efficient Inflation Estimation
This paper investigates the use of trimmed means as high-frequency estimators of" inflation. The known characteristics of price change distributions, specifically the observation" that they generally exhibit high levels of kurtosis, imply that simple averages of price data are" unlikely to produce efficient estimates of inflation. Trimmed means produce superior estimates" of core inflation,' which we define as a long-run centered moving average of CPI and PPI" inflation. We find that trimming 9% from each tail of the CPI price-change distribution from the tails of the PPI price-change distribution, yields an efficient estimator of core inflation" for these two series, although lesser trims also produce substantial efficiency gains. Historically the optimal trimmed estimators are found to be nearly 23% more efficient (in terms of root-mean-square error) than the standard mean CPI Moreover, the efficient estimators are robust to sample period and to the definition of the" presumed underlying long-run trend in inflation.
Fault Slip and Exhumation History of the Willard Thrust Sheet, Sevier FoldâThrust Belt, Utah: Relations to Wedge Propagation, Hinterland Uplift, and Foreland Basin Sedimentation
Zircon (UâTh)/He (ZHe) and zircon fission track thermochronometric data for 47 samples spanning the areally extensive Willard thrust sheet within the western part of the Sevier foldâthrust belt record enhanced cooling and exhumation during major thrust slip spanning approximately 125â90 Ma. ZHe and zircon fission track ageâpaleodepth patterns along structural transects and ageâdistance relations along stratigraphicâparallel traverses, combined with thermoâkinematic modeling, constrain the fault slip history, with estimated slip rates of ~1 km/Myr from 125 to 105 Ma, increasing to ~3 km/Myr from 105 to 92 Ma, and then decreasing as major slip was transferred onto eastern thrusts. Exhumation was concentrated during motion up thrust ramps with estimated erosion rates of ~0.1 to 0.3 km/Myr. Local cooling ages of approximately 160â150 Ma may record a period of regional erosion, or alternatively an early phase of limited... (see full abstract in article)
Generating Cosmological Gaussian Random Fields
We present a generic algorithm for generating Gaussian random initial
conditions for cosmological simulations on periodic rectangular lattices. We
show that imposing periodic boundary conditions on the real-space correlator
and choosing initial conditions by convolving a white noise random field
results in a significantly smaller error than the traditional procedure of
using the power spectrum. This convolution picture produces exact correlation
functions out to separations of L/2, where L is the box size, which is the
maximum theoretically allowed. This method also produces tophat sphere
fluctuations which are exact at radii . It is equivalent to
windowing the power spectrum with the simulation volume before discretizing,
thus bypassing sparse sampling problems. The mean density perturbation in the
volume is no longer constrained to be zero, allowing one to assemble a large
simulation using a series of smaller ones. This is especially important for
simulations of Lyman- systems where small boxes with steep power
spectra are routinely used.
We also present an extension of this procedure which generates exact initial
conditions for hierarchical grids at negligible cost.Comment: 12 pages incl 3 figures, accepted in ApJ Letter
Numerical Simulations of High Redshift Star Formation in Dwarf Galaxies
We present first results from three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of
the high redshift formation of dwarf galaxies. The simulations use an Eulerian
adaptive mesh refinement technique to follow the non-equilibrium chemistry of
hydrogen and helium with cosmological initial conditions drawn from a popular
Lambda-dominated CDM model. We include the effects of reionization using a
uniform radiation field, a phenomenological description of the effect of star
formation and, in a separate simulation, the effects of stellar feedback. The
results highlight the effects of stellar feedback and photoionization on the
baryon content and star formation of galaxies with virial temperatures of
approximately 10^4K. Dwarf sized dark matter halos that assemble prior to
reionization are able to form stars. Most halos of similar mass that assemble
after reionization do not form stars by redshift of three. Dwarf galaxies that
form stars show large variations in their gas content because of stellar
feedback and photoionization effects. Baryon-to-dark matter mass ratios are
found to lie below the cosmic mean as a result of stellar feedback. The
supposed substructure problem of CDM is critically assessed on the basis of
these results. The star formation histories modulated by radiative and stellar
feedbacks are discussed. In addition, metallicities of individual objects are
shown to be naturally correlated with their mass-to-light ratios as is also
evident in the properties of local dwarf galaxies.Comment: 27 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Ap
Explaining the entropy excess in clusters and groups of galaxies without additional heating
The X-ray luminosity and temperature of clusters and groups of galaxies do
not scale in a self-similar manner. This has often been interpreted as a sign
that the intracluster medium has been substantially heated by non-gravitational
sources. In this paper, we propose a simple model which, instead, uses the
properties of galaxy formation to explain the observations. Drawing on
available observations, we show that there is evidence that the efficiency of
galaxy formation was higher in groups than in clusters. If confirmed, this
would deplete the low-entropy gas in groups, increase their central entropy and
decrease their X-ray luminosity. A simple, empirical, hydrostatic model appears
to match both the luminosity-temperature relation of clusters and properties of
their internal structure as well.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, accepted in ApJL; added one reference, otherwise
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Space spider crane
A space spider crane for the movement, placement, and or assembly of various components on or in the vicinity of a space structure is described. As permanent space structures are utilized by the space program, a means will be required to transport cargo and perform various repair tasks. A space spider crane comprising a small central body with attached manipulators and legs fulfills this requirement. The manipulators may be equipped with constant pressure gripping end effectors or tools to accomplish various repair tasks. The legs are also equipped with constant pressure gripping end effectors to grip the space structure. Control of the space spider crane may be achieved either by computer software or a remotely situated human operator, who maintains visual contact via television cameras mounted on the space spider crane. One possible walking program consists of a parallel motion walking program whereby the small central body alternatively leans forward and backward relative to end effectors
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