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Introducing New Methodologies for Identifying Design Patterns for Internationalization and Localization
This paper describes a new methodology for deriving interaction design patterns from an analysis of ethnographic data. It suggests using inductive and deductive analysis processes to identify and articulate patterns that address the needs of culturally diverse users of interactive, collaborative systems. This might inform the internationalization and localization process of computer supported collaboration systems
How far does the analogy between causal horizon-induced thermalization with the standard heat bath situation go?
After a short presentation of KMS states and modular theory as the unifying
description of thermalizing systems we propose the absence of transverse vacuum
fluctuations in the holographic projections as the mechanism for an area
behavior (the transverse area) of localization entropy as opposed to the volume
dependence of ordinary heat bath entropy. Thermalization through causal
localization is not a property of QM, but results from the omnipresent vacuum
polarization in QFT and does not require a Gibbs type ensemble avaraging
(coupling to a heat bath).Comment: 10 pages, based on talk given at the 2002 Londrina Winter Schoo
Wedge Local Deformations of Charged Fields leading to Anyonic Commutation Relations
The method of deforming free fields by using multiplication operators on Fock
space, introduced by G. Lechner in [11], is generalized to a charged free field
on two- and three-dimensional Minkowski space. In this case the deformation
function can be chosen in such a way that the deformed fields satisfy
generalized commutation relations, i.e. they behave like Anyons instead of
Bosons. The fields are "polarization free" in the sense that they create only
one-particle states from the vacuum and they are localized in wedges (or "paths
of wedges"), which makes it possible to circumvent a No-Go theorem by J. Mund
[12], stating that there are no free Anyons localized in spacelike cones. The
two-particle scattering matrix, however, can be defined and is different from
unity
Deformations of quantum field theories on de Sitter spacetime
Quantum field theories on de Sitter spacetime with global U(1) gauge symmetry
are deformed using the joint action of the internal symmetry group and a
one-parameter group of boosts. The resulting theory turns out to be wedge-local
and non-isomorphic to the initial one for a class of theories, including the
free charged Dirac field. The properties of deformed models coming from
inclusions of CAR-algebras are studied in detail.Comment: 26 pages, no figure
Local Nature of Coset Models
The local algebras of the maximal Coset model C_max associated with a chiral
conformal subtheory A\subset B are shown to coincide with the local relative
commutants of A in B, provided A contains a stress energy tensor.
Making the same assumption, the adjoint action of the unique
inner-implementing representation U^A associated with A\subset B on the local
observables in B is found to define net-endomorphisms of B. This property is
exploited for constructing from B a conformally covariant holographic image in
1+1 dimensions which proves useful as a geometric picture for the joint
inclusion A\vee C_max \subset B.
Immediate applications to the analysis of current subalgebras are given and
the relation to normal canonical tensor product subfactors is clarified. A
natural converse of Borchers' theorem on half-sided translations is made
accessible.Comment: 33 pages, no figures; typos, minor improvement
Abundance and distribution of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) on the summering grounds in Greenland between 2007-2019
Narwhal abundance in West Greenland (WG) and East Greenland (EG) was estimated from aerial surveys conducted between 2007 and 2019 at their summer grounds. Analyses were completed using Mark Recapture Distance Sampling and Hidden Markov Line Transect Models taking account of the stochastic availability of diving whales. No statistically significant difference in abundance of narwhals could be detected for the two summer grounds (Melville Bay and Inglefield Bredning) in WG between 2007 and 2019. The distribution of narwhals in Inglefield Bredning was similar between years but in Melville Bay, area usage has decreased >80% since the first survey in 2007. Few detections of narwhals were obtained during the surveys in EG and a common detection function was fitted from combining sightings from seven surveys. Narwhals were found in small aggregations distributed between Nordostrundingen and south to and including Tasiilaq. Abundance of narwhals was estimated for the first time in the relatively unexplored Northeast Greenland (Dove Bay and a restricted coastal area of the Greenland Sea). The abundance in these two areas was 2908 narwhals (CV=0.30; 95% CI:1639-5168) estimated in 2017 for the Greenland Sea and 2297 (0.38; 1123-4745) and 1395 (0.33; 744-2641) narwhals were estimated for Dove Bay in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Both abundance and distribution range of narwhals in Southeast Greenland, where narwhals are subject to subsistence harvest, has decreased significantly between 2008-2017 and narwhals have even disappeared at the southernmost area since the first surveys in 2008.Peer reviewe
Policies and scenarios for Cape Town's energy future: options for sustainable city energy development
This study examines a set of energy policy interventions, which can make a major contribution to sustainable development for the City of Cape Town – economically, environmentally and socially. Major energy savings can be made from modal shifts in the transport sector, and with efficient lighting. The savings make a contribution to economic development, by freeing up resources. The savings from energy efficiency also have important social benefits in energy savings, reducing energy bills for poor households. From an environmental point of view, implementing the city’s renewable energy target will have significant costs, but these can be partly off-set by selling carbon credits through the Clean Development Mechanism, and will result in indirect health benefits. Targeted interventions can reduce local air pollution, and help Cape Town become a leader in addressing greenhouse gas emissions. Apart from examining the social, economic and environmental dimensions of each policy, this paper compares policies to one another. Of particular interest for sustainable energy development are those policies which are viable in terms of costs,
social benefits and the environment. Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) in residential, commercial and government sectors and heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) in commerce and government sectors stand out as policies that have benefits from every angle. The paper builds on previous work done on the ‘state of energy’ for Cape Town and develops a tool that can paint a picture of what might happen to energy in the future. Using the Long-Range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP) modelling tool, a set of energy policies have been simulated
Warped Convolutions, Rieffel Deformations and the Construction of Quantum Field Theories
Warped convolutions of operators were recently introduced in the algebraic
framework of quantum physics as a new constructive tool. It is shown here that
these convolutions provide isometric representations of Rieffel's strict
deformations of C*-dynamical systems with automorphic actions of R^n, whenever
the latter are presented in a covariant representation. Moreover, the device
can be used for the deformation of relativistic quantum field theories by
adjusting the convolutions to the geometry of Minkowski space. The resulting
deformed theories still comply with pertinent physical principles and their
Tomita-Takesaki modular data coincide with those of the undeformed theory; but
they are in general inequivalent to the undeformed theory and exhibit different
physical interpretations.Comment: 34 page
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Physical processes affecting soil biotic and abiotic responses to disturbance in forest ecosystems of southwestern Oregon
The effect of physical factors such as soil structure, bulk density, parent material, and topographic variables on soil C and N dynamics and ectomycorrhizal inocululu
potential in forests of southwest Oregon were investigated In the high-elevation white fir (Abies concolor (Gord. & Glend.) Lindl.) zone, two old poorly-vegetated clearcuts with different soil textures (sandy loam and silt loam) were compared with adjacent uncut areas. Significant differences in soil C and N were not detected at either site, but the site with silt loam soil had 20-25% lower C and N concentrations in several particle size fractions. Compared to adjacent forests, anaerobically mineralizable N (Nmin) was lower only in the clearcut with sandy loam soil. A larger pool of physically-stabilized but chemically labile N probably sustained Nmin levels on the clearcut with finer-textured soil. In another investigation on these sites, Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) seedlings were used to bioassay six soil particlesize
fractions for ectoniycorrhiza (EM) formation. Six major EM types were found to be heterogeneously distributed among size fractions. Increased colonization by one EM
type following mechanical disaggregation of soil from a clearcut indicated propagules had a "clumpy" distribution in soil or had been suppressed by actinomycete activity. A
separate investigation in a lower elevation vegetation zone (the mixed evergreen zone) of southwest Oregon compared soil and forest floor C and N in forests and 5-year-old
clearcuts that had been broadcast-burned (BB) or hand piled-and-burned (PB). Total C and N, and Nmin were determined variously in litter, F-layer, 0-5 cm soil, and 5-15 cm soil. In clearcuts, decreases in C and N stored in these layers exceeded amounts typically removed by harvest. BB clearcuts had significantly lower Nmin levels in the 0-5 cm layer compared to adjacent forests. The disappearance of F layers from BB and PB clearcuts represented the largest loss of N from the layers we sampled. The proportion of N lost from these layers was related by regression of C:N ratios of the two soil layers. This proportion and both C N ratios were in turn correlated with slope, aspect, and soil bulk density. We incorporated the
relationships into a conceptual model depicting a complex topographic influence on N losses following forest disturbance
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