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On the finding of the Indo-Pacific fish Scomberomorus commerson in Rhodes (Greece)
The occurrence of the Indo-Pacific fish Scomberomorus commerson was observed for the first time in the Hellenic waters of the SE Aegean Sea during the spring 2008. The record may represent a first indication of a population expansion of this alien species along the southern coasts of the Aegean Sea
Atomistic subsemirings of the lattice of subspaces of an algebra
Let A be an associative algebra with identity over a field k. An atomistic
subsemiring R of the lattice of subspaces of A, endowed with the natural
product, is a subsemiring which is a closed atomistic sublattice. When R has no
zero divisors, the set of atoms of R is endowed with a multivalued product. We
introduce an equivalence relation on the set of atoms such that the quotient
set with the induced product is a monoid, called the condensation monoid. Under
suitable hypotheses on R, we show that this monoid is a group and the class of
k1_A is the set of atoms of a subalgebra of A called the focal subalgebra. This
construction can be iterated to obtain higher condensation groups and focal
subalgebras. We apply these results to G-algebras for G a group; in particular,
we use them to define new invariants for finite-dimensional irreducible
projective representations.Comment: 14 page
Learning the Quality of Machine Permutations in Job Shop Scheduling
In recent years, the power demonstrated by Machine Learning (ML) has increasingly attracted the interest of the optimization community that is starting to leverage ML for enhancing and automating the design of algorithms. One combinatorial optimization problem recently tackled with ML is the Job Shop scheduling Problem (JSP). Most of the works on the JSP using ML focus on Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL), and only a few of them leverage supervised learning techniques. The recurrent reasons for avoiding supervised learning seem to be the difficulty in casting the right learning task, i.e., what is meaningful to predict, and how to obtain labels. Therefore, we first propose a novel supervised learning task that aims at predicting the quality of machine permutations. Then, we design an original methodology to estimate this quality, and we use these estimations to create an accurate sequential deep learning model (binary accuracy above 95%). Finally, we empirically demonstrate the value of predicting the quality of machine permutations by enhancing the performance of a simple Tabu Search algorithm inspired by the works in the literature
The relation between bar formation, galaxy luminosity, and environment
We derive the bar fraction in three different environments ranging from the
field to Virgo and Coma clusters, covering an unprecedentedly large range of
galaxy luminosities (or, equivalently, stellar masses). We confirm that the
fraction of barred galaxies strongly depends on galaxy luminosity. We also show
that the difference between the bar fraction distributions as a function of
galaxy luminosity (and mass) in the field and Coma cluster are statistically
significant, with Virgo being an intermediate case. We interpret this result as
a variation of the effect of environment on bar formation depending on galaxy
luminosity. We speculate that brighter disk galaxies are stable enough against
interactions to keep their cold structure, thus, the interactions are able to
trigger bar formation. For fainter galaxies the interactions become strong
enough to heat up the disks inhibiting bar formation and even destroying the
disks. Finally, we point out that the controversy regarding whether the bar
fraction depends on environment could be resolved by taking into account the
different luminosity ranges of the galaxy samples studied so far.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures. To appear in the proceedings of EWASS 2012
Special Session 4, Structure of galaxy disks shaped by secular evolution and
environmental processes, ed. P. Di Matteo and C. Jog, Memorie della Societ\`a
Astronomica Italiana Supplement Serie
A New Ultra-dense Group of Obscured Emission-Line Galaxies
We present the discovery of an isolated compact group of galaxies that is
extremely dense (median projected galaxy separation: 6.9 kpc), has a very low
velocity dispersion ( = 67 km s), and where all
observed members show emission lines and are morphologically disturbed. These
properties, together with the lack of spirals and the presence of a prominent
tidal tail make this group one of the most evolved compact groups.Comment: 15 pages,LaTeX, 2figures. A Postscript figure with spectra is
available at ftp://astro.uibk.ac.at/pub/weinberger/ . Accepted for
publication in ApJ Letter
The Circumnuclear Ring of Ionized Gas in NGC3593
We present the results of narrow-band Halpha+NII imaging of the early-type
spiral NGC3593 in combination with a study of the flux radial profiles of the
NII (lambda: 654.80, 658.34 nm), Halpha, and SII (lambda: 671.65, 673.08 nm)
emission lines along its major axis. The galaxy is known to contain two
counterrotating stellar discs of different size and luminosity. We find that
the Halpha emission mainly derives from a small central region of 57 arcsec x
25 arcsec. It consists of a filamentary pattern with a central ring. This has a
diameter of about 17 arcsec (~ 0.6/h kpc) and it contributes about half of the
total Halpha flux. The ring is interpreted as the result of the interaction
between the acquired retrograde gas which later formed the smaller
counterrotating stellar disc and the pre-existing prograde gas of the galaxy.Comment: Accepted for pubblication in Astronomy and Astrophysics; one latex
file (corsini.tex), and 2 encapsulated postscript figures
(corsini_fig1.ps,corsini_fig2.ps). To be compiled with aa.cls latex2e macro
style (pslatex option): 6 pages after latex compilatio
Multi-mode TES bolometer optimization for the LSPE-SWIPE instrument
In this paper we explore the possibility of using transition edge sensor
(TES) detectors in multi-mode configuration in the focal plane of the Short
Wavelength Instrument for the Polarization Explorer (SWIPE) of the
balloon-borne polarimeter Large Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE) for the
Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization. This study is motivated by the
fact that maximizing the sensitivity of TES bolometers, under the augmented
background due to the multi-mode design, requires a non trivial choice of
detector parameters. We evaluate the best parameter combination taking into
account scanning strategy, noise constraints, saturation power and operating
temperature of the cryostat during the flight.Comment: in Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 05 January 201
Influence of water management on the active root-associated microbiota involved in arsenic, iron and sulfur cycles in rice paddies
In recent years, the role of microorganisms inhabiting rice rhizosphere in promoting arsenic contamination has emerged. However, little is known concerning the species and metabolic properties involved in this phenomenon. In this study, the influence of water management on the rhizosphere microbiota in relation to arsenic dissolution in soil solution was tested.
Rice plants were cultivated in macrocosms under different water regimes: continuous flooding, continuous flooding with a 2 weeks-period drainage before flowering and dry soil watered every 10 days. The active bacterial communities in rhizosphere soil and in rhizoplane were characterized by 16S rRNA pyrosequencing. An in-depth analysis of microbial taxa with direct or indirect effects on arsenic speciation was performed and related contribution was evaluated.
Continuous flooding promoted high diversity in the rhizosphere, with the plant strongly determining species richness and evenness. On the contrary, under watering the communities were uniform, with little differences between rhizosphere soil and rhizoplane. Arsenic-releasing and arsenite-methylating bacteria were selected by continuous flooding, where they represented 8 % of the total. On the contrary, bacteria decreasing arsenic solubility were more abundant under watering, with relative abundance of 10 %. These values reflected arsenic concentrations in soil solution, respectively 135 \ub5g L-1 and negligible in continuous flooding and under watering. When short-term drainage was applied before flowering, intermediate conditions were achieved.
This evidence strongly indicates an active role of the rhizosphere microbiota in driving arsenic biogeochemistry in rice paddies, influenced by water management, explaining amounts and speciation of arsenic often found in rice grains
Peanut-shaped bulges in face-on disk galaxies
We present high resolution absorption-line spectroscopy of 3 face-on
galaxies, NGC 98, NGC 600, and NGC 1703 with the aim of searching for
box/peanut (B/P)-shaped bulges. These observations test and confirm the
prediction of Debattista et al. (2005) that face-on B/P-shaped bulges can be
recognized by a double minimum in the profile of the fourth-order Gauss-Hermite
moment h_4. In NGC 1703, which is an unbarred control galaxy, we found no
evidence of a B/P bulge. In NGC 98, a clear double minimum in h_4 is present
along the major axis of the bar and before the end of the bar, as predicted. In
contrast, in NGC 600, which is also a barred galaxy but lacks a substantial
bulge, we do not find a significant B/P shape.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure. To appear in "Tumbling, twisting, and winding
galaxies: Pattern speeds along the Hubble sequence", E. M. Corsini and V. P.
Debattista (eds.), Memorie della Societa` Astronomica Italian
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