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Tax Havens and Public International Law: The Case of the Netherlands Antilles
This paper identifies changes to tax havens’ legislation as a result of pressure from rich countries exercised through the OECD. It focuses on the specific situation of the Netherlands Antilles. The paper analyzes the response given by the Netherlands Antilles to the international community through the modification of its tax agreement with the mother country in Europe, and considers whether this is a solution for adoption by other tax havens. The paper then argues that such a model is not appropriate for use in a small economy which cannot rely on a supportive mother country nor on tourism as an alternative resource. The paper concludes that the legal status of small island states could be reconsidered in public international law and proposes that rich countries adopt a balanced approach when considering harmful tax competition
Rapidly quantifying the relative distention of a human bladder
A device and method was developed to rapidly quantify the relative distention of the bladder of a human subject. An ultrasonic transducer is positioned on the human subject near the bladder. A microprocessor controlled pulser excites the transducer by sending an acoustic wave into the human subject. This wave interacts with the bladder walls and is reflected back to the ultrasonic transducer where it is received, amplified, and processed by the receiver. The resulting signal is digitized by an analog to digital converter, controlled by the microprocessor again, and is stored in data memory. The software in the microprocessor determines the relative distention of the bladder as a function of the propagated ultrasonic energy. Based on programmed scientific measurements and the human subject's past history as contained in program memory, the microprocessor sends out a signal to turn on any or all of the available alarms. The alarm system includes and audible alarm, the visible alarm, the tactile alarm, and the remote wireless alarm
Rapidly quantifying the relative distention of a human bladder
A device and method of rapidly quantifying the relative distention of the bladder in a human subject are disclosed. The ultrasonic transducer which is positioned on the subject in proximity to the bladder is excited by a pulser under the command of a microprocessor to launch an acoustic wave into the patient. This wave interacts with the bladder walls and is reflected back to the ultrasonic transducer, when it is received, amplified and processed by the receiver. The resulting signal is digitized by an analog-to-digital converter under the command of the microprocessor and is stored in the data memory. The software in the microprocessor determines the relative distention of the bladder as a function of the propagated ultrasonic energy; and based on programmed scientific measurements and individual, anatomical, and behavioral characterists of the specific subject as contained in the program memory, sends out a signal to turn on any or all of the audible alarm, the visible alarm, the tactile alarm, and the remote wireless alarm
Regularization of statistical inverse problems and the Bakushinskii veto
In the deterministic context Bakushinskii's theorem excludes the existence of
purely data driven convergent regularization for ill-posed problems. We will
prove in the present work that in the statistical setting we can either
construct a counter example or develop an equivalent formulation depending on
the considered class of probability distributions. Hence, Bakushinskii's
theorem does not generalize to the statistical context, although this has often
been assumed in the past. To arrive at this conclusion, we will deduce from the
classic theory new concepts for a general study of statistical inverse problems
and perform a systematic clarification of the key ideas of statistical
regularization.Comment: 20 page
90 m β * optics for ATLAS/ALFA
http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/IPAC2011/papers/tupz002.pdfInternational audienceWe describe a high β∗ optics developed for the ATLAS detector at the LHC interaction point IP1. Roman Pots have been installed 240 m left and right of IP1 to allow to measure the absolute luminosity and the total elastic cross section for ATLAS with ALFA (Absolute Luminosity for ATLAS). Ultimately, it is planned to perform these mea- surements at a very high β∗ of 2625 m. Here we describe a new, intermediate β∗ = 90 m optics, which has been opti- mized for compatibility with the present LHC running con- ditions. We describe the main features and the expected performance of this optics for ALFA
Plans for High Beta Optics in the LHC
ISBN 978-3-95450-115-1 - http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/IPAC2012/papers/moppc007.pdfInternational audienceBased on what has been learned with the first high β* = 90 m operation in 2011, we describe the potential and practical scenarios for reaching very high β* in the LHC in 2012 and beyond. Very high β* optics require dedicated running time and conditions in the LHC. We describe a plan which is optimized to maximize the physics potential in a minimum of dedicated running time
About the detection of gravitational wave bursts
Several filtering methods for the detection of gravitational wave bursts in
interferometric detectors are presented. These are simple and fast methods
which can act as online triggers. All methods are compared to matched filtering
with the help of a figure of merit based on the detection of supernovae signals
simulated by Zwerger and Muller.Comment: 5 pages, proceedings of GWDAW99 (Roma, Dec. 1999), to appear in Int.
J. Mod. Phys.
Minimax estimation of the Wigner function in quantum homodyne tomography with ideal detectors
We estimate the quantum state of a light beam from results of quantum
homodyne measurements performed on identically prepared pulses. The state is
represented through the Wigner function, a ``quasi-probability density'' on
which may take negative values and must respect intrinsic
positivity constraints imposed by quantum physics. The data consists of
i.i.d. observations from a probability density equal to the Radon transform of
the Wigner function. We construct an estimator for the Wigner function, and
prove that it is minimax efficient for the pointwise risk over a class of
infinitely differentiable functions. A similar result was previously derived by
Cavalier in the context of positron emission tomography. Our work extends this
result to the space of smooth Wigner functions, which is the relevant parameter
space for quantum homodyne tomography.Comment: 15 page
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