Financial Impact of Fines in the Unbound Pavement Layers

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Probing Satellite Quenching With Galaxy Clustering

Satellites within simulated massive clusters are significantly spatially correlated with each other, even when those satellites are not gravitationally bound to each other. This correlation is produced by satellites that entered their hosts relatively recently, and is undetectable for satellites that have resided in their hosts for multiple dynamical timescales. Therefore, a measurement of clustering statistics of cluster satellites may be used to determine the typical accretion redshifts of those satellites into their observed hosts. We argue that such measurements may be used to determine the fraction of satellite galaxies that were quenched by their current hosts, thereby discriminating among models for quenching of star formation in satellite galaxies.Comment: 7 page

The application of macro co-kriging and compound lognormal theory to long range grade forecasts for the carbon leader reef

A project report submitted to the Faculty of Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering. Johannesburg, 1997.Due to the extreme costs of establishing new shaft systems in Witwatersrand gold mines it is essential that the resource estimation is optimised, The result of poor Of sub-optimal estimation could be catastrophic even.to the largest of mining companies. This project examines the application of Compound Lognormal Distribution theory and shows the advantages of this distribution model over more traditional models, for the Carbon Leader Reef. The incorporation of information from mined out areas of a deposit in resource estimation is demonstrated. The critical role played by accurate geological modelling is highlighted. The process of Macro Co-Kriging in conjunction with Compound Lognormal Theory is discussed in detail and is shown to be a more accurate estimation technique than traditional techniques using Lognormal theory. Finally the use of the Macro Co-kriged limits are shown to be useful in the classification of Mineral Resources.AC201

Is it time for a wealth tax to offset the economic damage from COVID-19?

With the rollout of the first COVID vaccines, it’s finally beginning to feel like Christmas. Although the health crisis is not yet over, the end is in sight

Pars pro toto and personhood in Roman cremation ritual: new bioarchaeological evidence for the rite of os resectum

Os resectum, or ‘cut bone,’ is an obscure Roman funerary rite known primarily from literary sources. To date, archaeological examples have been recovered from Rome, Ostia, Herculaneum, and Pithekoussai, but none have been positively identified in the western provinces of the Roman Empire. This paper presents bioarchaeological evidence concerning an unusual pattern of preservation for the bones of a single finger in a burial from a late second to mid-third century A.D. cemetery in the Roman colony of Lincoln, England. It explores the implications of this evidence for the identification and performance of os resectum, and for understanding rites of passage surrounding Roman death. As well as revealing the value of integrating scientific and theoretical perspectives in the investigation of questions surrounding ritual behavior, it is argued that os resectum provides evidence to support the presence of a widespread concept of somatic partibility at the heart of Roman forms of personhood