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Dynamical spacetimes and gravitational radiation in a Fully Constrained Formulation
This contribution summarizes the recent work carried out to analyze the
behavior of the hyperbolic sector of the Fully Constrained Formulation (FCF)
derived in Bonazzola et al. 2004. The numerical experiments presented here
allows one to be confident in the performances of the upgraded version of
CoCoNuT's code by replacing the Conformally Flat Condition (CFC) approximation
of the Einstein equations by the FCF.Comment: 4 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in Journal of Physics:
Conference Series, Proceedings of the 8th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on
Gravitational Wave
The Effect of Zonally Asymmetric Ozone Heating on the Northern Hemisphere Winter Polar Stratosphere
[1] Previous modeling studies have found significant differences in winter extratropical stratospheric temperatures depending on the presence or absence of zonally asymmetric ozone heating (ZAOH), yet the physical mechanism causing these differences has not been fully explained. The present study describes the effect of ZAOH on the dynamics of the Northern Hemisphere extratropical stratosphere using an ensemble of free-running atmospheric general circulation model simulations over the 1 December - 31 March period. We find that the simulations including ZAOH produce a significantly warmer and weaker stratospheric polar vortex in mid-February due to more frequent major stratospheric sudden warmings compared to the simulations using only zonal mean ozone heating. This is due to regions of enhanced Eliassen-Palm flux convergence found in the region between 40°N–70°N latitude and 10–0.05 hPa. These results are consistent with changes in the propagation of planetary waves in the presence of ZAOH predicted by an ozone-modified refractive index
Inference of mixed information in Formal Concept Analysis
Negative information can be considered twofold: by means
of a negation operator or by capturing the absence of information. In
this second approach, a new framework have to be developed: from the syntax to the semantics, including the management of such generalized knowledge representation. In this work we traverse all these issues in the framework of formal concept analysis, introducing a new set of inference rules to manage mixed (positive and negative) attributes.TIN2014-59471-P of the Science and Innovation
Ministry of Spain, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund
(ERDF). UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech
Octahedral tilting, monoclinic phase and the phase diagram of PZT
Anelastic and dielectric spectroscopy measurements on PZT close to the
morphotropic (MPB) and antiferroelectric boundaries provide new insight in some
controversial aspects of its phase diagram. No evidence is found of a border
separating monoclinic (M) from rhombohedral (R) phases, in agreement with
recent structural studies supporting a coexistence of the two phases over a
broad composition range x < 0.5, with the fraction of M increasing toward the
MPB. It is also discussed why the observed maximum of elastic compliance
appears to be due to a rotational instability of the polarisation and therefore
cannot be explained by extrinsic softening from finely twinned R phase alone,
but indicates the presence also of M phase, not necessarily homogeneous.
A new diffuse transition is found within the ferroelectric phase near x ~
0.1, at a temperature T_IT higher than the well established boundary T_T to the
phase with tilted octahedra. It is proposed that around T_IT the octahedra
start rotating in a disordered manner and finally become ordered below T_T. In
this interpretation, the onset temperature for octahedral tilting monotonically
increases up to the antiferroelectric transition of PbZrO3, and the depression
of T_T(x) below x = 0.18 would be a consequence of the partial relieve of the
mismatch between the cation radii with the initial stage of tilting below T_IT.Comment: submitted to J. Phys.: Condens. Matte
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Composite polymer membranes for laserinduced fluorescence thermometry
We demonstrate a modified version of laser-induced fluorescence thermometry (LIFT) for mapping temperature gradients in the vicinity of small photothermal devices. Our approach is based on temperature sensitive fluorescent membranes fabricated with rhodamine B and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Relevant membrane features for LIFT, such as temperature sensitivity, thermal quenching and photobleaching are presented for a range of 25 °C to 90 °C, and their performance is evaluated upon obtaining the temperature gradients produced in the proximity of optical fiber micro-heaters. Our results show that temperature measurements in regions as small as 750 μm x 650 μm, with a temperature resolution of 1 °C, can be readily obtained
Chiral Superconducting Membranes
We develop the dynamics of the chiral superconducting membranes (with null
current) in an alternative geometric approach either making a Lagrangian
description and a Hamiltonian point of view. Besides of this, we show the
equivalence of the resulting descriptions to the one known Dirac-Nambu-Goto
(DNG) case. Integrability for chiral string model is obtained using a proposed
light-cone gauge. In a similar way, domain walls are integrated by means of a
simple ansatz. We compare the results with recently works appeared in the
literature.Comment: Latex file, 17 pages, no figures. Improved version, typos corrected,
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Visual analytics of flight trajectories for uncovering decision making strategies
In air traffic management and control, movement data describing actual and planned flights are used for planning, monitoring and post-operation analysis purposes with the goal of increased efficient utilization of air space capacities (in terms of delay reduction or flight efficiency), without compromising the safety of passengers and cargo, nor timeliness of flights. From flight data, it is possible to extract valuable information concerning preferences and decision making of airlines (e.g. route choice) and air traffic managers and controllers (e.g. flight rerouting or optimizing flight times), features whose understanding is intended as a key driver for bringing operational performance benefits. In this paper, we propose a suite of visual analytics techniques for supporting assessment of flight data quality and data analysis workflows centred on revealing decision making preferences
Strichartz Estimates for the Vibrating Plate Equation
We study the dispersive properties of the linear vibrating plate (LVP)
equation. Splitting it into two Schr\"odinger-type equations we show its close
relation with the Schr\"odinger equation. Then, the homogeneous Sobolev spaces
appear to be the natural setting to show Strichartz-type estimates for the LVP
equation. By showing a Kato-Ponce inequality for homogeneous Sobolev spaces we
prove the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for the LVP equation with
time-dependent potentials. Finally, we exhibit the sharpness of our results.
This is achieved by finding a suitable solution for the stationary homogeneous
vibrating plate equation.Comment: 18 pages, 4 figures, some misprints correcte
Exploración artroscópica de la articulación del codo del perro : diagnóstico del proceso coronoides medial fragmentado (FCP)
En los últimos años, la artroscopia se ha convertido en una técnica de gran utilidad en el diagnóstico de las diferentes lesiones osteo- condrales del perro. En este trabajo explicamos el uso de la técnica artroscópica en la exploración de la articulación del codo; al mismo tiempo describimos el instrumental necesario. Durante un periodo de un año, hemos realizado 8 artroscopias diagnósticas en 8 perros (8 codos operados) con síntomas de cojera por lesiones a nivel de la articulacíóndel codo, diagnosticando 6 casos de FCP (proceso coronoides medial fragmentado). En todos los casos, la artrotomía confirmó los hallazgos artroscópicos. Además, con este estudio queremos demostrar la eficacia de la técnica artroscópica en el diagnóstico, no sólo del FCP, sino de su importancia en la evaluación de los cambios inflamatorios de la membrana sinovial (sinovitis)y del cartílago articular, lesiones estas últimas que no somos capaces de evaluar con otras técnicas diagnósticas como la radiología, la tomografía axial computerizada e incluso con la artrotomía convencional.During the last years, arthroscopy has become a very important method for the diagnosis of osteochondrallesions in the dogo In this study, we describe the technique and all the equipment necessary to perform an exploratory arthroscopy in the elbow joint. During the last year, we have performed 8 arthroscopic explorations in 8 dogs (8 elbows) with foreleg lameness localised to the elbow joint. 6 cases of FCP (fragmented medial coronoid process) were diagnosed. All the cases were confirmed by arthrotomy. In this study we want to probe how good arthroscopy is in the diagnosis of the FCP. Besides this, arthroscopy is a very usefull technique during the evaluation of the synovial embrane (synovitis) and the cartilage lesions, we have to say that we are not able to diagnose this type of lesions with other conventional techniques like radiology, axial tomography or arthrotomy
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