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Valuing the voluntary sector: rethinking economic analysis
The voluntary sector plays an important role in the sports industry, as a provider of sporting opportunities and in the development of sport, from increasing participation through to supporting excellence and elite performance. However, despite this importance, research on its contribution to sport-related economic activity is limited, with information on this sector remaining the weakest part of current economic assessments of the UK sports industry. The research presented in this article examines the economic importance of the voluntary sector, using a case study of Sheffield. It demonstrates that the sports voluntary sector in the city is considerably smaller than was predicted when using national estimates, and that this is largely a consequence of methodological issues relating to previous research. The article suggests that in the light of the findings and the increasing use of sport in urban policy, there is a need to rethink the methodology used to evaluate the economic contribution of the voluntary sector in the future.</p
Skyrme-force time-dependent Hartree-Fock calculations with axial symmetry
We discuss axially symmetric time-dependent Hartree-Fock calculations using a finite-range modification of the Skyrme energy functional. The finite-difference forms of the coordinate-space time-dependent Hartree-Fock equations, the method of time evolution, and other numerical aspects are presented. Detailed results for (^84)Kr-induced deep-inelastic collisions with (^208)Pb at E_(lab) = 494 MeV and with (^209)Bi at E_(lab) = 600 MeV and 714 MeV are compared with experiment.
[NUCLEAR REACTIONS (^84)Kr + (^208)Pb at E_lab = 494 MeV and (^84)Kr + (^209)Bi at E_1ab=600 and 714 MeV, in the time-dependent Hartree-Fock approximation. Strongy
damped collisions. Details of Skyrme force calculations with axial symmetry.
Compressive and Noncompressive Power Spectral Density Estimation from Periodic Nonuniform Samples
This paper presents a novel power spectral density estimation technique for
band-limited, wide-sense stationary signals from sub-Nyquist sampled data. The
technique employs multi-coset sampling and incorporates the advantages of
compressed sensing (CS) when the power spectrum is sparse, but applies to
sparse and nonsparse power spectra alike. The estimates are consistent
piecewise constant approximations whose resolutions (width of the piecewise
constant segments) are controlled by the periodicity of the multi-coset
sampling. We show that compressive estimates exhibit better tradeoffs among the
estimator's resolution, system complexity, and average sampling rate compared
to their noncompressive counterparts. For suitable sampling patterns,
noncompressive estimates are obtained as least squares solutions. Because of
the non-negativity of power spectra, compressive estimates can be computed by
seeking non-negative least squares solutions (provided appropriate sampling
patterns exist) instead of using standard CS recovery algorithms. This
flexibility suggests a reduction in computational overhead for systems
estimating both sparse and nonsparse power spectra because one algorithm can be
used to compute both compressive and noncompressive estimates.Comment: 26 pages, single spaced, 9 figure
Fundamental length in quantum theories with PT-symmetric Hamiltonians
The direct observability of coordinates x is often lost in PT-symmetric
quantum theories. A manifestly non-local Hilbert-space metric enters
the double-integral normalization of wave functions there. In the
context of scattering, the (necessary) return to the asymptotically fully local
metric has been shown feasible, for certain family of PT-symmetric toy
Hamiltonians H at least, in paper I (M. Znojil, Phys. Rev. D 78 (2008) 025026).
Now we show that in a confined-motion dynamical regime the same toy model
proves also suitable for an explicit control of the measure or width
of its non-locality. For this purpose each H is assigned here, constructively,
the complete menu of its hermitizing metrics
distinguished by their optional "fundamental lengths" .
The local metric of paper I recurs at while the most popular
CPT-symmetric hermitization proves long-ranged, with .Comment: 31 pp, 3 figure
Aerosol studies in mid-latitude coastal environments in Australia
The results of the evaluation of several inversion procedures that were used to select one which provides the most accurate atmospheric extinction profiles for small aerosol extinction coefficients (that often predominate in the maritime airmass) are presented. Height profiles of atmospheric extinction calculated by a two component atmospheric solution to the LIDAR equation will be compared with corresponding in-situ extinction profiles based on the size distribution profiles obtained in Western Australia. Values of the aerosol backscatter to extinction ratio obtained from multi-angle LIDAR measurements will be used in this solution
The structure of classical extensions of quantum probability theory
On the basis of a suggestive definition of a classical extension of quantum mechanics in terms of statistical models, we prove that every such classical extension is essentially given by the so-called Misra–Bugajski reduction map. We consider how this map enables one to understand quantum mechanics as a reduced classical statistical theory on the projective Hilbert space as phase space and discuss features of the induced hidden-variable model. Moreover, some relevant technical results on the topology and Borel structure of the projective Hilbert space are reviewed
Coral symbiodinium community composition across the Belize Mesoamerican barrier reef system is influenced by host species and thermal variability
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