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Dynamical transition for a particle in a squared Gaussian potential
We study the problem of a Brownian particle diffusing in finite dimensions in
a potential given by where is Gaussian random field.
Exact results for the diffusion constant in the high temperature phase are
given in one and two dimensions and it is shown to vanish in a power-law
fashion at the dynamical transition temperature. Our results are confronted
with numerical simulations where the Gaussian field is constructed, in a
standard way, as a sum over random Fourier modes. We show that when the number
of Fourier modes is finite the low temperature diffusion constant becomes
non-zero and has an Arrhenius form. Thus we have a simple model with a fully
understood finite size scaling theory for the dynamical transition. In addition
we analyse the nature of the anomalous diffusion in the low temperature regime
and show that the anomalous exponent agrees with that predicted by a trap
model.Comment: 18 pages, 4 figures .eps, JPA styl
Modulation of inherent dynamical tendencies of the bisabolyl cation via preorganization in epi-isozizaene synthase.
The relative importance of preorganization, selective transition state stabilization and inherent reactivity are assessed through quantum chemical and docking calculations for a sesquiterpene synthase (epi-isozizaene synthase, EIZS). Inherent reactivity of the bisabolyl cation, both static and dynamic, appears to determine the pathway to product, although preorganization and selective binding of the final transition state structure in the multi-step carbocation cascade that forms epi-isozizaene appear to play important roles
Development of GaAs and GaAs sub /1-x/ P sub x thin-film bipolar transistors Final report
Fabrication and electrical properties of GaAs type thin film bipolar transistor
Recommendation Subgraphs for Web Discovery
Recommendations are central to the utility of many websites including
YouTube, Quora as well as popular e-commerce stores. Such sites typically
contain a set of recommendations on every product page that enables visitors to
easily navigate the website. Choosing an appropriate set of recommendations at
each page is one of the key features of backend engines that have been deployed
at several e-commerce sites.
Specifically at BloomReach, an engine consisting of several independent
components analyzes and optimizes its clients' websites. This paper focuses on
the structure optimizer component which improves the website navigation
experience that enables the discovery of novel content.
We begin by formalizing the concept of recommendations used for discovery. We
formulate this as a natural graph optimization problem which in its simplest
case, reduces to a bipartite matching problem. In practice, solving these
matching problems requires superlinear time and is not scalable. Also,
implementing simple algorithms is critical in practice because they are
significantly easier to maintain in production. This motivated us to analyze
three methods for solving the problem in increasing order of sophistication: a
sampling algorithm, a greedy algorithm and a more involved partitioning based
algorithm.
We first theoretically analyze the performance of these three methods on
random graph models characterizing when each method will yield a solution of
sufficient quality and the parameter ranges when more sophistication is needed.
We complement this by providing an empirical analysis of these algorithms on
simulated and real-world production data. Our results confirm that it is not
always necessary to implement complicated algorithms in the real-world and that
very good practical results can be obtained by using heuristics that are backed
by the confidence of concrete theoretical guarantees
Design, development, and fabrication of a prototype ice pack heat sink subsystem. Flight experiment physical phenomena experiment chest
The concept of a flight experiment physical phenomena experiment chest, to be used eventually for investigating and demonstrating ice pack heat sink subsystem physical phenomena during a zero gravity flight experiment, is described
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