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The heat capacity of the restricted primitive model electrolyte
The constant-volume heat capacity, C_V(T, rho), of the restricted primitive
model (RPM) electrolyte is considered in the vicinity of its critical point. It
is demonstrated that, despite claims, recent simulations for finite systems do
not convincingly indicate the absence of a divergence in C_V(T, rho)--which
would point to non-Ising-type criticality. The strong qualitative difference
between C_V for the RPM and for a Lennard-Jones fluid is shown to result from
the low critical density of the former. If one considers the theoretically
preferable configurational heat-capacity density, C_V/V, the finite-size
results for the two systems display qualitatively similar behavior on
near-critical isotherms.Comment: 5 Pages, including 5 EPS figures. Also available as PDF file at
http://pallas.umd.edu/~luijten/erikpubs.htm
We have always been transreligious: An introduction to transreligiosity
The paper is a proposition and exploration of the term ‘transreligiosity’. We argue
that transreligiosity is more apt to describe the transgressive character of religiosity,
focusing more particularly on the transversality of spaces, symbolic or otherwise,
which are created in religious phenomena. We examine the porosity of religious
boundaries and, ultimately, propose the term transreligiosity to embrace them,
placing emphasis on their transreligious character, while perceiving them as a pivotal
fragment of transreligiosity. We take some of Latour’s key concepts on ‘purification’,
to argue for the ultimate impossibility of it in the sphere of religiosity. While
processes of purification have been powerful through efforts to institutionalize and
centralize religiosity, on a vernacular level, this has had a contrary effect. Religious
subjects have been distanced from a more direct participation (‘mediation’). Hence,
they are constantly creating transreligious instances in order to abolish and transgress
those rigid borders.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio
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Exploring the democratic potential of online social networking: The scope and limitations of e-participation
Copyright © 2012 by the Association for Information Systems.The availability and promise of social networking technologies with their perceived open philosophy has increasingly inspired citizens around the world to participate in political activity on the Web. Recent examples range from opposing public policies, such as government funding cuts, to organizing revolutionary social movements, such as those in the Middle East and North Africa. Although online spaces create remarkable opportunities for various forms of political action, there are concerns over the power of existing institutions to control and even censor such interaction spaces. The objective of this article is to draw together different insights on the online engagement phenomenon, highlighting both its potential and limitations as a mechanism for fostering democratic debate and influencing policy making. We examine recent examples from Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. Finally, we summarize the implications of our work and outline directions for further research
Universality of Ionic Criticality: Size- and Charge-Asymmetric Electrolytes
Grand canonical simulations designed to resolve critical universality classes
are reported for :1 hard-core electrolyte models with diameter ratios
. For Ising-type behavior prevails.
Unbiased estimates of are within 1% of previous (biased)
estimates but the critical densities are 5 % lower. Ising character is
also established for the 2:1 and 3:1 equisized models, along with critical
amplitudes and improved estimates. For , however, strong
finite-size effects reduce the confidence level although classical and O criticality are excluded.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
An innovative data mining procedure, using clean algorithm and factor analysis, for irregularly sampled temporal environmental data sets
Οι περιβαλλοντικές βάσεις δεδομένων συχνά αντιμετωπίζουν τα προβλήματα της άτακτης δειγματοληψίας στον χρόνο και της έλλειψης μετρήσεων για κάποιες περιόδους. Το γεγονός αυτό εμποδίζει τη χρήση των κλασικών μεθόδων ανάλυσης χρονοσειρών, οι οποίες απαιτούν σταθερό χρονικό βήμα ενώ ταυτόχρονα τα χρονικά κενά εισάγουν δυσκολίες στην χρήση των περισσοτέρων μεθόδων πολυδιάστατης σταπστικής ανάλυσης. Η παρούσα εργασία προτείνει ένα πλήρες μεθοδολογικό σχήμα ανάλυσης χρονικών περιβαλλονπκών δεδομένων με δειγματοληπτική ανομοιογένεια, στο οποίο γίνεται χρήση του αλγορίθμου CLEAN και της Παραγοντικής ανάλυσης (Factor Analysis). Ο αλγόριθμος CLEAN έχει την ικανότητα να αναπλάθει τις αρχικές χρονοσειρές της βάσης δεδομένων χρησιμοποιώντας φασματική ανάλυση και να δημιουργεί καινούργιες με σταθερό χρονικό βήμα και έλλειψη κενών. Λαμβάνει χώρα δηλαδή τόσο συμπλήρωση των κενών τ?/ς βάσης, όσο και «εξυγίανση» της δειγματοληψίας της. Η παραγοντική ανάλυση ομαδοποιεί τις μεταβλητές, ανάλογα με τον περιβαλλοντικό μηχανισμό από τον οποίο κάθε μια ελέγχεται και επιπλέον αποκαλύπτει τη χαρακτηριστική χρονική διακύμανση της κάθε ομάδας. Το συγκεκριμένο μεθοδολογικό σχήμα εφαρμόστηκε με πλήρη επιτυχία σε μια βάση υδροχημικών δεδομένων μεγάλης χρονικής περιόδου (1980-94) στον ποταμό ΣτρυμόναEnvironmental data are often irregularly collected in the time domain due to various reasons which affect the field sampling schedule. As a result, data sets with uneven time step and time periods with no measurements are frequently built. Many problems occur in such data sets when processed owing to that neither statistical nor spectral analysis methods can easily be applied to them without any specific pre-treatment. In our study it is demonstrated a unified methodological scheme especially designed to deal with incomplete and unevenly sampled temporal data sets. This method consists of the CLEAN algorithm and the Factor analysis. The proposed methodology is successfully applied to data sets that belong to two sampling sites of the Greek river Strimona
Universality class of criticality in the restricted primitive model electrolyte
The 1:1 equisized hard-sphere electrolyte or restricted primitive model has
been simulated via grand-canonical fine-discretization Monte Carlo. Newly
devised unbiased finite-size extrapolation methods using temperature-density,
(T, rho), loci of inflections, Q = ^2/ maxima, canonical and C_V
criticality, yield estimates of (T_c, rho_c) to +- (0.04, 3)%. Extrapolated
exponents and Q-ratio are (gamma, nu, Q_c) = [1.24(3), 0.63(3); 0.624(2)] which
support Ising (n = 1) behavior with (1.23_9, 0.630_3; 0.623_6), but exclude
classical, XY (n = 2), SAW (n = 0), and n = 1 criticality with potentials
phi(r)>Phi/r^{4.9} when r \to \infty
Phase diagrams in the lattice RPM model: from order-disorder to gas-liquid phase transition
The phase behavior of the lattice restricted primitive model (RPM) for ionic
systems with additional short-range nearest neighbor (nn) repulsive
interactions has been studied by grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations. We
obtain a rich phase behavior as the nn strength is varied. In particular, the
phase diagram is very similar to the continuum RPM model for high nn strength.
Specifically, we have found both gas-liquid phase separation, with associated
Ising critical point, and first-order liquid-solid transition. We discuss how
the line of continuous order-disorder transitions present for the low nn
strength changes into the continuum-space behavior as one increases the nn
strength and compare our findings with recent theoretical results by Ciach and
Stell [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 91}, 060601 (2003)].Comment: 7 pages, 10 figure
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