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Effects of space cabin environments on infection Final report, 19 Jul. 1965 - 18 Sep. 1966
Infection resistance and radiation effects on mice determined after varied exposures to space cabin environment and ambient condition
Volume Comparison for Hypersurfaces in Lorentzian Manifolds and Singularity Theorems
We develop area and volume comparison theorems for the evolution of
spacelike, acausal, causally complete hypersurfaces in Lorentzian manifolds,
where one has a lower bound on the Ricci tensor along timelike curves, and an
upper bound on the mean curvature of the hypersurface. Using these results, we
give a new proof of Hawking's singularity theorem.Comment: 15 pages, LaTe
The MAHB, the Culture Gap, and Some Really Inconvenient Truths
Humanity's failure to take adequate actions to stem a likely environmental collapse calls for extraordinary measures to understand and alter human behavior, argues Paul Ehrlich. His Millennium Assessment of Human Behavior (MAHB) aims to chart the path to a sustainable future
Lattice Effects in Crystal Evaporation
We study the dynamics of a stepped crystal surface during evaporation, using
the classical model of Burton, Cabrera and Frank, in which the dynamics of the
surface is represented as a motion of parallel, monoatomic steps. The validity
of the continuum approximation treated by Frank is checked against numerical
calculations and simple, qualitative arguments. The continuum approximation is
found to suffer from limitations related, in particular, to the existence of
angular points. These limitations are often related to an adatom detachment
rate of adatoms which is higher on the lower side of each step than on the
upper side ("Schwoebel effect").Comment: DRFMC/SPSMS/MDN, Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Grenoble, 25 pages,
LaTex, revtex style. 8 Figures, available upon request, report# UBFF30119
CIRRUS-HL: Overview of LIM contributions
From June to July 2021, the Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM)
participated in the Cirrus in High Latitudes (CIRRUS-HL) campaign. Utilizing the
German High Altitude Long Range Research Aircraft (HALO), 24 research flights were
conducted out of Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. The initial goal of the campaign was
to sample high-latitude cirrus clouds with a combination of in-situ and remote sensing
instrumentation. However, due to the global coronavirus pandemic, the flights had to
be carried out from southern Germany instead of northern Sweden. Thus, the flight
time in Arctic latitudes was limited. Therefore, more objectives concerning midlatitude
cirrus were included in the campaign goals. LIM contributed to CIRRUS-HL with
measurements by the Broadband AirCrAft RaDiometer Instrumentation (BACARDI)
and the Spectral Modular Airborne Radiation measurement sysTem (SMART). While
BACARDI measured broadband solar and terrestrial upward and downward irradiance,
SMART measured spectrally resolved solar upward radiance as well as upward and
downward irradiance.Von Juni bis Juli 2021 nahmen einige Mitarbeitende des LIM
an der CIRRUS-HL Kampagne teil. Mit dem deutschen Forschungsflugzeug HALO
(High Altitude Long Range Research Aircraft) wurden 24 Forschungsflüge von Oberpfaffenhofen,
Deutschland, aus durchgeführt. Ursprüngliches Ziel der Kampagne war es,
Zirruswolken in hohen Breitengraden mit einer Kombination aus In-situ- und Fernerkundungsinstrumenten
zu untersuchen. Aufgrund der weltweiten Corona-Pandemie mussten
die Flüge jedoch von Süddeutschland statt von Nordschweden aus durchgeführt werden.
Daher wurden weitere Ziele in Bezug auf Zirruswolken in mittleren Breiten in die Ziele
der Kampagne aufgenommen. Das LIM-Team betrieb die breitbandigen und spektralen
Strahlungssensoren BACARDI (Broadband AirCrAft RaDiometer Instrumentation) und
SMART (Spectral Modular Airborne Radiation measurement sysTem), wobeiBACARDI
die breitbandige solare und terrestrische Auf- und Abwärtsstrahlung und SMART die
spektral aufgelöste solareAuf- undAbwärtsstrahlung sowie dieAufwärtsstrahlungsdichte
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Numerical test of the damping time of layer-by-layer growth on stochastic models
We perform Monte Carlo simulations on stochastic models such as the
Wolf-Villain (WV) model and the Family model in a modified version to measure
mean separation between islands in submonolayer regime and damping time
of layer-by-layer growth oscillations on one dimension. The
stochastic models are modified, allowing diffusion within interval upon
deposited. It is found numerically that the mean separation and the damping
time depend on the diffusion interval , leading to that the damping time is
related to the mean separation as for the WV model
and for the Family model. The numerical results are in
excellent agreement with recent theoretical predictions.Comment: 4 pages, source LaTeX file and 5 PS figure
Rate theory for correlated processes: Double-jumps in adatom diffusion
We study the rate of activated motion over multiple barriers, in particular
the correlated double-jump of an adatom diffusing on a missing-row
reconstructed Platinum (110) surface. We develop a Transition Path Theory,
showing that the activation energy is given by the minimum-energy trajectory
which succeeds in the double-jump. We explicitly calculate this trajectory
within an effective-medium molecular dynamics simulation. A cusp in the
acceptance region leads to a sqrt{T} prefactor for the activated rate of
double-jumps. Theory and numerical results agree
Book Reviews
Book 1 Book Title: Basic EpidemiologyBook Authors: R. Beaglehole, R. Bonita & T. KjellströmPp. viii + 174. (in English, French and Spanish in preparation). 20,50. Geneva: WHO. 1993. Order No. 1160144. ISBN 92-4-1571446.Book 6Book Title: The Guide to Heart Sounds: Normal and AbnormalBook Authors: Donald W. Novey, Marcia Pencak & John M. StangAudio-cassette narrated by: Donald W. Novey. pp. xi + 74. Illustrated. Florida: CRC Press. 1988. ISB J 0-8493-0153X.Book 7Book Title: Propachlor. Enviromnental Health Criteria. No. 147Book Author: W.H.O.Pp. 110. (English, French and Spanish summaries). $17,30. Geneva: WHO. 1993. Order TO. 1160147. ISBN 92-4-157147-0.Book 8Book Title: Quality Assurance in Health Care: A HandbookBook Authors: Roger Ellis & Dorothy WhittingronLondon: Edward Arnold. 1993. ISBN 0-340-55273-5.Book 9Book Title:  Rehabilitation after Cardiovascular Diseases, with Special Emphasis on Developing CountriesReport of a WHO expert committee. Technical Report Series No 831. Pp. viii + 122 (available in English, French and Spanish in preparation). Geneva: WHO. 1993. ISBN 92-4-120831-7
Reporter Discrepancies Among Parents, Adolescents, and Peers: Adolescent Attachment and Informant Depressive Symptoms as Explanatory Factors
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Ehrlich, K.B., Cassidy, J. and Dykas, M.J. (2011), Reporter Discrepancies Among Parents, Adolescents, and Peers: Adolescent Attachment and Informant Depressive Symptoms as Explanatory Factors. Child Development, 82: 999-1012., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01530.x . This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.The issue of informant discrepancies about child and adolescent functioning is an important concern for clinicians, developmental psychologists, and others who must consider ways of handling discrepant reports of information, but reasons for discrepancies in reports have been poorly understood. Adolescent attachment and informant depressive symptoms were examined as 2 explanations for absolute and directional discrepancies about adolescent symptoms, relationships, and social behavior in a sample of 189 eleventh-grade students (mean age = 16.5 years). Adolescent attachment predicted absolute discrepancies, with greater attachment coherence associated with fewer discrepancies in reports of adolescent depressive symptoms, parent–adolescent conflict, and adolescent externalizing behavior. Parents’ but not adolescents’ depressive symptoms sometimes predicted absolute discrepancies. Mothers’ depressive symptoms and adolescent attachment predicted the direction of discrepancies for mother–peer reports only.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01530.
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