Existence of the D0-D4 Bound State: a detailed Proof

We consider the supersymmetric quantum mechanical system which is obtained by dimensionally reducing d=6, N=1 supersymmetric gauge theory with gauge group U(1) and a single charged hypermultiplet. Using the deformation method and ideas introduced by Porrati and Rozenberg, we present a detailed proof of the existence of a normalizable ground state for this system

The Proposed Environmental Justice Act: I Have a (Green) Dream

This Comment addresses the concept of environmental racism, the tools that have been used to fight it, and the proposed Environmental Justice Act of 1993. Part II begins with an examination of the evidence minority communities have relied on as proof that environmental racism exists. The evidence contained in numerous articles clearly shows inequalities in the amounts of environmental and health hazards minority communities bear, and this evidence validates the existence of pervasive environmental injustice in our society. Part III addresses the limited case law involving attempts by minority communities to challenge perceived environmental racism and assesses the effectiveness of the existing legal tools used in such cases. Part IV of this Comment examines the text of the proposed Environmental Justice Act of 1993. This Part analyzes the Act\u27s potential as a solution to the problem of unequal environmental burdens and identifies the Act\u27s weaknesses in methodology and overall tone. Part V suggests the need for a more effective legislative response to the problem, both by suggesting revisions in the provisions and goals of the Act and by suggesting areas for further consideration. Finally, Part VI concludes that the Act, though a step forward in recognizing the unequal environmental and health burdens nationwide, will not be effective in its present form. It will simply not provide minority communities with effective assistance in their fight against unequal environmental burdens

Editorial: you bet your life – medication risk taking by gastroparesis patients in a hypothetical exercise

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The Proposed Environmental Justice Act: I Have a (Green) Dream

This Comment addresses the concept of environmental racism, the tools that have been used to fight it, and the proposed Environmental Justice Act of 1993. Part II begins with an examination of the evidence minority communities have relied on as proof that environmental racism exists. The evidence contained in numerous articles clearly shows inequalities in the amounts of environmental and health hazards minority communities bear, and this evidence validates the existence of pervasive environmental injustice in our society. Part III addresses the limited case law involving attempts by minority communities to challenge perceived environmental racism and assesses the effectiveness of the existing legal tools used in such cases. Part IV of this Comment examines the text of the proposed Environmental Justice Act of 1993. This Part analyzes the Act\u27s potential as a solution to the problem of unequal environmental burdens and identifies the Act\u27s weaknesses in methodology and overall tone. Part V suggests the need for a more effective legislative response to the problem, both by suggesting revisions in the provisions and goals of the Act and by suggesting areas for further consideration. Finally, Part VI concludes that the Act, though a step forward in recognizing the unequal environmental and health burdens nationwide, will not be effective in its present form. It will simply not provide minority communities with effective assistance in their fight against unequal environmental burdens

A Reusable Calcium-Based Sorbent for Desulfurizing Hot Coal Gas

There is a continuing need for an inexpensive, regenerable sorbent for desulfurizing hot coal gas. Such a material is needed especially for advanced power generating systems including integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) systems and other systems which employ various topping cycles. Maximum power generation efficiency can be achieved by cleaning the gas at nearly gasifier outlet temperatures which can range up to 1200 K or more

Response to the letter by Udo Bonnet

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STAR: Sparse Trained Articulated Human Body Regressor

The SMPL body model is widely used for the estimation, synthesis, and analysis of 3D human pose and shape. While popular, we show that SMPL has several limitations and introduce STAR, which is quantitatively and qualitatively superior to SMPL. First, SMPL has a huge number of parameters resulting from its use of global blend shapes. These dense pose-corrective offsets relate every vertex on the mesh to all the joints in the kinematic tree, capturing spurious long-range correlations. To address this, we define per-joint pose correctives and learn the subset of mesh vertices that are influenced by each joint movement. This sparse formulation results in more realistic deformations and significantly reduces the number of model parameters to 20% of SMPL. When trained on the same data as SMPL, STAR generalizes better despite having many fewer parameters. Second, SMPL factors pose-dependent deformations from body shape while, in reality, people with different shapes deform differently. Consequently, we learn shape-dependent pose-corrective blend shapes that depend on both body pose and BMI. Third, we show that the shape space of SMPL is not rich enough to capture the variation in the human population. We address this by training STAR with an additional 10,000 scans of male and female subjects, and show that this results in better model generalization. STAR is compact, generalizes better to new bodies and is a drop-in replacement for SMPL. STAR is publicly available for research purposes at http://star.is.tue.mpg.de.Comment: ECCV 202