30 research outputs found

    The angular momentum of disc galaxies at z=1

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    We investigate the relation between stellar mass and specific stellar angular momentum, or `Fall relation', for a sample of 17 isolated, regularly rotating disc galaxies at z=1. All galaxies have a) rotation curves determined from Halpha emission-line data; b) HST imaging in optical and infrared filters; c) robust determinations of their stellar masses. We use HST images in f814w and f160w filters, roughly corresponding to rest-frames B and I bands, to extract surface brightness profiles for our systems. We robustly bracket the specific angular momentum by assuming that rotation curves beyond the outermost Halpha rotation point stay either flat or follow a Keplerian fall-off. By comparing our measurements with those determined for disc galaxies in the local Universe, we find no evolution in the Fall relation in the redshift range 0<z<1, regardless of the band used and despite the uncertainties in the stellar rotation curves at large radii. This result holds unless stellar masses at z=1 are systematically underestimated by more than 50%. Our findings are compatible with expectations based on a LCDM cosmological framework and support a scenario where both the stellar Tully-Fisher and mass-size relations for spirals do not evolve significantly in this redshift range.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures, 1 table. Accepted by A&

    The Survival Paradox of Elderly Patients After Major Liver Resections

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    The objective of this study is to assess the outcome of liver resections in the elderly in a matched control analysis. From a prospective single center database of 628 patients, 132 patients were aged 60 years or over and underwent a primary major liver resection. Of these patients, 93 could be matched one-to-one with a control patient, aged less than 60 years, with the same diagnosis and the same type of liver resection. The mean age difference was 16.7 years. Patients over 60 years of age had a significantly higher American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) grade. All other demographics and operative characteristics were not different. In-hospital mortality and morbidity were higher in the patients over 60 years of age (11% versus 2%, p=0.017 and 47% versus 31%, p=0.024). One-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates in the patients over 60 years of age were 81%, 58%, and 42%, respectively, compared to 90%, 59%, and 42% in the control patients (p=0.558). Unified model Cox regression analysis showed that resection margin status (hazard ratio 2.51) and ASA grade (hazard ratio 2.26), and not age, were determining factors for survival. This finding underlines the important fact that in patient selection for major liver resections, ASA grade is more important than patient age

    Simulating Human-Robot Teamwork Dynamics for Evaluation of Work Strategies in Human-Robot Teams

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    To foster resilience in teams operating in complex work domains, design should allow for a range of work strategies as appropriate to context. This paper describes how computational simulation and network visualization of a team’s work can identify feasible work strategies and assess their appropriateness for different contexts. Network visualizations can identify constraints and dependencies that drive the feasible set of work strategies. After preliminary network analysis, these dependencies and inter-dependencies can be simulated in detail to better understand their impact. To illustrate, we describe a case study that explores two different work strategies that can each address the dependencies in a human-robot (rover) team in a manned space exploration mission

    Klokken gieten naast de kerk : opgravingen op het Pieterskerkhof in Utrecht

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    Rheyngaerde : aanvullend archeologisch proefsleuvenonderzoek naar de Romeinse limesweg

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    Basisrapportage Archeologie 19

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    In 2004 is er door de gemeente Utrecht archeologisch onderzoek verricht in Leidsche Rijn deelplan De Woerd. Het onderzoek had hoofdzakelijk betrekking op het zuidelijk deel van de burgerlijke nederzetting (vicus) die hoorde bij het Romeinse castellum op de Hoge Woerd. In totaal is er 4,5 ha vlakdekkend onderzocht, waarvan het leeuwendeel van de sporen inderdaad Romeins bleek te zijn. Tijdens het onderzoek zijn onder meer twee Romeinse wegen gevonden. De eerste daarvan, die noordwest-zuidoost was georiënteerd, had een oppervlakte van ruim 8.000 m² en is grotendeels onderzocht. De tweede was noordoost-zuidwest georiënteerd en lag daarmee min of meer haaks op de eerste. Ook van de vicus zijn sporen teruggevonden. De aanleg van de vroegste fase kon in de (midden- of laat-) Flavische tijd worden gedateerd. Vanaf de tweede helft en met name in het laatste kwart van de tweede eeuw nam de menselijke activiteit sterk toe. Wat die activiteit op het onderzochte terrein precies inhield, is niet geheel duidelijk, maar op grond van het ecologisch vondstmateriaal kan worden aangenomen dat er paarden zijn gehouden. Mogelijk wijst dit op een voornamelijk agrarische functie van dit terreindeel. Aan het einde van de tweede eeuw veranderde het terrein in een erf met een gebouw en een waterput. In het tweede kwart van de derde eeuw werd het terrein waarschijnlijk verlaten. Tijdens het onderzoek zijn 64 crematies aangetroffen, die in vier verschillende clusters verspreid lagen over het terrein. Het onderzoek heeft nieuwe inzichten opgeleverd over de ontwikkeling van de vicus en de infrastructuur rondom het Romeinse castellum op de Hoge Woerd. Daarnaast zijn er aanknopingpunten voor verder onderzoek naar de sociale en politieke relaties tussen de bewoners van de inheemse nederzetting en de vertegenwoordigers van het Romeinse gezag in het castellum

    Work Dynamics of Task Work and Teamwork in Function Allocation for Manned Spaceflight Operations

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    This paper proposes a methodology for human-robot function allocation for future manned space exploration missions that uses fast-time computational simulation. Dynamics of taskwork and teamwork often result in emergent work patterns that are difficult to predict from static analysis of function allocations. Wemodel thedynamics of taskwork and teamwork and demonstrate our approach through a case study that explores the function allocation design space for an on-orbit maintenancemissioninvolving humans and various robots. The case study highlightsthe method’s ability to predict possible concerns associated with limited availability of physical resources, action interdependencies, and communication requirements with possible time delays, and shows the influence of work dynamics on missionperformance

    Simulating human-robot teamwork dynamics for evaluation of work strategies in human-robot teams

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    To foster resilience in teams operating in complex work domains, design should allow for a range of work strategies as appropriate to context. This paper describes how computational simulation and network visualization of a team’s work can identify feasible work strategies and assess their appropriateness for different contexts. Network visualizations can identify constraints and dependencies that drive the feasible set of work strategies. After preliminary network analysis, these dependencies and inter-dependencies can be simulated in detail to better understand their impact. To illustrate, we describe a case study that explores two different work strategies that can each address the dependencies in a human-robot (rover) team in a manned space exploration mission
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