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Effects of threshold resummation
We investigate effects of threshold resummation of logarithmic corrections
in Mellin space quantitatively. Threshold resummation leads to
enhancement of next-to-leading-order QCD predictions for jet production at
large jet transverse energy, which is in the trend indicated by experimental
data. We show that this enhancement is completely determined by the behavior of
threshold resummation at small , the region where hierachy among different
powers of is lost and current next-to-leading-logarithm resummation is
not reliable. Our analysis indicates that more accurate threshold resummation
formalism should be developed in order to obtain convincing predictions.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figure
A Simple In Vitro Bioassay Protocol Against Latent Phase Mycobacterial Cells
Pembangunan ubat-ubatan baru terhadap tuberkulosis (TB) terencat
disebabkan oleh kompleksiti protokol makmal asai pendam in vitro
Development of new drugs against latent tuberculosis (TB) is partly hindered
by the complexity of laboratory protocol for dormant in vitro assa
Seismic modeling of complex stratified reservoirs
Turbidite reservoirs in deep-water depositional systems, such as the oil fields in
the offshore Gulf of Mexico and North Sea, are becoming an important exploration
target in the petroleum industry. Accurate seismic reservoir characterization, however,
is complicated by the heterogeneous of the sand and shale distribution and
also by the lack of resolution when imaging thin channel deposits. Amplitude variation
with offset (AVO) is a very important technique that is widely applied to locate
hydrocarbons. Inaccurate estimates of seismic reflection amplitudes may result
in misleading interpretations because of these problems in application to turbidite
reservoirs. Therefore, an efficient, accurate, and robust method of modeling seismic
responses for such complex reservoirs is crucial and necessary to reduce exploration
risk.
A fast and accurate approach generating synthetic seismograms for such reservoir
models combines wavefront construction ray tracing with composite reflection
coefficients in a hybrid modeling algorithm. The wavefront construction approach is
a modern, fast implementation of ray tracing that I have extended to model quasishear
wave propagation in anisotropic media. Composite reflection coefficients, which
are computed using propagator matrix methods, provide the exact seismic reflection
amplitude for a stratified reservoir model. This is a distinct improvement over conventional
AVO analysis based on a model with only two homogeneous half spaces. I
combine the two methods to compute synthetic seismograms for test models of turbidite
reservoirs in the Ursa field, Gulf of Mexico, validating the new results against
exact calculations using the discrete wavenumber method. The new method, however,
can also be used to generate synthetic seismograms for the laterally heterogeneous,
complex stratified reservoir models. The results show important frequency dependence
that may be useful for exploration.
Because turbidite channel systems often display complex vertical and lateral heterogeneity
that is difficult to measure directly, stochastic modeling is often used to predict the range of possible seismic responses. Though binary models containing
mixtures of sands and shales have been proposed in previous work, log measurements
show that these are not good representations of real seismic properties. Therefore,
I develop a new approach for generating stochastic turbidite models (STM) from a
combination of geological interpretation and well log measurements that are more realistic.
Calculations of the composite reflection coefficient and synthetic seismograms
predict direct hydrocarbon indicators associated with such turbidite sequences. The
STMs provide important insights to predict the seismic responses for the complexity
of turbidite reservoirs. Results of AVO responses predict the presence of gas saturation
in the sand beds. For example, as the source frequency increases, the uncertainty
in AVO responses for brine and gas sands predict the possibility of false interpretation
in AVO analysis
Integration of general education into the vocational training curriculum
As our economy is moving towards knowledge-based post-industrial era, graduates need to re-equip themselves to meet with rapidly changing expectations of employers and society. Vocational education institutions also need to provide a seamless learning experience to students and enhance their lifelong learning abilities. General education should form an integral part of the total education experience, instead of ad hoc extra-curricular activity. It should be well integrated into the existing vocational training curriculum. This paper discusses the arguments for such grounds and suggests how this can be implemented
WIRELESS NETWORK COCAST: COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH SPACE-TIME NETWORK CODING
Traditional cooperative communications can greatly improve communication performance. However, transmissions from multiple relay nodes are challenging in practice. Single transmissions using time-division multiple access cause large transmission delay, but simultaneous transmissions from two or more nodes using frequency-division multiple access (FDMA), code-division multiple access (CDMA), or distributed space-time codes are associated with the issues of imperfect frequency and timing synchronization due to the asynchronous nature of cooperation. In this dissertation, we propose a novel concept of wireless network cocast (WNC) and develop its associated space-time network codes (STNCs) to overcome the foretold issues. In WNC networks, each node is allocated a time slot for its transmission and thus the issues of imperfect synchronization are eliminated. To reduce the large transmission delay, each relay node forms a unique signal, a combination of the overheard information, and transmits it to the intended destination. The combining functions at relay nodes form a STNC that ensures full spatial diversity for the transmitted information as in traditional cooperative communications. Various traditional combining techniques are utilized to design the STNCs, including FDMA-like and CDMA-like techniques and transform-based techniques with the use of Hadamard and Vandermonde matrices. However, a major distinction is that the combination of information from different sources happens within a relay node instead of through the air as in traditional cooperative communications. We consider a general case of multiuser relay wireless networks, where user nodes transmit and receive their information to and from a common base node with the assistance from relay nodes. We then apply the STNCs to multiuser cooperative networks, in which the user nodes are also relay nodes helping each other in their transmission. Since the cooperative nodes are distributed around the network, the node locations can be an important aspect of designing a STNC. Therefore, we propose a location-aware WNC scheme to reduce the aggregate transmit power and achieve even power distribution among the user nodes in the network. WNC networks and its associated STNCs provide spatial diversity to dramatically reduce the required transmit power. However, due to the additional processing power in receiving and retransmitting each other's information, not all nodes and WNC networks result in energy efficiency. Therefore, we first examine the power consumption in WNC networks. We then offer a TDMA-based merge process based on coalitional formation games to orderly and efficiently form cooperative groups in WNC networks. The proposed merge process substantially reduces the network power consumption and improves the network lifetime
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