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Chemical Evolution in VeLLOs
A new type of object called "Very Low Luminosity Objects (VeLLOs)" has been
discovered by the Spitzer Space Telescope. VeLLOs might be substellar objects
forming by accretion. However, some VeLLOs are associated with strong outflows,
indicating the previous existence of massive accretion. The thermal history,
which significantly affects the chemistry, between substellar objects with a
continuous low accretion rate and objects in a quiescent phase after massive
accretion (outburst) must be greatly different. In this study, the chemical
evolution has been calculated in an episodic accretion model to show that CO
and N2H+ have a relation different from starless cores or Class 0/I objects.
Furthermore, the CO2 ice feature at 15.2 micron will be a good tracer of the
thermal process in VeLLOs.Comment: corrected e-mail addres
Radio Imaging of the NGC 1333 IRAS 4B Region
The NGC 1333 IRAS 4B region was observed in the 6.9 mm and 1.3 cm continuum
with an angular resolution of about 0.4 arcseconds. IRAS 4BI was detected in
both bands, and BII was detected in the 6.9 mm continuum only. The 1.3 cm
source of BI seems to be a disk-like flattened structure with a size of about
50 AU. IRAS 4BI does not show any sign of multiplicity. Examinations of
archival infrared images show that the dominating emission feature in this
region is a bright peak in the southern outflow driven by BI, corresponding to
the molecular hydrogen emission source HL 9a. Both BI and BII are undetectable
in the mid-IR bands. The upper limit on the far-IR flux of IRAS 4BII suggests
that it may be a very low luminosity young stellar object.Comment: To appear in the JKA
Importance sampling schemes for evidence approximation in mixture models
The marginal likelihood is a central tool for drawing Bayesian inference
about the number of components in mixture models. It is often approximated
since the exact form is unavailable. A bias in the approximation may be due to
an incomplete exploration by a simulated Markov chain (e.g., a Gibbs sequence)
of the collection of posterior modes, a phenomenon also known as lack of label
switching, as all possible label permutations must be simulated by a chain in
order to converge and hence overcome the bias. In an importance sampling
approach, imposing label switching to the importance function results in an
exponential increase of the computational cost with the number of components.
In this paper, two importance sampling schemes are proposed through choices for
the importance function; a MLE proposal and a Rao-Blackwellised importance
function. The second scheme is called dual importance sampling. We demonstrate
that this dual importance sampling is a valid estimator of the evidence and
moreover show that the statistical efficiency of estimates increases. To reduce
the induced high demand in computation, the original importance function is
approximated but a suitable approximation can produce an estimate with the same
precision and with reduced computational workload.Comment: 24 pages, 5 figure
Modulation of EEG Theta Band Signal Complexity by Music Therapy [Forthcoming]
The primary goal of this study was to investigate the impact of monochord (MC) sounds, a type of archaic sounds used in music therapy, on the neural complexity of EEG signals obtained from patients undergoing chemotherapy. The secondary goal was to compare the EEG signal complexity values for monochords with those for progressive muscle relaxation (PMR), an alternative therapy for relaxation. Forty cancer patients were randomly allocated to one of the two relaxation groups, MC and PMR, over a period of six months; continuous EEG signals were recorded during the first and last sessions. EEG signals were analysed by applying signal mode complexity, a measure of complexity of neuronal oscillations. Across sessions, both groups showed a modulation of complexity of beta-2 band (20-29 Hz) at midfrontal regions, but only MC group showed a modulation of complexity of theta band (3.5 - 7.5 Hz) at posterior regions. Therefore, the neuronal complexity patterns showed different changes in EEG frequency band specific complexity resulting from two different types of interventions. Moreover, the different neural responses to listening to monochords and PMR were observed after regular relaxation interventions over a short time span
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