Divided Cities

Divided cities present an intriguing phenomenology in urban design where political and/or cultural circumstances lead to a schism in an otherwise holistic city. The consequence of such division is not only physically present, but also has a long lasting impression on communal and individual identity. This impact is further emphasized by local architecture and how the border is treated in each side of a division. This article uses the island city of Nicosia, Cyprus, located in the Mediterranean, as a case study to better understand how borders in divided cities relate to memory and identity establishment.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/120297/1/Mehdiabadi_DividedCities.pd

Search for SUSY in Top Final States in the mSUGRA Scenario at CMS

A search for SUSY is performed in a low mass mSUGRA test point by looking for top quark enriched in the final states. A robust algorithm is developed to suppress the electrons faking a jet and a two constraints kinematic fit is utilized to improve the top quark extraction. It is found that the signal over background ratio is 11.0 and a 5 sigma excess can be observed with 0.2 fb^-1. The fast simulation of the detector response is used to find the CMS potential discovery for SUSY in this channel. The reach contours for 1, 10 and 30 fb^-1 are presented

A new approach to analyze strategy map using an integrated BSC and FUZZY DEMATEL

Today, with ever-increasing competition in global economic conditions, the necessity of effective implementation of strategy map has become an inevitable and necessary. The strategy map represents a general and structured framework for strategic objectives and plays an important role in forming competitive advantages for organizations. It is important to find important factors influencing strategy map and prioritize them based on suitable factors. In this paper, we propose an integration of BSC and Fuzzy DEMATEL technique to rank different items influencing strategy of a production plan. The proposed technique is implemented for real-world case study of glass production

The curious case of the molecular catalysts that behaved like a dual-site catalyst

Semi-batch, solution copolymerizations of ethylene and 1-hexene were performed using both dichloride (Hf-Cl2) and dimethyl (Hf-Me2) analogues of the bis(n-propylcyclopentadienyl) hafnium precatalyst. Either tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl) borate dimethylanilinium salt ([B(C6F5)4]-[Me2NHPh]+) (B) or methyl aluminoxane (MAO) was employed as the activator, and tri-n-octylaluminum (TOA) was used as the scavenger for the borate-activated experiments. For the copolymerization study using Hf-Cl2/B/TOA, 1-hexene, borate and TOA concentrations were varied systematically. Crystallization analysis fractionation (CRYSTAF) or crystallization elution fractionation (CEF) profiles were used interchangeably to compare the chemical composition distributions (CCD) of the copolymers. Above a minimum threshold 1-hexene level, the CCD profiles of all the copolymers were bimodal and the areas under the peaks depended on the B/Hf-Cl2 and B/Al ratios. Decreasing the TOA concentration reduced the weight fraction of the higher crystallinity polymer component. Please download the file below for full content