ASAP distributed analysis

ASAP is a job creation and management framework used by CMS physicists to perform data analysis using the Grid. ASAP hides many of the low-level details of the Grid so that physicists can distribute their work across the Grid to take advantage of the available CPU power and access the stored data. There is also a server side component to, which users can delegate responsibility for their jobs. The server monitors the status of jobs and resubmits in the case of Grid or application failure The Grid provides the computing and storage resources necessary for the analysis and storage of large volumes of High Energy Physics data. ASAP provides a layer over the standard grid job management tools, which means that users do not have to be concerned with the details of job creation, submission and monitoring. The presence of the server side component increases the chances of the users’ jobs being successfully completed. The main concerns are the performance and reliability of jobs. In addition documentation is often missing or inadequate

Inky Stephensen: Wild man of letters

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Aspects of Alexander Campbell's baptismal debate with John Walker in its biographical and societal contexts

This dissertation seeks to measure the degree to which Alexander Campbell had retained and rejected his Anti-Burgher Seceder Presbyterian tradition, as his mature ministry began. The principal means of assessment is discussion of a baptismal debate (Ohio, 1820), within its biographical and societal contexts. The debate’s disputants were Seceder Minister John Walker and Baptist Pastor Alexander Campbell. The former contended for covenantal infant baptism from the perspective of a unified Covenant of Grace. The latter argued against this position from a two-covenant perspective; that is from the view that there is a fundamental discontinuity between the old and new covenants. Furthermore, contrary to Walker, he maintained that baptism is an emblem and so lacks sacramental efficacy. As such it demands retrospective faith from the baptisand, who cannot therefore be an infant. The dissertation discusses two aspects of this debate. Firstly, a comparison is drawn between circumcision and baptism that addresses the ‘who?’ of the sacrament. Secondly, the method of baptising is discussed and this addresses the ‘how?’ of baptism’s application. It is my contention that although Campbell departed somewhat from the Calvinistic orthodoxy of his Irish roots, nevertheless his position was nuanced and that, by 1820, at heart he had remained a Calvinist

A Prospective Surveillance Study of Candidaemia : Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Antifungal Treatment and Outcome in Hospitalized Patients

Funding This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust Strategic Award for Medical Mycology and Fungal Immunology 097377/Z/11/Z. Data collection was supported by a grant from Pfizer. GR was also supported by a research fellowship grant from Gilead Sciences. The collection of the isolates was funded by a Gilead Fellowship to GR. Acknowledgments We are grateful to microbiology colleagues throughout Scotland for submitting isolates. Antimicrobial sensitivity testing was performed by the Mycology Reference Laboratory, Public Health England, Bristol.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

EFFECTS OF FATIGUE ON PATELLAR TENDON LOADING DURING THE LANDING PHASES OF A STOP-JUMP MOVEMENT

Therefore, the purpose of this study was to establish whether there were any significant differences in the patellar tendon forces generated by athletes during the landing phases of a stop-jump (SJ) movement before and after fatigue induced by repetitive SSC exercises. Eighteen soccer and basketball players performed a SJ movement before and after a fatigue protocol. During each SJ trial, three-dimensional kinematic, kinetic and electromyographic data for each subject’s lower limbs were recorded. When fatigued, athletes significantly (p < 0.05) reduced their patellar tendon forces during the SJ movement by reducing knee and hip flexion. Whether “stiff limb” landings reduces the risk of developing patellar tendinopathy by decreasing patellar tendon loading during jumping requires further investigation

Cyclotomy and Ramanujan sums in quantum phase locking

Phase-locking governs the phase noise in classical clocks through effects described in precise mathematical terms. We seek here a quantum counterpart of these effects by working in a finite Hilbert space. We use a coprimality condition to define phase-locked quantum states and the corresponding Pegg-Barnett type phase operator. Cyclotomic symmetries in matrix elements are revealed and related to Ramanujan sums in the theory of prime numbers. The employed mathematical procedures also emphasize the isomorphism between algebraic number theory and the theory of quantum entanglementComment: 6 pages, 3 figures, version accepted at Phys. Lett.

The ‘Rocket Framework’: a novel framework to define key performance indicators for nature-based solutions against shallow landslides and erosion

The idea of nature providing solutions to societal challenges is relatively easy to understand by the layperson. Nature-based solutions (NBS) against landslides and erosion mostly comprise plant-based interventions in which the reinforcement of slopes provided by vegetation plays a crucial role in natural hazard prevention and mitigation, and in the provision of multiple socio-ecological benefits. However, the full potential of NBS against landslides and erosion is not realised yet because a strong evidence base on their multi-functional performance is lacking, hindering the operational rigour of NBS practice and science. This knowledge gap can be addressed through the definition of repositories of key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics, which should stem from holistic frameworks facilitating the multi-functional assessment of NBS. Herein, we propose the ‘rocket framework’ to promote the uptake of NBS against landslides and erosion through the provision of a comprehensive set of indicators which, through their appropriate selection and measurement, can contribute to build a robust evidence base on NBS performance. The ‘rocket framework’ is holistic, reproducible, dynamic, versatile, and flexible in helping define metrics for NBS actions against landslides and erosion along the NBS project timeline. The framework, resultant from an iterative research approach applied in a real-world environment, follows a hierarchical approach to deal with multiple scales and environmental contexts, and to integrate environmental, eco-engineering, and socio-ecological domains, thus establishing a balance between monitoring the engineering performance of NBS actions against landslides and erosion, and the wider provision of ecosystem functions and services. Using a case study, and following the principles of credibility, salience, legitimacy, and feasibility, we illustrate herein how the ‘rocket framework’ can be effectively employed to define a repository with over 40 performance indicators for monitoring NBS against landslides and erosion, and with over 60 metrics for establishing the context and baseline upon which the NBS are built and encourage their reproduction and upscaling