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Bright source of spectrally uncorrelated polarization-entangled photons with nearly single-mode emission
We present results of a bright polarization-entangled photon source operating
at 1552 nm via type-II collinear degenerate spontaneous parametric
down-conversion in a periodically poled potassium titanyl phosphate crystal. We
report a conservative inferred pair generation rate of 123,000 pairs/s/mW into
collection modes. Minimization of spectral and spatial entanglement was
achieved by group velocity matching the pump, signal and idler modes and
through properly focusing the pump beam. By utilizing a pair of calcite beam
displacers, we are able to overlap photons from adjacent down-conversion
processes to obtain polarization-entanglement visibility of 94.7 +/- 1.1% with
accidentals subtracted.Comment: 4 pages, 7 color figures. Revised manuscript includes the following
changes: corrected pair generation rate from 44,000/s/mW pump to 123,000/s/mW
pump; replaced Fig. 1b to enhance clarity; minor alterations to the title,
abstract and introduction; grammatical correction
Domino: exploring mobile collaborative software adaptation
Social Proximity Applications (SPAs) are a promising new area for ubicomp software that exploits the everyday changes in the proximity of mobile users. While a number of applications facilitate simple file sharing between co–present users, this paper explores opportunities for recommending and sharing software between users. We describe an architecture that allows the recommendation of new system components from systems with similar histories of use. Software components and usage histories are exchanged between mobile users who are in proximity with each other. We apply this architecture in a mobile strategy game in which players adapt and upgrade their game using components from other players, progressing through the game through sharing tools and history. More broadly, we discuss the general application of this technique as well as the security and privacy challenges to such an approach
Migrating to Cloud-Native Architectures Using Microservices: An Experience Report
Migration to the cloud has been a popular topic in industry and academia in
recent years. Despite many benefits that the cloud presents, such as high
availability and scalability, most of the on-premise application architectures
are not ready to fully exploit the benefits of this environment, and adapting
them to this environment is a non-trivial task. Microservices have appeared
recently as novel architectural styles that are native to the cloud. These
cloud-native architectures can facilitate migrating on-premise architectures to
fully benefit from the cloud environments because non-functional attributes,
like scalability, are inherent in this style. The existing approaches on cloud
migration does not mostly consider cloud-native architectures as their
first-class citizens. As a result, the final product may not meet its primary
drivers for migration. In this paper, we intend to report our experience and
lessons learned in an ongoing project on migrating a monolithic on-premise
software architecture to microservices. We concluded that microservices is not
a one-fit-all solution as it introduces new complexities to the system, and
many factors, such as distribution complexities, should be considered before
adopting this style. However, if adopted in a context that needs high
flexibility in terms of scalability and availability, it can deliver its
promised benefits
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Human rights, international law and the right to privacy
The right to privacy is the right to obscure or hide parts of an individual’s life from the view of the wider public. An individual right to privacy is seen as a fundamental human right within the wider context of international law. In the age of surveillance from the state and private Internet communications companies, for an individual to protect their privacy or to remain obscure is now becoming almost impossible. A renewed emphasis on the right to privacy influenced in direct response to the aftermath of the Edward Snowden and Cambridge Analytica revelations. The protection of privacy and the international community must address not only the practices of state sponsored surveillance but also surveillance undertaken by modern private communications companies. This article will focus on how the international community and international law is protecting the privacy of the individual in an increasingly fast-moving area of rights protection and technological advancement
A stacking-fault based microscopic model for platelets in diamond
We propose a new microscopic model for the planar defects in
diamond commonly called platelets. This model is based on the formation of a
metastable stacking fault, which can occur because of the ability of carbon to
stabilize in different bonding configurations. In our model the core of the
planar defect is basically a double layer of three-fold coordinated
carbon atoms embedded in the common diamond structure. The properties of
the model were determined using {\it ab initio} total energy calculations. All
significant experimental signatures attributed to the platelets, namely, the
lattice displacement along the direction, the asymmetry between the
and the directions, the infrared absorption peak
, and broad luminescence lines that indicate the introduction of
levels in the band gap, are naturally accounted for in our model. The model is
also very appealing from the point of view of kinetics, since naturally
occurring shearing processes will lead to the formation of the metastable
fault.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures. Submitted for publication on August 2nd, 200
An investigation of the cross-language transfer of reading skills: Evidence from a study in Nigerian Government Primary Schools
This paper investigates the linguistic interdependence of grade 3 children studying in government primary schools in northern Nigeria who are learning to read in Hausa (L1) and English (L2) simultaneously. There are few studies in the African context that consider linguistic interdependence and the bidirectional influences of literacy skills in multilingual contexts. To do so a total of 2,328 grade 3 children were tested on their Hausa and English letter sound knowledge (phonemes) and reading decoding skills (word) after participating in a two-year English structured reading intervention programme as part of their school day. In grade 4 these children will become English immersion learners, with English becoming the medium of instruction. Carrying out bivariate correlations we find a large and strongly positively significant correlation between L1 and L2 test scores. Concerning bidirectionality a feedback path model illustrates that L1 word predicts L2 word and vice versa. Multi-level modelling is then used to consider the variation in test scores. Almost two thirds of the variation in the word score is attributable to the pupil level and one third to the school level. Hausa word score is significantly predicted through Hausa sound and English word score. English word score is significantly predicted through Hausa word and English sound score. The findings have implications for language policy and classroom instruction showing the importance of cross-language transfer between reading skills. The overall results support bidirectionality and linguistic interdependence
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