64 research outputs found
Searching for 2D Spatial Network Holes
Research involving different forms of networks, such as internet
networks, social networks, and cellular networks, has increasingly become an
important field of study. From this work, a variety of different scaling laws have
been discovered. However, these aspatial laws, stemming from graph theory, often
do not apply to spatial networks. When searching for network holes, results from
graph theory frequently do not correlate with 2D spatial holes that enforce
planarity. We present a general approach for finding holes in a 2D spatial network,
and in particular for a network representing street centrelines of an area in
Washington, D.C. This methodology involves finding graph holes that can be
restricted to 2D spatial holes by examining topological relationships between
network features. These spatial network holes gain significance as the number of
edges encompassing the hole, and the length of these edges increase. For this
reason, our approach is designed to classify these holes into different sets based on
the number of edges found and the length of those edges. The results of this
application provide valuable insights in the nature of the network, highlighting
areas that we know from experience are poorly connected and thus suffer from low
accessibility
Multiwavelength studies of MHD waves in the solar chromosphere: An overview of recent results
The chromosphere is a thin layer of the solar atmosphere that bridges the
relatively cool photosphere and the intensely heated transition region and
corona. Compressible and incompressible waves propagating through the
chromosphere can supply significant amounts of energy to the interface region
and corona. In recent years an abundance of high-resolution observations from
state-of-the-art facilities have provided new and exciting ways of
disentangling the characteristics of oscillatory phenomena propagating through
the dynamic chromosphere. Coupled with rapid advancements in
magnetohydrodynamic wave theory, we are now in an ideal position to thoroughly
investigate the role waves play in supplying energy to sustain chromospheric
and coronal heating. Here, we review the recent progress made in
characterising, categorising and interpreting oscillations manifesting in the
solar chromosphere, with an impetus placed on their intrinsic energetics.Comment: 48 pages, 25 figures, accepted into Space Science Review
Physical activity associated with urban environmental characteristics: A correlational study of active women of high socioeconomic status from Brazilian cities of Santa Catarina
Limb Spicules from the Ground and from Space
We amassed statistics for quiet-sun chromosphere spicules at the limb using
ground-based observations from the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope on La Palma and
simultaneously from NASA's Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE)
spacecraft. The observations were obtained in July 2006. With the 0.2 arcsecond
resolution obtained after maximizing the ground-based resolution with the
Multi-Object Multi-Frame Blind Deconvolution (MOMFBD) program, we obtained
specific statistics for sizes and motions of over two dozen individual
spicules, based on movies compiled at 50-second cadence for the series of five
wavelengths observed in a very narrow band at H-alpha, on-band and in the red
and blue wings at 0.035 nm and 0.070 nm (10 s at each wavelength) using the
SOUP filter, and had simultaneous observations in the 160 nm EUV continuum from
TRACE. The MOMFBD restoration also automatically aligned the images,
facilitating the making of Dopplergrams at each off-band pair. We studied 40
H-alpha spicules, and 14 EUV spicules that overlapped H-alpha spicules; we
found that their dynamical and morphological properties fit into the framework
of several previous studies. From a preliminary comparison with spicule
theories, our observations are consistent with a reconnection mechanism for
spicule generation, and with UV spicules being a sheath region surrounding the
H-alpha spicules
Women entrepreneurs : jumping the corporate ship or gaining new wings.
Paper originally presented at the 30th International Conference of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 7-9 November 2007, Glasgow,UK.
Awarded Best Paper ‘Women’s Enterprise and Family Enterprise Development’ track, ISBE Conference 2007 (£500). Advances field through empirical investigation of push-pull dichotomy in career transition literature for women leaving corporate employment for entrepreneurship. Argues women’s motivations for entrepreneurship remain unsatisfied until businesses evolved and they gained personal and professional development
Initial Calibration of the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Similarities in Attitudes and Norms, and its Effect on the Decision to Commute by Bicycle. Evidence from two Bicycle Cities: Davis and Delft
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