Summary of Newman v. State, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 24

Appeal from a jury conviction in the Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County, of battery by strangulation and willfully endangering a child as a result of child abuse. The Nevada Supreme Court addressed two issues both rooted in NRS 48.045’s prohibition against using character or prior-bad-act evidence to prove criminal propensity. The defendant did not mount a conventional accidental injury defense to the child abuse charge and admitted to possessing an aggressive character, eliminating the relevance for evidence showing this to be true

Variances and Covariances in the Central Limit Theorem for the Output of a Transducer

We study the joint distribution of the input sum and the output sum of a deterministic transducer. Here, the input of this finite-state machine is a uniformly distributed random sequence. We give a simple combinatorial characterization of transducers for which the output sum has bounded variance, and we also provide algebraic and combinatorial characterizations of transducers for which the covariance of input and output sum is bounded, so that the two are asymptotically independent. Our results are illustrated by several examples, such as transducers that count specific blocks in the binary expansion, the transducer that computes the Gray code, or the transducer that computes the Hamming weight of the width-$w$ non-adjacent form digit expansion. The latter two turn out to be examples of asymptotic independence

Modelling the potential distribution of Bemisia tabaci in Europe in light of the climate change scenario

BACKGROUND:Bemisia tabaci is a serious pest of agriculturalandhorticultural crops ingreenhousesandfields aroundtheworld. This paper deals with the distribution of the pest under field conditions. In Europe, the insect is currently found in coastal regions of Mediterranean countries where it is subject to quarantine regulations. To assess the risk presented by B. tabaci to Europe, the area of potential establishment of this insect, in light of the climate change scenario,was assessed by a temperature-dependent physiologically based demographicmodel (PBDM). RESULTS: The simulated potential distribution under current climate conditions has been successfully validated with the available field records of B. tabaci in Europe. Considering climate change scenarios of+1and+2 ∘C, range expansion by B. tabaci is predicted, particularly in Spain, France, Italy, Greece and along the Adriatic coast of the Balkans. Nonetheless, even under the scenario of +2 ∘C, northern European countries are not likely to be at risk of B. tabaci establishment because of climatic limitations. CONCLUSION: Model validation with field observations and evaluation of uncertainties associated with model parameter variability support the reliability of model results. The PBDM developed here can be applied to other organisms and offers significant advantages for assessing the potential distribution of invasive species

Jahrbuch der Hilfswerke 2017

Diese dritte Auflage des Jahrbuchs der Hilfswerke enthält zahlreiche wichtige Finanzkennzahlen von gemeinnützigen, spendensammelnden Nonprofit-Organisationen (NPO). Es basiert auf den öffentlich verfügbaren Jahresrechnungen der 506 Zewo-zertifizierten Organisationen (Stand 31.12.2016).Neu erhoben werden auch Angaben zu den Finanzierungsquellen sowie zum Fundraising- und Administrationsaufwand . Als Spezialthema umfasst das Jahrbuch Praxistipps zum Investment Controlling, zum Finanzierungsmix und zu Bankmandaten

Ds→η,η′D_s \rightarrow \eta, \eta' semileptonic decay form factors with disconnected quark loop contributions

We calculate for the first time the form factors of the semi-leptonic decays of the $D_s$ meson to $\eta$ and $\eta^\prime$ using lattice techniques. As a by-product of the calculation we obtain the masses and leading distribution amplitudes of the $\eta$ and $\eta^\prime$ mesons. We use $N_f=2+1$ non-perturbatively improved clover fermions on configurations with a lattice spacing $a\sim 0.075$ fm. We are able to obtain clear signals for relevant matrix elements, using several noise reduction techniques, both for the connected and disconnected contributions. This includes a new method for reducing the variance of pseudoscalar disconnected two-point functions. At zero momentum transfer, we obtain for the scalar form factors, $|f_0^{D_s\to \eta}|=0.564(11)$ and $|f_0^{D_s\to \eta'}|=0.437(18)$ at $M_\pi\approx 470\, {\rm MeV}$, as well as $|f_0^{D_s\to \eta}|=0.542(13)$ and $|f_0^{D_s\to \eta'}|=0.404(25)$ at $M_\pi\approx 370\, {\rm MeV}$, where the errors are statistical only.Comment: 26 pages 28 figures; v2: a phenomenological analysis added, title changed slightly, minor typos correcte

A neural network z-vertex trigger for Belle II

We present the concept of a track trigger for the Belle II experiment, based on a neural network approach, that is able to reconstruct the z (longitudinal) position of the event vertex within the latency of the first level trigger. The trigger will thus be able to suppress a large fraction of the dominating background from events outside of the interaction region. The trigger uses the drift time information of the hits from the Central Drift Chamber (CDC) of Belle II within narrow cones in polar and azimuthal angle as well as in transverse momentum (sectors), and estimates the z-vertex without explicit track reconstruction. The preprocessing for the track trigger is based on the track information provided by the standard CDC trigger. It takes input from the 2D ($r - \varphi$) track finder, adds information from the stereo wires of the CDC, and finds the appropriate sectors in the CDC for each track in a given event. Within each sector, the z-vertex of the associated track is estimated by a specialized neural network, with a continuous output corresponding to the scaled z-vertex. The input values for the neural network are calculated from the wire hits of the CDC.Comment: Proceedings of the 16th International workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in physics research (ACAT), Preprint, reviewed version (only minor corrections

On q-Quasiadditive and q-Quasimultiplicative Functions

CITATION: Kropf, S. & Wagner, S. 2017. On q-Quasiadditive and q-Quasimultiplicative Functions. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 24(1):1-22.The original publication is available at https://www.combinatorics.org/ojs/index.php/eljcIn this paper, we introduce the notion of q-quasiadditivity of arithmetic functions, as well as the related concept of q-quasimultiplicativity, which generalise strong q-additivity and -multiplicativity, respectively. We show that there are many natural examples for these concepts, which are characterised by functional equations of the form f(qk+ra+b) = f(a)+f(b) or f(qk+ra+b) = f(a)f(b) for all b < qk and a fixed parameter r. In addition to some elementary properties of q-quasiadditive and q-quasimultiplicative functions, we prove characterisations of q-quasiadditivity and q-quasimultiplicativity for the special class of q-regular functions. The final main result provides a general central limit theorem that includes both classical and new examples as corollaries.https://www.combinatorics.org/ojs/index.php/eljc/article/view/v24i1p60Publisher's versio