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Spherical Hartree-Fock calculations with linear momentum projection before the variation.Part II: Spectral functions and spectroscopic factors
The hole--spectral functions and from these the spectroscopic factors have
been calculated in an Galilei--invariant way for the ground state wave
functions resulting from spherical Hartree--Fock calculations with projection
onto zero total linear momentum before the variation for the nuclei 4He, 12C,
16O, 28Si, 32S and 40Ca. The results are compared to those of the conventional
approach which uses the ground states resulting from usual spherical
Hartree--Fock calculations subtracting the kinetic energy of the center of mass
motion before the variation and to the results obtained analytically with
oscillator occupations.Comment: 16 pages, 22 postscript figure
Spherical Hartree-Fock calculations with linear momentum projection before the variation.Part I: Energies, form factors, charge densities and mathematical sum rules
Spherical Hartree--Fock calculations with projection onto zero total linear
momentum before the variation are performed for the nuclei 4He, 12C, 16O, 28Si,
32S and 40Ca using a density--independent effective nucleon--nucleon
interaction. The results are compared to those of usual spherical Hartree--Fock
calculations subtracting the kinetic energy of the center of mass motion either
before or after the variation and to the results obtained analytically with
oscillator occupations. Total energies, hole--energies, elastic charge form
factors and charge densities and the mathematical Coulomb sum rules are
discussed.Comment: 16 pages, 13 postscript figure
Detection of nonlinearity, discontinuity and interactions in generalized regression models
In generalized regression models the effect of continuous covariates is
commonly assumed to be linear. This assumption, however, may be too restrictive
in applications and may lead to biased effect estimates and decreased
predictive ability. While a multitude of alternatives for the flexible modeling
of continuous covariates have been proposed, methods that provide guidance for
choosing a suitable functional form are still limited. To address this issue,
we propose a detection algorithm that evaluates several approaches for modeling
continuous covariates and guides practitioners to choose the most appropriate
alternative. The algorithm utilizes a unified framework for tree-structured
modeling which makes the results easily interpretable. We assessed the
performance of the algorithm by conducting a simulation study. To illustrate
the proposed algorithm, we analyzed data of patients suffering from chronic
kidney disease.Comment: 30 pages, 8 figure
The expedition ANTARKTIS-XIV/4 of RV "Polarstern" in 1997 = Die Expedition ANTARKTIS-XIV/4 mit FS "Polarstern" 1997
Understanding the Roots of Radicalisation on Twitter
In an increasingly digital world, identifying signs of online extremism sits at the top of the priority list for counter-extremist agencies. Researchers and governments are investing in the creation of advanced information technologies to identify and counter extremism through intelligent large-scale analysis of online data. However, to the best of our knowledge, these technologies are neither based on, nor do they take advantage of, the existing theories and studies of radicalisation. In this paper we propose a computational approach for detecting and predicting the radicalisation influence a user is exposed to, grounded on the notion of ’roots of radicalisation’ from social science models. This approach has been applied to analyse and compare the radicalisation level of 112 pro-ISIS vs.112 “general" Twitter users. Our results show the effectiveness of our proposed algorithms in detecting and predicting radicalisation influence, obtaining up to 0.9 F-1 measure for detection and between 0.7 and 0.8 precision for prediction. While this is an initial attempt towards the effective combination of social and computational perspectives, more work is needed to bridge these disciplines, and to build on their strengths to target the problem of online radicalisation
New evidence of the Giant Hyaena, Pachycrocuta brevirostris (Carnivora, Hyaenidae), from the Gladysvale Cave deposit (Plio-pleistocene, John Nash Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa)
A well preserved cranium which represents the most complete skull of Pachycrocuta brevirostris (Carnivora, Hyaenidae) discovered in Africa, and a maxillary fragment from the Gladysvale Cave Deposit (John Nash Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa) are described and compared to other fossil and extant hyaenid specimens from South Africa and Europe. In addition, some aspects of functional morphology in the hyaenid dentition are reconsidered and suggested to be directly related to the palaeoecological role of P. brevirostris.The Council's Research Committee, University of the Witwatersrand; National Research Foundation (NRF); Palaeo-Anthropology Scientific Trust (PAST); Swiss National Science FoundationGrant No. 31-43584.95;National Geographic Society; Adolph H.
Schultz-Foundation; Georges & Antoine Claraz-Donatio
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