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The theory of peripheral capitalism: on the applicability of the Latin American model to the Baltic States; an attempt at an inter-disciplinary analysis
The relevance of this study of post-Soviet transition lies in the focus on the technically theoretical problems that are nevertheless the key to understanding regional development processes in the East of the Baltic Sea. The research aims to verify the theory of peripheral capitalism as applied to the Baltic States. The first theoretical objective is to draw a distinction between the ideas of modernisation and transformation in a regional context. The second objective is to adjust the theory of peripheral capitalism to smaller states. To study the features of the transformation of economic and political systems in the Baltics, this article conducts comparative analysis. Systemic analysis and the principles of theoretical and empirical analysis are used as well. Building on this work, the study identifies the deficiencies of the theoretical and methodological potential of transition studies. These include claims that the theoretical and methodological potential of transition as applied to post-Socialist and post-Soviet Europe has been completely fulfilled. Geographical differences between Latin America and the Baltic States are so obvious that they eclipse economic similarities between the processes and development models characteristic of the two regions of the world. An analysis of current developments in Latin America makes it possible to forecast the economic and, to a degree, political consequences of the trends that are just emerging in the Baltics. This article seeks to prove the above thesis
Non-Gaussian generalization of the Kazantsev-Kraichnan model
We consider a natural generalization of the Kazantsev-Kraichnan model for
small-scale turbulent dynamo. This generalization takes account of statistical
time asymmetry of a turbulent flow, and, thus, allows to describe velocity
fields with energy cascade. For three-dimensional velocity field, generalized
Kazantsev equation is derived, and evolution of the second order magnetic field
correlator is investigated for large but finite magnetic Prandtl numbers. It is
shown that as , the growth increment tends to the limit known
from the T-exponential (Lagrangian deformation) method. Magnetic field
generation is shown to be weaker than that in the Gaussian velocity field for
any direction of the energy cascade, and depends essentially on the Prandtl
number.Comment: 6 figures, 1 tabl
Role of internal stresses in the localization of plastic flow of irradiated materials
The collective behavior of dislocations in irradiated materials is studied using the kinetic equation for the dislocation density, taking account of a Burgers-type nonlinearity. It is shown that the degree of dislocation localization in slip bands is higher in the irradiated materials than in the unirradiated materialsyesBelgorod State Universit
ICESat-2 Simulated Data from Airborne Altimetery
Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) is scheduled to launch in 2015 and will carry onboard the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), which represents a new approach to spaceborne determination of surface elevations. Specifically, the current ATLAS design is for a micropulse, multibeam, photon-counting laser altimeter with lower energy, a shorter pulse width, and a higher repetition rate relative to the Geoscience Laser Altimeter (GLAS), the instrument that was onboard ICESat. Given the new and untested technology associated with ATLAS, airborne altimetry data is necessary (1) to test the proposed ATLAS instrument geometry, (2) to validate instrument models, and (3) to assess the atmospheric effects on multibeam altimeters. We present an overview of the airborne instruments and datasets intended to address the ATLAS instrument concept, including data collected over Greenland (July 2009) using an airborne SBIR prototype 100 channel, photon-counting, terrain mapping altimeter, which addresses the first of these 3 scientific concerns. Additionally, we present the plan for further simulator data collection over vegetated and ice covered regions using Multiple Altimeter Beam Experimental Lidar (MABEL), intended to address the latter two scientific concerns. As the ICESAT-2 project is in the design phase, the particular configuration of the ATLAS instrument may change. However, we expect this work to be relevant as long as ATLAS pursues a photon-counting approach
Measuring Cognitive Reflection without Maths: Development and Validation fo the Verbal Cognitive Reflection Test
The Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT) became popular for its impressive power to predict how well people reason and make decisions. Despite the popularity of the CRT, a major issue complicates its interpretation: the numerical nature of the CRT confounds reflection ability with mathematical ability. We have addressed this issue by developing the Verbal CRT (CRT-V), a novel 10-item measure of cognitive reflection (https://osf.io/xehbv/), using non-mathematical problems with good statistical and psychometric properties and with low familiarity. First, we selected suitable items with relatively low familiarity and optimal difficulty as identified in two different populations (Studies 1 and 2) and with high content validity as judged by an expert panel (Study 3). Second, we demonstrated good criterion and construct validity for the test in different populations with a wide range of variables (Studies 4-6, 8) and a good internal consistency and test-retest reliability (Study 7). The Verbal CRT was less associated with math anxiety, objective and subjective numeracy than the original CRT and it was test equivalent across gender, age groups and administration setting. In contrast with the original CRT (Hedge’s g = 0.29, 95% CI[0.17, 0.40]), the Verbal CRT showed no gender differences (Hedge’s g = -0.06, 95% CI[-0.18, 0.06]). The Verbal CRT can complement existing, numerical, tests of cognitive reflection
Generation of small-scale structures in the developed turbulence
The Navier-Stokes equation for incompressible liquid is considered in the
limit of infinitely large Reynolds number. It is assumed that the flow
instability leads to generation of steady-state large-scale pulsations. The
excitation and evolution of the small-scale turbulence is investigated. It is
shown that the developed small-scale pulsations are intermittent. The maximal
amplitude of the vorticity fluctuations is reached along the vortex filaments.
Basing on the obtained solution, the pair correlation function in the limit
is calculated. It is shown that the function obeys the Kolmogorov law
.Comment: 18 page
A Classifier-based approach to identify genetic similarities between diseases
Motivation: Genome-wide association studies are commonly used to identify possible associations between genetic variations and diseases. These studies mainly focus on identifying individual single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) potentially linked with one disease of interest. In this work, we introduce a novel methodology that identifies similarities between diseases using information from a large number of SNPs. We separate the diseases for which we have individual genotype data into one reference disease and several query diseases. We train a classifier that distinguishes between individuals that have the reference disease and a set of control individuals. This classifier is then used to classify the individuals that have the query diseases. We can then rank query diseases according to the average classification of the individuals in each disease set, and identify which of the query diseases are more similar to the reference disease. We repeat these classification and comparison steps so that each disease is used once as reference disease
Annihilation Emission from the Galactic Black Hole
Both diffuse high energy gamma-rays and an extended electron-positron
annihilation line emission have been observed in the Galactic Center (GC)
region. Although X-ray observations indicate that the galactic black hole Sgr
A is inactive now, we suggest that Sgr A can become active when a
captured star is tidally disrupted and matter is accreted into the black hole.
As a consequence the galactic black hole could be a powerful source of
relativistic protons. We are able to explain the current observed diffuse
gamma-rays and the very detailed 511 keV annihilation line of secondary
positrons by collisions of such protons, with appropriate injection times
and energy. Relativistic protons could have been injected into the ambient
material if the black hole captured a 50M star at several tens million
years ago. An alternative possibility is that the black hole continues to
capture stars with 1M every hundred thousand years. Secondary
positrons produced by collisions at energies \ga 30 MeV are cooled down
to thermal energies by Coulomb collisions, and annihilate in the warm neutral
and ionized phases of the interstellar medium with temperatures about several
eV, because the annihilation cross-section reaches its maximum at these
temperatures. It takes about ten million years for the positrons to cool down
to thermal temperatures so they can diffuse into a very large extended region
around the Galactic center. A much more recent star capture may be also able to
account for recent TeV observations within 10 pc of the galactic center as well
as for the unidentified GeV gamma-ray sources found by EGRET at GC. The
spectral difference between the GeV flux and the TeV flux could be explained
naturally in this model as well.Comment: Accepted by ApJ on March 24, 200
Slip Behavior and Hardness Indentations in MnSe and MnSe-MnS Solid Solutions
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65510/1/j.1151-2916.1969.tb11957.x.pd
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