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Saying Hello World with Henshin - A Solution to the TTC 2011 Instructive Case
This paper gives an overview of the Henshin solution to the Hello World case
study of the Transformation Tool Contest 2011, intended to show basic language
concepts and constructs.Comment: In Proceedings TTC 2011, arXiv:1111.440
Liveness-Driven Random Program Generation
Randomly generated programs are popular for testing compilers and program
analysis tools, with hundreds of bugs in real-world C compilers found by random
testing. However, existing random program generators may generate large amounts
of dead code (computations whose result is never used). This leaves relatively
little code to exercise a target compiler's more complex optimizations.
To address this shortcoming, we introduce liveness-driven random program
generation. In this approach the random program is constructed bottom-up,
guided by a simultaneous structural data-flow analysis to ensure that the
generator never generates dead code.
The algorithm is implemented as a plugin for the Frama-C framework. We
evaluate it in comparison to Csmith, the standard random C program generator.
Our tool generates programs that compile to more machine code with a more
complex instruction mix.Comment: Pre-proceedings paper presented at the 27th International Symposium
on Logic-Based Program Synthesis and Transformation (LOPSTR 2017), Namur,
Belgium, 10-12 October 2017 (arXiv:1708.07854
Solving the TTC 2011 Reengineering Case with Henshin
This paper presents the Henshin solution to the Model Transformations for
Program Understanding case study as part of the Transformation Tool Contest
2011.Comment: In Proceedings TTC 2011, arXiv:1111.440
Particle hydrodynamics with tessellation techniques
Lagrangian smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is a well-established
approach to model fluids in astrophysical problems, thanks to its geometric
flexibility and ability to automatically adjust the spatial resolution to the
clumping of matter. However, a number of recent studies have emphasized
inaccuracies of SPH in the treatment of fluid instabilities. The origin of
these numerical problems can be traced back to spurious surface effects across
contact discontinuities, and to SPH's inherent prevention of mixing at the
particle level. We here investigate a new fluid particle model where the
density estimate is carried out with the help of an auxiliary mesh constructed
as the Voronoi tessellation of the simulation particles instead of an adaptive
smoothing kernel. This Voronoi-based approach improves the ability of the
scheme to represent sharp contact discontinuities. We show that this eliminates
spurious surface tension effects present in SPH and that play a role in
suppressing certain fluid instabilities. We find that the new `Voronoi Particle
Hydrodynamics' described here produces comparable results than SPH in shocks,
and better ones in turbulent regimes of pure hydrodynamical simulations. We
also discuss formulations of the artificial viscosity needed in this scheme and
how judiciously chosen correction forces can be derived in order to maintain a
high degree of particle order and hence a regular Voronoi mesh. This is
especially helpful in simulating self-gravitating fluids with existing gravity
solvers used for N-body simulations.Comment: 26 pages, 24 figures, currentversion is accepted by MNRA
Testing the differential adhesion hypothesis across the epithelial− mesenchymal transition
Weanalyze the mechanical properties of three epithelial/mesenchymal cell lines (MCF-10A, MDAMB-
231, MDA-MB-436) that exhibit a shift in E-, N- and P-cadherin levels characteristic of an
epithelial−mesenchymal transition associated with processes such as metastasis, to quantify the role of
cell cohesion in cell sorting and compartmentalization. Wedevelop a unique set of methods to
measure cell–cell adhesiveness, cell stiffness and cell shapes, and compare the results to predictions
from cell sorting in mixtures of cell populations.Wefind that the final sorted state is extremely robust
among all three cell lines independent of epithelial or mesenchymal state, suggesting that cell sorting
may play an important role in organization and boundary formation in tumours.Wefind that surface
densities of adhesive molecules do not correlate with measured cell–cell adhesion, but do correlate
with cell shapes, cell stiffness and the rate at which cells sort, in accordance with an extended version of
the differential adhesion hypothesis (DAH). Surprisingly, theDAHdoes not correctly predict the final
sorted state. This suggests that these tissues are not behaving as immiscible fluids, and that dynamical
effects such as directional motility, friction and jamming may play an important role in tissue
compartmentalization across the epithelial−mesenchymal transition
The Physical Conditions of the Intrinsic N V Narrow Absorption Line Systems of Three Quasars
We employ detailed photoionization models to infer the physical conditions of
intrinsic narrow absorption line systems found in high resolution spectra of
three quasars at z=2.6-3.0. We focus on a family of intrinsic absorbers
characterized by N V lines that are strong relative to the Ly-alpha lines. The
inferred physical conditions are similar for the three intrinsic N V absorbers,
with metallicities greater than 10 times the solar value (assuming a solar
abundance pattern), and with high ionization parameters (log U ~ 0). Thus, we
conclude that the unusual strength of the N V lines results from a combination
of partial coverage, a high ionization state, and high metallicity. We consider
whether dilution of the absorption lines by flux from the broad-emission line
region can lead us to overestimate the metallicities and we find that this is
an unlikely possibility. The high abundances that we infer are not surprising
in the context of scenarios in which metal enrichment takes place very early on
in massive galaxies. We estimate that the mass outflow rate in the absorbing
gas (which is likely to have a filamentary structure) is less than a few solar
masses per year under the most optimistic assumptions, although it may be
embedded in a much hotter, more massive outflow.Comment: To appear in the Astrophysical Journa
Prospectus, December 17, 1987
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Consistent validation of Copernicus Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 optical missions
The Copernicus program is a European initiative for the implementation of information services dealing with environment and security, mainly based on observation data received from Earth Observation (EO) satellites. In the frame of this program, ESA launched the Copernicus Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 optical imaging satellites. These satellites deliver a new generation of optical data products designed to directly feed downstream services mainly related to land and ocean monitoring, emergency management and security. To ensure the highest quality of Earth Observation data from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 optical missions, ESA set up the Optical Mission Performance Centre (OPT-MPC) supported by several Expert Support Laboratories (ESL). The OPT-MPC brings together the experience of the former separated S2 and S3 Mission Performance Centers.
The main objective of the working group on atmospheric correction within OPT-MPC is to employ synergies across the missions on surface reflectance (SR), aerosol optical thickness (AOT) and water vapor (WV) validation. Harmonization of validation practices, approaches, metrics, terms and definitions will support inter-operability among missions. This can also result in a guideline for good validation practice for other optical remote sensing missions in the Copernicus program and worldwide. Eventually it will give recommendations for algorithm improvements.
This presentation reports first results of this process and will show some examples for consistent validation of Copernicus Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 optical missions. It invites for discussion about validation methodologies and standards in the community
Expressions 1978
Expressions contains selected work from some of the Creative Writing Contest winners and honorable mentions along with Commercial Art students at Des Moines Area Community College. Design, topography, and layout was accomplished by Journalism students.https://openspace.dmacc.edu/expressions/1000/thumbnail.jp
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