Development of non-equilibrium Green's functions for use with full interaction in complex systems

We present an ongoing development of an existing code for calculating ground-state, steady-state, and transient properties of many-particle systems. The development involves the addition of the full four-index two electron integrals, which allows for the calculation of transport systems, as well as the extension to multi-level electronic systems, such as atomic and molecular systems and other applications. The necessary derivations are shown, along with some preliminary results and a summary of future plans for the code

Narratives of Kingship in Eurasian Empires, 1300-1800

An exploration of the constructions of authority in Eurasian empires in fictional texts of various genres, showing remarkable parallels, and the fluidity of literary material as a repository of cultural/political values. Readership: Scholars and students in the fields of history and literature of Eurasian empires, comparative literature, world literature, ideologies of power and authority

European Translations of the Thousand and One Nights and their reception: Orientalist falsification or literary fascination?

The reception of the Thousand and One Nights, and more specifically of its European translations, have often been analyzed within the theoretical framework of orientalism as a mechanism governing cultural exchange. In this contribution, it is argued that the framework of orientalism, as conceptualized by Edward Said, is insufficient to fully explain and describe the process of the incorporation of the Thousand and One Nights into European literature and subsequently into world literature. Since orientalism as a methodological instrument emphasizes the exoticizing elements within the process of translation and transfer, it highlights ideological aspects and neglects the textual mechanisms involved in the transition of texts across cultural boundaries. In this essay it is argued that the influence of the Thousand and One Nights on world literature should be sought more in these textual aspects, rather than in forms of exoticism and cultural appropriation. Only then can the impact of Thousand and One Nights, as a vital work of literature, be fully appreciated.La recepción de Las mil y una noches, y concretamente de sus traducciones europeas, se ha analizado con frecuencia dentro del marco teórico del orientalismo como un mecanismo que regula el intercambio cultural. En esta contribución se afirma que el marco de orientalismo, como ha conceptualizado Edward Said, es insuficiente para describir y explicar en su conjunto el proceso de incorporación de Las mil y una noches en la literatura europea y, por consiguiente, en la literatura-mundo. Dado que el orientalismo, como un instrumento metodológico, hace hincapié en los elementos exotizantes dentro del proceso de traducción y de transferencia, incide en los aspectos ideológicos y no aborda los mecanismos textuales que participan en la transición de los textos a través de fronteras culturales. En este ensayo se mantiene que la influencia de Las mil y una noches en la literatura-mundo debería buscarse más en estos aspectos textuales que en las formas de exotismo y la apropiación cultural. Sólo así se puede apreciar plenamente el impacto de Las mil y una noches como obra fundamental de la literatura

Narratives of Kingship in Eurasian Empires, 1300-1800

An exploration of the constructions of authority in Eurasian empires in fictional texts of various genres, showing remarkable parallels, and the fluidity of literary material as a repository of cultural/political values. Readership: Scholars and students in the fields of history and literature of Eurasian empires, comparative literature, world literature, ideologies of power and authority

Why do the maximum intensities in modeled tropical cyclones vary under the same environmental conditions?

In this study w e explored why the different initial tropical cyclone structures can result in different steady‐state maximum intensities in model simulations with the same environmental conditions. We discovered a linear relationsh ip between the radius of maximum wind (rm) and the absolute angular momentum that passes through rm (Mm) in the model simulated steady‐state tropical cyclones that rm = aMm+b. This nonnegligible intercept b is found to be the key to making a steady‐state storm with a larger Mm more intense. The sensitivity experiments show that this nonzero b results mainly from horizontal turbulent mixing and decreases with decreased horizontal mixing. Using this linear relationship from the simulations, it is also found that the degree of supergradient wind is a function of Mm as well as the turbulent mixing length such that both a larger Mm and/or a reduced turbulent mixing length result in larger supergradient winds

Ozone retention method and system

A method and system of ozone treatment diverts a portion of water from a flow of water in a conduit, injects ozone into the portion to provide an ozonated portion, and recombines the ozonated portion with the flow of water in the conduit. Another method and system identifies a species-destructive reaction product of ozone with a water constituent, determines a life of the reaction product, and contacts ozone with a water containing the species for a period determined according to the determined life of the reaction product

Controlled bypass flow and ozone proportion method and system

A method and system of ozone treatment diverts a portion of water from a flowof water in a conduit; injects an ozone-containing gas into the portion to provide an ozonated portion; recombines the ozonated portion with the flow of water in the conduit; and controls and regulates the diverted portion to provide a minimum diverted portion flow rate according to flow in the conduit andproportion of ozone in the injected gas

Bypass flow and ozone proportion method and system

A method and system of ozone treatment diverts a portion of water from a flow of water in a conduit; injects an ozone-containing gas into the portion to provide an ozonated portion; recombines the ozonated portion with the flow of water in the conduit; and regulates the diverted portion to provide a minimum diverted portion flow rate according to flow in the conduit and proportion of ozone in the injected gas

The Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse and the Thousand and one nights

Il s’agit, dans cette étude, d’analyser l’assimilation du modèle des Mille et une nuits par Jean Potocki dans le Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse, de situer ce roman dans le courant de la réception des Nuits dans la littérature européenne et de montrer que l’intérêt de Potocki pour le grand recueil arabe, loin de résulter de quelque éphémère fantaisie, exprime et illustre l’impact profond exercé par les Nuits sur la littérature européenne, notamment sur l’évolution des formes narratives