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Permutable entire functions satisfying algebraic differential equations
It is shown that if two transcendental entire functions permute, and if one
of them satisfies an algebraic differential equation, then so does the other
one.Comment: 5 page
Interaction between graphene and SiO2 surface
With first-principles DFT calculations, the interaction between graphene and
SiO2 surface has been analyzed by constructing the different configurations
based on {\alpha}-quartz and cristobalite structures. The single layer graphene
can stay stably on SiO2 surface is explained based on the general consideration
of configuration structures of SiO2 surface. It is also found that the oxygen
defect in SiO2 surface can shift the Fermi level of graphene down which opens
out the mechanism of hole-doping effect of graphene absorbed on SiO2 surface
observed in experiments.Comment: 17 pages, 7 figure
Raman spectroscopic determination of the length, strength, compressibility, Debye temperature, elasticity, and force constant of the C-C bond in graphene
From the perspective of bond relaxation and vibration, we have reconciled the
Raman shifts of graphene under the stimuli of the number-of-layer,
uni-axial-strain, pressure, and temperature in terms of the response of the
length and strength of the representative bond of the entire specimen to the
applied stimuli. Theoretical unification of the measurements clarifies that:
(i) the opposite trends of Raman shifts due to number-of-layer reduction
indicate that the G-peak shift is dominated by the vibration of a pair of atoms
while the D- and the 2D-peak shifts involves z-neighbor of a specific atom;
(ii) the tensile strain-induced phonon softening and phonon-band splitting
arise from the asymmetric response of the C3v bond geometry to the C2v
uni-axial bond elongation; (iii) the thermal-softening of the phonons
originates from bond expansion and weakening; and (iv) the pressure- stiffening
of the phonons results from bond compression and work hardening. Reproduction
of the measurements has led to quantitative information about the referential
frequencies from which the Raman frequencies shift, the length, energy, force
constant, Debye temperature, compressibility, elastic modulus of the C-C bond
in graphene, which is of instrumental importance to the understanding of the
unusual behavior of graphene
Smart Content Recognition from Images Using a Mixture of Convolutional Neural Networks
With rapid development of the Internet, web contents become huge. Most of the
websites are publicly available, and anyone can access the contents from
anywhere such as workplace, home and even schools. Nevertheless, not all the
web contents are appropriate for all users, especially children. An example of
these contents is pornography images which should be restricted to certain age
group. Besides, these images are not safe for work (NSFW) in which employees
should not be seen accessing such contents during work. Recently, convolutional
neural networks have been successfully applied to many computer vision
problems. Inspired by these successes, we propose a mixture of convolutional
neural networks for adult content recognition. Unlike other works, our method
is formulated on a weighted sum of multiple deep neural network models. The
weights of each CNN models are expressed as a linear regression problem learned
using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS). Experimental results demonstrate that the
proposed model outperforms both single CNN model and the average sum of CNN
models in adult content recognition.Comment: To be published in LNEE, Code: github.com/mundher/NSF
Symbolic Dynamics Analysis of the Lorenz Equations
Recent progress of symbolic dynamics of one- and especially two-dimensional
maps has enabled us to construct symbolic dynamics for systems of ordinary
differential equations (ODEs). Numerical study under the guidance of symbolic
dynamics is capable to yield global results on chaotic and periodic regimes in
systems of dissipative ODEs which cannot be obtained neither by purely
analytical means nor by numerical work alone. By constructing symbolic dynamics
of 1D and 2D maps from the Poincare sections all unstable periodic orbits up to
a given length at a fixed parameter set may be located and all stable periodic
orbits up to a given length may be found in a wide parameter range. This
knowledge, in turn, tells much about the nature of the chaotic limits. Applied
to the Lorenz equations, this approach has led to a nomenclature, i.e.,
absolute periods and symbolic names, of stable and unstable periodic orbits for
an autonomous system. Symmetry breakings and restorations as well as
coexistence of different regimes are also analyzed by using symbolic dynamics.Comment: 35 pages, LaTeX, 13 Postscript figures, uses psfig.tex. The revision
concerns a bug at the end of hlzfig12.ps which prevented the printing of the
whole .ps file from page 2
Far-Ultraviolet Observations of NGC 3516 using the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
We observed the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3516 twice during the flight of Astro-2
using the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope in March 1995. Simultaneous X-ray
observations were performed with ASCA. Our far-ultraviolet spectra cover the
spectral range 820-1840 A with a resolution of 2-4 A. No significant variations
were found between the two observations. The total spectrum shows a red
continuum, , with an observed flux of at 1450 A, slightly above the historical
mean. Intrinsic absorption in Lyman is visible as well as absorption
from O~vi 1032,1038, N~v 1239,1243, Si~iv 1394,1403, and C~iv 1548,1551. The UV
absorption lines are far weaker than is usual for NGC~3516, and also lie closer
to the emission line redshift rather than showing the blueshift typical of
these lines when they are strong. The neutral hydrogen absorption, however, is
blueshifted by relative to the systemic velocity, and it is
opaque at the Lyman limit. The sharpness of the cutoff indicates a low
effective Doppler parameter, . For
the derived intrinsic column is . As in
NGC~4151, a single warm absorber cannot produce the strong absorption visible
over the wide range of observed ionization states. Matching both the UV and
X-ray absorption simultaneously requires absorbers spanning a range of
in both ionization parameter and column density.Comment: 18 pages, 4 PostScript figures, uses aaspp4.sty To appear in the
August 20, 1996, issue of The Astrophysical Journa
High-Density Cultivation of the Marine Ciliate Uronema marinum (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) in Axenic Medium
Uronema marinum is a cosmopolitan marine ciliate. It is a facultative parasite and the main causative agent of outbreaks of scuticociliatosis in aquaculture fish. This study reports a method for the axenic cultivation of U. marinum in high densities in an artificial medium comprising proteose peptone, glucose and yeast extract powder as its basic components. The absence of bacteria in the cultures was confirmed by fluorescence microscopy of DAPI-stained samples and the failure to recover bacterial SSU-rDNA using standard PCR methods. Using this axenic medium, a maximum cell density of 420,000 ciliate cells/ml was achieved, which is significantly higher than in cultures using living bacteria as food or in other axenic media reported previously. This method for high-density axenic cultivation of U. marinum should facilitate future research on this economically important facultative fish parasite.Open access journal. The editor declares the online version to be the original one. The magazine is shown on-line continuously here: http://www.ejournals.eu/Acta-Protozoologica
Ultraviolet Broad Absorption Features and the Spectral Energy Distribution of the QSO PG 1351+64
We present a moderate-resolution (~20 km/s) spectrum of the mini
broad-absorption-line QSO PG1351+64 between 915-1180 A, obtained with the Far
Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE). Additional spectra at longer
wavelengths were also obtained with the HST and ground-based telescopes. Broad
absorption is present on the blue wings of CIII 977, Ly-beta, OVI 1032,1038,
Ly-alpha, NV 1238,1242, SiIV 1393,1402, and CIV 1548,1450. The absorption
profile can be fitted with five components at velocities of ~ -780, -1049,
-1629, -1833, and -3054 km/s with respect to the emission-line redshift of z =
0.088. All the absorption components cover a large fraction of the continuum
source as well as the broad-line region. The OVI emission feature is very weak,
and the OVI/Lyalpha flux ratio is 0.08, one of the lowest among low-redshift
active galaxies and QSOs. The UV continuum shows a significant change in slope
near 1050 A in the restframe. The steeper continuum shortward of the Lyman
limit extrapolates well to the observed weak X-ray flux level. The absorbers'
properties are similar to those of high-redshift broad absorption-line QSOs.
The derived total column density of the UV absorbers is on the order of 10^21
cm^-2, unlikely to produce significant opacity above 1 keV in the X-ray. Unless
there is a separate, high-ionization X-ray absorber, the QSO's weak X-ray flux
may be intrinsic. The ionization level of the absorbing components is
comparable to that anticipated in the broad-line region, therefore the
absorbers may be related to broad-line clouds along the line of sight.Comment: 23 pages, Latex, 5 figure
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