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Solidifying system of democracy in the Central and Eastern European new EU members
The paper examines the requirements of an effective and legitimized democratic political system in the process of transition. The analysis and the conclusions are based on the Hungarian experience, which can carefully be applied to all Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Special focus is given to the relationship of legal certainty and the efficiency of the democratic system, to the tension between legalism and managerialism and to the characteristics of civil society organizations. In the conclusion special features of the transitional countries are pointed out
Crystal Structure of (E)-2-[(2- bromo-3-pyridyl)methylidene]-6-methoxy-3,4-dihydronaphthalen-1-one and 3-[(E)-(6- methoxy-3,4-dihydronaphth-2-oylidene)methyl]-1H-pyridin-2-one
The title compounds C17H14BrNO2, (I), and C17H15NO3, (II), were obtained from the reaction of 6-methÂoxy-3,4-diÂhydro-2H-naphthalen-1-one and 2-bromoÂnicotinaldehyde in ethanol. Compound (I) was the expected product and compound (II) was the oxidation product from air exposure. In the crystal structure of compound (I), there are no short contacts or hydrogen bonds. The structure does display [pi]-[pi] interÂactions between adjacent benzene rings and adjacent pyridyl rings. Compound (II) contains two independent molÂecules, A and B, in the asymmetric unit; both are non-planar, the dihedral angles between the methÂoxyÂbenzene and 1H-pyridin-2-one mean planes being 35.07 (9)° in A and 35.28 (9)°in B. In each molÂecule, the 1H-pyridin-2-one unit participates in interÂmolecular N-H...O hydrogen bonding to another molÂecule of the same type (A to A or B to B). The structure also displays [pi]-[pi] interÂactions between the pyridyl and the benzene rings of non-equivalent molÂecules (viz., A to B and B to A)
An all-sky search algorithm for continuous gravitational waves from spinning neutron stars in binary systems
Rapidly spinning neutron stars with non-axisymmetric mass distributions are
expected to generate quasi-monochromatic continuous gravitational waves. While
many searches for unknown, isolated spinning neutron stars have been carried
out, there have been no previous searches for unknown sources in binary
systems. Since current search methods for unknown, isolated neutron stars are
already computationally limited, expanding the parameter space searched to
include binary systems is a formidable challenge. We present a new hierarchical
binary search method called TwoSpect, which exploits the periodic orbital
modulations of the continuous waves by searching for patterns in doubly
Fourier-transformed data. We will describe the TwoSpect search pipeline,
including its mitigation of detector noise variations and corrections for
Doppler frequency modulation caused by changing detector velocity. Tests on
Gaussian noise and on a set of simulated signals will be presented.Comment: 22 pages, 10 figures, 1 table, Submitted to Classical and Quantum
Gravit
Self-gravitating domain walls and the thin-wall limit
We analyse the distributional thin wall limit of self gravitating scalar
field configurations representing thick domain wall geometries. We show that
thick wall solutions can be generated by appropiate scaling of the thin wall
ones, and obtain an exact solution for a domain wall that interpolates between
AdS_4 asymptotic vacua and has a well-defined thin wall limit.Solutions
representing scalar field configurations obtained via the same scaling but that
do not have a thin wall limit are also presented.Comment: 10 pages, revte
Relationships between CYP2D6 phenotype, breast cancer and hot flushes in women at high risk of breast cancer receiving prophylactic tamoxifen: results from the IBIS-I trial
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Residents\u27 Perceptions of Community and Environmental Impacts From Development of Natural Gas in the Marcellus Shale: A Comparison of Pennsylvania and New York Cases
Communities experiencing rapid growth due to energy development (âboomtownsâ) have reported positive and negative impacts on community and individual well-being. The perceptions of impacts vary according to stage of energy development as well as experience with extractive industries. Development of the Marcellus Shale provides an opportunity to examine these impacts over time and across geographic and historical contexts. This paper describes case study research in Pennsylvania and New York to document preliminary impacts of development occurring there. Cases vary by level of development and previous extractive history. The study finds that, in areas with low population density, higher levels of development lead to a broader awareness of natural gas impacts, both positive and negative. Participants draw from the regional history of extraction to express environmental concern despite direct, local experience. Our findings suggest the need to track these perceptions during development, and as individuals and communities react and adapt to the impacts
Thin Domain Walls in Lyra Geometry
This paper studies thin domain walls within the frame work of Lyra Geometry.
We have considered two models. First one is the thin domain wall with
negligible pressures perpendicular and transverse direction to the wall and
secondly, we take a particular type of thin domain wall where the pressure in
the perpendicular direction is negligible but transverse pressures are existed.
It is shown that the thin domain walls have no particle horizon and the
gravitational force due to them is attractive.Comment: 8 pages, typos are corrected, published Astrophysics and Space
Sciences 305, 337 (2006
Low-Temperature Phase Transitions in a Soluble Oligoacene and Their Effect on Device Performance and Stability
The use of organic semiconductors in high-performance organic field-effect transistors requires a thorough understanding of the effects that processing conditions, thermal, and bias-stress history have on device operation. Here, we evaluate the temperature dependence of the electrical properties of transistors fabricated with 2,8-difluoro-5,11-bis(triethylsilylethynyl)anthradithiophene, a material that has attracted much attention recently due to its exceptional electrical properties. We have discovered a phase transition at Tâ=â205âK and discuss its implications on device performance and stability. We examined the impact of this low-temperature phase transition on the thermodynamic, electrical, and structural properties of both single crystals and thin films of this material. Our results show that while the changes to the crystal structure are reversible, the induced thermal stress yields irreversible degradation of the devices
Angular Dependences of Third Harmonic Generation from Microdroplets
We present experimental and theoretical results for the angular dependence of
third harmonic generation (THG) of water droplets in the micrometer range (size
parameter ). The THG signal in - and -polarization obtained
with ultrashort laser pulses is compared with a recently developed nonlinear
extension of classical Mie theory including multipoles of order .
Both theory and experiment yield over a wide range of size parameters
remarkably stable intensity maxima close to the forward and backward direction
at ``magic angles''. In contrast to linear Mie scattering, both are of
comparable intensity.Comment: 4 pages, RevTeX, 3 figures available on request from
[email protected], submitted to PR
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