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Quasi-Gaussian Statistics of Hydrodynamic Turbulence in 3/4+\epsilon dimensions
The statistics of 2-dimensional turbulence exhibit a riddle: the scaling
exponents in the regime of inverse energy cascade agree with the K41 theory of
turbulence far from equilibrium, but the probability distribution functions are
close to Gaussian like in equilibrium. The skewness \C S \equiv
S_3(R)/S^{3/2}_2(R) was measured as \C S_{\text{exp}}\approx 0.03. This
contradiction is lifted by understanding that 2-dimensional turbulence is not
far from a situation with equi-partition of enstrophy, which exist as true
thermodynamic equilibrium with K41 exponents in space dimension of . We
evaluate theoretically the skewness \C S(d) in dimensions ,
show that \C S(d)=0 at , and that it remains as small as \C
S_{\text{exp}} in 2-dimensions.Comment: PRL, submitted, REVTeX 4, 4 page
Stretching of polymers in a random three-dimensional flow
Behavior of a dilute polymer solution in a random three-dimensional flow with
an average shear is studied experimentally. Polymer contribution to the shear
stress is found to be more than two orders of magnitude higher than in a
laminar shear flow. The results indicate that the polymer molecules get
strongly stretched by the random motion of the fluid.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Capital-skill complementarity and inequality: a macroeconomic analysis
The notion of skilled-biased technological change is often held responsible for the recent behavior of the U.S. skill premium, or the ratio between the wages of skilled and unskilled labor. This paper develops a framework for understanding this notion in terms of observable variables and uses the framework to evaluate the fraction of the skill premium's variation that is caused by changes in observables. A version of the neoclassical growth model is used in which the key feature of aggregate technology is capital-skill complementarity: the elasticity of substitution is higher between capital equipment and unskilled labor than between capital equipment and skilled labor. With this feature, changes in observables can account for nearly all the variation in the skill premium over the last 30 years. This finding suggests that increased wage inequality results from economic growth driven by new, efficient technologies embodied in capital equipment.Income distribution ; Education ; Wages
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Local lung hypoxia determines epithelial fate decisions during alveolar regeneration.
After influenza infection, lineage-negative epithelial progenitors (LNEPs) exhibit a binary response to reconstitute epithelial barriers: activating a Notch-dependent ΔNp63/cytokeratin 5 (Krt5) remodelling program or differentiating into alveolar type II cells (AEC2s). Here we show that local lung hypoxia, through hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF1α), drives Notch signalling and Krt5pos basal-like cell expansion. Single-cell transcriptional profiling of human AEC2s from fibrotic lungs revealed a hypoxic subpopulation with activated Notch, suppressed surfactant protein C (SPC), and transdifferentiation toward a Krt5pos basal-like state. Activated murine Krt5pos LNEPs and diseased human AEC2s upregulate strikingly similar core pathways underlying migration and squamous metaplasia. While robust, HIF1α-driven metaplasia is ultimately inferior to AEC2 reconstitution in restoring normal lung function. HIF1α deletion or enhanced Wnt/β-catenin activity in Sox2pos LNEPs blocks Notch and Krt5 activation, instead promoting rapid AEC2 differentiation and migration and improving the quality of alveolar repair
Community College Student Engagement Patterns: A Typology Revealed Through Exploratory Cluster Analysis
This study employs survey data from the Center for Community College Student Engagement to examine the similarities and differences that exist across student-level domains in terms of student engagement in community colleges. In total, the sample used in the analysis pools data from 663 community colleges and includes more than 320,000 students. Using data-mining techniques to discover a parsimonious number of natural clusters and, in turn, a k-means cluster analysis as a means of revealing a naturally occurring typology of engagement patterns, our findings reveal that support service utilization is the most distinguishing feature of the similarities and dissimilarities across student groups, suggesting areas for further theory development and testing
Community College Student Engagement Patterns: A Typology Revealed Through Exploratory Cluster Analysis
This study employs survey data from the Center for Community College Student Engagement to examine the similarities and differences that exist across student-level domains in terms of student engagement in community colleges. In total, the sample used in the analysis pools data from 663 community colleges and includes more than 320,000 students. Using data-mining techniques to discover a parsimonious number of natural clusters and, in turn, a k-means cluster analysis as a means of revealing a naturally occurring typology of engagement patterns, our findings reveal that support service utilization is the most distinguishing feature of the similarities and dissimilarities across student groups, suggesting areas for further theory development and testing
The Spitzer c2d Survey of Nearby Dense Cores: VI. The Protostars of Lynds Dark Nebula 1221
Observations of Lynds Dark Nebula 1221 from the Spitzer Space Telescope are
presented. These data show three candidate protostars towards L1221, only two
of which were previously known. The infrared observations also show signatures
of outflowing material, an interpretation which is also supported by radio
observations with the Very Large Array. In addition, molecular line maps from
the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory are shown.
One-dimensional dust continuum modelling of two of these protostars, IRS1 and
IRS3, is described. These models show two distinctly different protostars
forming in very similar environments. IRS1 shows a higher luminosity and larger
inner radius of the envelope than IRS3. The disparity could be caused by a
difference in age or mass, orientation of outflow cavities, or the impact of a
binary in the IRS1 core.Comment: accepted for publication in Ap
Network-coding-based Cooperative V2V Communication in Vehicular Cloud Networks
Chinacom 2018 - 13th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking in China, 23-25 October 2018, Chengdu, ChinaThis is the author accepted manuscript. the final version is available from Springer Verlag via the DOI in this recordWe investigate the potential of applying cooperative relaying and network coding techniques to support vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication in vehicular cloud networks (VCN). A reuse-mode MIMO content distribution system with multiple sources, multiple relays, and multiple destinations under Nakagami-m fading is considered. We apply a class of finite field network codes in the relays to achieve high spatial diversity in an efficient manner and derive the system communication error probability that the destinations fail to recover the desired source messages. The results show that our method can improve the performance over conventional data transmission solutions
Application of the Large-N_c limit to a Chiral Lagrangian with Resonances
It is shown that the implementation of the Large-- approximation helps
to get insight into the structure of, in principle, any QCD-like theory. As an
example, we will compute the NLO corrections to in the chiral limit
with a Lagrangian with Resonances.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure. Talk given at the International School of
Subnuclear Physics (Erice 2002). To be published in the Proceeding
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