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Erratum to: The hyperfine excitation of OH radicals by He
Hyperfine-resolved collisions between OH radicals and He atoms are investigated using quantum scattering calculations and the most recent ab initio potential energy surface, which explicitly takes into account the OH vibrational motion. Such collisions play an important role in astrophysics, in particular in the modelling of OH masers. The hyperfine-resolved collision cross sections are calculated for collision energies up to 2500 cm-1 from the nuclear spin free scattering S-matrices using a recoupling technique. The collisional hyperfine propensities observed are discussed. As expected, the results from our work suggest that there is a propensity for collisions with ΔF = Δj. The new OH−He hyperfine cross sections are expected to significantly help in the modelling of OH masers from current and future astronomical observations
New ab initio potential energy surfaces for the ro-vibrational excitation of OH(X-2 Pi) by He
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Family enterprise and technological innovation
Family enterprises in China have significant impact on China’s social and economic development. Yet did technological innovation in Chinese family enterprise play a role on this impact? We examine the role that technology innovation played in the rise in importance of Chinese family businesses. We analyze the impact of family enterprises on companies’ technological innovation through both family ownership and family management involvement. We further scrutinize how Chinese family-owned business internationalization strategies affected their technological innovation activities. The authors show that family ownership without family management involvement has a negative relations with companies’ technical innovation. We further demonstrate that family ownerships with family management involvement have a positive relations with enterprises’ technical innovation. Our study provides some effective measures to increase the investment in firms’ technical innovation and minimize the disadvantages of family business. The research result has practical significance in the governance of family enterprises
Hyperfine excitation of CH and OH radicals by He
Context. Because of their high reactivity, the CH and OH radicals are of particular interest in astrochemistry. Modelling of CH and OH requires the calculation of accurate radiative and collisional rate coefficients for (de)excitation by collisions with the most abundant species such as H₂ and He.
Aims. The present paper focuses on the calculation of inelastic rate coefficients among the lowest OH/CH hyperfine levels in their ground vibrational state in collisions with He atoms.
Methods. Calculations of hyperfine (de)excitation of CH/OH by He were performed using the close-coupling and recoupling methods from the most recent ab initio potential energy surfaces.
Results. Cross sections for transitions among the 60 and 56 lowest hyperfine levels of CH and OH, respectively, were calculated for collision energies up to 2500 cm⁻¹. These cross sections were used to calculate the rate coefficients for temperatures between 10 and 300 K. A propensity rule for collisions with ∆F = ∆j was observed.
Conclusions. The new rate coefficients will help significantly in interpreting the CH/OH spectroscopic data observed with current and future telescopes, and help to describe accurately the OH masers and the hyperfine anomalies in CH emission spectra
Family enterprise and technological innovation
This is the final version. Available on open access from Elsevier via the DOI in this recordFamily enterprises in China have significant impact on China’s social and economic development. Yet did technological innovation in Chinese family enterprise play a role on this impact? We examine the role that technology innovation played in the rise in importance of Chinese family businesses. We analyze the impact of family enterprises on companies’ technological innovation through both family ownership and family management involvement. We further scrutinize how Chinese family-owned business internationalization strategies affected their technological innovation activities. The authors show that family ownership without family management involvement has a negative relations with companies’ technical innovation. We further demonstrate that family ownerships with family management involvement have a positive relations with enterprises’ technical innovation. Our study provides some effective measures to increase the investment in firms’ technical innovation and minimize the disadvantages of family business. The research result has practical significance in the governance of family enterprises
Is Bitcoin a currency, a technology-based product, or something else?
This is the author accepted manuscript . The finla version is available from Elsevier via the DOI in this recordCryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have fascinated technologists and investors alike. They have become
prevalent, with over 2,000 Bitcoin-like cryptocurrencies now in use. Most jurisdictions have not regulated
cryptocurrencies. Whether existing regulations apply to cryptocurrency turns ultimately on if we classify
cryptocurrencies as currencies, securities, or derivatives, or a money services (transfer) vehicle. In this set
of exploratory analyses we seek to classify Bitcoin. We utilize a variety of methods to compare aspects of
its behavior to: currencies, asset classes such as derivatives, technology-based products and possible
technology-based products such as Ether and the security SPY, and speculative financial bubbles. We find
that Bitcoin's behavior more closely resembles a technology-based product, an emerging asset class, or a
bubble event, rather than a currency or a security; such that it is correct that existing currency and security
laws should not apply to cryptocurrencies
Is Blockchain mining profitable in the long run?
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from IEEE via the DOI in this recordBlockchain technologies are at the heart of digital innovation and are a harbinger of Industry 4.0.
Consequently, popular press and academic researchers alike have focused on its importance. Yet
blockchain technologies’ most promising efforts, cryptocurrency and smart contracts, are underpinned
by blockchain mining. The blockchain mining service is undergoing change, cryptocurrencies like
Ethereum and others are nearing the end of their minting. Smart contracts are in their infancy. The
financial impetus for providing the mining service has changed. Here, we add to the literature through
a deep financial analysis of blockchain mining regarding its long-term financial viability. Our
methods include a financial cost analysis and an analysis of the financial viability of cryptocurrency
through focus on Ethereum. It is found that blockchain miners, despite initial profitability, cannot
maintain sustainable financial viability without substantial fees. This work is important to those
academics who focus on understanding how service technologies and products underpin Industry 4.0.
Finally, this paper contributes to the practitioners’ decision-making process to embrace blockchain
mining as a technological entrepreneur
The Unique Determination of Neuronal Currents in the Brain via Magnetoencephalography
The problem of determining the neuronal current inside the brain from
measurements of the induced magnetic field outside the head is discussed under
the assumption that the space occupied by the brain is approximately spherical.
By inverting the Geselowitz equation, the part of the current which can be
reconstructed from the measurements is precisely determined. This actually
consists of only certain moments of one of the two functions specifying the
tangential part of the current. The other function specifying the tangential
part of the current as well as the radial part of the current are completely
arbitrary. However, it is also shown that with the assumption of energy
minimization, the current can be reconstructed uniquely. A numerical
implementation of this unique reconstruction is also presented
A parametric integer programming algorithm for bilevel mixed integer programs
We consider discrete bilevel optimization problems where the follower solves
an integer program with a fixed number of variables. Using recent results in
parametric integer programming, we present polynomial time algorithms for pure
and mixed integer bilevel problems. For the mixed integer case where the
leader's variables are continuous, our algorithm also detects whether the
infimum cost fails to be attained, a difficulty that has been identified but
not directly addressed in the literature. In this case it yields a ``better
than fully polynomial time'' approximation scheme with running time polynomial
in the logarithm of the relative precision. For the pure integer case where the
leader's variables are integer, and hence optimal solutions are guaranteed to
exist, we present two algorithms which run in polynomial time when the total
number of variables is fixed.Comment: 11 page
Cross section for the H + H2O abstraction reaction: experiment and theory
The absolute value of the cross section for the abstraction reaction between fast H atoms and H2O has
been determined experimentally at a mean collision energy of 2.46 eV. The OH population distribution
at the same mean energy has also been determined. The new measurements are compared with state-ofthe-
art quantum mechanical and quasiclassical scattering calculations on the most recently developed
potential energy surface
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