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Theses towards a new natural philosophy
In this paper I address some philosophical questions regarding the impact quantum
mechanics has in the classical conceptions about reality and knowledge. I stress that
onto-gnosiological realism still is an option to the issues regarding the relationship
between knowledge and reality. Rejecting some radical aspects of Copenhagen
interpretation of quantum formalism, I emphasize the advantages of de Broglie’s
realistic and causal model. To finish with, I discuss the limits of the Cartesian concept
of matter and the split between matter and mind
Prospect of D0 mixing and CPV at LHCb
Precision measurements in charm physics offer a window into a unique sector
of potential New Physics interactions. LHCb is poised to become a world leading
experiment for charm studies, recording enormous statistics with a detector
tailored for flavor physics. This article presents recent charm CPV and mixing
studies from LHCb, including LHCb's first CP asymmetry measurement with 37
inverse pb of data collected in 2010. The difference of the CP asymmetries of
D0 decays to the K-K+ and \pi-\pi+ final states is determined to be \Delta
A_{CP} = (-0.28 +/- 0.70 +/- 0.25)%. Significant updates to the material
presented at the 4th International Workshop on Charm Physics are included.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures. Submitted to the proceedings of the 4th
International Workshop on Charm Physics (Charm2010), Beijing, Chin
Enhancing urban analysis through lacunarity multiscale measurement
Urban spatial configurations in most part of the developing countries showparticular urban forms associated with the more informal urban development ofthese areas. Latin American cities are prime examples of this sort, butinvestigation of these urban forms using up to date computational and analyticaltechniques are still scarce. The purpose of this paper is to examine and extendthe methodology of multiscale analysis for urban spatial patterns evaluation. Weexplain and explore the use of Lacunarity based measurements to follow a lineof research that might make more use of new satellite imagery information inurban planning contexts. A set of binary classifications is performed at differentthresholds on selected neighbourhoods of a small Brazilian town. Theclassifications are appraised and lacunarity measurements are compared in faceof the different geographic referenced information for the same neighbourhoodareas. It was found that even with the simple image classification procedure, animportant amount of spatial configuration characteristics could be extracted withthe analytical procedure that, in turn, may be used in planning and other urbanstudies purposes
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