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A Note on Equilibrium Systems from a Dialectical /tensional/ Point of View
Equilibrium systems form dialectical or tensional point of vie
A Linear Iterative Unfolding Method
A frequently faced task in experimental physics is to measure the probability
distribution of some quantity. Often this quantity to be measured is smeared by
a non-ideal detector response or by some physical process. The procedure of
removing this smearing effect from the measured distribution is called
unfolding, and is a delicate problem in signal processing, due to the
well-known numerical ill behavior of this task. Various methods were invented
which, given some assumptions on the initial probability distribution, try to
regularize the unfolding problem. Most of these methods definitely introduce
bias into the estimate of the initial probability distribution. We propose a
linear iterative method, which has the advantage that no assumptions on the
initial probability distribution is needed, and the only regularization
parameter is the stopping order of the iteration, which can be used to choose
the best compromise between the introduced bias and the propagated statistical
and systematic errors. The method is consistent: "binwise" convergence to the
initial probability distribution is proved in absence of measurement errors
under a quite general condition on the response function. This condition holds
for practical applications such as convolutions, calorimeter response
functions, momentum reconstruction response functions based on tracking in
magnetic field etc. In presence of measurement errors, explicit formulae for
the propagation of the three important error terms is provided: bias error,
statistical error, and systematic error. A trade-off between these three error
terms can be used to define an optimal iteration stopping criterion, and the
errors can be estimated there. We provide a numerical C library for the
implementation of the method, which incorporates automatic statistical error
propagation as well.Comment: Proceedings of ACAT-2011 conference (Uxbridge, United Kingdom), 9
pages, 5 figures, changes of corrigendum include
Bulk sediment parameters (CaCO3, TOC, >63µm) of Sites 1095, 1096, 1101 and coarse fraction analysis of Site 1095 (ODP Leg 178, Western Antarctic Peninsula)
Relativistic many-body calculations of the Stark-induced amplitude of the 6P1/2 -7P1/2 transition in thallium
Stark-induced amplitudes for the 6P1/2 - 7P1/2 transition in Tl I are
calculated using the relativistic SD approximation in which single and double
excitations of Dirac-Hartree-Fock levels are summed to all orders in
perturbation theory. Our SD values alpha S = 368 a0 3 and beta S= 298 a 0 3 are
in good agreement with the measurements alpha S=377(8) a 0 3$ and beta S =
313(8) a 0 3 by D. DeMille, D. Budker, and E. D. Commins [Phys. Rev. A 50, 4657
(1994)]. Calculations of the Stark shifts in the 6P1/2 - 7P1/2 and 6P1/2 -
7S1/2 transitions are also carried out. The Stark shifts predicted by our
calculations agree with the most accurate measured values within the
experimental uncertainties for both transitions
Management considerations of massive hemoptysis while on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
BACKGROUND: Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO) is a life-saving procedure in patients with both respiratory and cardiac failure. Bleeding complications are common since patients must be maintained on anticoagulation. Massive hemoptysis is a rare complication of ECMO; however, it may result in death if not managed thoughtfully and expeditiously.
METHODS: A retrospective chart review was performed of consecutive ECMO patients from 7/2010-8/2014 to identify episodes of massive hemoptysis. The management of and the outcomes in these patients were studied. Massive hemoptysis was defined as an inability to control bleeding (\u3e300 mL/day) from the endotracheal tube with conventional maneuvers, such as bronchoscopy with cold saline lavage, diluted epinephrine lavage and selective lung isolation. All of these episodes necessitated disconnecting the ventilator tubing and clamping the endotracheal tube, causing full airway tamponade.
RESULTS: During the period of review, we identified 118 patients on ECMO and 3 (2.5%) patients had the complication of massive hemoptysis. One case was directly related to pulmonary catheter migration and the other two were spontaneous bleeding events that were propagated by antiplatelet agents. All three patients underwent bronchial artery embolization in the interventional radiology suite. Anticoagulation was held during the period of massive hemoptysis without any embolic complications. There was no recurrent bleed after appropriate intervention. All three patients were successfully separated from ECMO.
CONCLUSIONS: Bleeding complications remain a major issue in patients on ECMO. Disconnection of the ventilator and clamping the endotracheal tube with full respiratory and cardiac support by V-A ECMO is safe. Early involvement of interventional radiology to embolize any potential sources of the bleed can prevent re-hemoptysis and enable continued cardiac and respiratory recovery
Coming home upset: Gender, marital satisfaction and the daily spillover of workday experience into couple interactions
This study explored how daily changes in workday pace and end-of-the-workday mood were related to nightly variations in withdrawn and angry marital behavior. For 3 days, 82 husbands and wives from 42 couples completed questionnaires at the end of the workday and at bedtime. More negatively arousing workdays were linked with angrier marital behavior for women and less angry and more withdrawn behavior for men. Daily changes in workday pace predicted fluctuations in women\u27s, but not men\u27s, marital behavior. Several of these workday-marital behavior connections varied by level of marital satisfaction. In contrast to the gender differences in responses to workday stress, no differences were found in typical marital behaviors. These findings suggest that gender differences are enhanced under stress
Coming home upset: Gender, marital satisfaction and the daily spillover of workday experience into couple interactions
This study explored how daily changes in workday pace and end-of-the-workday mood were related to nightly variations in withdrawn and angry marital behavior. For 3 days, 82 husbands and wives from 42 couples completed questionnaires at the end of the workday and at bedtime. More negatively arousing workdays were linked with angrier marital behavior for women and less angry and more withdrawn behavior for men. Daily changes in workday pace predicted fluctuations in women\u27s, but not men\u27s, marital behavior. Several of these workday-marital behavior connections varied by level of marital satisfaction. In contrast to the gender differences in responses to workday stress, no differences were found in typical marital behaviors. These findings suggest that gender differences are enhanced under stress
A theory of the electric quadrupole contribution to resonant x-ray scattering: Application to multipole ordering phases in Ce_{1-x}La_{x}B_{6}
We study the electric quadrupole (E2) contribution to resonant x-ray
scattering (RXS). Under the assumption that the rotational invariance is
preserved in the Hamiltonian describing the intermediate state of scattering,
we derive a useful expression for the RXS amplitude. One of the advantages the
derived expression possesses is the full information of the energy dependence,
lacking in all the previous studies using the fast collision approximation. The
expression is also helpful to classify the spectra into multipole order
parameters which are brought about. The expression is suitable to investigate
the RXS spectra in the localized f electron systems. We demonstrate the
usefulness of the formula by calculating the RXS spectra at the Ce L_{2,3}
edges in Ce_{1-x}La_{x}B_{6} on the basis of the formula. We obtain the spectra
as a function of energy in agreement with the experiment of
Ce_{0.7}La_{0.3}B_{6}. Analyzing the azimuthal angle dependence, we find the
sixfold symmetry in the \sigma-\sigma' channel and the threefold onein the
\sigma-\pi' channel not only in the antiferrooctupole (AFO) ordering phase but
also in the antiferroquadrupole (AFQ) ordering phase, which behavior depends
strongly on the domain distribution. The sixfold symmetry in the AFQ phase
arises from the simultaneously induced hexadecapole order. Although the AFO
order is plausible for phase IV in Ce_{1-x}La_{x}B_{6}, the possibility of the
AFQ order may not be ruled out on the basis of azimuthal angle dependence
alone.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figure
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Improved V I Log(gf) Values and Abundance Determinations in the Photospheres of the Sun and Metal-Poor Star HD 84937
New emission branching fraction measurements for 836 lines of the first spectrum of vanadium (V I) are determined from hollow cathode lamp spectra recorded with the National Solar Observatory 1 m Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) and a high-resolution echelle spectrometer. The branching fractions are combined with recently published radiative lifetimes from laser-induced fluorescence measurements to determine accurate absolute atomic transition probabilities for the 836 lines. The FTS data are also used to extract new hyperfine structure A coefficients for 26 levels of neutral vanadium. These new laboratory data are applied to determine the V abundance in the Sun and metal-poor star HD 84937, yielding log epsilon(V) = 3.956 +/- 0.004 (sigma = 0.037) based on 93 V I lines and log epsilon(V) = 1.89 +/- 0.03 (sigma = 0.07) based on nine Vi lines, respectively, using the Holweger-Muller 1D model. These new V I abundance values for the Sun and HD 84937 agree well with our earlier determinations based upon V II.NASA NNX10AN93GNSF AST-1211055, AST-1211585Astronom
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