Cambios en la vegetación durante el Holoceno reciente en el valle de Lozoya (Sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid)

Se presentan los datos palinológicos procedentes de un testigo obtenido en una formación higroturbosa de origen periglacial situada en el término municipal de Rascafría (Valle del Lozoya, Madrid). El objetivo principal de este trabajo es reconstruir la evolución de la vegetación en el área durante el Holoceno Reciente. Los resultados obtenidos reflejan la existencia de un paisaje vegetal dominado por el estrato herbáceo, constituido fundamentalmente por Cichorioideae, Asteraceae, Chenopodiaceae, Poaceae y Plantago lanceolata. El grupo arbustivo (Erica arborea, Rosaceae, Juniperus y Cistaceae) tiene un papel poco importante en la vegetación; la masa forestal de Pinus sylvestris y en menor proporción P. pinaster y Quercus, junto a presencias de Betula, y Corylus, es poco representativa a lo largo del perfil, excepto hacia el techo de la secuencia, donde muestra un fuerte y progresivo aumento. De los microfósiles no polínicos destacamos la presencia de Pseudoschizaea circula y Glomus, que puede relacionarse con los procesos erosivos in situ favorecidos por fenómenos de sobrepastoreo. Esta información pone de manifiesto la presencia de un paisaje mediterráneo abierto y antropizado, dominado por zonas de pastizal dedicadas al ganado, según se deduce en el diagrama polínico a través de las proporciones de los componentes nitrófilos de carácter zoógeno y antropozoógeno. La presencia de taxones de ribera (Alnus y Fraxinus) y las variaciones de Cyperaceae, como representante mayoritario de los taxones higro-hidrófilos, definen importantes fluctuaciones en la tasa de humedad. La información proporcionada por los valores del pH (5,4-6,2) y de la conductividad (10-160 μS/cm) del sedimento, constatan los cambios detectados en la vegetación y en los usos del suelo. [ABSTRACT] Here we present palynological analyses carried avow a peaty located near to Rascafría village (Lozoya valley river, Madrid). Vegetation evolution during Late Holocene (940±50 BP) is reconstructed. The results shows a landscape dominated by herbaceous taxa, constituted mainly Cichorioideae, Asteraceae, Chenopodiaceae, Poaceae and Plantago lanceolata. Shrubs such as Erica arborea, Rosaceae, Juniperus and Cistaceae have certain role in the vegetation. Woodlands with Pinus sylvestris, P. pinaster and Quercus, Corylus and Betula are also noticeable throushout the sequence. Non-pollen palynomorphs like Pseudoschizaea circula and Glomus are used to infer the importance of erosive processes in situ. This information shows an open mediterranean landscape, due mainly to human activities, and changes in peatbog trophic condition. Changes in values of Alnus, Fraxinus and Cyperaceae are used to detected humid changes in the area. The information provided by pH (5,4-6,2) and sediment conductivity (10-160 μS/cm) serves to assess vegetation and land uses changes

Reconstrucción paleoambiental y paleoclímática en el entorno del valle del Lozoya: valoración del impacto humano

Se presentan los datos palinológicos, procedentes de un testigo obtenido en el depósito higroturboso RAS, situado en el término municipal de Rascafría (Valle del Lozoya, Madrid), y cuya formación es posterior a los 2.455±35 BP (670-410 BC). Los resultados obtenidos se explican como consecuencia de la interacción del clima y del hombre en el área de estudio. Se trata de un paisaje vegetal abierto, dominado por herbáceas tipo Cichorioideae, Asteraceae, Chenopodiaceae, Poaceae y Plantago lanceolata, acompañado de un pobre cortejo arbustivo (Erica arborea, Rosaceae, Juniperus y Cistaceae) y arbóreo (Pinus sylvestris, en menor proporción P. pinaster y Quercus, y algunas presencias de Betula, y Corylus). De los microfósiles no polínicos destacan Pseudoschizaea circula y Glomus, relacionados con procesos erosivos in situ favorecidos por fenómenos de sobrepastoreo así como los que definen las condiciones tróficas de la turbera. Esta información pone de manifiesto la presencia de un paisaje de carácter mediterráneo, abierto y antropizado, dominado por zonas de pastizal dedicadas al ganado, según se deduce en el diagrama polínico a través de las proporciones de los componentes nitrófilos de carácter zoógeno y antropozoógeno. La presencia de taxones de ribera (Alnus y Fraxinus) y las variaciones de Cyperaceae, representante mayoritario de los taxones higro-hidrófilos, se infieren fluctuaciones en la tasa de humedad. La información proporcionada por los valores de MS (3-12), del pH (5,4-6,2) y de la conductividad (10-160 μS/cm) del sedimento, constatan los cambios detectados en la vegetación y en los usos del suelo

Optimasi Portofolio Resiko Menggunakan Model Markowitz MVO Dikaitkan dengan Keterbatasan Manusia dalam Memprediksi Masa Depan dalam Perspektif Al-Qur`an

Risk portfolio on modern finance has become increasingly technical, requiring the use of sophisticated mathematical tools in both research and practice. Since companies cannot insure themselves completely against risk, as human incompetence in predicting the future precisely that written in Al-Quran surah Luqman verse 34, they have to manage it to yield an optimal portfolio. The objective here is to minimize the variance among all portfolios, or alternatively, to maximize expected return among all portfolios that has at least a certain expected return. Furthermore, this study focuses on optimizing risk portfolio so called Markowitz MVO (Mean-Variance Optimization). Some theoretical frameworks for analysis are arithmetic mean, geometric mean, variance, covariance, linear programming, and quadratic programming. Moreover, finding a minimum variance portfolio produces a convex quadratic programming, that is minimizing the objective function ðð¥with constraintsð ð 𥠥 ðandð´ð¥ = ð. The outcome of this research is the solution of optimal risk portofolio in some investments that could be finished smoothly using MATLAB R2007b software together with its graphic analysis

Measurement of the top quark forward-backward production asymmetry and the anomalous chromoelectric and chromomagnetic moments in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV

Abstract The parton-level top quark (t) forward-backward asymmetry and the anomalous chromoelectric (d̂ t) and chromomagnetic (μ̂ t) moments have been measured using LHC pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected in the CMS detector in a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. The linearized variable AFB(1) is used to approximate the asymmetry. Candidate t t ¯ events decaying to a muon or electron and jets in final states with low and high Lorentz boosts are selected and reconstructed using a fit of the kinematic distributions of the decay products to those expected for t t ¯ final states. The values found for the parameters are AFB(1)=0.048−0.087+0.095(stat)−0.029+0.020(syst),μ̂t=−0.024−0.009+0.013(stat)−0.011+0.016(syst), and a limit is placed on the magnitude of | d̂ t| < 0.03 at 95% confidence level. [Figure not available: see fulltext.

MUSiC : a model-unspecific search for new physics in proton-proton collisions at root s=13TeV

Results of the Model Unspecific Search in CMS (MUSiC), using proton-proton collision data recorded at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb(-1), are presented. The MUSiC analysis searches for anomalies that could be signatures of physics beyond the standard model. The analysis is based on the comparison of observed data with the standard model prediction, as determined from simulation, in several hundred final states and multiple kinematic distributions. Events containing at least one electron or muon are classified based on their final state topology, and an automated search algorithm surveys the observed data for deviations from the prediction. The sensitivity of the search is validated using multiple methods. No significant deviations from the predictions have been observed. For a wide range of final state topologies, agreement is found between the data and the standard model simulation. This analysis complements dedicated search analyses by significantly expanding the range of final states covered using a model independent approach with the largest data set to date to probe phase space regions beyond the reach of previous general searches.Peer reviewe

Search for new particles in events with energetic jets and large missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

A search is presented for new particles produced at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV, using events with energetic jets and large missing transverse momentum. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 101 fb(-1), collected in 2017-2018 with the CMS detector. Machine learning techniques are used to define separate categories for events with narrow jets from initial-state radiation and events with large-radius jets consistent with a hadronic decay of a W or Z boson. A statistical combination is made with an earlier search based on a data sample of 36 fb(-1), collected in 2016. No significant excess of events is observed with respect to the standard model background expectation determined from control samples in data. The results are interpreted in terms of limits on the branching fraction of an invisible decay of the Higgs boson, as well as constraints on simplified models of dark matter, on first-generation scalar leptoquarks decaying to quarks and neutrinos, and on models with large extra dimensions. Several of the new limits, specifically for spin-1 dark matter mediators, pseudoscalar mediators, colored mediators, and leptoquarks, are the most restrictive to date.Peer reviewe

Measurement of prompt open-charm production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

The production cross sections for prompt open-charm mesons in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV are reported. The measurement is performed using a data sample collected by the CMS experiment corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 29 nb(-1). The differential production cross sections of the D*(+/-), D-+/-, and D-0 ((D) over bar (0)) mesons are presented in ranges of transverse momentum and pseudorapidity 4 < p(T) < 100 GeV and vertical bar eta vertical bar < 2.1, respectively. The results are compared to several theoretical calculations and to previous measurements.Peer reviewe

Combined searches for the production of supersymmetric top quark partners in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

A combination of searches for top squark pair production using proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb(-1) collected by the CMS experiment, is presented. Signatures with at least 2 jets and large missing transverse momentum are categorized into events with 0, 1, or 2 leptons. New results for regions of parameter space where the kinematical properties of top squark pair production and top quark pair production are very similar are presented. Depending on themodel, the combined result excludes a top squarkmass up to 1325 GeV for amassless neutralino, and a neutralinomass up to 700 GeV for a top squarkmass of 1150 GeV. Top squarks with masses from 145 to 295 GeV, for neutralino masses from 0 to 100 GeV, with a mass difference between the top squark and the neutralino in a window of 30 GeV around the mass of the top quark, are excluded for the first time with CMS data. The results of theses searches are also interpreted in an alternative signal model of dark matter production via a spin-0 mediator in association with a top quark pair. Upper limits are set on the cross section for mediator particle masses of up to 420 GeV

Search for Physics beyond the Standard Model in Events with Overlapping Photons and Jets

Results are reported from a search for new particles that decay into a photon and two gluons, in events with jets. Novel jet substructure techniques are developed that allow photons to be identified in an environment densely populated with hadrons. The analyzed proton-proton collision data were collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, in 2016 at root s = 13 TeV, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb(-1). The spectra of total transverse hadronic energy of candidate events are examined for deviations from the standard model predictions. No statistically significant excess is observed over the expected background. The first cross section limits on new physics processes resulting in such events are set. The results are interpreted as upper limits on the rate of gluino pair production, utilizing a simplified stealth supersymmetry model. The excluded gluino masses extend up to 1.7 TeV, for a neutralino mass of 200 GeV and exceed previous mass constraints set by analyses targeting events with isolated photons.Peer reviewe

Search for supersymmetry in events with one lepton and multiple jets in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

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