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    Thermodynamic modelling of wax and integrated wax-hydrate

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    Towards singular optimality in the presence of local initial knowledge

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    The Knowledge Till rho CONGEST model is a variant of the classical CONGEST model of distributed computing in which each vertex v has initial knowledge of the radius-rho ball centered at v. The most commonly studied variants of the CONGEST model are KT0 CONGEST in which nodes initially know nothing about their neighbors and KT1 CONGEST in which nodes initially know the IDs of all their neighbors. It has been shown that having access to neighbors' IDs (as in the KT1 CONGEST model) can substantially reduce the message complexity of algorithms for fundamental problems such as BROADCAST and MST. For example, King, Kutten, and Thorup (PODC 2015) show how to construct an MST using just Otilde(n) messages in the KT1 CONGEST model, whereas there is an Omega(m) message lower bound for MST in the KT0 CONGEST model. Building on this result, Gmyr and Pandurangen (DISC 2018) present a family of distributed randomized algorithms for various global problems that exhibit a trade-off between message and round complexity. These algorithms are based on constructing a sparse, spanning subgraph called a danner. Specifically, given a graph G and any delta in [0,1], their algorithm constructs (with high probability) a danner that has diameter Otilde(D + n^{1-delta}) and Otilde(min{m,n^{1+delta}}) edges in Otilde(n^{1-delta}) rounds while using Otilde(min{m,n^{1+\delta}}) messages, where n, m, and D are the number of nodes, edges, and the diameter of G, respectively. In the main result of this paper, we show that if we assume the KT2 CONGEST model, it is possible to substantially improve the time-message trade-off in constructing a danner. Specifically, we show in the KT2 CONGEST model, how to construct a danner that has diameter Otilde(D + n^{1-2delta}) and Otilde(min{m,n^{1+delta}}) edges in Otilde(n^{1-2delta}) rounds while using Otilde(min{m,n^{1+\delta}}) messages for any delta in [0,1/2]

    Strong Optical and UV Intermediate-Width Emission Lines in the Quasar SDSS J232444.80-094600.3: Dust-Free and Intermediate-Density Gas at the Skin of Dusty Torus ?

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    Emission lines from the broad emission line region (BELR) and the narrow emission line region (NELR) of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are extensively studied. However, between these two regions emission lines are rarely detected. We present a detailed analysis of a quasar SDSS J232444.80-094600.3 (SDSS J2324−-0946), which is remarkable for its strong intermediate-width emission lines (IELs) with FWHM ≈\approx 1800 \kmps. The IEL component is presented in different emission lines, including the permitted lines \lya\ λ\lambda1216, \civ\ λ\lambda1549, semiforbidden line \ciii\ λ\lambda1909, and forbidden lines \oiii\ λλ\lambda\lambda4959, 5007. With the aid of photo-ionization models, we found that the IELs are produced by gas with a hydrogen density of nH∼106.2−106.3 cm−3n_{\rm H} \sim 10^{6.2}-10^{6.3}~\rm cm^{-3}, a distance to the central ionizing source of R∼35−50R \sim 35-50 pc, a covering factor of CF ∼\sim 6\%, and a dust-to-gas ratio of ≤4%\leq 4\% times of SMC. We suggest that the strong IELs of this quasar are produced by nearly dust-free and intermediate-density gas located at the skin of the dusty torus. Such strong IELs, served as a useful diagnose, can provide an avenue to study the properties of gas between the BELR and the NELR
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