Susceptibility Amplitude Ratios Near a Lifshitz Point

The susceptibility amplitude ratio in the neighborhood of a uniaxial Lifshitz point is calculated at one-loop level using field-theoretic and $\epsilon_{L}$-expansion methods. We use the Schwinger parametrization of the propagator in order to split the quadratic and quartic part of the momenta, as well as a new special symmetry point suitable for renormalization purposes. For a cubic lattice (d = 3), we find the result $\frac{C_{+}}{C_{-}} = 3.85$.Comment: 7 pages, late

Specific heat amplitude ratios for anisotropic Lifshitz critical behaviors

We determine the specific heat amplitude ratio near a $m$-axial Lifshitz point and show its universal character. Using a recent renormalization group picture along with new field-theoretical $\epsilon_{L}$-expansion techniques, we established this amplitude ratio at one-loop order. We estimate the numerical value of this amplitude ratio for $m=1$ and $d=3$. The result is in very good agreement with its experimental measurement on the magnetic material $MnP$. It is shown that in the limit $m \to 0$ it trivially reduces to the Ising-like amplitude ratio.Comment: 8 pages, RevTex, accepted as a Brief Report in Physical Review

Convergence of simple adaptive Galerkin schemes based on h − h/2 error estimators

We discuss several adaptive mesh-refinement strategies based on (h − h/2)-error estimation. This class of adaptivemethods is particularly popular in practise since it is problem independent and requires virtually no implementational overhead. We prove that, under the saturation assumption, these adaptive algorithms are convergent. Our framework applies not only to finite element methods, but also yields a first convergence proof for adaptive boundary element schemes. For a finite element model problem, we extend the proposed adaptive scheme and prove convergence even if the saturation assumption fails to hold in general

User evaluation of an interactive learning framework for single-arm and dual-arm robots

The final publication is available at link.springer.comSocial robots are expected to adapt to their users and, like their human counterparts, learn from the interaction. In our previous work, we proposed an interactive learning framework that enables a user to intervene and modify a segment of the robot arm trajectory. The framework uses gesture teleoperation and reinforcement learning to learn new motions. In the current work, we compared the user experience with the proposed framework implemented on the single-arm and dual-arm Barrett’s 7-DOF WAM robots equipped with a Microsoft Kinect camera for user tracking and gesture recognition. User performance and workload were measured in a series of trials with two groups of 6 participants using two robot settings in different order for counterbalancing. The experimental results showed that, for the same task, users required less time and produced shorter robot trajectories with the single-arm robot than with the dual-arm robot. The results also showed that the users who performed the task with the single-arm robot first experienced considerably less workload in performing the task with the dual-arm robot while achieving a higher task success rate in a shorter time.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Seleccion de especies y procedencias del genero Eucalyptus para la region costera de Bahia, Brasil.

Con el objetivo de evaluar y seleccionar las mejores especies y/o procedencias de Eucalyptus para la region costera del Estado de Bahia (Brasil), el presente trabajo fue establecido en la Hacienda Buri, de la empresa Reflora/Ferbasa, provincia de Pojuca, Estado de Bahia, ubicada entre las coordenadas 12ø2S~51"Lat. S y 38ø19~40"Long. W, con altitud respecto al nivel del mar de 55 m. La precipitacion media anual es de 1.200 mm, concentrada entre los meses de abril y julio, con temperatura media de 25øC. Los suelos son acidos y de baja fertilidad natural. Los plantones fueron producidos en vivero de la Ernbrapa Semi-Arido, en Petrolina-PE, y conducidos al campo con altura media de 25 cm y plantados con espaciado de 3,0 m x 1,33 m, sin abono de fundacion. Fueron testadas cinco procedencias de E. urophylla, cuatro de E. camaldulensis, tres de E. brassiana y E. pellita, dos de E. citriodora, E. grandis y E. tereticornis y una de E. drepanophylla. Ei diseflo estadistico fue el de bloques al azar, con parcelas en lineas de cinco plantas, con diez repeticiones. En la evaluacion a los 30 dias del plantio, fue observado 100% de supervivencia en todas las especies y buen desempeflo silvicultural sin problemas fitosanitarios. A los 8 meses de edad los resultados apuntan variaciones significativas para la altura y supervivencia. Las especies/procedencias de mayor desarrollo en la region de Pojuca-BA, fueron E. urophylla, Proc. 14540, E. tereticornis Proc. CPATSA, E. grandis Proc. Rio Claro-SP, E. camaldulensis Proc. 14517, con alturas de 3,94; 3,64; 3,51; 3,46 y 3,45 m respectivamente, y estadisticamente superiores a las demas, con supervivencia por encima de 83%

Otimização do protocolo de extração de DNA de mandioca pela adição de diferentes antioxidantes.

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Estabelecimento de Brachiaria ruziziensis consorciada com milho resistente à Spodoptera frugiperda.

FERTBIO 2010