This paper describes a robust approach for the single machine scheduling problem 1|ri|Lmax. The method is said robust since it characterizes a large set of optimal solutions allowing to switch from one solution to another, without any performance loss, in order to face the potential disruptions which occur during the schedule execution. It is based on a dominance theorem that characterizes a se...

The neutral organometallic/dithiolene radical complexes [CpNi(oxddt)] and [CpNi(bddt)] were prepared, respectively, from the reactions of [Ni(oxddt)2] with [Cp2Ni] and (NBu4)[Ni(bddt)2] with [CpNi(cod)](BF4) (oxddt = o-xylenediyldithioethylene-1,2-dithiolato, bddt = 1,4butanediyldithioethylene-1,2-dithiolato). Both complexes exhibit reversible oxidation and reduction waves to the cation and ani...

A novel near-infrared (NIR) electrochromic polyelectrolyte consisting of anthraquinone imide (AQI) pendants and a poly(1-vinylimidazole bromide) main chain was synthesized via radical polymerization. Its AQI content was varied by copolymerization with 1-vinyl-3-butylimidazole bromide to improve the processability of the polymer as well as the monomer conversion. The electrochemical and electroc...

Recently Johansson (21) and Johnstone (16) proved that the distribution of the (properly rescaled) largest principal component of the complex (real) Wishart matrixXgX(X X) converges to theTracy–Widom lawas n, p (the dimensions ofX) tend to . in some ratio n/pQ c > 0. We extend these results in two directions. First of all, we prove that the joint distribution of the first, second, third, etc. e...

We study a problem of optimal scheduling and lot-sizing a number of products on m unrelated parallel machines to satisfy given demands. A sequence dependent setup time is required between lots of different products. The products are assumed to be all continuously divisible or all discrete. The criterion is to minimize the time, at which all the demands are satisfied, Cmax, or the maximum latene...

We use the full bispectrum of spherical needlets applied to the WMAP data of the cosmic microwave background as an estimator for the primordial non-Gaussianity parameter fNL. We use needlet scales up to lmax = 1000 and the KQ75 galactic cut and find fNL = 84 ± 40 corrected for point source bias. We also introduce a set of consistency tests to validate our results against the possible influence ...

We study a problem of optimal scheduling and lot-sizing a number of products on m unrelated parallel machines to satisfy given demands. A sequence dependent setup time is required between lots of different products. The products are assumed to be all continuously divisible or all discrete. The criterion is to minimize the time, at which all the demands are satisfied, Cmax, or the maximum latene...

An harmonic-space maximum-entropy method (MEM) is presented for separating the emission from different physical components in all-sky observations by the forthcoming Planck satellite. The analysis is performed at full Planck resolution, with a pixel size of 1.7 arcmin, which corresponds to lmax ≈ 6000. The simulated Planck data include emission from the CMB, the kinetic and thermal Sunyaev-Zel’...

Prokaryotic systems have been important in phytochrome studies on several different levels. Bilins from cyanobacterial phycobiliproteins have allowed the production of recombinant holophytochrome and have provided insights into the attachment and functioning of the chromophore, while the recent discovery of functional phytochromes in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis and other prokaryotes has ca...

Recently, metallic nanoparticles and nanostructures have been successfully employed as molecular-recognition elements and amplifiers in biosensors, using evanescent electromagnetic fields such as propagating surface plasmon resonance (SPR). The plasmon induced enhancement of the electromagnetic field near the metal surface has been used extensively in sensors, and more recently also to amplify ...