In 2006, Kenyon and Okounkov computed the moduli space of Harnack curves degree $d$ in $\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^2$. We generalize to any projective toric surface some techniques used there. More precisely, we show that $\mathcal{H}_\Delta$ with Newton polygon $\Delta$ is diffeomorphic $\mathbb{R}^{m-3}\times\mathbb{R}_{\geq0}^{n+g-m}$ where has $m$ edges, $g$ interior lattice points $n$ boundary p...

Many crustaceans detect odors from distant sources using chemosensory sensilla (aesthetascs) on their antennules. The greater the flow of water through arrays of aesthetascs, the faster the access of odorant to receptors inside the aesthetascs. Stomatopods facilitate odorant access by flicking their antennules, thus increasing the relative velocity of the water reaching their aesthetascs. We us...

Protests take place for a variety of reasons. In this paper we focus on protests that have a well defined objective, that is in conflict with the objectives of the government. Hence the success or failure of a protest movement depends crucially on how the government responds. We assume that government types are private information so that governments have an interest in building a reputation to...

Several methods to improve the parton-shower description of hard processes by an injection of matrix-element-based information have been presented over the years. In this article we study (re)weighting schemes for the first/hardest emission. One objective is to provide a consistent matching of the POWHEG next-to-leading order generator to the Pythia shower algorithms. Another is to correct the ...