Abstract. We consider the possibility of using dark matter particle’s mass and its interaction cross section as a smoking gun signal of the existence of a Big Bounce at the early stage in the evolution of our currently observed universe. A study of dark matter production in the pre-bounce contraction and the post bounce expansion epochs of this universe reveals a new venue for achieving the obs...

Objective Serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) is commonly used to evaluate treatment response after definitive radiation therapy (RT). However, PSA levels can temporarily rise without a clear reason, termed "PSA bounce", and often engender great anxiety for both patients and physicians. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors that predict "PSA bounce" after intensity-m...

A new output driver design called modified asymmetrical slew rate (MASR) output driver was proposed to reduce the simultaneous switching noise without sacrificing switching speed, for high speed and heavy loading applications. The driving capability of the output driver was designed to sink/source 64mA current @ VOL/VOH = 0.4V/4.6V, with 66 pF and 50Ω loading. When four drivers switch simultane...

While psychologists and ecologists have identified many factors that increase the odds of resilience in a person or an ecosystem, economic development officials and planning scholars do not yet have a firm grasp on how economic development planning relates to regional resilience. This study explores how two regions – Buffalo, New York and Cleveland, Ohio – have adapted and responded to deindust...

The number of resilience conceptualizations in psychology has rapidly grown, which confuses what actually means. This is problematic, because the conceptualization typically guides measurements, analyses, and practical interventions employed. most popular psychological equate it with ability to (1) resist negative effects stressors, (2) “bounce back” from and/or (3) grow stressors. In this pape...

Theory indicates that resilient individuals "bounce back" from stressful experiences quickly and effectively. Few studies, however, have provided empirical evidence for this theory. The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions (B. L. Fredrickson, 1998, 2001) is used as a framework for understanding psychological resilience. The authors used a multimethod approach in 3 studies to predict th...

A detailed analysis is presented for the accuracy of several bounce-back methods for imposing no-slip walls in lattice-Boltzmann schemes. By solving the lattice-BGK (Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook) equations analytically in the case of plane Poiseuille flow, it is found that the volumetric approach by Chen et al. is first-order accurate in space, and the method of Bouzidi et al. second-order accurate in...