A bstract As a refinement of the Swampland Distance Conjecture, we propose that quantum gravitational theory in an infinite distance limit its moduli space either decompactifies, or reduces to asymptotically tensionless, weakly coupled string theory. We support our claim by classifying, as special cases, behaviour M-Theory and Type IIA compactifications on Calabi-Yau three-folds at distances Kä...

A line of work has looked at the problem recovering an input from distance queries. In this setting, there is unknown sequence s ∈ {0, 1} ≤n , and one chooses a set queries xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">y xmlns:xlink=...

the effect of forest roads on the extent and type of fire damage occurred in forests and rangelands of the neka county in mazandaran province was investigated. for this purpose, all fire spots, stand number, percentage and type of injury and damage to tree species, and average diameter at breast height (dbh) were noted with 100% inventory; area and geographic location of access roads were deter...

By the time children begin formal schooling, their experiences at home have already contributed to large variations in their math and language development, and once school begins, academic achievement continues to depend strongly on influences outside of school. It is thus essential that educational reform strategies involve primary caregivers. Specifically, programs and policies should promote...

Madhu Sudan is the recipient of the 2002 Nevanlinna Prize. Sudan has made fundamental contributions to two major areas of research, the connections between them, and their applications. The first area is Coding Theory. Established by Shannon and Hamming over 50 years ago, it is the mathematical study of the possibility of and the limits on reliable communication over noisy media. The second are...

The program package COSYMA for assessing the radiological and economic consequences of nuclear accidents, developed with the support of the European Commission, was applied to investigate the health e!ects and risks from accidental releases of radioactive material from the Daya Bay nuclear power plant. Population distribution data in the range of 80 km around the site and hourly meteorological ...