The manner in which the extreme modes of droplet evaporation (namely, the constant contact radius and the constant contact angle modes) become indistinguishable on strongly hydrophobic substrates is described. Simple asymptotic expressions are obtained which provide good approximations to the evolutions of the contact radius, the contact angle, and the volume of droplets evaporating in the extr...

Coordinate metrology generates important software issues. After measurement data are collected in the form of position vectors, the data analysis software must derive the necessary information from the set of points. Uncertainty is an important issue in this data analysis. When extreme fit approaches are employed for form error evaluation, the uncertainty is closely related to the sampling of m...

Asymmetric information models of market microstructure claim that variables like trading intensity are proxies for latent information on the value of financial assets. We consider the intervalvalued time series (ITS) of low/high returns and explore the relationship between these extreme returns and the intensity of trading. We assume that the returns (or prices) are generated by a latent proces...

The potential advantage of extreme value theory in modeling management phenomena is the central theme of this paper. The statistics of extremes have played only a very limited role in management studies despite the disproportionate emphasis on unusual events in the world of managers. An overview of this theory and related statistical models is presented, and illustrative empirical examples prov...

Based on the evolution of human intelligence and the tremendous cognitive capacities arising from it, we have an innate tendency for the extreme thought content, thought form, and sensory perceptions of psychosis. During the conscious and awake state, cognitive regulatory control processes block these more extreme variants to facilitate reality congruency necessary for adaptive functioning. Whi...

Clay minerals may be si<j'nifieant indieatoi's of earth processes. They form throufrh a range which involves at one extreme the action of compressed water vapor at a temperature of several hundred degrees centigrade, and at the other extreme, the action of atmospheric agencies at an ordinary temperature. Not recognized as original products of magmatic crystallization, clay minerals are prima fa...

We present a formalism for calculating the probability distribution of most massive primordial black holes (PBHs) expected within an observational volume. show how current upper bounds on fraction PBHs in dark matter translate to constraints extreme masses holes. demonstrate power our via case study, and argue that can be used produce extreme-value distributions wide range PBH formation theories.

The power of OpenFOAM [1] in physical modelling stems from mimicking of partial differential equations in software, thus allowing rapid and reliable implementation of complex physical models. State-of-the art complex geometry handling and dynamic mesh features are essential for practical engineering use. This paper describes features of dynamic mesh support in OpenFOAM. Polyhedral mesh handling...

This paper is concerned with spatial linkages forming a closed loop. In one extreme configuration (deployed), these linkages form a frame of polygonal shape, such as a square or a hexagon, and in the other extreme (folded) configuration form a tight bundle. Throughout their motion range, they have mobility one. These linkages have potential applications for next-generation deployable spacecraft...

eXtreme Programming (XP) lässt sich systematisch so anpassen, dass es für komplexe und lang laufende Projekte anwendbar wird. Dadurch können die positiven Eigenschaften des XP auch für große Projekte eingesetzt werden, ohne die Kontrolle über die Projekte zu verlieren.