The hypothetical scanning (HS) method is a general approach for calculating the absolute entropy and free energy by analyzing Boltzmann samples obtained by Monte Carlo (MC) or molecular dynamics techniques. With HS applied to a fluid, each configuration i of the sample is reconstructed by adding its atoms gradually to the initially empty volume, i.e., by placing them in their positions at i usi...

From the Mathematics Genealogy Project, a database of maths-related PhD theses, I extract the movements of academics between universities on an international scale. I show that the extracted movements are incompatible with several features of a random graph based on the configuration model. Using Bayesian hypothesis testing, I find evidence that an academic is more likely to move after their Ph...

We derive a semiclassical time evolution kernel and a trace formula for the Dirac equation. The classical trajectories that enter the expressions are determined by the dynamics of relativistic point particles. We carefully investigate the transport of the spin degrees of freedom along the trajectories which can be understood geometrically as parallel transport in a vector bundle with SU(2) holo...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the role of time perspective and desire for control in self-reported substance use and to test for a moderating effect of desire for control in the relation between time perspective and substance use. PROCEDURE A random sample of 240 persons, aged 15 years and over, selected in various public spaces in an urban region in central France. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Time pe...

Vacuum and gas purification: The detector is mounted inside an approximately 10 m vacuum chamber, which contains P10 under measurement conditions. Therefore the maximum reachable vacuum can be used as an estimate for the leakage rate of the chamber and gas quality. After severe changes to the prevacuum system, leak-testing is currently in progress. Standalone tests of the gas purification syste...

We discuss recent advances in the calculation of thermodynamic observables using improved actions. In particular, we discuss the calculation of the equation of state of the SU (3) gauge theory, the critical temperature in units of the string tension, the surface tension and the latent heat at the deconfinement transition. We also present first results from a calculation of the equation of state...

The purpose of this study was to compare 2 different periodization models in strength and power athletes. Twenty-four experienced resistance trained men were randomly assigned to either a block periodization training program (BP; age = 24.2 ± 3.1 years, body mass = 78.5 ± 11.0 kg, height = 177.6 ± 4.9 cm) or to a traditional periodization program (TP; age = 26.2 ± 6.0 years, body mass = 80.5 ± ...

[1] We determined the tc and tp parameters from the K-NET strong motion records of 16 earthquakes in Japan with moment magnitude (Mw) ranging from 6.0 to 8.3. A 0.075 Hz high-pass Butterworth filter was applied for determination of tc based on our previous studies. It was found that different pole selections of the Butterworth filter lead to different uncertainty in magnitude determination. Our...