Eigenmode projection has been used in analysis of the two-dimensional numerical solution of electron temperature gradient ETG turbulence. The secondary Kelvin–Helmholtz instability KHI that breaks up the primary ETG structure at the onset of saturation is found to be associated with strong excitation of damped eigenmodes and strong energy damping. While the KHI structure induces some fine scale...

A vehicular powertrain can be thought as an energy conversion chain, each component being characterized by its efficiency. Significant global efficiency improvements can be achieved once is identified the system energy breakdown, individuating the losses connected to each powertrain component; it is then possible to carry out the most appropriate interventions. This paper presents a simulation ...

Breakdown strength is an important electrical property of insulating paper. Oil-impregnated paper of various aging states was prepared. Its breakdown voltage was then measured at pulsating direct current (DC) voltage with various ripple factors, and alternating current (AC) and DC voltage for comparison, respectively. The AC breakdown voltage is the smallest, and pulsating DC (r = 1/5) breakdow...

Compulsory bovine tuberculosis testing has been implemented since 1959 in Northern Ireland. Initial rapid progress in the eradication of the disease was followed by a situation where disease levels tended to fluctuate around a low level. This study explores recrudescence of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in Northern Ireland herds by assessing risk factors associated with time from the six-month post...

Location-based services (LBS) use positioning technology to provide individual users the capability of being constantly reachable and accessing network services while on the move. However, privacy concerns associated with the use of LBS may ultimately prevent consumers from gaining the convenience of anytime/anywhere personalized services. Understanding consumer’s privacy concerns toward LBS is...

Predicting toxicity quantitatively, using Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships (QSAR), has matured over recent years to the point that the predictions can be used to help identify missing comparison values in a substance's database. In this manuscript we investigate using the lethal dose that kills fifty percent of a test population (LD₅₀) for determining relative toxicity of a number ...

We carry out a detailed analysis of the light Higgs bosons in supersymmetric leftright models (SLRM). This includes models with minimal particle content and those with additional Higgs superfields. We also consider models with non-renormalizable higher-dimensional terms. We obtain an upper bound on the mass of the lightest CP -even neutral Higgs boson in these models. The upper bound depends on...

Background RARHA (REDUCING ALCOHOL RELATED HARM) is a Joint Action (JA) (2014-2016) funded under the EU Health Programme and by EU Member States to address some commonly identified priorities to reduce levels of alcohol related harm in the EU. The work package 5 contributes towards increased understanding among public health policy makers of the scientific basis and practical implications of th...

We consider the fundamental Matroid Theory problem of finding a circuit in a matroid spanning a set T of given terminal elements. For graphic matroids this corresponds to the problem of finding a simple cycle passing through a set of given terminal edges in a graph. The algorithmic study of the problem on regular matroids, a superclass of graphic matroids, was initiated by Gavenčiak, Král’, and...

Knowledge Based Real-Time Systems for intelligent patient monitoring must present the following characteristics: (a) reactivity and opportunism compatible with goal directed control, (b) domain independent task structures, (c) heterogeneous problemsolving methods, and (d) temporal reasoning. Conventional architectures present these characteristics in a separated way. To build a system that pres...