We analyze the perturbations of quasi-solutions to a parameterized nonlinear programming problem, these being feasible solutions accompanied by a Lagrange multiplier vector such that the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker optimality conditions are satisfied. We show under a standard constraint qualification, not requiring uniqueness of the multipliers, that the quasi-solution mapping is differentiable in a gen...

Quasi-elastic responses in nuclear matter and in 12C and 40Ca nuclei are calculated in ring approximation to investigate the finite size effects on the electromagnetic quasi-elastic responses. A method to simulate these effects in infinite systems calculations is proposed. The sensitivity of the results to the various terms of the residual interaction is studied. The results of nuclear matter R...

By means of a metal opto-acoustic transducer we generate quasi-longitudinal and quasi-transverse picosecond strain pulses in a (311)-GaAs substrate and monitor their propagation by picosecond acoustic interferometry. By probing at the sample side opposite to the transducer the signals related to the compressive and shear strain pulses can be separated in time. In addition to conventional monito...

The signal of isospin-asymmetric phase transition in the evolution of the chemical potential was observed for hot quasi-projectiles produced in the reactions Ca + Al confirming an analogous observation in the lighter system Si + Sn [1]. With increasing mass, the properties of hot quasi-projectiles become increasingly influenced by the secondary emission. Thermodynamical observables exhibit no s...

Using the behavioral model of a circuit to perform Behavioral Monte Carlo Simulation (BMCS) is a fast approach to estimate performance shift under process variation with detailed circuit responses. However, accurate Monte Carlo analysis results are difficult to obtain if the behavioral model is not accurate enough. Therefore, this paper proposes to use an efficient bottom-up approach to generat...

A new approach for a global sensitivity analysis of nonlinear mathematical models is presented using the information provided by two complementing variance-based methods. As a first step, the model is evaluated applying a shared sampling strategy for both methods based on Sobol’s quasi-random sequences. Then, total sensitivity indices are estimated in a second step using the Sobol’-Saltelli met...

Quasi-static and dynamic compression and three-point bending tests have been carried out on Strombus gigas (conch) shells. The mechanical response is correlated with its microstructure and damage mechanisms. The mechanical response is found to vary significantly from specimen to specimen and requires the application of Weibull statistics in order to be quantitatively evaluated. The conch exhibi...

The present paper aims to miniaturize a graphite-epoxy and synthetic zeolite-modified graphite-epoxy composite macroelectrode as a quasi-microelectrode aiming in vitro and also, envisaging in vivo simultaneous electrochemical detection of dopamine (DA) and ascorbic acid (AA) neurotransmitters, or DA detection in the presence of AA. The electrochemical behavior and the response of the designed m...

A (complex) Enriques surface is a projective smooth connected algebraic surface Y over C with H(Y,OY ) = H (Y,OY ) = (0), (Ω 2 Y ) ⊗ 2 ≃ OY but Ω 2 Y 6≃ OY ([CF]). In this note we give a short proof of the fact that the coarse moduli space of complex Enriques surfaces is quasi-affine. This was first shown by Borcherds [B] using the denominator function of a generalized Kac-Moody superalgebra (t...