LHCb is a dedicated b-physics experiment at the future LHC collider. Its construction has started and it will be ready to take data from the start of LHC operation, scheduled in 2007, and directly at its full physics potential. LHCb will benefit from an unprecedented source of b-hadrons, provided by LHC, to improve substantially precision measurements of CP violation parameters in many differen...

The studies presented in this volume share several common features, includinguse of the same event samples for Standard Model processes, and the same de-tector description and simulation framework for all samples. Common cross-section assumptions were made. These assumptions, and the Monte Carlogenerator programs employed, are listed. Information is also given on the dif-<lb...

Knowledge concerning the microbial characteristics of natural and post-vacuum extracted ombrotrophic peatlands, as well as peatlands under restoration is limited. In one experiment, microbial comparisons of paired neighboring natural and post-vacuum peatlands in eastern Québec (Canada) were studied to assess the effects of peat mining on microbial indicators and nitrogen (N) cycling. Microbial ...

We study the welfare implications of personalized pricing implemented with machine learning. use data from a randomized controlled field experiment to construct prices and validate these in field. find that unexercised market power increases profit by 55%. Personalization improves expected profits an additional 19% 86% relative nonoptimized price. While total consumer surplus declines under pri...

In decision-making tasks with two attributes and three alternatives, the similarity effect implies that, if the total expected utility is equal between two opposite alternatives (i.e., the target and competitor), the probability of the target being chosen decreases with the addition of the decoy similar to the target. This study demonstrated the similarity-compromise effect, wherein the probabi...

The studies presented in this volume share several common features, includinguse of the same event samples for Standard Model processes, and the same de-tector description and simulation framework for all samples. Common cross-section assumptions were made. These assumptions, and the Monte Carlogenerator programs employed, are listed. Information is also given on the dif-<lb...