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Interval estimation for proportional reversed hazard family based on lower record values (2015)
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Wang, B., Yu, K., & Coolen, F. (2015). Interval estimation for proportional reversed hazard family based on lower record values. Statistics and Probability Letters, 98, 115-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2014.12.019

This paper explores confidence intervals for the family of proportional reversed hazard distributions based on lower record values. The confidence intervals are validated as long as the sample is of size n≥3. The proposed procedure can be extended to... Read More about Interval estimation for proportional reversed hazard family based on lower record values.

ζ({{2}^m, 1, {2}^m, 3}^n, {2}^m) / π^(4n+2m(2n+1))) is rational (2015)
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Charlton, S. (2015). ζ({{2}^m, 1, {2}^m, 3}^n, {2}^m) / π^(4n+2m(2n+1))) is rational. Journal of Number Theory, 148, 463-477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnt.2014.09.028

The cyclic insertion conjecture of Borwein, Bradley, Broadhurst and Lisoněk states that inserting all cyclic shifts of some fixed blocks of 2's into the multiple zeta value ζ(1,3,…,1,3) gives an explicit rational multiple of a power of π . In this pa... Read More about ζ({{2}^m, 1, {2}^m, 3}^n, {2}^m) / π^(4n+2m(2n+1))) is rational.

Homogenization of the system of high-contrast Maxwell equations (2015)
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Cherednichenko, K., & Cooper, S. (2015). Homogenization of the system of high-contrast Maxwell equations. Mathematika, 61(02), 475-500. https://doi.org/10.1112/s0025579314000424

We study the system of Maxwell equations for a periodic composite dielectric medium with components whose dielectric permittivities ε have a high degree of contrast between each other. We assume that the ratio between the permittivities of the compon... Read More about Homogenization of the system of high-contrast Maxwell equations.

Source of a Prominent Poleward Surge During Solar Cycle 24 (2015)
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Yeates, A., Baker, D., & van Driel-Gesztelyi, L. (2015). Source of a Prominent Poleward Surge During Solar Cycle 24. Solar Physics, 290(11), 3189-3201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-015-0660-9

As an observational case study, we consider the origin of a prominent poleward surge of leading polarity, visible in the magnetic butterfly diagram during Solar Cycle 24. A new technique is developed for assimilating individual regions of strong magn... Read More about Source of a Prominent Poleward Surge During Solar Cycle 24.

On the extended two-parameter generalized skew-normal distribution (2015)
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Ogundimu, E. O., & Hutton, J. L. (2015). On the extended two-parameter generalized skew-normal distribution. Statistics and Probability Letters, 100, 142-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2015.02.016

We propose a three-parameter skew-normal distribution, obtained by using hidden truncation on a skew-normal random variable. The hidden truncation framework permits direct interpretation of the model parameters. A link is established between the mode... Read More about On the extended two-parameter generalized skew-normal distribution.

Application of receiver operating characteristic curve for pipeline reliability analysis (2015)
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Tee, F., Khan, L., & Coolen-Maturi, T. (2015). Application of receiver operating characteristic curve for pipeline reliability analysis. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 229(3), 181-192. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006x15571115

Structural reliability analysis of buried pipeline systems is one of the fundamental issues for water and wastewater asset managers. Measuring the accuracy of a reliability analysis or a failure prediction technique is an effective approach to enhanc... Read More about Application of receiver operating characteristic curve for pipeline reliability analysis.

tt∗ equations, localization and exact chiral rings in 4d N = 2 SCFTs (2015)
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Baggio, M., Niarchos, V., & Papadodimas, K. (2015). tt∗ equations, localization and exact chiral rings in 4d N = 2 SCFTs. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(2), Article 122. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02%282015%29122

We compute exact 2- and 3-point functions of chiral primaries in four-dimensional NN = 2 superconformal field theories, including all perturbative and instanton contributions. We demonstrate that these correlation functions are nontrivial and satisfy... Read More about tt∗ equations, localization and exact chiral rings in 4d N = 2 SCFTs.

Bayesian uncertainty analysis for complex physical systems modelled by computer simulators with applications to tipping points (2015)
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Caiado, C., & Goldstein, M. (2015). Bayesian uncertainty analysis for complex physical systems modelled by computer simulators with applications to tipping points. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 26(1-3), 123-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnsns.2015.02.006

In this paper we present and illustrate basic Bayesian techniques for the uncertainty analysis of complex physical systems modelled by computer simulators. We focus on emulation and history matching and also discuss the treatment of observational err... Read More about Bayesian uncertainty analysis for complex physical systems modelled by computer simulators with applications to tipping points.

Scientific Opinion addressing the state of the science on risk assessment of plant protection products for non-target arthropods (2015)
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Aagaard, A., Brock, T., Capri, E., Duquesne, S., Filipic, M., Hernandez-Jerez, A., …Streissl, F. (2015). Scientific Opinion addressing the state of the science on risk assessment of plant protection products for non-target arthropods. EFSA Journal, 13(2), Article 3996. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2015.3996

Following a request from the European Food Safety Authority, the Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues developed an opinion on the science to support the development of a risk assessment scheme of plant protection products for non-tar... Read More about Scientific Opinion addressing the state of the science on risk assessment of plant protection products for non-target arthropods.

Large-N transitions of the connectivity index (2015)
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Aprile, F., & Niarchos, V. (2015). Large-N transitions of the connectivity index. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(2), Article 083. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02%282015%29083

The connectivity index, defined as the number of decoupled components of a separable quantum system, can change under deformations of the Hamiltonian or during the dynamical change of the system under renormalization group flow. Such changes signal a... Read More about Large-N transitions of the connectivity index.

6d Conformal matter (2015)
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Del Zotto, M., Heckman, J. J., Tomasiello, A., & Vafa, C. (2015). 6d Conformal matter. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(2), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02%282015%29054

A single M5-brane probing G, an ADE-type singularity, leads to a system which has G × G global symmetry and can be viewed as “bifundamental” (G, G) matter. For the A N series, this leads to the usual notion of bifundamental matter. For the other case... Read More about 6d Conformal matter.

Soft limits in holographic cosmology (2015)
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McFadden, P. (2015). Soft limits in holographic cosmology. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(02), Article 053. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02%282015%29053

We study the soft limits of cosmological correlators from a holographic perspective, showing how the inflationary consistency relations arise from the diffeomorphism invariance of the dual quantum field theory. Starting from the corresponding Ward id... Read More about Soft limits in holographic cosmology.

Defect networks and supersymmetric loop operators (2015)
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Bullimore, M. (2015). Defect networks and supersymmetric loop operators. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(2), Article 066. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02%282015%29066

We consider topological defect networks with junctions in A N − 1 Toda CFT and the connection to supersymmetric loop operators in N=2 theories of class S on a four-sphere. Correlation functions in the presence of topological defect networks are compu... Read More about Defect networks and supersymmetric loop operators.

Schrödinger holography for z<2 (2015)
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Andrade, T., Keeler, C., Ross, S., & Peach, A. (2015). Schrödinger holography for z

We investigate holography for asymptotically Schrödinger spacetimes, using a frame formalism. Our dictionary is based on the anisotropic scaling symmetry. We consider z < 2, where the holographic dictionary is cleaner; we make some comments on z = 2.... Read More about Schrödinger holography for z<2.

Intermediate scalings in holographic RG flows and conductivities (2015)
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Bhattacharya, J., Cremonini, S., & Goutereaux, B. (2015). Intermediate scalings in holographic RG flows and conductivities. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02%282015%29035

We construct numerically finite density domain-wall solutions which interpolate between two AdS 4 fixed points and exhibit an intermediate regime of hyperscaling violation, with or without Lifshitz scaling. Such RG flows can be realized in gravitatio... Read More about Intermediate scalings in holographic RG flows and conductivities.

Harmonic Functions on Rank One Asymptotically Harmonic Manifolds (2015)
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Knieper, G., & Peyerimhoff, N. (2015). Harmonic Functions on Rank One Asymptotically Harmonic Manifolds. Journal of Geometric Analysis, 26(2), 750-781. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12220-015-9570-1

Asymptotically harmonic manifolds are simply connected complete Riemannian manifolds without conjugate points such that all horospheres have the same constant mean curvature hh. In this article we present results for harmonic functions on rank one as... Read More about Harmonic Functions on Rank One Asymptotically Harmonic Manifolds.

Navier-Stokes equations on a rapidly rotating sphere (2015)
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Wirosoetisno, D. (2015). Navier-Stokes equations on a rapidly rotating sphere. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B, 20(4), 1251-1259. https://doi.org/10.3934/dcdsb.2015.20.1251

We extend our earlier β-plane results [al-Jaboori and Wirosoetisno, 2011, DCDS-B 16:687--701] to a rotating sphere. Specifically, we show that the solution of the Navier--Stokes equations on a sphere rotating with angular velocity 1/ϵ becomes zonal i... Read More about Navier-Stokes equations on a rapidly rotating sphere.

Small-scale and global dynamos and the area and flux distributions of active regions, sunspot groups, and sunspots : a multi-database study (2015)
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Muñoz-Jaramillo, A., Senkpeil, R., Windmueller, J., Amouzou, E., Longcope, D., Tlatov, A., …Martens, P. (2015). Small-scale and global dynamos and the area and flux distributions of active regions, sunspot groups, and sunspots : a multi-database study. Astrophysical Journal, 800(1), Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/800/1/48

In this work, we take advantage of 11 different sunspot group, sunspot, and active region databases to characterize the area and flux distributions of photospheric magnetic structures. We find that, when taken separately, different databases are bett... Read More about Small-scale and global dynamos and the area and flux distributions of active regions, sunspot groups, and sunspots : a multi-database study.

Hydrodynamic Regimes of Spinning Black D3-Branes (2015)
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Erdmenger, J., Rangamani, M., Steinfurt, S., & Zeller, H. (2015). Hydrodynamic Regimes of Spinning Black D3-Branes. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(2), Article 026. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02%282015%29026

We present the long-wavelength effective description of non-extremal spinning black D3-branes in flat space. Our setup is motivated by recent explorations of low energy dynamics on black brane world-volumes within the blackfold approach and its conne... Read More about Hydrodynamic Regimes of Spinning Black D3-Branes.