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A simple probabilistic argument shows that every r-uniform hypergraph with m edges contains an r-partite subhypergraph with at least $({r!}/{r^r})m$ edges. The celebrated result of Edwards states that in the case of graphs, that is $r=2$, the resulting bound $m/2$ can be improved to $m/2+\Omega(m^{1/2})$, and this is sharp. We prove that if $r\geq 3$, then there is an r-partite subhypergraph with at least $({r!}/{r^r}) m+m^{3/5-o(1)}$ edges. Moreover, if the hypergraph is linear, this can be improved to $({r!}/{r^r}) m+m^{3/4-o(1)}$, which is tight up to the o(1) term. These improve results of Conlon, Fox, Kwan and Sudakov. Our proof is based on a combination of probabilistic, combinatorial, and linear algebraic techniques, and semidefinite programming.
A key part of our argument is relating the energy$\mathcal{E}(G)$ of a graph G (i.e. the sum of absolute values of eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix) to its maximum cut. We prove that every m edge multigraph G has a cut of size at least $m/2+\Omega({\mathcal{E}(G)}/{\log m})$, which might be of independent interest.
Despite being the most prevalent personality disorder, borderline personality disorder remains a diagnosis with many unanswered questions, particularly concerning pharmacological management. Although many clinical practice guidelines suggest not prescribing medication unless there are significant clinical comorbidities, it is one of the psychiatric diagnoses with the highest rates of polypharmacy. This commentary on a BJPsych Advances article aims to raise clinical questions regarding the voids of knowledge and the appropriateness of medicating and, perhaps, overmedicating in this particular group.
Sesquizygotic twinning (SZT) is one of the rarest events that can occur in multiple pregnancies. It has only been reported twice to date. Studies indicate that sesquizygotic twins result from the splitting of a chimeric embryo at an early stage. Theories and studies suggest that SZT represents a third unique twinning mechanism that is different from dizygotic and monozygotic twinning; however, the unique features of SZT have nothing to do with the twinning mechanism. Instead, it resembles more of an atypical monozygotic twinning form according to the twinning mechanism.
In rotating convection, analysis of heat transfer reveals a distinct shift in behaviour as the system transitions from a steep scaling regime near the onset of convection to a shallower scaling at higher Rayleigh numbers ($Ra$), irrespective of whether the top and bottom plates have stress-free, no-slip or no boundaries (homogeneous convection). However, while most research on this transition focuses on no-slip boundary conditions, geophysical and astrophysical flows commonly involve stress-free and homogeneous convection models as well. This study delves into the transition from the rapidly rotating regime to the non-rotating one with both stress-free and homogeneous models, leveraging direct numerical simulations (DNS) and existing literature data. Our findings unveil that for stress-free boundary conditions, the transitional Rayleigh number ($Ra_T$) exhibits a relationship $Ra_T\sim Ek^{-12/7}$, whereas for homogeneous rotating convection, $Ra_T\sim Ek^{-2}\, Pr$, where $Ek$ denotes the Ekman number, and $Pr$ denotes the Prandtl number. Both of these relationships align with the data obtained through DNS.
Head-on collisions between elliptic vortex rings (EVRs) and walls were studied experimentally using planar laser-induced fluorescence visualisations and time-resolved particle image velocimetry. Aspect ratios of $AR=2$ and 4 EVRs at a Reynolds number of $Re=4000$ were used. Collision locations were based on four key axis-switching stages of freely translating EVRs, which would shed light upon how axis-switching behaviour and aspect ratio variations affect the collision outcomes. Results show that non-uniform circumferential induced velocities in both colliding EVRs produce different behaviours along major and minor planes, where vortex-stretching/compression and hence circumferential flows play key roles in the vortex dynamics. Non-uniform formations of secondary/tertiary EVRs also lead to varied entanglements around the primary EVRs. As such, secondary vortex rings form vortex loops that may congregate along the collision axis, depending on the exact collision location. Vortex-core trajectories show the net primary/secondary vortex-core movements result from a balance between EVR diameter expansion due to collision and EVR segment motions associated with the axis-switching stage at the point of collision. Confinement effects are also observed to dominate over aspect ratio effects when the collision occurs closest to the orifice. While increasing the aspect ratio leads to different vortex-stretching/compression behaviour and more varied vortex-core trajectories due to the greater non-uniform induced velocities, they could still be understood by the preceding interpretations. Finally, three-dimensional vortex flows are reconstructed based on the experimental results to further explain the flow mechanisms.
Orbit separation dimension ($\mathrm {OSD}$), previously introduced as amorphic complexity, is a powerful complexity measure for topological dynamical systems with pure-point spectrum. Here, we develop methods and tools for it that allow a systematic application to translation dynamical systems of tiling spaces that are generated by primitive inflation rules. These systems share many nice properties that permit the explicit computation of the $\mathrm {OSD}$, thus providing a rich class of examples with non-trivial $\mathrm {OSD}$.
A reactive control strategy is implemented to attenuate the streaks formed on a wing boundary layer due to free-stream turbulence (FST). Numerical simulations are performed on a section of a NACA0008 profile, considering its leading edge, while forced by FST with turbulence intensities of 0.5 % and 2.5 %. The controller is composed of localised sensors and actuators, with the control law consisting of a linear quadratic Gaussian regulator designed on a reduced-order model based only on the impulse responses of the system. Three configurations are evaluated by considering three different numbers of sensors/actuators along the spanwise direction. It is found that all configurations are effective in damping the streaks inside the boundary layer, whose effect is sustained downstream of the objective function location. However, distinct behaviours are observed when comparing the capability of the controllers with delay transition, where the best performance is attained for the case with larger number of sensors/actuators. This is attributed to the effectiveness of the controller in damping the streaks that will later break down, which in this case are associated with relatively short spanwise wavelength. This observation is confirmed by analysing the stability of the flow before the appearance of turbulent spots. Our results suggest that for an effective transition delay, efforts should not only be put into control of streaks with average spanwise wavelength, but also in the short spanwise wavelength associated with breakdown.
A 3-year-old girl with a large ductus arteriosus had increased pulmonary vascular resistance at cardiac catheterisation. Test occlusion of the ductus arteriosus with a Nit-Occlud PDA-R device and hyperoxia decreased the pulmonary arterial pressure to < 50% of systemic level. The ductus was closed with the same device. Two years later, an echocardiogram showed normal pulmonary arterial pressure.
This theoretical and empirical study describes and explains the patterns of changes in domestic illicit trade and related transnational illicit flows of goods, services and money during the extreme social crises based on the case of the war in Ukraine. Depending on the legal status of the civil circulation of items, illicit trade is categorized into two groups: illicit (criminal) trade outside the economic sphere; and illicit (illegal) trade within the economic sphere. Typical destructive practices and their peculiarities during the war are considered in each group of illicit trade with the use of quantitative and qualitative methods. In terms of the dichotomy “war as a cause and consequence of crime”, this article addresses significant transformations in established criminal activities outside the official economy, such as drug trafficking and human trafficking, while also highlighting newly emerging crimes, specifically the illegal movement of conscripts across national borders. Furthermore, the article explores illegal trade within the economy, focusing on the trade in excisable goods and the new growing issue of abuse of humanitarian aid. The authors discuss the main deficiencies in adequate counteraction related to both war circumstances and systematic problems of state institutions, in particular, the criminal justice system.
In this work, a compact active integrated antenna based on a highly compatible antenna-in-package (AiP) solution is proposed. It consists of two sections, namely, a cover plate integrated with an antenna and a package backplane that carries a GaN power amplifier (PA) die. The proposed AiP solution not only provides efficient interconnection between the antenna and the GaN PA die while providing physical shielding, but also provides impedance compensation for the die to improve the matching performance. Besides, a plated through hole array is designed inside the package backplane to significantly improve heat dissipation performance. The proposed AiP solution is compatible with radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) dies with different pin arrangements. Two prototypes are fabricated and measured for validation. The first prototype is the active integrated antenna based on the GaN PA, which shows an impedance bandwidth of 25.7–28.7 GHz, a peak gain of 31 dBi, and a dimension of 8 mm × 8 mm × 1.7 mm. Another prototype is based on a GaN front-end module (FEM) die integrating the PA and low noise amplifier, which demonstrates better EVM and ACPR than the conventional design with separate antenna and FEM.
We investigate the deformation, dynamics and rheology of a single and a suspension of elastic capsules in inertial shear flow using high-fidelity particle-resolved simulations. For a single capsule in the shear flow, we elucidate the interplay of flow inertia and viscosity ratio, revealing the mechanism behind the stretching of capsule surface during tank-treading motion and the sign changes in normal stress differences with increasing inertia. When examining capsule suspensions, we thoroughly discuss the impact of volume fraction on average deformation, diffusion and rheology. Notably, we observe the formation of bridge structures due to hydrodynamic interactions, which enhance the inhomogeneity of the microstructure and alter the surface stress distribution within the suspension. We identify a critical Reynolds number range that marks the transition of capsule diffusion from non-inertial to inertial regimes. Furthermore, we reveal close connections between the behaviour of individual capsules and dense suspensions, particularly regarding capsule deformation and dynamics. Additionally, we propose multiple new empirical correlations for predicting the deformation factor of a single capsule and the relative viscosity of the suspension. These findings provide valuable insights into the complex behaviour of elastic capsules in inertial flows, informing the design of more accurate and efficient inertial microfluidic systems.
This article examines India’s energy transition agenda, which the central government drives to reduce the impact of climate change through the development of renewable energy. It presents a case study of the ‘Oran Land’ in the Thar desert in India, which is affected by the country’s energy transition agenda. It further highlights issues relating to human rights infringement linked to corporations undertaking the transition and operating in the ‘Orans’—a community-protected land. The article concludes with discussions on legislative developments in India and global best practices that seek to mainstream human rights into business practice and further strengthen compliance with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
This paper describes three collections of vertebrate fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Newark Canyon Formation of Eureka County, Nevada, made by the United States Geological Survey in 1961. Briefly mentioned in the prior literature, these specimens have gone unstudied for more than sixty years, until their recent transfer to the Smithsonian Institution. Re-examination of the materials reveals the first records of neoceratopsian and tyrannosauroid dinosaurs in the Newark Canyon Formation. In addition to augmenting the known vertebrate fauna from this poorly studied stratum, these occurrences provide important new data on otherwise rare taxa during a time of major faunal transition in North America.
Let G be a finite group and p be a prime. We prove that if G has three codegrees, then G is an M-group. We prove for some prime p that if the degree of every nonlinear irreducible Brauer character of G is a prime, then for every normal subgroup N of G, either $G/N$ or N is an $M_p$-group.
Towards the end of his book, African Philosophical Adventures, John Murungi laments the injurious impact of Western epistemological hegemony on the humanity and well-being of non-Western peoples and societies, especially Africans. He describes the ensuing situation as a crisis about what it means to be called human or to have the right to exist as human in the twenty-first century: Today, human rights are in a state of crisis and this crisis is fundamentally the crisis of being human. … [The] planetary mode of being has fallen under the tyrannical regime of Euro-Western anthropology. The voice of African anthropology, as is the case with other non-Euro-Western voices of anthropology, remains muted. Africans, particularly, have been reduced to beggars in matters of hermeneutics and understanding of being human. They have been compelled and are even today compelled to look up to Euro-West for assistance in self-understanding. In matters that pertain to self-understanding they look for foreign aid. …Having been voided of what they [Africans] are and of the ability for self-understanding they are compelled to look outside themselves to make sense of themselves. (142–43)
Sedimenting flows occur in a range of society-critical systems, such as circulating fluidised bed reactors and pyroclastic density currents (PDCs), the most hazardous volcanic process. In these systems, mass loading is sufficiently high ($\gg \mathcal {O}(1)$) and momentum coupling between the phases gives rise to mesoscale behaviour, such as formation of coherent structures capable of generating and sustaining turbulence in the carrier phase and directly impacting large-scale quantities of interest, such as settling time. While contemporary work has explored the physical processes underpinning these multiphase phenomena for monodispersed particles, polydispersed behaviour has been largely understudied. Since all real-world flows are polydisperse, understanding the role of polydispersity in gas–solid systems is critical for informing closures that are accurate and robust. This work characterises the sedimentation behaviour of two polydispersed gas–solid flows, with properties of the particles sampled from historical PDC ejecta. Highly resolved data at two volume fractions (1 % and 10 %) are collected using an EulerLagrange framework and is compared with monodisperse configurations of particles with diameters equivalent to the arithmetic mean of the polydisperse configurations. From these data, we find that polydispersity has an important impact on cluster formation and structure and that this is most pronounced for dilute flows. At higher volume fraction, the effect of polydispersity is reduced. We also propose a new metric for predicting the degree of clustering, termed ‘surface loading’, and a model for the coefficient of drag that accurately captures the settling velocity observed in the high-fidelity data.
Experiments are conducted over smooth and rough walls to explore the influence of pressure-gradient histories on skin friction and mean flow of turbulent boundary layers. Different pressure-gradient histories are imposed on the boundary layer through an aerofoil mounted in the free stream. Hot-wire measurements are taken at different free-stream velocities downstream of the aerofoil where the flow has locally recovered to zero pressure gradient but retains the history effects. Direct skin friction measurements are also made using oil film interferometry for smooth walls and a floating-element drag balance for rough walls. The friction Reynolds number, $Re_\tau$, varies between $3000$ and $27\,000$, depending both on the surface conditions and the free-stream velocity ensuring sufficient scale separation. Results align with previous findings, showing that adverse pressure gradients just upstream of the measurement location increase wake strength and reduce the local skin friction while favourable pressure gradients suppress the wake and increase skin friction. The roughness length scale, $y_0$, remains constant across different pressure-gradient histories for rough wall boundary layers. Inspired by previous works, a new correlation is proposed to infer skin friction based on the mean flow. The difference in skin friction by matching the turbulence profiles and flow structure between an arbitrary pressure-gradient history and zero pressure-gradient condition can be predicted using only the local wake strength parameter ($\Pi$), and the variations in wake strength for different histories are related to a weighted integral of the pressure-gradient history normalised by local quantities. This allows us to develop a general correlation that can be used to infer skin friction for turbulent boundary layers experiencing arbitrary pressure-gradient histories.
“My first contact with Rod Feldmann was his voicemail message: ‘An incredible set of circumstances makes it impossible for me to come to the phone right now. Please leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as possible.’ I was considering coming to Kent for graduate school and I thought, ‘Wow, this guy is either really important or really arrogant.’ I was right and wrong. He was never arrogant, but always important, and eventually of utmost importance to me.
The Paris Agreement’s commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 has resulted in an uptick in environmental laws and regulations. However, such state conduct could implicate other legal obligations and norms, including international investment law and international human rights law. The conversation about human rights, net-zero and investment treaties, including arbitration cases and arbitral awards under the treaties, is in its relative infancy. This article examines how investment treaties are equipped to reconcile relevant norms with a particular focus on corporate codes and policies that pronounce broad commitments to protecting human rights and the environment. It establishes certain principles to guide parties and arbitral tribunals as to the codes while recognizing the inevitable challenges they will face.