Final Appendix Research Articles

The Ideal Review Process Is a Three-Way Street

In response to the increasing difficulty of obtaining high quality peer reviews, our invited paper describes the concept of review avoidance and why this phenomenon occurs. In reaffirming the professional responsibilities and potential benefits of reviewing, we also emphasize the interdependent nature of the ideal peer review process. We suggest that the review process is a three-way street where the respective roles and responsibilities of authors, editors and editorial teams, and reviewers are inextricably linked. We present thematic illustrations of undesirable reviewer comments, and a brief synthesis of broad themes in the literature on high-quality reviewing. The synthesis is complemented by a master reviewer’s fine-grained perspective on crafting high quality reviews. A final Appendix presents additional sources that may be informative for prospective reviewers, submitting authors, and those mentors and colleagues who may wish to provide guidance and training to them.

Continuity of weak solutions to an elliptic problem on p$$ p $$‐fractional Laplacian

In this paper, we study an elliptic variational problem regarding the ‐fractional Laplacian in on the basis of recent result which generalizes some nice published work, and then give some sufficient conditions under which some weak solutions to our studied elliptic variational problem are continuous in . In the final appendix, we correct the proofs of two published lemmas for .

Difference of measured proton and He3 EDMs: a reduced systematics test of T-reversal invariance

The upper limit on (time reversal symmetry T-violating) permanent hadron electric dipole moments (EDMs) is the PSI neutron EDM value; dn = (0.0 ± 1.1stat ± 0.2sys × 10-26) e cm. This paper describes an experiment to be performed at a BNL-proposed CLIP project which is to be capable of producing intense polarized beams of protons, p, helions (He3 nuclei), h, and other isotopes. The EDM prototype ring PTR (proposed at COSY Lab, Juelich) is expected to measure individual particle EDMs (for example EDM_p for the proton) using simultaneous counter-rotating polarized proton beams, with statistical error ±10-30e.cm after one year running time, four orders of magnitude less than the PSI neutron EDM upper limit, and with comparable systematic error. A composite particle, the helion faces T-symmetry constraints more challenging than the proton. Any measurably large value of Δ= EDM h - EDM p , the difference of helion and proton EDMs, would represent BSM physics. The plan is to replicate PTR at BNL. The dominant systematic error would be canceled two ways, both made possible by phase-locking “doubly-magic” 38.6 MeV proton and 39.2 MeV helion spin tunes. This stabilizes their MDM-induced in-plane precessions, without affecting their EDM-induced out-of-plane precessions. The dominant systematic error would therefore cancel in the meaurement of Δ in a fixed field configuration. Another systematic error cancellation will come from averaging runs for which both magnetic field and beam circulation directions are reversed. Precise magnetic field reversal is made possible by the reproducible absolute frequency phase-locking over long runs to eliminate the need for (impractically precise) magnetic field measurement. Risk of EDM measurement failure is discussed in a final appendix.

Spectral properties of certain sequences of products of two real matrices

The aim of this paper is to analyze the asymptotic behavior of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of particular sequences of products involving two square real matrices $A$ and $B$, namely of the form $B^kA$, as $k\rightarrow \infty$. This analysis represents a detailed deepening of a particular case within a general theory on finite families $\mathcal{F} = \{ A_1, \ldots, A_m \}$ of real square matrices already available in the literature. The Bachmann-Landau symbols and related results are largely used and are presented in a systematic way in the final Appendix.

‘Upper’ Mereology of Human Soul and Salvation according to Hermias of Alexandria

With my article, I try to show how the Neoplatonist Hermias of Alexandria (c. 410-455 AD) elaborated on Plato’s arguments on the immortality of the human soul in order to forge a coherent psychological and ontological system which is in tune with a precise ethics of salvation. In the final Appendix, I propose that these doctrines of the soul were not just erudite theories but turned out to be an actual and effective tool for coping with the threatening moments of the everyday life (notably for coping with the loss of the beloved ones and for facing death).

On the Gauss-Kronrod quadrature formula for a modified weight function of Chebyshev type

In this paper, we consider the Gauss-Kronrod quadrature formulas for a modified Chebyshev weight. Efficient estimates of the error of these Gauss–Kronrod formulae for analytic functions are obtained, using techniques of contour integration that were introduced by Gautschi and Varga (cf. Gautschi and Varga SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 20, 1170–1186 1983). Some illustrative numerical examples which show both the accuracy of the Gauss–Kronrod formulas and the sharpness of our estimations are displayed. Though for the sake of brevity we restrict ourselves to the first kind Chebyshev weight, a similar analysis may be carried out for the other three Chebyshev type weights; part of the corresponding computations are included in a final appendix.

Recent Articles

Recent Articles

L’ambone in stucco del santo sepolcro del complesso stefaniano di Bologna

The complex of St. Stephen in Bologna is known throughout Europe because of the imitation of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Many restoration, even invasive, brought the churches composing the complex to an presumed medieval state. The bibliography on St. Stephen is copious about the architectural features, but about the sculpture, by now, the studies are based on the important Grandi’s investigations. The essay therefore intends to focus at least on the pulpit, questioning a recent chronological proposal; a small final appendix is dedicated to the Edicola of the fourteenth century sketching an attempt at contextualization at a precise historical juncture.

Completing perfect complexes

This note proposes a new method to complete a triangulated category, which is based on the notion of a Cauchy sequence. We apply this to categories of perfect complexes. It is shown that the bounded derived category of finitely presented modules over a right coherent ring is the completion of the category of perfect complexes. The result extends to non-affine noetherian schemes and gives rise to a direct construction of the singularity category. The parallel theory of completion for abelian categories is compatible with the completion of derived categories. There are three appendices. The first one by Tobias Barthel discusses the completion of perfect complexes for ring spectra. The second one by Tobias Barthel and Henning Krause refines for a separated noetherian scheme the description of the bounded derived category of coherent sheaves as a completion. The final appendix by Bernhard Keller introduces the concept of a morphic enhancement for triangulated categories and provides a foundation for completing a triangulated category.

Tendrel: A Memoir of New York and the Buddhist Himalayas by Harold Talbott

Reviewed by: Tendrel: A Memoir of New York and the Buddhist Himalayas by Harold Talbott Maria Turek TENDREL: A MEMOIR OF NEW YORK AND THE BUDDHIST HIMALAYAS. By Harold Talbott. Marion: Buddhayana Foundation, 2019. 344 pp. The Tibetan term tendrel describes, among other things, auspicious connections, which benefit those involved. Harold Talbott's autobiography, thus entitled, chronicles the many people who rendered the author's existence a life worth living, indeed a precious human life—in the words of Buddhist teachings, to which the author devoted the largest part of his life. Sadly, Harold Talbott passed away shortly after the publication of this volume. His book may therefore serve as a commemoration of the author's remarkable life, of his contribution to American Buddhism as well as a celebration of the early era of Buddhism's rapid globalization in the twentieth century. In his modesty, the author does not devote many lines to report on his own achievements, important for the activity and support of his Buddhist mentors and friends. Yet Harold Talbott was an influential scholar and practitioner of Buddhism, supporter and benefactor of Tibetan lamas, prolific book editor, and cofounder of the practice center in Marion, Massachusetts, the site of early encounters between Americans and Tibetan masters. Following the epiphany paradigm found in narratives of conversion, the memoir is divided into two parts, the "before" and the "after," devoted to, respectively: the time in the author's life before he was able to meet with and appreciate the teachings of the Buddha; and the part of his life since that happened. The book's first part describes the sophisticated society amid which Harold Talbott was raised and educated. In light of the author's openness about his homosexuality and effeminate boyhood persona, the title "Swanning About" of part 1 appears quite reflective of Talbott's brilliant and self-deprecating humor—a trait that he displays throughout his work. Wit is merely one of the many merits that makes this account so delightful to read. The author impresses us with an erudite knowledge of various faith traditions. The scintillating and thoughtful descriptions of encounters with an imposing amount of cultural and religious luminaries of his day are delivered in the matter-of-fact, yet refined, narrative style we can expect of a man born into the elite and educated in the finest of American schools, but who chose to live a nearmonastic life as a full-time, lay practitioner of Buddhism. [End Page 479] Beyond the many pleasures that this book undoubtedly offers, Talbott's memoirs also provide significant insights into the emergence of networks of cooperation necessary for the functioning of contemporary Buddhism as a world religion. The operation of these plexuses, initiated by tendrel (auspicious connections), is described in the book's part 2 "In Search of the Nature of Mind." This title is, first of all, an homage to the spiritual path and goal of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen tradition, of which Harold Talbott became a devoted practitioner. The author also recognizes the role that intersectarian Buddhist connections played in his spiritual quest—his most notable relationship being with the Dalai Lama himself, who is the most celebrated representative of another Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Gelukpa. Talbott also pays great respect to the two champions of interfaith dialogues that occurred during the 1960s and the 1970s: the Benedictine Prior and theologian Dom Aelred Graham (1907–1984) and the Trappist friar and poet Thomas Merton (1915–1968). In Harold's youth, the mentorship of these two Catholic monks, both fascinated by Buddhism, had a lasting impact on the formation of the author's religiosity and his later conversion to Buddhism. At the end of Talbott's book are eight appendices: transcripts of interviews with and about Dom Aelred and Merton, excerpts from teachings by great Dzogchen masters, and a list of books edited by Talbott for one of his Tibetan teachers, Tulku Thondup Rinpoche. The final appendix, and thus the closing section of the book, is an expression of the author's enduring esteem for and gratitude to the Christian faith of his childhood and youth, which takes the form of a reproduction of the emotively beautiful...

Italian Laced-Case Paper Bindings

ABSTRACT The history of Italian laced-case bindings with covers of cartonnage can be traced back to the early sixteenth century, but the so-called legatura alla rustica achieved its definitive form in the seventeenth century, from which time they became one of the most common types of retail binding in the Italian booktrade. This article looks at the development in Italy of this type of binding and the different features that can be found on them from the first decade of the sixteenth century to the end of the eighteenth, and examines the ways in which a very cheaply-made binding was cleverly designed to exploit the unique characteristics of textblocks made from hand-printed sheets of handmade paper and the extraordinary qualities of Italian cartonnage to allow very light-weight and rapidly executed bindings to be remarkably durable. The economy of their manufacture is evidenced through the way paper was used to make the endleaves and the production of the cartonnage covers in format-related sizes to reduce waste. The article ends with four appendices which contain detailed descriptions of 16 representative examples, a fifth appendix which lists different ways in which binders sought to reinforce the structures of these bindings and a final appendix listing the sizes of 25 covers made from whole sheets of cartonnage.

Explicating Logical Independence

Accounts of (complete) logical independence which coincide when applied in the case of classical logic diverge elsewhere, raising the question of what a satisfactory all-purpose account of logical independence might look like. ‘All-purpose’ here means: working satisfactorily as applied across different logics, taken as consequence relations. Principal candidate characterizations of independence relative to a consequence relation are (i) that there the consequence relation concerned is determined by (= sound and complete w.r.t.) only by classes of (bivalent) valuations providing for all possible truth-value combinations for the formulas whose independence is at issue, and (ii) that the consequence relation ‘says’ nothing special about how those formulas are related that it does not say about arbitrary formulas. (The latter approach, we associate with de Jongh, though it is closely related to Marczewski’s notion of general algebraic independence, as well as to the absence of non-trivial logical relations as conceived by Lemmon.) Each of these proposals returns counterintuitive verdicts in certain cases—the truth-value inspired approach classifying certain cases one would like to describe as involving failures of independence as being cases of independence, and the de Jongh approach counting some intuitively independent pairs of formulas as not being independent after all. In final section, a modification of the latter approach is tentatively sketched to correct for these misclassifications. The attention is on conceptual clarification throughout, rather than the provision of technical results. Proofs, as well as further elaborations, are lodged in the ‘longer notes’ in a final Appendix.

How to Determine Initial Starting Time Step with an Initial Hubble Parameter H = 0 after Formation of Causal Structure Leading to Investigation of the Penrose Weyl Tensor Conjecture

We start where we use an inflaton value due to use of a scale factor . Also we use as the variation of the time component of the metric tensor in Pre-Planckian Space-time. In doing so, what we lead up to using the Huang Superfluid universe model, which is by the modified superfluid cosmology model leading to examining within the Pre Planckian regime, Curvature, small but non zero, and energy density . The Potential energy is given by what it would be if leading to a relationship of , where we will isolate conditions for the initial time and compare them against a root finder procedure given in another paper written by the author. Then, afterwards, assuming a modified Hubble parameter, with an initial Hubble parameter after the Causal surface with, right after a quantum bounce, determined by , is then . And is an initial degree of freedom value of about 110. Then, the graviton production rate is a function of time leading to a temperature T dependence, with M here is a chosen Mass scale, M of about 30 TeV, with d greater than or equal to zero, representing the Kaluza Klein dimensions assumed with the number of gravitons produced after the onset of Causal structure given by . This by Infinite quantum statistics is proportional to entropy. We close with a caveat as far as the implications of all this to the Penrose Conjecture about the vanishing of the Weyl tensor, in the neighborhood of a cosmological initial singularity. And what we think should be put in place instead of the Penrose Weyl tensor hypothesis near a “cosmological” singularity. And we close with a comment about the Weyl curvature tensor, in Pre Planckian to Planckian physics, and also a final appendix on the Mach’s principle as written by Sciama, in defining the initial space-time non-singular “bubble”.

How a Laser Physics Induced Kerr-Newman Black Hole Can Release Gravitational Waves without Igniting the Black Hole Bomb (Explosion of a Mini Black Hole in a Laboratory)

Note, that micro black holes last within micro seconds, and that we wish to ascertain how to build, in a laboratory, a black hole, which may exist say at least up to 10^−1 seconds and provide a test bed as to early universe gravitational theories. First of all, it would be to determine, if the mini black hole bomb, would spontaneously occur, unless the Kerr-Newmann black hole were carefully engineered in the laboratory. Specifically, we state that this paper is modeling the creation of an actual Kerr Newman black hole via laser physics, or possibly by other means. We initiate a model of an induced Kerr-Newman black Holes, with specific angular momentum J, and then from there model was to what would happen as to an effective charge, Q, creating an E and B field, commensurate with the release of GWs. The idea is that using a frame of reference trick, plus E + i B = −function of the derivative of a complex valued scalar field, as given by Appell, in 1887, and reviewed by Whittaker and Watson, 1927 of their “A Course of Modern Analysis” tome that a first principle identification of a B field, commensurate with increase of thermal temperature, T, so as to have artificially induced GW production. This is compared in part with the Park 1955 paper of a spinning rod, producing GW, with the proviso that both the spinning rod paper, and this artificial Kerr-Newman Black hole will employ the idea of lasers in implementation of their respective GW radiation. The idea is in part partly similar to an idea the author discussed with Dr. Robert Baker, in 2016 with the difference that a B field would be generated and linked to effects linked with induced spin to the Kerr-Newman Black hole. We close with some observations about the “black holes have no hair” theorem, and our problem. Citing some recent suppositions that this “theorem” may not be completely true and how that may relate to our experimental situation. We close with observations from Haijicek, 2008 as which may be pertinent to Quantization of Gravity. Furthermore as an answer to questions raised by a referee, we will have a final statement as to how this problem is for a real black hole being induced, and answering his questions in his review, which will be included in a final appendix to this paper. The main issue which is now to avoid the black hole bomb effect which would entail an explosion of a small black hole in a laboratory. Furthermore as an answer to questions raised by a referee, we will have a final statement as to how this problem is for a real black hole being induced, and answering his questions in his review, which will be included in a final appendix to this paper. In all, the main end result is to try to avoid the so called black hole bomb effect, where a mini black hole would explode in a laboratory setting within say 10^−16 or so seconds, i.e. the idea would be to have a reasonably stable configuration within put laser energy, but a small mass, and to do it over hopefully 10^15 or more times longer than the 10^−16 seconds where the mini black hole would quickly evaporate. I.e. a duration of say up to 10^−1 seconds which would provide a base line as to astrophysical modeling of a Kerr-Newman black hole.

Choosing the most relevant level sets for depicting a sample of densities

When exploring a sample composed with a set of bivariate density functions, the question of the visualisation of the data has to front with the choice of the relevant level set(s). The approach proposed in this paper consists in defining the optimal level set(s) as being the one(s) allowing for the best reconstitution of the whole density. A fully data-driven procedure is developed in order to estimate the link between the level set(s) and their corresponding density, to construct optimal level set(s) and to choose automatically the number of relevant level set(s). The method is based on recent advances in functional data analysis when both response and predictors are functional. After a wide description of the methodology, finite sample studies are presented (including both real and simulated data) while theoretical studies are reported to a final appendix.

Ovadiah Sforno’s last will and testament

This article presents new evidence about the life of Ovadiah Sforno, Renaissance Italy’s best-known Jewish Bible commentator. It includes a transcription and diplomatic edition of the final version of his last will and testament, along with an English translation. A short prefatory study explains aspects of Sforno’s family life that were previously unknown. A final appendix lists over 150 notarial documents from Bologna’s State Archive that concern Ovadiah Sforno and his family.

Pathologic anatomy of the soft palate, part 1: Embryology, the hard tissue platform, and evolution

The purpose of this communication is to explore in detail the developmental anatomy of the soft palate, its pathologies, and strategies for management. Despite the voluminous literature regarding complete cleft palate in its usual presentation, little attention has been paid to the biology of the isolated soft palate cleft. It exists as a spectrum, ranging in severity from the submucous variant, with nothing notable save a groove and a palpable defect of the posterior spine, all the way to a complete disruption of the soft tissue envelope and the horizontal palatine shelves. All these presentations are but variations of common pathology. Much can be gained from a disciplined examination of these. Our discussion includes two parts. The first part is on the embryologic events that generate the mesenchymal building blocks from which the posterior palate is constructed: palatine bone, oral and nasal mucosa, palatine aponeurosis, and muscle slings. Palate structures develop from neural crest and mesoderm; these tissues originate at specific sites along the axis of the embryo and they can be mapped according to the developmental units of the central nervous system (CNS) from which they are innervated. These units, called neuromeres, are specific zones within the neural tube, the boundaries of which are established by the expression pattern of homeotic genes. The forebrain (prosencephalon) has telencephalon and 3 prosomeres, the midbrain (mesencephalon) has 1-2 mesomeres, and the hindbrain (rhombencephalon) has 12 rhombomeres. Each neuromere has a specific neuroanatomic content and is hardwired to specific tissues outside the brain. We next consider a model of the palate which is analogous to a pinball machine that consists of a platform (bone) and mobile “flippers” or lever arms (the velum). In this study, the osseous platform is discussed in detail with neural crest bones being coded by the sensory innervation of their surrounding soft-tissue envelope. Maxilla, palatine bone, and vomers are all derivatives of hindbrain neural crest arising from rhombomere 2 but distributed according to various neurovascular pedicles of the V2 stapedial system, the anatomy of which will be explained in detail. Next, the evolution of palate will be presented as a series of innovations favoring increased metabolic capacity. A final appendix presents a functional classification of cranial nerves which I have endeavored to make straightforward. This will prove useful when reading the second part of this manuscript having to do with the neuromuscular apparatus of the soft palate.

Dothead: Poems

portray the flood of the Scamander against Achilles is composed of an enormous glacial seiche scouring an Alaskan fjord. The images are not merely interesting for their anachronism. On the morning when Patroclus leads his fateful last assault against the Trojans, Logue describes the dawn with an image worthy of Homer and just as timeless: “First sunlight off the sea like thousands of white birds.” The present edition brings together several of Logue’s independently published collections on The Iliad and includes a final appendix of incomplete work intended for a sixth volume, “Big Men Falling a Long Way.” Poet Christopher Reid collected and edited these fragments, and he introduces them with a thoughtful essay on his process and intention. A cautious editor, Reid is careful to impose none of himself on Logue’s work. The resulting appendix, then, is slim compared to the other sections and obviously incomplete, but Reid, exhibiting the most essential fidelity, urges that even a glimpse into Logue’s completed work is better than nothing. Differing versions and working drafts of passages are the real treasure—the reader is able to see Logue’s mind at work, what the poet tried out, reworked, amended , or discarded. The version we have, with interpretive commentary between most of the fragments to explain its likely state of completion or revision, and where it fits within Logue’s decades-long process with the manuscript, reads with the same pleasure as the previously published volumes. Only a few places in the section lack context , but these shock the reader with the reminder of a life’s work interrupted. Greg Brown Mercyhurst University Amit Majmudar. Dothead: Poems. New York. Knopf. 2016. 104 pages. Poet Amit Majmudar’s one-hundred-page book is frequently eloquent, captivating, and powerful; however, it is also partisan, puerile, and facile. One of the best poems, “Interrogation,” serves as an example of what Majmudar does best. Written in rhyming couplets, the poem narrates a torture session, providing just enough detail to make the reader wince. The poem is bearable because of oblique imagery and the restraint of the form, creating a kind of “braced pain”: “I saw a sun that weighed a kiloton / and the power cord by which it swung.” Another stunning poem is “Steep Ascension,” an elegy for a much-admired writer and intellectual who is dying after eight years of illness. Again, Majmudar uses form (rhyming triplets) to modulate the pathos of the situation: “I saw how age can leave the skull a hill / and the breath a white wind whistling in a hole. / He awoke when a gurney squealed down the hall / . . . and though I told myself that death begins / the work of stocking all the shelves again, / I knew this rare edition would be gone.” This is not to say that the poems are all written in accentual-syllabic, rhymed lines; we encounter prose, free-verse poems, and even a shaped poem. I do mean, however, that the best poems utilize Majmudar’s considerable technical capability in dealing with emotionally charged subjects. In “Ode to a Drone,” we find a dazzling allusion to Gerard Manley Hopkins: “Hellraiser , razor-feathered / riser, windhover over / Peshawar.” Here, however, we also have the irritating juxtaposition of Hopkins’s religious ecstasy and the dispassion of a “joystickblithe [gamer]” assassinating unsuspecting victims. Majmudar associates Christianity with violence in other poems as well, particularly in “Lineage,” where he uses the biblical language of lineage (“And Flintlock begat Springfield”) for much of the poem to describe gun proliferation and violence in America. At one point, in describing how to prepare a bullet to fragment upon impact, he writes, “Just take a switchblade to your Ameen Rihani The Book of Khalid Syracuse University Press Considered by many to be the first Arab American novel, The Book of Khalid details the journey, both physical and spiritual, of two young Lebanese men who immigrate to the United States around the turn of the century. When they later return to the Middle East, the ideas that define their two homes come together in one of them to form something unexpected. This edition is augmented by critical essays on the work from noted scholars. Aleksandre...

Orchestral "pops" music: a handbook

In Orchestral Pops Music: A Handbook, Lucy Manning provides a comprehensive and informative repertoire list for orchestral pops concerts. Like David Daniels' Orchestral Music: A Handbook, this volume, for which Daniels bestows a foreword, alleviates the time-consuming work related to programming a successful pops concert. Lucy Manning has collected over 2000 entries, representing the work of more than 650 composers. Each entry, presented alphabetically by composer, supplies detailed information about the work, including composer name and birth/death dates; the duration, instrumentation, and vocal needs for the piece; the publisher; and thematic suggestions. Other information, such as which songs are included in a medley and the person to whom a piece is dedicated, are noted when available. Four appendixes follow the main text, allowing for easy cross-referencing and accessibility. The appendixes organize the material by title, instrumentation, duration, and themes like Americana, Black History Month, Films, Holidays, Seasons, and TV. A final appendix provides the contact information for publishers and other sources. Perfect for conductors of all types of orchestras, this valuable resource is ideal for orchestral librarians, music directors, educators, and programmers searching for particular repertoire, programming ideas for pops concerts, or publishers for ordering music.

Estudios palinológicos del Grupo Baqueró (Cretácico Inferior), provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina. X. Polen de Gymnospermae y Apéndice Final

Palynological studies from the Baqueró Group (Lower Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. X. Pollen of Gymnospermae and final Appendix. In the present paper, the palynological study of Gymnosperm pollen from the Anfiteatro de Ticó Formation is completed. The material was collected in Anfiteatro de Ticó and Estancia Bajo Tigre localities from the Santa Cruz Province. The Anfiteatro de Ticó Formation, the basal unit of the Baqueró Group, has an Aptian age. The study includes 9 genera and 11 species. One new genus ( Ticoites ), and three new species ( Araucariacites spinosus , Ephedripites acutus and Ticoites gamerroi ) are described. Also, Dilwynites granulatus Harris is cited for the first time in the Lower Cretaceous of Argentina. This paper, the final contribution of the series, indicates the presence of a wide variety of gymnosperms, a group that nowadays is almost extinct in Patagonia due to large recurrent climatic changes that have occurred since the Aptian.