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We use the correspondence between scalar field theory on AdS and induced conformal field theory on its boundary to calculate correlation functions of logarithmic conformal field theory in arbitrary dimensions. Our calculations utilize the newly proposed method of nilpotent weights. We derive expressions for the four point function assuming a generic interaction term. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved  

The existence of the important similarities between gelation and glass transition makes it hard to distinguish between the two types of nonergodic states experimentally. Here, we report on a stochastic analysis of the scattered light intensity through a colloidal particles suspension during the gel and glass formation. In this analysis, we exploit the methods developed for complex hierarchical systems, such as turbulence. Using the multiplicative log-normal cascade models, we provide a criterion to distinguish gels from glasses  

We provide a simple interpretation of non-Gaussian nature of the light scattering-intensity fluctuations from an aging colloidal suspension of Laponite using the multiplicative cascade model, Markovian method, and volatility correlations. The cascade model and Markovian method enable us to reproduce most of recent empirical findings: long-range volatility correlations and non-Gaussian statistics of intensity fluctuations. We provide evidence that the intensity increments Δx (τ) =I (t+τ) -I (t), upon different delay time scales τ, can be described as a Markovian process evolving in τ. Thus, the τ dependence of the probability density function p (Δx,τ) on the delay time scale τ can be... 

In this paper, a general analysis of one-dimensional steady-state thermal stresses in a hollow thick cylinder made of functionally graded material is developed. The temperature distribution is assumed to be a function of radius, with general thermal and mechanical boundary conditions along the inside and outside surfaces. The material properties, except Poisson's ratio, are assumed to depend on variable the r and they are expressed as power functions of r. The direct method is used to solve the heat conduction and Navier equations. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved  

In this paper, the general theoretical analysis of two-dimensional steady-state thermal stresses for a hollow thick cylinder made of functionally graded material is developed. The temperature distribution is assumed to be a function of radial and circumferential directions with general thermal and mechanical boundary conditions on the inside and outside surfaces. The material properties, except Poisson's ratio, are assumed to depend on the variable r and they are expressed as power functions of r. The separation of variables and complex Fourier series are used to solve the heat conduction and Navier equations  

Excitation signal has essential role in speech synthesis filters to produce natural speech. In this study, a new method is proposed for modeling the glottal pulse shape of a speaker. A search is done on the glottal pulse shape space using simulated annealing method. The PESQ measure and Cepstral distance between the original signal and the synthesized signal are used as the cost function. An LPC filter with 10 coefficients is used as the synthesis filter. The PESQ value between the original and synthesized speech using traditional impulse is 2.402. Here, the glottal pulse for a certain speaker is modeled in three different experiments. In the first experiment, the negative PESQ measure is... 

The application of the multi-component Fe-based filler metals (FMs) for transient liquid phase (TLP) bonding of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel has been overshadowed by dissimilar interlayers merely due to their shorter isothermal solidification time. However, the latter usually suffers from low efficiency in terms of mechanical properties even after homogenization of heat treatment. This study shows that by imposing a temperature gradient across the bond line during the TLP bonding process (TG-TLP), it is possible to reduce the isothermal solidification time significantly. This renews the interest in utilizing multi-component Fe-based FMs. In this regard, the TG-TLP bonding process was... 

To predict the amount of different phases in gray cast iron by a finite difference model (FDM) on the basis of cooling rate (R), the volume fractions of total γphase, graphite, and cementite were calculated. The results of phase composition were evaluated to find a proper correlation with cooling rate. More trials were carried out to find a good correlation between the hardness and phase composition. New proposed formulas show that the hardness of gray cast iron decreases as the amount of graphite phase increases, and increases as the amount of cementite increases. These formulas are developed to correlate the phase volume fraction to hardness. The results are compared with experimental data... 

Switching time limitations of the ac bias current of Josephson junctions in bidirectional rapid single flux quantum (RSFQ) logic circuits are investigated in order to determine the limits to the maximum possible operating frequency. We introduce a new approach based on modifying the bias current parameters and determining the inductance values in the circuit for reducing the switching transition time of the bias current through the junctions. We have simulated and optimized the timing and the operation of the bidirectional nondestructive readout and Josephson transmission line cells in this respect to demonstrate the results of utilizing the proposed approach. We successfully reduced the... 

The tiny graviton Matrix theory [1] is proposed to describe DLCQ of type IIB string theory on the maximally supersymmetric plane-wave or AdS5 × S5 background. In this paper we provide further evidence in support of the tiny graviton conjecture by focusing on the zero energy, half BPS configurations of this matrix theory and classify all of them. These vacua are generically of the form of various three sphere giant gravitons. We clarify the connection between our solutions and the half BPS configuration in script N sign = 4 SYM theory and their gravity duals. Moreover, using our half BPS solutions, we show how the tiny graviton Matrix theory and the mass deformed D = 3,script N sign = 8... 

The key element of a spoken dialogue system is a spoken language understanding (SLU) unit. Hidden Vector State (HVS) is one of the most popular statistical approaches employed to implement the SLU unit. This paper presents a two-step approach for Persian language understanding. First, a goal detector is used to identify the main goal of the input utterance. Second, after restricting the search space for semantic tagging, an extended hidden vector state (EHVS) parser is used to extract the remaining semantics in each subspace. This will mainly improve the performance of semantic tagger, while reducing the model complexity and training time. Moreover, the need for large amount of data will be...