Minimalist Mie coefficient model

MINIMALIST TRAINING MODEL META-ANALYSIS Meta-Analysis of the Minimalist Training Model

This article reviews research on the Minimalist instructional design model, a learnercentred approach to the design of instructional materials such as computer program manuals or on-line help. Studies in this paradigm have typically compared minimalist materials against traditional “system-centred” materials. Additionally, some studies have investigated the effects of specific minimalist design...

Mie theory model of the corona.

We performed a calculation of the corona colors that employed Mie theory to obtain the scattered light intensity. The scattered intensity was integrated over the visible spectrum for a number of different cloud droplet size distriubtions. The results were converted to chromaticity coordinates, convolved with the angular size of the sun, and plotted on the 1931 CIE chromaticity diagram. The resu...

Forecasting characteristic earthquakes in a minimalist model

Using error diagrams, we quantify the forecasting of characteristic-earthquake occurrence in a recently introduced minimalist model. Initially we connect the earthquake alarm at a fixed time after the ocurrence of a characteristic event. The evaluation of this strategy leads to a onedimensional numerical exploration of the loss function. This first strategy is then refined by considering a clas...

Minimalist molecular model for nanopore selectivity.

Using a simple model it is shown that the cost of constraining a hydrated potassium ion inside a narrow nanopore is smaller than the cost of constraining the smaller hydrated sodium ion. The former allows for a greater distortion of its hydration shell and can therefore maintain a better coordination. We propose that in this way the larger ion can go through narrow pores more easily. This is re...

Regional Temperature Predictions from a Minimalist Model