On resource sharing platforms, the execution of the jobs submitted by users is usually controlled by a centralized global scheduler. It determines efficient schedules regarding some common objective function that all organizations agree with (for instance, maximizing the utilization of the entire platform). However, in practice each organization is mostly interested in the performance obtained ...

We use the quasiparticle random-phase approximation with a few Skyrme density functionals to calculate strength functions in the J π = 0+, 1−, and 2+ channels for even Ca, Ni, and Sn isotopes from the proton drip line to the neutron drip line. We show where and how low-lying strength begins to appear as N increases. We also exhibit partial energy-weighted sums of the transition strength as func...

Heavy nuclei exhibit a crossover from vibrational to rotational collectivity as the number of neutrons or protons increases from shell closure towards midshell, but the microscopic description of this crossover has been a major challenge. We apply the shell model Monte Carlo approach to families of even-even samarium and neodymium isotopes and identify a microscopic signature of the crossover f...

The goal of the RHIC and the future LHC programs is to identify and study the matter with partonic degrees of freedom and determine the phase structure of the QCD phase diagram [1, 2]. In high-energy nuclear collisions, due to large initial density and frequent re-scatterings, collective motion develop [3]. Depends on both the duration and the strength of the frequent scatterings, local thermal...

-Executive Summary Historical and sociological explanations of attitudinal and evaluative dispositions woul d lead us to be exceedingly skeptical of the notion that Ukraine constitutes any kind of politica l community . (Political community we operationalize as the existence of a range of politica l dispositions and evaluations entertained by a collectivity and separating that collectivity atti...

In English and many other languages, noun phrases are subcategorized for number: they are either singular or plural. Though strictly speaking a morpho-syntactic phenomenon, this subcategorization has important semantic correlates. Whereas singular noun phrases typically refer to atomic individuals or to quantifiers over such individuals, plural noun phrases typically involve reference to (or qu...