Assuming that around the tachyon vacuum the kinetic term of cubic open string field theory is made purely of ghost operators we are led to gauge invariant actions which manifestly implement the absence of open string dynamics around this vacuum. We test this proposal by showing the existence of lump solutions of arbitrary codimension in this string field theory. The key ingredients in this anal...

Interfacial dynamics of membrane-enclosed fluid volumes in viscous flows is complicated due to the coupling of the fluid dynamics with the membrane properties. Based on computational investigation via our interfacial spectral boundary element algorithm, our study shows that a (strain-hardening) Skalak-type capsule in a planar extensional Stokes flow develops steady-state shapes whose edges from...

Population–environment debates in Australia are at an impasse. While the ability of this continent to sustain more migrants has attracted persistent scrutiny, nuanced explorations of diverse migrant cultures and their engagements with Australian landscapes have scarcely begun. Yet as we face the challenges of a climate changing world we would undoubtedly benefit from the most varied knowledges ...

infinite regress is among the most important philosophical issues which is imaginable in three forms: ascending, descending, and a combination of the two. philosophers have considered the invalidity of infinite regress as based on two conditions: successive order of regression individuals to each other and the potential conjunction of all individuals in existence. mīrdāmād believes that the con...

The military offensive unleashed on 4 November, 2020 by the central government in Addis Ababa against regional state of Tigray is culmination escalating tensions between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, power since 2018, and People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Ethiopian federal troops, supported forces Amhara Eritrean army, quickly occupied main towns late November 2020, but Tigrayan retained control l...

Abstract Politics in Malaysia revolves around the tensions between three major ethnic groups: Malays, Chinese and Indians. After 1969 riots, country adopted an affirmative action programme widely regarded as racist towards non‐Malays. The rise of political Islam recent times has added a religious layer to institutional racism. This article looks at contemporary racism Malaysian community argues...

M olar volumes and surface tensions o f m olten L aC l3-KCl m ixtures were m easured by dilatom etry and the m axim um bubble pressure m ethod, respectively. The m olar volum e isotherm s were found to deviate positively from additiv ity over the whole com position range, with the m axim um deviation at ca. 30 mol% L aC l3. At the same concentration the isotherm s o f surface tension at tem per...