Since the IAU XXIV meeting in 2000, the CMB anisotropy has matured from being one of a number of cosmological probes to forming the bedrock foundation for what is now the standard model of cosmology. The large advances over the past three years have come from making better and better maps of the cosmos. We review the state of measurements of the anisotropy and outline some of what we have learn...

The case is strong that cosmic microwave background (CMB) and large scale structure (LSS) observations can be combined to determine the theory of structure formation and the cosmological parameters that define it. We review: the relevant 10+ parameters associated with the inflation model of fluctuation generation and the matter content of the Universe; the relation between LSS and primary and s...

The production of chlamydospores is a diagnostic tool used to identify Candida albicans; these structures also represent a model for morphogenetic research. The time required to produce them with standard methods is 48-72 hours in rice meal agar and tensoactive agents. This time can be shorted using liquid media such as cornmeal broth (CMB) and dairy supplements. Five media were tested: CMB plu...

CMB and lensing reconstruction power spectra are powerful probes of cosmology. However they are correlated, since the CMB power spectra are lensed and the lensing reconstruction is constructed using CMB multipoles. We perform a full analysis of the autoand cross-covariances, including polarization power spectra and minimum variance lensing estimators, and compare with simulations of idealized f...

In this paper we compare data to theory. We use a compilation of the most recent cosmic microwave background (CMB) measurements to constrain Hubble’s constant h, the baryon fraction Ωb, and the cosmological constant λo. We fit h-, Ωband λo-dependent power spectra to the data. The models we consider are flat cold dark matter (CDM) dominated universes with flat (ns = 1) power spectra, thus the re...

different approaches of source apportionment of dust fractions have been reported world-over. predicting source categories within receptor chemical profiles using regression and factor analysis using pca has been reported to evaluate possible source/routes of air pollution mass. the present study is focused on the application of all three approaches to investigate higher degrees of significance...

Primordial fluctuations in the relative number densities of particles, or isocurvature perturbations, are generally well constrained by cosmic microwave background (CMB) data. A less probed mode is the compensated isocurvature perturbation (CIP), a fluctuation in the relative number densities of cold dark matter and baryons. In the curvaton model, a sub-dominant field during inflation later set...

In this paper we compare data to theory. We use a compilation of the most recent cosmic microwave background (CMB) measurements to constrain Hubble’s constant h, the baryon fractionΩb, and the cosmological constant λo. We fit h-, Ωband λo-dependent power spectra to the data. Themodels we consider are flat cold dark matter (CDM) dominated universes with flat (ns = 1) power spectra, thus the resu...

We develop optimised estimators of two sorts of power spectra for fields defined on the sky, in the presence of partial sky coverage. The first is the cross-power spectrum of two fields on the sky; the second is the skew spectrum of three fields. The cross-power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) sky with tracers of large-scale-structure is useful as it provides valuable informat...