The hierarchical quorum consensus (HQC) algorithm, which is a generalization of the standard quorum consensus algorithm for managing replicated data, can reduce the quorum size to NO.‘j”. This paper analyzes the message complexity of HQC. Moreover, an asymptotic analysis on the ratio of the message complexity to the quorum size is presented. It is shown that the ratio converges to a constant.

We investigate what it takes for the axion to address strong $CP$ problem in presence of explicit Peccei-Quinn symmetry breaking effects besides interaction. In cases where Peccei-Quinn-Higgsing scalar field directly couples Standard Model sector, is pointed out that existing fifth force experiments can set better constraints on quality over neutron electric dipole moment.

P-21 activated kinase (Pak) regulates NADPH oxidase activation in human neutrophils Pak regulates phagocyte NADPH oxidase Kendra D. Martyn, Moon-Ju Kim, Mark T. Quinn, Mary C. Dinauer and Ulla G. Knaus These authors contributed equally to this work Dr. Martyn and Dr. Kim performed research Dr. Quinn and Dr. Dinauer contributions are essential reagents and manuscript revision Dr. Knaus designed ...

Where do we go from here? While risk equalisation has been given legal backing by the Irish High Court and the European Court of First Instance, the Supreme Court judgment is still awaited, and it remains to be seen whether the Court of First Instance judgment will be appealed to the European Court of Justice. Further legal challenges are also pending in the Irish courts, and Sean Quinn, Chairm...

Klahr Slater and Quinn Piaget chapter FINAL.docx 2 The Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980) remains unchallenged as the most influential developmental psychologist in history. Indeed, as one prominent researcher put it over 25 years ago, " Before Piaget began his work, no recognizable field of cognitive development existed " (Siegler, 1986 ,pp 21-22). The vast sweep of Piaget's theories, ...

A simple extension of the minimal supersymmetric standard model which naturally and simultaneously solves the strong CP and μ problems via a PecceiQuinn and a continuous R symmetry is considered. This model is supplemented with hybrid inflation and leptogenesis, but without taking the specific details of these scenarios. It is shown that the Peccei-Quinn field can successfully act as a curvaton...

The generalized Higgs mass term NH1H2 of the supersymmetric standard model is used to implement the Peccei-Quinn Symmetry to solve the strongCP problem. Then supersymmetry breaking can generate the Higgs mass parameter μ of order m3/2 through soft-breaking parameters. This kind of extension contains extra light fields of the axion supermultiplet whose dominant coupling may come from the supersy...

We consider nonlinear transport equations with non-local velocity, describing the time-evolution of a measure, which in practice may represent the density of a crowd. Such equations often appear by taking the mean-field limit of finite-dimensional systems modelling collective dynamics. We first give a sense to dissipativity of these mean-field equations in terms of Lie derivatives of a Lyapunov...