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The impact of load comparison errors on the power-of-d load balancing (2024)
Journal Article
Bhambay, S., Mukhopadhyay, A., & Vasantam, T. (2024). The impact of load comparison errors on the power-of-d load balancing. Performance Evaluation, 164, Article 102408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peva.2024.102408

We consider a system with 𝑛 unit-rate servers where jobs arrive according a Poisson process with rate 𝑛𝜆 (𝜆 < 1). In the standard Power-of-𝑑 or Pod scheme with 𝑑 ≥ 2, for each incoming job, a dispatcher samples 𝑑 servers uniformly at random and sends... Read More about The impact of load comparison errors on the power-of-d load balancing.

Oscillons in gapless theories (2024)
Journal Article
Dorey, P., Romańczukiewicz, T., Shnir, Y., & Wereszczyński, A. (2024). Oscillons in gapless theories. Physical Review D, 109(8), Article 085017. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.109.085017

We show that large scale oscillons, i.e., quasiperiodic, long-living particlelike solutions, may exist in massless theories, too. Their existence is explained using an effective (smeared) mass threshold which takes into account nonlinear (finite) pe... Read More about Oscillons in gapless theories.

Imposters among us: globular cluster kinematics and the halo mass of ultra-diffuse galaxies in clusters (2024)
Journal Article
Doppel, J. E., Sales, L. V., Benavides, J. A., Toloba, E., Peng, E. W., Nelson, D., & Navarro, J. F. (2024). Imposters among us: globular cluster kinematics and the halo mass of ultra-diffuse galaxies in clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 529(2), 1827-1838. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae647

The velocity dispersion of globular clusters (GCs) around ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in the Virgo cluster spans a wide range, including cases where GC kinematics suggest haloes as massive as (or even more massive than) that of the Milky Way around... Read More about Imposters among us: globular cluster kinematics and the halo mass of ultra-diffuse galaxies in clusters.

Collisions of electrons with interstellar grains (2024)
Journal Article
Flower, D. R. (2024). Collisions of electrons with interstellar grains. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 529(4), 3284-3288. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae678

We have computed cross-sections for elastic and inelastic scattering of electrons on small grains at low-collision energies. Significant differences are again found between the results obtained in the presence and the absence of a ‘permanent’ grain d... Read More about Collisions of electrons with interstellar grains.

PATTERNS OF SOCIAL CARE USE WITHIN THE OLDER POPULATION: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM ROUTINELY COLLECTED DATA? (2023)
Journal Article
Brotherhood, K., Hanratty, B., Spiers, G., Caiado, C., & Newton, J. (2023). PATTERNS OF SOCIAL CARE USE WITHIN THE OLDER POPULATION: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM ROUTINELY COLLECTED DATA?. Innovation in Aging, 7(Supplement_1), 707-707. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.2294

Research with routinely collected social care data has untapped potential to inform new care delivery approaches and techniques. To identify opportunities for service improvement and enhance our understanding of care pathways experienced by the older... Read More about PATTERNS OF SOCIAL CARE USE WITHIN THE OLDER POPULATION: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM ROUTINELY COLLECTED DATA?.