Celestial pole offsets are the displacements between the observed position of the Earth’s spin axis in space and its position predicted by the adopted models of precession and nutation. At present, the models are IAU2006 and IAU 2000, respectively. The celestial pole offsets are regularly measured by Very Long-Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), the observations being coordinated and published by the International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry (IVS). These offsets contain a mixture of several effects: the unpredictable free term, Free Core Nutation (FCN) that is due to the presence of the outer fluid core of the Earth, forced motions excited by the motions in the atmosphere and oceans, and also imperfections of the adopted precession-nutation models. The geophysical excitations are also available, as determined by several atmospheric and oceanographic services. The aim of this paper is to compare the time series of these integrated excitations with the observed celestial pole offsets and estimate the level of coherence between them., Cyril Ron and Jan Vondrák., and Obsahuje bibliografii
Subject matter of investigations being carried out at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen and described in this chapter is the objective evaluation of possible coherence of EEG signals and signals of handwriting generated by special developed BiSP pen. The influence of nicotine, alcohol and light drugs on the vigility and activity of human operators was investigated and evaluated; the results of the experiments being realized during the last five months are summarized in the last paragraph.
In this paper we compute topological invariants for some configuration spaces of complex projective spaces. We shall describe Sullivan models for these configuration spaces.
Hom-Lie algebra (superalgebra) structure appeared naturally in $q$-deformations, based on $\sigma $-derivations of Witt and Virasoro algebras (superalgebras). They are a twisted version of Lie algebras (superalgebras), obtained by deforming the Jacobi identity by a homomorphism. In this paper, we discuss the concept of $\alpha ^k$-derivation, a representation theory, and provide a cohomology complex of Hom-Lie superalgebras. Moreover, we study central extensions. As application, we compute derivations and the second cohomology group of a twisted ${\rm osp}(1,2)$ superalgebra and $q$-deformed Witt superalgebra.
The aim of this note, which raises more questions than it answers, is to study natural operations acting on the cohomology of various types of algebras. It contains a lot of very surprising partial results and examples.
Under seasonal conditions, Polydesmus angustus individuals born in the first part of the breeding season have a 1-year life cycle and those born later have a 2-year life cycle (cohort-splitting). In this study, 249 juveniles from four early broods (born in mid-July) and four late broods (born in September) were reared under similar laboratory conditions, to test for possible maternal influences on life-cycle duration. Development times of early- and late-born individuals were compared under four combinations of day length and temperature (16 h - 18°C, 16 h - 16°C, 12 h - 18°C and 12 h - 16°C). The results showed that development time varied significantly in response to day length, temperature and sex, but that of individuals in the early and late broods did not differ significantly (mean development times ± SE: 180 ± 6 and 183 ± 8 days, respectively). There were no significant interactions between birth period and other factors, indicating that the effects of day length, temperature and sex on development time were similar in early- and late-born individuals. This indicates that the extended life cycle of millipedes born late in the season is not maternally determined and that cohort-splitting is controlled entirely by the environmental conditions experienced by the offspring during their development. This conclusion is supported by the absence of significant variation in offspring live weight at birth measured at different times in the breeding season. The results are discussed in relation to the bet-hedging theory, which is often put forward to account for cohort-splitting in arthropods. In P. angustus, the results are consistent with either bet-hedging or adaptive plasticity, but further studies are required to decide which interpretation is correct. and Jean-François David, Jean-Jacques Geoffroy.
In this paper we first prove some coincidence and fixed point theorems for nonlinear hybrid generalized contractions on metric spaces. Secondly, using the concept of an asymptotically regular sequence, we give some fixed point theorems for Kannan type multi-valued mappings on metric spaces. Our main results improve and extend several known results proved by other authors.
The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic has been observing the 20th anniversary of its origin. This month we feature an interview with the first president of the ASCR. Professor Rudolf Zahradnik, who merited attained international acclaim by restoring the strength and integrity of this scientific institution. Professor Zahradnik also provided the cntical impetus to not only democratize the Czech Academy but to reintegrate it within the global scientific community.