Indexed bibliography of the bay scallop (Argopecten irradians)

Abstract

(1) better understand the living marine resources (including marine mammals) of the Northwest Atlantic, and the environmental quality essential for their existence and continued productivity; and (2) describe and provide to management, industry, and the public, options for the utilization and conservation of living marine resources and maintenance of environmental quality which are consistent with national and regional goals and needs, and with international commitments. The timely need for such information by decision makers often precludes publication in formal journals. The NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/NEC series provides a relatively quick and highly visible outlet for documents prepared by NEFC authors, or similar material prepared by others for NEFC purposes, where formal review and editorial processing are not appropriate or feasible. However, documents within this series reflect sound professional work and can be referenced in formal journals. Any use of trade names within this series does not imply endorsement.

Comparing different protocols of temperature selection in the parallel tempering method

“…We consider a comparative study among five different schemes for selecting the temperatures to be used: arithmetic and geometric distribution of temperatures, arithmetic distribution in inverse temperature [11], ad − hoc distribution of temperatures and the CEM. In the ad hoc ensemble, temperatures are chosen in such a way that exchanges between adjacent replicas are about 30% [9,10]. In order to select the temperatures according to the CEM, we use the transfer matrix method [12], in which the entropy is obtained directly from Monte Carlo simulations, hence avoiding numerical integrations of thermodynamic quantities, such as the specific heat and energy.…”