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Superconductivity In Compression-Shear Deformed Diamond, Chang Liu, Xianqi Song, Quan Li, Yanming Ma, Changfeng Chen
Superconductivity In Compression-Shear Deformed Diamond, Chang Liu, Xianqi Song, Quan Li, Yanming Ma, Changfeng Chen
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research
Diamond is a prototypical ultrawide band gap semiconductor, but turns into a superconductor with a critical temperature Tc≈4 K near 3% boron doping [E. A. Ekimov et al., Nature (London) 428, 542 (2004)]. Here we unveil a surprising new route to superconductivity in undoped diamond by compression-shear deformation that induces increasing metallization and lattice softening with rising strain, producing phonon mediated Tc up to 2.4–12.4 K for a wide range of Coulomb pseudopotential μ∗=0.15–0.05. This finding raises intriguing prospects of generating robust superconductivity in strained diamond crystal, showcasing a distinct and hitherto little explored approach to driving materials into superconducting …
2021 Graduate Program Rankings For Unlv & Unr, Madison Frazee-Bench, Marie A. Falcone, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown
2021 Graduate Program Rankings For Unlv & Unr, Madison Frazee-Bench, Marie A. Falcone, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown
Higher Education
This Fact Sheet presents the 2021 U.S. News and World Report graduate program rankings for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). The rankings for 2021 are important when taking into consideration that both UNLV and UNR achieved Carnegie R1 status in 2018. This status marks their place in the top 130 research universities in the country.
The Breakup Of A Helium Cluster After Removing Attractive Interaction Among A Significant Number Of Atoms In The Cluster, Tao Pang
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research
The breakup of a quantum liquid droplet is examined through a 4He cluster by removing the attractive tail in the interaction between some of the atoms in the system with the diffusion quantum Monte Carlo simulation. The ground-state energy, kinetic energy, cluster size, and density profile of the cluster are evaluated against the percentage of the atoms without the attractive tail. The condition for the cluster to lose its ability to form a quantum liquid droplet at zero temperature is found and analyzed. The cluster is no longer able to form a quantum liquid droplet when about two-thirds of pairs …
Techno-Economic Analysis Of Electrocoagulation On Water Reclamation And Bacterial/Viral Indicator Reductions Of A High-Strength Organic Wastewater—Anaerobic Digestion Effluent, Sibel Uludag-Demirer, Nathan Olson, Rebecca Ives, Jean Pierre Nshimyimana, Cory A. Rusinek, Joan B. Rose, Wei Liao
Techno-Economic Analysis Of Electrocoagulation On Water Reclamation And Bacterial/Viral Indicator Reductions Of A High-Strength Organic Wastewater—Anaerobic Digestion Effluent, Sibel Uludag-Demirer, Nathan Olson, Rebecca Ives, Jean Pierre Nshimyimana, Cory A. Rusinek, Joan B. Rose, Wei Liao
Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Research
This study investigated the use of iron and aluminum and their combinations as electrodes to determine the technically sound and economically feasible electrochemical approach for the treatment of anaerobic digestion effluent. The results indicated that the use of iron as anode and cathode is the most suitable solution among different electrode combinations. The reduction of turbidity, total chemical oxygen demand, total phosphorus, total coliforms, Escherichia coli, Enterococci, and phages in the reclaimed water were 99%, 91%, 100%, 1.5 log, 1.7 log, 1.0 log, and 2.0 log, respectively. The economic assessment further concluded that the average treatment cost is $3 per …
Correlation Coefficients For A Study With Repeated Measures, Guogen Shan, Hua Zhang, Tao Jiang
Correlation Coefficients For A Study With Repeated Measures, Guogen Shan, Hua Zhang, Tao Jiang
Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research
Repeated measures are increasingly collected in a study to investigate the trajectory of measures over time. One of the first research questions is to determine the correlation between two measures. The following five methods for correlation calculation are compared: (1) Pearson correlation; (2) correlation of subject means; (3) partial correlation for subject effect; (4) partial correlation for visit effect; and (5) a mixed model approach. Pearson correlation coefficient is traditionally used in a cross-sectional study. Pearson correlation is close to the correlations computed from mixed-effects models that consider the correlation structure, but Pearson correlation may not be theoretically appropriate in …
High‐Pressure Carbonaceous Phases As Minerals, Oliver Tschauner
High‐Pressure Carbonaceous Phases As Minerals, Oliver Tschauner
Geoscience Faculty Research
High‐pressure carbonaceous minerals establish a link between one of the most abundant chemical elements and processes that occur at high pressures, either in the interior of the Earth or during shock‐metamorphosis in space or on Earth. Diamonds from the Earth's mantle carry inclusions of carbides, carbonates, methane, and carbon‐dioxide. These inclusions elucidate diamond formation and the carbon recycling in the mantle. This chapter focuses on these inclusion minerals themselves, the means of detection, and the reconstruction of pressure‐temperature conditions of their formation in the mantle.
Fast Radio Bursts As Strong Waves Interacting With The Ambient Medium, Yuan-Pei Yang, Bing Zhang
Fast Radio Bursts As Strong Waves Interacting With The Ambient Medium, Yuan-Pei Yang, Bing Zhang
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are mysterious radio transients whose physical origin is still unknown. Within a few astronomical units near an FRB source, the electric field of the electromagnetic wave is so large that the electron oscillation velocity becomes relativistic, which makes the classical Thomson scattering theory and the linear plasma theory invalid. We discuss FRBs as strong waves interacting with the ambient medium, in terms of both electron motion properties and plasma properties. Several novel features are identified. (1) The cross section of Thomson scattering is significantly enhanced for the scattering photons. (2) On the other hand, because of …
Critical Knowledge Gaps In The Martian Geological Record: A Rationale For Regional-Scale In Situ Exploration By Rotorcraft Mid-Air Deployment, William Rapin Sorbonne Université, A. Fraeman California Institute Of Technology, B. L. Ehlmann California Institute Of Technology, A. Mittelholz University Of British Columbia, B. Langlais, R. Lillis, V. Sautter, D. Baratoux, V. Payré, Arya Udry, B. Horgan, J. Flahaut, G. Dromart, C. Quantin-Nataf, N. Mangold, S. Maurice, J. T. Keane, J. Bapst
Critical Knowledge Gaps In The Martian Geological Record: A Rationale For Regional-Scale In Situ Exploration By Rotorcraft Mid-Air Deployment, William Rapin Sorbonne Université, A. Fraeman California Institute Of Technology, B. L. Ehlmann California Institute Of Technology, A. Mittelholz University Of British Columbia, B. Langlais, R. Lillis, V. Sautter, D. Baratoux, V. Payré, Arya Udry, B. Horgan, J. Flahaut, G. Dromart, C. Quantin-Nataf, N. Mangold, S. Maurice, J. T. Keane, J. Bapst
Geoscience Faculty Research
Mars oldest terrains hold the answers to key science questions, yet remain largely unexplored. In situ exploration by mid-air deployed rotorcrafts can uniquely answer these questions in the near future due to their unique ability to access the ancient southern highlands and perform in situ analyses at regional-scale, at breakthrough costs.
Global Trends And Gaps In Research Related To Latent Tuberculosis Infection, Liling Chaw, Lung-Chang Chien, Justin Wong, Ken Takahashi, David Koh, Ro-Ting Lin
Global Trends And Gaps In Research Related To Latent Tuberculosis Infection, Liling Chaw, Lung-Chang Chien, Justin Wong, Ken Takahashi, David Koh, Ro-Ting Lin
Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research
Background There is a global commitment to eliminating tuberculosis (TB). It is critical to detect and treat cases of latent TB infection (LTBI), the reservoir of new TB cases. Our study assesses trends in publication of LTBI-related research. Methods We used the keywords (“latent tuberculosis” OR “LTBI” OR “latent TB”) to search the Web of Science for LTBI-related articles published 1995–2018, then classified the results into three research areas: laboratory sciences, clinical research, and public health. We calculated the proportions of LTBI-related articles in each area to three areas combined, the average rates of LTBI-related to all scientific and TB-related …
Efficient Model-Data Integration For Flexible Modeling, Parameter Analysis & Visualization, And Data Management, Angela Gregory, Chao Chen, Rui Wi, Sarah Miller, Sajjad Ahmad, John W. Anderson, Hays Berrett, Karl Benedict, Dan Cadol, Sergiu M. Dascalu, Donna Delparte, Lynn Fenstermaker, Sarah Godsey, Frederick C. Harris Jr., James P. Mcnamara, Scott W. Tyler, John Savickas, Luke Sheneman, Mark Stone, Matthew A. Turner
Efficient Model-Data Integration For Flexible Modeling, Parameter Analysis & Visualization, And Data Management, Angela Gregory, Chao Chen, Rui Wi, Sarah Miller, Sajjad Ahmad, John W. Anderson, Hays Berrett, Karl Benedict, Dan Cadol, Sergiu M. Dascalu, Donna Delparte, Lynn Fenstermaker, Sarah Godsey, Frederick C. Harris Jr., James P. Mcnamara, Scott W. Tyler, John Savickas, Luke Sheneman, Mark Stone, Matthew A. Turner
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Faculty Research
Due to the complexity and heterogeneity inherent to the hydrologic cycle, the modeling of physical water processes has historically and inevitably been characterized by a broad spectrum of disciplines including data management, visualization, and statistical analyses. This is further complicated by the sub-disciplines within the water science community, where specific aspects of water processes are modeled independently with simplification and model boundary integration receiving little attention. This can hinder current and future research efforts to understand, explore, and advance water science. We developed the Virtual Watershed Platform to improve understanding of hydrologic processes and more generally streamline model-data integration and …
On The Frb Luminosity Function – – Ii. Event Rate Density, Rui Luo, Yunpeng Men, Kejia Lee, Weiyang Wang, D. R. Lorimer, Bing Zhang
On The Frb Luminosity Function – – Ii. Event Rate Density, Rui Luo, Yunpeng Men, Kejia Lee, Weiyang Wang, D. R. Lorimer, Bing Zhang
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research
The luminosity function of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), defined as the event rate per unit cosmic co-moving volume per unit luminosity, may help to reveal the possible origins of FRBs and design the optimal searching strategy. With the Bayesian modelling, we measure the FRB luminosity function using 46 known FRBs. Our Bayesian framework self-consistently models the selection effects, including the survey sensitivity, the telescope beam response, and the electron distributions from Milky Way/ the host galaxy/ local environment of FRBs. Different from the previous companion paper, we pay attention to the FRB event rate density and model the event counts …
Testing The Hypothesis Of Compact-Binary-Coalescence Origin Of Fast Radio Bursts Using A Multimessenger Approach, Min-Hao Wang, Shun-Ke Ai, Zheng-Xiang Li, Nan Xing, He Gao, Bing Zhang
Testing The Hypothesis Of Compact-Binary-Coalescence Origin Of Fast Radio Bursts Using A Multimessenger Approach, Min-Hao Wang, Shun-Ke Ai, Zheng-Xiang Li, Nan Xing, He Gao, Bing Zhang
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research
In the literature, compact binary coalescences (CBCs) have been proposed as one of the main scenarios to explain the origin of some non-repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs). The large discrepancy between the FRB and CBC event rate densities suggests that their associations, if any, should only apply at most for a small fraction of FRBs. Through a Bayesian estimation method, we show how a statistical analysis of the coincident associations of FRBs with CBC gravitational wave (GW) events may test the hypothesis of these associations. We show that during the operation period of the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (aLIGO), …
High Dielectric Ternary Oxides From Crystal Structure Prediction And High-Throughput Screening, Jingyu Qu, David Zagaceta, Weiwei Zhang, Qiang Zhu
High Dielectric Ternary Oxides From Crystal Structure Prediction And High-Throughput Screening, Jingyu Qu, David Zagaceta, Weiwei Zhang, Qiang Zhu
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research
The development of new high dielectric materials is essential for advancement in modern electronics. Oxides are generally regarded as the most promising class of high dielectric materials for industrial applications as they possess both high dielectric constants and large band gaps. Most previous researches on high dielectrics were limited to already known materials. In this study, we conducted an extensive search for high dielectrics over a set of ternary oxides by combining crystal structure prediction and density functional perturbation theory calculations. From this search, we adopted multiple stage screening to identify 441 new low-energy high dielectric materials. Among these materials, …
Thermal Analysis, Compressibility, And Decomposition Of Synthetic Bastnäsite-(La) To Lanthanum Oxyfluoride, Richard L. Rowland, Barbara Lavina, Kathleen E. Vander Kadeen, Lisa R. Danielson, Pamela C. Burnely
Thermal Analysis, Compressibility, And Decomposition Of Synthetic Bastnäsite-(La) To Lanthanum Oxyfluoride, Richard L. Rowland, Barbara Lavina, Kathleen E. Vander Kadeen, Lisa R. Danielson, Pamela C. Burnely
Geoscience Faculty Research
Understanding basic material properties of rare earth element (REE) bearing minerals such as their phase stability and equations of state can assist in understanding how economically viable deposits might form. Bastnäsite is the most commonly mined REE bearing mineral. We synthesized the lanthanum-fluoride end member, bastnäsite-(La) (LaCO3F), and investigated its thermal behavior and decomposition products from 298 K to 1173 K under ambient pressure conditions through thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, evolved gas analysis, and high temperature powder X-ray diffraction. We also investigated the compressibility of bastnäsite-(La) via single crystal X-ray diffraction in diamond anvil cells at an ambient temperature …
Fast Radio Bursts From Interacting Binary Neutron Star Systems, Bing Zhang
Fast Radio Bursts From Interacting Binary Neutron Star Systems, Bing Zhang
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research
Recent observations of repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) suggest that some FRBs reside in an environment consistent with that of binary neutron star (BNS) mergers. The bursting rate for repeaters could be very high and the emission site is likely from a magnetosphere. We discuss a hypothesis of producing abundant repeating FRBs in BNS systems. Decades to centuries before a BNS system coalesces, the magnetospheres of the two neutron stars start to interact relentlessly. Abrupt magnetic reconnection accelerates particles, which emit coherent radio waves in bunches via curvature radiation. FRBs are detected as these bright radiation beams point toward Earth. …
Teaching A University Course On The Mathematics Of Gambling, Stewart N. Ethier, Fred M. Hoppe
Teaching A University Course On The Mathematics Of Gambling, Stewart N. Ethier, Fred M. Hoppe
UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal
Courses on the mathematics of gambling have been offered by a number of colleges and universities, and for a number of reasons. In the past 15 years, at least seven potential textbooks for such a course have been published. In this article we objectively compare these books for their probability content, their gambling content, and their mathematical level, to see which ones might be most suitable, depending on student interests and abilities. This is not a book review (e.g., none of the books is recommended over others) but rather an essay offering advice about which topics to include in a …
Asteroid Belt Survival Through Stellar Evolution: Dependence On The Stellar Mass, Rebecca G. Martin, Mario Livio, Jeremy L. Smallwood, Cheng Chen
Asteroid Belt Survival Through Stellar Evolution: Dependence On The Stellar Mass, Rebecca G. Martin, Mario Livio, Jeremy L. Smallwood, Cheng Chen
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research
Polluted white dwarfs are generally accreting terrestrial-like material that may originate from a debris belt like the asteroid belt in the Solar system. ... See full text for complete abstract.
Economic Segregation, Inequality, And The New Urban Crisis In The Mountain West, Ember Smith, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown
Economic Segregation, Inequality, And The New Urban Crisis In The Mountain West, Ember Smith, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown
Housing & Real Estate
This fact sheet highlights economic segregation, inequality, and the effect of the “New Urban Crisis” in the Mountain West region (Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah) as computed and analyzed by Richard Florida in The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class- and What We Can Do About it.
Mathematical Model Of Atm Activation And Chromatin Relaxation By Ionizing Radiation, Yongfeng Li, Francis A. Cucinotta
Mathematical Model Of Atm Activation And Chromatin Relaxation By Ionizing Radiation, Yongfeng Li, Francis A. Cucinotta
Healthcare Administration and Policy Faculty Research
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2014, 2015, 2016,& 2017 National Science Foundation (Nsf) Rankings By Total R&D Expenditures, Marie A. Falcone, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown
2014, 2015, 2016,& 2017 National Science Foundation (Nsf) Rankings By Total R&D Expenditures, Marie A. Falcone, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown
Higher Education
This Fact Sheet presents NSF data for ten individual research universities in addition to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) for the years 2014-2017. The Fact Sheet compares the NSF funding received by 10 individual research universities to the combined funding received by UNLV and UNR.
The Effects Of Disc Self-Gravity And Radiative Cooling On The Formation Of Gaps And Spirals By Young Planets, Shangjia Zhang, Zhaohuan Zhu
The Effects Of Disc Self-Gravity And Radiative Cooling On The Formation Of Gaps And Spirals By Young Planets, Shangjia Zhang, Zhaohuan Zhu
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research
We have carried out 2D hydrodynamical simulations to study the effects of disc self-gravity and radiative cooling on the formation of gaps and spirals. (1) With disc self-gravity included, we find stronger, more tightly wound spirals and deeper gaps in more massive discs. The deeper gaps are due to the larger Angular Momentum Flux (AMF) of the waves excited in more massive discs, as expected from the linear theory. The position of the secondary gap does not change, provided that the disc is not extremely massive (Q ≳ 2). (2) With radiative cooling included, the excited spirals become monotonically more …
Initiation Of A Stable Convective Hydroclimatic Regime In Central America Circa 9000 Years Bp, Amos Winter, Davide Zanchettin, Matthew Lachniet, Rolf Vieten, Francesco S. R. Pausata, Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Hai Cheng, R. Lawrence Edwards, Thomas Miller, Sara Rubinetti, Angelo Rubino, Carla Taricco
Initiation Of A Stable Convective Hydroclimatic Regime In Central America Circa 9000 Years Bp, Amos Winter, Davide Zanchettin, Matthew Lachniet, Rolf Vieten, Francesco S. R. Pausata, Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Hai Cheng, R. Lawrence Edwards, Thomas Miller, Sara Rubinetti, Angelo Rubino, Carla Taricco
Geoscience Faculty Research
Many Holocene hydroclimate records show rainfall changes that vary with local orbital insolation. However, some tropical regions display rainfall evolution that differs from gradual precessional pacing, suggesting that direct rainfall forcing effects were predominantly driven by sea-surface temperature thresholds or inter-ocean temperature gradients. Here we present a 12,000 yr continuous U/Th-dated precipitation record from a Guatemalan speleothem showing that Central American rainfall increased within a 2000 yr period from a persistently dry state to an active convective regime at 9000 yr BP and has remained strong thereafter. Our data suggest that the Holocene evolution of Central American rainfall was driven …
Effects Of Opacity Temperature Dependence On Radiatively Accelerated Clouds, Sergei Dyda, Daniel Proga, Christopher S. Reynolds
Effects Of Opacity Temperature Dependence On Radiatively Accelerated Clouds, Sergei Dyda, Daniel Proga, Christopher S. Reynolds
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research
We study how different opacity–temperature scalings affect the dynamical evolution of irradiated gas clouds using time-dependent radiation-hydrodynamics simulations. When clouds are optically thick, the bright side heats up and expands, accelerating the cloud via the rocket effect. Clouds that become more optically thick as they heat accelerate ∼35 per cent faster than clouds that become optically thin. An enhancement of ∼85 per cent in the acceleration can be achieved by having a broken power-law opacity profile, which allows the evaporating gas driving the cloud to become optically thin and not attenuate the driving radiation flux. We find that up to …
Best Teaching Practices Expo 2020, Melissa Bowles-Terry
Best Teaching Practices Expo 2020, Melissa Bowles-Terry
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
UNLV Instructors will share mini-workshops on topics including in-class polling, leading discussions on difficult topics, and more. Join us for refreshments, check out the new Faculty Center space and learn from colleagues.
The Impact Of Advanced Treatment Technologies On The Engery Use In Satellite Water Reuse Plants, Jonathan R. Bailey, Sajjad Ahmad, Jacimaria Batista
The Impact Of Advanced Treatment Technologies On The Engery Use In Satellite Water Reuse Plants, Jonathan R. Bailey, Sajjad Ahmad, Jacimaria Batista
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Faculty Research
With an ever-increasing world population and the resulting increase in industrialization and agricultural practices, depletion of one of the world’s most important natural resources, water, is inevitable. Water reclamation and reuse is the key to protecting this natural resource. Water reclamation using smaller decentralized wastewater treatment plants, known as satellite water reuse plants (WRP), has become popular in the last decade. Reuse plants have stricter standards for effluent quality and require a smaller land footprint (i.e., real estate area). They also require additional treatment processes and advanced treatment technologies. This greatly increases the energy consumption of an already energy intensive …
The Future Of Work In The Mountain West, Ember Smith, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown
The Future Of Work In The Mountain West, Ember Smith, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown
Economic Development & Workforce
This Fact Sheet highlights the potential net job growth in the Mountain West states (Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado) and automation employment implications in each county in the region as detailed in The future of work in America: People and places, today and tomorrow, a report by the McKinsey Global Institute.
How Technology-Based Start-Ups Support U.S. Economic Growth, Mary Blankenship, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown
How Technology-Based Start-Ups Support U.S. Economic Growth, Mary Blankenship, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown
Economic Development & Workforce
This Fact Sheet examines the trends of technology-based start-ups within the United States and specific states in the Mountain West (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico) across the top 10 technology industries in 2016, using data provided by a report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
A Discontinuous Galerkin Method For The Stolz–Adams Approximate Deconvolution Model For Turbulent Flows, Monika Neda, Béatrice Rivière
A Discontinuous Galerkin Method For The Stolz–Adams Approximate Deconvolution Model For Turbulent Flows, Monika Neda, Béatrice Rivière
Mathematical Sciences Faculty Research
We consider the zeroth order model of the family of approximate deconvolution models of Stolz and Adams. We propose and analyze fully discrete schemes using discontinuous finite elements. Optimal error estimates are derived. The dependence of these estimates with respect to the Reynolds number Re is O(ReeRe), which is an improvement with respect to the classical continuous finite element method where the dependence is O(ReeRe3), Layton [1].
Resolving The Fu Orionis System With Alma: Interacting Twin Disks?, Sebastian Perez, Antonio Hales, Hauyu Baobab Liu, Zhaohuan Zhu, Simon Casassus, Jonathan Williams, Alice Zurlo, Nicolas Cuello, Lucas Cieza, David Principe
Resolving The Fu Orionis System With Alma: Interacting Twin Disks?, Sebastian Perez, Antonio Hales, Hauyu Baobab Liu, Zhaohuan Zhu, Simon Casassus, Jonathan Williams, Alice Zurlo, Nicolas Cuello, Lucas Cieza, David Principe
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research
FU Orionis objects are low-mass pre-main sequence stars characterized by dramatic outbursts several magnitudes in brightness. These outbursts are linked to episodic accretion events in which stars gain a significant portion of their mass. The physical processes behind these accretion events are not yet well understood. The archetypal FU Ori system, FU Orionis, is composed of two young stars with detected gas and dust emission. The continuum emitting regions have not been resolved until now. Here, we present 1.3 mm observations of the FU Ori binary system using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. The disks are resolved at 40 mas …
Pair-A-Dice Lost: Experiments In Dice Control, Robert H. Scott Iii, Donald R. Smith
Pair-A-Dice Lost: Experiments In Dice Control, Robert H. Scott Iii, Donald R. Smith
UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal
This paper presents our findings from experiments designed to test whether we could use a custom-made dice throwing machine applying common dice control methods to produce dice rolls that differ from random. In earlier research we calculated the percentages of control a craps player needs to break even or beat the house (Smith and Scott, 2018). Using the most common practices of dice control in craps, we established how dice should be configured (i.e., set) and thrown to achieve certain outcomes such as not rolling a seven in the point cycle. We decided to run experiments to see if a …