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  1. Analytic methods for field induced tunneling in quantum wells

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    Analytic methods for field induced tunneling in quantum wells with arbitrary potential profiles ... Electric field induced tunneling is studied in three different types of quantum wells by solving time-independent effective mass ... Current Issue : Vol.

  2. Phenomenology of a realistic accelerating universe using tracker fields

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    We present a realistic scenario of tracking of scalar fields with varying equation of state. The astrophysical constraints on the evolution of scalar fields in the physical universe are discussed. The nucleosynthesis and the galaxy formation constraints have been used to put limits on and estimate during cosmic evolution.

  3. Combined full field stress and strain measurement methods for granular materials

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    Broere W.

    2010-06-01

    Full Text Available The current paper re-introduces the photoelastic measurement method in experimental geomechanics. A full-field phase stepping polariscope suitable for geomechanical model tests has been developed. Additional constraints on the measurement and mechanical setup arising from geomechanical test conditions are outlined as well as the opportunity to measure the displacement fields in the sample with digital image correlation. The capability of the current setup in retrieving the stress and strain field in a granular material is demonstrated.

  4. Metal–insulator crossover in high c cuprates: A gauge field ...

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    A metal–insulator crossover appears in the experimental data for in-plane resistivity of underdoped cuprates and a range of superconducting cuprates in the presence of a strong magnetic field suppressing superconductivity. We propose an explanation for this phenomenon based on a gauge field theory approach to the t-J ...

  5. Beyond mean-field approach to heavy-ion reactions around the Coulomb barrier

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    Ayik Sakir

    2011-10-01

    Full Text Available Dissipation and fluctuations of one-body observables in heavy-ion reactions around the Coulomb barrier are investigated with a microscopic stochastic mean-field approach. By projecting the stochastic meanfield dynamics on a suitable collective path, transport coefficients associated with the relative distance between colliding nuclei and a fragment mass are extracted. Although microscopic mean-field approach is know to underestimate the variance of fragment mass distribution, the description of the variance is much improved by the stochastic mean-field method. While fluctuations are consistent with the empirical (semiclassical analysis of the experimental data, concerning mean values of macroscopic variables the semiclassical description breaks down below the Coulomb barrier.

  6. On Bianchi-I cosmic strings coupled with Maxwell fields in bimetric ...

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    Axially symmetric Bianchi-I model is studied with source cosmic cloud strings coupled with electromagnetic field in Rosen's bimetric theory of relativity and observed that there is no contribution from cosmic strings and Maxwell fields in this theory.

  7. Evanescent magnetic field effects on entropy generation at the onset ...

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    This paper numerically investigates the effect of an externally evanescent magnetic field on total entropy generation in a fluid enclosed in a square cavity by using a control volume finite element method to solve the conservation equations at Prandtl number of 0·71. The values of relaxation time of the magnetic field are ...

  8. Long-term monitoring of nitrate transport to drainage from three agricultural clayey till fields

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    Ernstsen, Vibeke; Olsen, Preben; Rosenbom, Annette E.

    2015-01-01

    -regulation in future. This study strives to provide such knowledge by evaluating on 11 years of nitrate-N con-centration measurements in drainage from three subsurface-drained clayey till fields (1.3–2.3 ha) representing approxi-mately 71 % of the surface sediments in Denmark dominated by clay. The fields differ...... in their inherent hydrogeological field settings (e.g. soil-type, geology, climate, drainage and groundwater table) and the agricultural management of the fields (e.g. crop type, type of N fertilisers and agricultural practices). The evaluation revealed three types of clayey till fields characterised by: (i) low net...... precipitation, high concen-tration of nitrate-N, and short-term low intensity drainage at air temperatures often below 5 ◦C; (ii) medium net precip-itation, medium concentration of nitrate-N, and short-term medium-intensity drainage at air temperatures often above 5 ◦C; and (iii) high net precipitation, low...

  9. Types of two-dimensional = 4 superconformal field theories

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    Types of two-dimensional = 4 superconformal field theories. Abbas Ali ... Various types of = 4 superconformal symmetries in two dimensions are considered. It is proposed that apart ... Pramana – Journal of Physics | News. © 2017 Indian ...

  10. Viscoelastic material properties’ identification using high speed full field measurements on vibrating plates

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    Pierron F.

    2010-06-01

    Full Text Available The paper presents an experimental application of a method leading to the identification of the elastic and damping material properties of isotropic vibrating plates. The theory assumes that the searched parameters can be extracted from curvature and deflection fields measured on the whole surface of the plate at two particular instants of the vibrating motion. The experimental application consists in an original excitation fixture, a particular adaptation of an optical full-field measurement technique, a data preprocessing giving the curvature and deflection fields and finally in the identification process using the Virtual Fields Method (VFM. The principle of the deflectometry technique used for the measurements is presented. First results of identification on an acrylic plate are presented and compared to reference values. Details about a new experimental arrangement, currently in progress, is presented. It uses a high speed digital camera to over sample the full-field measurements.

  11. Strong eld ionization of naphthalene: angular shifts and molecular potential

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    Dimitrovski, Darko; Maurer, Jochen; Christensen, Lauge

    We analyze the photoelectron momentum distributions from strong eld ionization of xed-in-space naphthalene molecules by circularly polarized laser pulses. By direct comparison between experiment and theory, we show that the angular shifts in the photoelectron momentum distributions are very...... sensitive to the exact form of the molecular potential....

  12. Application of ELD and load forecast in optimal operation of industrial boiler plants equipped with thermal stores

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    Cao Jiacong

    2007-01-01

    Optimal operation of industrial boiler plants with objects of high energy efficiency and low fuel cost is still well worth investigating when energy problem becomes a world's concern, for there are a great number of boiler plants serving industries. The optimization of operation is a measure that is less expensive and easier to carry out than many other measures. Economic load dispatch (ELD) is an effective approach to optimal operation of industrial boiler plants. In the paper a newly developed method referred to as the method of minimum-departure model (MDM) is used in the ELD for boiler plants. It is more convenient for carrying out ELD when boiler plants are equipped with thermal energy stores that usually adopt the working mode of optimal segmentation of a daily load curve. In the case of industrial boiler plants, ELD needs a prerequisite, viz., the accurate load forecast, which is performed using artificial neural networks in this paper. A computer program for the optimal operation was completed and applied to an example, which results the minimum daily fuel cost of the whole boiler plant

  13. Toprak Solucanlarından Elde Edilen Vermikompostun Bazı Bitki Patojenleri Üzerindeki Antimikrobiyal Aktivitelerinin Araştırılması

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    Uğur Tutar

    2012-12-01

    Full Text Available Toprak solucanlarının, organik atıkları biyolojik olarak parçalayarak ayrıştırmaları ile oluşturdukları “vemikompost” un, bazı patojen bakteri ve funguslara karşı etkili oldukları yapılan çeşitli araştırmalarla saptanmıştır. Bu çalışmada, Eisenia fetida türü toprak solucanlarından elde edilen vermikompostun; etanol ve kloroform solventleri kullanılarak elde edilen ekstrelerinin, bitkilerde hastalıklara neden olan toprak kaynaklı patojen 9 adet bakteri ve 9 adet fungusa karşı etkinliklerinin belirlenmesi amacıyla “disk difüzyon” ve “MIC” testleri uygulanmıştır. Çalışma sonuçlarına göre, toprak solucanlarından elde edilen vermikompostun kloroform ile elde edilen ekstrelerinin Pseudomonas syringae, Xhantomonas carotae, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Fusarim oxysporum, Aspergillus humicola ve Aspergillus fumigatus’ a karşı etkileri güçlü olurken Erwinia chrysanthemi, Pseudomonas fluorescens, ve Penicillium brevicompactum’ a karşı etkilerinin daha zayıf olduğu görülmüştür. Vermikompostun etanol ile elde edilen ekstrelerinin ise Pseudomonas syringae, Xhantomonas campestris ve Aspergillus fumigatus’ a karşı etkilerinin güçlü olduğu, Erwinia herbicola, Erwinia chrysanthemi ve Sclerotinia sclerotiorum’ a  karşı ise daha zayıf bir etki gösterdiği saptanmıştır.

  14. From ELD Curriculum Guide to Practice: A Case Study of Teachers Negotiating How and What to Teach

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    Nunez, Raquel Mendia

    2014-01-01

    English language learners (ELs) face multiple challenges in receiving proper instruction that balances their need for English Language Development (ELD) and grade-level content instruction. Additionally, educators often minimize the importance of recognizing students' funds of knowledge as a valuable asset they bring to the classroom. Studies that…

  15. MEMS-based contact stress field measurements at a rough elastomeric layer: local test of Amontons’ friction law in static and steady sliding regimes

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    Debrégeas G.

    2010-06-01

    Full Text Available We present the results of recent friction experiments in which a MEMS-based sensing device is used to measure both the normal and tangential stress fields at the base of a rough elastomer film in frictional contact with smooth, rigid, glass indentors. We consider successively multicontacts under (i static normal loading by a spherical indentor and (ii frictional steady sliding conditions against a cylindrical indentor, for an increasing normal load. In both cases, the measured fields are compared to elastic calculations assuming (i a smooth interface and (ii Amontons’ friction law. In the static case, significant deviations are observed which decrease with increasing load and which vanish when a lubricant is used. In the steady sliding case, Amontons’ law reproduces rather satisfactorily the experiments provided that the normal/tangential coupling at the contact interface is taken into account. We discuss the origin of the difference between the Amontons fields and the measured ones, in particular the effect of the finite normal and tangential compliances of the multicontact interface.

  16. Çelik Bir Bacanın Dinamik Davranışının Analizi

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    GÜRSOY, Gökhan; YERLİ, Hüseyin R.; KAÇIN, Selçuk

    2015-01-01

    Giderek artan endüstriyel tesislerin (termik ve nükleer santraller, demir çelik fabrikaları, değişik imalata yönelik fabrikalar) ihtiyacı olan endüstriyel bacalar için ülkemizde henüz bir standart bulunmamaktadır. Yine bu yapıların modellenmesi için paket programlar kullanılmakta ancak gerçek davranışı hakkında saha çalışmalarına gerek duyulmaktadır

  17. Effect of biostimulant sprays on Phaeomoniella chlamydospora and esca proper infected vines under greenhouse and fi eld conditions

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    S. Di Marco

    2009-05-01

    Full Text Available Biostimulants are compounds that infl uence physiological processes in plants, producing better growth and enhancing stress tolerance. The effect of some biostimulants on vines was investigated over a number of years to assess their effect both on the incidence of esca leaf symptoms in the vineyard and on the growth of Phaeomoniella chlamydospora artifi cially inoculated into potted vines. Field trials were carried out for 4–7 years in fi ve 15-20-yearold vineyards infected with esca proper. Potted plants were sprayed with biostimulants, after which the vine trunks were inoculated with P. chlamydospora, and then the vines were sprayed again with biostimulants in the following 2 or 3 growing seasons. On the whole, biostimulants in the fi eld did not reduce foliar symptoms. The percentage of symptomatic vines that had shown symptoms in previous years was higher in the biostimulant-sprayed plots. In the greenhouse, a certain reduction of internal necrosis caused by P. chlamydospora was seen with three of the four biostimulants tested. Prospects for biostimulants as a means control esca are discussed.

  18. Farklı Canlı Ağırlıklardaki Keçilerden Elde Edilen Çiğ Sütlerin Sert, Yarı Sert ve Yumuşak Peynir Üretim Standartlarına Uygunluklarının Belirlenmesi

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    Çimen, Murat; Topçu, Hakan; Ölcal, Mehmet Cengiz

    2013-01-01

    Bu araştırmanın amacı farklı canlı ağırlıklara sahip keçilerden elde edilen çiğ sütlerin sert, yarı sert ve sert peynir standartlarına göre uygunluğunu araştırmaktır. Veriler Tunceli ilinin İsmailli köyünde yetiştirilen bir Saanen keçi sürüsünden elde edilmiştir. Ağır ve hafif keçiler için sütteki toplam yağ seviyeleri yumuşak peynir üretimi için bildirilen standartlara uygun bulunmuştur. Her iki gruptaki (ağır ve hafif) toplam kurumadde ve protein oranları üç peynir çeşidi (yumuşak, yarı ser...

  19. Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) yöntemi ile elde edilen çeşitli CdS ve Pb ince filmlerinin fiziksel özelliklerinin elektrik kuvvet mikroskobu (EKM) ile incelenmesi

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    ARSLAN, Melike

    2011-01-01

    Bu tez çalışmasında, Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) yöntemi ile elde edilen farklı pH derecelerine sahip Kadmiyum Sülfür (CdS) ve Kurşun (Pb) ince filminin topografik ve elektriksel özellikleri incelenmiştir. LB ince filmlerinin topografik özellikleri ve elektriksel özellikleri NT-MDT marka Taramalı Uç Mikroskobu (TUM) ile incelenmiştir. Yüzey morfolojik özel...

  20. The "BIOmarkers associated with Sarcopenia and PHysical frailty in EldeRly pErsons" (BIOSPHERE) study: Rationale, design and methods.

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    Calvani, Riccardo; Picca, Anna; Marini, Federico; Biancolillo, Alessandra; Cesari, Matteo; Pesce, Vito; Lezza, Angela Maria Serena; Bossola, Maurizio; Leeuwenburgh, Christiaan; Bernabei, Roberto; Landi, Francesco; Marzetti, Emanuele

    2018-05-10

    Sarcopenia, the progressive and generalised loss of muscle mass and strength/function, is a major health issue in older adults given its high prevalence and burdensome clinical implications. Over the years, this condition has been endorsed as a marker for discriminating biological from chronological age. However, the absence of a unified operational definition has hampered its full appreciation by healthcare providers, researchers and policy-makers. In addition to this unsolved debate, the complexity of musculoskeletal ageing represents a major challenge to the identification of clinically meaningful biomarkers. Here, we illustrate the advantages of biomarker discovery procedures in muscle ageing based on multivariate methodologies as an alternative approach to traditional single-marker strategies. The rationale, design and methods of the "BIOmarkers associated with Sarcopenia and PHysical frailty in EldeRly pErsons" (BIOSPHERE) study are described as an application of a multi-marker strategy for the development of biomarkers for the newly operationalised Physical Frailty & Sarcopenia condition. Copyright © 2018 European Federation of Internal Medicine. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    1. KESTANE KABUĞUNUN PİROLİZİ VE ELDE EDİLEN ÜRÜNLERİN KARAKTERİZASYONU

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      Ilknur DEMIRAL

      2015-11-01

      Full Text Available Bu çalışmada kestane kabuğu biyokütle kaynağı olarak seçilmiş ve sabit yataklı reaktörde pirolizi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Deneylerde piroliz sıcaklığı, ısıtma hızı ve sürükleyici gaz akış hızının piroliz ürün verimleri üzerindeki etkileri incelenmiştir. Yapılan deneyler sonucunda en yüksek katran verimine 50 oCdk-1 ısıtma hızı, 400 oC piroliz sıcaklığı ve 150 cm3dk-1 sürükleyici gaz akış hızında %18,70 ile ulaşılmıştır. Çalışmalar sonucunda elde edilen katranın FTIR spektrumu alınmış, elementel analizi gerçekleştirilmiş ve ısıl değeri belirlenmiştir. Katran sütun kromatografisinde hidrokarbon ve polar bileşiklerine ayrılmıştır.  Alifatik alt fraksiyon GC-MS ile karakterize edilmiştir. Ayrıca hammaddenin ve katı ürünün BET yüzey alanları belirlenmiş ve katı ürünün SEM görüntüsü alınmıştır.

    2. LİNYİT KÖMÜRLERİNDEN ELDE EDİLEN AKTİF KÖMÜR İLE SULU ÇÖZELTİLERDEN Cr(VI UZAKLAŞTIRILMASI

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      Mehmet MAHRAMANLIOĞLU

      2001-03-01

      Full Text Available Ağaçlı Linyit kömürlerinden elde edilen aktif kömür, sulu çözeltilerden Cr(VI uzaklaştırmak için kullanılmıştır. Cr(VI adsorpsiyonu başlangıç konsantrasyonu, zaman, pH, adsorbent konsantrasyonu ve sıcaklığın fonksiyonu olarak çalışılmıştır. Adsorpsiyon verileri Langmuir ve Freundlich izotermlerine uydurulmuştur. Adsorpsiyon hız sabitini hesaplamak için Lagergren eşitliği kullanıldı. Adsorbe edilen Cr(VI miktarı pH değerinin azalması ile artmış, sıcaklığın artması ile azalmıştır.

    3. Development of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire module for older people with cancer: The EORTC QLQ-ELD15.

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      Johnson, Colin; Fitzsimmons, Deborah; Gilbert, Jacqueline; Arrarras, Juan-Ignacio; Hammerlid, Eva; Bredart, Anne; Ozmen, Mahir; Dilektasli, Evren; Coolbrandt, Anne; Kenis, Cindy; Young, Teresa; Chow, Edward; Venkitaraman, Ramachandran; Howse, Frances; George, Steve; O'Connor, Steve; Yadegarfar, Ghasem

      2010-08-01

      There is a lack of instruments that focus on the specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) issues that affect older people with cancer. The aim of this study was to develop a HRQOL questionnaire module to supplement the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) core questionnaire, the EORTC QLQ-C30 for older (>70years) patients with cancer. Phases 1-3 were conducted in seven countries following modified EORTC Quality of Life Group guidelines for module development. Phase 1: potentially relevant issues were identified by a systematic literature review, a questionnaire survey of 17 multi-disciplinary health professionals and two rounds of qualitative interviews. The first round included 9 patients aged >70. The second round was a comparative series of interviews with 49 patients >70years with a range of cancer diagnoses and 40 patients aged 50-69years matched for gender and disease site. In Phase 2 the issues were formulated into a long provisional item list. This was administered in Phase 3 together with the QLQ-C30 to two further groups of cancer patients aged >70 (n=97) or 50-69years (n=85) to determine the importance, relevance and acceptability of each item. Redundant and duplicate items were removed; issues specific to the older group were selected for the final questionnaire. In Phase 1, 75 issues were identified. These were reduced in Phase 2 to create a 45 item provisional list. Phase 3 testing of the provisional list led to the selection of 15 items with good range of response, high scores of importance and relevance in the older patients. This resulted in the EORTC QLQ-ELD15, containing five conceptually coherent scales (functional independence, relationships with family and friends, worries about the future, autonomy and burden of illness). The EORTC QLQ-ELD15 in combination with the EORTC QLQ-C30 is ready for large-scale validation studies, and will assess HRQOL issues of most relevance and concern for older people with

    4. SABİT ODAKLI SİLİNDİRİK P ARAB OLİK BİR YOdUNLAŞTIRlCIDA KIZGIN SU ELDE EDİLMESİ

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      FETHİ HALICI

      1999-12-01

      Full Text Available Bu çalışn1ada, odağı sabit yansıtıcısı ha reketli olarak imal edilen silindirik parabolik yoğunlaştırıcıda (SPY kızgın su ve sıcak su için yapılan deney sonuçları ve pe rfoımans değerleri verilmiştir. (SPY 'nın yansıtıcı yüzeyi 2ınx3 m boyutlarında olup toplam açıklık alanı 6 ın2 dir. Odaktaki yut ucu yüzey yan yana yerleştirilen 2 kanatlı borudan imal edilmiştir. Odak uzaklığı 6 m olan (SPY kuzey güney doğrultusu nda yerleştirilerek özel yapılan bir ınekanizma ile güneşi doğu batı doğrultusunda izl emesi sağJanmıştır. (SPY' da yaklaşık 120 °C değerlerinde kız gın su elde edilmiştir. leneylerde ölçümü yapıJan sıcaklık, debi ve güneş ışınını şiddeti değerleri verilerek, sistemin performansı irdelennıiştir

    5. The central position currently occupied by remittances in the economic fi eld has largely restricted its scope on the monetary dimension of them, setting aside their hidden complexity and the variety of forms, uses and meanings that they can take. In fact

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      Joan Lacomba Vázquez

      2013-12-01

      Full Text Available The central position currently occupied by remittances in the economic fi eld has largely restricted its scope on the monetary dimension of them, setting aside their hidden complexity and the variety of forms, uses and meanings that they can take. In fact, the social dimension of different types of remittances, as mainly own social remittances, should be considered more as one of the most signifi cant effects of migration in relation to human development. The purpose of this paper is try to contribute to the field of remittances, both in studying the socia dimensions that they contain, and in trying to make a more precise onceptualization on them.

    6. Bilingual Dictionaries for Communication in the Domain of Economics: Function-Based Translation Dictionaries

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      Nielsen, Sandro

      2015-01-01

      With their focus on terms, bilingual dictionaries are important tools for translating texts on economics. The most common type is the multi-fi eld dictionary covering several related subject fi elds; however, multi-fi eld dictionaries treat one or few fi elds extensively thereby neglecting other fi...... elds in contrast to single-fi eld and sub-fi eld dictionaries. Furthermore, recent research shows that economic translation is not limited to terms so lexicographers who identify and analyse the needs of translators, usage situations and stages in translating economic texts will have a sound basis...... for designing their lexicographic tools. The function theory allows lexicographers to study these basics so that they can offer translation tools to the domain of economics. Dictionaries should include data about terms, their grammatical properties, and their combinatorial potential as well as language...

    7. The Origin and Structure of the Magnetic Fields and Currents of AGN Jets

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      Denise Gabuzda

      2017-02-01

      Full Text Available This paper reviews observational evidence obtained to date about the overall structure of the magnetic fields in the jets of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN. Because they are sensitive to the line-of-sight magnetic-field component, Faraday rotation observations of AGN jets provide an effective tool for searching for toroidal jet magnetic fields, whose line-of-sight component changes systematically across the jet. Transverse Faraday rotation measure (RM gradients providing direct evidence for helical/toroidal magnetic fields have been reliably detected in nearly 40 AGN on parsec scales. Helical magnetic fields are believed to form due to the combined action of the rotation of the central black hole and accretion disk, and these observations demonstrate that at least some of this helical field survives to distances well beyond the Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI core. Observations of reversals in the direction of the transverse RM gradients in a number of AGN provide evidence for a“return”magnetic field forming a nested helical-field structure with oppositely directed azimuthal components in the inner and outer regions of the helical magnetic field. The collected data now provide firm evidence for a predominance of inward jet currents on parsec scales and outward currents on scales greater than a few tens of parsecs. This suggests a global pattern of magnetic fields and currents with an inward current near the jet axis and an outward current farther from the jet axis, with these currents closing in the accretion disk and far out in the radio lobes, forming a self-consistent set of fields and currents together with the implied nested helical-field structure.

    8. Coupled dilaton and electromagnetic field in cylindrically symmetric ...

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      An exact solution is obtained for coupled dilaton and electromagnetic field in a cylindrically symmetric spacetime where an axial magnetic field as well as a radial electric field both are present. Depending on the choice of the arbitrary constants our solution reduces either to dilatonic gravity with pure electric field or to that ...

    9. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Here we attempt to find the nature of the external electromagnetic field such that the KG equation with external electromagnetic field is invariant. Lie's extended group method is applied to obtain the class of external electromagnetic field which admits the invariance of the KG equation. Though, the field potential only ...

    10. Bazı çam türlerinden kraft kağıt hamuru elde etme sürecinde sodyum borhidrür ilavesinin etkileri

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      Akın SARAÇBAŞI

      2016-12-01

      Full Text Available Bu araştırmada, kızılçam (Pinus brutia Ten. ve Monteri çamı (Pinus radiata D. Don. türlerinden toplam verim ve delignifikasyonu geliştirmek amacı ile alternatif bir Sodyum borhidrür (NaBH4-Kraft kâğıt hamuru elde etme yöntemi üzerinde çalışılmıştır. Delignifikasyon derecesi ve hamur verimi üzerinde reaksiyon koşullarının etkileri değerlendirilmiştir.Sonuçlar, sodyum borhidrür ilavesinin bilinen Kraft yöntemine göre her iki çam türünün hem verim hem de delignifikasyonunu geliştirmek için daha etkili olduğunu göstermektedir. Sodyum borhidrür (NaBH4-Kraft yönteminin, geleneksel Kraft yönteminin tek başına verdiği kappa numarası ve yüksek verim açısından, daha hızlı ve daha seçici olduğu düşünülmektedir. Ancak, kızılçam için en iyi Sodyum borhidrür (NaBH4-Kraft kâğıt hamuru üretim koşulu Aktif Alkali: %16, Sülfidite: %28, NaBH4 oranı: %0.5 iken, Monteri çamı için en iyi Sodyum borhidrür (NaBH4-Kraft kâğıt hamuru üretim koşulunun ise Aktif Alkali: %20, Sülfidite: %26, NaBH4 Oranı: %0.7 olduğu bulunmuştur.

    11. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      ... r, ⊥ being respectively the energy densities of matter and electrostatic fields, radial and transverse fluid pressures whereas denotes the eigenvalue of the conformal Weyl tensor and interpreted as the energy density of the free gravitational field], we have recast Einstein's field equations into a form easy to integrate.

    12. Age is not a bar to PCI: Insights from the long-term outcomes from off-site PCI in a real-world setting.

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      Gerber, Robert T; Arri, Satpal S; Mohamed, Mohamed O; Dhillon, Gurpreet; Bandali, Alykhan; Harding, Idris; Gifford, Jeremy; Sandler, Belinda; Corbo, Ben; McWilliams, Eric

      2017-08-01

      We sought to analyze the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) outcomes of very elderly patients (V. Eld. group, age >80 years) and compare their outcomes to a less elderly cohort (Eld. group, age 75-80 years) traditionally reported in the literature. Limited data exist on peri-procedural and long-term outcomes following PCI in the V. Eld. (age >80 years), with under-representation of this cohort in randomized controlled trials. These patients present with advanced complex coronary disease and multiple comorbidities. All 580 consecutive patients aged ≥75 years (age 80 ± 4.9 years, 57.4% males) undergoing PCI between April 2006 and November 2011 were included. A total of 624 consecutive lesions were identified and analyzed. All V. Eld. patients (n = 253) were subsequently selected, and their outcomes compared to Eld. patients (n = 327). Mean follow-up was 30.8 ± 2.7 months with 98% clinical follow-up achieved. All comparative data are expressed as (V. Eld. vs Eld.) unless otherwise specified. All-cause mortality was significantly higher in the V. Eld. group (11.9% vs 6.1%), although this did not translate into a significant difference in cardiac mortality (6.3% vs 3.7%) or major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (16.2% vs 12.5%). The composite incidence of myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, definite/probable stent thrombosis, and TIMI major bleed was 4.7%, 1.4% 1.9%, and 6.4%, respectively with no significant difference between both cohorts. This study demonstrates an acceptable occurrence of MI, death, repeat intervention, and stent thrombosis in a high-risk group of V. Eld. patients with de novo lesions. Age alone in the absence of other non-cardiac factors should not prohibit a patient from access to PCI. © 2017, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

    13. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      ... acoustic phonon and intervalley phonon. It is found that the maximum peak velocity only occurs when the electric field is increased to a value above a certain critical field. This critical field is strongly dependent on InN parameters. The steady-state transport parameters are in fair agreement with other recent calculations.

    14. High-field thermal transports properties of REBCO coated conductors

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      Bonura, M

      2015-01-01

      The use of REBCO coated conductors is envisaged for many applications, extending from power cables to high-field magnets. Whatever the case, thermal properties of REBCO tapes play a key role for the stability of superconducting devices. In this work, we present the first study on the longitudinal thermal conductivity (k) of REBCO coated conductors in magnetic fields up to 19 T applied both parallelly and perpendicularly to the thermal-current direction. Copper-stabilized tapes from six industrial manufacturers have been investigated. We show that zero-field k of coated conductors can be calculated with an accuracy of ‡ 15% from the residual resistivity ratio of the stabilizer and the Cu/non-Cu ratio. Measurements performed at high fields have allowed us to evaluate the consistency of the procedures generally used for estimating in-field k in the framework of the Wiedemann-Franz law from an electrical characterization of the materials. In-field data are intended to provide primary ingredients for the ...

    15. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      In the second example, I show that the Thomas precession of the spin results from the local torque in the accelero-magnetic field, a field predicted in analogy with the gravitomagnetic field. I end the discussion with some remarks on the classical nature of fringe shifts in Aharanov–Bohm like phenomena in electromagnetism ...

    16. Electric Field Structures in Thin Films: Formation and Properties

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      Cassidy, Andrew; Plekan, Oksana; Balog, Richard

      2014-01-01

      A newly discovered class of molecular materials, so-called “spontelectrics”, display spontaneous electric fields. Here we show that the novel properties of spontelectrics can be used to create composite spontelectrics, illustrating how electric fields in solid films may be structured on the nanoscale...... by combining layers of different spontelectric materials. This is demonstrated using the spontelectric materials nitrous oxide, toluene, isoprene, isopentane, and CF2Cl2. These yield a variety of tailored electric field structures, with individual layers harboring fields between 107 and 108 V/m. Fields may...

    17. Using external lumbar CSF drainage to treat communicating external hydrocephalus in adult patients after acute traumatic or non-traumatic brain injury.

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      Manet, Romain; Payen, Jean-François; Guerin, Romain; Martinez, Orianne; Hautefeuille, Serge; Francony, Gilles; Gergelé, Laurent

      2017-10-01

      Despite various treatments to control intracranial pressure (ICP) after brain injury, patients may present a late onset of high ICP or a poor response to medications. External lumbar drainage (ELD) can be considered a therapeutic option if high ICP is due to communicating external hydrocephalus. We aimed at describing the efficacy and safety of ELD used in a cohort of traumatic or non-traumatic brain-injured patients. In this multicentre retrospective analysis, patients had a delayed onset of high ICP after the initial injury and/or a poor response to ICP treatments. ELD was considered in the presence of radiological signs of communicating external hydrocephalus. Changes in ICP values and side effects following the ELD procedure were reported. Thirty-three patients with a median age of 51 years (25-75th percentile: 34-61 years) were admitted after traumatic (n = 22) or non-traumatic (n = 11) brain injuries. Their initial Glasgow Coma Scale score was 8 (4-11). Eight patients underwent external ventricular drainage prior to ELD. Median time to ELD insertion was 5 days (4-8) after brain insult. In all patients, ELD was dramatically effective in lowering ICP: 25 mmHg (20-31) before versus 7 mmHg (3-10) after (p hydrocephalus has been made.

    18. Characterization of axially-symmetric magnetic elds

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      AUTHOR|(CDS)2087237; Buzio, Marco

      In solenoids for particle accelerators, the magnetic field is usually mapped by means of 3D Hall-sensing systems through a burdensome and costly procedure. A further problem arises from a coherent treatment between the beam physics requirements, the qualification of numerical models, the design and manufacturing of the magnet, and the magnetic measurements. For example, when the magnet is misaligned with respect to the longitudinal direction of the mapper, the fringe field shows spurious components. A method was therefore developed for measuring the magnetic field of axisymmetric magnets by exploiting their inherent symmetry. The method yields a measurement of the magnetic flux linked with a pair of sensing coils as a function of their longitudinal position. An induction transducer, sensitive to the longitudinal and radial components of the solenoid under test, has been designed and constructed. A transport system moves the transducer along the magnet axis, covering the full length of the magnet and including...

    19. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      The reduction factor in a static magnetic field takes the universal value of 2 only for the white-noise pumping. In general may deviate from 2 thus signalling on the time-reversal breaking by the ac field. For the bi-harmonic ac field of the form () = 0 [cos(1 ) + cos(2 )] we predict the enchancement of effects of ...

    20. Higgs-Like Particle due to Revised Quantum Electrodynamics

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      Lehnert B.

      2013-07-01

      Full Text Available A Higgs-like particle having zero net electric charge, zero spin, and a nonzero rest mass can be deduced from an earlier elaborated revised quantum electrodynamical theory which is based on linear symmetry breaking through a nonzero electric field divergence in the vacuum state. This special particle is obtained from a composite longitudinal solution based on a zero magnetic field strength and on a nonzero divergence but a vanishing curl of the electric field strength. The present theory further differs from that of the nonlinear spontaneously broken symmetry by Higgs, in which elementary particles obtain their masses through an interaction with the Higgs field. An experimental proof of the basic features of a Higgs-like particle thus supports the present theory, but does not for certain confirm the process which would generate massive particles through a Higgs field

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      THOLASI

      E lectrom agnetic ¯elds carry not only energy and m om entum but also angular m om entum . T he angular m om entum ofthe ¯eld can lead to som e curious results like the one w hich is described here. You w ould have certainly learnt that the electrom ag- netic ¯eld possesses energy and m om entum . T he usual.

    2. Eldecalcitol improves mechanical strength of cortical bones by stimulating the periosteal bone formation in the senescence-accelerated SAM/P6 mice - a comparison with alfacalcidol.

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      Shiraishi, Ayako; Sakai, Sadaoki; Saito, Hitoshi; Takahashi, Fumiaki

      2014-10-01

      Eldecalcitol (ELD), a 2β-hydroxypropyloxy derivative of 1α,25(OH)2D3, is a potent inhibitor of bone resorption that has demonstrated a greater effect at reducing the risk of fracture in osteoporotic patients than alfacalcidol (ALF). In the present study, we used the senescence-accelerated mouse strain P6 (SAM/P6), which has low bone mass caused by osteoblast dysfunction, to evaluate the effect of ELD on cortical bone in comparison with ALF. Four-month-old SAM/P6 mice were given either ELD (0.025 or 0.05μg/kg) or ALF (0.2 or 0.4μg/kg) by oral gavage 5 times/week for 6 weeks. Both ELD and ALF increased serum calcium (Ca) in a dose-dependent manner. Serum Ca levels in the ELD 0.05μg/kg group were comparable to those of the ALF 0.2μg/kg group. ELD 0.05μg/kg significantly improved the bone biomechanical properties of the femur compared with the vehicle control group (pBone histomorphometry revealed that in the femoral endocortical surface, the suppression of bone resorption parameters (N.Oc/BS) and bone formation parameters (MS/BS) by ELD (0.05μg/kg) was greater than that by ALF (0.2μg/kg). In contrast, in the femoral periosteal surface, ELD 0.05μg/kg significantly increased bone formation parameters (BFR/BS, MS/BS) compared with the vehicle control group (pbone not only by inhibiting endocortical bone resorption but also by stimulating the periosteal bone formation in SAM/P6 mice. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled '16th Vitamin D Workshop'. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

    3. Magnetic Field Measurements of the GOLIATH Magnet in EHN1

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      Rosenthal, Marcel; Chatzidaki, Panagiota; Margraf, Rachel; Wilkens, Henric; Bergsma, Felix; Giudici, Pierre-Ange; CERN. Geneva. ATS Department

      2018-01-01

      This note describes the measurement campaign of the magnetic field of the GOLIATH magnet conducted in 2017. It documents the applied measurement procedure and the consecutive analysis of the recorded data. The shape of the magnetic field along the beam axis is discussed and compared with a previous measurement taken in the 1980s. Overall a very good agreement of both data sets is observed. The integrated vertical magnetic field is obtained by analytical descriptions fitted to the data. Additionally, the influence of different configurations of the power converters, as for example in the case of a differ- ent powering scheme of the upper and lower coil of the GOLIATH magnet, on the magnetic field are discussed.

    4. Environmental Leadership Education for Tackling Water Environmental Issues in Arid Regions

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      Akiyama, Tomohiro; Li, Jia

      2013-01-01

      This chapter introduces one of the APIEL fi eld exercises, the Oasis Unit, which is conducted in northwestern China. To equip the students with a wide knowledge base and practical skills, this unit is strongly fi eld-oriented and applies in its course design the Integral Approach proposed by Ken Wilber. The approach provides a trans-/cross-disciplinary framework for identifying environmental problems of complexity, as well as bringing together methodologies from different fi elds and leadersh...

    5. Spatially resolved measurements of the magnetocaloric effect and the local magnetic field using thermography

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      Christensen, Dennis; Bjørk, Rasmus; Nielsen, Kaspar Kirstein

      2010-01-01

      The magnetocaloric effect causes a magnetic material to change temperature upon application of a magnetic field. Here, spatially resolved measurements of the adiabatic temperature change are performed on a plate of gadolinium using thermography. The adiabatic temperature change is used to extract...... the corresponding change in the local magnetic field strength. The measured temperature change and local magnetic field strength are compared to results obtained with a numerical model, which takes demagnetization into account and employs experimental data....

    6. Using Multicore Programming on the GPU to Improve Creation of Potential Fields

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      Elmir, Hassan

      2013-01-01

      In the last decade video games have made great improvements in terms of arti cial intelligence and visuals. Researchers have also made advancements in the arti cial intelligence eld and some of the latest research papers have been exploring potential elds. This report will cover the background of potential eld and examine some improvements that can be made to increase the performance of the algorithm. The basic idea is to increase performance by making a GPGPU(General purpose graphic processi...

    7. 3D laser scanning for quality control and assurance in bridge deck construction.

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      2014-08-01

      The inspection of installations of rebar and other embedded components in bridge deck construction is a tedious : task for eld inspectors, requiring considerable eld time for measurement and verication against code requirement. The verica...

    8. ÜÇGEN KESİTLİ HALKA SONLU ELEMANIN DİRENGENLİK MATRİSİ İÇİN BİR YÖNTEM

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      Durmuş GÜNAY

      1996-01-01

      Full Text Available Üçgen kesitli halka sonlu elemanların direngenlik matrisinin nümerik integrasyona başvurulmaksızın elde edilmesini sağlayan sabit matrisler, literatürde verilen ifadelerden hareketle bilgisayarda elde edilmiştir.Elemanın köşe düğümlerinin koordinatları ve malzeme özellikleri verildiği takdirde, halka sonlu elemanındirengenlik matrisi sözkonusu sabit matrisler yardımı ile kolayca elde edilmektedir.

    9. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      On a new formulation of microphenomena: Basic principles, stationary fields and beyond ... a new depiction of microphenomena assuming a unified concept of information, ... The dynamics of the whole particle-field system obeys deterministic ...

    10. Loneliness and Social Isolation among Eldely People

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      Engin Püllüm

      2017-11-01

      Full Text Available Social isolation is defined as the process of people losing their contacts with other social resources or their willingness to participate. Social isolation is a grave and widespread problem among seniors in society causing many harmful health conditions. Social isolation may be prevented by defining risk factors in seniors and leading them to suitable resources. The elderly should be encouraged to share their experiences and continue to produce for as long as possible, so that they are prevented from feeling isolated from society and the continuity of their economic productivity is ensured.

    11. Viral diseases affecting chickpea crops in Eritrea

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      SAFAA G. KUMARI

      2008-07-01

      Full Text Available A survey to identify virus diseases affecting chickpea crops in the major production areas of Eritrea was conducted during November 2005. The survey covered 31 randomly selected chickpea fi elds. Virus disease incidence was determined on the basis of laboratory testing of 100–200 randomly collected samples from each fi eld against antisera of 9 legume viruses. Serological tests indicated that the Luteoviruses were the most common, with an overall incidence of 5.6%, followed by Faba bean necrotic yellows virus (FBNYV, genus Nanovirus, family Nanoviridae (4.1% and Chickpea chlorotic dwarf virus (CpCDV, genus Mastrevirus, family Geminiviridae (0.9%. The reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR test showed that the most common luteoviruses in Eritrea are Chickpea chlorotic stunt virus (CpCSV followed by Beet western yellows virus (BWYV, genus Polerovirus, family Luteoviridae. Based on the fi eld symptoms observed, 29 fi elds had, at the time of the survey, a virus disease incidence of 1% or less and only two fi elds had an incidence of about 5%, whereas on the basis of laboratory testing, 19 fi elds had more than 6% virus incidence (three of these had an incidence of 29.5, 34.5 and 40.5%. This is the fi rst survey of chickpea viruses in Eritrea and the fi rst report of BWYV, CpCDV, CpCSV and FBNYV naturally infecting chickpea in Eritrea.

    12. An approach for generating trajectory-based dynamics which conserves the canonical distribution in the phase space formulation of quantum mechanics. II. Thermal correlation functions.

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      Liu, Jian; Miller, William H

      2011-03-14

      We show the exact expression of the quantum mechanical time correlation function in the phase space formulation of quantum mechanics. The trajectory-based dynamics that conserves the quantum canonical distribution-equilibrium Liouville dynamics (ELD) proposed in Paper I is then used to approximately evaluate the exact expression. It gives exact thermal correlation functions (of even nonlinear operators, i.e., nonlinear functions of position or momentum operators) in the classical, high temperature, and harmonic limits. Various methods have been presented for the implementation of ELD. Numerical tests of the ELD approach in the Wigner or Husimi phase space have been made for a harmonic oscillator and two strongly anharmonic model problems, for each potential autocorrelation functions of both linear and nonlinear operators have been calculated. It suggests ELD can be a potentially useful approach for describing quantum effects for complex systems in condense phase.

    13. Diffeomorphism Group Representations in Relativistic Quantum Field Theory

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      Goldin, Gerald A. [Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States); Sharp, David H. [Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

      2017-12-20

      We explore the role played by the di eomorphism group and its unitary representations in relativistic quantum eld theory. From the quantum kinematics of particles described by representations of the di eomorphism group of a space-like surface in an inertial reference frame, we reconstruct the local relativistic neutral scalar eld in the Fock representation. An explicit expression for the free Hamiltonian is obtained in terms of the Lie algebra generators (mass and momentum densities). We suggest that this approach can be generalized to elds whose quanta are spatially extended objects.

    14. Fractional equivalent Lagrangian densities for a fractional higher-order equation

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      Fujioka, J

      2014-01-01

      In this communication we show that the equivalent Lagrangian densities (ELDs) of a fractional higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation with stable soliton-like solutions can be related in a hitherto unknown way. This new relationship is described in terms of a new fractional operator that includes both left- and right-sided fractional derivatives. Using this operator it is possible to generate new ELDs that contain different fractional parts, in addition to the already known ELDs, which only differ by a sum of first-order partial derivatives of two arbitrary functions. (fast track communications)

    15. Treatment of osteoporosis with eldecalcitol, a new vitamin D analog: a comprehensive review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

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      2016-01-01

      Full Text Available Zhixing Xu,1 Changchun Fan,2 Xuechun Zhao,3 Hairong Tao1 1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Third People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Jinan Military General Hospital, 3Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Third Hospital of Jinan City, Jinan, People’s Republic of China Objective: Eldecalcitol (ELD is an active form of vitamin D analog that has been approved for the treatment of osteoporosis in Japan. Over recent years, a number of multicenter, randomized controlled clinical trials have been conducted. Our goal is to comprehensively summarize the results from these studies.Methods: We searched the databases MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials up to February 28, 2015. Each database was searched using search terms “Eldecalcitol” and “ED-71” and the results were combined. The retrieved data from three independent clinical trials included a total of 1,332 patients with osteoporosis. After the data were pooled from three trials, RevMan software was used to conduct meta-analyses to determine the effects of ELD on bone mineral density (BMD and bone turnover marker (BTM type I collagen amino-terminal telopeptide (NTX. Effects of ELD on some of the bone formation and bone resorption parameters, incidence of vertebral fractures at the lower spine, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL in patients with osteoporosis were also summarized. Results: With a test for overall effect Z=6.35, ELD could increase lumbar BMD (P<0.00001. In comparison with alphacalcidol, ELD suppressed the NTX level to a greater degree (test for overall effect Z=3.82, P<0.0001. ELD was also found to suppress bone alkaline phosphatase (BALP by 19% (P<0.01 and osteocalcin by 19% (P<0.01 at the dose of 0.75 µg/day. Compared to alfacalcidol, ELD showed higher potency in suppressing serum BALP (26±9 vs 32±11 U/L, P<0

    16. The labelling and reporting of euthanasia by Belgian physicians: a study of hypothetical cases

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      Smets, T.; Cohen, J.; Bilsen, J.; van Wesemael, Y.; Rurup, M.L.; Deliens, L.

      2012-01-01

      Background: Belgium legalized euthanasia in 2002. Physicians must report each euthanasia case to the Federal Control and Evaluation Committee. This study examines which end-of-life decisions (ELDs) Belgian physicians label 'euthanasia', which ELDs they think should be reported and the physician

    17. Application of a value-based equivalency method to assess environmental damage compensation under the European Environmental Liability Directive

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      Martin-Ortega, J.; Brouwer, R.; Aiking, H.

      2011-01-01

      The Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) establishes a framework of liability based on the 'polluter-pays' principle to prevent and remedy environmental damage. The ELD requires the testing of appropriate equivalency methods to assess the scale of compensatory measures needed to offset damage.

    18. Physicians' experiences with end-of-life decision-making: Survey in 6 European countries and Australia

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      Mortier Freddy

      2008-02-01

      Full Text Available Abstract Background In this study we investigated (a to what extent physicians have experience with performing a range of end-of-life decisions (ELDs, (b if they have no experience with performing an ELD, would they be willing to do so under certain conditions and (c which background characteristics are associated with having experience with/or being willing to make such ELDs. Methods An anonymous questionnaire was sent to 16,486 physicians from specialities in which death is common: Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. Results The response rate differed between countries (39–68%. The experience of foregoing life-sustaining treatment ranged between 37% and 86%: intensifying the alleviation of pain or other symptoms while taking into account possible hastening of death between 57% and 95%, and experience with deep sedation until death between 12% and 46%. Receiving a request for hastening death differed between 34% and 71%, and intentionally hastening death on the explicit request of a patient between 1% and 56%. Conclusion There are differences between countries in experiences with ELDs, in willingness to perform ELDs and in receiving requests for euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide. Foregoing treatment and intensifying alleviation of pain and symptoms are practiced and accepted by most physicians in all countries. Physicians with training in palliative care are more inclined to perform ELDs, as are those who attend to higher numbers of terminal patients. Thus, this seems not to be only a matter of opportunity, but also a matter of attitude.

    19. Les polymères issus du végétal : matériaux à propriétés spécifiques pour des applications ciblées en industrie plastique

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      Dubois P.

      2006-01-01

      Full Text Available Features of plant-based polymers with special applications in plastic fi eld. The new interest of plastic fi eld with renewable resources results from a global environmental respect awareness and the fossil depletion problem. In these perspectives, vegetable raw materials mainly polymers show attractive properties with great interests in plastic industry such as biodegradability, biocompatibility, selective permeability or variability in physico-mechanical properties. These properties have targeted applications in various fi elds specifi cally packaging, agricultural, textile, pharmaceutical, electronic or medical domains. This paper describes the different raw materials from plants and their valuable properties in relation with potential applications

    20. Attitude toward euthanasia scale: psychometric properties and relations with religious orientation, personality, and life satisfaction.

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      Aghababaei, Naser; Wasserman, Jason Adam

      2013-12-01

      End-of-life decisions (ELDs) represent a controversial subject, with ethical dilemmas and empirical ambiguities that stand at the intersection of ethics and medicine. In a non-Western population, we examined individual differences in perceiving ELDs that end the life of a patient as acceptable and found that an attitude toward euthanasia (ATE) scale consists of 2 factors representing voluntary and nonvoluntary euthanasia. Also, acceptance of ELDs that end the life of a patient negatively correlated with life satisfaction, honesty-humility, conscientiousness, and intrinsic and extrinsic personal motivation toward religion. These findings provided additional construct validity of the ATE scale.

    1. Trends in End-of-Life Decision Making in Patients With and Without Cancer

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      Pardon, K.; Chambaere, K.; Pasman, H.R.W.; Deschepper, R.; Rietjens, J.; Deliens, L.

      2013-01-01

      Purpose: Because of cancer's high symptom burden and specific disease course, patients with cancer are more likely than other patients to face end-of-life decisions that have possible or certain life-shortening effects (ELDs). This study examines the incidence of ELDs in patients with cancer

    2. Optimum Dispatch of Hybrid Solar Thermal (HSTP Electric Power Plant Using Non-Smooth Cost Function and Emission Function for IEEE-30 Bus System

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      Saroj Kumar Dash

      2016-07-01

      Full Text Available The basic objective of economic load dispatch (ELD is to optimize the total fuel cost of hybrid solar thermal electric power plant (HSTP. In ELD problems the cost function for each generator has been approximated by a single quadratic cost equation. As cost of coal increases, it becomes even more important have a good model for the production cost of each generator for the solar thermal hybrid system. A more accurate formulation is obtained for the ELD problem by expressing the generation cost function as a piece wise quadratic cost function. However, the solution methods for ELD problem with piece wise quadratic cost function requires much complicated algorithms such as the hierarchical structure approach along with evolutionary computations (ECs. A test system comprising of 10 units with 29 different fuel [7] cost equations is considered in this paper. The applied genetic algorithm method will provide optimal solution for the given load demand.

    3. A multiresolution remeshed particle vortex method using patches

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      Rasmussen, Johannes Tophøj; Cottet, George-Henri; Walther, Jens Honore

      vortex particle-mesh VIC algorithm interpolates particle vorticity to a mesh, solves a Poisson equation for the stream function using FFTs and calculates velocities as the curl of the stream function. With both vorticity and velocity available on the mesh, values of the substantial derivative of particle...... implementation with patches of varying resolution, is applied to the two-dimensional flow past a cylinder. The vorticity field can be divided into two regions, an arbitrary patch of vorticity and the remaining exterior vorticity field. Due to the linearity of the Poisson equation the velocity field corresponding...... to the total vorticity field is the sum of the free space solutions to the Poisson equation to each region. Hereby the flow on the patch can be simulated at a higher resolution, while including the influence from the coarser exterior region. Particles are remeshed and interpolated only to the region from which...

    4. An Efficient Meta Heuristic Algorithm to Solve Economic Load Dispatch Problems

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      R Subramanian

      2013-12-01

      Full Text Available The Economic Load Dispatch (ELD problems in power generation systems are to reduce the fuel cost by reducing the total cost for the generation of electric power. This paper presents an efficient Modified Firefly Algorithm (MFA, for solving ELD Problem. The main objective of the problems is to minimize the total fuel cost of the generating units having quadratic cost functions subjected to limits on generator true power output and transmission losses. The MFA is a stochastic, Meta heuristic approach based on the idealized behaviour of the flashing characteristics of fireflies. This paper presents an application of MFA to ELD for six generator test case system. MFA is applied to ELD problem and compared its solution quality and computation efficiency to Genetic algorithm (GA, Differential Evolution (DE, Particle swarm optimization (PSO, Artificial Bee Colony optimization (ABC, Biogeography-Based Optimization (BBO, Bacterial Foraging optimization (BFO, Firefly Algorithm (FA techniques. The simulation result shows that the proposed algorithm outperforms previous optimization methods.

    5. HPLC ve Kağıt Kromatografisi Tekniklerinin Kombinasyonu ile Flavonoidlerin Saflaştırılması

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      Velioğlu, Sedat; Cemeroğlu, Bekir

      1992-01-01

      Bu araştırmada, kağıt kromatografisi ve yüksek basınç likit kromatografisi (HPLC) yöntemlerinin birlikte uygulanması ile flavonoidlerin saf olarak elde edilme olanakları incelenmiştir. Whatman 3MM kromatografi kağıdı ve BAW solvent sistemi kullanılarak inen tipte kağıt kromatografisi tekniğiyle 7 band elde edilmiş ve bu bantlar üzerindeki flavonoidler MAW solvent sistemiyle elue edildikten sonra HPLC kolonuna enjekte edilmiştir. Araştırma bulguları, bu yolla 15 adet pikin saf olarak elde edil...

    6. Farklı Karbondioksit Dozlarının Hidroponik Buğday (Triticum aestivum L. Çim Suyunun Verim ve Besin Değerleri Üzerine Etkileri

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      Muhammet KARAŞAHİN

      2015-11-01

      Full Text Available dozda karbondioksit uygulamalarının çim suyu verim ve besin değerleri üzerine etkilerini belirlemek amacıyla 01.03.2015 ile 01.08.2015 tarihleri arasında Karabük Üniversitesi Eskipazar Meslek Yüksekokulu Bitkisel ve Hayvansal Üretim Bölümü iklimlendirme odasında yürütülmüştür. Çalışmada; üç farklı karbondioksit dozu (Kontrol; 0, D1; 750, D2; 1500 ve D3; 2000 ppm yetiştirme ortamına uygulanarak, bitki verimi tohum oranı, bitki ve çim verimi, çim suyu verimi ve pH, bitki boyu ve kök uzunluğu, bitki ve çim kuru madde oranları, çim suyu enerji ve makro besin değerleri (rutubet, karbonhidrat, protein, yağ, diyet lif ve kül ile mineral madde (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn ve Na içerikleri üzerine etkileri araştırılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre en yüksek bitki, çim ve çim suyu verimleri ile bitki boyu değerleri D1 uygulamasından elde edilmiştir. En yüksek kök uzunluğu değerleri D1 ve D3 uygulamalarından elde edilirken, en yüksek bitki kuru madde oranı değerleri kontrol, D2 ve D3 uygulamalarından elde edilmiştir. En yüksek yağ, Ca ve Fe içerikleri ise D3 uygulamasından elde edilmiştir. En yüksek Mn içerikleri kontrol ve D3 uygulamalarından elde edilirken, en yüksek Mg içerikleri D1, D2 ve D3 uygulamalarından elde edilmiştir. En yüksek Na içerikleri ise kontrol ve D1 uygulamalarından elde edilmiştir. Sadece en yüksek çim ve çim suyu verim değerleri elde etmek için D1 uygulaması tavsiye edilebilir niteliktedir.

    7. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      The characteristics of dust acoustic wave propagating through the plasma has been analysed and the dispersion relation deduced is a generalization of that obtained by previous authors. It is found that nonlinear localization of high frequency electromagnetic field in such a plasma generates magnetic field. This magnetic ...

    8. A combinatorial wind field model

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      Soleimanzadeh, Maryam; Wisniewski, Rafal; Sloth, Christoffer

      2010-01-01

      This report is the deliverable 2.4 in the project Distributed Control of Large-Scale Oshore Wind Farms with the acronym Aeolus. The objective of this deliverable is to provide an understanding of the wind eld model and dynamic variations superimposed on the mean eld. In this report a dynamical...

    9.  Topological quantum field theory: 20 years later

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      Reshetikhin, Nicolai

      2008-01-01

      This article is an overview of the developments in topological quantum field theory, and, in particular on the progress in the Chern–Simons theory.......This article is an overview of the developments in topological quantum field theory, and, in particular on the progress in the Chern–Simons theory....

    10. Study of solar features causing GMSs with 250γ H 400γ

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      The effect of solar features on geospheric conditions leading to geomagnetic storms (GMSs) with planetary index, p ≥ 20 and the range of horizontal component of the Earth's magnetic field such that 250 < < 400 has been investigated using interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), solar wind plasma (SWP) and solar ...

    11. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

      Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

      Magnetic superconductor; rutheno cuprates; structural analysis; microstructure. ... The resistance vs. temperature behavior of the samples in applied fields of 0, 3 and 7 T confirmed superconductivity, with a different type of broadening of the superconductivity transition under magnetic fields for Ru-1212 from that known for ...

    12. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

      Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

      Dynamics of cascade three-level system interacting with the classical and quantized field ... A DC excited waveguide multibeam CO2 laser using high frequency .... Dynamical interplay between fluctuations, electric fields and transport in ... Dust acoustic shock wave generation due to dust charge variation in a dusty plasma.

    13. Microwave absorption studies of MgB 2 superconductor

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      Microwave absorption studies have been carried out on MgB2 superconductor using a standard X-band EPR spectrometer. The modulated low-field microwave absorption signals recorded for polycrystalline (grain size ∼ 10m) samples suggested the absence of weak-link character. The field dependent direct microwave ...

    14. Yağ Gülü (Rosa damascena Mill.’nde Tepe Boşluğu Katı Faz Mikro Ekstraksiyonu (HS-SPME ve Konvansiyonel Su Distilasyonu Yöntemleri ile Elde Edilen Uçucu Bileşenlerin Karşılaştırılması

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      Hasan BAYDAR

      2016-04-01

      Full Text Available Yağ gülü (Rosa damascena Mill., kendine özgü doğal koku bileşenleri nedeniyle parfüm ve kozmetik endüstrisinde değerlendirilen en önemli kokulu gül türüdür. Bu araştırmada, taze yağ gülü çiçeklerinin sepal (çanak yaprak, petal (taç yaprak, stamen (erkek organ ve pistil (dişi organ olarak ayrılan kısımlarının uçucu bileşenleri gaz kromatografisi/kütle spektrometresi (GC-MS ile kombine edilmiş Tepe Boşluğu-Katı Faz Mikro Ekstraksiyon (HS-SPME tekniği ile tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca taze yağ gülü çiçekleri konvansiyonel hidro-Clevenger su distilasyonu yöntemi ile damıtılmış, elde edilen uçucu yağların bileşenleri GC-MS ile belirlendikten sonra HS-SPME sonuçları ile karşılaştırılmıştır. HS-SPME yönteminin yağ gülünde uçucu bileşenleri analizinde oldukça hassas ve etkili olduğu anlaşılmış, bir yağ gülü çiçeğinin farklı kısımların farklı koku bileşenlerine sahip olduğu belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca su distilasyonu ile elde edilen gül yağının uçucu yağ bileşenlerinin çiçeğin doğal koku bileşenlerinden farklı olduğu ve distilasyon sürecinde önemli bazı bileşenlerde değişimler ve kayıplar olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Taze gül çiçeğinin en önemli bileşeni olan feniletil alkol çiçeğin en fazla pembe renkli petallerinde (taç yapraklarında, gül yağında varlığı istenmeyen metil öjenol ise çiçeğin en fazla stamenlerinde (erkek organlarında bulunduğu belirlenmiştir.

    15. Renormalized energy-momentum tensor of λΦ4 theory in curved ...

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      Divergenceless expression for the energy-momentum tensor of scalar field is obtained using the momentum cut-off regularization technique. We consider a scalar field with quartic self-coupling in a spatially flat (3+1)-dimensional Robertson–Walker space-time, having arbitrary mass and coupled to gravity. As special cases ...

    16. Large Data Set Mining

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      Leemans, I.B.; Broomhall, Susan

      2017-01-01

      Digital emotion research has yet to make history. Until now large data set mining has not been a very active field of research in early modern emotion studies. This is indeed surprising since first, the early modern field has such rich, copyright-free, digitized data sets and second, emotion studies

    17. Early Learning and Development Standards in East Asia and the Pacific: Experiences from Eight Countries

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      Miyahara, Junko; Meyers, Cliff

      2008-01-01

      This paper analyses how countries in UNICEF's East Asia and Pacific Region (EAPR) have engaged in the Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS) process. ELDS has been developed by the governments of Cambodia, China, Fiji, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam over the last 3 years with technical and financial support from…

    18. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

      Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

      We investigate some aspects of a generalized JC-model which include arbitrary forms of non-linearities of both the field and the intensity-dependent atom–field coupling. We obtain an exactly analytic solution of the model, by means of which we identify and numerically demonstrate the region of parameters where ...

    19. Pharmaceutical biotechnology: drug discovery and clinical applications

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      Kayser, Oliver; Müller, Rainer H

      2004-01-01

      .... The biopharmaceutical industry has changed dramatically since the first recombinant ® protein (Humulin ) was approved for marketing in 1982. The range of resources required for the pharmaceutical industry has expanded from its traditional fields. Advances in the field of recombinant genetics allows scientists to routinely clone genes and create ge...

    20. Enhanced temperature-independent magnetoresistance below the ...

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      The film exhibits a large nearly temperature-independent magnetoresistance around 99% in the temperature regime below p. The zero field-cooled (ZFC) and field-cooled (FC) magnetization data at 50 Oe shows irreversibility between the ZFC and FC close to the ferromagnetic transition temperature c = 250 K. The ZFC ...

    1. Collective flow in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

      Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

      A brief introduction is given to the field of collective flow, currently being investigated experimentally at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider, Brookhaven National Laboratory. It is followed by an outline of the work that I have been doing in this field, in collaboration with Nicolas Borghini and Jean-Yves Ollitrault.

    2. Pharmacogenetics of psychotropic drugs

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      Lerer, Bernard

      2002-01-01

      ... of pharmacogenetics with substance dependence and brain imaging, and consider the impact of pharmacogenetics on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. This book defines the young field of pharmacogenetics as it applies to psychotropic drugs and is, therefore, an essential reference for all clinicians and researchers working in this findings field. Bernard ...

    3. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

      Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

      Bianchi type-V string cosmological models in general relativity are investigated. To get the exact solution of Einstein's field equations, we have taken some scale transformations used by Camci et al [Astrophys. Space Sci. 275, 391 (2001)]. It is shown that Einstein's field equations are solvable for any arbitrary cosmic scale ...

    4. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

      Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

      Abstract. Experimental realization of mirrorless lasers in the last decade have resulted in hectic activity in this field, due to their novelty, simplicity and ruggedness and their great potential for application. In this article, I will review the various developments in this field in roughly chronological order, and discuss some possible ...

    5. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

      Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

      A boundary-state computation is performed to obtain derivative corrections to the Chern–Simons coupling between a -brane and the RR gauge potential -3. We work to quadratic order in the gauge field strength , but all orders in derivatives. In a certain limit, which requires the presence of a constant -field ...

    6. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

      Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

      Magnetochiral anisotropy refers to the phenomenon that when light is passed through a chiral medium placed in an external magnetic field, the refractive index, or equivalently, the absorption encountered by the light differs depending on whether it travels parallel or antiparallel to the magnetic field. It is a very small effect, ...

    7. Laser speckle technology in stomatology. diagnostics of stresses and strains of hard biotissues and orthodontic and orthopedic structures

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      Denisova, Yu. L.; Bazylev, N. B.; Rubnikovich, S. P.; Fomin, N. A.

      2013-07-01

      We have investigated the formation and dynamics of speckle biofi elds formed by hard biotissues of the oral cavity irradiated with low-intensity radiation. We present experimental methods for diagnosing the stressed-strained state of the maxillodental system and orthodontic and orthopedic structures based on speckle technologies and crosscorrelation analysis of speckle biofi elds.

    8. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

      Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

      Einstein's field equations are considered for a locally rotationally symmetric Bianchi Type-II space–time in the presence of a massless scalar field with a scalar potential. Exact solutions of scale factors and other physical parameters are obtained by using a special law of variation for Hubble's parameter that yields a constant ...

    9. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

      Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

      However, on substitution of Pr with La, a crossover from the highly resistive CO state to a state of metallic character is observed at relatively low electric fields. The current–voltage characteristics of the samples at low temperatures show hysteretic and history dependent effects. The electric field driven charge transport in the ...

    10. REDESIGN OF CERNS QUADRUPOLE RESONATOR FOR TESTING OF SUPERCONDUCTING SAMPLES

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      Del Pozo Romano, Veronica

      2017-01-01

      The quadrupole resonator (QPR) was constructed in 1997 to measure the surface resistance of niobium samples at 400 MHz, the technology and RF frequency chosen for the LHC. It allows measurement of the RF properties of superconducting films deposited on disk-shaped metallic substrates. The samples are used to study different coatings which is much faster than the coating, stripping and re-coating of sample cavities. An electromagnetic and mechanical re-design of the existing QPR has been done with the goal of doubling the magnetic peak fields on the samples. Electromagnetic simulations were carried out on a completely parametrized model, using the existings QPR as baseline and modifying its dimensions. The aim was to optimize the measurement range and resolution by increasing the ratio between the magnetic peak fields on the sample and in the cavity. Increasing the average magnetic field on the sample leads to a more homogenous field distribution over the sample. Some of the modifications were based on t...

    11. Exploring the Physics Limitations of Compact High Gradient Accelerating Structures Simulations of the Electron Current Spectrometer Setup in Geant4

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      Van Vliet, Philine Julia

      2017-01-01

      The high field gradient of 100 MV/m that will be applied to the accelerator cavities of the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC), gives rise to the problem of RF breakdowns. The field collapses and a plasma of electrons and ions is being formed in the cavity, preventing the RF field from penetrating the cavity. Electrons in the plasma are being accelerated and ejected out, resulting in a breakdown current up to a few Amp`eres, measured outside the cavities. These breakdowns lead to luminosity loss, so reducing their amount is of great importance. For this, a better understanding of the physics behind RF breakdowns is needed. To study these breakdowns, the XBox 2 test facility has a spectrometer setup installed after the RF cavity that is being conditioned. For this report, a simulation of this spectrometer setup has been made using Geant4. Once a detailed simulation of the RF field and cavity has been made, it can be connected to this simulation of the spectrometer setup and used to recreate the data that has b...

    12. An Eulerian-Lagrangian finite-element method for modeling crack growth in creeping materials

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      Lee Hae Sung.

      1991-01-01

      This study is concerned with the development of finite-element-solution methods for analysis of quasi-static, ductile crack growth in history-dependent materials. The mixed Eulerian-Langrangian description (ELD) kinematic model is shown to have several desirable properties for modeling inelastic crack growth. Accordingly, a variational statement based on the ELD for history-dependent materials is developed, and a new moving-grid finite-element method based on the variational statement is presented. The moving-grid finite-element method based on the variational statement is presented. The moving-grid finite-element method is applied to the analysis of transient, quasi-static, mode-III crack growth in creeping materials. A generalized Petrov-Galerkin method (GPG) is developed that simultaneously stabilizes the statement to admit L 2 basis functions for the nonlinear strain field. Quasi-static, model-III crack growth in creeping materials under small-scale-yielding (SSY) conditions is considered. The GPG/ELD moving-grid finite-element formulation is used to model a transient crack-growth problem. The GPG/ELD results compare favorably with previously-published numerical results and the asymptotic solutions

    13. Kinetic model for hydroxyapatite precipitation on human enamel surface by electrolytic deposition

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      Lei Caixia; Liao Yingmin; Feng Zude

      2009-01-01

      The electrolytic deposition (ELD) of hydroxyapatite (HAP) coating on human enamel surface for different loading times at varied temperatures (ranging from 37 deg. C to 85 deg. C) and varied current densities (ranging from 0.05 mA cm -2 to 10 mA cm -2 ) was investigated in this study. Thin film x-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared and micro-Raman spectra analysis, as well as an environmental scanning electron microscope, were used to characterize the coating. The results showed that only the HAP phase occurred on the enamel surface after ELD experiments. The contents of HAP deposits on the enamel surface linearly changed proportional to the square root of the loading time, which was in good agreement with the kinetic model of ELD of HAP coating based on one-dimensional diffusion. The induction periods were observed on all the regression lines, and the rate of the HAP coating formation on enamel showed a linear relationship with the current density. It was implied that the diffusion process was the rate-determining step in the ELD of the HAP coating on human enamel.

    14. Artificial bee colony algorithm for economic load dispatch with wind power energy

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      Safari Amin

      2016-01-01

      Full Text Available This paper presents an efficient Artificial Bee Colony (ABC algorithm for solving large scale economic load dispatch (ELD problems in power networks. To realize the ELD, the valve-point loading effect, system load demand, power losses, ramp rate limits and prohibited operation zones are considered here. Simulations were performed on four different power systems with 3, 6, 15 and 40 generating units and the results are compared with two forms of power systems, one power system is with a wind power generator and other power system is without a wind power generator. The results of this study reveal that the proposed approach is able to find appreciable ELD solutions than those of previous algorithms.

    15. Radial oscillations of neutron stars in strong magnetic fields

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      The eigen frequencies of radial pulsations of neutron stars are calculated in a strong magnetic field. At low densities we use the magnetic BPS equation of state (EOS) similar to that obtained by Lai and Shapiro while at high densities the EOS obtained from the relativistic nuclear mean field theory is taken and extended to ...

    16. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

      Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

      The hf s in Coulomb metre (C m) when compared with static and reported s indicate that ss favour the monomer formations which combine to form dimers in the hf electric field. The comparison among s shows that a part of the molecule is rotating under X-band electric field [5]. The theoretical theos from available ...

    17. Experimental investigation of ultrasonic velocity anisotropy in ...

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      Permanent link: https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/pram/077/02/0345-0355. Keywords. Magnetic fluids; ultrasonic wave; sound velocity; anisotropy. Abstract. Magnetic field-induced dispersion of ultrasonic velocity in a Mn0.7Zn0.3Fe2O4 fluid (applied magnetic field is perpendicular to the ultrasonic propagation vector) is ...

    18. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

      Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

      Role of magnetic shear on the electrostatic current driven ion-cyclotron instability in the presence of parallel electric field · Harsha Jalori A K Gwal · More Details Abstract Fulltext ... pp 809-822 Research Articles. Analytic methods for field induced tunneling in quantum wells with arbitrary potential profiles · S Panda B K Panda.

    19. Journal of Earth System Science | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      For this purpose,several synthetic and field models have been examined.Five synthetic models are studied to establish the veracity of the new functions and two well-studied published field data sets are inverted through SIS for comparison.We noticed that the new function and SIS compliment each other and lead to better ...

    20. Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

      Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

      The flow and temperature fields are computed numerically with the help of the Fluent computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, and a computer program developed by us by using the results of the calculations performed for the flow and temperature fields. In all investigated cases, the irreversibility due to the heat transfer ...

    1. Self-field effects on small-signal gain in two-stage free-electron lasers

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      Self-field effects, induced by charge and current densities of the electron beam, on gain in two-stage free-electron laser with nonuniform guide magnetic field is presented. The gain equation for small-signal has been derived analytically. The results of numerical calculations show a gain decrement for group I orbits and a ...

    2. İzmir İlinde Bulunan Termal Sularda Gelişen Bazı Termofilik Mavi-Yeşil Alglerin (Siyanobakterilerin İzolasyonu ve Moleküler Tayini.

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      Kerem Yüksel

      2015-12-01

      Full Text Available İzmir ili ve çevresindeki termal tesislerden elde edilen mavi-yeşil algler (siyanobakteriler laboratuar ortamında izole edilip, moleküler yöntemlerle tür tayini çalışılmıştır. Zeytindalı kaplıcaları, Şifne Termal Otel ve Balçova Termal Otel olmak üzere 3 istasyondan elde edilen 4 mavi-yeşil alg (siyanobakteri türü, laboratuarda kültür ortamında saflaştırılarak izole edilmişlerdir. Daha sonra elde edilen hücrelerden, DNA izolasyonu sonucu elde edilen DNA’lar PCR’da çoğaltılmıştır. Siyanobakterilere özgü primerler kullanılarak 16S rRNA gen bölgeleri tekrar PCR’da çoğaltılarak elde edilen dizi analizi verileri bilgisayar programlarında yorumlanarak filogenetik bakımdan tür tayini yapılmaya çalışılmıştır. Dizi analizlerine göre yapılan tür tayini doğrultusunda, örneklerden üçünün Geitlerinema cinsi olduğu diğer 1 türün ise kültürü belirlenmemiş tür olduğu belirtilmiştir

    3. Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      The burst of the Internet bubble in 2000 has severely quenched the pace of development in the optical MEMS field. However, it is now clear that this field is again set to move forward as not only telecommunication but many other industries are benefiting from its application. We describe in this paper some of our latest ...

    4. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      The compound with =0.10 exhibits superconductivity at ∼ 54 K while the composition = 0.20 is non-superconducting down to 5 K. On cooling below 10 K in an applied field of 4 kOe, the former causes a noticeable upturn in the field cooled (FC) magnetization signal. Such a change in magnetic response is also reflected ...

    5. Data mining in e-commerce: A survey

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      Data mining has matured as a field of basic and applied research in computer science in general and e-commerce in particular. In this paper, we survey some of the recent approaches and architectures where data mining has been applied in the fields of e-commerce and e-business. Our intent is not to survey the plethora ...

    6. Non-Standard Hierarchies of the Runnings of the Spectral Index in Inflation

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      Chris Longden

      2017-03-01

      Full Text Available Recent analyses of cosmic microwave background surveys have revealed hints that there may be a non-trivial running of the running of the spectral index. If future experiments were to confirm these hints, it would prove a powerful discriminator of inflationary models, ruling out simple single field models. We discuss how isocurvature perturbations in multi-field models can be invoked to generate large runnings in a non-standard hierarchy, and find that a minimal model capable of practically realising this would be a two-field model with a non-canonical kinetic structure. We also consider alternative scenarios such as variable speed-of-light models and canonical quantum gravity effects and their implications for runnings of the spectral index.

    7. Kinetic model for hydroxyapatite precipitation on human enamel surface by electrolytic deposition

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      Lei Caixia; Liao Yingmin; Feng Zude, E-mail: zdfeng@xmu.edu.c [College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

      2009-06-15

      The electrolytic deposition (ELD) of hydroxyapatite (HAP) coating on human enamel surface for different loading times at varied temperatures (ranging from 37 deg. C to 85 deg. C) and varied current densities (ranging from 0.05 mA cm{sup -2} to 10 mA cm{sup -2}) was investigated in this study. Thin film x-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared and micro-Raman spectra analysis, as well as an environmental scanning electron microscope, were used to characterize the coating. The results showed that only the HAP phase occurred on the enamel surface after ELD experiments. The contents of HAP deposits on the enamel surface linearly changed proportional to the square root of the loading time, which was in good agreement with the kinetic model of ELD of HAP coating based on one-dimensional diffusion. The induction periods were observed on all the regression lines, and the rate of the HAP coating formation on enamel showed a linear relationship with the current density. It was implied that the diffusion process was the rate-determining step in the ELD of the HAP coating on human enamel.

    8. Public Sector Leadership. A Review of Romanian Research Done in the Field Between 2007-2016

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      Tudor ȚICLĂU

      2016-12-01

      Full Text Available Leadership is one of the best examples for an ubiquitous research topic, as it is studied both as a social phenomenon as well as a theoretical concept (Hackman and Wageman, 2007, being studied in relation with different research fi elds, ranging from politics, public administration, management, social and organizational change, human motivation (and the list could go on. This has led some scholars to claiming that leadership has been the source of more extensive investigation than almost any other aspect of human behavior (de Vries, 1993. The interest then in public sector leadership comes only natural to any researcher in the fi eld of public administration. Our main purpose was to identify and analyze what has been done on the topic of public sector leadership, specifi cally for Romania, in the past ten years. We focused on three major variables: theoretical framework used, authorship nationality, and quality of research. Results indicate that Romanian authors and Romania are missing from top tier journals in the fi eld of public administration. Indirectly, results raise questions about general research capacity in the fi eld of public administration of Romanian scholars.

    9. Effect of swift heavy ion irradiation on surface resistance of DyBa 2

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      We report the observation of a pronounced peak in surface resistance at microwave frequencies of 4.88 GHz and 9.55 GHz and its disappearance after irradiation with swift ions in laser ablated DyBa2Cu3O7- (DBCO) thin films. The measurements were carried out in zero field as well as in the presence of magnetic fields ...

    10. On the advancements of conformal transformations and their associated symmetries in geometry and theoretical physics

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      Kastrup, H.A.

      2008-08-01

      The historical developments of conformal transformations and symmetries are sketched: Their origin from stereographic projections of the globe, their blossoming in two dimensions within the eld of analytic complex functions, the generic role of transformations by reciprocal radii in dimensions higher than two and their linearization in terms of polyspherical coordinates by Darboux, Weyl's attempt to extend General Relativity, the slow rise of nite dimensional conformal transformations in classical eld theories and the problem of their interpretation, then since about 1970 the rapid spread of their acceptance for asymptotic and structural problems in quantum eld theories and beyond, up to the current AdS=CFT conjecture. The occasion for the present article: hundred years ago Bateman and Cunningham discovered the form invariance of Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism with respect to conformal space-time transformations. (orig.)

    11. Automatic crop row detection from UAV images

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      Midtiby, Henrik; Rasmussen, Jesper

      are considered weeds. We have used a Sugar beet field as a case for evaluating the proposed crop detection method. The suggested image processing consists of: 1) locating vegetation regions in the image by thresholding the excess green image derived from the orig- inal image, 2) calculate the Hough transform......Images from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles can provide information about the weed distribution in fields. A direct way is to quantify the amount of vegetation present in different areas of the field. The limitation of this approach is that it includes both crops and weeds in the reported num- bers. To get...... of the segmented image 3) determine the dominating crop row direction by analysing output from the Hough transform and 4) use the found crop row direction to locate crop rows....

    12. On the advancements of conformal transformations and their associated symmetries in geometry and theoretical physics

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      Kastrup, H A [Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany). Theory Group

      2008-08-15

      The historical developments of conformal transformations and symmetries are sketched: Their origin from stereographic projections of the globe, their blossoming in two dimensions within the eld of analytic complex functions, the generic role of transformations by reciprocal radii in dimensions higher than two and their linearization in terms of polyspherical coordinates by Darboux, Weyl's attempt to extend General Relativity, the slow rise of nite dimensional conformal transformations in classical eld theories and the problem of their interpretation, then since about 1970 the rapid spread of their acceptance for asymptotic and structural problems in quantum eld theories and beyond, up to the current AdS=CFT conjecture. The occasion for the present article: hundred years ago Bateman and Cunningham discovered the form invariance of Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism with respect to conformal space-time transformations. (orig.)

    13. NMR signal analysis in the large COMPASS $^{14}$NH$_{3}$ target

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      Koivuniemi, J; Hess, C; Kisselev, Y U; Meyer, W; Radtke, E; Reicherz, G; Doshita, N; Iwata, T; Kondo, K; Michigami, T

      2009-01-01

      In the large COMPASS polarized proton target the 1508 cm$^{3}$ of irradiated granular ammonia is polarized with dynamic nuclear polarization method using 4 mm microwaves in 2.5 T eld. The nuclear polarization up to 90 - 93 % is determined with cw NMR. The properties of the observed ammonia proton signals are described and spin thermodynamics in high elds is presented. Also the second moment of the NMR line is estimated.

    14. varying elastic parameters distributions

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      Moussawi, Ali

      2014-12-01

      The experimental identication of mechanical properties is crucial in mechanics for understanding material behavior and for the development of numerical models. Classical identi cation procedures employ standard shaped specimens, assume that the mechanical elds in the object are homogeneous, and recover global properties. Thus, multiple tests are required for full characterization of a heterogeneous object, leading to a time consuming and costly process. The development of non-contact, full- eld measurement techniques from which complex kinematic elds can be recorded has opened the door to a new way of thinking. From the identi cation point of view, suitable methods can be used to process these complex kinematic elds in order to recover multiple spatially varying parameters through one test or a few tests. The requirement is the development of identi cation techniques that can process these complex experimental data. This thesis introduces a novel identi cation technique called the constitutive compatibility method. The key idea is to de ne stresses as compatible with the observed kinematic eld through the chosen class of constitutive equation, making possible the uncoupling of the identi cation of stress from the identi cation of the material parameters. This uncoupling leads to parametrized solutions in cases where 5 the solution is non-unique (due to unknown traction boundary conditions) as demonstrated on 2D numerical examples. First the theory is outlined and the method is demonstrated in 2D applications. Second, the method is implemented within a domain decomposition framework in order to reduce the cost for processing very large problems. Finally, it is extended to 3D numerical examples. Promising results are shown for 2D and 3D problems.

    15. On the advancements of conformal transformations and their associated symmetries in geometry and theoretical physics

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      Kastrup, H.A. [Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany). Theory Group

      2008-08-15

      The historical developments of conformal transformations and symmetries are sketched: Their origin from stereographic projections of the globe, their blossoming in two dimensions within the eld of analytic complex functions, the generic role of transformations by reciprocal radii in dimensions higher than two and their linearization in terms of polyspherical coordinates by Darboux, Weyl's attempt to extend General Relativity, the slow rise of nite dimensional conformal transformations in classical eld theories and the problem of their interpretation, then since about 1970 the rapid spread of their acceptance for asymptotic and structural problems in quantum eld theories and beyond, up to the current AdS=CFT conjecture. The occasion for the present article: hundred years ago Bateman and Cunningham discovered the form invariance of Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism with respect to conformal space-time transformations. (orig.)

    16. Geology and neotectonism in the epicentral area of the 2011 M5.8 Mineral, Virginia, earthquake

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      Burton, William C.; Spears, David B.; Harrison, Richard W.; Evans, Nicholas H.; Schindler, J. Stephen; Counts, Ronald C.

      2015-01-01

      This fi eld guide covers a two-day west-to-east transect across the epicentral region of the 2011 M5.8 Mineral, Virginia, earthquake, the largest ever recorded in the Central Virginia seismic zone. The fi eld trip highlights results of recent bedrock and surficial geologic mapping in two adjoining 7.5-min quadrangles, the Ferncliff and the Pendleton, which together encompass the epicenter and most of the 2011–2012 aftershocks.

    17. Secure Multiparty Computation vs. Fair Exchange - Bridging the Gap

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      Garbinato , Benoît; Rickebusch , Ian

      2013-01-01

      International audience; In this paper, we propose a comparison of fair exchange and secure multiparty computation. Despite their apparent similarity, these two problems arise respectively from the elds of distributed systems and of modern cryptography. The wide di erences of description and approach in these research elds render hazardous a straightforward comparison of the various results and solutions. By introducing a common speci cation framework for the two problems, we examine the di er...

    18. No effect of a parasite on reproduction in stickleback males: a laboratory artefact?

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      Candolin, U.; Voigt, H.-R.

      2001-01-01

      Experiments are often carried out in the laboratory under arti®cial conditions. Although this can control for confounding factors, it may eliminate important factors that under natural conditions mediate the interaction under investigation. Here, we show that different results can be gained in the ®eld and in the laboratory regarding host±parasite interaction. In the ®eld, courting three-spined stickleback males, Gasterosteus aculeatus, were less often infected with plerocercoids of ...

    19. Fulltext PDF

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      W ith R olle's theorem as a starting point,w e dis- cuss som e geom etric and other aspects ofthe dis- .... at the equilibrium positions in a certain ¯eld of force. T his ¯eld is one due to a particle placed at each .... B y the hypothesis that R olle's property holds for f , there are at least r ¡ 3 zeroes of f 0 w hich are outside ¢ and are ...

    20. MCEM algorithm for the log-Gaussian Cox process

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      Delmas, Celine; Dubois-Peyrard, Nathalie; Sabbadin, Regis

      2014-01-01

      Log-Gaussian Cox processes are an important class of models for aggregated point patterns. They have been largely used in spatial epidemiology (Diggle et al., 2005), in agronomy (Bourgeois et al., 2012), in forestry (Moller et al.), in ecology (sightings of wild animals) or in environmental sciences (radioactivity counts). A log-Gaussian Cox process is a Poisson process with a stochastic intensity depending on a Gaussian random eld. We consider the case where this Gaussian random eld is ...

    1. Managing the Private Spies: Use of Commercial Augmentation for Intelligence Operations

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      2006-06-01

      even has a Field Manual devoted to contractor administration which brings out many of the same points (FM 3-100.26, “Contractors on the Battlefi eld...Printing Offi ce), 2001, 53. 38 Mahlon Apgar and John Keane, “New Business with the New Military,” Harvard Business Review, (September 2004), 45. 12 are... manual for Contractors on the Battlefi eld acknowledges that “there is no specifi cally identifi ed force structure nor detailed policy on how to

    2. Partnership for practice change and knowledge development

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      Larsen, Stina Meyer; Stokholm, Gitte; Madsen, Anette Judithe

      2014-01-01

      and various practice fi elds and (B) to develop students ’ competences in practice research and collaboration, thus building up a framework in which research-based change in occupational therapy practice can be pursued through students ’ practice research. The practice research undertaken in the students...... and the students ’ bachelor ’ s theses. Results of the evaluations showed that (A) the developed institutional partnerships promoted the goals of the initiative, including research-based proposals for change in the practice fi eld and that (B) the students acquired competences in practice research and collaboration....... Conclusions. On top of what students learned through the initiative, all of this was to the bene fi t of the university college, the occupational therapy program, and the practice fi elds and citizens. The results point toward a continuation of the educational initiative. Key words: theory – practice relation...

    3. Synthesis and Investigation Absorption Features of Some Novel Hetarylazo Dyes Derived from Calix[4]resorcinarene

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      İzzet Şener

      2013-12-01

      Full Text Available In this study, several derivatives of amines were diazotized and coupled with 3-aminocrotonitrile to give 2-arylhydrazon-3-ketiminocrotononitrile. The synthesized components were then refluxed with hydrazine hydrate in ethanol to give a series of dyes 5-amino-4-arylazo-3-ethyl-1'H-Pyrazole. The synthesized dyes were diazotised and coupled with resorcinarene, which was obtained from condensation of between resorcinol and acetaldehyde, to give a new synthesis of azo dyes based on resorcinarene. The structures of synthesized dyes based on resorcinarene were characterized by spectral methods. The effect of varying solvents, acid and base upon the absorption spectra of resultant dyes has been investigated. Key words: Resorcinarene, Azo Dyes, Absorption Spectra, Solvent Effect, Acid-Base Effect Rezorsinaren Bazlı Azo Boyarmaddelerin Sentezi ve Absorpsiyon Özelliklerinin İncelenmesi Özet: Bu çalışmada, çeşitli amin türevleri diazolanmış ve 3-aminokrotonitril ile kenetlenerek 2-arilhidrazon-3-ketiminokrotononitril bileşikleri elde edilmiştir. Elde edilen bileşikler, hidrazinhidrat ile etanol içerisinde reflaks edilerek bir seri 5-amino-4-arilazo-3-metil-1'H-pirazol boyaları elde edilmiştir. Elde edilen boyalar diazonlarak rezorsinol ve asetaldehit arasındaki kondenzasyondan elde edilen rezorsinaren bileşiği ile kenetlenmiş ve rezorsinaren bazlı azo boyarmaddeler sentezlenmiştir. Sentezlenen rezorsinaren bazlı azoboyarmaddelerin yapıları spektrofotometrik yöntemler kullanılarak incelendi. Sentezlenen boyarmaddelerin görünür bölge absorpsiyon spektrumları üzerine değişik çözücü, asit ve baz etkileri incelendi. Anahtar kelimeler: Rezorsiaren, Azo Boyarmadde, Absorpsiyon Spektrumu, Çözücü Etkisi, Asit-Baz Etkisi

    4. Coprological Assessment of Enteric Parasites in Argali Sheep ( Ovis ammon , Siberian Ibex ( Capra sibirica , and Domestic Sheep and Goats at the Ikh Nart Nature Reserve in Mongolia

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      David E. Kenny

      2009-12-01

      Full Text Available In the spring of 2009 (April/May the Denver Zoological Foundation in collaboration with the Mongolian Academy of Sciences conducted a fi eld coprological assessment feasibility study at the Ikh Nart Nature Reserve in southeastern Mongolia. Our initial effort was directed at fi nding simple methodologies that would work consistently in the fi eld for identifying some of the enteric parasites for argali sheep ( Ovis ammon and Siberian ibex ( Capra sibirica , and then to compare these to samples from local nomad domestic fat-tailed sheep ( Ovis aries and cashmere goats ( Capra hircus . Direct fecal examination yielded less eggs than the fl otation techniques, but was still felt to be useful as a quick screening tool. From the fl otation techniques we settled on using sugar because it appeared to yield the most eggs and sugar is readily available in Mongolia. We successfully recovered Entamoeba sp., Eimeria spp., trichostrongyles, large trichostrongyle species, Trichuris ovis and Strongyloides papillosus . We are using the digital images we captured to create a fi eld guide for common enteric parasites found in wildlife and domestics ungulates found in the reserve. In the future, we plan to use the fi eld guide and the quantitative modi fi ed McMaster technique to compare parasite egg-type numbers in both wild and domestic ungulates during different seasons.

    5. Microstructure-Aided Digital Volume Correlation

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      Hild F.

      2010-06-01

      Full Text Available This paper describes how volumic images of a composite material could be used to measure 3D displacement fields, and assess mechanical properties. The exemple of a tensile test performed on a sample made of an energetic material is chosen. Different tools are used, namely, X-ray microtomography of an in situ experiment, image acquisition and processing, volume correlation to measure 3D displacement fields. The principle of an integrated approach is finally introduced.

    6. Tenth workshop on the algorithmic foundations of robotics (WAFR)

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      Lozano-Perez, Tomas; Roy, Nicholas; Rus, Daniela; Algorithmic foundations of robotics X

      2013-01-01

      Algorithms are a fundamental component of robotic systems. Robot algorithms process inputs from sensors that provide noisy and partial data, build geometric and physical models of the world, plan high-and low-level actions at different time horizons, and execute these actions on actuators with limited precision. The design and analysis of robot algorithms raise a unique combination of questions from many elds, including control theory, computational geometry and topology, geometrical and physical modeling, reasoning under uncertainty, probabilistic algorithms, game theory, and theoretical computer science. The Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR) is a single-track meeting of leading researchers in the eld of robot algorithms. Since its inception in 1994, WAFR has been held every other year, and has provided one of the premiere venues for the publication of some of the eld's most important and lasting contributions. This books contains the proceedings of the tenth WAFR, held on June 13{15 201...

    7. Kültürel değerlere göre karanlık lider algısının çalışan iş performansı etkisi üzerine bir araştırma

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      Kızıldaş, Ezgi

      2017-01-01

      Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, iş motivasyonu, bireysel kültürel değer boyutlarından olan kolektivizm, güç mesafesi ve algılanan karanlık lider davranışlarının iş performansı üzerindeki etkilerini oluşturan bir model çerçevesinde araştırılmasıdır. Ankara’da faaliyet gösteren büyük ve orta ölçekli işletmelerde çalışan 245 kişiden elde edilen veriler ile oluşturulan örneklem üzerinden bir araştırma yapılmıştır. Araştırmada elde edilen veriler SPSS programı kullanılarak yapılmıştır. Elde edilen bulg...

    8. The FFAG return loop for the CBETA Energy Recovery Linac

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      Berg, J. S. [Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

      2017-04-28

      The CBETA energy recovery linac uses a single xed eld alternating gradient (FFAG) beam line to return the beam for electron beams with four energies, ranging from 42 MeV to 150 MeV. To keep the beam line compact, the ends of the return line have a small radius of curvature, but the central part of the return line is straight. These are connected by transition lines that adiabatically change from one to the other. We rst describe the design or the arc cell. We then describe how a straight cell is created to be a good match to this arc cell. We then describe the design of the transition line between them. The design process makes use of eld maps for the desired magnets. Because we switch magnet types as we move from the arc, through the transition, and into the straight, there are discrete jumps in the elds that degrade the adiabaticity of the transition, and we describe corrections to manage that.

    9. Investigations and Applications of Field- and Photo-emitted Electron Beams from a Radio Frequency Gun

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      Panuganti, SriHarsha [Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States)

      2015-08-01

      Production of quality electron bunches using e cient ways of generation is a crucial aspect of accelerator technology. Radio frequency electron guns are widely used to generate and rapidly accelerate electron beams to relativistic energies. In the current work, we primarily study the charge generation processes of photoemission and eld emission inside an RF gun installed at Fermilab's High Brightness Electron Source Laboratory (HBESL). Speci cally, we study and characterize second-order nonlinear photoemission from a Cesium Telluride (Cs2Te) semiconductor photocathode, and eld emission from carbon based cathodes including diamond eld emission array (DFEA) and carbon nanotube (CNT) cathodes located in the RF gun's cavity. Finally, we discuss the application experiments conducted at the facility to produce soft x-rays via inverse Compton scattering (ICS), and to generate uniformly lled ellipsoidal bunches and temporally shaped electron beams from the Cs2Te photocathode.

    10. Wave Propagation in a coaxial waveguide with a periodic slot array

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      Alesini, D; Garganese, C; Migliorati, M; Palumbo, L

      2001-01-01

      In this paper we present the numerical and experimental study of the electromagnetic elds that propagate in a coaxial waveguide having periodic slots in the inner conductor. The aim of the work is to estimate the e ects of the holes on the phase velocity of the eld propagating in structures like the LHC liner, and to which extent these elds can be considered synchronous with the generating beam. To this end we have performed a numerical analysis by using the MAFIA simulation code, and have obtained, for a given geometry, the ampli- tude of the slowing down of the phase velocity due to the presence of the slot array. We have then performed a set of measurements of this e ect on a simple coaxial resonator, measuring the shift of the resonance frequencies produced by the slots. This shift, related to the phase velocity, has been compared with the results obtained with the simulations.

    11. Observation of the Earth system from space

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      Flury, Jakob; Reigber, Christoph; Rothacher, Markus; Boedecker, Gerd

      2006-01-01

      In the recent years, space-based observation methods have led to a subst- tially improved understanding of Earth system. Geodesy and geophysics are contributing to this development by measuring the temporal and spatial va- ations of the Earth's shape, gravity ?eld, and magnetic ?eld, as well as at- sphere density. In the frame of the GermanR&D programmeGEOTECHNO- LOGIEN,researchprojectshavebeen launchedin2002relatedto the satellite missions CHAMP, GRACE and ESA's planned mission GOCE, to comp- mentary terrestrial and airborne sensor systems and to consistent and stable high-precision global reference systems for satellite and other techniques. In the initial 3-year phase of the research programme (2002-2004), new gravity ?eld models have been computed from CHAMP and GRACE data which outperform previous models in accuracy by up to two orders of m- nitude for the long and medium wavelengths. A special highlight is the - termination of seasonal gravity variations caused by changes in continental water masses...

    12. Spin Glasses : Statics and Dynamics : Summer School

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      Bovier, Anton

      2009-01-01

      Over the last decade, spin glass theory has turned from a fascinating part of t- oretical physics to a ?ourishing and rapidly growing subject of probability theory as well. These developments have been triggered to a large part by the mathem- ical understanding gained on the fascinating and previously mysterious “Parisi solution” of the Sherrington–Kirkpatrick mean ?eld model of spin glasses, due to the work of Guerra, Talagrand, and others. At the same time, new aspects and applications of the methods developed there have come up. The presentvolumecollects a number of reviewsaswellas shorterarticlesby lecturers at a summer school on spin glasses that was held in July 2007 in Paris. These articles range from pedagogical introductions to state of the art papers, covering the latest developments. In their whole, they give a nice overview on the current state of the ?eld from the mathematical side. The review by Bovier and Kurkova gives a concise introduction to mean ?eld models, starting with the Curie–...

    13. Exponential local discriminant embedding and its application to face recognition.

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      Dornaika, Fadi; Bosaghzadeh, Alireza

      2013-06-01

      Local discriminant embedding (LDE) has been recently proposed to overcome some limitations of the global linear discriminant analysis method. In the case of a small training data set, however, LDE cannot directly be applied to high-dimensional data. This case is the so-called small-sample-size (SSS) problem. The classical solution to this problem was applying dimensionality reduction on the raw data (e.g., using principal component analysis). In this paper, we introduce a novel discriminant technique called "exponential LDE" (ELDE). The proposed ELDE can be seen as an extension of LDE framework in two directions. First, the proposed framework overcomes the SSS problem without discarding the discriminant information that was contained in the null space of the locality preserving scatter matrices associated with LDE. Second, the proposed ELDE is equivalent to transforming original data into a new space by distance diffusion mapping (similar to kernel-based nonlinear mapping), and then, LDE is applied in such a new space. As a result of diffusion mapping, the margin between samples belonging to different classes is enlarged, which is helpful in improving classification accuracy. The experiments are conducted on five public face databases: Yale, Extended Yale, PF01, Pose, Illumination, and Expression (PIE), and Facial Recognition Technology (FERET). The results show that the performances of the proposed ELDE are better than those of LDE and many state-of-the-art discriminant analysis techniques.

    14. Using a Reactive Transport Simulator to Simulate CH4 Production from Bear Island Basin in the Barents Sea Utilizing the Depressurization Method†

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      Khadijeh Qorbani

      2017-02-01

      Full Text Available The enormous amount of methane stored in natural gas hydrates (NGHsworldwide offers a significant potential source of energy. NGHs will be generally unable to reach thermodynamic equilibrium at their in situ reservoir conditions due to the number of active phases involved. Lack of reliable field data makes it difficult to predict the production potential and safety of CH4 production from NGHs. While the computer simulations will never be able to replace field data, one can apply state-of-the-artmodellingtechniquestoevaluateseveralpossiblelong-termscenarios. Realistic kinetic models for hydrate dissociation and reformation will be required, as well as analysis of all phase transition routes. This work utilizes our in-house extension of RetrasoCodeBright (RCB, a reactive transport simulator, to perform a gas hydrate production case study of the Bjørnøya (Bear Island basin, a promising field with very limited geological data reported by available field studies. The use of a reactive transport simulator allowed us to implement non-equilibrium thermodynamics for analysisofCH4 production from the gas hydrates by treating each phase transition involving hydrates as a pseudo reaction. Our results showed a rapid propagation of the pressure drop through the reservoir following the imposition of pressure drawdown at the well. Consequently, gas hydrate dissociation and CH4 production began in the early stages of the five-year simulation period.

    15. Aléa sismique et gravitaire en zone de montagne : application au Cachemire (Pakistan)

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      Tahir , Mohammad

      2011-01-01

      On the last decades, progresses on the understanding of clustering seismicity in time, size and space have been driven by two parallel approaches. From the one hand studies on the mechanics of faulting in an elastic medium argue for the static stress triggering to dominate in the near field, i.e within distance less than 10 fault length. From the other hand, mean field properties of the triggering are reproduced using cascading effects in point process models. In this study we try to reconcile t...

    16. The Current State of Silicone-Based Dielectric Elastomer Transducers

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      Madsen, Frederikke Bahrt; Daugaard, Anders Egede; Hvilsted, Søren

      2016-01-01

      class of transducer due to their inherent lightweight and potentially large strains. For the field to progress towards industrial implementation, a leap in material devel- opment is required, specifically targeting longer lifetime and higher energy densities to provide more efficient transduction at lower...... driving voltages. In this review, the current state of sili- cone elastomers for DETs is summarised and critically discussed, including commercial elastomers, composites, polymer blends, grafted elastomers and complex network structures. For future developments in the field it is essential that all aspects...

    17. Pathogenesis of highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (H7N1) infection in chickens inoculated with three different doses.

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      Chaves, Aida J; Busquets, Nuria; Campos, Naiana; Ramis, Antonio; Dolz, Roser; Rivas, Raquel; Valle, Rosa; Abad, F Xavier; Darji, Ayub; Majo, Natalia

      2011-04-01

      To study the pathogenesis of a H7N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus strain, specific pathogen free chickens were inoculated with decreasing concentrations of virus: 10(5.5) median embryo lethal dose (ELD(50)) (G1), 10(3.5) ELD(50) (G2) and 10(1.5) ELD(50) (G3). Disease progression was monitored over a period of 16 days and sequential necropsies and tissue samples were collected for histological and immunohistochemical examination. Viral RNA loads were also quantified in different tissues, blood, oropharyngeal swabs, and cloacal swabs using quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Clinical signs of depression, apathy, listlessness, huddling and ruffled feathers were recorded in G1 and a few G2 birds, whilst neurological signs were only observed in chickens inoculated with the highest dose. Gross lesions of haemorrhages were observed in the unfeathered skin of the comb and legs, and skeletal muscle, lung, pancreas and kidneys of birds inoculated with 10(5.5) ELD(50) and 10(3.5) ELD(50) doses. Microscopic lesions and viral antigen were demonstrated in cells of the nasal cavity, lung, heart, skeletal muscle, brain, spinal cord, gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, liver, bone marrow, thymus, bursa of Fabricius, spleen, kidney, adrenal gland and skin. Viral RNA was detected by RT-qPCR in kidney, lung, intestine, and brain samples of G1 and G2 birds. However, in birds infected with the lowest dose, viral RNA was detected only in brain and lung samples in low amounts at 5 and 7 days post infection. Interestingly, viral shedding was observed in oropharyngeal and cloacal swabs with proportionate decrease with the inoculation dose. We conclude that although an adequate infectious dose is critical in reproducing the clinical infection, chickens exposed to lower doses can be infected and shed virus representing a risk for the dissemination of the viral agent.

    18. SYNDROMES OF BEHAVIORAL AND SPEECH DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH BENIGN EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES OF CHILDHOOD ON ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM

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      I. A. Sadekov

      2017-01-01

      Full Text Available Objective: to assess the role and significance of benign epileptiform discharges of childhood (BEDC on electroencephalogram (EEG in development of speech and behaviorial disorders in children.Materials and methods. 90 children aged 3–7 years were included in the study: 30 of them were healthy, 30 had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD, and 30 had expressive language disorder (ELD. We analyzed the role of persistent epileptiform activity (BEDC type in EEG as well as frontal intermittent rhythmic delta activity in the development of some neuropsychiatric disorders and speech disorders in children.Results. We suggest to allocate a special variant of ADHD – epileptiform disintegration of behavior; we also propose the strategies for its therapeutic correction.Conclusion. Detection of epileptiform activity (BEDC type on EEG in children with ELD is a predictor of cognitive disorders development and requires therapeutic correction, which should be aimed at stimulation of brain maturation. Detection of frontal intermittent rhythmic delta activity in children with ELD requires neurovisualization with further determining of treatment strategy.

    19. Spatial Distribution of Trace Elements in Rice Field at Prafi District Manokwari

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      Aplena Elen S. Bless

      2016-08-01

      Full Text Available Mapping spatial variability of trace elements in rice Ḁeld is necessary to obtain soil quality information to en-hance rice production. ἀis study was aimed to measure concentration and distribution of Zn, Cu, Fe, Pb, and Cd in two diᴀerent sites (SP1, SP2 of PraḀ rice Ḁeld in Manokwari West Papua. ἀe representative 26 soil samples were analysed for their available trace metal concentration (DTPA, soil pH, and C-organic and soil texture. ἀe result indicated that Fe toxicity and Zn deḀcient problems were encountered in both sites.  Rice Ḁeld in SP2 was more deḀcient in Zn than SP1. Site with the highest trace elements (Zn, Fe, Cu, and Cd concentration had low soil pH and high C-organic. Acidic soil has higher solubility of metals; while high C-organic could improve the formation of dissolve organic carbon-metal binding, hence it improving the trace metals concentration in soil solution.

    20. Instrument intercomparison in the pulsed neutron fieldsat the CERN HiRadMat facility

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      Aza, E; Cassell, C; Charitonidis, N; Harrouch, E; Manessi, G P; Pangallo, M; Perrin, D; Samara, E; Silari, M

      2014-01-01

      An intercomparison of the performances of active neutron detectors was carried out in pulsed neutron fi elds in the new HiRadMat facility at CERN. Five detectors were employed: four of them (two ionization chambers and two rem counters) are routinely employed in the CERN radiation monitoring system, while the fi fth is a novel instrument, called LUPIN, speci fi cally conceived for applications in pulsed neutron fi elds. The measurements were performed in the stray fi eld generated by a proton beam of very short duration with momentum of 440 GeV/c impinging on a dump. The beam intensity was steadily increased during the experiment by more than three orders of magnitude, with an H*(10) due to neutrons at the detector reference positions varying between a few nSv per burst and a few m Sv per burst, whereas the gamma contribution to the total H*(10) was negligible. The aim of the experiment was to evaluate the linearity of the detector response in extreme pulsed conditions as a function of the neutron burst in- t...

    1. From research to field action: example of the fight against cholera in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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      R. Piarroux

      2010-09-01

      Full Text Available The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC is the country in the world which reported the highest number of cholera cases to WHO from 2002 to 2007 (128 936 cases out of a worldwide 902 071 cases. We, therefore, implemented research work which intends to understand the epidemiology of cholera in the DRC and to ensure improvements in the strategy to fight against cholera. This broad study enabled us to accurately determine the cholera epidemic’s mechanisms on different scales; to identify the source zones of the disease, and the groups of populations acting as vectors of the spread. It was then possible to demonstrate the role of “sanctuary”, played by some suburbs of lakeside cities. A collaborative network, including several scientific institutions in Europe and in the DRC, local and national government administrations in the field of public health and sanitation, international agencies, NGOs and private foundations, was progressively set up. Following the conclusions of our epidemiological studies, a drastic change of strategy was proposed: the limited curative approach on the one hand, the few existing water/sanitation programs on the other hand, have been merged in a global approach involving a larger scale water and sanitation infrastructure improvement, environmental protection, hygiene awareness and medical surveys targeting a few focus areas playing a central role in the epidemics. In conclusion, by better targeting intervention zones, one can gather human and technical resources previously scattered on the vast territory of the DRC. The strategy presented here revives the hope to eliminate cholera in the DRC.La République Démocratique du Congo (RDC est le pays qui a déclaré le plus grand nombre de cas de choléra à l’OMS entre 2002 et 2007 (128 936 cas sur un nombre total de 902 071 de cas dans le monde. Face à cette situation, nous avons mis en œuvre un travail de recherche qui vise à comprendre l’épidémiologie du

    2. BRINE SHRIMP LETHALITY BIOASSAY OF GLAUCIUM GRANDIFLORUM VAR. GRANDIFLORUM

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      A. SARI, Ç. ÜNSAL, İ. SARIOĞLU, A. SARI, Ç. ÜNSAL, İ. SARIOĞLU

      2013-01-01

      Türkiye'nin 3 farklı bölgesinden toplanan Glaucium grandiflorum Boiss. et Huet var. grandiflorum örneklerinin toprak üstü kısımlarından elde edilen alkaloit ekstreleri ve bu ekstrelerden elde edilen majör alkaloitler allokriptopin, protopİn, (+)-izokoridin, (+)-korİdin üzerinde brİne shrimp lethality testi yapılarak sitotoksisiteleri İncelenmiştir. Glaucium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum türünün 3 örneği de önemli oranda sitotoksik aktİvite göstermiştir. Allokriptopin, protopin, (+)-izok...

    3. Modeling of higher harmonics formation in medical ultrasound systems

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      Taylor, Louise Kold; Schlaikjer, Malene; Jensen, Jørgen Arendt

      2002-01-01

      a valuable tool for simulating ultrasound harmonic imaging. An extended version of Field II is obtained by means of operator splitting. The pressure eld is calculated by propagation of the eld from the transducer through a number of planes. Every plane serves as a virtual aperture for the next plane...... of the approach is demonstrated by comparing results from simulations and measurements from a convex array transducer. The new simulation tool is capable of simulating the formation of higher harmonics in water on the acoustical axis. The generation of nonlinear higher harmonic components can be predicted...

    4. Face Recognition using Approximate Arithmetic

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      Marso, Karol

      Face recognition is image processing technique which aims to identify human faces and found its use in various different fields for example in security. Throughout the years this field evolved and there are many approaches and many different algorithms which aim to make the face recognition as effective...... processing applications the results do not need to be completely precise and use of the approximate arithmetic can lead to reduction in terms of delay, space and power consumption. In this paper we examine possible use of approximate arithmetic in face recognition using Eigenfaces algorithm....

    5. CollAborative care for Screen-Positive EldeRs with major depression (CASPER plus): a multicentred randomised controlled trial of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.

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      Bosanquet, Katharine; Adamson, Joy; Atherton, Katie; Bailey, Della; Baxter, Catherine; Beresford-Dent, Jules; Birtwistle, Jacqueline; Chew-Graham, Carolyn; Clare, Emily; Delgadillo, Jaime; Ekers, David; Foster, Deborah; Gabe, Rhian; Gascoyne, Samantha; Haley, Lesley; Hamilton, Jahnese; Hargate, Rebecca; Hewitt, Catherine; Holmes, John; Keding, Ada; Lewis, Helen; McMillan, Dean; Meer, Shaista; Mitchell, Natasha; Nutbrown, Sarah; Overend, Karen; Parrott, Steve; Pervin, Jodi; Richards, David A; Spilsbury, Karen; Torgerson, David; Traviss-Turner, Gemma; Trépel, Dominic; Woodhouse, Rebecca; Gilbody, Simon

      2017-11-01

      Depression in older adults is common and is associated with poor quality of life, increased morbidity and early mortality, and increased health and social care use. Collaborative care, a low-intensity intervention for depression that is shown to be effective in working-age adults, has not yet been evaluated in older people with depression who are managed in UK primary care. The CollAborative care for Screen-Positive EldeRs (CASPER) plus trial fills the evidence gap identified by the most recent guidelines on depression management. To establish the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of collaborative care for older adults with major depressive disorder in primary care. A pragmatic, multicentred, two-arm, parallel, individually randomised controlled trial with embedded qualitative study. Participants were automatically randomised by computer, by the York Trials Unit Randomisation Service, on a 1 : 1 basis using simple unstratified randomisation after informed consent and baseline measures were collected. Blinding was not possible. Sixty-nine general practices in the north of England. A total of 485 participants aged ≥ 65 years with major depressive disorder. A low-intensity intervention of collaborative care, including behavioural activation, delivered by a case manager for an average of six sessions over 7-8 weeks, alongside usual general practitioner (GP) care. The control arm received only usual GP care. The primary outcome measure was Patient Health Questionnaire-9 items score at 4 months post randomisation. Secondary outcome measures included depression severity and caseness at 12 and 18 months, the EuroQol-5 Dimensions, Short Form questionnaire-12 items, Patient Health Questionnaire-15 items, Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 items, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-2 items, a medication questionnaire, objective data and adverse events. Participants were followed up at 12 and 18 months. In total, 485 participants were randomised (collaborative

    6. End-of-Life Decision Making in Palliative Care and Recommendations of the Council of Europe: Qualitative Secondary Analysis of Interviews and Observation Field Notes.

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      Martins Pereira, Sandra; Fradique, Emília; Hernández-Marrero, Pablo

      2018-05-01

      End-of-life decisions (ELDs) are embedded in clinical, sociocultural, political, economic, and ethical concerns. In 2014, the Council of Europe (CoE) through its Committee on Bioethics launched the "Guide on the decision-making process regarding medical treatment in end-of-life situations," aiming at improving decision-making processes and empowering professionals in making ELDs. To analyze if end-of-life decision making in palliative care (PC) is consistent with this Guide and to identify if disputed/controversial issues are part of current ELDs. Qualitative secondary analysis. Four qualitative datasets, including 44 interviews and 9 team observation field notes from previous studies with PC teams/professionals in Portugal. An analysis grid based on the abovementioned guide was created considering three dimensions: ethical and legal frameworks, decision-making process, and disputed/controversial issues. The majority of the professionals considered the ethical principle of autonomy paramount in end-of-life decision making. Justice and beneficence/nonmaleficence were also valued. Although not mentioned in the Guide, the professionals also considered other ethical principles when making ELDs, namely, responsibility, integrity, and dignity. Most of the interviewees and field notes referred to the collective interprofessional dimension of the decision-making process. Palliative sedation and the wish to hasten death were the most mentioned disputed/controversial issues. The nature, limitations, and benefits of qualitative secondary analysis are discussed. End-of-life decision-making processes made by Portuguese PC teams seem to be consistent with the guidelines of the CoE. Further research is needed about disputed/controversial issues and the actual use, effectiveness, and impact of ethical guidelines for end-of-life decision making on professionals' empowerment and for all parties involved.

    7. THE PERSPECTIVES AND THE CONDITIONS OF THE ROBOTICS DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA

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      Nikolay Ivanovich Komkov

      2016-01-01

      Full Text Available The article investigates the evolution of the attitude of the state, business and the population to automation and robotics problems in the period of the USSR and till the modern period – from the reserved and declarative and political attitude to the current integrated programmed and project -based approach. The analysis of the Government’s decisions and documents in the  eld of robotics development in the Russian Federation, including «Strategy – 2020» have been made, the conditions, restrictions and challenges of the environment applicable for the solution of the problems as well as the mass robotization task in the Russian Federation have been de ned with consideration of the best international experience. Forecasts of robotics market growth are provided for the Russian Federation and its participants, and the new requirements and the prospects of the new robotic market growth have been characterized. The reasons of low competitiveness of the Russian Federation robotic  eld including the market demand problems from the state and business for «the  fth and sixth technological shift» innovative products and services have been analysed. The low speed of a transfer of the breaking scienti c technologies to industry, restrictions for the mass introduction of robots in the Russian Federation for robotization processes acceleration are established. The Russian state integrated support of the robotic platform key participants, including a growth of investments into fundamental and applied researches in the  eld of robotization and the adaptation of the best international experience are presented as the progressive methods of the Russian Federation competitiveness increase in all  eld of economy and military industrial complex.

    8. Optimization of economic load dispatch of higher order general cost polynomials and its sensitivity using modified particle swarm optimization

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      Saber, Ahmed Yousuf; Chakraborty, Shantanu; Abdur Razzak, S.M.; Senjyu, Tomonobu

      2009-01-01

      This paper presents a modified particle swarm optimization (MPSO) for constrained economic load dispatch (ELD) problem. Real cost functions are more complex than conventional second order cost functions when multi-fuel operations, valve-point effects, accurate curve fitting, etc., are considering in deregulated changing market. The proposed modified particle swarm optimization (PSO) consists of problem dependent variable number of promising values (in velocity vector), unit vector and error-iteration dependent step length. It reliably and accurately tracks a continuously changing solution of the complex cost function and no extra concentration/effort is needed for the complex higher order cost polynomials in ELD. Constraint management is incorporated in the modified PSO. The modified PSO has balance between local and global searching abilities, and an appropriate fitness function helps to converge it quickly. To avoid the method to be frozen, stagnated/idle particles are reset. Sensitivity of the higher order cost polynomials is also analyzed visually to realize the importance of the higher order cost polynomials for the optimization of ELD. Finally, benchmark data sets and methods are used to show the effectiveness of the proposed method. (author)

    9. A Broadband UHF Tag Antenna For Near-Field and Far-Field RFID Communications

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      M. Dhaouadi

      2014-12-01

      Full Text Available The paper deals with the design of passive broadband tag antenna for Ultra-High Frequency (UHF band. The antenna is intended for both near and far fields Radio Frequency Identification (RFID applications. The meander dipole tag antenna geometry modification is designed for frequency bandwidth increasing. The measured bandwidth of the proposed broadband Tag antenna is more than 140 MHz (820–960 MHz, which can cover the entire UHF RFID band. A comparison between chip impedance of datasheet and the measured chip impedance has been used in our simulations. The proposed progressive meandered antenna structure, with an overall size of 77 mm × 14 mm × 0.787 mm, produces strong and uniform magnetic field distribution in the near-field zone. The antenna impedance is matched to common UHF chips in market simply by tuning its capacitive and inductive values since a perfect matching is required in the antenna design in order to enhance the near and the far field communications. Measurements confirm that the designed antenna exhibits good performance of Tag identification for both near-field and far-field UHF RFID applications.

    10. Evaporation behaviour of different organic effluents from open surfaces.

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      Jhorar, B S; Malik, R S

      1993-01-01

      Production of large quantities of effluents from different industrial units and the problems of their disposal necessitated this evaporation study. The evaporation of water, sewage water, oil refinery effluent, papermill effluent and liquor distillery effluent was observed in glass beakers when placed (i) in an oven at 60 degrees C and (ii) in screen house for 30 days, by periodically weighing of the beakers. In other experiments, the effect of increasing the frequency of stirring on increasing the evaporation efficiency of the liquor distillery effluent (ELD) was examined in detail. All of the organic effluents except ELD had similar evaporation behaviours as water, but formation of a self-forming film caused the evaporation of ELD to be considerably lower. Resistance to evaporation caused by this film was found to be a decreasing function of the frequency of stirring. This study has a bearing on improving the efficiency of evaporation lagoons, and three stirrings in a day with a manually drawn stirrer in a full-scale lagoon are proposed as a practical and economically viable technique to save 44% of lagoon land in arid and semi-arid regions of the world.

    11. Three-Dimensional Electromagnetic High Frequency Axisymmetric Cavity Scars.

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      Warne, Larry Kevin; Jorgenson, Roy Eberhardt

      2014-10-01

      This report examines the localization of high frequency electromagnetic fi elds in three-dimensional axisymmetric cavities along periodic paths between opposing sides of the cavity. The cases where these orbits lead to unstable localized modes are known as scars. This report treats both the case where the opposing sides, or mirrors, are convex, where there are no interior foci, and the case where they are concave, leading to interior foci. The scalar problem is treated fi rst but the approximations required to treat the vector fi eld components are also examined. Particular att ention is focused on the normalization through the electromagnetic energy theorem. Both projections of the fi eld along the scarred orbit as well as point statistics are examined. Statistical comparisons are m ade with a numerical calculation of the scars run with an axisymmetric simulation. This axisymmetric cas eformstheoppositeextreme(wherethetwomirror radii at each end of the ray orbit are equal) from the two -dimensional solution examined previously (where one mirror radius is vastly di ff erent from the other). The enhancement of the fi eldontheorbitaxiscanbe larger here than in the two-dimensional case. Intentionally Left Blank

    12. The Rise and Effect of Virtual Modalities and Functions on Organizational Leadership: Tracing Conceptual Boundaries Along the E-Management and E-Leadership Continuum

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      Montgomery VAN WART

      2016-12-01

      Full Text Available The massive shift to virtual modalities and functions has changed the context of leadership and organizational structures, and thus how leadership is exercised. To date, the fi elds of e-leadership and e-management, or more generally, virtual leadership, have been unable to make much progress. This exploratory study uses adaptive structuration theory, an approach recommended by Avolio (2001 and 2014, to provide a broad framework that is modifi ed for the fi eld. It uses the multi-method, multi-level approach recommended by structuration theory. Findings regarding three specifi c advanced information technologies (AITs are discussed, study limitations are provided, and future research opportunities are reviewed.

    13. A Review of Recovery Mechanisms of Ionically Modified Waterflood in Carbonate Reservoirs

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      Sohal, Muhammad Adeel Nassar; Thyne, Geoffrey; Søgaard, Erik Gydesen

      2016-01-01

      . This process has been evaluated as a wettability-modifying agent in carbonates and captured the global research focus in water-based enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the published research to speed the process of further investigations in this field. The review......Advanced water flooding is a process in which the ionic strength as well as the ionic composition of the injected water is tuned to improve the oil recovery. It has been observed in field trials and in lab core flooding experiments; advanced water flooding has the potential to recover additional oil...

    14. Punica granatum L. Çekirdek ve Kabuk Ekstrelerinin Antioksidan Aktiviteleri

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      DEMİR, Hülya

      2008-01-01

      Bu çalışmada, Punica granatum L.(Punicaceae) "Nar", meyve çekirdeği ile kabuk ekstraklarının antioksidan aktiviteleri araştırıldı. Punica granatum L. çekirdek ve kabuğunun metanol ve hekzan ekstrelerinde serbest radikal giderme aktivite, indirgenme gücü analizleri yapıldı. Elde edilen sonuçlar standart antioksidan olarak bilinen askorbik asit ile karşılaştırıldı. Bu çalışmada elde edilen sonuçlara göre antioksidan aktivite Askorbik asit> Punica granatum L. kabuğu> Puni...

    15. İşlenmiş Kalamar Ürünlerinde Sitokrom Oksidaz I Gen Dizileri Kullanılarak Tür Tayini

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      Emre Keskin

      2015-02-01

      Full Text Available İşlenmiş su ürünlerinde kullanılan türlerin tayininde moleküler yaklaşımların kullanılması, işleme sonucunda morfolojik özelliklerin kaybolmasından dolayı bir zorunluluk olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, kalamar ürünlerinde kullanılan türlerin belirlenmesinde sitokrom oksidaz I gen dizilerinin karşılaştırılması yönteminden yararlanılmıştır. Ürünlerden elde edilen DNA dizileri hizalandıktan sonra Gen Bankası veri tabanındaki referans diziler ile karşılaştırılarak tür seviyesinde eşleşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Ayrıca bu örnekler ve referans dizilerden elde edilen veriler kullanılarak filogenetik bir analiz de gerçekleştirilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlar 10 farklı üründen elde edilen DNA dizilerinin 2 farklı familyadan 7 türe ayrıldıklarını göstermektedir. Bu örneklerin 3 tanesinin ekonomik önemi yüksek olan Loliginidae familyasından, diğer 4 örneğin ise ekonomik değeri daha düşük olan Ommastrephidae familyasından oldukları tespit edilmiştir. Ürün paketlerinde bulunan etiketlerde 6 örnekte tür belirtilmezken, diğer 4 örnekte cins belirtilmiş ve bunlardan biri belirtilenden farklı olarak tespit edilmiştir.

    16. [Expressive language disorder and focal paroxysmal activity].

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      Valdizán, José R; Rodríguez-Mena, Diego; Díaz-Sardi, Mauricio

      2011-03-01

      In cases of expressive language disorder (ELD), the child is unable to put his or her thoughts into words. Comorbidity is present with difficulties in repeating, imitating or naming. There are no problems with pronunciation, as occurs in phonological disorder, it may present before the age of three years and is crucial between four and seven years of age. Electroencephalogram (EEG) studies have been carried out not only in ELD, but also in clinical pictures where the language disorder was the main symptom or was associated to another neurodevelopmental pathology. We conducted a retrospective study involving a review of 100 patient records, with patients (25 girls and 75 boys) aged between two and six years old who had been diagnosed with ELD (according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, text revised) and were free of seizures and not receiving treatment. They were submitted to an EEG and received treatment with valproic acid if EEG findings were positive. Only six patients (males) presented localised spike-wave paroxysmal EEG activity in the frontotemporal region. This 6% is a percentage that is higher than the one found in the normal children's population (2%), but lower than the value indicated in the literature for language disorders, which ranges between 20% and 50%. These patients responded positively to the treatment and both expressive language and EEG findings improved. It is possible that in ELD without paroxysms there may be a dysfunction in the circuit made up of the motor cortex-neostriatum prior to grammatical learning, whereas if there are paroxysms then this would point to neuronal hyperactivity, perhaps associated to this dysfunction or not, in cortical areas. In our cases valproic acid, together with speech therapy, helped the children to recover their language abilities.

    17. Effective Field Theories for Hot and Dense Matter

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      Blaschke D.

      2010-10-01

      Full Text Available The lecture is divided in two parts. The first one deals with an introduction to the physics of hot, dense many-particle systems in quantum field theory [1, 2]. The basics of the path integral approach to the partition function are explained for the example of chiral quark models. The QCD phase diagram is discussed in the meanfield approximation while QCD bound states in the medium are treated in the rainbow-ladder approximation (Gaussian fluctuations. Special emphasis is devoted to the discussion of the Mott effect, i.e. the transition of bound states to unbound, but resonant scattering states in the continnum under the influence of compression and heating of the system. Three examples are given: (1 the QCD model phase diagram with chiral symmetry ¨ restoration and color superconductivity [3], (2 the Schrodinger equation for heavy-quarkonia [4], and (2 Pions [5] as well as Kaons and D-mesons in the finite-temperature Bethe-Salpeter equation [6]. We discuss recent applications of this quantum field theoretical approach to hot and dense quark matter for a description of anomalous J/ψ supression in heavy-ion collisions [7] and for the structure and cooling of compact stars with quark matter interiors [8]. The second part provides a detailed introduction to the Polyakov-loop Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model [9] for thermodynamics and mesonic correlations [10] in the phase diagram of quark matter. Important relationships of low-energy QCD like the Gell-Mann–Oakes–Renner relation are generalized to finite temperatures. The effect of including the coupling to the Polyakov-loop potential on the phase diagram and mesonic correlations is discussed. An outlook is given to effects of nonlocality of the interactions [11] and of mesonic correlations in the medium [12] which go beyond the meanfield description.

    18. TURİST REHBERLERİNİN MOTİVASYONU İLE PERFORMANSI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN BELİRLENMESİ

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      KÖROĞLU, ÖZLEM; AVCIKURT, CEVDET

      2015-01-01

      Turist rehberlerinin performans düzeylerinin ölçülmesi, rehberlerin motivasyonu ile performansı arasında herhangi bir ilişkinin bulunup bulunmadığının tespit edilmesi ve turist rehberlerinin demografik değişkenleri ile motivasyonu ve performansı arasındaki ilişkilerin belirlenmesi bu çalışmanın amacını oluşturmaktadır. Elde edilen kuramsal bilgilere dayanarak araştırma hipotezi belirlenmiş ve araştırma modeli geliştirilmiştir. Verilerin elde edilmesi için anket tekniği kullanılarak turist reh...

    19. Neutralization of Rubidium Adsorbate Electric Fields by Electron Attachment

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      Sedlacek, J. A. [Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States); Kim, E. [Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States); Rittenhouse, S. T. [Western Washington Univ., Bellingham, WA (United States); US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD (United States); Weck, Philippe F [Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sadeghpour, H. R. [Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (United States); Shaffer, J. P. [Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)

      2015-10-01

      We investigate the (0001) surface of single crystal quartz with a submonolayer of Rb adsorbates. Using Rydberg atom electromagnetically induced transparency, we investigate the electric elds resulting from Rb adsorbed on the quartz surface, and measure the activation energy of the Rb adsorbates. We show that the Rb induces a negative electron affnity (NEA) on the quartz surface. The NEA surface allows for low energy electrons to bind to the surface and cancel the electric eld from the Rb adsorbates. Our results have implications for integrating Rydberg atoms into hybrid quantum systems and the fundamental study of atom-surface interactions, as well as applications for electrons bound to a 2D surface.

    20. Information resources in high-energy physics. Surveying the present landscape and charting the future course

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      Gentil-Beccot, A.; Mele, S.; Holtkamp, A.; O'Connell, H.B.; Brooks, T.C.

      2008-04-01

      Access to previous results is of paramount importance in the scientific process. Recent progress in information management focuses on building e-infrastructures for the optimization of the research workflow, through both policy-driven and user-pulled dynamics. For decades, High-Energy Physics (HEP) has pioneered innovative solutions in the eld of infor- mation management and dissemination. In light of a transforming information environment, it is important to assess the current usage of information resources by researchers and HEP provides a unique test-bed for this assessment. A survey of about 10% of practitioners in the eld reveals usage trends and information needs. Community-based services, such as the pioneering arXiv and SPIRES systems, largely answer the need of the scientists, with a limited but increasing fraction of younger users relying on Google. Commercial services offered by publishers or database vendors are essentially unused in the eld. The survey o ers an in- sight into the most important features that users require to optimize their research workflow. These results inform the future evolution of information management in HEP and, as these researchers are traditionally ''early adopters'' of innovation in scholarly communication, can inspire developments of disciplinary repositories serving other communities. (orig.)

    1. Information resources in high-energy physics. Surveying the present landscape and charting the future course

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      Gentil-Beccot, A.; Mele, S. [European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland); Holtkamp, A. [Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany); O' Connell, H.B. [Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (United States); Brooks, T.C. [Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)

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      Access to previous results is of paramount importance in the scientific process. Recent progress in information management focuses on building e-infrastructures for the optimization of the research workflow, through both policy-driven and user-pulled dynamics. For decades, High-Energy Physics (HEP) has pioneered innovative solutions in the eld of infor- mation management and dissemination. In light of a transforming information environment, it is important to assess the current usage of information resources by researchers and HEP provides a unique test-bed for this assessment. A survey of about 10% of practitioners in the eld reveals usage trends and information needs. Community-based services, such as the pioneering arXiv and SPIRES systems, largely answer the need of the scientists, with a limited but increasing fraction of younger users relying on Google. Commercial services offered by publishers or database vendors are essentially unused in the eld. The survey o ers an in- sight into the most important features that users require to optimize their research workflow. These results inform the future evolution of information management in HEP and, as these researchers are traditionally 'early adopters' of innovation in scholarly communication, can inspire developments of disciplinary repositories serving other communities. (orig.)

    2. Effect of diet composition on acid-base balance in adolescents, young adults and elderly at rest and during exercise.

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      Hietavala, E-M; Stout, J R; Hulmi, J J; Suominen, H; Pitkänen, H; Puurtinen, R; Selänne, H; Kainulainen, H; Mero, A A

      2015-03-01

      Diets rich in animal protein and cereal grains and deficient in vegetables and fruits may cause low-grade metabolic acidosis, which may impact exercise and health. We hypothesized that (1) a normal-protein diet with high amount of vegetables and fruits (HV) induces more alkaline acid-base balance compared with a high-protein diet with no vegetables and fruits (HP) and (2) diet composition has a greater impact on acid-base balance in the elderly (ELD). In all, 12-15 (adolescents (ADO)), 25-35 (young adults (YAD)) and 60-75 (ELD)-year-old male and female subjects (n=88) followed a 7-day HV and a 7-day HP in a randomized order and at the end performed incremental cycle ergometer tests. We investigated the effect of diet composition and age on capillary (c-pH) and urine pH (u-pH), strong ion difference (SID), partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) and total concentration of weak acids (Atot). Linear regression analysis was used to examine the contribution of SID, pCO2 and Atot to c-pH. In YAD and ELD, c-pH (P⩽0.038) and u-pH (Pdiet-induced acid-base changes.

    3. Information resources in high-energy physics. Surveying the present landscape and charting the future course

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      Gentil-Beccot, A; Mele, S [European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland); Holtkamp, A [Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany); O' Connell, H B [Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (United States); Brooks, T C [Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)

      2008-04-15

      Access to previous results is of paramount importance in the scientific process. Recent progress in information management focuses on building e-infrastructures for the optimization of the research workflow, through both policy-driven and user-pulled dynamics. For decades, High-Energy Physics (HEP) has pioneered innovative solutions in the eld of infor- mation management and dissemination. In light of a transforming information environment, it is important to assess the current usage of information resources by researchers and HEP provides a unique test-bed for this assessment. A survey of about 10% of practitioners in the eld reveals usage trends and information needs. Community-based services, such as the pioneering arXiv and SPIRES systems, largely answer the need of the scientists, with a limited but increasing fraction of younger users relying on Google. Commercial services offered by publishers or database vendors are essentially unused in the eld. The survey o ers an in- sight into the most important features that users require to optimize their research workflow. These results inform the future evolution of information management in HEP and, as these researchers are traditionally 'early adopters' of innovation in scholarly communication, can inspire developments of disciplinary repositories serving other communities. (orig.)

    4. BİLYALI RULMAN YUVARLANMA ELEMANI KUSURUNUN TİTREŞİM ANALİZİ YÖNTEMİYLE İNCELENMESİ

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      Hakan ARSLAN

      2007-02-01

      Full Text Available Bu çalışmada, titreşim analizi yöntemi kullanılarak radyal bilyalı rulman yuvarlanma elemanındaki bölgesel bir yüzey kusurunun etkisi analitik ve deneysel olarak incelenmiştir. Bu amaçla bilyalı rulman yuvarlanma elemanı çalışma yüzeyinde yapay bir bölgesel kusur oluşturulmuş ve radyal yöndeki mil titreşimleri kaydedilmiştir. Analitik inceleme için, teorik bir model oluşturulmuş ve bu modele göre sağlam ve kusurlu durumdaki rulmanları analiz edebilen bir simülasyon programı geliştirilmiştir. Bu simülasyon programı, deney setinde kullanılan mil ve rulman boyutları girilerek çalıştırılmış ve farklı mil hızları için milin titreşim spektrumları elde edilmiştir. Analitik ve deneysel yolla elde edilen titreşim spektrumları karşılaştırıldığında her iki durumda da benzer sonuçlar elde edilmiştir.

    5. The foundational origin of integrability in quantum field theory

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      Schroer, Bert; FU-Berlin

      2012-02-01

      There are two foundational model-independent concepts of integrability in QFT. One is 'dynamical' and generalizes the solvability in closed analytic form of the dynamical aspects as known from the Kepler two-body problem and its quantum mechanical counterpart. The other, referred to as 'kinematical' integrability, has no classical nor even quantum mechanical counterpart; it describes the relation between so called eld algebra and its local observable subalgebras and their discrete inequivalent representation classes (the DHR theory of superselection sectors). In the standard case of QFTs with mass gaps it contains the information about the representation of the (necessary compact) internal symmetry group and statistics in form of a tracial state on a 'dual group'. In Lagrangian or functional quantization one deals with the eld algebra and the division into observable /eld algebras does presently not play a role in constructive approaches to QFT. 'Kinematical' integrability is however of particular interest in conformal theories where the observable algebra fulfils the Huygens principle (light like propagation) and lives on the compactified Minkowski spacetime whereas the eld algebra, whose spacetime symmetry group is the universal covering of the conformal group lives on the universal covering of the compactified Minkowski spacetime. Since the (anomalous) dimensions of fields show up in the spectrum of the unitary representative of the center of this group , the kinematical structure contained in the relation fields/Huygens observables valuable information which in the usual terminology would be called 'dynamical'. The dynamical integrability is defined in terms of properties of 'wedge localization' and uses the fact that modular localization theory allows to 'emulate' interaction-free wedge-localized operators in a objective manner with the wedge localized interacting algebra. Emulation can be viewed as a generalization of the functorial relation between localized

    6. Simulated annealing approach for solving economic load dispatch ...

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      thermodynamics to solve economic load dispatch (ELD) problems. ... evolutionary programming algorithm has been successfully applied for solving the ... concept behind the simulated annealing (SA) optimization is discussed in Section 3.

    7. Associating ground magnetometer observations with current or voltage generators

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      Hartinger, M. D.; Xu, Z.; Clauer, C. R.

      2017-01-01

      A circuit analogy for magnetosphere-ionosphere current systems has two extremes for driversof ionospheric currents: ionospheric elec tric fields/voltages constant while current/conductivity vary—the“voltage generator”—and current constant while electric field/conductivity vary—the “current generator.......”Statistical studies of ground magnetometer observations associated with dayside Transient High LatitudeCurrent Systems (THLCS) driven by similar mechanisms find contradictory results using this paradigm:some studies associate THLCS with voltage generators, others with current generators. We argue that mostof...... these two assumptions substantially alter expectations for magnetic perturbations associatedwith either a current or a voltage generator. Our results demonstrate that before interpreting groundmagnetometer observations of THLCS in the context of current/voltage generators, the location...

    8. Meslek Yüksekokulu Öğrencilerinin Eğitimde Motivasyon Düzeylerinin Ölçülmesi: Ortaca Meslek Yüksekokulu Örneği

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      Gürdoğan, Arzu

      2012-01-01

      Çalışma, turizm bölümü öğrencilerinin akademisyenlik mesleğine ilişkin motivasyon düzeylerinin belirlenmesi amacını taşımaktadır. Araştırma tekniklerinden anket kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada, istatistiksel testlerin analizinde SPSS for Windows 15.0 paket programından yararlanılmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin analizinde güvenilirlik, frekans, aritmetik ortalama, standart sapma, korelasyon ve faktör analizi testleri kullanılmıştır. Faktör analizi sonucunda dört faktör elde edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak,...

    9. ÇUKUROVA KOŞULLARINDA ÇİVİOTU (Isatis tinctoria)' NUN PERFORMANSININ BELİRLENMESİ ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

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      TANSI, Sezen

      2014-01-01

      Isatis tinctoria Cruciferae familyasından bir bitkidir. Çiviotu Türkiye'de doğal olarak bulunan ve iyi gelişen çok yıllık bir boya bitkisidir. Mavi boyanın kaynağı indigotindir. İndigotin, yapraklarda bulunan isatan B adlı bir maddenin hava ile temasından mavi renge dönüşmesi ile üretilmektedir. Bu gün ev boyacılığında kullanılan bir yöntemle yaprakların su ile kaynatılması ile kolaylıkla elde edilen Isatan B'nin alkali solüsyonu ile indigo elde edilmektedir. Bu araştırmada, Çukurov...

    10. Temperature Dependence of Charge Localization in High-Mobility, Solution-Crystallized Small Molecule Semiconductors Studied by Charge Modulation Spectroscopy

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      Meneau, Aurélie Y. B.; Olivier, Yoann; Backlund, Tomas

      2016-01-01

      In solution-processable small molecule semiconductors, the extent of charge carrier wavefunction localization induced by dynamic disorder can be probed spectroscopically as a function of temperature using charge modulation spectroscopy (CMS). Here, it is shown based on combined fi eld-effect tran......In solution-processable small molecule semiconductors, the extent of charge carrier wavefunction localization induced by dynamic disorder can be probed spectroscopically as a function of temperature using charge modulation spectroscopy (CMS). Here, it is shown based on combined fi eld......-effect transistor and CMS measurements as a function of temperature that in certain molecular semiconductors, such as solution-processible pentacene, charge carriers become trapped at low temperatures in environments in which the charges become highly localized on individual molecules, while in some other molecules...

    11. Converting Military Airfields to Civil Airports

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      2005-01-01

      .... It was determined during the reuse planning process that many of these former air elds could be a primary engine for attracting new businesses, creating new jobs, and expanding the local economy...

    12. IODP Expeditions 303 and 306 Monitor Miocene- Quaternary Climate in the North Atlantic

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      Carlos Alvarez-Zarikian

      2006-03-01

      Full Text Available Introduction The IODP Expeditions 303 and 306 drilling sites were chosen for two reasons: (1 to capture Miocene-Quaternary millennial-scale climate variability in sensitive regions at the mouth of the Labrador Sea and in the North Atlantic icerafted debris (IRD belt (Ruddiman et al., 1977, and (2 to provide the sedimentary and paleomagnetic attributes, including adequate sedimentation rates, for constructinghigh-resolution isotopic and magnetic stratigraphies.High accumulation rates, reaching 20 cm ky-1, permit the study of millennial-scale variations in climate and in the Earth's magnetic fi eld over the past several million years, when the amplitude and frequency of climate variability changed substantially. Shipboard logging and scanning data (magnetic susceptibility and remanence, density, natural gamma radiation, digital images and color refl ectance and post-expedition x-ray fl uorescence (XRF scanning datahave revealed that the sediment cores recovered on Expeditions 303 and 306 contain detailed histories of millennial-scale climate and geomagnetic fi eld variability throughout the late Miocene to Quaternary epochs. The climate proxies will be integrated with paleomagnetic data to place the records of millennial-scale climate change into a high resolution stratigraphy based on oxygen isotope andrelative paleomagnetic intensity (RPI. The paleomagnetic record of polarity reversals, excursions and RPI in these cores is central to the construction of the stratigraphic template and will provide detailed documentation of geomagnetic fi eld behavior.

    13. External Factors Influencing Interorganizational Collaboration: The Strategic Perspective

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      Monika Golonka

      2013-09-01

      Full Text Available Purpose: The main purpose of this paper is to present the phenomenon of interorganizational collaboration from the strategic perspective, as a complex phenomenon, infl uenced by environmental factors, such as institutions � both formal and informal. Additional aims of the paper are: to present a model including all signifi cant elements and identifying important research gaps.Methodology: The paper presents the results of literature analyses as well as the fi ndings of the latest research studies in the fi eld of interorganizational collaboration, taking into account the environment of the organization.Conclusions: The external environment of the organization, in particular socio-cultural factors, has a significant impact on the formation, development, evolution and management of interorganizational collaboration. There are still many research gaps in this fi eld, and some of them have been presented in this paper.Research limitations: This paper is a theoretical and conceptual study. It forms an introduction to further empirical research.Originality: The paper presents the phenomenon of interorganizational collaboration in a broader context, taking into account the external environment as an element infl uencing such collaboration. Most of the works in this fi eld focus on organizations managing or coping with the environment. This paper presents a different approach. It indicates the external factors that infl uence interorganizational collaboration from a strategic perspective, and subsequently presents them in the form of a model.

    14. Comparison between dynamic programming and genetic algorithm for hydro unit economic load dispatch

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      Bin Xu

      2014-10-01

      Full Text Available The hydro unit economic load dispatch (ELD is of great importance in energy conservation and emission reduction. Dynamic programming (DP and genetic algorithm (GA are two representative algorithms for solving ELD problems. The goal of this study was to examine the performance of DP and GA while they were applied to ELD. We established numerical experiments to conduct performance comparisons between DP and GA with two given schemes. The schemes included comparing the CPU time of the algorithms when they had the same solution quality, and comparing the solution quality when they had the same CPU time. The numerical experiments were applied to the Three Gorges Reservoir in China, which is equipped with 26 hydro generation units. We found the relation between the performance of algorithms and the number of units through experiments. Results show that GA is adept at searching for optimal solutions in low-dimensional cases. In some cases, such as with a number of units of less than 10, GA's performance is superior to that of a coarse-grid DP. However, GA loses its superiority in high-dimensional cases. DP is powerful in obtaining stable and high-quality solutions. Its performance can be maintained even while searching over a large solution space. Nevertheless, due to its exhaustive enumerating nature, it costs excess time in low-dimensional cases.

    15. Short-term hydro generation scheduling of Xiluodu and Xiangjiaba cascade hydropower stations using improved binary-real coded bee colony optimization algorithm

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      Lu, Peng; Zhou, Jianzhong; Wang, Chao; Qiao, Qi; Mo, Li

      2015-01-01

      Highlights: • STHGS problem is decomposed into two parallel sub-problems of UC and ELD. • Binary coded BCO is used to solve UC sub-problem with 0–1 discrete variables. • Real coded BCO is used to solve ELD sub-problem with continuous variables. • Some heuristic repairing strategies are designed to handle various constraints. • The STHGS of Xiluodu and Xiangjiaba cascade stations is solved by IB-RBCO. - Abstract: Short-term hydro generation scheduling (STHGS) of cascade hydropower stations is a typical nonlinear mixed integer optimization problem to minimize the total water consumption while simultaneously meeting the grid requirements and other hydraulic and electrical constraints. In this paper, STHGS problem is decomposed into two parallel sub-problems of unit commitment (UC) and economic load dispatch (ELD), and the methodology of improved binary-real coded bee colony optimization (IB-RBCO) algorithm is proposed to solve them. Firstly, the improved binary coded BCO is used to solve the UC sub-problem with 0–1 discrete variables, and the heuristic repairing strategy for unit state constrains is applied to generate the feasible unit commitment schedule. Then, the improved real coded BCO is used to solve the ELD sub-problem with continuous variables, and an effective method is introduced to handle various unit operation constraints. Especially, the new updating strategy of DE/best/2/bin method with dynamic parameter control mechanism is applied to real coded BCO to improve the search ability of IB-RBCO. Finally, to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed IB-RBCO method, it is applied to solve the STHGS problem of Xiluodu and Xiangjiaba cascaded hydropower stations, and the simulating results are compared with other intelligence algorithms. The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed IB-RBCO method can get higher-quality solutions with less water consumption and shorter calculating time when facing the complex STHGS problem

    16. Factors related to the involvement of nurses in medical end-of-life decisions in Belgium: a death certificate study.

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      Inghelbrecht, Els; Bilsen, Johan; Mortier, Freddy; Deliens, Luc

      2008-07-01

      Although nurses play an important role in end-of-life care for patients, they are not systematically involved in end-of-life decisions with a possible or certain life-shortening effect (ELDs). Until now we know little about factors relating to the involvement of nurses in these decisions. To explore which patient- and decision-characteristics are related to the consultation of nurses and to the administering of life-ending drugs by nurses in actual ELDs in institutions and home care, as reported by physicians. We sampled at random 5005 of all registered deaths in the second half of 2001--before euthanasia was legalized--in Flanders, Belgium. We mailed anonymous questionnaires to physicians who signed the death certificates and asked them to report on ELDs, including nurses' involvement. Response rate was 59% (n=2950). Physicians reported nurses involved in decision making more often in institutions than at home, and more often in care homes for the elderly than in hospitals (OR 1.70, 95% CI 1.15, 2.52). This involvement was more frequently when physicians intended to hasten the patient's death than when they had no such intention (institutions: OR 2.05, 95% CI 1.41, 2.99; home: OR 2.04, 95% CI 1.19, 3.49). In institutions, this involvement was also more likely where patients were of lower rather than higher education (OR 2.95, 95% CI 1.49, 5.84). The administering of life-ending drugs by nurses, as reported by physicians was also found more frequently in institutions than at home, and in institutions more frequently with lower rather than higher educated patients (p=.037). These findings raise questions about physicians' perception of the nurse's role in ELDs, but also about physicians' skills in interacting with all patients. Education and guidelines for physicians and nurses are needed to optimize good communication and to promote a clearer assignment of responsibilities concerning the execution of those decisions.

    17. End-of-life decision-making and terminal sedation among very old patients.

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      De Gendt, Cindy; Bilsen, Johan; Mortier, Freddy; Vander Stichele, Robert; Deliens, Luc

      2009-01-01

      About half of the persons who die in developed countries are very old (aged 80 years or older) and this proportion is still rising. In general, there is little information available concerning the circumstances and quality of the end of life of this group. This study aims (1) to describe the incidence and characteristics of medical end-of-life decisions with a possible or certain life-shortening effect (ELDs) and terminal sedation among very old patients who died nonsuddenly, (2) to describe the characteristics of the preceding decision-making process, and (3) to compare this with the deaths of younger patients. A sample of 5,005 death certificates was selected from all deaths in Flanders (Belgium) in the second half of 2001 (before euthanasia was legalized). Questionnaires were mailed to the certifying physicians. Response rate was 58.9%. An ELD was made for 53.6% very old (aged 80+) patients who died nonsuddenly (vs. 63.3% for the younger patients). Use of life-ending drugs occurred among 1.1% (six times less frequently than in younger patients), with no euthanasia cases, pain and symptom alleviation with a possible life-shortening effect among 27.3% (two times less frequently), and withholding or withdrawing life-prolonging treatments among 25.2% (slightly more frequently). Terminal sedation occurred among 6.9% of the cases, two times less frequently than for the younger patients. ELDs were not often discussed with very old patients. Among competent patients this was less than compared with younger patients. ELDs are less common for very old than for younger patients. Physicians seem to have a more reluctant attitude towards the use of lethal drugs, terminal sedation and participation in decision-making when dealing with very old patients. Advance care planning should increase the involvement of very old competent and noncompetent patients in end-of-life decision-making. (c) 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel.

    18. Infrasound pulses from lightning and electrostatic field changes: Observation and discussion

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      Chum, Jaroslav; Diendorfer, G.; Šindelářová, Tereza; Baše, Jiří; Hruška, František

      2013-01-01

      Roč. 118, č. 19 (2013), s. 10653-10664 ISSN 2169-897X R&D Projects: GA ČR GA205/09/1253; GA ČR(CZ) GAP209/12/2440; GA MŠk 7E12020 Grant - others:RF EU(XE) ARISE 284387 Institutional support: RVO:68378289 Keywords : Infrasound * Lightning * Thunder * Slowness method * Electrostatic mechanism Subject RIV: BL - Plasma and Gas Discharge Physics Impact factor: 3.440, year: 2013 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jgrd.50805/abstract

    19. Properties of unipolar magnetic field pulse trains generated by lightning discharges

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      Kolmašová, Ivana; Santolík, Ondřej

      2013-01-01

      Roč. 40, č. 8 (2013), 1637–1641 ISSN 0094-8276 R&D Projects: GA ČR GA205/09/1253 Grant - others:Rada Programu interní podpory projektů mezinárodní spolupráce AV ČR(CZ) M100421206 Institutional support: RVO:68378289 Keywords : train of pulses * dart-stepped leader * K change Subject RIV: BL - Plasma and Gas Discharge Physics Impact factor: 4.456, year: 2013 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/grl.50366/abstract

    20. On permutation polynomials over finite fields: differences and iterations

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      Anbar Meidl, Nurdagül; Odzak, Almasa; Patel, Vandita

      2017-01-01

      The Carlitz rank of a permutation polynomial f over a finite field Fq is a simple concept that was introduced in the last decade. Classifying permutations over Fq with respect to their Carlitz ranks has some advantages, for instance f with a given Carlitz rank can be approximated by a rational li...

    1. Economic load dispatch of wind-solar-thermal system using ...

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      Economic load dispatch (ELD) problem is an essential optimization problem ..... The data for radiation and average ambient temperature is adopted as per (Solar Radiation Hand Book, et al.,2008) ..... Reference temperature for cell efficiency.

    2. Evaluation of the performance of different firefly algorithms to the ...

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      of firefly algorithms are applied to solve the nonlinear ELD problem. ... problem using those recent variants and the classical firefly algorithm for different test cases. Efficiency ...... International Journal of Machine. Learning and Computing, Vol.

    3. Farklı Eğim Açılarındaki Fotovoltaik Panellerin Elektriksel Ölçümlerinin Raspberry Pi ile İzlenmesi

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      Harun ÖZBAY

      2016-03-01

      Full Text Available Güneş enerjisinden elektrik enerjisi elde etmek için fotovoltaik (FV paneller kullanılmaktadır. FV panellerden elde edilen enerji, panellerin kurulduğu coğrafi konuma, mevsimsel değişimlere ve çevre koşullarına göre sürekli olarak değişiklik göstermektedir. Dolayısıyla FV panellerden maksimum güç elde edilmesi amacıyla panellerin optimum eğim açısının aylık, mevsimsel ve yıllık olarak değiştirilmesi gerekir. Bu çalışmada, farklı açılarda yerleştirilen FV paneller ile Bilecik ilinde güneş enerjisinden elde edilecek maksimum gücün hangi eğim açılarında gerçekleştiğinin tespiti için verilerin toplanması, kayıt altına alınması ve analiz çalışmaları Raspberry Pi (RPi üzerine kurulu web sunucu aracılığı ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda FV panellerin gerilimleri gün boyunca ölçülmektedir. Ölçülen veriler analog-dijital dönüştürücü (mikrodenetleyici ile sayısal bilgiye çevrilmektedir. RPi ile sayısal bilgilerin her 10 dakikada bir ortalaması alınarak kendi hafıza ortamında saklama işlemi gerçekleştirilmektedir. Aynı zamanda RPi’ye kurulan Linux temelli Raspbian işletim sisteminde oluşturulan betik yardımıyla ve web ara yüzünden aynalama işlemi yapılarak verilerin bilgisayar ortamına kaydedilmesi ile yedekleme işlemi gerçekleştirilmektedir. Farklı eğim açılarındaki FV panellerden elde edilen elektriksel ölçümler RPi üzerine kurulu web sunucu aracılığıyla günün her saatinde canlı olarak izlenebilmektedir. Ayrıca elektriksel veriler aylık ve yıllık olarak tarih ve zaman bilgileri ile kayıt altına alınmaktadır. Geliştirilen sistemin kullanıcı ara yüzüne http://solar.bilecik.edu.tr adresinden ulaşılabilmektedir.

    4. A method to study electron heating during ICRH

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      Eriksson, L.G.; Hellsten, T.

      1989-01-01

      Collisionless absorption of ICRF waves occurs either by ion cyclotron absorption or by electron Landau (ELD) and transit damping (TTMP). Both ion cyclotron absorption, and direct electron absorption results in electron heating. Electron heating by minority ions occurs after a high energy tail of the resonating ions has been formed i.e. typically after 0.2-1s in present JET experiments. Electron heating through ELD, and TTMP, takes place on the timescale given by electron-electron collisions which is typically of the order of ms. This difference in the timescales can be used to separate the two damping mechanisms. This can be done by measuring the time derivatives of the electron temperature after sawtooth crashes during ramp-up and ramp-down of the RF-power. (author) 4 refs., 4 figs

    5. Solving algebraic computational problems in geodesy and geoinformatics the answer to modern challenges

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      Awange, Joseph L

      2004-01-01

      While preparing and teaching 'Introduction to Geodesy I and II' to - dergraduate students at Stuttgart University, we noticed a gap which motivated the writing of the present book: Almost every topic that we taughtrequiredsomeskillsinalgebra,andinparticular,computeral- bra! From positioning to transformation problems inherent in geodesy and geoinformatics, knowledge of algebra and application of computer algebra software were required. In preparing this book therefore, we haveattemptedtoputtogetherbasicconceptsofabstractalgebra which underpin the techniques for solving algebraic problems. Algebraic c- putational algorithms useful for solving problems which require exact solutions to nonlinear systems of equations are presented and tested on various problems. Though the present book focuses mainly on the two ?elds,theconceptsand techniquespresented hereinarenonetheless- plicable to other ?elds where algebraic computational problems might be encountered. In Engineering for example, network densi?cation and robo...

    6. M(1,6-HEXANEDİTHİOLNi(CN4 BİLEŞİKLERİNİN KIRMIZIALTI SPEKTROSKOPİSİ İLE İNCELENMESİ (M=Ni, Cd, Co, Mn VE Zn

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      Zeki KARTAL

      2009-02-01

      Full Text Available Bu çalışmada, genel formülü M(1,6-HexanedithiolNi(CN4 (M = Ni, Cd, Co, Mn ve Zn olan Hofmann-tipi bileşikler kimyasal yollardan ilk kez elde edildi. Elde edilen bileşiklerin kırmızıaltı spektrumları, 4000 cm-1- 400 cm-1 bölgesinde kaydedildi. Spektrumların incelenmesi, bileşik yapılarının │M-Ni(CN4│∞ polimerik tabakalardan oluştuğunu ve ligand molekülünün, kare düzlemsel yapıdaki metal atomlarına kükürt atomlarından bağlandığını göstermektedir.

    7. Realizing Scientific Methods for Cyber Security

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      Carroll, Thomas E.; Manz, David O.; Edgar, Thomas W.; Greitzer, Frank L.

      2012-07-18

      There is little doubt among cyber security researchers about the lack of scientic rigor that underlies much of the liter-ature. The issues are manifold and are well documented. Further complicating the problem is insufficient scientic methods to address these issues. Cyber security melds man and machine: we inherit the challenges of computer science, sociology, psychology, and many other elds and create new ones where these elds interface. In this paper we detail a partial list of challenges imposed by rigorous science and survey how other sciences have tackled them, in the hope of applying a similar approach to cyber security science. This paper is by no means comprehensive: its purpose is to foster discussion in the community on how we can improve rigor in cyber security science.

    8. Applications of Novel X-Ray Imaging Modalities in Food Science

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      Nielsen, Mikkel Schou

      science for understanding and designing food products. In both of these aspects, X-ray imaging methods such as radiography and computed tomography provide a non-destructive solution. However, since the conventional attenuation-based modality suers from poor contrast in soft matter materials, modalities...... with improved contrast are needed. Two possible candidates in this regard are the novel X-ray phase-contrast and X-ray dark-eld imaging modalities. The contrast in phase-contrast imaging is based on dierences in electron density which is especially useful for soft matter materials whereas dark-eld imaging....... Furthermore, the process of translating the image in image analysis was addressed. For improved handling of multimodal image data, a multivariate segmentation scheme of multimodal X-ray tomography data was implemented. Finally, quantitative data analysis was applied for treating the images. Quantitative...

    9. Some structural details of the hind wings detected in staphylinids of 7 subfamilies (Coleoptera

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      Luigi De Marzo

      2010-11-01

      Full Text Available Study of 41 species provided information as follows: (a a setigerous lobe is located at the costal margin in every species in the subf. Staphylininae; (b a setal comb occupies the same margin in Xantholinini and O maliinae; (c one or more spinulae do line the anal fi eld of all O maliinae and most O xytelinae, Tachyporinae and A leocharinae; (d number of these spinulae in A leocharinae ranges from 1 up to about 100 and is null in two species. Hypothetically, a functional importance may be attributed to both the setigerous lobe, which suggests a mechanical receptor for wing folding control, and to the flabellum-like anal fi eld of the Aleochara, which looks as a device affecting the flying trim.

    10. Algebraic study of chiral anomalies

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      Chiral anomalies; gauge theories; bundles; connections; quantum field ... The algebraic structure of chiral anomalies is made globally valid on non-trivial bundles by the introduction of a fixed background connection. ... Current Issue : Vol.

    11. Working group report: Cosmology and astroparticle physics

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      This is the report of the cosmology and astroparticle physics working group at ... discussions carried out during the workshop on selected topics in the above fields. ... Theoretical Physics Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, ...

    12. Future developments and applications of nitrogen-bearing steels ...

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      Abstract. After considerations related with the global frame of the demand of society in the field of materials and some recalling of basic properties and principles of nitrogen alloying, possible future developments are listed and discussed.

    13. Integral abutment bridge for Louisiana's soft and stiff soils : Tech summary.

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      2016-03-01

      In this project, fi eld-instrumentation, monitoring, and analyzing the design and : construction of full integral abutment bridges for Louisianas fi ne sand and silty sand : deposit and clay soil conditions were conducted. Comparison of results wa...

    14. Black holes and groups of type 7

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      Supergravity; groups of type 7; black holes; quantum field theory. ... representation are reviewed, along with a connection between special Kähler geometry and a 'generalization' of groups of type 7. ... Pramana – Journal of Physics | News.

    15. Labelling of end-of-life decisions by physicians.

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      Deyaert, Jef; Chambaere, Kenneth; Cohen, Joachim; Roelands, Marc; Deliens, Luc

      2014-07-01

      Potentially life-shortening medical end-of-life practices (end-of-life decisions (ELDs)) remain subject to conceptual vagueness. This study evaluates how physicians label these practices by examining which of their own practices (described according to the precise act, the intention, the presence of an explicit patient request and the self-estimated degree of life shortening)they label as euthanasia or sedation. We conducted a large stratified random sample of death certificates from 2007 (N=6927).The physicians named on the death certificate were approached by means of a postal questionnaire asking about ELDs made in each case and asked to choose the most appropriate label to describe the ELD. Response rate was 58.4%. In the vast majority of practices labelled as euthanasia, the self-reported actions of the physicians corresponded with the definition in the Belgian euthanasia legislation; practices labelled as palliative or terminal sedation lack clear correspondence with definitions of sedation as presented in existing guidelines. In these cases, an explicit life-shortening intention by means of drug administration was present in 21.6%, life shortening was estimated at more than 24 h in 51% and an explicit patient request was absentin 79.7%. Our results suggest that, unlike euthanasia,the concept of palliative or terminal sedation covers abroad range of practices in the minds of physicians. This ambiguity can be a barrier to appropriate sedation practice and indicates a need for better knowledge of the practice of palliative sedation by physicians.

    16. Attitudes of nursing staff towards involvement in medical end-of-life decisions: a national survey study.

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      Albers, G.; Francke, A.L.; Veer, A.J.E. de; Bilsen, J.; Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B.D.

      2014-01-01

      Objectives: To investigate nursing staff attitudes towards involvement and role in end-of-life decisions (ELD) and the relationships with sociodemographic and work-related characteristics. Methods: Survey study among nationally representative Dutch research sample consisting of care professionals.

    17. Attitudes of nursing staff towards involvement in medical end-of-life decisions: A national survey study

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      Albers, G.; Francke, A.L.; de Veer, A.J.E.; Bilsen, J.; Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B.D.

      2014-01-01

      Objectives: To investigate nursing staff attitudes towards involvement and role in end-of-life decisions (ELDs) and the relationships with sociodemographic and work-related characteristics. Methods: Survey study among nationally representative Dutch research sample consisting of care professionals.

    18. Field-reversed bubble in deep plasma channels for high quality electron acceleration

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      Pukhov, A; Tueckmantel, T; Thomas, J; Yu, I; Kostyukov, Yu

      2014-01-01

      We study hollow plasma channels with smooth boundaries for laser-driven electron acceleration in the bubble regime. Contrary to the uniform plasma case, the laser forms no optical shock and no etching at the front. This increases the effective bubble phase velocity and energy gain. The longitudinal field has a plateau that allows for mono-energetic acceleration. We observe as low as 10−3 r.m.s. relative witness beam energy uncertainty in each cross-section and 0.3% total energy spread. By varying plasma density profile inside a deep channel, the bubble fields can be adjusted to balance the laser depletion and dephasing lengths. Bubble scaling laws for the deep channel are derived. Ultra-short pancake-like laser pulses lead to the highest energies of accelerated electrons per Joule of laser pulse energy.

    19. Fast Beam Intensity Measurements for the LHC

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      Belohrad, D

      Particle accelerators are constructed and operated for a wide variety of applications. In particle physics - the branch of physics that studies the elementary constituents of matter and forces between them - high energy accelerators are used to look deep into the structure of matter. Medical particle accelerators are used for example in medicine to treat tumours [31], in imaging techniques such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) [24], or for the radio-isotopes production. They also serve in many other industrial branches, e.g. geology, radiocarbon dating [39], molecular complex spectroscopy, lithography, food preservation etc. The eld of accelerator technology draws knowledge and expertise from a wide range of scientic disciplines and uses the latest technical knowledge. The incomplete list of covered disciplines includes mathematics, physics, electronics, computing, electromagnetic eld technology, microwave technology, cryogenics, vacuum technology, special materials, mechanical engineering or civil engin...

    20. The Electrical and Dynamical Properties of Biomembranes

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      Mosgaard, Lars Dalskov

      of the coupling between the membrane and the electrical eld within a universal thermodynamic framework. Within this framework, known electrical phenomena associated with lipid membranes such as o set voltage, electrostriction, piezoelectricity and exoelectricity can be captured and viewed as special cases...... the functional behavior of membranes in biological systems. In order to do so we apply linear response theory and non-equilibrium thermodynamics to lipid membranes and propose a new approach: we investigate the relaxation behavior of lipid membranes in the vicinity of their lipid melting transition, taking...... into account the coupling between thermodynamical uctuations and the available heat reservoir. The next step is to combine the knowledge on lipid membranes subjected to an electrical eld with the knowledge on their relaxation behavior and use our understanding to attempt to re-evaluate the results of common...

    1. Programas de posgrado acreditados: área de ciencias sociales y administrativas para una competitividad regional latinoamericana.

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      Rosa Amalia Gómez Ortiz

      2009-05-01

      Full Text Available Academic mobility is an important element for the internationalization of the higher education, but it requires an education offer of quality. Therefore it is necessary a suitable administration and management that facilitates to the educative institutions to be more competitive and to obtain thus, a Latin American integration in the superior education. Therefore, the concepts of administration and management are analyzed, are the differences among them, as well as some strategies of management that should be considered. Also the postgraduate programs accredited in the fi eld of the administration in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, México and Perú are presented, which can help to the planning of the educational offer in this fi eld of the knowledge at national level and establish alternative mechanisms to support the processes of academic mobility.

    2. Optimisation-Based Solution Methods for Set Partitioning Models

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      Rasmussen, Matias Sevel

      The scheduling of crew, i.e. the construction of work schedules for crew members, is often not a trivial task, but a complex puzzle. The task is complicated by rules, restrictions, and preferences. Therefore, manual solutions as well as solutions from standard software packages are not always su......_cient with respect to solution quality and solution time. Enhancement of the overall solution quality as well as the solution time can be of vital importance to many organisations. The _elds of operations research and mathematical optimisation deal with mathematical modelling of di_cult scheduling problems (among...... other topics). The _elds also deal with the development of sophisticated solution methods for these mathematical models. This thesis describes the set partitioning model which has been widely used for modelling crew scheduling problems. Integer properties for the set partitioning model are shown...

    3. Viscosity and Vorticity in Reduced Magneto-Hydrodynamics

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      Joseph, Ilon [Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

      2015-08-12

      Magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) critically relies on viscous forces in order for an accurate determination of the electric eld. For each charged particle species, the Braginskii viscous tensor for a magnetized plasma has the decomposition into matrices with special symmetries.

    4. Brownfields New Markets Tax Credits

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      This Brownfi elds Solutions factsheet is intended for brownfields stakeholders interested in how the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program can be used as a financing mechanism in brownfields cleanup and redevelopment.

    5. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      dioxan have been estimated from the measured static relative permittivity 0 and high-frequency permittivity ∞ at different weight fractions s of polar solute at 35°C under static electric field using Debye model of polar liquid molecule.

    6. a novel technique using a double-entry access loop to facilitate ...

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      treatment because of residual or recurrent intrahepatic stones or strictures.1 Curative ... tolithiasis, combining resection of atrophic liver segments ... S. J. BENiNgFiELD, M.B. CH. ... opposite abdominal wall for a length of 4 cm, about 10 cm.

    7. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      ... exhibit interesting changes under the action of various thermodynamic fields and ... The dynamical behaviour of both exponential as well as power law solutions ... by the sign of the third derivative at the inflection point of the map function.

    8. Efficient frequency-transient co-simulation of coupled heat-electromagnetic problems

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      Kaufmann, C.; Günther, M.; Klagges, D.; Knorrenschild, M.; Richwin, M.; Schöps, S.; Maten, ter E.J.W.

      2012-01-01

      Background: With the recent advent of inductive charging systems all major automotive manufacturers develop concepts to wirelessly charge electric vehicles. E¿cient designs require virtual prototyping that accounts for electromagnetic and thermal ¿elds. The coupled simulations can be computationally

    9. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Analytic methods for field induced tunneling in quantum wells with arbitrary potential profiles · S Panda B K Panda ... Comparison of resonant tunneling in AlGaAs/GaAs parabolic and diffusion modified quantum wells ... Current Issue : Vol.

    10. OF THE PRACTICAL AND THE STRATEGIC

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      level, with the View to empowering women to participate more. effectively in ... only support women's welfare needs but also work to transferrn the , playing field in ..... able to break the barriers that keep them from participating in non- traditional ...

    11. Fulltext PDF

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      Srimath

      iitkgp.ernet.in. Keywords. Electromagnetic theory, Max- well's equations, displacement current. A n experim entale®ort has been m ade to validate the existence ofdisplacem ent current w hich pro- duces m agnetic ¯eld like any other form of cur-.

    12. Connections between quantum chromodynamics and condensed

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      Using examples we discuss some of the connections between the two fields and show how progress can be made by exploiting this connection. Some of the challenges that remain in ... Current Issue : Vol. 90, Issue 6. Current Issue Volume 90 ...

    13. Mitmekesisus ühenäolisuse asemel: suundumused arhitektuuris ja poliitikas 1980-ndate lõpul = Diversity versus uniformity: tendencies in architecture and politics since the late 1980`s / Udo Kultermann ; tõlkinud Jüri Pärni

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      Kultermann, Udo

      1993-01-01

      Endise Nõukogude Liidu ja sotsialistlike maade arhitektuuri suunamisel ei domineeri enam bürokraatlik tsentraliseeritud juhtimissüsteem. Arhitektid ja tellijad hakkavad otsuste tegemisel arvestama kohalikke ja regionaalseid olusid, mis on inimkesksemad, öeldes lahti poliitilisest ja kultuurilisest ühenäolisusest

    14. Labelling of end-of-life decisions by physicians

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      Deyaert, J.; Chambaere, K.; Cohen, J.; Roelands, M.; Deliens, L.

      2014-01-01

      Objectives: Potentially life-shortening medical end-oflife practices (end-of-life decisions (ELDs)) remain subject to conceptual vagueness. This study evaluates how physicians label these practices by examining which of their own practices (described according to the precise act, the intention, the

    15. CENTRAL NIGERIA: DEDUCTIONS FROM GROUND MAGNETIC

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      Magnetic field data of the K uri River basin were obtained from a ground magnetic survey using an MP-2 proton ... These shapes conform to the concept of the ... Granite Complex in the South west (Fig. 1). ..... Cross-section: It's Properties and.

    16. A review of cricket fielding requirements

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      players bowl and one person keeps wicket. Dismissing a ... skills, such as being able to move towards the ball, eld and ... skills; the majority of actions were defensive. FIELDING ... establish reaction times to balls projected at a speed of 20 m/s ...

    17. Description of a method for assessing veld condition in the Karoo ...

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      Keywords: Canopy-spread cover; Current grazing capacity; Dry matter; Ecological index method; Forage; Grazing-index method; Karoo; Line-point survey method; Strikes; Veld condition; Veld condition index; botany; method; south africa; razing-index method; razing capacity; ine-point survey method; eld condition index

    18. Does Nudging Squelch the Extremes in Regional Climate Modeling?

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      An important question in regional climate downscaling is whether to constrain (nudge) the interior of the limited-area domain toward the larger-scale driving fields. Prior research has demonstrated that interior nudging can increase the skill of regional climate predictions origin...

    19. MARKETIZATION IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES: LESSONS FROM UK EXPERIENCE FOR TURKEY

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      Varol DUR

      2017-07-01

      Full Text Available With its liberal welfare regime and different understanding on social issues, United Kingdom separates from continental European countries. These differences create opportunities for UK’s governments to materialize “most advanced” neo-liberal reforms in the fi eld of public employment services. Not only the current situation of marketized employment services in UK, but also its historical developments provide numbers of positive and negative examples for the countries planning to implement similar reforms.. This study does not reach a conclusion indicating that UK has best or worst practices in this fi eld. However, it suggests that the UK’s example contains very valuable inputs about pros and cons of marketization in public employment services and how this process should manage. In this scope, the study aims to derive lessons from UK case for Turkish public employment services from objective point of view.

    20. Mammal assemblage of the agroecosystem constituents of the Várzea River Basin, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil doi: 10.5007/2175-7925.2010v23n4p91

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      Felipe Bortolotto Peters

      2010-01-01

      Full Text Available We provide recent information on the richness of mammals along the agroecosystems of the Rio da Várzea Basin, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. We used different fi eld techniques to confi rm the occurrence of 46 mammal species in this area. Nine species are threatened in at least one of the three "red lists" at state, national and global levels. Adding the up-to-date results obtained in the fi eld to available data, mainly for conservation units, we present a richness of 85 species recorded for the basin. This number represents about 50% of mammals documented for Rio Grande do Sul state. The results suggest the importance of maintaining protected areas in altered regions, confi rming the relevance of inventories of local fauna as a fi rst approach to specifi c studies addressed to distribution, systematics, cytogenetics, physiology, population and community ecology.

    1. Magnetorotational Explosions of Core-Collapse Supernovae

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      Gennady S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan

      2014-12-01

      Full Text Available Core-collapse supernovae are accompanied by formation of neutron stars. The gravitation energy is transformed into the energy of the explosion, observed as SN II, SN Ib,c type supernovae. We present results of 2-D MHD simulations, where the source of energy is rotation, and magnetic eld serves as a "transition belt" for the transformation of the rotation energy into the energy of the explosion. The toroidal part of the magnetic energy initially grows linearly with time due to dierential rotation. When the twisted toroidal component strongly exceeds the poloidal eld, magneto-rotational instability develops, leading to a drastic acceleration in the growth of magnetic energy. Finally, a fast MHD shock is formed, producing a supernova explosion. Mildly collimated jet is produced for dipole-like type of the initial field. At very high initial magnetic field no MRI development was found.

    2. Comparison of Simulated and Measured Non-linear Ultrasound Fields

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      Du, Yigang; Jensen, Henrik; Jensen, Jørgen Arendt

      2011-01-01

      In this paper results from a non-linear AS (angular spectrum) based ultrasound simulation program are compared to water-tank measurements. A circular concave transducer with a diameter of 1 inch (25.4 mm) is used as the emitting source. The measured pulses are rst compared with the linear...... simulation program Field II, which will be used to generate the source for the AS simulation. The generated non-linear ultrasound eld is measured by a hydrophone in the focal plane. The second harmonic component from the measurement is compared with the AS simulation, which is used to calculate both...... fundamental and second harmonic elds. The focused piston transducer with a center frequency of 5 MHz is excited by a waveform generator emitting a 6-cycle sine wave. The hydrophone is mounted in the focal plane 118 mm from the transducer. The point spread functions at the focal depth from Field II...

    3. Atık Mermer Tozunun Parke Taşlarında Kullanılması

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      FİLİZ, Mümin; ÖZEL, Cengiz; SOYKAN, Oktar; EKİZ, Yunus

      2010-01-01

      Bu çalışmada iki farklı çimento tipi (CEM II/B-M (P-LL) 32.5 N ve CEM I 42.5 R) ve iki farklı su/çimento oranında (0.50 ve 0.55) hazırlanmış olan karışımlara mermer tozunun hacim oranınca agrega ile yer değiştirmesinin, mekanik ve fiziksel özelliklere etkisi araştırılmıştır. Elde edilen verilere göre mermer tozu atığının parke taşı imalatında kullanılabilirliği TS 2524 EN 1338 standardına göre değerlendirilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre mermer tozu kullanımı ile betonların mekanik ve f...

    4. THE PIXHAWK OPEN-SOURCE COMPUTER VISION FRAMEWORK FOR MAVS

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      L. Meier

      2012-09-01

      Full Text Available Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV and micro air vehicles (MAV are already intensively used in geodetic applications. State of the art autonomous systems are however geared towards the application area in safe and obstacle-free altitudes greater than 30 meters. Applications at lower altitudes still require a human pilot. A new application field will be the reconstruction of structures and buildings, including the facades and roofs, with semi-autonomous MAVs. Ongoing research in the MAV robotics field is focusing on enabling this system class to operate at lower altitudes in proximity to nearby obstacles and humans. PIXHAWK is an open source and open hardware toolkit for this purpose. The quadrotor design is optimized for onboard computer vision and can connect up to four cameras to its onboard computer. The validity of the system design is shown with a fully autonomous capture flight along a building.

    5. Service Oriented Robotic Architecture for Space Robotics: Design, Testing, and Lessons Learned

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      Fluckiger, Lorenzo Jean Marc E; Utz, Hans Heinrich

      2013-01-01

      This paper presents the lessons learned from six years of experiments with planetary rover prototypes running the Service Oriented Robotic Architecture (SORA) developed by the Intelligent Robotics Group (IRG) at the NASA Ames Research Center. SORA relies on proven software engineering methods and technologies applied to space robotics. Based on a Service Oriented Architecture and robust middleware, SORA encompasses on-board robot control and a full suite of software tools necessary for remotely operated exploration missions. SORA has been eld tested in numerous scenarios of robotic lunar and planetary exploration. The experiments conducted by IRG with SORA exercise a large set of the constraints encountered in space applications: remote robotic assets, ight relevant science instruments, distributed operations, high network latencies and unreliable or intermittent communication links. In this paper, we present the results of these eld tests in regard to the developed architecture, and discuss its bene ts and limitations.

    6. A high-order finite-difference linear seakeeping solver tool for calculation of added resistance in waves

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      Amini Afshar, Mostafa; Bingham, Harry B.; Read, Robert

      During recent years a computational strategy has been developed at the Technical University of Denmark for numerical simulation of water wave problems based on the high-order nite-dierence method, [2],[4]. These methods exhibit a linear scaling of the computational eort as the number of grid points...... increases. This understanding is being applied to develop a tool for predicting the added resistance (drift force) of ships in ocean waves. We expect that the optimal scaling properties of this solver will allow us to make a convincing demonstration of convergence of the added resistance calculations based...... on both near-eld and far-eld methods. The solver has been written inside a C++ library known as Overture [3], which can be used to solve partial dierential equations on overlapping grids based on the high-order nite-dierence method. The resulting code is able to solve, in the time domain, the linearised...

    7. Konaklama İşletmelerinde Örgütsel Öğrenme, Örgütsel Bağlılık ve İşten Ayrılma Eğilimi Arasındaki İlişki

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      AVCI, Nilgün; KÜÇÜKUSTA, Deniz

      2009-01-01

      Çalışmanın amacı, konaklama işletmelerinde örgütsel öğrenmenin, örgütsel bağlılık ve işten ayrılma eğilimi üzerindeki etkilerini analiz etmektir. Çeşme'de faaliyet gösteren 5 adet beş yıldızlı otel araştırmaya dahil edilmiştir. Alan araştırması kapsamında, literatürden elde edilen bilgiler ışığında oluşturulan yapılandırılmış anket tekniği kullanılmış, elde edilen veriler SPSS 13.0 (Statistical Program for Social Sciences) programı ile analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmada öncelikle geçerlik ve g...

    8. Sciences of geodesy I advances and future directions

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      Xu, Guochang

      2010-01-01

      This series of reference books describes sciences of different elds in and around geodesy with independent chapters. Each chapter covers an individual eld and describes the history, theory, objective, technology, development, highlights of research and applications. In addition, problems as well as future directions are discussed. The subjects of this reference book include Absolute and Relative Gravimetry, Adaptively Robust Kalman Filters with Applications in Navigation, Airborne Gravity Field Determination, Analytic Orbit Theory, Deformation and Tectonics, Earth Rotation, Equivalence of GPS Algorithms and its Inference, Marine Geodesy, Satellite Laser Ranging, Superconducting Gravimetry and Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry. These are individual subjects in and around geodesy and are for the rst time combined in a unique book which may be used for teaching or for learning basic principles of many subjects related to geodesy. The material is suitable to provide a general overview of geodetic sciences f...

    9. ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF EXPORTING INTENSITY IN THE FI ELD OF INNOVATION

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      Suárez-Porto, Vanessa

      2014-05-01

      Full Text Available From a sample of Spanish manufacturing businesses, extracted from the 2005 Technological InnovationPanel (PITEC 2005, we suggest a lineal regression model in which we relate the exporting intensity withthe product innovation, the process innovation, the sectorial technological intensity, the business extentand the membership to a pool of businesses. In the descriptive and statistical analysis, we obtained thatall of these variables have a positive and significant influence on the exporting intensity. Regarding thismatter, we have checked that the main influence corresponds to businesses that develop product inno-vation strategies, are of medium extent, are assigned to sectors of medium-high technological intensityand belong to a foreign corporate group.

    10. Understanding the Development of a Hybrid Practice of Inquiry-Based Science Instruction and Language Development: A Case Study of One Teacher's Journey Through Reflections on Classroom Practice

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      Capitelli, Sarah; Hooper, Paula; Rankin, Lynn; Austin, Marilyn; Caven, Gennifer

      2016-04-01

      This qualitative case study looks closely at an elementary teacher who participated in professional development experiences that helped her develop a hybrid practice of using inquiry-based science to teach both science content and English language development (ELD) to her students, many of whom are English language learners (ELLs). This case study examines the teacher's reflections on her teaching and her students' learning as she engaged her students in science learning and supported their developing language skills. It explicates the professional learning experiences that supported the development of this hybrid practice. Closely examining the pedagogical practice and reflections of a teacher who is developing an inquiry-based approach to both science learning and language development can provide insights into how teachers come to integrate their professional development experiences with their classroom expertise in order to create a hybrid inquiry-based science ELD practice. This qualitative case study contributes to the emerging scholarship on the development of teacher practice of inquiry-based science instruction as a vehicle for both science instruction and ELD for ELLs. This study demonstrates how an effective teaching practice that supports both the science and language learning of students can develop from ongoing professional learning experiences that are grounded in current perspectives about language development and that immerse teachers in an inquiry-based approach to learning and instruction. Additionally, this case study also underscores the important role that professional learning opportunities can play in supporting teachers in developing a deeper understanding of the affordances that inquiry-based science can provide for language development.

    11. A modified harmony search method for environmental/economic load dispatch of real-world power systems

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      Jeddi, Babak; Vahidinasab, Vahid

      2014-01-01

      Highlights: • A combined economic and emission load dispatch (CEELD) model is proposed. • The proposed model considers practical constraints of real-world power systems. • A new modified harmony search algorithm proposed to solve non-convex CEELD. • The proposed algorithm is tested by applying it to solve seven test systems. - Abstract: Economic load dispatch (ELD) problem is one of the basic and important optimization problems in a power system. However, considering practical constraints of real-world power systems such as ramp rate limits, prohibited operating zones, valve loading effects, multi-fuel options, spinning reserve and transmission system losses in ELD problem makes it a non-convex optimization problem, which is a challenging one and cannot be solved by traditional methods. Moreover, considering environmental issues, results in combined economic and emission load dispatch (CEELD) problem that is a multiobjective optimization model with two non-commensurable and contradictory objectives. In this paper, a modified harmony search algorithm (MHSA) proposed and applied to solve ELD and CEELD problem considering the abovementioned constraints. In the proposed MHSA, a new improvising method based on wavelet mutation together with a new memory consideration scheme based on the roulette wheel mechanism are proposed which improves the accuracy, convergence speed, and robustness of the classical HSA. Performance of the proposed algorithm is investigated by applying it to solve various test systems having non-convex solution spaces. To Show the effectiveness of the proposed method, obtained results compared with classical harmony search algorithm (HSA) and some of the most recently published papers in the area

    12. Berkeley 51 Kümesinin Temel ve Astrofiziksel Parametrelerinin Belirlenmesi

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      İnci Akkaya Oralhan

      2016-10-01

      Full Text Available Galaksimizin birinci çeyreğinde bulunan ve daha önce çok az çalışılmış açık yıldız kümelerinden biri olan Berkeley 51 kümesinin temel astrofiziksel ve yapısal parametreleri CCD UBV(RIC ve 2MASS JHKS verileri kullanılarak elde edilmiştir. Kümeye ait CCD UBV(RIC verileri Meksika’da bulunan San Pedro Martir Ulusal Gözlemevi’nden 84cm’lik teleskop ile alınmıştır. Küme üyeliklerinin belirlenmesinde ise PPMXL kataloğundaki öz hareket verileri kullanılmıştır. Buna küre bu küme için elde edilen limit yarıçap Rlim=2.5 yay dakikası, kızarma E(B-V=0.85±0.05 kadir, E(J-H=0.28±0.02 kadir, uzaklık modülü DM=(m-M0=10.66±0.04 pc, uzaklığı d=1355±27 pc ve logaritmik yaş log(A=9.54±0.03 Myıl olarak bulunmuştur. Küme için ilk kez bulunan metal ve ağır element bolluğu ise sırasıyla [Fe/H]=-0.38 ve Z=0.006 olarak elde edilmiştir.Anahtar kelimeler: Açık yıldız kümeleri-Berkeley 51

    13. Bazı Sert Çekirdekli Meyve Türlerinde Çiçek Tozu Çimlenmesi ve Çim Borusu Uzunluğunun Çoklu Regresyon Yöntemi ile Modellenmesi

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      Sultan Filiz GÜÇLÜ

      2015-11-01

      Full Text Available Ziraat ile ilgili çalışmalarda üretilen modeller birden fazla etkenin sonucu olarak ortaya çıkarlar. Bu tür modelleri ortaya çıkarmak için genelde kabul gören yöntemlerden biri de regresyon analizidir. Bu çalışma kapsamında 4 farklı türe ait birer çeşitte belirlenen çim borusu uzunluğu ve çimlenme oranı verileri, farklı sıcaklık ve zaman koşullarında, laboratuvar ortamında ölçülmüş ve bu ölçüm verileri kullanılarak çoklu regresyon yöntemi ile çiçek tozu çimlenme oranı ve çim borusu uzunluğu tahmin modelleri oluşturulmuştur. Modellerin performansı belirlilik katsayısı(R2 ve ortalama kare hata (RMSE değerlerine göre belirlenmiştir. Bu tahmin modellerinde elde edilen R2 değerleri, çim borusu uzunluğu tahmin modellerinde 0.69 ile 0.79 arasında, çimlenme oranı tahmin modellerinde ise 0.63 ile 0.90 arasında elde edilmiştir. RMSE değerleri, çimlenme oranı için; 6.15 ile 10.19 arasında, çim borusu uzunluğu için ise; 13.73 ile 21.3 arasında elde edilmiştir.

    14. Coupled Higgs field equation and Hamiltonian amplitude equation ...

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      Home; Journals; Pramana – Journal of Physics; Volume 79; Issue 1. Coupled Higgs field equation and ... School of Mathematics and Computer Applications, Thapar University, Patiala 147 004, India; Department of Mathematics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Distt. Solan 173 234, India ...

    15. Low-temperature plasma modelling and simulation

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      Dijk, van J.

      2011-01-01

      Since its inception in the beginning of the twentieth century, low-temperature plasma science has become a major ¿eld of science. Low-temperature plasma sources and gas discharges are found in domestic, industrial, atmospheric and extra-terrestrial settings. Examples of domestic discharges are those

    16. Pack hunting by a common soil amoeba on nematodes

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      Geisen, Stefan; Rosengarten, J.; Koller, R.; Mulder, Christian; Urich, T.; Bonkowski, M.

      2015-01-01

      Soils host the most complex communities on Earth,
      including the most diverse and abundant eukaryotes,
      i.e. heterotrophic protists. Protists are generally con-
      sidered as bacterivores, but evidence for negative
      interactions with nematodes both from laboratory and
      eld studies

    17. Gravitational field of spherical domain wall in higher dimension

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      An exact solution of Einstein's equations is found describing the gravitational field of a spherical domain wall with nonvanishing stress component in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the wall. Also we have studied the motion of test particle around the domain wall.

    18. Vulnerabilities as monsters: the cultural foundations of computer security (extended abstract)

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      Pieters, Wolter; Consoli, L.

      2006-01-01

      This paper is part of a project to investigate the philosophical aspects of the scientific discipline of information security. This eld of research investigates the means to protect information systems against attacks, typically by modelling the system according to a certain security model, and

    19. A Short Introduction to Kolmogorov Complexity

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      Nannen, Volker

      2010-01-01

      This is a short introduction to Kolmogorov complexity and information theory. The interested reader is referred to the literature, especially the textbooks [CT91] and [LV97] which cover the elds of information theory and Kolmogorov complexity in depth and with all the necessary rigor.

    20. Spatial redistribution of irregularly-spaced Pareto fronts for more intuitive navigation and solution selection

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      A. Bouter (Anton); K. Pirpinia (Kleopatra); T. Alderliesten (Tanja); P.A.N. Bosman (Peter)

      2017-01-01

      textabstractA multi-objective optimization approach is o.en followed by an a posteriori decision-making process, during which the most appropriate solution of the Pareto set is selected by a professional in the .eld. Conventional visualization methods do not correct for Pareto fronts with

    1. Physicians' experiences with end-of-life decision-making: survey in 6 European countries and Australia

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      Löfmark, Rurik; Nilstun, Tore; Cartwright, Colleen

      2008-01-01

      are associated with having experience with/or being willing to make such ELDs. METHODS: An anonymous questionnaire was sent to 16,486 physicians from specialities in which death is common: Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. RESULTS: The response rate differed between...

    2. Resolution revival technique for subwavelength imaging

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      Novitsky, Andrey; Repän, Taavi; Zhukovsky, Sergei

      2017-01-01

      The method to achieve a high resolution of subwavelength features (to improve the contrast function) for a dark-field hyperlens—hyperbolic metamaterial slab possessing metallic properties at the interface — is developed. The technique requires the introduction of the phase difference between the o...

    3. Theory, Design and Operation of a Compact Cerenkov Free-Electron Laser

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      de la Fuente Valentin, M.I.

      2007-01-01

      Microwave radiation is extensively used in various elds of research and applications. An important example is the selective heating of materials. In particular, the so-called millimetre-wave radiation, which covers the wavelength range between 1 mm and 10 mm, has several advantages compared to

    4. Institutional Field for Outward Foreign Direct Investment:

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      Marinova, Svetla Trifonova; Child, John; Marinov, Marin Alexandrov

      2012-01-01

      The paper AU :3 explores the stages of development of an outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) institutional field during periods of major system change in big emerging economies. The state and its agencies appear to be the principal institutional entrepreneurs in developing the OFDI...

    5. Study of magnetoresistance and conductance of bicrystal grain ...

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      Presence of grain boundary exhibits substantial magnetoresistance ratio (MRR) in the low field and low temperature region. Bicrystal grain boundary contribution in MRR disappears at temperature > 175 K. At low temperature, - characteristic of the microbridge across bicrystal grain boundary is nonlinear. Analysis of ...

    6. Lessons Learned : Communication studies in transition

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      drs. Korien van Vuuren - Verkerk; dr. ir. J. (Jan) van der Stoep

      2018-01-01

      Jobs of communication professionals are closely linked to transformations in society and therefore the role of these professionals is changing rapidly. Communication students must be prepared for the new demands put on communication professionals in the field. In Ede, a new curriculum in

    7. Modulation instability of an intense laser beam in an unmagnetized ...

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      The modulation instability of an intense circularly polarized laser beam propagating in an unmagnetized, cold electron–positron–ion plasma is investigated. Adopting a generalized Karpman method, a three-dimensional nonlinear equation is shown to govern the laser field. Then the conditions for modulation instability and ...

    8. A Bloch modal approach for engineering waveguide and cavity modes in two-dimensional photonic crystals

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      de Lasson, Jakob Rosenkrantz; Kristensen, Philip Trøst; Mørk, Jesper

      2014-01-01

      uses no external excitation and determines the quasi-normal modes as unity eigenvalues of the cavity roundtrip matrix. We demonstrate the method and the quasi-normal modes for two types of two-dimensional photonic crystal structures, and discuss the quasi-normal mode eld distributions and Q-factors...

    9. Comparison of two alternative sequences for human in-vivo brain MR Current Density Imaging (MRCDI)

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      Göksu, Cihan; Hanson, Lars G.; Siebner, Hartwig

      ) and steady-state free precession free induction decay (SSFP-FID), with single- vs. multi-gradient-echo readouts. We demonstrate that multi-gradient-echo readouts improve both methods. We validate the linear dependence of the measured current-induced magnetic eld on the injected current strength for both...

    10. Vascular regenerative surgery : promised land for tissue engineers?

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      Fortunato, T.M.; De Bank, P.A.; Pula, G.

      2017-01-01

      Cardiovascular cell therapy is a promising new eld for the development of treatments for cardiovascular diseases, which remain a major cause of mortality around the world. In this review, we highlight the options currently available for the development of speci c cell therapy approaches applied to

    11. Anomalous electric field changes and high flash rate beneath a ...

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      In spite of many experimental and theoretical studies the relationships between storm dynamics, severe weather,and lightning activity have been least understood.Measurements of electric field made under a severe thunderstorm at a northeastern Indian station,Guwahati,India are reported. Lightning flash rate increases ...

    12. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Tokamak Plasmas : Internal magnetic field measurement in tokamak plasmas using ... Volume effect of laser produced plasma on X-ray emissions ..... Plasma Processes : Microwave plasma deposition of diamond like carbon coatings ... By discharging the stored electrical energy of the capacitor bank in water, we are getting ...

    13. Structural Investigations of Nanowires Using X-Ray Diffraction

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      Stankevic, Tomas

      Advancements in growth of the nanowire-based devices opened another dimension of possible structures and material combinations, which nd their applications in a wide variety of elds, including everyday life. Characterization of such devices brings its own challenges and here we show that X-rays oer...

    14. Expressed wishes and incidence of euthanasia in advanced lung cancer patients

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      Pardon, K.; Deschepper, R.; van der Stichele, R.; Bernheim, J.L.; Mortier, F.; Schallier, D.; Germonpre, P.; Galdermans, D.; Van Kerckhoven, W.; Deliens, L.

      2012-01-01

      This study explores expressed wishes and requests for euthanasia (i.e. administration of lethal drugs at the explicit request of the patient), and incidence of end-of-life decisions with possible life-shortening effects (ELDs) in advanced lung cancer patients in Flanders, Belgium. We performed a

    15. Pollination and protection against herbivory of Nepalese Coelogyninae (Orchidaceae)

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      Subedi, A.; Chaudhary, R.P.; Achterberg, van C.; Heijerman, T.; Lens, F.; Dooren, van T.J.M.; Gravendeel, B.

      2011-01-01

      • Premise of the Study: Although many species in the orchid genus Coelogyne are horticulturally popular, hardly anything is known about their pollination. Pollinators of three species were observed in the fi eld in Nepal. This information is urgently needed because many orchid species in Nepal are

    16. Aeromagnetic study of the Mamfe basalts of southwestem Cameroon

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      JQЛПLVЛ . T7. The energy density spectnun, or simply the energy spectmm is. E(u,v) = |G(",v)|' = (P2 +9') (s). Residual total magnetic fields are used to obtain the two dimensional Fouriex Transform from which the spectrum is eximcted. Next ...

    17. Fulltext PDF

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      Science and Automation at the Indian ... the ¯eld ofcom puter science for a contribution oflasting and m ajor ..... term inal in the current string of sym bols w ith the right side ofa ..... dom and cooperation am ong com puter users and pro- gram m ...

    18. Process mining : overview and opportunities

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      Aalst, van der W.M.P.

      2012-01-01

      Over the last decade, process mining emerged as a new research ¿eld that focuses on the analysis of processes using event data. Classical data mining techniques such as classi¿cation, clustering, regression, association rule learning, and sequence/episode mining do not focus on business process

    19. Experimental investigation of re-entry aerodynamic phenomena - Development of non-intrusive ?ow diagnostics in a Ludwieg tube

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      Schrijer, F.F.J.

      2010-01-01

      To further improve the design of hypersonic vehicles so that fully reusable systems become a reality, the detailed understanding of the ?ow ?eld that the vehicle generates is of paramount importance. The thesis deals with the aspects of experimental ?ow research which includes also the ?ow facility

    20. Towards a real-time Energy Management System for a Microgrid using a multi-objective genetic algorithm

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      Vergara, Pedro P.; Torquato, Ricardo; Da Silva, Luiz C.P.

      2015-01-01

      This paper proposes a real-time Energy Management System (EMS) for a low voltage (LV) Microgrid (MG). The system operation consists in solving the Unit Commitment (UC) and Economic Load Dispatch (ELD) simultaneously for 24 hours ahead at every 15-minute period. This operation is formulated...

    1. Development of a charge transport model for white OLEDs

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      Vries, de R.J.

      2012-01-01

      Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are promising candidates for future lighting applications since they can be made ultra-thin, color-tunable and exible. Improving their e??ciency is an important challenge in the ??eld of organic electronics. The availability of a device model can make the

    2. South African metropolis

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      South Africa's formal employment growth rate has been declining steadily since the ... the institutions, political processes and social networks of society. Barriers to .... central business district, as well as to other white residential areas like Phillip .... during this time by maintaining frequent contact between field workers,.

    3. Yoğurt Peyniri Üretiminde Kullanılan Yoğurt Miktarının Peynirin Bazı Özelliklerine Etkisi

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      ÖZBEK, Çağla; GÜZELER, Nuray

      2017-01-01

      Yoğurt peyniri kaynayan süte yoğurt ilavesiyle sütün pıhtılaştırılması, pıhtının süzülmesi ve baskılanmasıyla elde edilen geleneksel bir peynir çeşididir. Tarsus ve Hatay’da birbirinden farklı yöntemlerle üretimi gerçekleştirilmektedir. Bu araştırmada süte %20, %30, %40 ve %50 yoğurt ilave edilerek sütün pıhtılaştırılması ile Tarsus’ta kullanılan yöntemle Yoğurt peynirleri elde edilmiştir. Farklı oranlarda yoğurt kullanımının Yoğurt peynirlerinin depolamanın 1. günündeki randıman, pH, titrasy...

    4. Some new approaches to the study of the Earth's magnetic field reversals

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      G. Consolini

      2003-06-01

      Full Text Available Paleomagnetic studies clearly show that the polarity of the magnetic fi eld has been subject to reversals. It is generally assumed that polarity intervals are exponentially distributed. Here, the geomagnetic polarity reversal record, for the past 166 Ma, is analysed and a new approach to the study of the reversals is presented. In detail, the occurrence of 1/f-noise in the Power Spectral Density (PSD, relative to geomagnetic fi eld reversals, the existence of a Zipf's law behaviour for the cumulative distribution of polarity intervals, and the occurrence of punctuated equilibrium, as shown by a sort of Devil's staircase for the reversal time series, are investigated. Our results give a preliminary picture of the dynamical state of the geomagnetic dynamo suggesting that the geodynamo works in a marginally stable out-of-equilibrium confi guration, and that polarity reversals are equivalent to a sort of phase transition between two metastable states.

    5. Radio Frequency Plasma Applications for Space Propulsion

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      Baity, F.W. Jr.; Barber, G.C.; Carter, M.D.; Chang-Diaz, F.R.; Goulding, R.H.; Ilin, A.V.; Jaeger, E.F.; Sparks, D.O.; Squire, J.P.

      1999-01-01

      Recent developments in solid-state radio frequency (RF) power technologies allow for the practical consideration of RF heated plasmas for space propulsion. These technologies permit the use of any electrical power source, de-couple the power and propellant sources, and allow for the efficient use of both the propellant mass and power. Efficient use of the propellant is obtained by expelling the rocket exhaust at the highest possible velocity, which can be orders of magnitude higher than those achieved in chemical rockets. Handling the hot plasma exhaust requires the use of magnetic nozzles, and the basic physics of ion detachment from the magnetic eld is discussed. The plasma can be generated by RF using helicon waves to heat electrons. Further direct heating of the ions helps to reduce the line radiation losses, and the magnetic geometry is tailored to allow ion cyclotron resonance heating. RF eld and ion trajectory calculations are presented to give a reasonably self-consistent picture of the ion acceleration process

    6. Traffic and Granular Flow’05

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      Pöschel, Thorsten; Kühne, Reinhart; Schreckenberg, Michael; Wolf, Dietrich

      2007-01-01

      The conference series Tra?c and Granular Flow has been established in 1995 and has since then been held biannually. At that time, the investigation of granular materials and tra?c was still somewhat exotic and was just starting to become popular among physicists. Originally the idea behind this conference series was to facilitate the c- vergence of the two ?elds, inspired by the similarities of certain phenomena and the use of similar theoretical methods. However, in recent years it has become clear that probably the di?erences between the two systems are much more interesting than the similarities. Nevertheless, the importance of various interrelations among these ?elds is still growing. The workshop continues to o?er an opportunity to stimulate this interdisciplinary research. Over the years the spectrum of topics has become much broader and has included also problems related to topics ranging from social dynamics to - ology. The conference manages to bring together people with rather di?erent background, r...

    7. Precision mass measurements using the Phase-Imaging Ion-Cyclotron-Resonance detection technique

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      Karthein, Jonas

      This thesis presents the implementation and improvement of the Phase-Imaging Ion-Cyclotron-Resonance (PI-ICR) detection technique at the ISOLTRAP experiment, located at the ISOLDE / CERN, with the purpose of on-line high-precision and high-resolution mass spectrometry. Extensive simulation studies were performed with the aim of improving the phase-imaging resolution and finding the optimal position for detector placement. Following the outcome of these simulations, the detector was moved out of a region of electric-field distortion and closer to the center of the Penning trap, showing a dramatic improvement in the quality and reproducibility of the phase-imaging measurements. A new image reconstitution and analysis software for the MCP-PS detector was written in Python and ROOT and introduced in the framework of PI-ICR mass measurements. The state of the art in the field of time-of-flight ion-cyclotron-resonance measurements is illustrated through an analysis of on-line measurements of the mirror nuclei $...

    8. Surface modification of an epoxy resin with polyamines and polydopamine: Adhesion toward electroless deposited copper

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      Schaubroeck, David, E-mail: David.Schaubroeck@elis.ugent.be [Center for Microsystems Technology (CMST), IMEC and Ghent University, Technologiepark 914A, B-9052 Ghent (Belgium); Mader, Lothar [Center for Microsystems Technology (CMST), IMEC and Ghent University, Technologiepark 914A, B-9052 Ghent (Belgium); Dubruel, Peter [Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials Research Group, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S4 bis, B-9000 Ghent (Belgium); Vanfleteren, Jan [Center for Microsystems Technology (CMST), IMEC and Ghent University, Technologiepark 914A, B-9052 Ghent (Belgium)

      2015-10-30

      Highlights: • Surface modifications of epoxy resins with polydopamine and grafted polyamines can significantly increase the adhesion toward electroless deposited copper. • A clear characterization of the copper/epoxy interphase is provided by SEM analyses of cross sections. • Tailored conditions such as etching time (roughness) and electroless deposition temperature are needed to increase the adhesion of the modified surfaces. - Abstract: In this paper the influence of the epoxy roughness, surface modifications and ELD (electroless copper deposition) temperatures on the adhesive strength of the copper is studied. Good adhesion at low roughness values is targeted due to their applicability in high density electronic circuits. Roughened epoxy surfaces are modified with adsorbed polyamines, polydopamine and polyamines grafted to polydopamine. Next the, adhesive strength of ELD copper is determined with peel strength measurements and the interphases are examined with SEM (scanning electron microscopy). Polydopamine and polyamines grafted to polydopamine can lead to increased adhesive strength at lower roughness values compared to the non-modified samples at specific plating temperatures.

    9. Modified Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Solving Nonconvex Economic Load Dispatch Problems

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      Thang Trung Nguyen

      2016-01-01

      Full Text Available This paper presents the application of modified cuckoo search algorithm (MCSA for solving economic load dispatch (ELD problems. The MCSA method is developed to improve the search ability and solution quality of the conventional CSA method. In the MCSA, the evaluation of eggs has divided the initial eggs into two groups, the top egg group with good quality and the abandoned group with worse quality. Moreover, the value of the updated step size in MCSA is adapted as generating a new solution for the abandoned group and the top group via the Levy flights so that a large zone is searched at the beginning and a local zone is foraged as the maximum number of iterations is nearly reached. The MCSA method has been tested on different systems with different characteristics of thermal units and constraints. The result comparison with other methods in the literature has indicated that the MCSA method can be a powerful method for solving the ELD.

    10. Prediction models for wind speed at turbine locations in a wind farm

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      Knudsen, Torben; Bak, Thomas; Soltani, Mohsen

      2011-01-01

      In wind farms, individual turbines disturb the wind field by generating wakes that influence other turbines in the farm. From a control point of view, there is an interest in dynamic optimization of the balance between fatigue and production, and an understanding of the relationship between turbines...... on standard turbine measurements such as rotor speed and power produced, an effective wind speed, which represents the wind field averaged over the rotor disc, is derived. The effective wind speed estimator is based on a continuous–discrete extended Kalman filter that takes advantage of nonlinear time varying...... on the result related to effective wind speed, it is possible to predict wind speeds at neighboring turbines, with a separation of over 700 m, up to 1 min ahead reducing the error by 30% compared with a persistence method. The methodological results are demonstrated on data from an off-shore wind farm...

    11. Peynir Yapımında Mikrobiyal Renet Kullanımı

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      Mehmet Karapınar

      2015-02-01

      Full Text Available Peynir yapımında süt koagulantı olarak buzağı reneti yerine kullanılmak üzere proteazlar üzerine yapılan çalışmalar son yıllarda yoğunluk kazanmıştır. Günümüzde buzağı reneti standart bir süt koagulantı olarak önemini sürdürmekteyse de, şirden mayası üretimi her yıl giderek gereksinimi karşılayamaz duruma gelmektedir. Bunun sonucu olarak yeni renet kaynakları arasında yoğunlaşmış ve günümüzde Mucor pusillus, M. miehei, Endothia parasitica küf türlerinden elde edilen üç fungal enzim ile Bacillus cereus bakterisinden elde edilen bir bakteriyel enzim ticari olarak üretilmeye başlanmıştır.

    12. Analysis and Automation of Calibration Process for Measurement Coils for Particle Accelerator Magnets

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      AUTHOR|(CDS)2226624; Azzam, Jamal; Chanthery, Elodie

      Various techniques are used to measure magnetic fields within the Magnetic Measurement (MM) section, all of which require the use of specific sensors. These sensors need to be calibrated in order to map the resulting signals to the characteristics of the magnetic field. Thus, the calibration procedure would benefit from being improved and made more stable, efficient, and technologically up-to-date. Consequently, to improve the efficiency of the calibration procedure and the work processes it was first necessary to analyze them and identify potential issues and weaknesses to be further addressed. The calibration procedure mainly suffered from too many manual operations, which were potential sources of error, and from outdated readout and data acquisition software and hardware. Firstly, a new software program had to be developed using a C++ framework called Flexible Framework for Magnetic Measurements (FFMM), that would automate the data acquisition and analysis. Next, a feasibility study had to be done ...

    13. Efficient Evaluation of Arbitrary Static Fields For Symplectic Particle Tracking

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      Bojtar, Lajos

      2018-01-01

      This article describes a method devised for efficient evaluation of arbitrary static magnetic and electric fields in a source free region needed for long time tracking of charged particles. Field values given on the boundary of the region of interest are reproduced inside by an arrangement of hypothetical magnetic or electric monopoles surrounding the boundary surface. The vector and scalar potentials are obtained by summing the contributions of each monopole. The second step of the method improves the evaluation speed of the potentials and their derivatives by orders of magnitude. This comprises covering the region of interest by overlapping spheres, then calculating the spherical harmonic expansion of the potentials on each sphere. During tracking, field values are evaluated by calculating the solid harmonics and their derivatives inside a sphere containing the particle. Software has been developed to test and demonstrate the method on a small particle accelerator. To our knowledge, there is no other meth...

    14. Swarm's absolute magnetometer experimental vector mode, an innovative capability for space magnetometry

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      Hulot, Gauthier; Vigneron, Pierre; Leger, Jean-Michel

      2015-01-01

      , combining ASM scalar data with independent uxgate magnetometer vector data. The high level of agreement between these models demonstrates the potential of the ASM's vector mode for data quality control and as a stand alone magnetometer, and illustrates the way the evolution of key eld features can easily...

    15. The Physics of Coupled Atomic-Molecular Condensate System

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      2010-10-09

      electric dipoles represents a novel state of matter with long-range and anisotropic dipole-dipole interactions, that are highly amenable to the...free-bound FC factor. Simultaneously, a series of laser �elds of (molecular) Rabi frequency i (i 2) are applied to move the molecules from the

    16. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      The geometrical factor of the sample and the resonator has been determined theoretically by the knowledge of the electromagnetic field distribution in the resonators. The microwave surface resistance of the superconducting sample is then extracted from the measured value as a function of temperature. The sensitivity of ...

    17. Modeling and rotor field-oriented control of a faulty three-phase induction motor based on GSA for tuning of PI controllers

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      Jannati, Mohammad; Monadi, Ali; Nik Idris, Nik Rumzi

      2016-01-01

      This paper discusses the d-q model and winding function method (WFM) for modeling and a rotor eld-oriented control (RFOC) system for controlling a faulty three-phase induction motor (three-phase IM when one of the phases is disconnected). In the adapted scheme for controlling the faulty IM...

    18. Announcement of the Diagnostics 2016 Junior Scientists Travel Award

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      2016-01-01

      With the goal of recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of medical diagnostics by early-career investigators, including assistant professors, postdoctoral students and PhD students, and assisting them in attending international conferences in 2016, early this year Diagnostics accepted nominations for the Junior Scientists Travel Award 2016.

    19. Rethinking Early Learning and Development Standards in the Ugandan Context

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      Ejuu, Godfrey

      2013-01-01

      Concerns that the African child is being tailored to be a "global child," alongside other homogenizing and dominating projections, such as early learning and development standards (ELDS), have increased. African communities need to be assured that global standards and global indicators will not further homogenize nations and thereby risk…

    20. Preface

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      Ystad, S.; Kronland-Martinet, R.; Jensen, K.

      2009-01-01

      . The field of computer music embraces a large number of research areas that span from information retrieval, programming, artificial intelligence to acous- tics, signal processing and sound modeling. In the last CMMR gatherings an increased emphasis was placed on the role of human interaction at all levels...

    1. Enhancing self-healing of lime mortars by built-in crystallization inhibitors

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      Granneman, S.J.C.; Lubelli, B.; Van Hees, R.P.J.

      2013-01-01

      The weathering of porous materials due to the presence of salts has been known since antiquity. However, serious studies and investigations were not conducted until the 19th century. One of the fi elds of interest includes historic masonry, where salt damage can affect natural stone, brick and

    2. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      In this study, the octonion algebra and its general properties are defined by the Cayley–Dickson's multiplication rules for octonion units. The field equations, potential equations and Maxwell equations for electromagnetism are investigated with the octonionic equations and these equations can be compared with their ...

    3. Three-dimensional modelling of sound absorption in porous asphalt pavement for oblique incident waves

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      Bezemer-Krijnen, Marieke; Wijnant, Ysbrand H.; de Boer, Andries; Glorieux, C.

      2015-01-01

      Sound absorption of porous asphalt pavements is an important property when reducing tyre-road noise. A hybrid model has been developed to predict the sound absorption of porous roads. This model is a combination of an analytical analysis of the sound eld and a numerical approach, including both the

    4. Utilizing scale-free networks to support the search for scientific publications

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      Hauff, C.; Nürnberger, Andreas; de Jong, Franciska M.G.; Kraaij, W.

      2006-01-01

      When searching for scienti﬿c publications, users today often rely on search engines such as Yahoo.com. Whereas searching for publications whose titles are known is considered to be an easy task, users who are looking for important publications in research ﬿elds they are unfamiliar with face greater

    5. From methods to meaning in functional neuroimaging

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      Reinders, Antje Annechien Talea Simone

      2004-01-01

      A major challenge in the field of neuroscience is to understand the biological basis of emotion, cognition, and, ultimately, consciousness. Exploring the science of the mind involves studying the brain. The brain is part of the nervous system, which is a communication network that allows an organism

    6. Transport in quantum wires

      Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

      With a brief introduction to one-dimensional channels and conductance quantization in mesoscopic systems, we discuss some recent experimental puzzles in these systems, which include reduction of quantized conductances and an interesting odd–even effect in the presence of an in-plane magnetic field. We then discuss ...

    7. How Can We Design Low Back Pain Intervention Studies to Better Explain the Effects of Treatment?

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      Mansell, G.; Hill, J.C.; Kamper, S.J.; Kent, P.; Main, C.; van der Windt, D.A.

      2014-01-01

      The majority of trials investigating the effectiveness of primary care interventions for back pain have shown small or at best, moderate effects of treatment 36 , 37 and the fi eld is looking for better ways to improve outcomes for patients with back pain. Mediation analysis aims to provide better

    8. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

      Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

      Home; Journals; Pramana – Journal of Physics; Volume 77; Issue 1. The origin of the solar magnetic cycle. Arnab Rai Choudhuri. Volume 77 ... Keywords. Sun: activity; Sun: magnetic fields; sunspots. ... Author Affiliations. Arnab Rai Choudhuri1. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India ...

    9. Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Source strength distribution on a jet boundary was obtained from measurements using the principle of acoustic holography. Measurements were conducted in an open field. Measurement of acoustic pressure on a cylindrical twodimensional contour located close to the vibrating jet boundary was used to obtain the acoustic ...

    10. Recent advances in lattice gauge theories

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      Abstract. Recent progress in the field of lattice gauge theories is briefly reviewed for a nonspecialist audience. While the emphasis is on the latest and more definitive results that have emerged prior to this symposium, an effort has been made to provide them with minimal technicalities.

    11. Exploiting the Spur of the Moment to Enhance Healthy Consumption: Verbal Prompting to Increase Fruit Choices in a Self-Service Restaurant

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      Kleef, van E.; Broek, van den O.; Trijp, van J.C.M.

      2015-01-01

      Background: People often have good intentions to eat healthily, but these inten- tions may get overruled by temporary moments of temptation. The current study examined the effectiveness of “verbal prompting” as a nudge to increase fruit salad sales in a natural setting. Methods: A ¿eld experiment

    12. Impacts of pesticides and natural stressors on leaf litter decomposition in agricultural streams

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      Rasmussen, Jes; Wiberg-Larsen, Peter; Baattrup-Pedersen, Annette

      2012-01-01

      shredding activity was governed by the density of shredders, and the density of shredders was not correlated to pesticide contamination mainly due to high abundances of the amphipod Gammarus pulex at all sites. Our study provides the ¿rst ¿eld based results on the importance of multiple stressors...

    13. Lunar ranging instrument for Chandrayaan-1

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      ... Committee on Scientific Values · Project Lifescape · Scientific Data of Public Interest ... Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument (LLRI)proposed for the first Indian lunar ... field by precisely measuring the altitude from a polar orbit around the Moon. ... Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems, Indian Space Research Organization ...

    14. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Home; Journals; Pramana – Journal of Physics. GAUTAM GANGOPADHYAY. Articles written in Pramana – Journal of Physics. Volume 61 Issue 6 December 2003 pp 1089-1100 Research Articles. Dynamics of cascade three-level system interacting with the classical and quantized field · Mihir Ranjan Nath Surajit Sen ...

    15. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      ... unshielded environment has been designed and developed. An easily portable NDE cryostat with a small lift-off distance, to be used in external locations has been designed and tested. The magnetic field produced by a given two-dimensional current density distribution is inverted using the Fourier transform technique.

    16. Exploring the Coming Repositories of Reproducible Experiments: Challenges and Opportunities

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      Freire, Juliana; Bonnet, Philippe; Shasha, Dennis

      2011-01-01

      Computational reproducibility efforts in many communities will soon give rise to validated software and data repositories of high quality. A scientist in a field may want to query the components of such repositories to build new software workflows, perhaps after adding the scientist’s own algorithms...

    17. Utilization of fetal fibronectin testing and pregnancy outcomes among women with symptoms of preterm labor

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      2017-10-01

      Full Text Available Sean C Blackwell,1 Erin M Sullivan,2 Allison A Petrilla,2 Xian Shen,2 Kathleen A Troeger,3 James D Byrne4 1Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, TX, USA; 2Avalere Health, LLC, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Washington, DC, USA; 3Hologic, Inc., Outcomes Research, Marlborough, MA, USA; 4Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, USA Objectives: To identify pregnant health plan members triaged through the emergency department (ED, including labor and delivery (ELD units, with symptoms of preterm labor (PTL, and evaluate the use of fetal fibronectin (fFN testing; and to calculate the rate of hospitalization and timing of delivery in relation to the ED visit. Methods: Retrospective cohort study using Medical Outcomes Research for Effectiveness and Economics Registry®, a national multipayer claims database. A cohort of pregnant women evaluated in an ELD with a diagnosis of PTL from June 2012 through November 2015 was identified. The proportion of women with PTL who received fFN testing was calculated.Results: A total of 23,062 patients met the criteria for inclusion in the study. The rate of fFN testing prior to delivery was 12.0%. Of the 23,062 patients included in the analysis, 75.9% were discharged home. Of those who were discharged from the emergency room, one in five went on to deliver within 3 days and almost 96% of this group was not screened for the presence of fFN. Of the remaining 24.1% of patients admitted to the hospital, 91.3% delivered during their stay. In a sensitivity analysis, the percentage of women who delivered within 3 days of the ELD encounter was lower for women who received fFN testing only (6.6% versus those who had a history of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS only (21.6%. Furthermore, the rate of delivery within 3 days was lowest among patients who had both fFN testing and TVUS (4

    18. LAKKAZ ENZİMİ İLE KOT BOYARMADDESİNİN DEKOLORİZASYONU

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      2011-02-01

      Full Text Available Tekstil endüstrisinde kullanılan çeşitli boyarmaddeler üretim sürecinde alıcı ortamlara büyük miktarlarda deşarj edilmektedir. Bu durum, çevre ve insan sağlığı ile ilgili telafisi zor olan bir sürecin başlangıcını oluşturmaktadır. Bu nedenle gerek kirlenmiş alanların temizlenmesinde ve gerekse kirletici potansiyeli olan teknolojilerin biyolojik yaklaşımlarla bütünleştirilmesi ile tekstil endüstrisinin bir atığı olan boyarmaddelerin oluşturacağı kirlilik azaltılabilecektir. Bu çalışma kapsamında ticari olarak piyasada satılan bir kot boyasının Trametes versicolor ATCC 200801’in buğday kepeği içeren potato dekstroz broth besiyerinde geliştirilmesi ile elde edilen lakkaz aktivitesi yüksek kültür sıvısı ile renk giderimi çalışılmış ve optimum koşullar belirlenmiştir. Yapılan deneyler sonucunda pH 4.0, başlangıç boya konsantrasyonu 75 mg/l, sıcaklık 55 oC, inkübasyon süresi ise 120 dakika olarak seçilmiştir. Belirlenen optimum koşullarda % 68.02 renk giderimi elde edilmiştir. Bununla birlikte, boya çözeltisi içerisine tekstil atık sularında bulunabilecek çeşitli metal iyonları ve kumaş boyama işleminde kullanılan yardımcı kimyasal maddeler reaksiyon ortamına ilave edilerek, geliştirilmeye çalışılan renk giderim potansiyeli üzerine olası etkileri araştırılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler değerlendirildiğinde, belirlenen optimum koşullarda denenen kirleticilerin renk giderimini genel olarak olumsuz yönde etkilemediği görülmektedir. En fazla inhibe edici etkinin görüldüğü 10 mM Tween 80 varlığında bile % 54.68 düzeyinde bir renk giderimi elde edilmiştir

    19. Quantum spin-glass transition in the two-dimensional electron gas

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      Home; Journals; Pramana – Journal of Physics; Volume 58; Issue 2 ... Spin glasses; quantum phase transition; ferromagnetism; electron gas. ... We argue that a quantum transition involving the destruction of the spin-glass order in an applied in-plane magnetic field offers a natural explanation of some features of recent ...

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      back into the asym ptotic expansion in (6) and determ ine the ground state w ave fu n ctio .... w here the trace operation involves setting q = q0 and integrating over q. This .... T he electric ¯eld w ill pull the electron in one direction and push the.

    1. Solving unit commitment and economic load dispatch problems ...

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      Economic Load Dispatch (ELD) and Unit Commitment (UC) are very important applications to predict the optimized cost of load in a power system. UC determines working states for existing generating units under some operational constraints and then optimizing the operation cost for all running units w.r.t. load demand ...

    2. Dielectric relaxation studies in 5CB nematic liquid crystal at 9 GHz ...

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      Resonance width, shift in resonance frequency, relaxation time and activation energy of 5CB nematic liquid crystal are measured using microwave cavity technique under the influence of an external magnetic field at 9 GHz and at different temperatures. The dielectric response in liquid crystal at different temperatures and ...

    3. An autonomous weeding robot for organic farming

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      Bakker, T.; Asselt, van C.J.; Bontsema, J.; Müller, J.; Straten, van G.

      2006-01-01

      The objective of this research is the replacement of hand weeding in organic farming by a device working autonomously at ¯eld level. The autonomous weeding robot was designed using a structured design approach, giving a good overview of the total design. A vehicle was developed with a diesel engine,

    4. Sharp asymptotics for stochastic dynamics with parallel updating rule

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      Nardi, F.R.; Spitoni, C.

      2012-01-01

      In this paper we study the metastability problem for a stochastic dynamics with a parallel updating rule; in particular we consider a ¿nite volume Probabilistic Cellular Automaton (PCA) in a small external ¿eld at low temperature regime. We are interested in the nucleation of the system, i.e., the

    5. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

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      2012-04-30

      Kandahar and Bagram airfi elds, Camp Stone , Camp Leatherneck, Forward Operating Base Salerno, USFOR-A headquarters in Kabul, and the U.S. Consulate in... marble , chromite, and placer gold.414 U.S. Assistance This quarter, the MoM and the TFBSO attended two conferences on mining:415 • Mining Indaba Cape

    6. A study of ∇-discrete fractional calculus operator on the radial ...

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      The fractional calculus includes concepts of integrals and derivatives of any complex or real order. The fractional calculus is as old as the usual calculus. Recently, many scientists have been studying on this eld to provide the development and applicability to various areas of mathematics, physics, engineering and other ...

    7. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      ... and precise wavelength resolution systems enables the application of WD-XRF for speciation analysis. In another effort, XRF spectrometry is treated as a tool for obtaining quantitative basis for the judgement on Linnaean systematic classification of plants and opens the field to a new discipline – quantitative biology.

    8. Test particle trajectories near cosmic strings

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      We present a detailed analysis of the motion of test particle in the gravitational field of cosmic strings in different situations using the Hamilton–Jacobi (H–J) formalism. We have discussed the trajectories near static cosmic string, cosmic string in Brans–Dicke theory and cosmic string in dilaton gravity.

    9. A "proof-reading" of Some Issues in Cryptography

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      Damgård, Ivan Bjerre

      2007-01-01

      In this paper, we identify some issues in the interplay between practice and theory in cryptography, issues that have repeatedly appeared in different incarnations over the years. These issues are related to fundamental concepts in the eld, e.g., to what extent we can prove that a system is secure...

    10. An evolutionary approach for colour constancy based on gamut ...

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      Many colour constancy algorithms have been proposed to achieve a good performance in this field. The gamut mapping algorithm is one of the most accurate and promising algorithms based on gamut assumption: illuminant can be estimated by comparing the colours distribution in the current image to acanonical gamut ...

    11. Neutron scattering studies of low dimensional magnetic systems

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      Hansen, Ursula Bengård

      investigated at low temperaturesand in a longitudinal magnetic eld using neutron spectroscopy. Here we observe thehybridisation of the magnon bound states, inherent to the low dimensional nature ofCoCl2 · 2D2O.At higher temperature, signatures which can be attributed to Magnetic Bloch Oscillationsis observed...

    12. A survey of temporal data mining

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      Data mining is concerned with analysing large volumes of (often unstructured) data to automatically discover interesting regularities or relationships which in turn lead to better understanding of the underlying processes. The field of temporal data mining is concerned with such analysis in the case of ordered data streams ...

    13. Threshold Corrosion Fatigue of Welded Shipbuilding Steels.

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      8. J. C. Walter, E. Olbjorn, 0. Allstad and G. Elde, "Safety Against Corrosion Fatigue Offshore," Publication No. 94, Det Norske Ventas , Horik...Offshore. Publication No;. 94;, Det Norske Ventas , Horik, Norway, April 1976. 18. C. E. Jaske, D. Broek, J. E. Slater, W. E. Anderson. Corrosion Fatigue

    14. Evaluation of Imidacloprid-Treated Traps as an Attract and Kill System for Filth Flies During Contingency Settings

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      2013-04-01

      the metallic green histerid beetle (Saprinus sp.), which was likely attracted to the fermenting combina- tion of attractant and fl ies inside the...stable fl ies on dairy farms. J Agric Entomol. 1993;10:9-19. Geden CJ, Szumlas DE, Walker TW. Evaluation 6. of commercial and fi eld-expedient baited

    15. Low-energy neutrino measurements

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      Low-energy solar neutrino detection plays a fundamental role in understanding both solar astrophysics and particle physics. After introducing the open questions on both fields, we review here the major results of the last two years and expectations for the near future from Borexino, Super-Kamiokande, SNO and KamLAND ...

    16. A Review on asymptotic normality of sums of associated random ...

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      Association between random variables is a generalization of independence of these random variables. This concept is more and more commonly used in current trends in any research elds in Statistics. In this paper, we proceed to a simple, clear and rigorous introduction to it. We will present the fundamental asymptotic ...

    17. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Abstract. The field of relativistic heavy-ion physics is reviewed with emphasis on new results and highlights from the first run of the relativistic heavy-ion collider at BNL and the 15 year research programme at the super proton synchrotron (SPS) at CERN and the AGS at BNL.

    18. Population dynamics of spotted owls in the Sierra Nevada, California

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      Blakesley, J.A.; Seamans, M.E.; Conner, M.M.; Franklin, A.B.; White, Gary C.; Gutierrez, R.J.; Hines, J.E.; Nichols, J.D.; Munton, T.E.; Shaw, D.W.H.; Keane, J.J.; Steger, G.N.; McDonald, T.L.

      2010-01-01

      The California spotted owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) is the only spotted owl subspecies not listed as threatened or endangered under the United States Endangered Species Act despite petitions to list it as threatened. We conducted a meta-analysis of population data for 4 populations in the southern Cascades and Sierra Nevada, California, USA, from 1990 to 2005 to assist a listing evaluation by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Our study areas (from N to S) were on the Lassen National Forest (LAS), Eldorado National Forest (ELD), Sierra National Forest (SIE), and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SKC). These study areas represented a broad spectrum of habitat and management conditions in these mountain ranges. We estimated apparent survival probability, reproductive output, and rate of population change for spotted owls on individual study areas and for all study areas combined (meta-analysis) using model selection or model-averaging based on maximum-likelihood estimation. We followed a formal protocol to conduct this analysis that was similar to other spotted owl meta-analyses. Consistency of field and analytical methods among our studies reduced confounding methodological effects when evaluating results. We used 991 marked spotted owls in the analysis of apparent survival. Apparent survival probability was higher for adult than for subadult owls. There was little difference in apparent survival between male and female owls. Model-averaged mean estimates of apparent survival probability of adult owls varied from 0.811 ?? 0.021 for females at LAS to 0.890 ?? 0.016 for males at SKC. Apparent survival increased over time for owls of all age classes at LAS and SIE, for adults at ELD, and for second-year subadults and adults at SKC. The meta-analysis of apparent survival, which included only adult owls, confirmed an increasing trend in survival over time. Survival rates were higher for owls on SKC than on the other study areas. We analyzed data

    19. Plant-herbivore interactions along elevational gradient: Comparison of field and common garden data

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      Rokaya, Maan Bahadur; Dostálek, Tomáš; Münzbergová, Zuzana

      2016-01-01

      Roč. 77, November 2016 (2016), s. 168-175 ISSN 1146-609X R&D Projects: GA ČR GP13-10850P Institutional support: RVO:67985939 Keywords : anti-herbivore defense * altitude * Himalayan region Subject RIV: EF - Botanics Impact factor: 1.652, year: 2016

    20. Covariant solution of the three-quark problem in quantum field theory: the nucleon

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      Nicmorus D.

      2010-04-01

      Full Text Available We provide details on a recent solution of the nucleon’s covariant Faddeev equation in an explicit three-quark approach. The full Poincaré-covariant structure of the three-quark amplitude is implemented through an orthogonal basis obtained from a partial-wave decomposition. We employ a rainbow-ladder gluon exchange kernel which allows for a comparison with meson Bethe-Salpeter and baryon quark-diquark studies. We describe the construction of the three-quark amplitude in full detail and compare it to a notation widespread in recent publications. Finally, we discuss first numerical results for the nucleon’s amplitude.

    1. The experiences of remaining nurse tutors during the transformation ...

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      The transformation of public services and education in South Africa is part of the political and socioeconomic transition to democracy. Changes are occurring in every fi eld, including that of the health services. A qualitative study was undertaken to investigate the experiences of the remaining nurse tutors at a school of ...

    2. Existence of optimal controls for systems governed by mean-field ...

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      In this paper, we study the existence of an optimal control for systems, governed by stochastic dierential equations of mean-eld type. For non linear systems, we prove the existence of an optimal relaxed control, by using tightness techniques and Skorokhod selection theorem. The optimal control is a measure valued process ...

    3. Nuclear lattice simulations

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      Epelbaum E.

      2010-04-01

      Full Text Available We review recent progress on nuclear lattice simulations using chiral effective field theory. We discuss lattice results for dilute neutron matter at next-to-leading order, three-body forces at next-to-next-toleading order, isospin-breaking and Coulomb effects, and the binding energy of light nuclei.

    4. The divergence theorem for unbounded vector fields

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      De Pauw, Thierry; Pfeffer, Washek F.

      2007-01-01

      In the context of Lebesgue integration, we derive the divergence theorem for unbounded vector. elds that can have singularities at every point of a compact set whose Minkowski content of codimension greater than two is. nite. The resulting integration by parts theorem is applied to removable sets of holomorphic and harmonic functions.

    5. First experience with the new coupling loss induced quench system

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      Ravaioli, Emanuele; Datskov, V.I.; Dudarev, A.V.; Kirby, G.; Sperin, K.A.; ten Kate, Herman H.J.; Verweij, A.P.

      2014-01-01

      New-generation high-field superconducting magnets pose a challenge relating to the protection of the coil winding pack in the case of a quench. The high stored energy per unit volume calls for a very efficient quench detection and fast quench propagation in order to avoid damage due to overheating. A

    6. Understanding the Development of a Hybrid Practice of Inquiry-Based Science Instruction and Language Development: A Case Study of One Teacher's Journey through Reflections on Classroom Practice

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      Capitelli, Sarah; Hooper, Paula; Rankin, Lynn; Austin, Marilyn; Caven, Gennifer

      2016-01-01

      This qualitative case study looks closely at an elementary teacher who participated in professional development experiences that helped her develop a hybrid practice of using inquiry-based science to teach both science content and English language development (ELD) to her students, many of whom are English language learners (ELLs). This case study…

    7. Design of self-correction coils in a superferric dipole magnet

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      Design of self-correction coils in a superferric dipole magnet is carried out. By adopting the self-correction coil (SCC) scheme, we can do online correction of unwanted fields inside the magnet aperture during the whole operating cycle irrespective of their origin. The self-correction coils are short-circuited superconducting ...

    8. Quasi-static crack tip fields in rate-sensitive FCC single crystals

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      In this work, the effects of loading rate, material rate sensitivity and constraint level on quasi-static crack tip fields in a FCC single crystal are studied. ... Global General Motors R&D, India Science Lab, GM Technical Centre (India), Bangalore 560 066, India; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, ...

    9. Magnetic property analysis as palaeoenvironmental proxy: a case study of the Last Interglacial Middle Palaeolithic site at Neumark-Nord 2 (Germany)

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      Sier, M.J.; Dekkers, M.J.

      2013-01-01

      The so-called Blake Event, an event of the geomagnetic fi eld, was identifi ed in the Middle Palaeolithic Neumark-Nord 2 (NN2) site in Germany by Sier et al. (2o11). These authors discussed the implications for the positioning of the Eemian in the Marine isotope stage (MIS) scale in

    10. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Volume 77 Issue 5 November 2011 pp 905-915 Synchronization, Coupled Systems and Networks. Phase-locked solutions and their stability in the presence of propagation delays · Gautham C Sethia Abhijit Sen Fatihcan M Atay · More Details Abstract Fulltext PDF. We investigate phase-locked solutions of a continuum field ...

    11. Calculation of critical fault recovery time for nonlinear systems based on region of attraction analysis

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      Tabatabaeipour, Mojtaba; Blanke, Mogens

      2014-01-01

      of a system. It must be guaranteed that the trajectory of a system subject to fault remains in the region of attraction (ROA) of the post-fault system during this time. This paper proposes a new algorithm to compute the critical fault recovery time for nonlinear systems with polynomial vector elds using sum...

    12. Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Porous Silicon (PS) is a versatile material with many unique features making it viable in the field of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS). In this paper, we discuss the optimization of formation parameters of micro and macro PS with different porosity and thickness for use in pressure sensors. The optimized material is ...

    13. Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Numerical calculations and discussions presented in this paper lead us to some important conclusions. Volume 31 Issue 3 June 2006 pp 199-211. Effect of magnetic field on the propagation of quasi-transverse waves in a nonhomogeneous conducting medium under the theory of nonlinear elasticity · D P Acharya Asit ...

    14. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      For the prototypical heavy-fermion compound, CeCu6-Au, a breakdown of the Fermi-liquid properties may be tuned by Au concentration, hydrostatic pressure, or magnetic field. The d-electron weak itinerant ferromagnet ZrZn2, on the other hand, was recently found to display superconductivity in coexistence with ...

    15. Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      The well-organised multifunctional structures, systems and biogenic materials found in nature have attracted the interest of scientists working in many disciplines. The efforts have resulted in the development of a new and rapidly growing field of scientific effort called biomimetics. In this article we present a few natural ...

    16. Environmental/Climatic Effect on Stand-Alone Solar Energy Supply ...

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      This paper investigates the climatic eects and environmental variations on the performance of a stand-alone photovoltaic system. The eects of partial shading with dierent climate conditions and load resistance variations were examined. A survey of some of the work done in this eld of environmental eect on solar panel was ...

    17. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Brans–Dicke scalar–tensor theory provides a conformal coupling of the scalar field with gravity in Einstein's frame. This model is equivalent to an interacting quintessence in which dark matter is coupled to dark energy. This provides a natural mechanism to alleviate the coincidence problem. We investigate the dynamics of ...

    18. Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Home; Journals; Sadhana. Asit Kumar Mondal. Articles written in Sadhana. Volume 31 Issue 3 June 2006 pp 199-211. Effect of magnetic field on the propagation of quasi-transverse waves in a nonhomogeneous conducting medium under the theory of nonlinear elasticity · D P Acharya Asit Kumar Mondal · More Details ...

    19. BRITE/EURAM: Third Technological Days for the Basic Research in Industrial Technologies in Europe/European Research in Advanced Materials 1990, Held in Brussels, Belgium on May 21-22, 1990

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      1990-06-29

      to control Five tasks being executed are: keyhole striking. Further research will design the system 5 for feeding back laser power to the level...Components ..................... 5 Development of a Reactive Ion-Plating Barrel System ................. 5 Laser Sheet Metal W elding...Automation Components ................................ 7 Closing Plenary Session ................................... 8 L. Beckmann, Deputy Director, R&D

    20. Efeito do sulfato de vanadil sobre o comprometimento metabólico muscular induzido pela imobilização de membro posterior de ratos Efecto del sulfato de vanadil sobre comprometimiento metabólico muscular inducido por la inmovilización del miembro posterior en ratones Effect of the vanadyl sulphate on the muscular metabolic compromising induced by immobilization of posterior limb of rats

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      Gabriel Borges Delfino

      2006-12-01

      Full Text Available A proposta deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito do sulfato de vanadil (SV no perfil metabólico muscular de membro posterior imobilizado de ratos. Ratos Wistar foram divididos nos grupos (n = 6: controle (C, imobilizado em posição neutra do tornozelo (I, tratado com sulfato de vanadil (SV, 0,25mM, VO e imobilizado tratado com SV (I + SV durante sete dias. Após o período experimental, foram avaliadas as reservas de glicogênio (RG dos músculos sóleo (S, gastrocnêmio branco (GB e vermelho (GV, tibial anterior (TA e extensor longo dos dedos (ELD, além do peso do S e ELD. A análise estatística foi realizada pela ANOVA seguida pelo teste de Tukey (p La propuesta de este trabajo ha sido la de evaluar el efecto del sulfato de vanadil (SV en el perfil metabólico muscular de miembro posterior inmovilizado de ratones. Ratones Wistar fueron divididos en grupos (n = 6: control (C, inmovilizado en posición neutra de tobillo (I, tratado con sulfato de vanadil (SV, 0,25mM, VO e inmovilizado tratado con SV (I + SV durante 7 días. Después del periodo experimental, fueron evaluadas las reservas de glicógeno (RG de los músculos soleo (S, gastrocnemio blanco (GB y colorado (GV, tibial anterior (TA y extensor largo de los dedos (ELD, además del peso de S y ELD. El análisis estadístico fue realizado por ANOVA seguido del test de Tukey (p The purpose of this study was to evaluate the metabolic performance of immobilized skeletal muscle in rats treated with vanadyl sulphate. Male Wistar rats were divided in groups (n = 6: control (C, immobilized (I, treated with vanadyl sulphate (VS, 0,25 mM and immobilized treated with vanadyl sulphate (I + VS during seven days. The concentration of vanadyl sulphate diluted in water was 0,25 mM. After experimental stage, the glycogen content (GC was evaluated in soleus (S, white gastrocnemius (WG, red gastrocnemius (RG, tibialis anterior (TA and extensor digitorum longus (EDL muscles, besides S and EDL weight. The

    1. STAFF TRAINING FOR MILITARY AND CIVIL SERVICE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 19TH CENTURY: ACADEMIC YEARS OF HISTORIAN, GENERAL-LIEUTENANT N.K. SCHILDER

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      Full Text Available The purpose of the article is to replenish the information fi eld of Russian historians by introducing data about a little-known element in the historiography in the system of staff trai-ning in elite educational institutions of Russia in the middle of the 19th century. The object of the study is the young age of Nikolai Karlovich Schilder (1842-1902, who by honourable service in the military fi eld rose to the rank of Lieutenant General (1893 after completing two educational institutions. As a result of his historical studies, he became the corresponding mem-ber of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1900. Based on the information found in archival and published historical sources, as well as in the an-nexes to the published historical works, there is considered the process of N.K. Schilder’s acquiring not only a large body of knowledge, but also the process of his personality formation as a patriot of Russia.Five years (1857-1862 were a special period of his life as a future military engineer and historian - the time when he obtained secondary and special higher military education. The years of studies in the Pages Corps and the Nikolaev Engineering Academy were of great use for him. He showed good results in studies and extraordinary creative abilities. The article shows the scope of knowledge and quality of skills obtained by N.K. Shilder while studying, the degree of his preparedness to work both as a military engineer and historian-researcher. The article proves that he obtained professional knowledge necessary for a military engineer; he was accustomed to thinking big, to working systematically, independently and creatively. Self-discipline and acquired skills of research work were the key to his future success in the fi eld of military and military-political history and in the biographical genre.

    2. Spectral Modeling of Residual Stress and Stored Elastic Strain Energy in Thermal Barrier Coatings

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      Donegan, Sean; Rolett, Anthony

      2013-12-31

      Solutions to the thermoelastic problem are important for characterizing the response under temperature change of refractory systems. This work extends a spectral fast Fourier transform (FFT) technique to analyze the thermoelastic behavior of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), with the intent of probing the local origins of failure in TBCs. The thermoelastic FFT (teFFT) approach allows for the characterization of local thermal residual stress and strain fields, which constitute the origins of failure in TBC systems. A technique based on statistical extreme value theory known as peaks-over-threshold (POT) is developed to quantify the extreme values ("hot spots") of stored elastic strain energy (i.e., elastic energy density, or EED). The resolution dependence of the teFFT method is assessed through a sensitivity study of the extreme values in EED. The sensitivity study is performed both for the local (point-by-point) eld distributions as well as the grain scale eld distributions. A convergence behavior to a particular distribution shape is demonstrated for the local elds. The grain scale fields are shown to exhibit a possible convergence to a maximum level of EED. To apply the teFFT method to TBC systems, 3D synthetic microstructures are created to approximate actual TBC microstructures. The morphology of the grains in each constituent layer as well as the texture is controlled. A variety of TBC materials, including industry standard materials and potential future materials, are analyzed using the teFFT. The resulting hot spots are quantified using the POT approach. A correlation between hot spots in EED and interface rumpling between constituent layers is demonstrated, particularly for the interface between the bond coat (BC) and the thermally grown oxide (TGO) layer.

    3. Spin tunnelling in mesoscopic systems

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      We study spin tunnelling in molecular magnets as an instance of a mesoscopic phenomenon, with special emphasis on the molecule Fe8. We show that the tunnel splitting between various pairs of Zeeman levels in this molecule oscillates as a function of applied magnetic field, vanishing completely at special points in the ...

    4. Real option analysis in a replicating portfolio perspective

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      van Heeswijk, W.J.A.; Joosten, Reinoud A.M.G.; Huisman, Kuno; Bos, Christian

      2013-01-01

      In the last decades, a vast body of literature has arisen on real option analysis (ROA). The use of di¤erent approaches and the often implicit adoption of major assumptions may cause confusion on what ROA precisely entails, or in which situations it may be applied. We assess the �eld of real option

    5. Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Home; Journals; Sadhana. Vishwadeep Saxena. Articles written in Sadhana. Volume 27 Issue 6 December 2002 pp 657-673. Computation of flow and thermal fields in a model CVD reactor · Vishwadeep Saxena K Muralidhar V Eswaran · More Details Abstract Fulltext PDF. Mixing of coaxial jets within a tube in the ...

    6. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      In addition to being a prime candidate for a fundamental unified theory of all interactions in nature, string theory provides a natural setting to understand gauge field theories. This is linked to the concept of '-branes': extended, solitonic excitations of string theory which can be studied using techniques of string theory and ...

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      A five-dimensional Bianchi type-I inflationary Universe is investigated in the presence of massless scalar field with a flat potential. To get an inflationary Universe, a flat region in which the potential is constant is considered. Some physical and kinematical properties of the Universe are also discussed.

    8. CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURALLOGIC DIAGRAM PRODUCTION AUTOMATION EXPERT STUDY ON THE ISSUE OF CORRECTNESS OF CALCULATION OF THE TAX ON PROFIT OF ORGANIZATIONS

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      2014-01-01

      Full Text Available In this article the possibility of automation of an expert study on the questionof correctness of tax calculation profi t organization. Considered are the problemsof formalization of the expert research inthis field, specify the structure of imprisonment. The author proposes a conceptual structural-logic diagram automation expertresearch in this area.

    9. Arabidopsis CDS blastp result: AK064765 [KOME

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    10. Arabidopsis CDS blastp result: AK059905 [KOME

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    11. Researching complementary and alternative medicine

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      Adams, Jon

      2007-01-01

      ... the investigation of CAM. Contributors draw upon their own CAM research work and experience to explain and review a range of methods and research issues pertinent to the contemporary of CAM and its future development, such as: field * * * * * the issues facing practitioners who wish to conduct research; how and why qualitative methods should...

    12. Bianchi type I inflationary universe in general relativity

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      In this paper, we have investigated Bianchi type I inflationary universe in the presence of massless scalar field with a flat potential. To get an inflationary solution, we have considered a flat region in which potential is constant. The inflationary scenario of the model is discussed in detail.

    13. Effect of hybridization and dispersion of quasiparticles on the ...

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      The effect of hybridization of conduction electrons and f-level on superconductivity (SC) and antiferromagnetism (AFM) in the coexistent phase of rare-earth nickel borocarbide superconductors (Ni2B2C) is reported. The Hamiltonian of the system is a mean field one and has been solved by writing equations of motion for ...

    14. Free convection effects and radiative heat transfer in MHD Stokes ...

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      The present note deals with the effects of radiative heat transfer and free convection in MHD for a flow of an electrically conducting, incompressible, dusty viscous fluid past an impulsively started vertical non-conducting plate, under the influence of transversely applied magnetic field. The heat due to viscous dissipation and ...

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      Home; Journals; Sadhana. Freek Wiedijk. Articles written in Sadhana. Volume 34 Issue 1 February 2009 pp 193-220. Formalizing Arrow's theorem · Freek Wiedijk · More Details Abstract Fulltext PDF. A small project in which I encoded a proof of Arrow's theorem—probably the most famous results in the economics field of ...

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      Home; Journals; Pramana – Journal of Physics. S Panda. Articles written in Pramana – Journal of Physics. Volume 56 Issue 6 June 2001 pp 809-822 Research Articles. Analytic methods for field induced tunneling in quantum wells with arbitrary potential profiles · S Panda B K Panda · More Details Abstract Fulltext PDF.

    17. Efficiency of semi-automated fluorescent multiplex PCRs with 11 microsatellite markers for genetic studies of deer populations.

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      Bonnet, A; Thévenon, S; Maudet, F; Maillard, J C

      2002-10-01

      Thirty bovine and eight ovine microsatellite primer pairs were tested on four tropical deer species: Eld's and Swamp deer (highly threatened) and Rusa and Vietnamese Sika deer (economically important). Thirty markers gave an amplified product in all four species (78.9%). The number of polymorphic microsatellite markers varied among the species from 14 in Eld's deer (47%) to 20 in Swamp deer (67%). Among them, 11 microsatellite loci were multiplexed in three polymerase chain reactions (PCRs) and labelled with three different fluorochromes that can be loaded in one gel-lane. To test the efficiency of the multiplex, primary genetic studies (mean number of alleles, expected heterozygosities and Fis values) were carried out on four deer populations. Parentage exclusion probability and probability of identity were computed and discussed on a Swamp deer population. These multiplexes PCRs were also tested on several other deer species and subspecies. The aim of this study is to establish a tool useful for genetic studies of population structure and diversity in four tropical deer species which with few modifications can be applied to other species of the genus Cervus.

    18. Design of two digital radiation tolerant integrated circuits for high energy physics experiments data readout

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      Bonacini, Sandro

      2003-01-01

      High Energy Physics research (HEP) involves the design of readout electron- ics for its experiments, which generate a high radiation ¯eld in the detectors. The several integrated circuits placed in the future Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments' environment have to resist the radiation and carry out their normal operation. In this thesis I will describe in detail what, during my 10-months partic- ipation in the digital section of the Microelectronics group at CERN, I had the possibility to work on: - The design of a radiation-tolerant data readout digital integrated cir- cuit in a 0.25 ¹m CMOS technology, called \\the Kchip", for the CMS preshower front-end system. This will be described in Chapter 3. - The design of a radiation-tolerant SRAM integrated circuit in a 0.13 ¹m CMOS technology, for technology radiation testing purposes and fu- ture applications in the HEP ¯eld. The SRAM will be described in Chapter 4. All the work has carried out under the supervision and with the help of Dr. Kostas Klouki...

    19. Transitioning NWChem to the Next Generation of Manycore Machines

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      Bylaska, Eric J. [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL); Apra, E [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL); Kowalski, Karol [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL); Jacquelin, Mathias [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL); De Jong, Bert [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL); Vishnu, Abhinav [ORNL; Palmer, Bruce [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL); Daily, Jeff [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL); Straatsma, T.P. [ORNL; Hammond, Jeffrey R. [ORNL; Klemm, Michael [Intel Corporation

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      The NorthWest chemistry (NWChem) modeling software is a popular molecular chemistry simulation software that was designed from the start to work on massively parallel processing supercomputers [1-3]. It contains an umbrella of modules that today includes self-consistent eld (SCF), second order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2), coupled cluster (CC), multiconguration self-consistent eld (MCSCF), selected conguration interaction (CI), tensor contraction engine (TCE) many body methods, density functional theory (DFT), time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT), real-time time-dependent density functional theory, pseudopotential plane-wave density functional theory (PSPW), band structure (BAND), ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD), Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics (MD), classical MD, hybrid quantum mechanics molecular mechanics (QM/MM), hybrid ab initio molecular dynamics molecular mechanics (AIMD/MM), gauge independent atomic orbital nuclear magnetic resonance (GIAO NMR), conductor like screening solvation model (COSMO), conductor-like screening solvation model based on density (COSMO-SMD), and reference interaction site model (RISM) solvation models, free energy simulations, reaction path optimization, parallel in time, among other capabilities [4]. Moreover, new capabilities continue to be added with each new release.

    20. The secret to successful solute-transport modeling

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      Konikow, Leonard F.

      2011-01-01

      Modeling subsurface solute transport is difficult—more so than modeling heads and flows. The classical governing equation does not always adequately represent what we see at the field scale. In such cases, commonly used numerical models are solving the wrong equation. Also, the transport equation is hyperbolic where advection is dominant, and parabolic where hydrodynamic dispersion is dominant. No single numerical method works well for all conditions, and for any given complex field problem, where seepage velocity is highly variable, no one method will be optimal everywhere. Although we normally expect a numerically accurate solution to the governing groundwater-flow equation, errors in concentrations from numerical dispersion and/or oscillations may be large in some cases. The accuracy and efficiency of the numerical solution to the solute-transport equation are more sensitive to the numerical method chosen than for typical groundwater-flow problems. However, numerical errors can be kept within acceptable limits if sufficient computational effort is expended. But impractically long

    1. ROTOR-RULMAN SİSTEMLERİNİN TASARIM OPTİMİZASYONU

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      Hamit SARUHAN

      2003-03-01

      Full Text Available Bu makale rotor-rulman sistemlerinin analizi ve optimizasyonunu göz önüne alarak yazarın çalışmaları ile birlikte literatürden kısa bir bilgi sunumu mahiyetinde bir çalışmadır. Çalışmayla, rotor-rulman sistemlerinin optimizasyonu alanında çalışmak isteyen tasarımcıya bir motivasyon ve fikir verme amaç edinilmiştir. Çalışmada genetik algoritmalar methoduyla elde edilen sonuçlar numeric metodla elde edilen sonuçlarla kıyas edilerek genetik algoritmaların kabiliyeti gösterilmiştir. Genetik algoritmalar tabii seleksiyon (seçim tekniğini kullanarak tanımlanan sınırlar içinde tarama yapan ve genetik fikrine dayalı uygun araştırma teknikleridirler. Günümüzde genetik algoritmalar bir çok alanda kullanılmaktadır.

    2. ÇİVRİL İLÇESİ (DENİZLİ VE YAKIN ÇEVRESİNİN HİDROJEOLOJİ İNCELEMESİ

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      Suat TAŞDELEN

      2001-02-01

      Full Text Available Bu çalışmada, Çivril (Denizli ve yakın çevresinin hidrojeolojik açıdan incelemesi yapılmıştır. Öncelikle, İlçe merkezi ve yakın çevresinde yapılan arazi çalışmaları ile elde edilen jeolojik, tektonik ve hidrolojik bilgiler verilmiştir. Eylül 1999 dönemine ait yerinde ölçüm ve gözlemlerle yeraltı su tablası haritası hazırlanarak, yeraltı suyu akım yönleri belirlenmiştir. Aynı dönemde, örneklenen kuyulara ait yeraltı suları üzerinde su kimyası çalışmaları yapılarak, bu suların kimyasal sınıflamaları ile içme, sulama ve endüstride kullanım özellikleri belirlenmiştir. Elde edilen bilgiler birlikte irdelenerek varılan sonuçlar tablo ve diyagramlarla sunulmuştur.

    3. THE SIMULATION MODEL OF SALT AND BORON TRANSPORT IN SURFACE SOIL

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      Satea M. OMAR

      1998-03-01

      Full Text Available Kaba ve ince bünyeli iki farklı toprakta laboratuvar denemesi kurularak bor ve tuz hareketi üzerine bilgisayar similasyon yıkama modeli uygulanmıştır. Denemede 5 cm göllendirme ve aralıklı sulama yöntemleriyle yıkama yapılmıştır. İki farklı toprakta yıkama esnasında belirlenen tuz ve bor konsantrasyonları bilgisayar program madeli ile tahmin edilen sonuçlarla kıyaslanmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre, yıkama işlemi süresince aralıklı sulama yöntemi uygulanmış topraklarda elde edilen EC ve bor değerleri bilgisayar program modeli ile tahmin edilen sonuçlarla uyum göstermiştir. Tuz yıkanmasına oranla bor yıkanması için 4-5 kat daha fazla su gerekmektedir.

    4. Simulation of electromagnetic scattering through the E-XFEL third harmonic cavity module

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      Joshi, N.Y; Shiliang, L; Baboi, N

      2017-01-01

      The European XFEL (E-XFEL) is being fabricated in Hamburg to serve as an X-ray Free Electron Laser light source. The electron beam will be accelerated through linacs consisting of 1.3GHz superconducting cavities along a length of 2.1km. In addition, third harmonic cavities will improve the quality of the beam by line arising the field profile and hence reducing the energy spread. There are eight 3.9GHz cavities within a single module AH1 of E-XFEL. The beam-excited electromagnetic(EM) field in these cavities can be decomposed into a series of eigenmodes. These modes are, in general, not cut-off between one cavity and the next, as they are able to couple to each other through out the module. Here for the first time, we evaluate components of the scattering matrix for module AH1. This is a computation ally expensive system, and hence we employ a Generalized Scattering Matrix(GSM)technique to allow rapid computation with reduced memory requirements. Verification is provided on reduced structures, which are...

    5. PROJETOS DE TURISMO EM TERRAS INDÍGENAS: Tremembé de Itapipoca e Jenipapo-Kanindé de Aquiraz - Ceará

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      Isis Maria Cunha Lustosa

      2010-01-01

      Full Text Available This article is about two indigenous peoples of Ceará state, in the Northeast region of Brazil. I present the situation of the Tremembé people of Buriti and Sítio São José communities in Itapipoca municipality, in relation to the 'Nova Atlântida' - Touristic and Residential City project, a transnational venture imposed on the cited indigenous people. Then I mention the Jenipapo-Kanindé people of Aquiraz municipality who have taken on a tourist project in their lands, considered to be self-management and community based. I subsidize the proposed discussions with academic productions of human geography, and I focus tourism, using anthropology, and bringing some notions from ethnology with Indigenous Peoples with an emphasis on Indigenous Peoples of the Northeast of Brazil. I complete the dialogue with data obtained from documental research and, especially, from fi eld work. My fi eld work brought multiple interpretations of the social actors interviewed, about the inclusion and exclusion of Indigenous peoples in tourist projects in Brazil.

    6. Bose–Einstein condensation of anti-kaons and neutron star twins

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      We investigate the role of Bose–Einstein condensation (BEC) of anti-kaons on the equation of state (EoS) and other properties of compact stars. In the framework of relativistic mean field model we determine the EoS for -stable hyperon matter and compare it to the situation when anti-kaons condense in the system.

    7. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      ... that the solar neutrino deficit is due to the interaction of neutrino transition magnetic moment with the solar magnetic field. We have also analysed the moments of the spectrum of scattered electrons at SK. Another new feature in the analysis is that for the global analysis, we have replaced the spectrum by its centroid.

    8. Effective atomic number, electron density and kerma of gamma ...

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      Abstract. An attempt has been made to estimate the effective atomic number, electron density (0.001 to 105 MeV) and kerma (0.001 to 20 MeV) of gamma radiation for a wide range of oxides of ... The lanthanide oxides find remarkable applications in the field of medicine, biology, nuclear engineering and space technology.

    9. Small-Caliber Ammunition Identification Guide. Volume 1. Small-Arms Cartridges Up to 15 mm

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      ti acer - T trac~aute, traCLur, Traiong, traceri traccusc T[ R ElD. tir r6duitc. Gallery practicc, surhcalibcr TI’traiqan ce pcrforaiute AP-T V. B...Mukden Arsenal in 1929. ý,A A242 A248 SWEDEN MALAYSIA 2 Made at Maricbcrg Ammunition 1973. Factory. 1925-1928, 4 DOMINICAN RLPUBIAC ITALY 60 1960

    10. Noncommutative phase spaces on Aristotle group

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      Ancille Ngendakumana

      2012-03-01

      Full Text Available We realize noncommutative phase spaces as coadjoint orbits of extensions of the Aristotle group in a two dimensional space. Through these constructions the momenta of the phase spaces do not commute due to the presence of a naturally introduced magnetic eld. These cases correspond to the minimal coupling of the momentum with a magnetic potential.

    11. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      The dielectric relaxation phenomena of rigid polar liquid molecules chloral and ethyltrichloroacetate () in benzene, -hexane and -heptane () under 4.2, 9.8 and 24.6 GHz electric fields at 30°C are studied to show the possible existence of double relaxation times 2 and 1 for rotations of the whole and the flexible ...

    12. An historically consistent and broadly applicable MRV system based on LiDAR sampling and Landsat time-series

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      W. Cohen; H. Andersen; S. Healey; G. Moisen; T. Schroeder; C. Woodall; G. Domke; Z. Yang; S. Stehman; R. Kennedy; C. Woodcock; Z. Zhu; J. Vogelmann; D. Steinwand; C. Huang

      2014-01-01

      The authors are developing a REDD+ MRV system that tests different biomass estimation frameworks and components. Design-based inference from a costly fi eld plot network was compared to sampling with LiDAR strips and a smaller set of plots in combination with Landsat for disturbance monitoring. Biomass estimation uncertainties associated with these different data sets...

    13. Polymer gels and networks

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      Osada, Yoshihito; Khokhlov, A. R

      2002-01-01

      ... or magnetic field, etc.). It was realized that not only can polymer gels absorb and hold a considerable volume of liquids, but they can also be forced to expel the absorbed liquid in a controlled manner. Of particular interest are hydrogels, i.e., polymer gels, which swell extensively in water. The most common hydrogels are polyelectrolyte gels: ...

    14. Energy fluxes in helical magnetohydrodynamics and dynamo action

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      ... large-scale magnetic field arising due to non-helical interactions and (2) inverse energy flux of magnetic energy caused by helical interactions. Based on our flux results, a primitive model for galactic dynamo has been constructed. Our calculations yield dynamo time-scale for a typical galaxy to be of the order of 108 years.

    15. Space and Time in Life and Science

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      Srimath

      From this, to m y thinking, the G reeks learned ... scienti¯c and technological progress has required ever- ... In the history of clockmakers, the name of the great horologist John Harrison (1693{ ..... B ut from very early tim es people w ere ..... contrast, a linear theory like Maxwell's equations for the electromagnetic ¯eld could ...

    16. Journal of Earth System Science | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      This study describes time series analysis of snow-melt,radiation data and energy balance for a seasonal snow cover at Dhundi field station of SASE,which lies in Pir Panjal range of the N –W Himalaya,for a winter season from 13 January to 12 April 2005.The analysis shows that mean snow surface temperature remains ...

    17. Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      2D Poisson software was used for designing. Details of design, fabrication, and magnetic field mapping of the solenoid coils are presented in this paper. Volume 38 Issue 4 August 2013 pp 667-678. Compact solid state radio frequency amplifiers in kW regime for particle accelerator subsystems · Akhilesh Jain D K Sharma ...

    18. Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Home; Journals; Sadhana. V Eswaran. Articles written in Sadhana. Volume 27 Issue 6 December 2002 pp 657-673. Computation of flow and thermal fields in a model CVD reactor · Vishwadeep Saxena K Muralidhar V Eswaran · More Details Abstract Fulltext PDF. Mixing of coaxial jets within a tube in the presence of ...

    19. Supercritical fluid technology in materials science and engineering: syntheses, properties, and applications

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      Sun, Ya-Ping

      2002-01-01

      ... and polymer preparations and as alternative solvent systems for materials processing. In fact, materials-related applications have emerged as a new frontier in the development of supercritical fluid technology. I hope that this book will be a timely contribution to this emerging research field by serving at least two purposes. One is to provide intere...

    20. Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      The method of application of critical bed shear stress equations is also mentioned. Volume 29 Issue 1 February 2004 pp 35-56. Velocity and turbulence at a wing-wall abutment · Abdul Karim Barbhuiya Subhasish Dey · More Details Abstract Fulltext PDF. Experimental investigation of the 3D turbulent flow field around a 45° ...

    1. Velocity and turbulence at a wing-wall abutment

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      Experimental investigation of the 3D turbulent flow field around a 45° wing-wall abutment, resting on a rough rigid bed, is reported. The experiment was conducted ... The shear stresses acting on the bed around the abutment are estimated from the Reynolds stresses and velocity gradients. The data presented in this study ...

    2. Gravitational Jaynes–Cummings model beyond the rotating wave

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      In this paper, the quantum properties of a two-level atom and the cavity-field in the Jaynes–Cummings model with the gravity beyond the rotating wave approximation are investigated. For this purpose, by solving the Schrödinger equation in the interaction picture, the evolving state of the system is found by which the ...

    3. MEGHNAD – A multi element detector array for heavy ion collision ...

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      When heavy ion beam available from such machines fall on a target and undergo collision, very rich and often pristine fields of research open up. In order to carry on such activities, we have taken up a project to build a multi element gamma, heavy ion and neutron array of detectors (MEGHNAD) to detect and study the ...

    4. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Home; Journals; Pramana – Journal of Physics; Volume 55; Issue 3. Volume 55, Issue 3. September 2000, pages 361-469 and L471-L478. pp 361-368 Research Articles. Rotating cylindrically symmetric Kaluza-Klein fluid model · Ramesh Tikekar L K Patel · More Details Abstract Fulltext PDF. Kaluza-Klein field equations for ...

    5. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      ... studies of superconducting MgB2 and a sample containing ∼ 10% by weight of MgO in MgB2 are reported. The NRMA results indicate near absence of intergranular weak links in the pure MgB2 sample. A linear temperature dependence of the lower critical field c1 is observed indicating a non- wave superconductivity.

    6. Resonant spin-flavor precession constraints on the neutrino ...

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      Home; Journals; Pramana – Journal of Physics; Volume 61; Issue 1. Resonant spin-flavor precession constraints on the neutrino parameters and the twisting structure of the solar magnetic fields from the solar neutrino data. S Dev Jyoti Dhar Sharma U C Pandey S P Sud B C Chauhan. Research Articles Volume 61 Issue 1 ...

    7. On the enigmatic–A true constant of spacetime

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      Further we argue that its identification with the quantum vacuum energy is not valid as it should have to be accounted for like the gravitational field energy by enlarging the basic framework of spacetime and not through a stress tensor. The acceleration of the expansion of the Universe may indeed be measuring its value for ...

    8. Bianchi type-I massive string magnetized barotropic perfect fluid

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      Bianchi type-I massive string cosmological model for perfect fluid distribution in the presence of magnetic field is investigated in Rosen's [Gen. Relativ. Gravit. 4, 435 (1973)] bimetric theory of gravitation. To obtain the deterministic model in terms of cosmic time, we have used the condition A = ( B C ) n , where n is a constant, ...

    9. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      In particular we pay attention to the effect of the expulsion of the flux of external fields across charged and rotating black holes which are approaching extremal states. Recently this effect has been shown to occur for black hole solutions in string theory. We also discuss black holes surrounded by rings and disks and rotating ...

    10. Numerical modelling of the pump-to-signal relative intensity noise ...

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      An accurate numerical model to investigate the pump-to-signal relative intensity noise (RIN) transfer in two-pump fibre optical parametric amplifiers (2-P FOPAs) for low modulation frequencies is presented. Compared to other models in the field, this model takes into account the fibre loss, pump depletion as well as the gain ...

    11. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      We study the exact solutions of the cascade three-level atom interacting with a single mode classical and quantized field with different initial conditions ofthe atom. For the semiclassical model, it is found that if the atom is initially in the middle level, the time-dependent populations of the upper and lower levels are always ...

    12. In Search of Consumption..

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      Askegaard, Søren; Heilbrunn, Benoît

      2018-01-01

      What is the topic of this book? The title may seem puzzling to many since it seemingly refers to a non-existing fi eld of study. No academic program or any scientifi c journal caters to and carries the torch of such a domain of research. “Social theory on consumption” is a neologism as a denominato...

    13. Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Home; Journals; Sadhana. K Muralidhar. Articles written in Sadhana. Volume 27 Issue 6 December 2002 pp 657-673. Computation of flow and thermal fields in a model CVD reactor · Vishwadeep Saxena K Muralidhar V Eswaran · More Details Abstract Fulltext PDF. Mixing of coaxial jets within a tube in the presence of ...

    14. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      In a short period of time, we will have a large amount of results from -factories including ones on CP violation. In this talk, we briefly review the current experimental status of -physics. After a quick description of -facilities, we divide this vast field into two categories: (1) weak interaction and QCD, (2) unitarity triangle and ...

    15. Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Reflection of quasi-P and quasi-SV waves at the free and rigid boundaries of a ... The propagation of plane waves in fibre-reinforced media is discussed. ... Surface wave propagation in a double liquid layer over a liquid-saturated porous half-space ... Computation of flow and thermal fields in a model CVD reactor.

    16. Play and dream your city

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      Pihl, Ole Verner

      tool to investigate the creative fi eld between the digital and the analogue. There is an incompatibility embedded in the sketching process. The analogue sketch represents the known and open-ended, the digital the more concrete, while the cave technology is a more open and free dream room...... for experience. 5. Keywords: Analog, digital, game, dream, cave, intuition, and hermeneutic....

    17. Sadhana | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Home; Journals; Sadhana. B S Yilbas. Articles written in Sadhana. Volume 29 Issue 6 December 2004 pp 629-640. Entropy generation in non-Newtonian fluid flow in a slider bearing · M Pakdemirli B S Yilbas M Yurusoy · More Details Abstract Fulltext PDF. In the present study, entropy production in flow fields due to slider ...

    18. Entropy generation in non-Newtonian fluid flow in a slider bearing

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      In the present study, entropy production in flow fields due to slider bearings is formulated. The rate of entropy generation is computed for different fluid properties and geometric configurations of the slider bearing. In order to account for the non-Newtonian effect, a special type of third-grade fluid is considered. It is found that ...

    19. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Home; Journals; Pramana – Journal of Physics; Volume 59; Issue 3. Volume 59, Issue 3. September 2002, pages 433-552 and L553-L561. pp 433-443. Radial oscillations of neutron stars in strong magnetic fields · V K Gupta Vinita Tuli S Singh J D Anand Ashok Goyal · More Details Abstract Fulltext PDF. The eigen ...

    20. Momentum densities and Compton profiles of alkali-metal atoms

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      It is assumed that the dynamics of valence electrons of alkali-metal atoms can be well accounted for by a quantum-defect theoretic model while the core electrons may be supposed to move in a self-consistent field. This model is used to study the momentum properties of atoms from 3Li to 37Rb. The numerical results ...

    1. Pramana – Journal of Physics | Indian Academy of Sciences

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      Articles written in Pramana – Journal of Physics. Volume 57 Issue 1 July 2001 pp 209-213 Contributed Papers : Nuclear reactions. Breakup of 42 MeVLi projectiles in the fields of 12C andAu nuclei · Dhruba Gupta C Samanta R Kanungo P Basu Subinit Roy S Kailas A Chatterjee B J Roy K Mahata A Samant A Shrivastava.

    2. Generation and measurement of multi megagauss fields in inertial ...

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      We present here the development of a facility to generate high (multi megagauss) magnetic field of 4 to 5 s rise time, using inertial magnets. The facility includes a low inductance, high current capacitor bank (280 kJ/40 kV) and an inertial magnet, which is a copper disk machined to have a keyhole in it. As the high current ...

    3. Supermarket refrigeration. Optimization of suction pressure in existing refrigerators; Supermarktkaelte. Saugdruck optimieren in Bestandskaelteanlagen

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      Berg, Philipp; Mueller, Markus [Eckelmann AG, Wiesbaden (Germany)

      2012-06-15

      The new E*LDS firmware E*COP{sup +} from Eckelmann AG (Wiesbaden, Federal Republic of Germany) for the optimization of the suction pressure supplies a demand-oriented adaptation of the suction pressure. The new feature is ideal for an update of existing systems with thermostatic expansion valves. Using this update operators of supermarket operators may save about 10% energy with little effort.

    4. The Education of English Language Learners in Arizona: A Legacy of Persisting Achievement Gaps in a Restrictive Language Policy Climate

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      Garcia, Eugene E.; Lawton, Kerry; Diniz de Figueiredo, Eduardo H.

      2010-01-01

      This report reviews achievement gaps in both reading and math between ELL and non-ELL students in Arizona over the post-Proposition 203 period 2005-2009 and during the first year of implementation of the 4 hour ELD block, 2008-09. The study finds that Arizona has made little to no progress in closing the achievement gap between ELL and non-ELL…

    5. Handbook of epidemiology

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      Pigeot, Iris; Ahrens, Wolfgang

      2005-01-01

      ... as a desk reference for mature epidemiologists who are in practice, probably already specializing in a particular field, but in need of current information and ideas about every aspect of the state of the art and science. Without a work like this, it is difficult to stay abreast of the times. A comprehensive current overview like this where each chapte...

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      is directed towards the in- stantaneous position of the particle. The radiation field connects these two Cou- lomb fields in a small re- gion of thickness c∆t . (b) Pill box construction to relate the normal compo- nent of the electric field around the radiation zone. the electric ¯eld p arallel an d p erp en dicular to the direc- tion ^r.

    7. Black holes and compact objects: Quantum aspects

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      This is a summary of the papers presented in session W2 on a fairly wide-ranging variety of topics in the area of black hole physics and quantum aspects of gravity, including quantum field and string theory in curved spacetimes. In addition, experts in a couple of topical subjects were invited to present short surveys on the ...

    8. TRAINING ON PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND LABOR ECONOMICS

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      Marina V. Polevaya

      2016-01-01

      Full Text Available The article deals with the training of spe-cialists in the eld of labor and the house-keeper personnel management within the federal state educational standards of higher education. The analysis of the possibility of training in these specialties in the various educational standards. The necessity of focusing on the prepara-tion of these destinations within certain standards.

    9. Mössbauer studies of hyperfine fields in disordered Fe

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      Heusler-like alloy Fe2CrAl was prepared and studied. Structure determination was done by X-ray. The structure was found to conform to the B2 type. Magnetic hyperfine fields in this sample were studied by the Mössbauer effect. The Mössbauer spectra were recorded over a range of temperature from 40 to 296 K. The ...

    10. Evaluation of computational and physical parameters influencing CFD simulations of pollutant dispersion in building arrays

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      Dai, Yuwei; Mak, Cheuk Ming; Ai, Zhengtao

      2018-01-01

      underperformed in some areas. The results of the LES and DES simulations varied with changes in Δt∗ and sampling length until Δt∗ was less than 0.24 and the sampling length was higher than 2400 Δt∗ or LES and 1200 Δt∗ for DES. A larger aspect ratio did not necessarily result in a higher concentration field than...

    11. COMO FAZER UMA AGRICULTURA VERDE USANDO O MAIS ANTIGO PROCESSO DE OBTENÇÃO DE NITROGÊNIO EM PLANTAS

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      Veronica Massena Reis

      2013-06-01

      management based on biological nitrogen fi xation and a recommendation of inoculant application in order to improve the utilization of N-fertilizers, also preconized by the green revolution, made this research recognized worldwide for its innovation that advocates the use of a conservative practice, keeping the man in the fi eld, producing more without harming the environment.

    12. Temperature hysteretic effect and its influence on colossal ...

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      Record values of colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) have been achieved. The CMR value reaches nearly 99% in the temperature ranges of 90 K to 140 K and 90 K to 170 K for 20 kOe and 40 kOe magnetic fields in the cooling mode, respectively. The observed unusual behavior is attributed to the co-existence of La-rich ...

    13. Effect of process control agent (PCA) on the characteristics of mechanically alloyed Ti-Mg powders [Conference paper

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      Machio, Christopher N

      2010-10-01

      Full Text Available of he A f e n ow fo P eld u to ca et tio R P ea ts id uti ern M als , H __ pu m ty as ec der 80 m am pow flo and d r ow p sin me nn erm n t es art n p are n on Af eta Co K ___ rity fo...

    14. Terahertz field enhancement to the MV/cm regime in a tapered parallel plate waveguide

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      Iwaszczuk, Krzysztof; Andryieuski, Andrei; Lavrinenko, Andrei

      2012-01-01

      measurement of the field strength at the output of the waveguide. Field enhancement factors greater than 20 are demonstrated and record-high field strengths of > 1.4 MV/cm are reached. We find an excellent agreement between the two independent methods of field measurement and a numerical 3D full...

    15. Ultrasonik Homojenizasyon İşleminin Yoğurdun Su Tutma Kapasitesi Üzerine Etkisi

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      Mustafa Şengül

      2015-02-01

      Full Text Available Çalışmada, ısıl olmayan muhafaza tekniklerinden biri olan ultrason ve klasik homojenizatör kullanılarak homojenize edilen sütlerden elde edilen yoğurtların su tutma kapasiteleri incelenmiştir. Ultrasonik homojenizasyonda, 20, 50 ve %70 olmak üzere 3 farklı güç seviyesi, 3 ve 6 dakika olmak üzere 2 farklı işlem zamanı kullanılmıştır. Klasik homojenizasyonla karşılaştırıldığında, ultrasonik homojenizasyonun yoğurdun su tutma kapasitesi üzerine daha etkili olduğu belirlenmiştir. İşlem zamanı ve güç seviyesi arttıkça su tutma kapasitesi de artmıştır. En yüksek su tutma kapasitesi (%66.18, 6 dakikalık işlem zamanı ve %70 güç seviyesinde elde edilmiştir. Ayrıca, fermantasyon boyunca örneklerin pH değerleri 30’ar dakikalık periyotlarla izlenmiştir.

    16. Can (ReCentralization Be a Modern Governance in Rural Areas?

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      Full Text Available Concentration and recentralization can be described as a European trend in the fi eld of local governance, especially in the fi eld of the administration of rural areas. An important tool of the concentration of the local administration is the intercommunal cooperation. The Hungarian rural areas have fragmented spatial structures. Because of the fragmentation and the small number of the voluntary associations these types of local cooperation were signifi cantly supported by the central budget in the 1990s and 2000s. The economic crisis resulted in a strong concentration trend in Hungary, as well. The new Hungarian Municipal Code introduced a Janus-faced model. The administration of the rural areas was strongly concentrated by the establishment of the mandatory common municipal offi ces of the small villages (under 2000 inhabitants while the forms of the intercommunal associations were simplifi ed. This reform reduced the number of local offi ces signifi cantly. This type of intercommunal cooperation became the main form of the j oined public service management as well, because the former signifi cant state aid of the voluntary associations has been reduced.

    17. Can (ReCentralization Be a Modern Governance in Rural Areas?

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      István BALÁZS

      2017-02-01

      Full Text Available Concentration and recentralization can be described as a European trend in the fi eld of local governance, especially in the fi eld of the administration of rural areas. An important tool of the concentration of the local administration is the intercommunal cooperation. The Hungarian rural areas have fragmented spatial structures. Because of the fragmentation and the small number of the voluntary associations these types of local cooperation were signifi cantly supported by the central budget in the 1990s and 2000s. The economic crisis resulted a strong concentration trend in Hungary, as well. The new Hungarian Municipal Code introduced a Janus-faced model. The administration of the rural areas was strongly concentrated by the establishment of the mandatory common municipal offi ces of the small villages (under 2000 inhabitants while the forms of the intercommunal associations were simplifi ed. This reform reduced the number of local offi ces signifi cantly. This type of intercommunal cooperation became the main form of the j oined public service management as well, because the former signifi cant state aid of the voluntary associations have been reduced.

    18. High frequency bulk resonators for bio/chemical diagnostics and monitoring applications

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      Cagliani, Alberto

      In the environmental monitoring eld there is a vast variety of possible applications for microfabricated MEMS sensors. As an example, a network of miniaturized sensors could detect toxic gases, harmful airbornes, explosives in air or, in liquid, monitor the quality of drinking water. The integrat......In the environmental monitoring eld there is a vast variety of possible applications for microfabricated MEMS sensors. As an example, a network of miniaturized sensors could detect toxic gases, harmful airbornes, explosives in air or, in liquid, monitor the quality of drinking water...... be operated in gaseous environments thanks to the high Qfactors and show very high mass sensitivities and very small mass resolutions. The resonators have been microfabricated at the DTU-Danchip facility exploiting the microfabrication knowledge already present in the DyNEMS group. The devices have been...... and as temperature sensors in humid environment. Moreover, they have been used as tool to investigate the interaction between water molecules and DNA. Finally, nanograss have been etched into the body of the microresonators in order to improve the mass sensitivy of the devices. On the whole, the experimental results...

    19. ALÜMİNYUM KLORÜRDEN ZEOLİT SENTEZi

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      Özge Sezgin

      2002-09-01

      Full Text Available Endüstride ve diğer amaçlar için kullanılan minerallerin önemli gruplarından biri de zeolittir. De te rj an sanayiinde su yumuşatıcı, temi zleyici, kahntı oluşumunu azaltıcı, toprakta dağılma özellikleri ile fosfat tuzları yerine geçebiten zeolit A, fosfatlar nedeniyle meydana gelen çevre kirlenmesini en aza indirmiştir. Bu çalışmada zeolit A, 70°C ve 90°C'lerde sodyum si li kat ve alüminattan elde edilmiştir. Zeolitlerin tek tek N a20, Alı03, Si02 ve H20 yüzdeleri bulunmuştur. Sıcaklık artışının zeolit verimine etkisi incelenmiştir. Bunun yanında zeolit A bir de 90°C'de organik madde (triethanolamin ilavesi ile elde edilmiştir. Bu zeolitin de verimi ve yüzdeleri bulunmuş diğer zeolitlerle karşılaştırılmıştır.

    20. Mongolian Rotifers on Micr oscope Slides: Instructions to Permanent Specimen Mounts from Expedition Material

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      Christian D. Jersabek; Erdene Bolortsetseg; Howard L. Taylor

      2010-01-01

      We here describe a method for permanently mounting specimens on microscope slides, as we applied it in the newly established rotifer collection in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The liquid photopolymer NOA 61 was used as a primary sealant for pure glycerine mounts. We furthermore outline simple methods of rotifer narcotization and fi xation in the fi eld that yield, for the majority of species, adequately preserved specimen mat...

    1. A Mechanized Decision Support System for Academic Scheduling.

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      1986-03-01

      an operational system called software. The first step in the development phase is Design . Designers destribute software control by factoring the Data...SUBJECT TERMS (Continue on reverse if necessary and identify by block number) ELD GROUP SUB-GROUP Scheduling, Decision Support System , Software Design ...scheduling system . It will also examine software - design techniques to identify the most appropriate method- ology for this problem. " - Chapter 3 will

    2. Anomalies, symmetries and strangeness content of the proton

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      The matrix elements of the operators of strange quark fields s ¯ s where is 1 or 5 between a proton state is calculated. The sigma term is found to be ≈ 41 MeV and the (3) singlet axial matrix element is found to be ≈ 0.22, both in agreement with experiment. The sigma term is found using the trace anomaly, ...

    3. Erindring i Det Gamle Testamente

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      Carstens, Pernille

      2013-01-01

      -prepared refl ections of the past. They are both eclectic and selective reconstructions. Remembering and forgetting the past refl ects the needs in the present. It is an active and ongoing, not predetermined process. Memory studies do not represent a coherent fi eld, but are coming from different disciplines...... and discursive areas. It is an analytic instrument and a heuristic tool focusing the socio-cultural context....

    4. Experimental Methods in Psychology and Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

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      Habekost, Thomas; Nielsen, Julie Hassing

      2014-01-01

      Laboratory experiments have always been important in psychology and are as commonly used today as ever due to the dominating position of cognitive research in international psychology. This trend has been further strengthened by recent developments in cognitive neuroscience, where experimental studies are central. Recently, experimental studies within the fi eld of affective neuroscience have also received attention. Notwithstanding, experimental methods remain controversial also in psychology...

    5. River flow and fish abundance in a South African estuary

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      Whitfield, AK

      2003-06-01

      Full Text Available w volum e (m 3 s� 1 ) a t th e tim e o f sa m pl in g a re a lso sh ow n. Est ua ry a sso cia tio n ca te go rie s a fte r W hi tfi eld (19 99 ): M M ,m a rin e m ig ra nt ;M S, m a rin...

    6. AND CCIR MODELS

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      'I' is the magnetic dip latitude where tan 'I' = % (tan go) and go is the magnetic inclination of the Earth's magnetic field at 300 km altitude. (4). 3. RESULTS. Comparisons of the IRI electron density. (NE/cm'3) profiles for Ibadan for the three chosen months revealed that F2~layer peak density is lowest in the month of June for ...

    7. On the interplay between string theory and field theory

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      Brunner, I.

      1998-01-01

      In this thesis, we have discussed various aspects of branes in string theory and M-theory. In chapter 2 we were able to construct six-dimensional chiral interacting eld theories from Hanany-Witten like brane setups. The field theory requirement that the anomalies cancel was reproduced by RR-charge conservation in the brane setup. The data of the Hanany-Witten setup, which consists of brane positions, was mapped to instanton data. The orbifold construction can be extended to D and E type singularities. In chapter 3 we discussed a matrix conjecture, which claims that M-theory in the light cone gauge is described by the quantum mechanics of D0 branes. Toroidal compactifications of M-theory have a description in terms of super Yang-Mills theory an the dual torus. For more than three compactified dimensions, more degrees of freedom have to be added. In some sense, the philosophy in this chapter is orthogonal to the previous chapter: Here, we want to get M-theory results from eld theory considerations, whereas in the previous chapter we obtained eld theory results by embedding the theories in string theory. Our main focus was on the compactification on T 6 , which leads to complications. Here, the Matrix model is again given by an eleven dimensional theory, not by a lower dimensional field theory. Other problems and possible resolutions of Matrix theory are discussed at the end of chapter 3. In the last chapter we considered M- and F-theory compactifications on Calabi-Yau fourfolds. After explaining some basics of fourfolds, we showed that the web of fourfolds is connected by singular transitions. The two manifolds which are connected by the transition are different resolutions of the same singular manifold. The resolution of the singularities can lead to a certain type of divisors, which lead to non-perturbative superpotentials, when branes wrap them. The vacua connected by the transitions can be physically very different. (orig.)

    8. On the interplay between string theory and field theory

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      Brunner, I.

      1998-07-08

      In this thesis, we have discussed various aspects of branes in string theory and M-theory. In chapter 2 we were able to construct six-dimensional chiral interacting eld theories from Hanany-Witten like brane setups. The field theory requirement that the anomalies cancel was reproduced by RR-charge conservation in the brane setup. The data of the Hanany-Witten setup, which consists of brane positions, was mapped to instanton data. The orbifold construction can be extended to D and E type singularities. In chapter 3 we discussed a matrix conjecture, which claims that M-theory in the light cone gauge is described by the quantum mechanics of D0 branes. Toroidal compactifications of M-theory have a description in terms of super Yang-Mills theory an the dual torus. For more than three compactified dimensions, more degrees of freedom have to be added. In some sense, the philosophy in this chapter is orthogonal to the previous chapter: Here, we want to get M-theory results from eld theory considerations, whereas in the previous chapter we obtained eld theory results by embedding the theories in string theory. Our main focus was on the compactification on T{sup 6}, which leads to complications. Here, the Matrix model is again given by an eleven dimensional theory, not by a lower dimensional field theory. Other problems and possible resolutions of Matrix theory are discussed at the end of chapter 3. In the last chapter we considered M- and F-theory compactifications on Calabi-Yau fourfolds. After explaining some basics of fourfolds, we showed that the web of fourfolds is connected by singular transitions. The two manifolds which are connected by the transition are different resolutions of the same singular manifold. The resolution of the singularities can lead to a certain type of divisors, which lead to non-perturbative superpotentials, when branes wrap them. The vacua connected by the transitions can be physically very different. (orig.)

    9. Kültür Koşullarında Levrek (Dicentrarchus labrax L., 1758 Larvalarında Ağız Bölgesinin Osteolojik Gelişimi.

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      Deniz Çoban

      2015-12-01

      Full Text Available Levrek larvalarında 0-42. günler arasında yoğun yetiştiricilik koşulları altında ağız boşluğunda çeneye ait elementlerin kıkırdak ve kemik gelişimleri incelenmiştir. Örnekler çalışma boyunca üç günde bir olacak şekilde elde edilmiş ve çalışma canlı yeminkesilmesi ile sonlanmıştır. Elde edilen örnekler formalinde sabitlendikten sonra alcian mavisi ve alizarin kırmızısı ile boyandı. Yumurtadan çıkan larvada ağza ait bir osteolojik oluşum tespit edilmemiştir. İlk oluşan element 3,8 mm total boyda (TB Meckel’s kıkırdağıdır. Bu oluşumu 4,6 mm TB’da trabecular bar, palato-quadrate ve hyosymplectic takip eder. 5,4 mm TB’da basibranchial, hyoid bar, maksillary ve branchial sepet oral boşluğun altında meydana gelmiştir. 7,9 mm TB’da dişe ait yapıların ilk işareti olan premaksillary oluşumu gözlenmiştir. 11,4 mm TB’da premaksillary ve dentary kıkırdak yapıda olup henüz kemikleşme başlamamış olup her ikisinde de bir sıra diş tespit edilmiştir. 15,8 mm TB’da premaksillary ve dentarynin uç bölgelerinde kemikleşme başlamıştır. Bu çalışmadan elde edilen sonuçlar diğer teleostlar ile karşılaştırılmış ve benzer bulgulara rastlanmıştır

    10. Videogames as an incipient research object inMathematics Education

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      Albarracín, Lluís; Hernández-Sabaté, Aura; Gorgorió, Núria

      2017-01-01

      [EN] This article presents a review of research made in the eld of mathematics education onthe use of video games in the classroom. These investigations have focused on four areas:impact in academic performance focused on mathematical contents, speci c mathematicalcontents learning, videogame design elements for mathematical learning and relation bet-ween videogames and problem solving. Finally, we propose two research new approachesthat have not been explored so far, like ...

    11. CONCEPT OF STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION INFORMATION SITUATIONAL CENTERS FOR OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT MACHINEBUILDING DIVISION WITH A GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED PRODUCTION

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      Alexander V. Rechkalov

      2014-01-01

      Full Text Available The article considers the problem of organizing the planning system based on virtual manufacturing in constructingsituational center for engineering division. The analysis of foreign and domestic experience in the field of situational management, organization planning and managementsystems as virtual production in relation to the real (underlying production is provided. The scheme of organization situational center for engine-building enterprises of theEngineering Division is given.

    12. Crime in media: an interdisciplinary research

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      Ronaldo Henn; Carmen Oliveira; Maria Palma Wolff; Marta Conte

      2011-01-01

      This article analyses conceptual issues that present problems for interdisciplinary research - criminality and urban space; the transversal aspects of violence - developed by researchers from diff erent fi elds: communications, psychology and social services. Highlighted in this work, above all, are questions related to the media and journalism; which constitute one of the axes of the proposal (media, growing juvenile component of criminality, drugs and social control) but are inevitably interc...

    13. The Partnership of Public Health and Anthropology.

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      Jelenc, Marjetka

      2016-06-01

      Public health focuses on health of the population and it is concerned with threats to health based on population health analysis. Anthropology covers most aspects that concern human beings. Both sciences converge on community and this fact represents a foundation for the partnership between public health and anthropology. Biological/medical anthropology is one of the highly developed fi elds of anthropology and the most important for public health.

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      O n e of th e celeb rated resu lts in b lack h ole p h y sics is that black holes have a tem perature and they em it a therm alspectrum ofradiation. T hough a rigorous derivation of this result requires quan- tum ¯eld theory, a °avour of the essential ideas can be provided at an elem entary level as indi- cated here. In classical ...

    15. Sphagnum farming in Germany – a review of progress

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      G. Gaudig; F. Fengler; M. Krebs; A. Prager; J. Schulz; S. Wichmann; H. Joosten

      2014-01-01

      In ombrotrophic, nutrient-poor peatlands, the cultivation of peatmoss (Sphagnum spp.) is a promising paludiculture option. Since 2001 we have been studying peatmoss cultivation (‘Sphagnum farming’) in greenhouse and field experiments, paying special attention to propagation, propagule storage, establishment, productivity and regeneration. Our studies show that Sphagnum farming in Germany may provide a sustainable high-quality alternative to fossil white peat as a raw material for horticultural...

    16. Öğütülmüş Ayçiçek Tohumlarında Enzim Muamelesiyle Yağ Üretiminin Arttırılması

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      Mariyana Perifanova-Nemska

      2015-02-01

      Full Text Available Öğütülmüş ayçiçek tohumları daha fazla yağ elde etmek amacı ile sellülaz, asit ve baz karakterli proteinaz ve pektinaz enzimleri ile muamele edilmiştir. İncelenen preparatlar arasında sellülaz (selobranin enzimi uygulanan tohumlar en yüksek yağ verimini göstermişlerdir.

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      article im plies, the problem has to do w ith logarithm s w hich allow a dim ensionless function like ln(x =2¤ ) to occur in the electrostatic potential w ithout the electric. ¯eld depending on the arbitrary scale ¤ . T his requires additivity on the ¤ dependence;that is w e need a func- tion f (x =¤ ) w hich w ill reduce to f (x ) + f (¤ ).

    18. Chiral effective field theory for nuclear matter including long- and short-range multi-nucleon interactions

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      Oller J.A.

      2010-04-01

      Full Text Available We review on a novel chiral power counting scheme for in-medium chiral perturbation theory with nucleons and pions as degrees of freedom. It allows for a systematic expansion taking into account local as well as pion-mediated inter-nucleon interactions. Based on this power counting, one can identify classes of nonperturbative diagrams that require a resummation. As a method for performing those resummations we review on the techniques of Unitary Chiral Pertubation Theory for nucleon-nucleon interactions. We then apply both power counting and non-perturbative methods to the example of calculating the pion self-energy in asymmetric nuclear matter up-to-and-including next-to-leading order. It is shown that the leading corrections involving in-medium nucleon-nucleon interactions cancel between each other at given chiral orders.

    19. Grassy field margins as potential corridors for butterflies in agricultural landscapes: A simulation study

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      Delattre, T.; Pichancourt, J.- B.; Burel, F.; Kindlmann, Pavel

      2010-01-01

      Roč. 221, č. 2 (2010), s. 370-377 ISSN 0304-3800 R&D Projects: GA MŠk LC06073 Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60870520 Keywords : Connectivity * Grassland * Dispersal Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour Impact factor: 1.769, year: 2010

    20. The effect of continuous exposure to electromagnetic fïeld on four successive generations of mice

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      Oentoeng Soeradi

      2002-03-01

      Full Text Available The objective of this study is to know the biobgical effects of  electromagnetic field treatment on four successive generations of mice. Fourty eight male and female mice of Swiss Webster Strain, 3 months of old, and 35 - 40 g body weight, were kept in a controlled environment and fed a standard diet. Mice were divided into 6 groups of four couples each. The first group was exposed to electromagnetic field of I kV/10 cm, the second group to 2 kV/10 cm, and the third group to 3 kV/10 cm. The remaining 3 groups were served as untreated controls of the first, second, and third group, respectively. Each couple of mice was placed in a cage (26x20x11 cm with wire metal cage tops. The cages of experimental groups with mice inside, were then put on the negative terminal plate of a pair of parallel aluminium plate electrodes. These cages were  perpendicular to the positive electrode plate at a distance of I0 cm. Subsequently, the electrodes were connected to stepup transformer as an alternating current power supply. All mice belonging to experimental and untreated control groups were allowed to mate, gastate, and deliver the first up to fourth generations, During investigation, all generations of experimental groups were continuously treated to electromagnetic field, while generations of untreated control groups received no treatment to electromagnetic field, During the study, all mice were housed in a room having a temperature of 26ᵒ C and a light - dark cycle of 12:12 hours. The results of this study showed that exposure of mice to electromagnitic field results in reduced fertility with no change in sex ratio of the offspring. Exposure to electromagnetic field, however, were effective in inducing congenital anomalies, such as micropthalmy, white eyes, short hind legs, dwarf mice, and tumors in both sexes of the offspring which caused of death after 3 - 4 months of old. A large mortality rate were found, especially in the third and fourth generations. No congenital anomalies and tumors were noted in untreated controls. ln conclusion, we suggest that several facts which found in this study were the result of changes in genetic material of the sperm or eggs during spermatogenesis or oogenesis, respectively, i.e. a mutagenic effect. This interaction between electromagnetic field and the living cell, may then cause biological effects on cells, tissues, and organs, so that finally there are consequences for the whole organisms. (Med J Indones 2002; 11: 3-10Keywords: electromagnetic field, fertility, mortality rate, congenital anomalies, tumor, mice

    1. Ayran Üretim Metotları Üzerine Karşılaştırmalı Bir Çalışma

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      Celalettin Koçak

      2015-02-01

      Full Text Available Ayran, yoğurt, tuz ve sudan oluşan, geleneksel bir Türk içeceğidir. Ticari olarak Ayran iki şekilde üretilmektedir. Bu iki üretim şekli arasındaki başlıca fark, inkübasyondan önce Ayran sütüne su ilave edilmesi veya inkübasyondan sonra yoğurda suyun ilave edilmesidir. Bu nedenle bu araştırma, bu iki üretim metodunun Ayranın kimyasal, mikrobiyolojik ve duyusal özellikleri üzerindeki etkilerini araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Elde edilen sonuçlar, üretim metotlarının Ayranın genel bileşimi ve tüketici beğenisi üzerinde herhangi bir etkilerinin bulunmadığını göstermiştir (P >0.05. Ancak, yoğurda su katılarak üretilen ayranların asetaldehit içeriklerinde 7. gün depolamada, S. thermophilus içeriğinde ise 1. gün depolamada diğer metoda göre daha düşük değerler elde edilmiştir (P < 0.05.

    2. MOLEKÜLER CIMBIZLAMAYA DAYALI YENİ BİR BISFENOL-BIPHENANTHROLINE SENTEZİ

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      Said nadeem

      2015-11-01

      Full Text Available 1,10-fenantrolin’den elde edilen "dugdugi" 8 molekülü sentezlendi ve NMR, EIMS ve UV kullanılarak yapısı aydınlatıldı. Bisfenol 8’I elde etmek için 1,3dibrompropan kullanılarak alkillendi ve 4-(1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthrolin-2-ylphenol ile reaksiyona sokuldu. Molekül 8’in 30 molL-1 çözeltisi %10 DMF içeren etanolde hazırlandı, ve etanol ile hazırlanmış 30 m L-1 Co2+, Cr3+, Cu2+, Fe3+, Mn2+, Ni2+, Ag+, and Zn2+ çözeltisi ile 30 dakika karıştırıldı.Kemosensör 8, Fe3+ varlığında pembe renk vererek çalışırken, diğer metallerin varlığında ayırt edici bir renk gözlenmedi. "Dugdugi" nin moleküler UV spektrumunda 279 nm’de bulunan pik Fe3+ ile etkileştirilince 290 nm’ye kaydı. Ayrıca, 524 nm’de yeni bir pik oluştuğu görüldü

    3. Gıdalarda Genetik Yapısı Değiştirilmiş Organizmaların (GDO Belirlenmesi

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      Fadime Kıran

      2015-02-01

      Full Text Available Genetiği değiştirilmiş organizmalar (GDO kullanılarak elde edilen ürünler artan bir şekilde dünyanın gıda kaynağı olarak tanıtılmakta ve genetiği değiştirilmiş (GD gıdalar sıklıkla gündemde yer almaktadır. Avrupa birliği komisyonu, GDO kullanılarak elde edilen ve tespit edilebilir miktarlarda DNA veya protein içeren gıda ürünlerinin ve içeriklerinin etiketlenmesi gerektiğini öngörmektedir. Bu aşamada, genetik modifikasyonun belirlenmesi (kalitatif analiz ve ölçümü (kantitatif analiz oldukça önemli olmaktadır. Bundan dolayı, GDO’nun belirlenmesi, ölçümü ve izlenmesi için güvenilir, tekrarlanabilir, doğru ve hassas yöntemler gerekmektedir. Bu derlemede genetik değişiklikler, protein ve DNA esaslı kalitatif ve kantitatif GDO tanımlama yöntemleri, bu yöntemlerin uygulama zorlukları ve gelişmekte olan yeni teknolojiler incelenmiştir.

    4. A GPS-free passive acoustic localization scheme for underwater wireless sensor networks

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      Mirza, Mohammed

      2011-10-01

      Seaweb is an acoustic communication technology that enables communication between sensor nodes. Seaweb interconnects the underwater nodes through digital signal processing (DSP)-based modem by using acoustic links between the neighbouring sensors. In this paper, we design and investigate a global positioning system (GPS)-free passive localization protocol using seaweb technology. This protocol uses the range data and planar trigonometry to estimate the positions of the discovered nodes. We take into consideration the small displacement of sensor nodes due to watch circles and placement of sensor nodes on non-uniform underwater surface, for precise localization. Once the nodes are localized, we divide the whole network .eld into circular levels that minimizes the traf.c complexity and thereby increases the lifetime of the sensor network .eld. We then form the mesh network inside each of the circular levels that increases the reliability. The algorithm is designed in such a way that it overcomes the ambiguous nodes errata and re.ected paths and makes the algorithm more robust. The synthetic network geometries are so designed which can evaluate the algorithm in the presence of perfect or imperfect ranges or in case of incomplete data. A comparative study is made with the existing algorithms which proves our newly proposed algorithm to be more effective. © 2011 IEEE.

    5. Expressed wishes and incidence of euthanasia in advanced lung cancer patients.

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      Pardon, Koen; Deschepper, Reginald; Vander Stichele, Robert; Bernheim, Jan L; Mortier, Freddy; Schallier, Denis; Germonpré, Paul; Galdermans, Daniella; Van Kerckhoven, Willem; Deliens, Luc

      2012-10-01

      This study explores expressed wishes and requests for euthanasia (i.e. administration of lethal drugs at the explicit request of the patient), and incidence of end-of-life decisions with possible life-shortening effects (ELDs) in advanced lung cancer patients in Flanders, Belgium. We performed a prospective, longitudinal, observational study of a consecutive sample of advanced lung cancer patients and selected those who died within 18 months of diagnosis. Immediately after death, the pulmonologist/oncologist and general practitioner (GP) of the patient filled in a questionnaire. Information was available for 105 out of 115 deaths. According to the specialist or GP, one in five patients had expressed a wish for euthanasia; and three in four of these had made an explicit and repeated request. One in two of these received euthanasia. Of the patients who had expressed a wish for euthanasia but had not made an explicit and repeated request, none received euthanasia. Patients with a palliative treatment goal at inclusion were more likely to receive euthanasia. Death was preceded by an ELD in 62.9% of patients. To conclude, advanced lung cancer patients who expressed a euthanasia wish were often determined. Euthanasia was performed significantly more among patients whose treatment goal after diagnosis was exclusively palliative.

    6. Seli Çayı (Elazığ-Türkiye Rotifer Faunası ve Bazı Biyoçeşitlilik İndeksleri ile Analizi.

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      Necla İpek

      2015-12-01

      Full Text Available Seli Çayı’nın rotifer faunasının tespiti ve mevsimsel dağılımının saptanması amacı ile rotifer örnekleri Mart 2006 – Şubat 2007 tarihleri arasında, 5 istasyondan aylık periyotlar halinde yapılan arazi çalışmaları sonucu elde edilmiştir. Çalışma süresince Rotifera’ya ait 13 tür kaydedilmiştir. Polyarthra vulgaris ve Kelicottia longispina en fazla kaydedilen tür olmuştur. Ayrıca çayın bazı fiziksel ve kimyasal özellikleri, rotiferlerin istasyonlara, aylara ve mevsimlere göre dağılımları ile bazı istatistiksel parametreler verilmiştir. Seli Çayı’nda bulunan rotifer faunasından elde edilen veriler Shannon-Weaver Çeşitlilik İndeksi ve Margalef Tür Zenginliği İndekslerine göre analiz edilmiştir. İlkbahar tür çeşitliliği (H'= 2.38 ve tür zenginliğinin (D=2.6 en bol bulunduğu mevsim olmuştur

    7. Pasinler İlçesi (Erzurum’nde Şeker Pancarı (Beta vulgaris Bitkilerinden İzole Edilen Fusarium spp. ve Patojeniteleri

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      Ömer Faruk KARYAĞDI

      2016-05-01

      Full Text Available Bu çalışma Pasinler ilçesi (Erzurum’nde şeker pancarı (Beta vulgaris L. bitkilerinden izole edilen Fusarium türlerini ve patojenitelerini belirlemek amacıyla 2009 yılında yürütülmüştür. Şeker pancarı bitkisinden yapılan izolasyon çalışmaları sonucunda 194 Fusarium izolatı elde edilmiştir. Çalışmada elde edilen izolatların %37,63’ü F. equiseti, %31,44’ü F. oxysporum, %13,92’i F. acuminatum, %10,82’si F. solani, %4,12’si F. heterosporum, %1,55’i F. avenaceum ve %0,52’si F. graminearum olarak saptanmıştır. Yapılan patojenite testlerinde F. acuminatum (P2-8A1, F. equiseti (P1-6, F. heterosporum (P10-30, F. oxysporum (P8-24, P9-36 ve F. solani (P8-2 izolatları en yüksek hastalık şiddeti oluşturmuştur. F. acuminatum ve F. graminearum için şeker pancarı bitkisi, Türkiye’de yeni konukçu kaydı olarak belirlenmiştir.

    8. Development of a measurement platformon a light airplane and analysis of airborne measurementsin the atmospheric boundary layer

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      D. Zardi

      2003-06-01

      Full Text Available In the present paper we provide an overview of a long term research project aimed at setting up a suitable platform for measurements in the atmospheric boundary layer on a light airplane along with some preliminary results obtained from fi eld campaigns at selected sites. Measurements of air pressure, temperature and relative humidity have been performed in various Alpine valleys up to a height of about 2500 m a.m.s.l. By means of GPS resources and specifi c post-processing procedures careful positioning of measurement points within the explored domain has been achieved. The analysis of collected data allowed detailed investigation of atmospheric vertical structures and dynamics typical of valley environment, such as morning transition from ground based inversion to fully developed well mixed convective boundary layer. Based on data collected along fl ights, 3D fi elds of the explored variables have been detected and identifi ed through application of geostatistical techniques (Kriging. The adopted procedures allowed evaluation of the intrinsic statistical structure of the spatial distribution of measured quantities and the estimate of the values of the same variable at unexplored locations by suitable weighted average of data recorded at close locations. Results thus obtained are presented and discussed.

    9. The System of Divine Manifestation in The Ibn ‘Arabian School of Thought

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      Seyyed Ahmad Fazeli

      2011-12-01

      Full Text Available One of the fundamental problems of Theoretical Mysticism is the explanation of the world as being something other than God after having accepted the Unity of Existence. This paper seeks to present, after having explained certain necessary premises, the theory of manifestation as one that can explain and analyze multiplicity.In this article we especially seek to solidify the relation of such claims to mystics in general and to the adherents of the Ibn ‘Arabian school of thought in particular. This is especially important because in some of the works of many specialists in this field we find that some unrealistic claims have been definitively attributed in to the Great Sheikh. The only way to counteract such false claims, in any field, including Theoretical Mysticism, is to make it binding upon ourselves to delve into the views of others in a cautious way. We must take the apparent meanings of the sayings of the mystics as a proof in this matter. Therefore the method of research of the writer of this article is to relate the sayings of the Great Sheikh and his commentators while commentating upon and analyzing them as well. 

    10. Elektrokoagülasyon Prosesi İle Gıda Endüstrisi Atıksuyunun Arıtımında Optimum Koşulların Belirlenmesi

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      Full Text Available Bu çalışmada bir gıda endüstrisi atıksuyunun alüminyum elektrot kullanılarak kesikli sistemde elektrokoagülasyon yöntemi ile arıtımı incelenmiştir. Anaerobik arıtma çıkışından alınan atıksuyun özellikleri 504 mg/L KOI, 100 mg/L TOK, 3.37 mS/cm iletkenlik ve 7.8 pH parametreleri ile karakterize edilmiştir. Elektrokoagülasyon prosesinin etkinliği KOİ parametresindeki değişim gözlenerek değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışmada pH, iletkenlik, akım yoğunluğu ve reaksiyon süresinin etkisi incelenmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlardan optimum koşullar pH=7, iletkenlik=3.5 mS/cm, akım yoğunluğu =1.83 mA/cm2 ve süre=30 dak. olarak belirlenmiştir. Bu koşullarda %95 KOİ giderim verimi elde edilirken işletme maliyeti de 0.98 TL/m3 arıtılan atıksu olarak belirlenmiştir.

    11. Coupled Atom-Polar Molecule Condensate Systems: A Theoretical Adventure

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      2014-07-14

      second uses the linear-response theory more familiar to people working in the �eld of condensed-matter physics. We have introduced a quasiparticle ...picture and found that in this picture the bare EIT model in Fig. 2 (a) can be compared to a double EIT system shown in Fig. 2 (b). The quasiparticle ...energy levels consists of a particle (with positive quasiparticle energy ) and a hole (with negative quasiparticle energy) branch. The double EIT

    12. From Journalism Studies to Journalism Theory

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      Elias Machado

      2005-01-01

      This paper comprises three parts –- 1) recognition of professional practice as a legitimate object of research; 2) development of methodologies that are adjusted to the particularities of the area; and 3) funding of multidisciplinary experiments on applied research. My intention here is to build on the mapping of existing studies to discuss some assumptions and to consolidate journalism as a fi eld of knowledge, based on the distinction between journalism studies and journalism theories.

    13. A Literature Survey of Early Time Series Classification and Deep Learning

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      Santos, Tiago; Kern, Roman

      2017-01-01

      This paper provides an overview of current literature on time series classification approaches, in particular of early time series classification. A very common and effective time series classification approach is the 1-Nearest Neighbor classier, with different distance measures such as the Euclidean or dynamic time warping distances. This paper starts by reviewing these baseline methods. More recently, with the gain in popularity in the application of deep neural networks to the eld of...

    14. Reactive Fusion Welding for Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Composite Joining

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      istribution un lim it ed 13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 14. ABSTRACT Plasm a and pulsed plasma arc w eld ing (PAW and PPAW) processes w ere used to fusion...were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy. 3.4 Microscopy Weldment specimens were cut perpendicular to the welding direction using a manual...Nikon; Epiphot 200; Tokyo, Japan) and scanning electron microscopy (Hitachi; S- 570; Tokyo, Japan). ZrB2 grain sizes in the parent material and heat

    15. One Quarter of California’s Teachers for English Learners Not Fully Certified

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      Rumberger, Russell W.

      2003-01-01

      Although the passage of Proposition 227 reduced the demand for bilingual teachers, an acute shortage of teachers qualified to deliver needed instructional services to English learners remains. In 1998, prior to the passage of 227, 43 percent of the teachers providing instructional services to English learners were not fully certified to provide those services—33 percent of teachers were in training to provide English language development (ELD) or Specially Designed Academic Instruction in Eng...

    16. On the circulation in the Bay of Bengal during northern spring inter-monsoon (March-April 1987)

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      Babu, M.T.; Sarma, Y.V.B.; Murty, V.S.N.; Vethamony, P.

      ) indicated an anticyclonic circulation with a northeastward flow in the western bay duringMarch–April ( La Fond and La Fond 1968; Duing, 1970; Wyrtki, 1971). The temperature field obtained from satellite- based advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR.... Pergamon. New York, pp. 451–475. Duing,W.,1970.Themonsoonregimeofcurrentsin theIndian Ocean. University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA, 68pp. Eigenheer,A.,Quadfasel,D.,2000.SeasonalvariabilityoftheBay of Bengal circulation inferred from TOPEX...

    17. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Quarterly Report to the United States Congress

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      powerful allies they have cultivated . Th e highest levels of the In late January, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) for Energy Aff airs Hussein al...skills to combat criminal gangs and maintain the peace. General Jassam com- mented favorably on USF-I’s ability to learn from its mistakes and cultivate ...SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION FOCUS ON ANBAR • potato, mushroom , and strawberry fi elds In addition to these programs, Inma

    18. Radioactive Beam Measurements to Probe Stellar Explosions

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      2010-01-01

      Unique beams of unstable nuclei from the Holi eld Radioactive Ion Beam Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are being used to measure the thermonuclear reactions that occur in novae, X-ray bursts, and supernovae. The astrophysical impact of these measurements is determined by synergistic nuclear data evaluations and element synthesis calculations. Results of recent measurements and explosion simulations are brie y described, along with future plans and software research tools for the community.

    19. Between occupation and a hard place : WWII anniversary splits Russia and Estonia / Yelena Shesternina

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      2007-01-01

      2007. a. märtsis allkirjastas president Toomas Hendrik Ilves pühade ja tähtpäevade seaduse muutmise seaduse, millega nimetati 22. september vastupanuvõitluse mälestuspäevaks. Tallinna vabastamise tähtpäeva eel peetud kõnes asetas president võrdusmärgi kommunistide ja natside vahele, öeldes et Punaarmee ja NKVD "vabastasid" Eestit täpselt niisama palju kui Wehrmacht ja Gestapo enne neid

    20. The Professionalization of Internal Auditing

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      2013-01-01

      Purpose: This paper attempts to examine the meaning of professionalization, the conditions required for professionalization and whether internal auditing can be recognized as a profession. The paper makes use of study results in the fi eld of internal auditing conducted in Europe and the USA, as well as Andrew Abbott’s theory on the system of professions. Professions have common characteristics which differentiate them from other occupations. These characteristics were used to determine the c...

    1. From combinatorial optimization to real algebraic geometry and back

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      2014-12-01

      Full Text Available In this paper, we explain the relations between combinatorial optimization and real algebraic geometry with a special focus to the quadratic assignment problem. We demonstrate how to write a quadratic optimization problem over discrete feasible set as a linear optimization problem over the cone of completely positive matrices. The latter formulation enables a hierarchy of approximations which rely on results from polynomial optimization, a sub-eld of real algebraic geometry.

    2. Getting Back to the Basics

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      2015-08-01

      survival in the eld. 330th Transportation Battalion Soldiers are confronted Feb. 24, 2015, with a simulated angry mob , played by opposing force...330th Transporta- tion Battalion. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Morris College, master’s degrees from the University of Oklaho- ma, Old...Dominion University , and Troy University , and a doctorate degree in education from the University of Mis- souri at Kansas City. He is a graduate of the

    3. Medical Surveillance Monthly Report. Volume 20, Number 9

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      2013-09-01

      excess in male hormones (i.e., androgens). In adolescence , the most common manifestation of PCOS is infre- quent or prolonged menstrual periods, but... adolescence to adult age. Ann NY Acad Sci. 2006;1092:158-174. 3. Ehrmann DA, Barnes RB, Rosenfi eld RL, Cavaghan MK, Imperial J. Prevalence of...exposure to more breast cancer risk factors (e.g., chemical exposures, long term use of oral contraceptives , and night time shift work).3 In

    4. Transcriptional Analysis of Four Family 4 P450s in a Puerto Rico Strain of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Compared With an Orlando Strain and Their Possible Functional Roles in Permethrin Resistance

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      MOLECULAR BIOLOGY/GENOMICS Transcriptional Analysis of Four Family 4 P450s in a Puerto Rico Strain of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Compared...10.1603/ME13228 ABSTRACT A Þeld strain of Aedes aegypti (L.) was collected from Puerto Rico in October 2008. Based onLD50 values by topical application...important role in cytochrome P450-mediated resistance to permethrin. KEY WORDS Aedes aegytpi, permethrin, resistance, cytochrome P450, detoxiÞcation The

    5. Tartışmalı Endikasyonlarında ESWL

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      Gürpınar, Dr. Tayfun; Özkan, Dr. Semih

      1995-01-01

      ESWL (Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy) üriner sistem taş hastalığının tedavisini tümüyle değiştirmiştir Elde edilen deneyim bu teknolojinin güvenli ve etkili olduğunu ancak taş hastalığı tedavisinde sınırları olduğunu göstermektedir. Anahtar kelimeler: ESWL, üriner sistem taşları

    6. Social capital dimensions among incubated entrepreneurs

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      Sergio Ezequiel Quijano Quijano

      2015-12-01

      Full Text Available This article shows contributions from leading researchers in the fi eld of social capital as support of corporate sustainability and the contribution generated by a descriptive case study based on a representative sample from entrepreneurs from the Fundación Parque de Desarrollo Tecnológico (Parquesoft in Colombia, to contrast the theoretical approaches. The findings show a slight presence of social capital in the performance of incubated entrepreneurs.

    7. The senile kidney

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      Denisova Т.Р.

      2015-03-01

      Full Text Available The given work summarizes external data and self-obtained results on development and diagnostic of kidney involution modifications. Article discusses definition of "senile kidney" as a clinical and pathomorphological term. Major statements on pathophysiological causes of age-associated renal disorders and their prognosis, specifics of chronic kidney disease in elderly and senile patients have been reviewed. Phenomenon of renal "multimorbidity" in eldely maximizes worsening risk of unmodifiable kidney function.

    8. Green power and performance in global environmental governance

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      Never, Babette

      2013-01-01

      From 10 to 11 June 2013, the Global Green Growth Summit will take place in Seoul. Policymakers, international organizations and experts from various fi elds will once again discuss how the transformation toward a green economy and more sustainable development paths can be managed. Global environmental governance is characterized by a high number of international activities, but actual environmental outcomes vary. The ability to develop green political and economic power that leads to bett er ...

    9. The estimate of ecological risk for ground ecosystems in case of nuclear power plant failures

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      Kremlenkov, D.Y.; Kremlenkov, M.Y.

      2003-01-01

      Full text: The stochastic nature of radiation damage generates a need of forecasting information about possible consequences for environment and people. In this article it is given the estimate of probable damage to forest-and agricultural ecosystems from radionuclide emergency pollution in case of nuclear plant failures (for early emergency period). This estimate is based on radio-ecological risk conception which provide with the application of radioactive substances distribution models in atmosphere, as were calculation of absorbent radiation dose in critical ecosystem groups-calculation of probable area of lost ecosystems has been done by using the program written in Pascal. The quantitative estimate of environmental loss has been conducted for diverse classes of atmospheric stability. The value of ecological dose range (ELD) to coniferous forest is 30 Gy, deciduous forest - 300 Gy, agricultural crop - 60 Gy. The value of minimum ecological dose range (MELD) for all ecosystems is 10 Gy. In dose spread from MELD to ELD the ecological damage is proportional to absorbed dose. The ecological damage to ground ecosystems caused by cesium-137 and strontium-90 emergency pollution is primarily depended on the scale of radionuclide emergency pollution as well as weather conditions and radio-stability of critical vegetal ecosystem groups. On the assumption of a dose spread from MELD to ELD, ecological risk defined in probable ecosystem's destruction area is estimated: for cesium-137 pollution about 2 % of coniferous forest and from 4 to 9 % of deciduous forest; for strontium-90 pollution from 2 to 4 % of agricultural crop. As the scale of cesium-137 emergency pollution rise from 10 4 to 10 5 Cu the probable damage determined in ecosystem's destruction area increase 12-19 times to coniferous forest ecosystem and 15-36 times to deciduous forest according to weather conditions. The probable damage to coniferous and deciduous forest rise 11-17 times in proportion as the scale

    10. Tüketicilerin Coğrafi İşaretli Ürün Algısı ve Daha Fazla Fiyat Ödeme İsteği: Yapısal Eşitlik Modellemesi Yaklaşımı(Consumers' Perception of Product with Geographical Indication and Willingness to Pay More: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

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      İsmail Tamer TOKLU

      2016-04-01

      Full Text Available Bir fikri ve sınai mülkiyet hakkı olarak coğrafi işaret, belirli bir nitelik, ün veya diğer özellikleriyle kökeninin bulunduğu bir yöre, alan, bölge veya ülke ile özdeşleşmiş bir ürünü gösteren işaretlerdir. Bu çalışmanın amacı tüketicilerin coğrafi işaretli ürünlere olan algılarını ve bu ürünlere daha fazla ödeme eğilimlerini ölçmektir. Bu amaç için oluşturulan modelin verileri kolayda örnekleme yöntemiyle, tüketicilerle yüz yüze yapılan anket çalışmasından elde edilmiştir. Elde edilen veriler En Küçük Kısmi Kareler (PLS yöntemi ile analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgulara göre; kültür ve gelenek, kalite ve güvenilirlik coğrafi işaretli ürün algısını etkilerken, coğrafi işaretli ürün algısı da daha fazla fiyat ödeme eğilimini etkilemektedir. Diğer taraftan, ekonomik desteğin coğrafi işaretli ürün algısını etkilemediği bulunmuştur. Bu çalışmanın sonuçları rekabet avantajı elde etmek isteyen yerel üreticiler için etkili bir pazarlama stratejisine karar vermeleri açısından değerli ve önemli bilgiler sunmaktadır. As an intellectual property right, geographical indications are signs showing an exclusive quality, celebrity or other attributes specified with a territory, area, region or country of its origin. This study aims to evaluate consumers' perceptions toward products with geographical indication and their willingness to pay a premium price for these types of products. The data of the model proposed for this aim were collected by convenience sampling method with face to face questionnaire. PLS (Partial Least Squares Method was used to analyze the data. The main findings of the study are as follows, 'culture and tradition' and 'quality and safety' affect the consumers' perceptions towards geographical indication. This perception also affects the willingness to pay more for products with geographical indication. On the other

    11. Hizmet Öncesi ve İçi İngilizce Öğretmenlerinin Özyeterlik Algıları ve Öğretmeye Yönelik Endişeleri

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      2015-05-01

      Full Text Available Bu çalışma hizmet öncesi ve hizmet içi İngilizce öğretmenlerinin özyeterlik algılarını, öğretmeye yönelik endişelerini ve endişe ve özyeterlik ölçeklerinin alt boyutlarından elde edilen bulguların kendi içlerinde ve birbirleriyle olan ilişkilerini incelemiştir. Bu amaçla, Öğretmen Özyeterlik Ölçeği ve Öğretmeye Yönelik Endişeler Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Öncelikle, hizmet içi İngilizce öğretmenlerinin özyeterlik algısı daha yüksek gözlenirken, hizmet öncesi İngilizce öğretmenlerinin ise endişe düzeyi daha yüksek olarak izlenmiştir. Ayrıca, hem hizmet öncesi hem de hizmet içi İngilizce öğretmenlerinden elde edilen özyeterlik ve endişe ölçeklerinin alt boyutlarında gözlenen bulgular kendi içinde karşılaştırıldığında olumlu yönde güçlü bir ilişki ortaya koymaktadır. Diğer bir deyişle, özyeterlik alt boyutlarından birinde gözlenecek bir artış başka bir alt boyutta da artışa neden olabilecektir. Son olarak, bu alt boyutlardan elde edilen bulgular endişe ve özyeterlik olarak birbirleriyle karşılaştırıldığında ise olumsuz yönde dengeli bir ilişki gözlenmiştir. Bu da öğretmenin özyeterlik algısının yüksek olmasının endişe düzeyinin düşük olmasını beraberinde getireceği şeklinde yorumlanabilir

    12. DENDROCHRONOLOGY of ABIES NORDMANNIANA (STEV. SPACH. SUBSP. NORDMANNIANA IN THE ÖRÜMCEK FORESTS IN KÜRTÜN-GÜMÜSHANE

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      Zafer Cemal Özkan

      2003-04-01

      Full Text Available Abies nordmanniana (Stev. Spach. subsp. nordmanniana Dogu Karadeniz Bölgesi için olduğu kadar Türkiye için de önemli bir orman ağacıdır. Çalışmanın amacı; Doğu Karadeniz Göknarı ağaçlarının yıllık büyüme ve değişimleri araştırıp, incelemek ve yıllık halkalardan yararlanarak Örümcek Bölgesi Ormanlarında göknar için ortalama yıllık halka eğrisi ve standart kronoloji hazırlamaktır. Aynı zamanda yörenin eteorolojik verileri de kullanılarak geçmiş yılların iklimi hakkında bilgi edinebilmek amacıyla yapılacak olan dendroklimatoloji çalışmalarına esas oluşturacaktır. Araştırma alanı Karadeniz Bölgesinin, Doğu Karadeniz Bölümünde yer almakta, Gümüşhane ili, Kürtün ilçesi sınırları içerisinde kalmaktadır. Toplam 6 ağaçtan 12 kalem alınmıştır ve elde edilen kalemlerdeki yıllık halka genişliklerinin ölçümünde 0.01 mm. duyarlı Zeiss Winkel aleti kullanılmıştır. Yıllık halka eğrilerinin elde edilmesinde ; 1 Yıllık Halkaların Yarı Logaritmik Olarak Gösterilmesi, 2 Yıllık Halkalardan Elde Edilen İndislerin Bir Grafikle Gösterilmesi (Standardizasyon yöntemleri kullanılmıştır. İndis değerlerinin bulunmasında ise It=Wt/Yt eşitliğinden yararlanılmıştır. Çalışma 1729 –2003 yıllarını kapsamaktadır.

    13. Multi-Hadron Observables from Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics

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      Hansen, Maxwell [Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)

      2014-01-01

      We describe formal work that relates the nite-volume spectrum in a quantum eld theory to scattering and decay amplitudes. This is of particular relevance to numerical calculations performed using Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (LQCD). Correlators calculated using LQCD can only be determined on the Euclidean time axis. For this reason the standard method of determining scattering amplitudes via the Lehmann-Symanzik-Zimmermann reduction formula cannot be employed. By contrast, the nite-volume spectrum is directly accessible in LQCD calculations. Formalism for relating the spectrum to physical scattering observables is thus highly desirable. In this thesis we develop tools for extracting physical information from LQCD for four types of observables. First we analyze systems with multiple, strongly-coupled two-scalar channels. Here we accommodate both identical and nonidentical scalars, and in the latter case allow for degenerate as well as nondegenerate particle masses. Using relativistic eld theory, and summing to all orders in perturbation theory, we derive a result relating the nite-volume spectrum to the two-to-two scattering amplitudes of the coupled-channel theory. This generalizes the formalism of Martin L uscher for the case of single-channel scattering. Second we consider the weak decay of a single particle into multiple, coupled two-scalar channels. We show how the nite-volume matrix element extracted in LQCD is related to matrix elements of asymptotic two-particle states, and thus to decay amplitudes. This generalizes work by Laurent Lellouch and Martin L uscher. Third we extend the method for extracting matrix elements by considering currents which insert energy, momentum and angular momentum. This allows one to extract transition matrix elements and form factors from LQCD. Finally we look beyond two-particle systems to those with three-particles in asymptotic states. Working again to all orders in relativistic eld theory, we derive a relation between the

    14. TENSILE PROPERTIES OF EXTRUDED SiC(P/Al-2124 BULK FUNCTIONALL Y GRADED MATERIALS

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      HÜSEYİN UZUN

      2000-06-01

      Full Text Available Fonksiyonel kademeli değişken malzemeler yeni bir kompozit malzeıne türü dür. Bu malzemeler, bir makine parçasının belirli bölgelerinde istenilen bir özelliğı elde etmek için dizayn edilmiş olup, malzeınenin kimyasal birleşimi, mikroyapısı ya süreklilik arz edecek şekilde yada kademelİ olarak makine parçasının bir bölgesinden diğer bir bölgesine doğru değişmesi söz konusudur. Bu çalışınada kullanılan fonksiyonel değişken ınalzeme ler, birbiri içinde dairesel kademeli bir forma sahip olup SiC(p/AI-2124 kompozit sistemi esasına göre 400°C 'de sıcak ekstrüzyon ile üretilmişlerdir. Üretilen fonksiyonel değişken malzemelerin dış yüzeyi, Al-2124 matrix içine SiC parçacıklarının takviye edilmesinden dolayı oldukça sert, göbek kısmı ise takviyesiz Al-2 124 alaşımından dolayı oldukça tok bir özellik gösterir. Bu çalışmada bu malzemelerin çekme mukavemeti özellikleri incelenm iştir. Elde edilen deneysel so nuçlar, teorik olarak geliştirilen fonnü 1lere göre hesaplanarak elde edilen sonuçlar ile karşılaştı rılmıştır. Sonuç olarak, geleneksel kompozit malzemeler ile karşılaştırıldığında, fonksiyonel değişken malzemelerin sünekliğinin artmış olduğu fakat hafifçe % 0.2 akma ve çekme mukavemetlerinde azalmanın mevcut olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

    15. Promise of a microfluidic research network in South Africa: establishment of the base with the CSIR

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      Land, K

      2008-11-01

      Full Text Available and pharmaceutical production. This technology requires a range of multidisciplinary skills, which solicits skills and knowledge sharing between organisations to ensure competitiveness. While research activities in this fi eld are still minimal in South Africa... to form what is known as a ʻlab-on-chipʼ device. Lab-on-chip devices are used for performing physical, chemical, or biological functions, such as separation, mixing, chemical reaction and analysis (Liu et al. 2008; Nguyen & Wereley, 2006...

    16. Simulation of hypersonic shock wave - laminar boundary layer interactions

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      Kianvashrad, N.; Knight, D.

      2017-06-01

      The capability of the Navier-Stokes equations with a perfect gas model for simulation of hypersonic shock wave - laminar boundary layer interactions is assessed. The configuration is a hollow cylinder flare. The experimental data were obtained by Calspan-University of Buffalo (CUBRC) for total enthalpies ranging from 5.07 to 21.85 MJ/kg. Comparison of the computed and experimental surface pressure and heat transfer is performed and the computed §ow¦eld structure is analyzed.

    17. Entropy, Topological Theories and Emergent Quantum Mechanics

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      D. Cabrera

      2017-02-01

      Full Text Available The classical thermostatics of equilibrium processes is shown to possess a quantum mechanical dual theory with a finite dimensional Hilbert space of quantum states. Specifically, the kernel of a certain Hamiltonian operator becomes the Hilbert space of quasistatic quantum mechanics. The relation of thermostatics to topological field theory is also discussed in the context of the approach of the emergence of quantum theory, where the concept of entropy plays a key role.

    18. Basic Concepts in Cyber Warfare

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      Lior Tabansky

      2011-01-01

      Developments in computers have made possible far reaching changes in all areas of life, and the rapid progress in computing, communications, and software has led to a dramatic reduction in the cost of producing, processing, and disseminating information. Information technologies continue to develop at an accelerated pace, and a new era has arisen in the information revolution. The rapid growth in the fields of computing and communications and the ongoing improvement in the performance of compu...

    19. Experimental Methods in Psychology and Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

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      Habekost, Thomas; Nielsen, Julie Hassing

      2014-01-01

      studies are central. Recently, experimental studies within the field of affective neuroscience have also received attention. Notwithstanding, experimental methods remain controversial also in psychology, and one should carefully weigh their advantages against their drawbacks.......Laboratory experiments have always been important in psychology and are as commonly used today as ever due to the dominating position of cognitive research in international psychology. This trend has been further strengthened by recent developments in cognitive neuroscience, where experimental...

    20. PONAŠANJE POTROŠAČA U SPORTU

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      Čedomir Ljubojević; Larisa Vetro

      2007-01-01

      This paper is primarily interested in sport consumers, and the authors highlight that the success of any sport organisation depends upon successful relations with customer. Undestanding the behavior of sport consumers represents an important fi eld of study. The purpose of this paper is to examine how and why consumers develop, enter into, and maintain relationships in a sports marketing context. Understending the infl uence on customer behavior provides the sport manager with an enhanced ind...

    1. Structural Colour in Colourimetric Sensors and Indicators

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      2013-07-11

      quality control of consumer products (e.g. food , fuel, drugs, cosmetics, etc.) at home or in the eld.10 Despite usually being associated with a sacri...assembly of a colloidal crystal and an interstitial matrix has been shown to improve structural order in addition to increasing simplicity of fabrication...photonic properties that tune in response to vapour adsorption35,76 or liquid inltration.77 Porous Bragg stacks built from alternating SiO2 and TiO2

    2. CD137 pathway: immunology and diseases

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      Chen, Lieping

      2006-01-01

      ... may work in either interconnected or linear fashion. Therefore, the combined understanding of each pathway, their interactions with other pathways, and the functional consequence, is a cornerstone for our interpretation of pathological basis of diseases and future treatments. It is important to stay abreast on the pace of progress, which I refer to as periodic summary of incremental and breakthrough discoveries in each pathway by the experts and the leader in the field. The CD137 Pathway: Immu...

    3. 2007 Army Modernization Plan

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      2007-03-01

      Additional confi gurations include two NATO li ers with patients and one medical a endant. The aircra has a hoist for use in emergency...including airframes, wiring bundles and hydraulic systems on the remanufactured CH-47Fs are new. Program Status. The Army received its fi rst fully...Expansible Van and the 10T Dump Truck. Another new variant, the FMTV-Load Handling System, is expected to be fi elded in late-2007, initially to medical

    4. On the use of infrared thermography in studies with air curtain devices

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      Neto, Luís P. C.; Silva, Manuel Gameiro da; Costa, José J.

      2006-01-01

      Among the different existing methods to characterise the aerodynamic sealing effect provided by an air curtain device placed over the opening between two contiguous compartments, infrared thermography has revealed to be a very useful tool. Besides allowing the capture, in an expedite way, of instantaneous images of the temperature field in the neighbourhood of the door, the technique hereon described has other advantages, in terms of quick and easy setup, low intrusive character and liability ...

    5. Inferring Speaker Affect in Spoken Natural Language Communication

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      Pon-Barry, Heather Roberta

      2012-01-01

      The field of spoken language processing is concerned with creating computer programs that can understand human speech and produce human-like speech. Regarding the problem of understanding human speech, there is currently growing interest in moving beyond speech recognition (the task of transcribing the words in an audio stream) and towards machine listening—interpreting the full spectrum of information in an audio stream. One part of machine listening, the problem that this thesis focuses on, ...

    6. Using Whatman FTA® Cards to Collect DNA for Bird-Strike Identifications

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      Dove, Carla J.; Dahlan, Nor Faridah; Heacker, Marcy A.; Whatton, James F.

      2011-01-01

      Identification of species of birds is fundamental to implementation of all management and mitigation issues involving bird–aircraft collisions (bird strikes). Methods of identifying bird remains have recently been enhanced to include the use of molecular techniques but the degraded condition of the fi eld sample remains problematic. The Whatman FTA® card is a novel way to instantly fi x DNA and inhibit degradation of DNA samples post-collection. During 2008–2009, we analyzed >200 FTA cards co...

    7. From Journalism Studies to Journalism Theory

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      Elias Machado

      2005-06-01

      Full Text Available This paper comprises three parts –- 1 recognition of professional practice as a legitimate object of research; 2 development of methodologies that are adjusted to the particularities of the area; and 3 funding of multidisciplinary experiments on applied research. My intention here is to build on the mapping of existing studies to discuss some assumptions and to consolidate journalism as a fi eld of knowledge, based on the distinction between journalism studies and journalism theories.

    8. Anız Yakma ve Çiftçi Bilinç Düzeyi

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      Gülistan Erdal

      2016-08-01

      Full Text Available Bu çalışmada, yanlış arazi kullanımı içerisinde yer alan anız yakmanın zararları ve çiftçilerin anız yakmada bilinç düzeyi, tutum ve davranışları incelenmiştir. Çalışmada Tokat-Zile ilçesinde 9 köyde toplam 86 çiftçi ile anket yapılmıştır. Bu anketten elde edilen veriler ile çiftçilerin sosyo-demografik özellikleri belirlenmiş, anız yakmada tutum ve davranışları incelenmiştir. Araştırmadan elde edilen bazı sonuçlara göre çiftçilerin %99’u anızın yakılmaması gerektiğini ifade etmiştir. Çiftçiler anız yakmanın doğal zararlara neden olduğunu belirtmiş olup, anız yangınlarının en önemli zararı %76 oranla doğada yaşayan canlılara verdiğini ifade etmişlerdir. Anızı yakmak yerine çiftçilerin %57’si toprağa karıştırmayı tercih etmektedir.

    9. Düşük Erüsik Asitli Kolza Tohumu ve Yağlarının Bazı Özellikleri Üzerine Araştırmalar

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      Aziz Tekin

      2015-02-01

      Full Text Available Bu çalışmada, düşük erüsik asitli kolza tohumu ve yağlarının bazı özellikleri araştırılmıştır. Bu amaçla ondört farklı kolza çeşidi kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgulara göre; kolza tohumlarında rutubet oranı %4.57-5.64, bin tane ağırlığı kurumaddede 2.51-6.18 g, ham selüloz oranı yağsız kurumaddede %11.54-18.17, protein oranı kurumaddede %17.16-25.26 ve yağ oranı kurumaddede %33.45-49.50 arasındadır. Tohumlardan petrol eteri ekstraksiyonuyla elde edilen yağlarda ise özgül ağırlık 0.9150-0.9265, kırılma indisi  1.4685-1.4721, serbest yağ asitleri %0.22-0.59, peroksit sayısı 3.11-8.24 MeO2/kg, iyot sayısı 102.0-115.1 sabunlaşma sayısı 178-185 ve sabunlaşmayan madde miktarı %0.35-0.71 arasında bulunmuştur.

    10. Altın Fiyatlarının Yapay Sinir Ağları ile Tahmini ve Bir Uygulama

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      Rıdvan YÜKSEL

      2016-03-01

      Full Text Available Bu çalışmada altın fiyatlarını yapay sinir ağları ile öngörmek amacıyla, altın fiyatlarını etkileyebileceği düşünülen değişkenler olan Gümüş fiyatları, Brent Petrol fiyatları, ABD doları/ EUR paritesi, EuroNext100 endeksi, Amerika Dow Jones Endeksi, 13 Hafta vadeli ABD bonosu faiz oranı ve ABD TÜFE endeksi kullanılarak modeller kurulmuştur. Yapay sinir ağları ile kurulan modellerden elde edilen tahmin sonuçları, gerçek değerler ile R2, RMSE, MAE ve MAPE (% gibi performans kriterleri hesaplanarak karşılaştırılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular yapay sinir ağlarının altın fiyatlarının tahmininde başarı ile kullanılabileceğini göstermektedir. Yapılan duyarlılık analizinin sonuçları değerlendirildiğinde altın fiyatlarını etkileyen faktörlerin başında gümüş ve petrol fiyatlarının geldiği tespit edilmiştir.

    11. Kayseri İlinin Gastronomi Turizmine Yönelik Bir SWOT Analizi Çalışması

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      Doç. Dr. Taşkın DENİZ

      2017-09-01

      Full Text Available Kayseri ili tarihi, kültürel ve doğal güzellikleri ile yüksek bir turizm potansiyeline sahiptir. Binlerce yıllık geçmişe sahip bir yerleşim merkezi olan Kayseri, farklı özelliklere sahip çok sayıda kültüre ev sahipliği yapması sebebi ile adeta bir kültür beşiği durumundadır. Söz konusu kültürel zenginliğin yansıması Kayseri mutfağında ve geleneksel lezzetlerinde de kendisini göstermektedir. Bu araştırmada literatür araştırması kapsamında Kayseri ilinin SWOT analizi ve Kayseri mutfağının gastronomi ürünleri açısından bir değerlendirilmesi yapılmış, Kayseri ilin gastronomi turizmi potansiyeli hakkında görüşler ortaya konmuştur. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre, Kayserinin rakipleri arasında rekabet avantajı kazanmak, marka haline gelmek ve yerel ekonomiye katkıda bulunmak için gastronomi turizminden elde ettiği payı arttırması gerektiği tespit edilmiştir.

    12. Magnetic Topology of Coronal Hole Linkages

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      Titov, V. S.; Mikic, Z.; Linker, J. A.; Lionello, R.; Antiochos, S. K.

      2010-01-01

      In recent work, Antiochos and coworkers argued that the boundary between the open and closed field regions on the Sun can be extremely complex with narrow corridors of open ux connecting seemingly disconnected coronal holes from the main polar holes, and that these corridors may be the sources of the slow solar wind. We examine, in detail, the topology of such magnetic configurations using an analytical source surface model that allows for analysis of the eld with arbitrary resolution. Our analysis reveals three important new results: First, a coronal hole boundary can join stably to the separatrix boundary of a parasitic polarity region. Second, a single parasitic polarity region can produce multiple null points in the corona and, more important, separator lines connecting these points. Such topologies are extremely favorable for magnetic reconnection, because it can now occur over the entire length of the separators rather than being con ned to a small region around the nulls. Finally, the coronal holes are not connected by an open- eld corridor of finite width, but instead are linked by a singular line that coincides with the separatrix footprint of the parasitic polarity. We investigate how the topological features described above evolve in response to motion of the parasitic polarity region. The implications of our results for the sources of the slow solar wind and for coronal and heliospheric observations are discussed.

    13. ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION AS FACTORS DETERMINING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF AGRITOURISM ENTERPRISES

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      Michał Roman

      2016-03-01

      Full Text Available The aim of the article is to present the concept of entrepreneurship and innovation as factors determining the competitiveness of agritourism enterprises. The paper quoted information from the literature review. Innovation has an important infl uence on the development of the tourism sector. Innovation in the fi eld of tourism has become, in recent years, the subject of increasing interest, of both researchers and practitioners in the tourism economy. This is due to a constant search of new trends in tourism, both by companies specializing in tourism and society. The introduction of innovation in tourism, however, is a complex and multi-faceted process, because it is not only the modifi cation of the product, but also new types of tourism activities, or adaptation to the conditions for sustainable development. It may be noticed that currently discoveries in the fi eld of innovation in tourism are made. Very rarely this is because innovation is the result of systematic, often very expensive research, which requires a combination of the entire team representing the tourism industry professionals. The main aim of innovation in tourism businesses is striving to achieve a competitive advantage in the market. Mutual co-operation determines improvement of the competitiveness of tourism. It is said that the co-operation enables the development of individual entities. It establishes the result of access to specialized producing factors.

    14. Factors Influencing Global Health Related Quality of Life in Elderly Cancer Patients: Results of a Secondary Data Analysis

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      Heike Schmidt

      2018-01-01

      Full Text Available Cancer treatment for elderly patients is often complicated by poor physical condition, impaired functioning and comorbidities. Patient reported health related quality of life (HRQOL can contribute to decisions about treatment goals and supportive therapy. Knowledge about factors influencing HRQOL is therefore needed for the development of supportive measures and care pathways. An exploratory secondary data analysis on 518 assessments of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC core questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30 and the elderly module (EORTC QLQ-ELD14 was performed to identify factors predictive for global HRQOL. Preliminary simple and multivariable regression analyses were conducted resulting in a final model comprising sociodemographic and disease specific variables and scales of the QLQ-C30 and QLQ-ELD14. Age, sex and disease related variables explained only part of the variance of global HRQOL (adjusted R2 = 0.203. In the final model (adjusted R2 = 0.504 fatigue, social function, burden of illness and joint stiffness showed possible influence on global HRQOL. Fatigue, social function and burden of illness seem to have the largest impact on global HRQOL of elderly cancer patients. Further prospective studies should examine these domains. Actionable symptoms should be given special attention to initiate targeted supportive measures aiming to maximize HRQOL of older cancer patients.

    15. Aeromagnetic and aerial photographic survey in the South Shetland Islands,Antarctica, conducted by a small unmanned aerial vehicle (Ant-Plane

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      Minoru Funaki

      2013-07-01

      Full Text Available Two small unmanned aerial vehicles, Ant-Plane 6 and Ant-Plane 3, were assembled using parts and technologies developed for model airplanes. The aerial vehicles were scheduled to conduct aero magnetic and photographic surveys of the Brans?eld Basin, from a takeoff runway at Marsh Air?eld on the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, during January 2011. However, the scheduled surveys were not conducted on account of poor weather. Research was later conducted on a glacier, using a takeoff runway at St. Kliment Ohridski Base, Livingston Island, during December 2011. A ?ight from St. Kliment Ohridski Base to Deception Island yielded satisfactory results; the total distance of 302.4 km was traversed in 3 h 7 min (3:07. On this ?ight, aeromagnetic and aerial photographic data were obtained from an altitude of 780 m for a 9×18 km area on the northern half of Deception Island. Aerial photographs of Deception Island and South Bay showed the distributions of glaciers and their crevasses. The Ant-Plane ?ew over the Antarctic horizon and surveyed above Deception Island. That was the successful venture of this kind, demonstrating that airborne surveys by Ant-Planes are useful for Antarctic research investigations. Airborne surveys provide a safe and economical approach to data acquisition as compared with manned aerial operations.

    16. ÇOCUK OYUN ALANLARI ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA İSTANBUL, İSPARTA, ESKİŞEHİR, ERZURUM, KAYSERİ, ANKARA, ZONGULDAK VE TRABZON İLLERİ ÖRNEĞİ

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      Yıldız AKSOY

      2013-05-01

      Full Text Available Çocukluk dönemi sonraki yaşlardaki kişilik ve zihinsel yeteneklerin gelişmesinin temelinin atıldığı dönemdir. Bu yeteneklerin gelişmesindeki en önemli alan şüphe yok ki özgürce kendilerini ifade ettikleri çocuk oyun alanlarıdır. Türkiye'de 8 ilde (Isparta, Eskişehir, Erzurum, Kayseri, Ankara, İstanbul, Trabzon ve Zonguldak yapılan araştırmaların yer aldığı bu çalışmada çocuk oyun alanlarının yetersizliğinden bahsedilmiştir. Elde edilen veriler sonucunda; Türkiye'de çocuk başına düşen metrekare alanın diğer ülkelere göre daha az olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Isparta, Eskişehir, Erzurum, Kayseri, Ankara, İstanbul illerindeki araştırmalarda çocuklarla birebir anket ve gözlem yapılarak sonuca ulaşılmıştır. Çocukların sosyal, duygusal ve zihinsel yönden gelişimlerinin olumsuz yönde etkilendiği gözlenmiş, gözlem sonucunda elde edilen veriler analiz edilip, öneriler sunulmuştur.

    17. Flavour Tagging Calibration and Measurement of Bs Oscillations and CP Asymmetry

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      Morlock, Jan [Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) (Germany)

      2010-06-18

      The eld of particle physics explores elementary constituents of matter and interactions between them. During the last century remarkable achievements were made in this eld - smaller and smaller objects could be resolved. In this sense, the research objects gradually shifted from molecules over atoms and nucleons to point-like particles, which are assumed to be elementary. Interactions between these constituents are mediated by four fundamental forces. Three of them are described by the Standard Model of Particle Physics. Judged by its ability to describe observations and its capability to make predictions, this model is extremely successful. According to the standard model the constituents of matter are quarks and leptons. Both groups consist of six di erent species, so called avours, which may appear as particle or anti-particle. Quarks never appear as free particles. Only bound states of quark and anti-quark, called mesons, and three quarks, called baryons, are observed. The proton, for example, is composed of two up (u) and one down (d) quark. The focal point of this thesis is the B$0\\atop{s}$ meson.In a nutshell, the thesis at hand has two aims: the first one is to calibrate a tagger using B$0\\atop{s}$ oscillations and the second one is to improve the result (equation 1.1) on the mixing frequency itself.

    18. Extra lethal damage due to residual incompletely repaired sublethal damage in hyperfractionated and continuous radiation treatment

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      Chen, J.; van de Geijn, J.; Goffman, T. (ROB, DCT, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 (US))

      1991-05-01

      In the conventional linear--quadratic model of single-dose response, the {alpha} and {beta} terms reflect lethal damage created {ital during} the delivery of a dose, from two different presumed molecular processes, one linear with dose, the other quadratic. With the conventional one-fraction-per-day (or less) regimens, the sublethal damage (SLD), presumably repairing exponentially over time, is essentially completely fixed by the time of the next dose of radiation. If this assumption is true, the effects of subsequent fractions of radiation should be independent, that is, there should be little, if any, reversible damage left from previous fractions, at the time of the next dose. For multiple daily fractions, or for the limiting case, continuous radiation, this simplification may overlook damaged cells that have had insufficient time for repair. A generalized method is presented for accounting for extra lethal damage (ELD) arising from such residual SLD for hyperfractionation and continuous irradiation schemes. It may help to predict differences in toxicity and tumor control, if any, obtained with unconventional'' treatment regimens. A key element in the present model is the finite size and the dynamic character of the pool of sublethal damage. Besides creating the usual linear and quadratic components of lethal damage, each new fraction converts a certain fraction of the existing SLD into ELD, and creates some new SLD.

    19. Extra lethal damage due to residual incompletely repaired sublethal damage in hyperfractionated and continuous radiation treatment

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      Chen, J.; van de Geijn, J.; Goffman, T.

      1991-01-01

      In the conventional linear--quadratic model of single-dose response, the α and β terms reflect lethal damage created during the delivery of a dose, from two different presumed molecular processes, one linear with dose, the other quadratic. With the conventional one-fraction-per-day (or less) regimens, the sublethal damage (SLD), presumably repairing exponentially over time, is essentially completely fixed by the time of the next dose of radiation. If this assumption is true, the effects of subsequent fractions of radiation should be independent, that is, there should be little, if any, reversible damage left from previous fractions, at the time of the next dose. For multiple daily fractions, or for the limiting case, continuous radiation, this simplification may overlook damaged cells that have had insufficient time for repair. A generalized method is presented for accounting for extra lethal damage (ELD) arising from such residual SLD for hyperfractionation and continuous irradiation schemes. It may help to predict differences in toxicity and tumor control, if any, obtained with ''unconventional'' treatment regimens. A key element in the present model is the finite size and the dynamic character of the pool of sublethal damage. Besides creating the usual linear and quadratic components of lethal damage, each new fraction converts a certain fraction of the existing SLD into ELD, and creates some new SLD

    20. Employers meet employees

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      Scheuer, Christian

      2009-01-01

      "Leaping into the future of labor economics: the research potential of linking employer and employee data" is the title of a paper by Daniel S Hammermesh published in Labour Economics in 1999. I quote it here, since it captures much of my motivation for the work included in this thesis. Considering applied micro econometrics and labor economics my main elds of interest, the development of linked employer-employee data that took place in Denmark around the time of the new mille...