Quasiparticle coherence and the nature of the metal-insulator phase transition in Nax_xCoO2_2

Layered cobaltates embody novel realizations of correlated quantum matter on a spin-1/2 triangular lattice. We report a high-resolution systematic photoemission study of the insulating cobaltates (Na1/2CoO2 and K1/2CoO2). Observation of single-particle gap opening and band-folding provides direct evidence of anisotropic particle-hole instability on the Fermi surface due to its unique topology. Kinematic overlap of the measured Fermi surface is observed with the $\sqrt{3}$x$\sqrt{3}$ cobalt charge-order Brillouin zone near x=1/3 but not at x=1/2 where insulating transition is actually observed. Unlike conventional density-waves, charge-stripes or band insulators, the on-set of the gap depends on the quasiparticle's quantum coherence which is found to occur well below the disorder-order symmetry breaking temperature of the crystal (the first known example of its kind).Comment: 4+ pages, 5 figure

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of celiac disease in children in modern conditions

30 case histories were studied and clinical and laboratory parameters were evaluated, as well as the results of studies in children 1-16 years with a diagnosis of celiac disease. The most frequent manifestations of the disease were observed on the part of the gastrointestinal tract. The leading symptoms were abdominal pain, flatulence, anorexia and chronic diarrhea. A correlation was found between these symptoms and changes in the biopsy specimen of the small intestine.Проведен анализ 30 историй болезни детей в возрасте 1 -16 лет, имеющих диагноз целиакия. Наиболее частые проявления заболевания наблюдались со стороны желудочно-кишечного тракта: боль в животе, метеоризм, наррение аппетита и хроническая диарея. Была обнаружена прямая корреляционная связь между симптомами и изменениями в биоптате слизистой тонкой кишки

Magnetic susceptibility of bottom sediments from the Middle and South Caspian Sea

Dependence of magnetic susceptibility of bottom sediments from the Caspian Sea on composition of magnetoactive minerals contained in the heavy subfraction of fine-grained sand (0.125-0.100 mm grain size fraction) was established. Changes in the curve shape and magnetic susceptibility values reflect a pulsating pattern of input of different (in magnetic properties) magmatic and metamorphic clastic minerals into sediments, as well as different intensities of formation of authigenic magnetoactive iron sulfides under conditions of multiple alternation of transgressive and regressive phases in marine basins. Values of magnetic susceptibility and shapes of magnetic susceptibility curves for studied sedimentary sequences show that sediments in the South and Middle Caspian Basins are characterized by different specific features

Tribological Properties at 20 and 500°C of TiN and CrN Cathodic ARC Coatings Deposited on Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

Tribological properties of TiN and CrN coatings deposited by cathodic arc method at three different bias potentials -50, -150 and -300V on Ti-6Al-4V alloy in pair with alumina have been investigated. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that single-phase textured cubic nitrides of TiN and CrN were formed in these coatings. It is shown that the friction coefficient of the coatings is practically equal to that established for the Ti6Al4V alloy, but the wear rate is more than an order of magnitude lower than for the titanium alloy substrate. Coatings deposited at a potential of -50 V show optimal tribological properties at temperatures 20 and 500°C. Friction coefficients for TiN coatings are 0.4-0.8 at 20°C and 0,75 at 500°C; for CrN coatings they are 0.5 at 20°C and 0,7 at 500°C. Wear rates for TiN coatings are 0.86·10-5 мм3/Нм at 20°C and 3.56·10-5 мм3/Нм at 500°C; for CrN coatings they are 1.43·10-5 мм3/Нм at 20°C and 7.13·10-5 мм3/Нм at 500°C

Isotope studies of the Caspian Sea: Climatic record from the bottom sediments (preliminary results)

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