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Reconfigurable Antenna with Elevation and Azimuth Beam Switching
A reconfigurable microstrip antenna is proposed for low-cost adaptive beam-switching applications. A small patch-slot-ring structure is used as the radiating element where an asymmetrical arrangement of p-i-n diodes is employed to switch the pattern in four directions. The antenna provides pattern switching of 65° and 45° in its fundamental mode for the elevation and azimuth planes, respectively. By maintaining the resonant frequency and beamwidth as relatively constant, beam switching is realized using a single feed point
On a spin conformal invariant on manifolds with boundary
On a n-dimensional connected compact manifold with non-empty boundary
equipped with a Riemannian metric, a spin structure and a chirality operator,
we study some properties of a spin conformal invariant defined from the first
eigenvalue of the Dirac operator under the chiral bag boundary condition. More
precisely, we show that we can derive a spinorial analogue of Aubin's
inequality.Comment: 26 page
Generic metrics and the mass endomorphism on spin three-manifolds
Let be a closed Riemannian spin manifold. The constant term in the
expansion of the Green function for the Dirac operator at a fixed point is called the mass endomorphism in associated to the metric due to
an analogy to the mass in the Yamabe problem. We show that the mass
endomorphism of a generic metric on a three-dimensional spin manifold is
nonzero. This implies a strict inequality which can be used to avoid
bubbling-off phenomena in conformal spin geometry.Comment: 8 page
Experimental evidence for the role of cantori as barriers in a quantum system
We investigate the effect of cantori on momentum diffusion in a quantum
system. Ultracold caesium atoms are subjected to a specifically designed
periodically pulsed standing wave. A cantorus separates two chaotic regions of
the classical phase space. Diffusion through the cantorus is classically
predicted. Quantum diffusion is only significant when the classical phase-space
area escaping through the cantorus per period greatly exceeds Planck's
constant. Experimental data and a quantum analysis confirm that the cantori act
as barriers.Comment: 19 pages including 9 figures, Accepted for publication in Physical
Review E in March 199
Protection et mise en valeur touristique d'un site géomorphologique: la région du Sanetsch (Valais, Suisse).
Regularity for eigenfunctions of Schr\"odinger operators
We prove a regularity result in weighted Sobolev spaces (or
Babuska--Kondratiev spaces) for the eigenfunctions of a Schr\"odinger operator.
More precisely, let K_{a}^{m}(\mathbb{R}^{3N}) be the weighted Sobolev space
obtained by blowing up the set of singular points of the Coulomb type potential
V(x) = \sum_{1 \le j \le N} \frac{b_j}{|x_j|} + \sum_{1 \le i < j \le N}
\frac{c_{ij}}{|x_i-x_j|}, x in \mathbb{R}^{3N}, b_j, c_{ij} in \mathbb{R}. If u
in L^2(\mathbb{R}^{3N}) satisfies (-\Delta + V) u = \lambda u in distribution
sense, then u belongs to K_{a}^{m} for all m \in \mathbb{Z}_+ and all a \le 0.
Our result extends to the case when b_j and c_{ij} are suitable bounded
functions on the blown-up space. In the single-electron, multi-nuclei case, we
obtain the same result for all a<3/2.Comment: to appear in Lett. Math. Phy
The Dirac operator on generalized Taub-NUT spaces
We find sufficient conditions for the absence of harmonic spinors on
spin manifolds constructed as cone bundles over a compact K\"ahler base. These
conditions are fulfilled for certain perturbations of the Euclidean metric, and
also for the generalized Taub-NUT metrics of Iwai-Katayama, thus proving a
conjecture of Vi\csinescu and the second author.Comment: Final version, 16 page
Zinc increases the effects of essential amino acids-whey protein supplements in frail elderly
Abstract: Protein undernutrition is frequent in the elderly. It contributes to the development of osteoporosis, possibly via lower IGF-I. Dietary zinc can influence IGF-I production. Objectives: To determine the influence of dietary zinc addition on IGF-I and bone turnover responses to essential amino acids-whey (EAA-W) protein supplements in frail elderly. Design and setting: A daily oral protein supplement was given to hospitalized patients for 4 weeks. On a randomized, double-blind basis, patients received either an additional 30 mg/day of zinc or control. Participants: Sixty-one hospitalized elderly aged 66.7 to 105.8, with a mini-nutritional assessment score between 17 and 24 were enrolled. Measurements: Activities of daily living; dietary intakes; serum IGF-I, IGF-BP3, CrossLaps™, osteocalcin and zinc were measured before and after 1, 2 and 4 weeks of protein supplementation. Results: Serum IGF-I rapidly increased in both groups. Zinc accelerated this increase with changes of +48.2±14.3 and +22.4±4.7% (p<.05) by 1 week, in the zinc-supplemented and control groups, respectively. Zinc significantly decreased the serum bone resorption marker CrossLaps™ by already 1 week. Activities of daily living improved by +27.0±3.1 and +18.3±4.5% in zinc-supplemented and control groups, respectively. Conclusion: In the elderly, zinc supplementation accelerated the serum IGF-I response to EAA-W protein by 1 week and decreased a biochemical marker of bone resorptio
Quantum and classical chaos for a single trapped ion
In this paper we investigate the quantum and classical dynamics of a single
trapped ion subject to nonlinear kicks derived from a periodic sequence of
Guassian laser pulses. We show that the classical system exhibits diffusive
growth in the energy, or 'heating', while quantum mechanics suppresses this
heating. This system may be realized in current single trapped-ion experiments
with the addition of near-field optics to introduce tightly focussed laser
pulses into the trap.Comment: 8 pages, REVTEX, 8 figure
Changes in antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infections in hospitalized children
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