539 research outputs found
Errors in hybrid computers
Method is described for reduction of error components in numerical integration, sampling with zero hold order, and execution time delay
Variable sweep wing configuration Patent
Variable sweep wing configuration for supersonic aircraf
Subsonic and supersonic aerodynamic characteristics of an airplane configuration utilizing double-pivot variable-sweep wings
Subsonic and supersonic aerodynamic characteristics of aircraft configuration using double pivot variable sweep wing
Give Me More Body: Pushing the Boundaries of Body and Soul
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43553/1/11133_2005_Article_4214.pd
Compact Stars - How Exotic Can They Be?
Strong interaction physics under extreme conditions of high temperature
and/or density is of central interest in modern nuclear physics for
experimentalists and theorists alike. In order to investigate such systems,
model approaches that include hadrons and quarks in a unified approach, will be
discussed. Special attention will be given to high-density matter as it occurs
in neutron stars. Given the current observational limits for neutron star
masses, the properties of hyperonic and hybrid stars will be determined. In
this context especially the question of the extent, to which exotic particles
like hyperons and quarks affect star masses, will be discussed.Comment: Contributon to conference "Nuclear Physics: Present and Future", held
in Boppard (Germany), May 201
Codesigning health and other public services with vulnerable and disadvantaged populations: Insights from an international collaboration
Background Codesign has the potential to transform health and other public services. To avoid unintentionally reinforcing existing inequities, better understanding is needed of how to facilitate involvement of vulnerable populations in acceptable, ethical and effective codesign. Objective To explore citizens’ involvement in codesigning public services for vulnerable groups, identify challenges and suggest improvements. Design A modified case study approach. Pattern matching was used to compare reported challenges with a priori theoretical propositions. Setting and participants A two‐day international symposium involved 28 practitioners, academics and service users from seven countries to reflect on challenges and to codesign improved processes for involving vulnerable populations. Intervention studied Eight case studies working with vulnerable and disadvantaged populations in three countries. Results We identified five shared challenges to meaningful, sustained participation of vulnerable populations: engagement; power differentials; health concerns; funding; and other economic/social circumstances. In response, a focus on relationships and flexibility is essential. We encourage codesign projects to enact a set of principles or heuristics rather than following pre‐specified steps. We identify a set of principles and tactics, relating to challenges outlined in our case studies, which may help in codesigning public services with vulnerable populations. Discussion and conclusions Codesign facilitators must consider how meaningful engagement will be achieved and how power differentials will be managed when working with services for vulnerable populations. The need for flexibility and responsiveness to service user needs may challenge expectations about timelines and outcomes. User‐centred evaluations of codesigned public services are needed
Report of Third Annual Seminar on Estate Planning
Reports from the UK/CLE Third Annual Seminar on Estate Planning held July 23-24, 1976
Diffusion controlled initial recombination
This work addresses nucleation rates in systems with strong initial
recombination. Initial (or `geminate') recombination is a process where a
dissociated structure (anion, vortex, kink etc.) recombines with its twin
brother (cation, anti-vortex, anti-kink) generated in the same nucleation
event. Initial recombination is important if there is an asymptotically
vanishing interaction force instead of a generic saddle-type activation
barrier. At low temperatures, initial recombination strongly dominates
homogeneous recombination. In a first part, we discuss the effect in one-,
two-, and three-dimensional diffusion controlled systems with spherical
symmetry. Since there is no well-defined saddle, we introduce a threshold which
is to some extent arbitrary but which is restricted by physically reasonable
conditions. We show that the dependence of the nucleation rate on the specific
choice of this threshold is strongest for one-dimensional systems and decreases
in higher dimensions. We discuss also the influence of a weak driving force and
show that the transport current is directly determined by the imbalance of the
activation rate in the direction of the field and the rate against this
direction. In a second part, we apply the results to the overdamped sine-Gordon
system at equilibrium. It turns out that diffusive initial recombination is the
essential mechanism which governs the equilibrium kink nucleation rate. We
emphasize analogies between the single particle problem with initial
recombination and the multi-dimensional kink-antikink nucleation problem.Comment: LaTeX, 11 pages, 1 ps-figures Extended versio
Quasiparticle Hall Transport of d-wave Superconductors in Vortex State
We present a theory of quasiparticle Hall transport in strongly type-II
superconductors within their vortex state. We establish the existence of
integer quantum spin Hall effect in clean unconventional
superconductors in the vortex state from a general analysis of the
Bogoliubov-de Gennes equation. The spin Hall conductivity is
shown to be quantized in units of . This result does not
rest on linearization of the BdG equations around Dirac nodes and therefore
includes inter-nodal physics in its entirety. In addition, this result holds
for a generic inversion-symmetric lattice of vortices as long as the magnetic
field satisfies . We then derive the
Wiedemann-Franz law for the spin and thermal Hall conductivity in the vortex
state. In the limit of , the thermal Hall conductivity satisfies
. The
transitions between different quantized values of as well as
relation to conventional superconductors are discussed.Comment: 18 pages REVTex, 3 figures, references adde
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