205 research outputs found
Normative Findings for Periocular Anthropometric Measurements among Chinese Young Adults in Hong Kong
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3-D facial anthropometric norms for the southern Chinese
Session 9 - Integration of Innovations in Teaching and Daily RoutinePURPOSE: Accurate and demographic-specific normative data are required for the precise quantification of dysmorphology when accessing facial deformities. However, normative three-dimensional (3-D) data are not currently available for Chinese faces. The aims of this study were; (1) to create a normative database of facial anthropometric measurements for young adults with southern Chinese ancestry, (2) to develop a 3-D anthropometric analysis scheme applicable for assessing dentofacial deformities and (3) to compare the facial anthropometric measurements of young Chinese males and females …postprin
Multimode quantum interference of photons in multiport integrated devices
We report the first demonstration of quantum interference in multimode
interference (MMI) devices and a new complete characterization technique that
can be applied to any photonic device that removes the need for phase stable
measurements. MMI devices provide a compact and robust realization of NxM
optical circuits, which will dramatically reduce the complexity and increase
the functionality of future generations of quantum photonic circuits
Hybrid Mechanical Systems
We discuss hybrid systems in which a mechanical oscillator is coupled to
another (microscopic) quantum system, such as trapped atoms or ions,
solid-state spin qubits, or superconducting devices. We summarize and compare
different coupling schemes and describe first experimental implementations.
Hybrid mechanical systems enable new approaches to quantum control of
mechanical objects, precision sensing, and quantum information processing.Comment: To cite this review, please refer to the published book chapter (see
Journal-ref and DOI). This v2 corresponds to the published versio
Towards Quantum Repeaters with Solid-State Qubits: Spin-Photon Entanglement Generation using Self-Assembled Quantum Dots
In this chapter we review the use of spins in optically-active InAs quantum
dots as the key physical building block for constructing a quantum repeater,
with a particular focus on recent results demonstrating entanglement between a
quantum memory (electron spin qubit) and a flying qubit (polarization- or
frequency-encoded photonic qubit). This is a first step towards demonstrating
entanglement between distant quantum memories (realized with quantum dots),
which in turn is a milestone in the roadmap for building a functional quantum
repeater. We also place this experimental work in context by providing an
overview of quantum repeaters, their potential uses, and the challenges in
implementing them.Comment: 51 pages. Expanded version of a chapter to appear in "Engineering the
Atom-Photon Interaction" (Springer-Verlag, 2015; eds. A. Predojevic and M. W.
Mitchell
Widespread range expansions shape latitudinal variation in insect thermal limits
I thank the authors of previous studies on global variation in insect thermal tolerances who have generously provided open access use of their data sets.Peer reviewedPostprin
Contribution of discourse and morphosyntax skills to reading comprehension in Chinese dyslexic and typically developing children
This study aimed at identifying important skills for reading comprehension in Chinese dyslexic children and their typically developing counterparts matched on age (CA controls) or reading level (RL controls). The children were assessed on Chinese reading comprehension, cognitive, and reading-related skills. Results showed that the dyslexic children performed significantly less well than the CA controls but similarly to RL controls in most measures. Results of multiple regression analyses showed that word-level reading-related skills like oral vocabulary and word semantics were found to be strong predictors of reading comprehension among typically developing junior graders and dyslexic readers of senior grades, whereas morphosyntax, a text-level skill, was most predictive for typically developing senior graders. It was concluded that discourse and morphosyntax skills are particularly important for reading comprehension in the non-inflectional and topic-prominent Chinese system
Current challenges in software solutions for mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomics
This work was in part supported by the PRIME-XS project, grant agreement number 262067, funded by the European Union seventh Framework Programme; The Netherlands Proteomics Centre, embedded in The Netherlands Genomics Initiative; The Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre; and the Centre for Biomedical Genetics (to S.C., B.B. and A.J.R.H); by NIH grants NCRR RR001614 and RR019934 (to the UCSF Mass Spectrometry Facility, director: A.L. Burlingame, P.B.); and by grants from the MRC, CR-UK, BBSRC and Barts and the London Charity (to P.C.
Generating, manipulating and measuring entanglement and mixture with a reconfigurable photonic circuit
Entanglement is the quintessential quantum mechanical phenomenon understood
to lie at the heart of future quantum technologies and the subject of
fundamental scientific investigations. Mixture, resulting from noise, is often
an unwanted result of interaction with an environment, but is also of
fundamental interest, and is proposed to play a role in some biological
processes. Here we report an integrated waveguide device that can generate and
completely characterize pure two-photon states with any amount of entanglement
and arbitrary single-photon states with any amount of mixture. The device
consists of a reconfigurable integrated quantum photonic circuit with eight
voltage controlled phase shifters. We demonstrate that for thousands of
randomly chosen configurations the device performs with high fidelity. We
generate maximally and non-maximally entangled states, violate a Bell-type
inequality with a continuum of partially entangled states, and demonstrate
generation of arbitrary one-qubit mixed states.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure
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