98 research outputs found
Some Radiative Corrections to Neutrino Scattering: I Neutral Currents
With the advent of high precision neutrino scattering experiments comes the
need for improved radiative corrections. We present a phenomenological analysis
of some contributions to the production of photons in neutrino neutral current
scattering that are relevant to experiments subsuming the 1% level.Comment: 17 Pages, 7 .pdf Figure
Continuous selections of multivalued mappings
This survey covers in our opinion the most important results in the theory of
continuous selections of multivalued mappings (approximately) from 2002 through
2012. It extends and continues our previous such survey which appeared in
Recent Progress in General Topology, II, which was published in 2002. In
comparison, our present survey considers more restricted and specific areas of
mathematics. Note that we do not consider the theory of selectors (i.e.
continuous choices of elements from subsets of topological spaces) since this
topics is covered by another survey in this volume
Employment Is Associated with the Health-Related Quality of Life of Morbidly Obese Persons
Published version of an article in the journal: Obesity Surgery. The original publication is available at Springerlink. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11695-010-0289-6. Open AccessBackground We aimed to investigate whether employment status was associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a population of morbidly obese subjects. Methods A total of 143 treatment-seeking morbidly obese patients completed the Medical Outcome Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and the Obesity and Weight-Loss Quality of Life (OWLQOL) questionnaires. The former (SF-36) is a generic measure of physical and mental health status and the latter (OWLQOL) an obesity-specific measure of emotional status. Multiple linear regression analyses included various measures of the HRQoL as dependent variables and employment status, education, marital status, gender, age, body mass index (BMI), type 2 diabetes, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and treatment choice as independent variables. Results The patients (74% women, 56% employed) had a mean (SD, range) age of 44 (11, 19–66) years and a mean BMI of 44.3 (5.4) kg/m2. The employed patients reported significantly higher HRQoL scores within all eight subscales of SF-36, while the OWLQOL scores were comparable between the two groups. Multiple linear regression confirmed that employment was a strong independent predictor of HRQoL according to the SF-36. Based on part correlation coefficients, employment explained 16% of the variation in the physical and 9% in the mental component summaries of SF-36, while gender explained 22% of the variation in the OWLQOL scores. Conclusion Employment is associated with the physical and mental HRQoL of morbidly obese subjects, but is not associated with the emotional aspects of quality of life
Characterization of a silicon-based formic acid microfuel cell with passive fuel delivery microstructures
A lot of research has recently been carried out towards the miniaturization of microfuel cells for application in cell phones, laptop, and various digital devices. Silicon-based microfuel cells have been designed using microelectromechanical system (MEMS) fabrication techniques. Kelley et al.1 have reported miniaturized Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC), which exhibits performance similar to largescale state-of-art fuel cells, thus serving the purpose of miniaturization. We have reported our efforts on the development of Silicon-based microfuel cells elsewhere.2We have also shown the performance of these cells with formic acid as a liquid fuel. These cells resulted in a peak power of 17mW/cm2 at room temperature when 10 M formic acid was used a fuel. Thus, formic acid promises to provide higher energy and power density for portable applications at ambient conditions
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