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U.S. and foreign competition in the developing countries of the Asian Pacific Rim
노트 : Volume Title: The United States in the world economy
Chapter Tilte: U.S. and foreign competition in the developing countries of the Asian Pacific Ri
Complete Nondiagonal Reflection Matrices of RSOS/SOS and Hard Hexagon Models
In this paper we compute the most general nondiagonal reflection matrices of
the RSOS/SOS models and hard hexagon model using the boundary Yang-Baxter
equations. We find new one-parameter family of reflection matrices for the RSOS
model in addition to the previous result without any parameter. We also find
three classes of reflection matrices for the SOS model, which has one or two
parameters. For the hard hexagon model which can be mapped to RSOS(5) model by
folding four RSOS heights into two, the solutions can be obtained similarly
with a main difference in the boundary unitarity conditions. Due to this, the
reflection matrices can have two free parameters. We show that these extra
terms can be identified with the `decorated' solutions. We also generalize the
hard hexagon model by `folding' the RSOS heights of the general RSOS(p) model
and show that they satisfy the integrability conditions such as the Yang-
Baxter and boundary Yang-Baxter equations. These models can be solved using the
results for the RSOS models.Comment: 18pages,Late
Permeability of Twenty-Two Small Diameter Hardwoods Growing on Southern Pine Sites
Gas permeability of hardwoods growing on southern pine sites is significantly affected by moisture content in the longitudinal direction. The ratio of permeability in the transverse to longitudinal directions is from 12,000:1 for post oak to over 1,000,000:1 for other oaks, but it is not affected by moisture. Although variation in longitudinal permeability varies greatly between and among species, for most species there was no height effect. A significant difference was detected between sapwood and corewood only in the longitudinal direction. Gas permeability tended to be somewhat less than liquid permeability
Herbal Remedies for Combating Irradiation: a Green Antiirradiation Approach
Plants play important roles in human life not only as suppliers of oxygen but also as a fundamental resource to sustain the human race on this earthly plane. Plants also play a major role in our nutrition by converting energy from the sun during photosynthesis. In addition, plants have been used extensively in traditional medicine since time immemorial. Information in the biomedical literature has indicated that many natural herbs have been investigated for their efficacy against lethal irradiation. Pharmacological studies by various groups of investigators have shown that natural herbs possess significant radioprotective activity. In view of the immense medicinal importance of natural product based radioprotective agents, this review aims at compiling all currently available information on radioprotective agents from medicinal plants and herbs, especially the evaluation methods and mechanisms of action. In this review we particularly emphasize on ethnomedicinal uses, botany, phytochemistry, mechanisms of action and toxicology. We also describe modern techniques for evaluating herbal samples as radioprotective agents. The usage of herbal remedies for combating lethal irradiation is a green antiirradiation approach for the betterment of human beings without high cost, side effects and toxicity
3D printed ultrasound phantoms for clinical training
Ultrasound is a ubiquitous, portable structural imaging technique which is used to provide visual feedback for a range of diagnostic and surgical techniques. Training for these techniques demands a range of teaching models tailored for each application. Existing anatomical models are often overly simple or prohibitively expensive, causing difficulties in obtaining patient or procedure specific models. In this study we present ultrasonic rib phantoms for clinical teaching and training purposes, fabricated by three-dimensional (3D) printing technologies. Models were produced using freely available software and data, and their effectiveness as teaching phantoms evaluated using clinical ultrasound scans of the phantoms
Lanczos exact diagonalization study of field-induced phase transition for Ising and Heisenberg antiferromagnets
Using an exact diagonalization treatment of Ising and Heisenberg model
Hamiltonians, we study field-induced phase transition for two-dimensional
antiferromagnets. For the system of Ising antiferromagnet the predicted
field-induced phase transition is of first order, while for the system of
Heisenberg antiferromagnet it is the second-order transition. We find from the
exact diagonalization calculations that the second-order phase transition
(metamagnetism) occurs through a spin-flop process as an intermediate step.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
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