A search for rotating radio transients and fast radio bursts in the Parkes high-latitude pulsar survey

Discoveries of rotating radio transients and fast radio bursts (FRBs) in pulsar surveys suggest that more of such transient sources await discovery in archival data sets. Here we report on a single-pulse search for dispersed radio bursts over a wide range of Galactic latitudes (|b| < $60^{\circ}$) in data previously searched for periodic sources by Burgay et al. We re-detected 20 of the 42 pulsars reported by Burgay et al. and one rotating radio transient reported by Burke-Spolaor. No FRBs were discovered in this survey. Taking into account this result, and other recent surveys at Parkes, we corrected for detection sensitivities based on the search software used in the analyses and the different backends used in these surveys and find that the all-sky FRB event rate for sources with a fluence above 4.0 Jy ms at 1.4 GHz to be ${\cal R} = 4.4^{+5.2}_{-3.1} \times 10^3$ FRBs day$^{-1}$ sky$^{-1}$, where the uncertainties represent a $99\%$ confidence interval. While this rate is lower than inferred from previous studies, as we demonstrate, this combined event rate is consistent with the results of all systematic FRB searches at Parkes to date and does not require the need to postulate a dearth of FRBs at intermediate latitudes.Comment: Accepted, 10 pages, 6 figure

A short note on a mutation of Cheema-sahebi (Syn. Selection-7)

Kurze Mitteilung iiber eine Mutante von Cheema-sahebi (Syn. Selection-7)Die Trauben- und Beerenmerkmale einer spontan entstandenen Knospenmutante der Tafeltraubensorte Cheema-sahebi werden beschrieben. Die Beeren der Mutante sind gegenüber der Ausgangsform auffällig verlängert. Während diese bei Verpackung und Transport 8-100/o ihrer Beeren verliert, zeichnet sich die Mutante durch eine hohe Haftfestigkeit ihrer Beeren aus

Pharmacogenetics of Anticoagulants

Warfarin, acenocoumarol, and phenprocoumon are among the major anticoagulant drugs worldwide. Because of their low therapeutic index and serious adverse reactions (ADRs), their wide use, and their varying kinetics and pharmacogenetic dependence, it is of great importance to explore further possibilities to forecast the dose beyond conventional INR measurements. Here, we describe particulars of the relative pharmacogenetic influence on the kinetics of these agents, the population distribution of genetics risk groups, and novel data on clinical features with influence on dose requirement and ADR risk. The usefulness of genetic information prior to and soon after start of therapy is also discussed. The current renewed focus on these issues is caused not only because of new genetic knowledge and genotyping facilities but also because of the high rate of serious ADRs. Application of these measures in the care of patients with anticoagulant therapy is important awaiting new therapeutic principles to be introduced, which may take long time still

Numerical investigation of flow characteristics in twin-screw pump under cavitating conditions

In order to investigate the flow characteristics and the formation process of cavitation in twin-screw pumps, three-dimensional CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) numerical analysis has been carried out. A conformal structured moving mesh generated by an in-house code SCORG was applied for the rotor domain. The VOF (Volume of Fluid) Method has been adopted for dealing with the liquid-gas two-phase flow, while the bubble dynamics was handled by a homogenous cavitation model. By changing the rotation speed and discharge pressure, the intensity, distribution area and variation of cavitation at different rotor angle were obtained. The effects of rotation speed and discharge pressure on cavitation characteristics have been analysed. Calculation results with cavitation model are compared with the results without cavitation and the experimentally obtained values. The influence of cavitation on the performance of a screw pump in terms of the mass flow rate, pressure distribution, rotor torque and the shaft power have been analysed and discussed

Drive in Peace

In this paper, in order to implement a computer vision-based recognition system of driving fatigue. In addition to detecting human face in different light sources and the background conditions, and tracking eyes state combined with fuzzy logic to determine whether the driver of the physiological phenomenon of fatigue from face of detection. Driving fatigue recognition has been valued highly in recent years by many scholars and used extensively in various fields, for example, driver activity tracking, driver visual attention monitoring, and in-car camera systems.In this paper, we use the Windows operating system as the development environment, and utilize PC as the hardware platform. First, the system uses a camera to obtain the frame with a human face to detect, and then uses the frame to set the appropriate skin color scope to find face. Next, we find and mark out the eyes and the lips from the selected face area. Finally, we combine the image processing of eyes features with fuzzy logic to determine the driver's fatigue level, and make the graphical man-machine interface with MiniGUI for users to operate.Along with that we are using Arduino Uno microcontroller which is connected to MQ2-smoke sensor through which we can detect smoke which appears through issue in the car system. The results of experiment show that we achieve this system on PC platform successfully

Electrical & Catalytic Properties of Lithium Doped Molybdenum Trioxide

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Studies in use of coir fiber in blend of ethylene Propylene diene Rubber and Polypropylene

Thermoplastic elastomers are a special class of polymeric materials that combine the propertiesof thermo plasticity during processing and rubber-like behaviour in service. They can beprocessed in conventional plastic processing equipment, such as twin screw extruders, internalbatch mixers, extruders and injection moulding machine, but exhibit vulcanized rubber likeultimate properties (i.e. long-range reversible extensibility) immediately on cooling.Dynamically vulcanized thermoplastic fibrous composites based on melt processed hybridethylene-propylene diene rubber (EPDM)/maleic anhydride (MA) grafting and polypropylene(PP) with coir fibers were prepared. Coir fiber acts as a nucleating agent for polypropylenecrystallization; they also form physical interlocking between EPDM/Polypropylene blends whichserve the function of compatibalization along with EPDM – g – Maleic anhydride. Results fromRubber Process Analyzer, Mechanical Analysis, Scanning Electron Microscope, DifferentialScanning Calorimetery, reflect upon the microstructure developed during dynamic cross linking.The coir fiber forms well dispersed structures in the EPDM/PP / EPDM-g-MA thermoplasticvulcanizates. The EPDM/PP TPV fiber composites show a matrix-disperse type of morphologyin which the cross linked EPDM particles appear in the form of agglomerates covered by a layerof PP coir fiber composites. This has been assigned to the formation of a coir fiber networkstructure by the layer of coir fiber PP covered EPDM rubber particles

Effect of hydroxyl value of acrylic polyol and type of crosslinkers on the properties of Polyurethane coetings

Acrylic polyol base polyurethane coatings were prepared by reacting polyol with hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) base prepolymer. Five different types of acrylic polyol based on their hydroxyl value and two type of HDI prepolymer i.e. HDI biuret and HDI trimer were used as a hardners, for preparation of Polyurethane coating. The effect of hydroxyl value of acrylic polyol on PU coating properties like physical, mechanical and chemical properties were studied. The base and hardners were mixed prior to application of coating in a NCO: OH ratio of 1:1.  It was found that the as hydroxyl value of polyol increases, it forms a hard film due to high cross-linked structure than low hydroxyl value polyol. Also HDI prepolymer with higher functionality gives better coating properties