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Lectin binding to aqueous-soluble and body wall proteins from infective juveniles of Meloidogyne species
Remote Monitoring of Emissions using On-Vehicle Sensing and Vehicle to Roadside Communications
Recent developments in on-vehicle electronics makes practical remote monitoring of vehicle emissions compliance with CARB and EPA regulations. A system consisting of emission controls malfunction sensors, an on-board computer (OBC), and vehicle-to-roadside communications (VRC) would enable enforcement officials to remotely and automatically detect vehicle out-of-compliance status. Remote sensing could be accomplished at highway speeds as vehicles pass a roadside RF antenna and reader unit which would interrogate the on- vehicle monitoring and recording system. This paper will focus on the hardware system components require to achieve this goal with special attention to the VRC; a key element for remote monitoring. this remote sensing concept piggybacks on the development of inexpensive VRC equipment for automatic vehicle identification for electronic toll collection and intelligent transportation applications. Employing an RF transponder with appropriate interface to the OBC and malfunction sensors, a practical monitoring system can be developed with potentially important impact on air quality and enforcement. With such a system in place, the current -- and costly and ineffective -- emission control strategy of periodic smog checking could be replaced or modified
Drum vortons in high density QCD
Recently it was shown that high density QCD supports of number of topological
defects. In particular, there are U(1)_Y strings that arise due to K^0
condensation that occurs when the strange quark mass is relatively large. The
unique feature of these strings is that they possess a nonzero K^+ condensate
that is trapped on the core. In the following we will show that these strings
(with nontrivial core structure) can form closed loops with conserved charge
and currents trapped on the string worldsheet. The presence of conserved
charges allows these topological defects, called vortons, to carry angular
momentum, which makes them classically stable objects. We also give arguments
demonstrating that vortons carry angular momentum very efficiently (in terms of
energy per unit angular momentum) such that they might be the important degrees
of freedom in the cores of neutron stars.Comment: 11 pages, accepted for publication in Physical Review
Global Strings in High Density QCD
We show that several types of global strings occur in colour superconducting
quark matter due to the spontaneous violation of relevant U(1) symmetries.
These include the baryon U(1)_B, and approximate axial U(1)_A symmetries as
well as an approximate U(1)_S arising from kaon condensation. We discuss some
general properties of these strings and their interactions. In particular, we
demonstrate that the U(1)_A strings behave as superconducting strings. We draw
some parallels between these strings and global cosmological strings and
discuss some possible implications of these strings to the physics in neutron
star cores.Comment: LaTeX JHEP-format (26 pages) Option in source for REVTeX4 forma
Potato nutritional management changes and challenges into the next century
Plant nutrients are important components of the intensive production
system used for potatoes. Nutrient management practices need to be
improved for sustained and increased productivity. Better mangement decisions
will be made when accurate information is available about (a) crop
residues and rotation effects on nutrient cycling, (b) the nutritional characteristics
and requirements of each variety, (c) bioavailability of nutrients
in soils, and (d) fertilization and tillage effects on nutrient-use efficiencies.
Plant growth and nutrient uptake responses to different nutrient availabilities
must also be understood to maximize growth and nutrient efficiencies.
Diagnostic management techniques for nutrients need to be related
to fundamental chemical and biological processes in the soil and plant system
to be applicable to different environments. This information can then be
packaged with other knowledge into a comprehensive crop management
system. These changes should bring our agronomic practices into better
harmony with the natural processes of the production system, and yet be
responsive to social and environmental concerns, and economic reality
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Temporal multiplexing for economical measurement of power versus time on NIF
The researchers have designed an economical device to measure the power time history in the National Ignition Facility`s (NIF) 192 beam laser. The heart of the system is a commercial, high-speed, four-channel digitizer with a 15,000 point record length. Samples of several beams are taken with fiberoptic pickoffs, separated in time with appropriate fiberoptic delays and presented to high-speed vacuum photodiodes, which convert the samples to electrical signals for the digitizer. Amplitude and time multiplexing are used to cover the required dynamic range and to record 12 samples on the digitizer, making the cost per sample competitive with alternative approaches. Forty-eight digitizers can record the required three samples from each of the 192 beams. An additional similar but lower bandwidth system is used to record the backreflected light from the main laser amplifiers and elsewhere. The recording electronics are discussed in detail
Stationary density profiles in the levitated dipole experiment: towards fusion without tritium fuel
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