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Fast fluctuations of soft X-rays from active regions
A selection of short lived small soft X-ray bursts is studied using data from the Hard X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (HXIS), and the results are compared with the data from the Hard X-Ray Burst Spectrometer (HXRBS) with a view to understanding conditions at the onset of flares. Short-lived events provide an opportunity to study the radiation from the primary energy transfer process without confusion from the slowly-varying thermal X-ray emission which characterizes the decay of a large flare. The fast decay of the soft X-rays, only a few tens of seconds, suggests that they occur in the dense chromosphere. The results indicate that the short events may be signatures of several different phenomena, depending on their characteristics. Some events occur in association with reverse-drift type III bursts and simultaneous flaring elsewhere on the Sun, thus suggesting dumping of particles accelerated at a remote site. Some events have hard X-ray bursts and normal type III bursts associated with them, while others have neither. The latter events place strong constraints on the nonthermal electron population present
Measurement of forward-scatter cross sections in the melting layer
Forward scatter cross section measurement in melting layer of snow flake
Diagnosis: Reasoning from first principles and experiential knowledge
Completeness, efficiency and autonomy are requirements for suture diagnostic reasoning systems. Methods for automating diagnostic reasoning systems include diagnosis from first principles (i.e., reasoning from a thorough description of structure and behavior) and diagnosis from experiential knowledge (i.e., reasoning from a set of examples obtained from experts). However, implementation of either as a single reasoning method fails to meet these requirements. The approach of combining reasoning from first principles and reasoning from experiential knowledge does address the requirements discussed above and can possibly ease some of the difficulties associated with knowledge acquisition by allowing developers to systematically enumerate a portion of the knowledge necessary to build the diagnosis program. The ability to enumerate knowledge systematically facilitates defining the program's scope, completeness, and competence and assists in bounding, controlling, and guiding the knowledge acquisition process
Fatigue testing a plurality of test specimens and method
Described is a fatigue testing apparatus for simultaneously subjecting a plurality of material test specimens to cyclical tension loading to determine the fatigue strength of the material. The fatigue testing apparatus includes a pulling head having cylinders defined therein which carry reciprocating pistons. The reciprocation of the pistons is determined by cyclical supplies of pressurized fluid to the cylinders. Piston rods extend from the pistons through the pulling head and are attachable to one end of the test specimens, the other end of the test specimens being attachable to a fixed base, causing test specimens attached between the piston rods and the base to be subjected to cyclical tension loading. Because all the cylinders share a common pressurized fluid supply, the breaking of a test specimen does not substantially affect the pressure of the fluid supplied to the other cylinders nor the tension applied to the other test specimens
Unified description of 0+ states in a large class of nuclear collective models
A remarkably simple regularity in the energies of 0+ states in a broad class
of collective models is discussed. A single formula for all 0+ states in
flat-bottomed infinite potentials that depends only on the number of dimensions
and a simpler expression applicable to all three IBA symmetries in the large
boson number limit are presented. Finally, a connection between the energy
expression for 0+ states given by the X(5) model and the predictions of the IBA
near the critical point is explored.Comment: 4 pages, 3 postscript figures, uses revTe
Pathogenic Responses among Young Adults during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
These responses after secondary exposures caused bacterial pneumonia and most deaths
Paired atom laser beams created via four-wave mixing
A method to create paired atom laser beams from a metastable helium atom
laser via four-wave mixing is demonstrated. Radio frequency outcoupling is used
to extract atoms from a Bose Einstein condensate near the center of the
condensate and initiate scattering between trapped and untrapped atoms. The
unequal strengths of the interactions for different internal states allows an
energy-momentum resonance which leads to the creation of pairs of atoms
scattered from the zero-velocity condensate. The resulting scattered beams are
well separated from the main atom laser in the 2-dimensional transverse atom
laser profile. Numerical simulations of the system are in good agreement with
the observed atom laser spatial profiles, and indicate that the scattered beams
are generated by a four-wave mixing process, suggesting that the beams are
correlated.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Quark-antiquark pair production in space-time dependent fields
Fermion-antifermion pair-production in the presence of classical fields is
described based on the retarded and advanced fermion propagators. They are
obtained by solving the equation of motion for the Dirac Green's functions with
the respective boundary conditions to all orders in the field. Subsequently,
various approximation schemes fit for different field configurations are
explained. This includes longitudinally boost-invariant forms. Those occur
frequently in the description of ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions in the
semiclassical limit. As a next step, the gauge invariance of the expression for
the expectation value of the number of produced fermion-antifermion pairs as a
functional of said propagators is investigated in detail. Finally, the
calculations are carried out for a longitudinally boost-invariant model-field,
taking care of the last issue, especially.Comment: 32 pages, 8 figures, revised versio
Consistency of Relevant Cosmological Deformations on all Scales
Using cosmological perturbation theory we show that the most relevant defor-
mation of gravity is consistent at the linear level. In particular, we prove
the absence of uni- tarity violating negative norm states in the weak coupling
regime from sub- to super-Hubble scales. This demonstrates that the recently
proposed classical self-protection mechanism of deformed gravity extends to the
entire kinematical domain.Comment: 22 pages, 4 figure
Building Health Equity One Institution at a Time: The Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions Project
Developing a well-trained workforce interested in, and prepared for, conducting health equity research is an important national priority. Scientists from Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) bring unique perspectives and experiences with racial, ethnic and social inequities in health and health status but often lack access to training and mentoring opportunities, which is crucial for increasing the diverse pool of investigators who are adequately prepared to conduct health disparities research and to compete for National Institutes of Health research funding. The focus of the California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions (RIMI) Project was to: (a) enhance CSULB’s infrastructure and research capacity, (b) conduct applied community health research on health conditions disproportionately affecting disadvantaged populations, and (c) support faculty to embark on careers in reducing health disparities. Faculty received training, mentorship, and release time support to participate in research-related activities. Select faculty also received funding to conduct a two-year health disparities research project. Within a relatively short period of time, the RIMI Project made important strides toward strengthening the research infrastructure at CSULB by enhancing faculty capacity, improving research utilization to address health disparities, and strengthening campus and community collaborations. MSIs are encouraged to apply for opportunities to build their institution’s research capacity. The lessons learned from this project may be used as a guide for other teaching institutions that have the goal to develop minority faculty researchers
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