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Computer program determines vibration in three-dimensional space of hydraulic lines excited by forced displacements
Computer program determines the forced vibration in three dimensional space of a multiple degree of freedom beam type structural system. Provision is made for the longitudinal axis of the analytical model to change orientation at any point along its length. This program is used by industries in which structural design dynamic analyses are performed
Development of carbon slurry fuels for transportation (hybrid fuels, phase 2)
Slurry fuels of various forms of solids in diesel fuel are developed and evaluated for their relative potential as fuel for diesel engines. Thirteen test fuels with different solids concentrations are formulated using eight different materials. A variety of properties are examined including ash content, sulfur content, particle size distribution, and rheological properties. Attempts are made to determine the effects of these variations on these fuel properties on injection, atomization, and combustion processes. The slurries are also tested in a single cylinder CLR engine in both direct injection and prechamber configurations. The data includes the normal performance parameters as well as heat release rates and emissions. The slurries perform very much like the baseline fuel. The combustion data indicate that a large fraction (90 percent or more) of the solids are burning in the engine. It appears that the prechamber engine configuration is more tolerant of the slurries than the direct injection configuration
PHASE IIA REPORT HURRICANE KATE DAMAGE DATA COLLECTION WITH RE-SURVEY OF WELLWOOD GROUNDING SITE ON MOLASSES REEF, SURVEY OF FRENCH REEF, AND CORAL GROWTH INVESTIGATION
An investigation of vegetation and other earth resource/feature parameters using LANDSAT and other remote sensing data. A: LANDSAT. B: Remote sensing of volcanic emissions
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Observation of a narrow structure in p(gamma,K_s)X via interference with phi-meson production
We report observation of a narrow peak structure at ~1.54 GeV with a Gaussian
width sigma=6 MeV in the missing of K_s in the reaction gamma+p = pK_sK_L. The
observed structure may be due to the interference between a strange (or
anti-strange) baryon resonance in the pK_L system and the phi(K_sK_L)
photoproduction leading to the same final state. The statistical significance
of the observed excess of events estimated as the log likelihood ratio of the
resonant signal+background hypothesis and the phi-production based background
only hypothesis corresponds to 5.3 sigma.Comment: Accepted for publication in Physical Review C, 9 pages, 11 figures, 1
table added, revise
Deviations from Matthiessen's Rule for and
We have measured the change in the resistivity of thin films of and upon introducing point defects by electron
irradiation at low temperatures, and we find significant deviations from
Matthiessen's rule. For a fixed irradiation dose, the induced change in
resistivity {\it decreases} with increasing temperature. Moreover, for a fixed
temperature, the increase in resistivity with irradiation is found to be {\it
sublinear}. We suggest that the observed behavior is due to the marked
anisotropic scattering of the electrons together with their relatively short
mean free path (both characteristic of many metallic oxides including cuprates)
which amplify effects related to the Pippard ineffectiveness condition
Sexual Compulsivity, the Internet, and Sexual Behaviors Among Men in a Rural Area of the United States
This is the publisher's version, which is also found by way of http://online.liebertpub.com/toc/apc/24/9Sexual compulsivity has been associated with higher frequencies of sexual behaviors that may increase risk for
transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI). In a rural midwestern region where social
and community resources for the sexual health of men who have sex with men (MSM) are relatively few, the
patterns of partner-seeking and sexual behavior, and their relations to sexual compulsivity, may be different
than findings from other assessments of men in urban centers. Using a community-based participatory approach
(CBPR), data were collected from 309 men who were primarily white, identified as gay or homosexual, and had
a mean age of 29.37 years (SD¼11.33), to explore relations between scores on a measure of sexual compulsivity
and their sexual partner-seeking, drug and alcohol use, and sexual behaviors with men and women. The
majority of men reported having engaged in sexual activity with men in the past 30 days. Those scoring higher
than the sample mean (1.65 [SD¼0.66]) on the sexual compulsivity measure reported patterns of having sex
with partners met online and having been the insertive or receptive partner in unprotected anal intercourse.
Given the unique patterns of sexual partner-seeking in this area, interventions to decrease sexual risk-taking
should take into account that the vast majority of men in rural areas are using the Internet to locate sexual
partners, and prevention messages focused on rural contexts need to be tailored to include men who have a
propensity for sexually compulsive behaviors. Additionally, interventions created for virtual spaces may be
more sustainable with rural communities than traditional approaches to HIV/STI prevention
Experimental determination of the evolution of the Bjorken integral at low Q^2
We extract the Bjorken integral Gamma^{p-n}_1 in the range 0.17 < Q^2 < 1.10
GeV^2 from inclusive scattering of polarized electrons by polarized protons,
deuterons and 3He, for the region in which the integral is dominated by nucleon
resonances. These data bridge the domains of the hadronic and partonic
descriptions of the nucleon. In combination with earlier measurements at higher
Q^2, we extract the non-singlet twist-4 matrix element f_2.Comment: Quoted world data updated. Minor change in some results, Minor
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Differential cross sections for pion charge exchange on the proton at 27.5 MeV
We have measured pion single charge exchange differential cross sections on
the proton at 27.5 MeV incident kinetic energy in the center of
momentum angular range between and . The extracted cross
sections are compared with predictions of the standard pion-nucleon partial
wave analysis and found to be in excellent agreement.Comment: ReVTeX v3.0 with aps.sty, 23 pages in e-print format, 7 PostScript
Figures and 4 Tables, also available via anonymous ftp at
ftp://helena.phys.virginia.edu/pub/preprints/scx.p
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