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Friction measuring apparatus Patent
Kinetic and static friction force measurement between magnetic tape and magnetic head surface
Is Strangeness Still Strange at the LHC?
Strangeness production is calculated in a pQCD-based model (including nuclear
effects) in the high transverse momentum sector, where pQCD is expected to work
well. We investigate pion, kaon, proton and lambda production in pp and
heavy-ion collisions. Parton energy loss in AA collisions is taken into
account. We compare strange-to-non-strange meson and baryon ratios to data at
RHIC, and make predictions for the LHC. We find that these ratios significantly
deviate from unity not only at RHIC but also at the LHC, indicating the special
role of strangeness at both energies.Comment: Contribution to SQM 2007, 6 pages 2 figure
Field-aligned electric currents and their measurement by the incoherent backscatter technique
Field aligned electric currents flow in the magnetosphere in many situations of fundamental geophysical interest. It is shown here that the incoherent backscatter technique can be used to measure these currents when the plasma line can be observed. The technique provides a ground based means of measuring these currents which complements the rocket and satellite ones
The Flow of a Viscous Compressible Fluid Through a Very Narrow Gap
The effect of compressibility on the pressure distribution
in the narrow gap between a rotating cylinder and a plane in a viscous fluid was studied by Taylor and Saffman [1] during an investigation of the centripetal pump effect discovered by Reiner [2]
Beyond capitalism and liberal democracy: on the relevance of GDH Cole’s sociological critique and alternative
This article argues for a return to the social thought of the often ignored early 20th-century English thinker GDH Cole. The authors contend that Cole combined a sociological critique of capitalism and liberal democracy with a well-developed alternative in his work on guild socialism bearing particular relevance to advanced capitalist societies. Both of these, with their focus on the limitations on ‘free communal service’ in associations and the inability of capitalism to yield emancipation in either production or consumption, are relevant to social theorists looking to understand, critique and contribute to the subversion of neoliberalism. Therefore, the authors suggest that Cole’s associational sociology, and the invitation it provides to think of formations beyond capitalism and liberal democracy, is a timely and valuable resource which should be returned to
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