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Observation of a uniform temperature dependence in the electrical resistance across the structural phase transition in thin film vanadium oxide ()
An electrical study of thin films in the vicinity of the structural
phase transition at shows (a) that the electrical resistance
follows over the -range,
covering both sides of the structural transition, and (b) a history dependent
hysteresis loop in upon thermal cycling. These features are attributed here
to transport through a granular network.Comment: 3 pages, 3 color figure
¿Un 'discours aux architectes'?
El artículo retorna sobre el profundo impacto que produjeron los temas reaccionarios en la modernidad francesa tras la Primera Guerra Mundial. Para ello, considera el regionalismo en las permutaciones de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y explica sus diferentes significados en Italia y Alemania como base interpretativa para el caso de España. Aplica la distinción entre el regionalismo, el parroquialismo y el provincialismo, considera su susceptibilidad a las condiciones de neo-, pseudo-, y faux-, y diferencia los conceptos de hibricidad y eclecticismo Beaux-Arts. Estas condiciones llevan a su fin la distancia de la obra de Le corbusier con el regionalismo en los años 30. Después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial lo vernacular reemplazó al regionalismo y Gran Bretaña emergió por su posición insular respecto a la vanguardia histórica europea, que por su antagonismo entre el romanticismo, nuevo humanismo, nuevo empirismo, nueva pintoresca y el abandono atropellado vernacular del nuevo brutalismo, consigue crear una ruptura con los años de entreguerras
Long Memory and Volatility Clustering: is the empirical evidence consistent across stock markets?
Long memory and volatility clustering are two stylized facts frequently
related to financial markets. Traditionally, these phenomena have been studied
based on conditionally heteroscedastic models like ARCH, GARCH, IGARCH and
FIGARCH, inter alia. One advantage of these models is their ability to capture
nonlinear dynamics. Another interesting manner to study the volatility
phenomena is by using measures based on the concept of entropy. In this paper
we investigate the long memory and volatility clustering for the SP 500, NASDAQ
100 and Stoxx 50 indexes in order to compare the US and European Markets.
Additionally, we compare the results from conditionally heteroscedastic models
with those from the entropy measures. In the latter, we examine Shannon
entropy, Renyi entropy and Tsallis entropy. The results corroborate the
previous evidence of nonlinear dynamics in the time series considered.Comment: 8 pages; 2 figures; paper presented in APFA 6 conferenc
Genetic screening for mutants with altered seminal root numbers in hexaploid wheat using a high-throughput root phenotyping platform
Roots are the main channel for water and nutrient uptake in plants. Optimization of root architecture provides a viable strategy to improve nutrient and water uptake efficiency and maintain crop productivity under water-limiting and nutrient-poor conditions. We know little, however, about the genetic control of root development in wheat, a crop supplying 20% of global calorie and protein intake. To improve our understanding of the genetic control of seminal root development in wheat, we conducted a high-throughput screen for variation in seminal root number using an exome-sequenced mutant population derived from the hexaploid wheat cultivar Cadenza. The screen identified seven independent mutants with homozygous and stably altered seminal root number phenotypes. One mutant, Cadenza0900, displays a recessive extra seminal root number phenotype, while six mutants (Cadenza0062, Cadenza0369, Cadenza0393, Cadenza0465, Cadenza0818 and Cadenza1273) show lower seminal root number phenotypes most likely originating from defects in the formation and activation of seminal root primordia. Segregation analysis in F2 populations suggest that the phenotype of Cadenza0900 is controlled by multiple loci whereas the Cadenza0062 phenotype fits a 3:1 mutant:wild-type segregation ratio characteristic of dominant single gene action. This work highlights the potential to use the sequenced wheat mutant population as a forward genetic resource to uncover novel variation in agronomic traits, such as seminal root architecture
Magnetic-film atom chip with 10 m period lattices of microtraps for quantum information science with Rydberg atoms
We describe the fabrication and construction of a setup for creating lattices
of magnetic microtraps for ultracold atoms on an atom chip. The lattice is
defined by lithographic patterning of a permanent magnetic film. Patterned
magnetic-film atom chips enable a large variety of trapping geometries over a
wide range of length scales. We demonstrate an atom chip with a lattice
constant of 10 m, suitable for experiments in quantum information science
employing the interaction between atoms in highly-excited Rydberg energy
levels. The active trapping region contains lattice regions with square and
hexagonal symmetry, with the two regions joined at an interface. A structure of
macroscopic wires, cut out of a silver foil, was mounted under the atom chip in
order to load ultracold Rb atoms into the microtraps. We demonstrate
loading of atoms into the square and hexagonal lattice sections simultaneously
and show resolved imaging of individual lattice sites. Magnetic-film lattices
on atom chips provide a versatile platform for experiments with ultracold
atoms, in particular for quantum information science and quantum simulation.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figure
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