Square to stripe transition and superlattice patterns in vertically oscillated granular layers

We investigated the physical mechanism for the pattern transition from square lattice to stripes, which appears in vertically oscillating granular layers. We present a continuum model to show that the transition depends on the competition between inertial force and local saturation of transport. By introducing multiple free-flight times, this model further enables us to analyze the formation of superlattices as well as hexagonal lattice

Risk profiles and one-year outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in India: Insights from the GARFIELD-AF Registry.

BACKGROUND: The Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF) is an ongoing prospective noninterventional registry, which is providing important information on the baseline characteristics, treatment patterns, and 1-year outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). This report describes data from Indian patients recruited in this registry. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 52,014 patients with newly diagnosed AF were enrolled globally; of these, 1388 patients were recruited from 26 sites within India (2012-2016). In India, the mean age was 65.8 years at diagnosis of NVAF. Hypertension was the most prevalent risk factor for AF, present in 68.5% of patients from India and in 76.3% of patients globally (P < 0.001). Diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD) were prevalent in 36.2% and 28.1% of patients as compared with global prevalence of 22.2% and 21.6%, respectively (P < 0.001 for both). Antiplatelet therapy was the most common antithrombotic treatment in India. With increasing stroke risk, however, patients were more likely to receive oral anticoagulant therapy [mainly vitamin K antagonist (VKA)], but average international normalized ratio (INR) was lower among Indian patients [median INR value 1.6 (interquartile range {IQR}: 1.3-2.3) versus 2.3 (IQR 1.8-2.8) (P < 0.001)]. Compared with other countries, patients from India had markedly higher rates of all-cause mortality [7.68 per 100 person-years (95% confidence interval 6.32-9.35) vs 4.34 (4.16-4.53), P < 0.0001], while rates of stroke/systemic embolism and major bleeding were lower after 1 year of follow-up. CONCLUSION: Compared to previously published registries from India, the GARFIELD-AF registry describes clinical profiles and outcomes in Indian patients with AF of a different etiology. The registry data show that compared to the rest of the world, Indian AF patients are younger in age and have more diabetes and CAD. Patients with a higher stroke risk are more likely to receive anticoagulation therapy with VKA but are underdosed compared with the global average in the GARFIELD-AF. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION-URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01090362

Thermographic studies of outer target heat fluxes on KSTAR

A new infra-red (IR) thermography system with high spatial resolution has been installed on KSTAR and is now mainly applied to measure the outer divertor heat load profile. The first measurement results of the outer divertor heat load profiles between ELMs have been applied to characterize the inter-ELMs outer divertor heat loads in KSTAR H-mode plasmas. In particular, the power decay length (λq) of the divertor heat load profile has been determined by fitting the profile to a convolution of an exponential decay and a Gaussian function. The analysis on the power decay length shows a good agreement with the recent multi-machine λq scaling, which predicts λq of the inter-ELMs divertor heat load to be ∼1 mm under the standard H-mode scenario in ITER. The divertor IR thermography system has also successfully measured the strike point splitting of the outer divertor heat flux during the application of resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) fields. In addition, it has provided a clear evidence that the strike point splitting pattern depends on the RMP fields configuration

Application of low temperature calorimeters for precise Lamb shift measurements on hydrogen-like very heavy ions

The precise determination of the 2s_1_/_2, 2p_1_/_2, 2p_3_/_2#-&gt;#1s_1_/_2 X-ray transitions in hydrogen-like very heavy ions such as &quot;2&quot;0&quot;8Pb&quot;8&quot;1&quot;+ or &quot;2&quot;3&quot;8U&quot;9&quot;1&quot;+ provides a sensitive test of QED, especially of higher order contributions to the self-energy which are not accessible by alternative methods. Such measurements became possible recently by X-ray spectroscopy using highly charged ions stored and cooled in heavy ion storage rings. A better energy resolution of the X-ray detector is most essential in order to improve the experimental accuracy, which is presently about one order of magnitude worse than the theoretical uncertainty. An energy resolution of #DELTA#E=30 eV-50 eV for E_#gamma#=50 keV-100 keV, and a photopeak efficiency above 30% may be provided by a low-temperature calorimeter. It will be constructed on the basis of already existing arrays of silicon microcalorimeters, but with larger volume and high Z absorbers. Such a detector will allow a more precise determination of the 1s-Lamb shift and for the first time the direct investigation of the 2s-Lamb shift in hydrogen-like heavy ions. In the present contribution the experimental scenario for QED experiments at storage rings, the present status of experimental and theoretical investigations and the design of an appropriate low temperature detector are discussed. (orig.)12 refs.SIGLEAvailable from TIB Hannover: RO 801(95-58) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekDEGerman

Recent photoproduction results from ZEUS

Recent results for inclusive jet cross sections, dijet cross sections and dijet angular distributions are compared with NLO perturbative QCD calculations. The observation of isolated high PT photons (prompt photons) is also reported