Introduction of New Features in Writer Verification Based on Finger-writing of a Simple Symbol

In this study, a method of verifying an individual from their style of drawing simple symbols that everyone is familiar with and never forgets was studied. Individuals were asked to draw symbols using their fingertips on a digital device screen. Various features, such as the finger pressure, the touch area, and the touch direction, which were directly detected by a tablet device, were measured. In addition, the finger volume, force, and amount of work that were derived from the directly detected features were calculated. Subsequently, the verification performance of these features was evaluated

Analysis of Arc Phenomena in Boundary Layer Of MHD Generator Channel

By means of a time-dependent two-dimensional numerical simulation utilizing the Finite Element Method, we study arc phenomena analytically in the boundary layer of the Faraday MHD power generator using petroleum-fired gas plasma as the working fluid, and get the following several results. On the anode side, the calculated values of the electrode voltage drop agree very well with the experimental ones, which demonstrates that the calculation simulates the experiment considerably well. On low temperature electrode, the current flow becomes the big arc with high temperature and large current density. The generation, movement, keeping and disappearance of the arc depend on a balance among the effect of convection, the Hall effect and the braking force based on the Lorentz force. The positions of the generated arc and the behavior of the arc-cycle are decided mainly by the effect of convection and by the electrode temperature. The period of the arc-cycle and the width of the arc are closely connected with the temperature of the electrode wall and the load resistance

Enhanced and continuous electrostatic carrier doping on the SrTiO3_{3} surface

Paraelectrical tuning of a charge carrier density as high as 10$^{13}$\,cm$^{-2}$ in the presence of a high electronic carrier mobility on the delicate surfaces of correlated oxides, is a key to the technological breakthrough of a field effect transistor (FET) utilising the metal-nonmetal transition. Here we introduce the Parylene-C/Ta$_{2}$O$_{5}$ hybrid gate insulator and fabricate FET devices on single-crystalline SrTiO$_{3}$, which has been regarded as a bedrock material for oxide electronics. The gate insulator accumulates up to $\sim10^{13}$cm$^{-2}$ carriers, while the field-effect mobility is kept at 10\,cm$^2$/Vs even at room temperature. Further to the exceptional performance of our devices, the enhanced compatibility of high carrier density and high mobility revealed the mechanism for the long standing puzzle of the distribution of electrostatically doped carriers on the surface of SrTiO$_{3}$. Namely, the formation and continuous evolution of field domains and current filaments.Comment: Supplementary Information: <http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/130424/srep01721/extref/srep01721-s1.pdf

Feasibility and Efficacy of Definitive Radiotherapy with 66 Gy and Concurrent Carboplatin-Paclitaxel Chemotherapy for Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Purpose/Objectives : This study was conducted to assess the feasibility and efficacy of definitive radiotherapy (RT) with a total dose of 66 Gy and concurrent carboplatin-paclitaxel chemotherapy for patients (pts) with stage Ⅲ non-small celllung cancer. Materials/Methods : Between April 2007 and December 2013，99 pts with non-small cell lung cancer were treated using RT with concurrent carboplatin-paclitaxel chemotherapy in our hospital. Sixty-eight of them received RT with a total dose of 66 Gy. We analyzed 46 Stage Ⅲ pts who had been treated with RT using three-dimensional radiotherapy treatment planning. The prophylactic mediastinal lymph nodes were included in the clinical target volume for RT. The survival rate after the start of RT was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. We estimated the cumulative local failure and distant metastasis rates with the Fine-Gray method. Adverse events were evaluated according to the CTCAE (v.4.0). Results : The median age of the pts was 70.9 (52.8-78.7) years old (y.o.). The performance status (PS) of each pt was fairly good (ECOG PS 0: 25, PS 1: 20, PS 3:1), and their clinical stages (UICC 7th) were twenty-nine Ⅲ A and seventeen Ⅲ B. Diagnoses were pathologically confirmed in 32 pts. The median follow-up period was 35.7 (2.0-82.2) months among all pts, and 55.9 (40.1-82.2) months among survivors. The 3- and 5-year Kaplan-Meier overall survival rates were 52.2 and 34.0%，respectively, and the median survival time was 36.6 months. The 3- and 5-year Kaplan-Meier progression-free survival rates were 29.1 and 21.9%，respectively, and the median progression-free survival time was 9.9 months. The 5-year local failure rate was 37.6%, and the 5-year distant metastasis rate was 49.7%. Sixteen (34.8%) pts required steroid administration because of radiation pneumonitis (CTCAE Grade 2 or higher) and two of them died (Grade 5). No other severe non-hematologic toxicity (Grade 3 or higher) was observed. Conclusion : These results suggest that definitive RT with a total dose of 66 Gy and concurrent carboplatin-paclitaxel chemotherapy is feasible and may be promising for pts with Stage Ⅲ non-small cell lung cancer

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