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A SURVEY OF ORGANIC SOLVENTS FOR THE ELECTRO-DEPOSITION OF PLUTONIUM
The solubility and conductivity of cerium(III) salts (as stand-ins for plutonium(III) salts) in dimethylsulfoxide, acetonitrile, ethylenediamine, and dimethylformamide were investigated to evaluate these systems as possible electroplating baths. The system dimethylsulfoxide-cerium chloride is the most promising for electrodeposition of cerium at a mercury cathode. (auth
Floor plate and motor neuron induction by different concentrations of the amino-terminal cleavage product of sonic hedgehog autoproteolysis
AbstractThe differentiation of floor plate cells and motor neurons can be induced by Sonic hedgehog (SHH), a secreted signaling protein that undergoes autoproteolytic cleavage to generate amino- and carboxy-terminal products. We have found that both floor plate cells and motor neurons are induced by the aminoterminal cleavage product of SHH (SHH-N). The threshold concentration of SHH-N required for motor neuron induction is about 5-fold lower than that required for floor plate induction. Higher concentrations of SHH-N can induce floor plate cells at the expense of motor neuron differentiation. Our results suggest that the induction of floor plate cells and motor neurons by the notochord in vivo is mediated by exposure of neural plate cells to different concentrations of the amino-terminal product of SHH autoproteolytic cleavage
Efficient modelling of thin conducting sheets within the TLM method
The paper describes the use of recursive filters to efficiently model the transmission through thin conducting layers in the Transmission Line Matrix (TLM) method of numerical electromagnetic modelling. The technique is applicable where the layer may be many skin-depths thick but thin compared with the mesh size. The technique is validated against an analytical solution, and improved efficiency over other methods is demonstrated. The technique is also applicable to composite layers with complex structures which are not amenable to analytical solution
Statistics of Wave Functions in Coupled Chaotic Systems
Using the supersymmetry technique, we calculate the joint distribution of
local densities of electron wavefunctions in two coupled disordered or chaotic
quantum billiards. We find novel spatial correlations that are absent in a
single chaotic system. Our exact result can be interpreted for small coupling
in terms of the hybridization of eigenstates of the isolated billiards. We show
that the presented picture is universal, independent of microscopic details of
the coupling.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures; acknowledgements and references adde
Glider observations of enhanced deep water upwelling at a shelf break canyon: a mechanism for cross-slope carbon and nutrient exchange
Using underwater gliders we have identified canyon driven upwelling across the Celtic Sea shelf-break, in the vicinity of Whittard Canyon. The presence of this upwelling appears to be tied to the direction and strength of the local slope current, which is in itself highly variable. During typical summer time equatorward flow, an unbalanced pressure gradient force and the resulting disruption of geostrophic flow can lead to upwelling along the main axis of two small shelf break canyons. As the slope current reverts to poleward flow, the upwelling stops and the remnants of the upwelled features are mixed into the local shelf water or advected away from the region. The upwelled features are identified by the presence of sub-pycnocline high salinity water on the shelf, and are upwelled from a depth of 300 m on the slope, thus providing a mechanism for the transport of nutrients across the shelf break onto the shelf
The Influence of the effect of solute on the thermodynamic driving force on grain refinement of Al alloys
Grain refinement is known to be strongly affected by the solute in cast alloys. Addition of some solute can reduce grain size considerably while others have a limited effect. This is usually attributed to the constitutional supercooling which is quantified by the growth restriction factor, Q. However, one factor that has not been considered is whether different solutes have differing effects on the thermodynamic driving force for solidification. This paper reveals that addition of solute reduces the driving force for solidification for a given undercooling, and that for a particular Q value, it is reduced more substantially when adding eutectic-forming solutes than peritectic-forming elements. Therefore, compared with the eutectic-forming solutes, addition of peritectic-forming solutes into Al alloys not only possesses a higher initial nucleation rate resulted from the larger thermodynamic driving force for solidification, but also promotes nucleation within the constitutionally supercooled zone during growth. As subsequent nucleation can occur at smaller constitutional supercoolings for peritectic-forming elements, a smaller grain size is thus produced. The very small constitutional supercooling required to trigger subsequent nucleation in alloys containing Ti is considered as a major contributor to its extraordinary grain refining efficiency in cast Al alloys even without the deliberate addition of inoculants.The Australian Research Council (ARC DP10955737)
The risk of cardiac failure following metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty
Aims
The aim of this study was to determine whether patients with metal-on-metal (MoM)
arthroplasties of the hip have an increased risk of cardiac failure compared with those with
alternative types of arthroplasties (non-MoM).
Patients and Methods
A linkage study between the National Joint Registry, Hospital Episodes Statistics and records
of the Office for National Statistics on deaths was undertaken. Patients who underwent
elective total hip arthroplasty between January 2003 and December 2014 with no past history
of cardiac failure were included and stratified as having either a MoM (n = 53 529) or a nonMoM
(n = 482 247) arthroplasty. The primary outcome measure was the time to an
admission to hospital for cardiac failure or death. Analysis was carried out using data from
all patients and from those matched by propensity score.
Results
The risk of cardiac failure was lower in the MoM cohort compared with the non-MoM cohort
(adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) 0.901; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.853 to 0.953). The risk of
cardiac failure was similar following matching (aHR 0.909; 95% CI 0.838 to 0.987) and the
findings were consistent in subgroup analysis.
Conclusion
The risk of cardiac failure following total hip arthroplasty was not increased in those in
whom MoM implants were used, compared with those in whom other types of prostheses
were used, in the first seven years after surgery.
Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2018;100-B:20â
Manageable creativity
This article notes a perception in mainstream management theory and practice that creativity has shifted from being disruptive or destructive to 'manageable'. This concept of manageable creativity in business is reflected in a similar rhetoric in cultural policy, especially towards the creative industries. The article argues that the idea of 'manageable creativity' can be traced back to a 'heroic' and a 'structural' model of creativity. It is argued that the 'heroic' model of creativity is being subsumed within a 'structural' model which emphasises the systems and infrastructure around individual creativity rather than focusing on raw talent and pure content. Yet this structured approach carries problems of its own, in particular a tendency to overlook the unpredictability of creative processes, people and products. Ironically, it may be that some confusion in our policies towards creativity is inevitable, reflecting the paradoxes and transitions which characterise the creative process
A realistic example of chaotic tunneling: The hydrogen atom in parallel static electric and magnetic fields
Statistics of tunneling rates in the presence of chaotic classical dynamics
is discussed on a realistic example: a hydrogen atom placed in parallel uniform
static electric and magnetic fields, where tunneling is followed by ionization
along the fields direction. Depending on the magnetic quantum number, one may
observe either a standard Porter-Thomas distribution of tunneling rates or, for
strong scarring by a periodic orbit parallel to the external fields, strong
deviations from it. For the latter case, a simple model based on random matrix
theory gives the correct distribution.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev.
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