Electro-Thermal Transport in Metallic Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes for Interconnect Applications

This work represents the first electro-thermal study of metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) for interconnect applications. Experimental data and careful modeling reveal that self-heating is of significance in short (1 < L < 10 um) nanotubes under high-bias. The low-bias resistance of micron scale SWNTs is also found to be affected by optical phonon absorption (a scattering mechanism previously neglected) above 250 K. We also explore length-dependent electrical breakdown of SWNTs in ambient air. Significant self-heating in SWNT interconnects can be avoided if power densities per unit length are limited to less than 5 uW/um.Comment: IEEE Intl. Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), Dec. 2005, Washington D

Syntactic Constructions in Serial Verb Expressions in Chinese

This paper investigates the syntactic constructions of serial verb expressions (two verbs in sequence as V1+V2) in Mandarin Chinese. At least three distinct constructions are identified: coordination, subordination and serialization. The first two have been widely presented in the literature as the serial verb construction, but we will argue that they can, and should, be adequately analyzed as what have traditionally been called coordination and subordination, based on their grammatical behaviors with respect to the Coordinate Structure Constraint, the distributional difference between A-not-A and alternative questions, the agreement in aspect, the scopes of the negators, and the phonological marking for coordinate structure. Concerning the third construction, serialization, we will claim that the lai-construction belongs to this type. Called the serial verb construction (SVC) in this paper, the lai-construction is shown to share some properties with subordination and some with coordination, but it differs from both of them with respect to the other properties. In particular, the rule of VP2-fronting cannot apply as it would in a subordinate structure, giving rise to the conjecture that the V2 and its object argument in serialization do not form a syntactic constituent. Other correlates of the lai-construction as the SVC will be discussed: the obligatory agreement in aspect between V1 and V2, the prohibition of negation on V2, among others. We further observe that nothing may intervene between V1 and V2. Such a strict intervention constraint leads us to a stronger claim: V1+V2 constitutes a morphological word in the construction. Supporting evidence in phonology comes from the participation of V1+V2 in the word internal sandhi, traditionally called Final Elision. More crucially, an aspect marker cannot be suffixed to V1 as it could in the other constructions, demonstrating that V1 is not a morphological word

Antibody interference and response kinetics of isatuximab plus pomalidomide and dexamethasone in multiple myeloma

The ICARIA-MM study was sponsored by Sanofi. The authors thank, Helgi van de Velde, Valérie Boutet, Shujia Dai, Deborah DiNoto, Graziella Engelvin, Olivier Fedeli, Sébastien Hugla, Dominique Mouret, Béatrice Pradeilles, and Alain Roccon, all employees of Sanofi, for their contribution to the study, technology, and comments on the manuscript. The authors thank the participating patients and their families, and the study centers and investigators, for their contributions to the study. The medical writing support was provided by John Clarke, PhD and Stephanie Brillhart, PhD of Elevate Medical Affairs, contracted by Sanofi Genzyme for publication support services

Alle origini della democrazia deliberativa: deliberazione e democrazia da Rousseau a Mill

La "democrazia deliberativa" rappresenta secondo molti la novità più importante del dibattito sulla teoria democratica degli ultimi vent'anni. Obiettivo di questo lavoro è ripercorrere le origini dell'ideale deliberativo, attraverso un'analisi del pensiero di Rousseau, Burke e John Stuart Mill, tre classici che in diverso grado e con differenti accentuazioni sono evocati come precursori dai teorici della democrazia deliberativa contemporanei. Ciò che accomuna questi pensatori è infatti una concezione del processo politico come qualcosa di profondamente diverso dalla mera aggregazione di interessi particolari. La ricostruzione del rapporto tra deliberazione e democrazia in questi tre autori consente di comprendere non solo le radici dell'ideale deliberativo, ma anche gran parte delle sue aporie

Guest artist recital series: Dai Uk Lee, January 26, 2010

This is the concert program of the guest artist recital of Dai Uk Lee on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 7:30 p.m., at the Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Sonata in Bb major, op. 106 "Hammerklavier" by Ludwig van Beethoven, and Nocturne in B major, op. 62-1, Three Mazurkas op. 3, and Barcarolle op. 60 by Frédéric Chopin. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Integration of water quantity, quality in river basin network flow modeling

Includes bibliographical references.Grant no. 14-08-0001-G2008/2; project no. 11; financed in part by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey