Experimental and analytical strains in an edge-cracked sheet

Elastoplastic strain distribution in edge-cracked metal sheets determined by optical interference and moire technique

A deep, wide-field search for substellar members in NGC 2264

We report the first results of our ongoing campaign to discover the first brown dwarfs (BD) in NGC 2264, a young (3 Myr), populous star forming region for which our optical studies have revealed a very high density of potential candidates - 236 in $<$ 1 deg$^2$ - from the substellar limit down to at least $\sim$ 20 M$_{\rm Jup}$ for zero reddening. Candidate BD were first selected using wide field ($I,z$) band imaging with CFH12K, by reference to current theoretical isochrones. Subsequently, 79 (33%) of the $I,z$ sample were found to have near-infrared 2MASS photometry ($JHK_s$ $\pm$ 0.3 mag. or better), yielding dereddened magnitudes and allowing further investigation by comparison with the location of NextGen and DUSTY isochrones in colour-colour and colour-magnitude diagrams involving various combinations of $I$,$J$,$H$ and $K_s$. We discuss the status and potential substellarity of a number of relatively unreddened (A$_{\rm v}$ $<$ 5) likely low-mass members in our sample, but in spite of the depth of our observations in $I,z$, we are as yet unable to unambiguously identify substellar candidates using only 2MASS data. Nevertheless, there are excellent arguments for considering two faint (observed $I$ $\sim$ 18.4 and 21.2) objects as cluster candidates with masses respectively at or rather below the hydrogen burning limit. More current candidates could be proven to be cluster members with masses around 0.1 M$_{\odot}$ {\it via} gravity-sensitive spectroscopy, and deeper near-infrared imaging will surely reveal a hitherto unknown population of young brown dwarfs in this region, accessible to the next generation of deep near-infrared surveys.Comment: 10 pages, 12 figures, accepted by A&

CAN-HK : An a priori crustal model for the Canadian Shield

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The United Kingdom component of the Hudson Bay Lithospheric Experiment (HuBLE) was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Grant Number NE/F007337/1, with financial and logistical support from the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office (CNGO), SEIS-UK (the seismic node of NERC), and the First Nations communities of Nunavut. J. Beauchesne and J. Kendall provided invaluable assistance in the field. I. D. B. was funded by the Leverhulme Trust and acknowledges support through Grant Number RPG-2013- 332. The authors thank three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Commentary on 'Improving the seasonal cycle and interannual variations of biomass burning aerosol sources' by Generoso et al.

In a recent published paper, Generoso et al. (2003) describe a method for improving the spatial and temporal distribution of pyrogenic aerosol emission inventories. In the course of their analysis, the authors note several significant discrepancies in the seasonality of burning as observed by the Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) and four other biomass burning data sets derived from satellite observations. In this commentary we explain the source of these discrepancies and clarify the origin of the VIRS observations that were used by Generoso et al

Evaluation of a modified reciprocal recurrent selection procedure for maize improvement

Reciprocal recurrent selection in maize (:Zea mays L.) has been ve1y successful in improving yields of crosses of two populations wherein each population has been used as a tester for the other. A modification of the procedure was suggested that uses two inbred lines as testers instead of the populations. The purpose of our research was to compare the two procedures for progress achieved after three cycles of recurrent selection. The populations were BS21 and BS22 Synthetics used in a reciprocal recurrent selection program (BS21R x BS22R). For the modified procedure, inbred A632 was the tester for BS21, [BS21(A632Hl); and inbred H99, for BS22, [BS22(H99HI)]. Progress was evaluated in six crosses: BS2l(R) x BS22(R), BS21(A632HI) x A632, BS22(H99Hl) x H99, BS21(R) x A632, BS22(R) x H99, and BS21(A632H[) x BS22(H99HI). Grain yield showed highly significant P \u3c 0.01) linear gains for BS2l(R) x BS22(R) (4.9% cycle), BS21 (A632H]) x A632 (3.6 cycle), and BS21(R) x A632 4.7%/cycle); gains for the other crosses were positive, hut not significant. Evidently, after three cycles of selection, the modified procedure was not successful in improving yield for crosses of the populations. The results indicated that choice of inbred testers may he very critical in the modified procedure. Grain moisture had highly significant linear decreases for BS21(A632HI) x A632, BS22(R) x H99, and BS2l(A632HI) x BS22(H99Hl) Highly significant changes were observed for lodging as follows: root lodging decreased for BS21(A632H[) x A632 and BS21(R) x A632; stalk lodging decreased for BS21{R) x BS22(R) and BS21(R) x A632, but increased for BS21(A632HI) x BS22(H99Hl)

Hidden Order in Crackling Noise during Peeling of an Adhesive Tape

We address the long standing problem of recovering dynamical information from noisy acoustic emission signals arising from peeling of an adhesive tape subject to constant traction velocity. Using phase space reconstruction procedure we demonstrate the deterministic chaotic dynamics by establishing the existence of correlation dimension as also a positive Lyapunov exponent in a mid range of traction velocities. The results are explained on the basis of the model that also emphasizes the deterministic origin of acoustic emission by clarifying its connection to sticks-slip dynamics.Comment: 5 pages, 10 figure

The Hudson Bay Lithospheric Experiment (HuBLE) : Insights into Precambrian Plate Tectonics and the Development of Mantle Keels

The UK component of HuBLE was supported by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) grant NE/F007337/1, with financial and logistical support from the Geological Survey of Canada, Canada–Nunavut Geoscience Office, SEIS-UK (the seismic node of NERC), and First Nations communities of Nunavut. J. Beauchesne and J. Kendall provided invaluable assistance in the field. Discussions with M. St-Onge, T. Skulski, D. Corrigan and M. Sanborne-Barrie were helpful for interpretation of the data. D. Eaton and F. A. Darbyshire acknowledge the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Four stations on the Belcher Islands and northern Quebec were installed by the University of Western Ontario and funded through a grant to D. Eaton (UWO Academic Development Fund). I. Bastow is funded by the Leverhulme Trust. This is Natural Resources Canada Contribution 20130084 to its Geomapping for Energy and Minerals Program. This work has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Unions Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC Grant agreement no. 240473 ‘CoMITAC’.Peer reviewedPublisher PD