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Liquid crystal hyperbolic metamaterial for wide-angle negative-positive refraction and reflection
We show that nanosphere dispersed liquid crystal (NDLC) metamaterial can be
characterized in near IR spectral region as an indefinite medium whose real
parts of effective ordinary and extraordinary permittivities are opposite in
signs. Based on this fact we design a novel electrooptic effect: external
electric field driven switch between normal refraction, negative refraction and
reflection of TM incident electromagnetic wave from the boundary vacuum/NDLC. A
detailed analysis of its functionality is given based on effective medium
theory combined with a study of negative refraction in anisotropic
metamaterials, and Finite Elements simulations
Probing the gateway to superheavy nuclei in cranked relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory
The cranked relativistic Hartree+Bogoliubov theory has been applied for a
systematic study of the nuclei around 254No, the heaviest nuclei for which
detailed spectroscopic data are available. The deformation, rotational
response, pairing correlations, quasi-particle and other properties of these
nuclei have been studied with different relativistic mean field (RMF)
parametrizations. For the first time, the quasi-particle spectra of odd
deformed nuclei have been calculated in a fully self-consistent way within the
framework of the RMF theory. The energies of the spherical subshells, from
which active deformed states of these nuclei emerge, are described with an
accuracy better than 0.5 MeV for most of the subshells with the NL1 and NL3
parametrizations. However, for a few subshells the discrepancy reach 0.7-1.0
MeV. The implications of these results for the study of superheavy nuclei are
discussed.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures, Proceedings of the Conference on Frontiers of
Nuclear Structure, Berkeley, California, July 29th - August 2nd, 2002, UC
Berkeley, Clark Kerr Campus, in pres
Validation of the English and Chinese versions of the Quick-FLIC quality of life questionnaire.
A useful measure of quality of life should be easy and quick to complete. Recently, we reported the development and validation of a shortened Chinese version of the Functional Living Index-Cancer (FLIC), which we called the Quick-FLIC. In the present study of 327 English-speaking and 221 Chinese-speaking cancer patients, we validated the English version of the Quick-FLIC and further assessed the Chinese version. The 11 Quick-FLIC items were administered alongside the 11 remaining items of the full FLIC, but there appeared to be little context effect. Validity of the English version of the Quick-FLIC was attested by its strong correlation with two other measures of quality of life, and its ability to detect differences between patients with different performance status and treatment status (each P<0.001). Its internal consistency (alpha=0.86) and test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation=0.76) were also satisfactory. The measure was responsive to changes in performance status (P<0.001). The Chinese version showed similar characteristics. The Quick-FLIC behaved in ways that are highly comparable with the FLIC, even though the Quick-FLIC comprised only 11 items whereas the FLIC comprised 22. Further research is required to see whether the use of shorter instruments can improve data quality and response rates, but the fact that shorter instruments place less burden on the patients is itself inherently important
Spatially incoherent modulational instability in a non local medium
We investigate one-dimensional transverse modulational instability in a non
local medium excited with a spatially incoherent source. Employing undoped
nematic liquid crystals in a planar pre-tilted configuration, we investigate
the role of the spectral broadening induced by incoherence in conjunction with
the spatially non local molecular reorientation. The phenomenon is modeled
using the Wigner transform.Comment: 13 pages with 4 figures included. To be published in Laser Physics
Letter
Field Evaluation of Four Insecticides for the Control of the Mango Leaf-cutting Weevil, Deporaus marginatus Pasco
In an insecticidal trial for the control of the leaf-cutting weevil of mango, Deporaus marginatus
Pasc., deltamethrin was the most effective insecticide followed by etrimfos, acephate and dicrotophos
in that order. A persistency study of deltamethrin in the field showed that the insecticide was effective for up to
two weeks
A Storm in a "T" Cup
We revisit the process of transversification and agglomeration of particle
momenta that are often performed in analyses at hadron colliders, and show that
many of the existing mass-measurement variables proposed for hadron colliders
are far more closely related to each other than is widely appreciated, and
indeed can all be viewed as a common mass bound specialized for a variety of
purposes.Comment: 3 pages, 2 figures, presented by K.C. Kong at the 19th Particles and
Nuclei International Conference, PANIC 2011, MIT, Cambridge, MA (July 24-29,
2011
Optical supercavitation in soft-matter
We investigate theoretically, numerically and experimentally nonlinear
optical waves in an absorbing out-of-equilibrium colloidal material at the
gelification transition. At sufficiently high optical intensity, absorption is
frustrated and light propagates into the medium. The process is mediated by the
formation of a matter-shock wave due to optically induced thermodiffusion, and
largely resembles the mechanism of hydrodynamical supercavitation, as it is
accompanied by a dynamic phase-transition region between the beam and the
absorbing material.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, revised version: corrected typos and reference
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