Pulsar-wind nebulae and magnetar outflows: observations at radio, X-ray, and gamma-ray wavelengths

We review observations of several classes of neutron-star-powered outflows: pulsar-wind nebulae (PWNe) inside shell supernova remnants (SNRs), PWNe interacting directly with interstellar medium (ISM), and magnetar-powered outflows. We describe radio, X-ray, and gamma-ray observations of PWNe, focusing first on integrated spectral-energy distributions (SEDs) and global spectral properties. High-resolution X-ray imaging of PWNe shows a bewildering array of morphologies, with jets, trails, and other structures. Several of the 23 so far identified magnetars show evidence for continuous or sporadic emission of material, sometimes associated with giant flares, and a few possible "magnetar-wind nebulae" have been recently identified.Comment: 61 pages, 44 figures (reduced in quality for size reasons). Published in Space Science Reviews, "Jets and Winds in Pulsar Wind Nebulae, Gamma-ray Bursts and Blazars: Physics of Extreme Energy Release

Investigating mobile messaging in healthcare organizations: A sensemaking perspective

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Mobile messaging in healthcare organizations: Investigating use from a power perspective

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P-glycoprotein and vacuolar ATPase synergistically confer anthracycline resistance to fission yeast and human cells

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Recent progress in large sized & high performance organic TFT array

Recently, we have developed 15.0 inch XGA organic TFT array and its LCD module, which might be world-largest array size and highest resolution in organic based device. This achievement is to be combined with several technical breakthroughs include new organic gate dielectric material, novel ohmic contact technique, and well-optimized process-architectures. Base on the newly developed organic gate dielectric with pentacene, we have obtained world-record field effect TFT mobilities in excess of 7cm2/Vsec and excellent on/off ratios as ∼106. For jumping up the OTFT research activities from laboratory scale to real production line, we have developed two key technologies. One is the new ohmic contact process with very common materials in the current LCD manufacturing such as ITO; the bottom contact structured OTFT with ITO source-drain electrode shows much the same performances as that with gold source-drain electrode. The other key technology to realize the large size organic device is that of optimizing the array structure to minimize the OTFT performance degradations. By combining these novel technologies, a 15.0" XGA prototype LCD panel is fabricated and shows good display performance.11scopu