Temperature and Magnetic Field Dependencies of Condon Domain Phase in Lifschitz-Kosevich-Shoenberg Approximation

The temperature and magnetic field behavior of non-uniform diamagnetic phase of strongly correlated electron gas at the conditions of dHvA effect is analyzed. It is shown, that in the framework of Lifschitz-Kosevich-Shoenberg approximation the magnetic induction splitting, as well as the range of existence of Condon domains, are characterized by strong dependencies on temperature, magnetic field and impurities of the sample.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figure

Bankruptcy Law

This article will cover both consumer and business bankruptcy issues, and is limited primarily to decisions by courts within the Fourth Circuit since mid-2012. Despite these general parameters, because bankruptcy is federal law, there are some cases outside the Fourth Circuit that are included due to their influential and instructive nature. The intention of this update is to provide bankruptcy practitioners in Virginia with concise, yet compre-hensive, case summaries that will prove to be a valuable researchtool

Validation of the Social Security Death Index (SSDI): An Important Readily-Available Outcomes Database for Researchers

Study Objective: To determine the accuracy of the online Social Security Death Index (SSDI) for determining death outcomes. Methods: We selected 30 patients who were determined to be dead and 90 patients thought to be alive after an ED visit as determined by a web-based searched of the SSDI. For those thought to be dead we requested death certificates. We then had a research coordinator blinded to the results of the SSDI search, complete direct follow-up by contacting the patients, family or primary care physicians to determine vital status. To determine the sensitivity and specificity of the SSDI for death at six months in this cohort, we used direct follow-up as the criterion reference and calculated 95% confidence intervals. Results: Direct follow-up was completed for 90% (108 of 120) of the patients. For those patients 20 were determined to be dead and 88 alive. The dead were more likely to be male (57%) and older [(mean age 83.9 (95% CI 79.1 – 88.7) vs. 60.9 (95% CI 56.4 – 65.4) for those alive]. The sensitivity of the SSDI for those with completed direct follow-up was 100% (95% CI 91 -100%) with specificity of 100% (95% CI 98-100%). Of the 12 patients who were not able to be contacted through direct follow-up, the SSDI indicated that 10 were dead and two were alive. Conclusions: SSDI is an accurate measure of death outcomes and appears to have the advantage of finding deaths among patients lost to follow-up

Hybrid Solar Energy Converter for Low Cost Electricity and Process Heat

Commercial and industrial heating applications make up 30% of energy consumption within the U.S., energy which is mainly provided by natural gas boilers. Despite this, little work has been done in the renewable energy sector to find distributed-scale sustainable solutions to medium temperature (100 to 600 C) Industrial Process Heat (IPH) applications

Randomized Controlled Trial of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Dog Bites with Refined Cost Model

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A Modular, Reconfigurable Mold for a Soft Robotic Gripper Design Activity

Soft robotics is an emerging field with strong potential to serve as an educational tool due to its advantages such as low costs and shallow learning curves. In this paper, we introduce a modular and reconfigurable mold for flexible design of pneumatic soft robotic grippers. By using simple assembly kits, students at all levels are able to design and construct soft robotic grippers that vary in function and performance. The process of constructing the modular mold enables students to understand how design choices impact system performance. Our unique modular mold allows students to select the number and length of fingers in a gripper, as well as to adjust the internal geometry of the pneumatic actuator cavity, which dictates how and where bending of a finger occurs. In addition, the mold may be deconstructed and reconfigured, which allows for fast iterative design and lowers material costs (since a new mold does not need to be made to implement a design change). We further demonstrate the feasibility of the modular mold by implementing it in a soft robot design activity in classrooms and showing a sufficiently high rate of student success in designing and constructing a functional soft robotic gripper

Bust-A-Binary: Active Attribution and Analysis of Malware Campaigns

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