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Structural and magnetic study of a dilute magnetic semiconductor: Fe doped CeO2 nanoparticles
This paper reports the effect of Fe doping on the structure and room
temperature ferromagnetism of CeO2 nanoparticles. X-ray diffraction and
selective area electron diffraction measurement reflects that Ce1-xFexO2 (x =
0.0 - 0.07) nanoparticles exhibit single phase nature with cubic structure and
none of the sample showed the presence of any secondary phase. The mean
particle size calculated by using a transmission electron microscopy
measurement was found to increase with increase in Fe content. DC magnetization
measurements performed at room temperature indicates that all the samples
exhibit ferromagnetism. The saturation magnetic moment has been found to
increase with an increase in the Fe content.Comment: 16 Pages, 5 figure, 1 Table, Accepted in JN
Room temperature ferromagnetism in chemically synthesized ZnO rods
We report structural and magnetic properties of pure ZnO rods using X-ray
diffraction (XRD), magnetization hysteresis (M-H) loop and near edge x-ray fine
structure spectroscopy (NEXAFS) study at O K edge. Sample of ZnO was prepared
by co-precipitation method. XRD and selective area electron diffraction
measurements infer that ZnO rods exhibit a single phase polycrystalline nature
with wurtzite lattice. Field emission transmission electron microscopy, field
emission scanning electron microscopy micrographs infers that ZnO have rod type
microstructures with dimension 200 nm in diameter and 550 nm in length. M-H
loop studies performed at room temperature display room temperature
ferromagnetism in ZnO rods. NEXAFS study reflects absence of the oxygen
vacancies in pure ZnO rods.Comment: 8 Pages, 3 Figure
Determination of Copper, Total Chromium and Silver in Impregnated Carbon
Carbon samples were impregnated with ammonical solutions of silver salt alone and in combination with Cu and Cr salts. The impregnated samples were characterised for Cu, total Cr and Ag. Copper was extracted as CuCl/sub 2/ using concentrated HCl and Cr with NaOH. Silver was extracted from impregnated carbon using HNO3 and sodium thiosulphate (Na/sub 2/S/sub 2/O/sub 3/-5H/sub 2/0) and ashed impregnated carbons using aqua regia. The extracted metals in their solutions were quantitatively determined by titrimetric method and atomic absorption spectroscopy. The results were within acceptable limits of error. Sodium thiosulphate is recommended for extraction of Ag, as it accomplishes complete leaching of Ag faster than the other extracting agents
Kinetics and kinematics of diabetic foot in type 2 diabetes mellitus with and without peripheral neuropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Diabetes mellitus patients are at increased risk of developing diabetic foot with peripheral neuropathy, vascular and musculoskeletal complications. Problems develop with a relatively high risk of infection, gangrene and amputation. In addition, altered plantar pressure distribution is an important etiopathogenic risk factor for the development of foot ulcers. The purpose of this systematic review is to understand the biomechanical changes involved through studies of foot kinematic and kinetic in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Scientific articles were identified using electronic databases including Science Direct, CINAHL, Springer Link, Medline, Web of Science, and Pubmed. The selection of articles to include in the systematic review was narrorwed after reading the full text, focusing on studies that used experimental designs relating to the biomechanics of diabetic foot. The meta-analysis report on gait velocity (neuropathy = 128 and non-diabetes = 131) showed that there was a significantly lower gait velocity in neuropathy participants compared to non-diabetes age-matched participants at a high effect level (-0.09, 95% CI -0.13 to 0.05; p < 0.0001). Regarding knee-joint flexion range, there was a significant difference between neuropathy and non-diabetes groups (4.75, 95% CI, -7.53 to 1.97, p = 0.0008). The systematic review found significant differences in kinematic and kinetic variables among diabetic with neuropathy, diabetic without neuropathy and non-diabetic individuals. The review also found that the sample sizes used in some studies were not statistically significant enough contribute reliably to the meta-analysis, so further studies with higher sample sizes are required
Superconformal Multi-Black Hole Moduli Spaces in Four Dimensions
Quantum mechanics on the moduli space of N supersymmetric Reissner-Nordstrom
black holes is shown to admit 4 supersymmetries using an unconventional
supermultiplet which contains 3N bosons and 4N fermions. A near-horizon limit
is found in which the quantum mechanics of widely separated black holes
decouples from that of strongly-interacting, near-coincident black holes. This
near-horizon theory is shown to have an enhanced D(2,1;0) superconformal
symmetry. The bosonic symmetries are SL(2,R) conformal symmetry and SU(2)xSU(2)
R-symmetry arising from spatial rotations and the R-symmetry of N=2
supergravity.Comment: 23 pages, harvmac. v2: many typos fixe
Comparative evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy of rumen buffers and direct fed microbials (DFM) in sub-acute ruminal acidosis in dairy cows
Sub-acute ruminal acidosis (SARA) in dairy cattle is a disorder of ruminal fermentation caused by
the ingestion of large amounts of concentrates with inadequate amounts of fibre. The condition
is characterized by sustained and marked decrease in rumen liquor pH ≤5.5 for at least three
hours of each day. Rumen buffers and direct fed microbials (DFM) are dietary supplements
that had been used in the management of SARA. Rumen liquor samples of dairy cows from
the organized farms and households of Wayanad district which were at the risk of SARA were
collected by rumenocentesis for rumen pH estimation. Blood samples were collected from cows
positive for SARA and subjected to haemato-biochemical evaluations. Three different therapeutic
protocols involving oral administration of sodium bicarbonate, Lithothamnium calcareum extracts
as rumen buffers and a mixture Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Aspergillus oryzae as direct fed
microbial were compared in SARA positive cows for 14 days and the efficacy of the treatment was
evaluated by the improvement in rumen liquor pH after the treatment period. Rumen buffer like
sodium bicarbonate was found to be more efficient than Lithothamnium calcareum and DFMs like
Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Aspergillus oryzae mixture in improving the rumen pH values in
cattle positive for SARA
Nanophotothermolysis of Poly-(vinyl) Alcohol Capped Silver Particles
Laser-induced thermal fusion and fragmentation of poly-(vinyl) alcohol (PVA)-capped silver nanoparticles in aqueous medium have been reported. PVA-capped silver nanoparticles with an average size of 15 nm were prepared by chemical reduction technique. The laser-induced photo-fragmentation of these particles has been monitored by UV-visible spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The morphological changes induced by thermal and photochemical effects were found to influence the optical properties of these nanoparticles
Properties of high-frequency wave power halos around active regions: an analysis of multi-height data from HMI and AIA onboard SDO
We study properties of waves of frequencies above the photospheric acoustic
cut-off of 5.3 mHz, around four active regions, through spatial maps
of their power estimated using data from Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI)
and Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard Solar Dynamics Observatory
(SDO). The wavelength channels 1600 {\AA} and 1700 {\AA} from AIA are now known
to capture clear oscillation signals due to helioseismic p modes as well as
waves propagating up through to the chromosphere. Here we study in detail, in
comparison with HMI Doppler data, properties of the power maps, especially the
so called 'acoustic halos' seen around active regions, as a function of wave
frequencies, inclination and strength of magnetic field (derived from the
vector field observations by HMI) and observation height. We infer possible
signatures of (magneto-)acoustic wave refraction from the observation height
dependent changes, and hence due to changing magnetic strength and geometry, in
the dependences of power maps on the photospheric magnetic quantities. We
discuss the implications for theories of p mode absorption and mode conversions
by the magnetic field.Comment: 22 pages, 12 figures, Accepted by journal Solar Physic
Super D-branes from BRST Symmetry
Recently a new formalism has been developed for the covariant quantization of
superstrings. We study properties of Dp-branes and p-branes in this new
framework, focusing on two different topics: effective actions and boundary
states for Dp-branes. We present a derivation of the Wess-Zumino terms for
super (D)p-branes using BRST symmetry. To achieve this we derive the BRST
symmetry for superbranes, starting from the approach with/without pure spinors,
and completely characterize the WZ terms as elements of the BRST cohomology. We
also develope the boundary state description of Dp-branes by analyzing the
boundary conditions for open strings in the completely covariant (i.e., without
pure spinors) BRST formulation.Comment: 31 pp; journal version, expended discussion of D-brane pure spinor
constraints in Section 2.
A Simple Shell Model for Quantum Dots in a Tilted Magnetic Field
A model for quantum dots is proposed, in which the motion of a few electrons
in a three-dimensional harmonic oscillator potential under the influence of a
homogeneous magnetic field of arbitrary direction is studied. The spectrum and
the wave functions are obtained by solving the classical problem. The ground
state of the Fermi-system is obtained by minimizing the total energy with
regard to the confining frequencies. From this a dependence of the equilibrium
shape of the quantum dot on the electron number, the magnetic field parameters
and the slab thickness is found.Comment: 15 pages (Latex), 3 epsi figures, to appear in PhysRev B, 55 Nr. 20
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