19F nuclear spin relaxation and spin diffusion effects in the single ion magnet LiYF4:Ho3+

Temperature and magnetic field dependences of the 19F nuclear spin-lattice relaxation in a single crystal of LiYF4 doped with holmium are described by an approach based on a detailed consideration of the magnetic dipole-dipole interactions between nuclei and impurity paramagnetic ions and nuclear spin diffusion processes. The observed non-exponential long time recovery of the nuclear magnetization after saturation at intermediate temperatures is in agreement with predictions of the spin-diffusion theory in a case of the diffusion limited relaxation. At avoided level crossings in the spectrum of electron-nuclear states of the Ho3+ ion, rates of nuclear spin-lattice relaxation increase due to quasi-resonant energy exchange between nuclei and paramagnetic ions, in contrast to the predominant role played by electronic cross-relaxation processes in the low-frequency ac-susceptibility.Comment: 27 pages total, 5 figures, accepted for publication, Eur. Phys. J.

Esperienze progettuali di edifici per attività natatorie

Alla città di Milano manca un centro natatorio di spicco atto ad ospitare eventi sportivi di caratura internazionale. L’articolo affronta il tema della progettazione di edifici per attività natatorie proponendo l’inquadramento di possibili soluzioni progettuali attraverso degli studi eseguiti nell’ambito del corso “Building Technology Studio” al Politecnico di Milano. I progetti sono contestualizzati nell’ambito di un quartiere originariamente pensato per il rapporto con l’acqua, ovvero Porto di Mare, sito alla periferia sud-est di Milano

Architecting in global software engineering

Cataloged from PDF version of article.This paper summarizes the results of the First Workshop on Architecting in Global Software Engineering (GSE), which was organized in conjunction with the 6th International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE 2011). The workshop aimed to bring together researchers and practitioners for defining and advancing the state-of-the-art and state-of-the practice in architecture design of global software development systems

Synchronizing Sequencing Software to a Live Drummer

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The stochastic digital human is now enrolling for in silico imaging trials -- Methods and tools for generating digital cohorts

Randomized clinical trials, while often viewed as the highest evidentiary bar by which to judge the quality of a medical intervention, are far from perfect. In silico imaging trials are computational studies that seek to ascertain the performance of a medical device by collecting this information entirely via computer simulations. The benefits of in silico trials for evaluating new technology include significant resource and time savings, minimization of subject risk, the ability to study devices that are not achievable in the physical world, allow for the rapid and effective investigation of new technologies and ensure representation from all relevant subgroups. To conduct in silico trials, digital representations of humans are needed. We review the latest developments in methods and tools for obtaining digital humans for in silico imaging studies. First, we introduce terminology and a classification of digital human models. Second, we survey available methodologies for generating digital humans with healthy and diseased status and examine briefly the role of augmentation methods. Finally, we discuss the trade-offs of four approaches for sampling digital cohorts and the associated potential for study bias with selecting specific patient distributions

Factors that control the geochemical evolution of hydrothermal systems of alkaline water in granites in Central Pyrenees (Spain)

La evolución geoquímica de las soluciones de los sistemas hidrotermales de Caldas de Boí, Artiés, Tredós y Les, situados en el Pirineo Central (Spain), muestra diferencias reflejadas en la concentración de sólidos disueltos y en la presencia de una situación de equilibrio o desequilibrio en profundidad de las soluciones respecto a la albita. La datación (14C) de las aguas pertenecientes a los distintos sistemas hidrotermales ha puesto de manifiesto que el tiempo de residencia no es el factor de control determinante de las diferencias existentes en el grado de evolución geoquímica alcanzado por las mismas, teniendo que contemplarse otro tipo de factores relacionados con la cinética de disolución de los minerales, como responsables de estas diferencias. El análisis de la influencia de los principales factores que controlan la tasa de disolución de los minerales y, más en concreto, de los feldespatos, muestra como las diferencias de temperatura de las soluciones en profundidad son capaces de justificar el distinto grado de evolución geoquímica, incluso en soluciones con tiempos de residencia muy similares

How much of nitrogen from fertilizer is absorbed by palisadegrass when intercropped with corn?

The study evaluates the influence of Palisadegrass in the use of N fertilizer, according to forms of implantation of Palisadegrass intercropped with corn in Brazil

Characterization of risk exposure to carbonyl and furan compounds through wine consumption.

The objective of this study was to: (i) quantify acetaldehyde, formaldehyde, ethyl carbamate, furan, furfural and acrolein in wine using headspace-solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME) and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometric detection (GC×GC/TOFMS) and (ii) characterize the risk of exposure to these toxic compounds through wine consumption

Relaxation Properties of Small-World Networks

Recently, Watts and Strogatz introduced the so-called small-world networks in order to describe systems which combine simultaneously properties of regular and of random lattices. In this work we study diffusion processes defined on such structures by considering explicitly the probability for a random walker to be present at the origin. The results are intermediate between the corresponding ones for fractals and for Cayley trees.Comment: 16 pages, 6 figure