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Effect of ionic radii on the Curie temperature in Ba1-x-ySrxCayTiO3 compounds
<p>A series of Ba<sub>1-x-y</sub>Sr<sub>x</sub>Ca<sub>y</sub>TiO<sub>3</sub> compounds were prepared with varying average ionic radii and cation disorder on A-site. All samples showed typical ferroelectric behavior. A simple empirical equation correlated Curie temperature, <em>T<sub>C</sub></em>, with the values of ionic radii of A-site cations. This correlation was related to the distortion of TiO<sub>6</sub> octahedra observed during neutron diffraction studies. The equation was used for the selection of compounds with predetermined values of <em>T<sub>C</sub></em>. The effects of A-site ionic radii on the temperatures of phase transitions in Ba<sub>1-x-y</sub>Sr<sub>x</sub>Ca<sub>y</sub>TiO<sub>3</sub> were discussed. </p
Adaptive fuzzy observer based hierarchical sliding mode control for uncertain 2D overhead cranes
© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper proposes a new approach to robustly control a 2D under-actuated overhead crane system, where a payload is effectively transported to a destination in real time with small sway angles, given its inherent uncertainties such as actuator nonlinearities and external disturbances. The control law is proposed to be developed by the use of the robust hierarchical sliding mode control (HSMC) structure in which a second-level sliding surface is formulated by two first-level sliding surfaces drawn on both actuated and under-actuated outputs of the crane. The unknown and uncertain parameters of the proposed control scheme are then adaptively estimated by the fuzzy observer (FO), where the adaptation mechanism is derived from the Lyapunov theory. More importantly, stability of the proposed strategy is theoretically proved. Effectiveness of the proposed adaptive FO-based HSMC approach was extensively validated by implementing the algorithm in both synthetic simulations and real-life experiments, where the results obtained by our method are highly promising
Analysis of the Brinkman-Forchheimer equations with slip boundary conditions
In this work, we study the Brinkman-Forchheimer equations driven under slip
boundary conditions of friction type. We prove the existence and uniqueness of
weak solutions by means of regularization combined with the Faedo-Galerkin
approach. Next we discuss the continuity of the solution with respect to
Brinkman's and Forchheimer's coefficients. Finally, we show that the weak
solution of the corresponding stationary problem is stable
PNP13 QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) AND PHARMACOECONOMICAL ASPECTS IN PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMATIC LOCALIZATION-RELATED EPILEPSIES (SLE) IN MOSCOW
The Spectrum of the 2+1 Dimensional Gauge Ising Model
We present a high precision Monte Carlo study of the spectrum of the
gauge theory in dimensions in the strong coupling phase. Using state of
the art Monte Carlo techniques we are able to accurately determine up to three
masses in a single channel. We compare our results with the strong coupling
expansion for the lightest mass and with results for the universal ratio
determined for the -theory. Finally the whole spectrum is
compared with that obtained from the Isgur-Paton flux tube model and the
spectrum of the dimensional gauge theory. A remarkable agreement
between the Ising and SU(2) spectra (except for the lowest mass state) is
found.Comment: uuencoded latex file of 22 pages plus 4 ps figure
Prediction of prostate cancer Gleason score upgrading from biopsy to radical prostatectomy using pre-biopsy multiparametric MRI PIRADS scoring system
Experiments on Multidimensional Solitons
This article presents an overview of experimental efforts in recent years
related to multidimensional solitons in Bose-Einstein condensates. We discuss
the techniques used to generate and observe multidimensional nonlinear waves in
Bose-Einstein condensates with repulsive interactions. We further summarize
observations of planar soliton fronts undergoing the snake instability, the
formation of vortex rings, and the emergence of hybrid structures.Comment: review paper, to appear as Chapter 5b in "Emergent Nonlinear
Phenomena in Bose-Einstein Condensates: Theory and Experiment," edited by P.
G. Kevrekidis, D. J. Frantzeskakis, and R. Carretero-Gonzalez
(Springer-Verlag
Improveing test suites for efficient fault localization
ABSTRACT The need for testing-for-diagnosis strategies has been identified for a long time, but the explicit link from testing to diagnosis (fault localization) is rare. Analyzing the type of information needed for efficient fault localization, we identify the attribute (called Dynamic Basic Block) that restricts the accuracy of a diagnosis algorithm. Based on this attribute, a test-for-diagnosis criterion is proposed and validated through rigorous case studies: it shows that a test suite can be improved to reach a high level of diagnosis accuracy. So, the dilemma between a reduced testing effort (with as few test cases as possible) and the diagnosis accuracy (that needs as much test cases as possible to get more information) is partly solved by selecting test cases that are dedicated to diagnosis
Improveing test suites for efficient fault localization
ABSTRACT The need for testing-for-diagnosis strategies has been identified for a long time, but the explicit link from testing to diagnosis (fault localization) is rare. Analyzing the type of information needed for efficient fault localization, we identify the attribute (called Dynamic Basic Block) that restricts the accuracy of a diagnosis algorithm. Based on this attribute, a test-for-diagnosis criterion is proposed and validated through rigorous case studies: it shows that a test suite can be improved to reach a high level of diagnosis accuracy. So, the dilemma between a reduced testing effort (with as few test cases as possible) and the diagnosis accuracy (that needs as much test cases as possible to get more information) is partly solved by selecting test cases that are dedicated to diagnosis
Algebraic charge liquids
High temperature superconductivity emerges in the cuprate compounds upon
changing the electron density of an insulator in which the electron spins are
antiferromagnetically ordered. A key characteristic of the superconductor is
that electrons can be extracted from them at zero energy only if their momenta
take one of four specific values (the `nodal points'). A central enigma has
been the evolution of the zero energy electrons in the metallic state between
the antiferromagnet and the superconductor, and recent experiments yield
apparently contradictory results. The oscillation of the resistance in this
metal as a function of magnetic field indicate that the zero energy electrons
carry momenta which lie on elliptical `Fermi pockets', while ejection of
electrons by high intensity light indicates that the zero energy electrons have
momenta only along arc-like regions. We present a theory of new states of
matter, which we call `algebraic charge liquids', which arise naturally between
the antiferromagnet and the superconductor, and reconcile these observations.
Our theory also explains a puzzling dependence of the density of
superconducting electrons on the total electron density, and makes a number of
unique predictions for future experiments.Comment: 6+8 pages, 2 figures; (v2) Rewritten for broader accessibility; (v3)
corrected numerical error in Eq. (5
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