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Method and apparatus for holding two separate metal pieces together for welding
A method of holding two separate metal pieces together for welding is described including the steps of overlapping a portion of one of the metal pieces on a portion of the other metal piece, encasing the overlapping metal piece in a compressible device, drawing the compressible device into an enclosure, and compressing a portion of the compressible device around the overlapping portions of the metal pieces for holding the metal pieces under constant and equal pressure during welding. The preferred apparatus for performing the method utilizes a support mechanism to support the two separate metal pieces in an overlapping configuration; a compressible device surrounding the support mechanism and at least one of the metal pieces, and a compressing device surrounding the compressible device for compressing the compressible device around the overlapping portions of the metal pieces, thus providing constant and equal pressure at all points on the overlapping portions of the metal pieces
Letter from S. S. McClure to John Muir, 1901 Apr 9.
THE S.S. McCLURE COMPANY,PUBLISHERS,NEW YORK AND LONDON,EDITORIAL ROOMS. 141 EAST TWENTY-FIFTH ST. NEW YORK.April 9, 1901.Mr. John Muir.My dear Sir:Will you not lot no introduce to you, Mr. Hay Stannard Baker, of the staff of Ms Clure\u27s Magazine For a long tine it has boon our hope to have a good article about yourself in the magazine and I have aeked Mr. Baker, who is one of our moot valued associates, to see you while in the West, and find if you would not be willing to give him the material for the article I have in mind. I feel sure that you will find Mr. Baker, sympathetic with, and intelligent in comprehending your ideas. If you will be good enough to talk with him, I feel sure that he can convince you that he will prepare an article that you will be willing to have given to the publicIn these personal sketches of prominent living persons which we are securing for Me Clure*s Magazine, our object is not to gratify vulgar curiosity about the personal life of individuals, but to present the stories of great ideals and of big lives well lived, in such a way that they will be an inspiration to everybody. I feel sure that you will understand, and approve of our aim, after talking with Mr. Baker, You may be sure, my dear Mr. Muir, that I shall be very grateful to you, if you will be good enough to allow him to visit youVery sincerely yours.S.S.[illegible][02854
Polarized Diffuse Emission at 2.3 GHz in a High Galactic Latitude Area
Polarized diffuse emission observations at 2.3 GHz in a high Galactic
latitude area are presented. The 2\degr X 2\degr field, centred in
(\alpha=5^h,\delta=-49\degr), is located in the region observed by the
BOOMERanG experiment. Our observations has been carried out with the Parkes
Radio telescope and represent the highest frequency detection done to date in
low emission areas. Because of a weaker Faraday rotation action, the high
frequency allows an estimate of the Galactic synchrotron contamination of the
Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization (CMBP) that is more reliable than that
done at 1.4 GHz. We find that the angular power spectra of the E- and B-modes
have slopes of \beta_E = -1.46 +/- 0.14 and \beta_B = -1.87 +/- 0.22,
indicating a flattening with respect to 1.4 GHz. Extrapolated up to 32 GHz, the
E-mode spectrum is about 3 orders of magnitude lower than that of the CMBP,
allowing a clean detection even at this frequency. The best improvement
concerns the B-mode, for which our single-dish observations provide the first
estimate of the contamination on angular scales close to the CMBP peak (about 2
degrees). We find that the CMBP B-mode should be stronger than synchrotron
contamination at 90 GHz for models with T/S > 0.01. This low level could move
down to 60-70 GHz the optimal window for CMBP measures.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS Letter
A state of poverty: Critical realism of socio-economic problems in the works of Charles Dickens
Oppgaven tar for seg de sosiale problemene på tiden der Oliver Twist ble skrevet, og hvordan disse problemene fortsatt er relevant for dagens samfunn.This paper deals with the socio-economic problems of the time in which Oliver Twist was written, and it also looks at how these issues still are relevant in today's society
Glycophenotype of prostatic carcinomas.
The factors that affect the progression of prostatic carcinoma are poorly understood, but it is known that carbohydrate antigens on the tumour cell surface play a role in the transforming and metastatic processes. The present report aimed to perform a comparative, lectin-histochemical study of benign and carcinomatous prostates, using a battery of lectins, in combination with monoclonal antibodies against Lewis antigens, and a semi quantitative study, to investigate the changes in glycosylation patterns that occur in prostatic carcinoma. Blocks from 27 necropsy cases of prostatic carcinoma were sectioned and stained with H+E, fifteen biotinylated lectins chosen to probe for a wide range of oligosaccharide sequences within several categories of glycoprotein glycans, using a lectin-biotin avidin-peroxidase method, and monoclonal antibodies against Lewisa, sialyl Lewisa and sialyl Lewisx antigens. The glycophenotype of prostatic carcinoma differed from that of the noncancerous prostate in revealing more intense staining with the following lectins (AAA, UEA-1, DBA, WFA, VVA, HPA, BSA-1B4, MPA, ECA, AHA, and CTA), while the binding patterns of (GNA and NPA) were almost similar in both prostatic carcinoma and the noncancerous prostate. Lewis antigens are found to be expressed in prostatic carcinomas but not in the noncancerous prostate. The observations of this study suggest that the gylcophenotype of transformed prostatic cells was modified. It showed a moderate increase in, and changing patterns of, fucosylation and galactosylation, increased branching of side chains and sharp rise in 2 deoxy, 2 acetamido galactosylation and masking process by sialylation, especially by ÃŽÄ…2-3 and ÃŽÄ…2-6 linkages. All these changes in the glycosylation pattern of the transformed prostatic cells were observed on O-glycans, no changes were observed on N-glycans
Tissue stimulator enclosure welding fixture
It was demonstrated that the thickness of the stimulator titanium enclosure is directly related to the battery recharge time cycle. Reduction of the titanium enclosure thickness from approximately 0.37 mm (0.015 inch) to 0.05 mm (0.002 inch) significantly reduced the recharge time cycle and thereby patient inconvenience. However, fabrication of titanium enclosures from the thinner material introduced problems in forming, holding, and welding that required improvement in state of the art shop practices. The procedures that were utilized to resolve these fabrication problems are described
The distance and neutral environment of the massive stellar cluster Westerlund 1
The goal of this study is to determine a distance to Westerlund 1 independent
of the characteristics of the stellar population and to study its neutral
environment, using observations of atomic hydrogen. The HI observations are
taken from the Southern Galactic Plane Survey to study HI absorption in the
direction of the HII region created by the members of Westerlund 1 and to
investigate its environment as observed in the HI line emission. A Galactic
rotation curve was derived using the recently revised values for the Galactic
centre distance of kpc, and the velocity of the Sun around the
Galactic centre of km s. The newly determined
rotation model leads us to derive a distance of kpc to Westerlund
1, consistent with a location in the Scutum-Crux Arm. Included in this estimate
is a very careful investigation of possible sources of error for the Galactic
rotation curve. We also report on small expanding HI features around the
cluster with a maximum dynamic age of 600,000 years and a larger bubble which
has a minimum dynamic age of 2.5 million years. Additionally we re-calculated
the kinematic distances to nearby HII regions and supernova remnants based on
our new Galaxic rotation curve. We propose that in the early stages of the
development of Wd 1 a large interstellar bubble of diameter about 50 pc was
created by the cluster members. This bubble has a dynamic age similar to the
age of the cluster. Small expanding bubbles, with dynamical ages Myr
are found around Wd 1, which we suggest consist of recombined material lost by
cluster members through their winds.Comment: 8 pages, accepted for publication in A&
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