Beyond the quasi-particle: Stochastic domain wall dynamics in soft ferromagnetic nanowires

We study the physical origins of stochastic domain wall pinning in soft ferromagnetic nanowires using focused magneto-optic Kerr effect measurements and dynamic micromagnetic simulations. Our results illustrate the ubiquitous nature of these effects in Ni80Fe20 nanowires, and show that they are not only a result of the magnetisation history of the system (i.e. the magnetisation structure of the injected domain walls), and the onset of non-linear propagation dynamics above the Walker breakdown field, but also a complex interplay between the two. We show that this means that, while micromagnetics can be used to make qualitative predictions of the behaviour of domain walls at defect sites, making quantitative predictions is much more challenging. Together, our results reinforce the view that even in these simple pseudo-one dimensional nanomagnets, domain walls must be considered as complex, dynamically evolving objects rather than simple quasi-particles

Sensorial transparency in Thrillers’ dread scenes

In a previous paper, the researchers Lama Abu Hassan and Kifah Al Omari provide a new definition for the phenomenology of transparency in thriller films. Accordingly, they suggest that it is possible to extract three forms of transparency; the personal, substance, and sensorial transparency. They thoroughly discuss these forms, taking the film HUSH directed by Mike Flanagan as a case study. This paper concentrates more on sensorial transparency, arguing that it is the form that best fits the cinematic dread prototype. The researchers provide many examples that help to understand its effect and level of engagement with the viewers.En un artículo anterior, los investigadores Lama Abu Hassan y Kifah Al Omari proporcionaron una nueva definición para la fenomenología de la transparencia en las películas de suspenso. En consecuencia, sugieren que es posible extraer tres formas de transparencia; la transparencia personal, substancial y sensorial. Discuten a fondo estas formas, tomando la película HUSH dirigida por Mike Flanagan como un estudio de caso. Este artículo se concentra más en la transparencia sensorial, argumentando que es la forma que mejor se adapta al prototipo de terror cinematográfico. Los investigadores proporcionan muchos ejemplos que ayudan a comprender mejor su efecto y el nivel de compromiso con los espectadores

Critical and Ideological Analysis of 1960s American Films

The films produced during the sixties of the twentieth century reflect the major events that took place during that period through indirect and implicit codes, symbols, cultural messages, and ideological thoughts. The use of symbolic and ideological messages and suggestive scenes accentuates the complexity of understanding those films critically and historically. This paper critically studies the profound cultural and ideological meanings and messages of some representative key films of the 1960s in America, such as Hitchcock’s Marnie (1964), John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy (1969), and Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider (1969).Las películas producidas durante los años sesenta del siglo XX reflejan los principales acontecimientos que tuvieron lugar durante ese período a través de códigos indirectos e implícitos, símbolos, mensajes culturales y pensamientos ideológicos. El uso de los mensajes simbólicos e ideológicos y las escenas sugerentes acentúa la complejidad de entender esas películas crítica e históricamente. Este artículo estudia críticamente los profundos significados culturales e ideológicos y los mensajes de algunas películas clave representativas de la década de 1960 en Estados Unidos, como Marnie de Hitchcock (1964), Midnight Cowboy de John Schlesinger (1969) y Easy Rider (1969) de Dennis Hopper

Design of Wastewater Ponds Based on Stochastic Storage Analysis

U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Grant #14-08-0001-G1318Center for Water and the Environmen

Erratum: Antimicrobials: A global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA). [World J Emerg Surg. 11, (2016) (33)] DOI: 10.1186/s13017-016-0089-y

The original article [1] contains an error whereby a co-author, Boris Sakakushev has their family name spelt incorrectly as 'Sakakhushev'. The authors would therefore like it known that the correct spelling of the family name is 'Sakakushev'. © The Author(s)