161 research outputs found
La historia incompleta del descubrimiento de la division cerebral y Roger W. Sperry
Roger Wolcott Sperry fue el primer psicĂłlogo en recibir el Premio Nobel de Medicina o FisiologĂa (1981) por sus descubrimientos relacionados con la especializaciĂłn funcional de los hemisferios cerebrales. El presente artĂculo es un homenaje a Sperry a travĂ©s de una reseña de su trayectoria como cientĂfico y su impacto a travĂ©s de diversos indicadores como las citas en las bases de datos especializadas y los reconocimientos recibidos a lo largo de su vida. A pesar de lo anterior, la comunidad psicolĂłgica no ha dado el suficiente reconocimiento a este discĂpulo de Karl Lashley, a diferencia de lo que sucede en otros campos del conocimiento como la neurociencia
Orbital current mode in elliptical quantum dots
An orbital current mode peculiar to deformed quantum dots is theoretically
investigated; first by using a simple model that allows to interpret
analytically its main characteristics, and second, by numerically solving the
microscopic equations of time evolution after an initial perturbation within
the time-dependent local-spin-density approximation. Results for different
deformations and sizes are shown.Comment: 4 REVTEX pages, 4 PDF figures, accepted in PRB:R
Electronic spin precession in semiconductor quantum dots with spin-orbit coupling
The electronic spin precession in semiconductor dots is strongly affected by
the spin-orbit coupling. We present a theory of the electronic spin resonance
at low magnetic fields that predicts a strong dependence on the dot occupation,
the magnetic field and the spin-orbit coupling strength. Coulomb interaction
effects are also taken into account in a numerical approach.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Oscillation modes of two-dimensional nanostructures within the time-dependent local-spin-density approximation
We apply the time-dependent local-spin-density approximation as general
theory to describe ground states and spin-density oscillations in the linear
response regime of two-dimensional nanostructures of arbitrary shape. For this
purpose, a frequency analysis of the simulated real-time evolution is
performed. The effect on the response of the recently proposed spin-density
waves in the ground state of certain parabolic quantum dots is considered. They
lead to the prediction of a new class of excitations, soft spin-twist modes,
with energies well below that of the spin dipole oscillation.Comment: 4 RevTex pages and 4 GIF figures, accepted in PR
Quantum dots based on spin properties of semiconductor heterostructures
The possibility of a novel type of semiconductor quantum dots obtained by
spatially modulating the spin-orbit coupling intensity in III-V
heterostructures is discussed. Using the effective mass model we predict
confined one-electron states having peculiar spin properties. Furthermore, from
mean field calculations (local-spin-density and Hartree-Fock) we find that even
two electrons could form a bound state in these dots.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures. Accepted in PRB (Brief Report) (2004
Spin-Orbit induced semiconductor spin guides
The tunability of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling allows to build
semiconductor heterostructures with space modulated coupling intensities. We
show that a wire-shaped spin-orbit modulation in a quantum well can support
propagating electronic states inside the wire only for a certain spin
orientation and, therefore, it acts as an effective spin transmission guide for
this particular spin orientation.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. e-mail contact: [email protected], to appear
in Nanotechnology (2003
GeneraciĂłn de campo polarizado circularmente en geometrĂa plana con alimentaciĂłn asimĂ©trica
This paper presents a novel feeding system for obtaining circular polarized microstrip antennas, which is based on electromagnetic coupling in a single layer. The proposed circularly-polarized (CP) operation can be achieved simply by lengthening a microstrip line in the feeding system, without modifying the microstrip radiator. From the experimental results, the 3-dB axial-ratio bandwidth can reach as large as 98 MHz (3.9% relative to the center frequency of 2.44MHz) for the application as a 2.45-GHz RFID reader, or communication in ISM band
Modelo de formaciĂłn de los yacimientos estratoligados de Cu en lechos rojos de Las Vigas (Chihuahua, MĂ©xico)
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Subjects With Diabetes Mellitus Are at Increased Risk for Developing Tuberculosis : A Cohort Study in an Inner-City District of Barcelona (Spain)
Altres ajuts: Spanish Ministry of Economy and the Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l'AtenciĂł PrimĂ ria de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (Catalan Health Institute, PREDOC_ECO-19/2).Background: Tuberculosis is the leading cause of mortality from lung infectious disease worldwide in recent years, and its incidence has re-emerged in large cities in low-incidence countries due to migration and socioeconomic deprivation causes. Diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis are syndemic diseases, with diabetes being considered a risk factor for developing tuberculosis. Objective: To investigate whether diabetic patients were at increased risk of tuberculosis living in an inner-district of a large city of northeastern Spain. Methods: Observational matched retrospective cohort study based on clinical records from the population of the lowest socioeconomic status in Barcelona (Ciutat Vella district). A cohort including patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus in 2007 and new cases until 2016 (8004 subjects), matched 1:1 by sex and age with a non-diabetic cohort. Follow-up period was until December 31st 2018. We evaluated the risk of developing tuberculosis in diabetic patients compared to non-diabetic patients during the follow up period. We used time-to-event analysis to estimate the incidence of tuberculosis, and competing risks regression by clusters and conditional Cox regression models to calculate the hazard ratio (HR) and its 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results: Among the 16,008 included subjects, the median follow-up was 8.7 years. The mean age was 57.7 years; 61.2% men and 38.8% women in both groups. The incidence of tuberculosis was 69.9 per 100,000 person-years in diabetic patients, and 40.9 per 100,000 person-years in non-diabetic patients (HR = 1.90; CI: 1.18-3.07). After adjustment for the country of origin, chronic kidney disease, number of medical appointments, BMI, alcoholism and smoking, the risk remained higher in diabetic patients (1.66: CI 0.99-2.77). Additionally, subjects from Hindustan or with a history of alcohol abuse also showed a higher risk of developing tuberculosis (HR = 3.51; CI:1.87-6.57, and HR = 2.73; CI:1.22-6.12 respectively). Conclusion: People with diabetes mellitus were at higher risk of developing tuberculosis in a large cohort recruited in an inner-city district with a high incidence for this outcome, and low socioeconomic conditions and high proportion of migrants. This risk was higher among Hindustan born and alcohol abusers
Symmetry breaking and the random-phase approximation in small quantum dots
The random-phase approximation has been used to compute the properties of
parabolic two-dimensional quantum dots beyond the mean-field approximation.
Special emphasis is put on the ground state correlation energy, the symmetry
restoration and the role of the spurious modes within the random-phase
approximation. A systematics with the Coulombic interaction strength is
presented for the 2-electron dot, while for the 6- and 12-electron dots
selected cases are discussed. The validity of the random-phase approximation is
assessed by comparison with available exact results.Comment: 9 pages, 4 embedded + 6 gif Figs. Published versio
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