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Evaluation of meterological rocket data
Meteorological rocket data compared with rawinsonde observation
Densification and preservation of ceramic nanocrystalline character by spark plasma sintering
Spark plasma sintering is a hot pressing technique where rapid heating by dc electric pulses is used simultaneously with applied pressure. Thus, spark plasma sintering is highly suitable for rapid densification of ceramic nanoparticles and preservation of the final nanostructure. A considerable portion of the shrinkage during densification of the green compact of nanoparticles in the first and intermediate stages of sintering occurs during heating by particle rearrangement by sliding and rotation. Further densification to the final stage of sintering takes place by either plastic yield or diffusional processes. Full densification in the final stage of sintering is associated with diffusional processes only. Nanoparticle sliding and rotation during heating may also lead to grain coalescence, with much faster kinetics than normal grain growth at higher temperatures. Based on existing models for particle rearrangement and sliding, the contributions of these processes in conjunction with nanoparticle properties and process parameters were highlighted
Parametric down-conversion from a wave-equations approach: geometry and absolute brightness
Using the approach of coupled wave equations, we consider spontaneous
parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in the narrow-band regime and its
relationship to classical nonlinear processes such as sum-frequency generation.
We find simple expressions in terms of mode overlap integrals for the absolute
pair production rate into single spatial modes, and simple relationships
between the efficiencies of the classical and quantum processes. The results,
obtained with Green function techniques, are not specific to any geometry or
nonlinear crystal. The theory is applied to both degenerate and non-degenerate
SPDC. We also find a time-domain expression for the correlation function
between filtered signal and idler fields.Comment: 10 pages, no figure
Andreev reflection of massive pseudospin-1 fermions
We theoretically investigate the Andreev reflection of the pseudospin-1 Dirac
fermions with either the -type or the -type mass term. For the -type fermions, it is found that the Andreev reflection probability at the
oblique incidence can be even larger than that at the normal incidence. For the
retro-reflection, such an oblique enhancement occurs in the -doped -type
(-doped -type) massive fermion systems. While for the specular
reflection, the enhancement occurs in the -doped -type (-doped
-type) systems. For the -type massive fermions, a super Andreev
reflection with all-angle unit efficiency is predicted in an undoped junction
with the incident energy equal to the superconducting gap.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figue
Quantum quench dynamics of the Bose-Hubbard model at finite temperatures
We study quench dynamics of the Bose-Hubbard model by exact diagonalization.
Initially the system is at thermal equilibrium and of a finite temperature. The
system is then quenched by changing the on-site interaction strength
suddenly. Both the single-quench and double-quench scenarios are considered. In
the former case, the time-averaged density matrix and the real-time evolution
are investigated. It is found that though the system thermalizes only in a very
narrow range of the quenched value of , it does equilibrate or relax well in
a much larger range. Most importantly, it is proven that this is guaranteed for
some typical observables in the thermodynamic limit. In order to test whether
it is possible to distinguish the unitarily evolving density matrix from the
time-averaged (thus time-independent), fully decoherenced density matrix, a
second quench is considered. It turns out that the answer is affirmative or
negative according to the intermediate value of is zero or not.Comment: preprint, 20 pages, 7 figure
A simple theory of dipole antennas
Simple and quantitatively accurate representation of current distribution in dipole antenna
TIFA, an inflammatory signaling adaptor, is tumor suppressive for liver cancer.
TIFA (TNF receptor associated factor (TRAF)-interacting protein with a Forkhead-associated (FHA) domain), also called T2BP, was first identified using a yeast two-hybrid screening. TIFA contains a FHA domain, which directly binds phosphothreonine and phosphoserine, and a consensus TRAF6-binding motif. TIFA-mediated oligomerization and poly-ubiquitinylation of TRAF6 mediates signaling downstream of the Tumor necrosis factor alpha receptor 1 (TNFaR-I) and interleukin-1/Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) pathways. Examining TIFA expression in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues microarrays, we noted marked decreases TIFA reactivity in tumor versus control samples. In agreement, we found that HCC cell lines show reduced TIFA expression levels versus normal liver controls. Reconstituting TIFA expression in HCC cell lines promoted two independent apoptosis signaling pathways: the induction of p53 and cell cycle arrest, and the activation of caspase-8 and caspase-3. In contrast, the expression of a non-oligomerizing mutant of TIFA impacted cells minimally, and suppression of TIFA expression protected cells from apoptosis. Mice bearing TIFA overexpression hepatocellular xenografts develop smaller tumors versus TIFA mutant tumors; terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling staining demonstrates increased cell apoptosis, and decreased proliferation, reflecting cell cycle arrest. Interestingly, p53 has a greater role in decreased proliferation than cell death, as it appeared dispensable for TIFA-induced cell killing. The findings demonstrate a novel suppressive role of TIFA in HCC progression via promotion of cell death independent of p53
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