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Numerical Modeling and Imaging with ULIAS: Ultrasonic Inspection Applying Simulation
ULIAS is the short term for ULtrasonic Inspection Applying Simulation. ULIAS is a module based software package comprising modules for numerical modeling, imaging, data compression, signal processing, and visualization in 1-D/2-D/3-D
Analytical and Numerical Predictions of Short Pulsed Elastic Waves on a Half-Space
The numerical modeling of ultrasonic wave propagation in elastic solids is particularly attractive for NDT applications because of the relative ease with which the boundaries of realistic defect shapes and testing geometries can be handled. A two-dimensional explicit finite element code [1] has been developed for this purpose
Coordination-driven magnetic-to-nonmagnetic transition in manganese doped silicon clusters
The interaction of a single manganese impurity with silicon is analyzed in a
combined experimental and theoretical study of the electronic, magnetic, and
structural properties of manganese-doped silicon clusters. The structural
transition from exohedral to endohedral doping coincides with a quenching of
high-spin states. For all geometric structures investigated, we find a similar
dependence of the magnetic moment on the manganese coordination number and
nearest neighbor distance. This observation can be generalized to manganese
point defects in bulk silicon, whose magnetic moments fall within the observed
magnetic-to-nonmagnetic transition, and which therefore react very sensitively
to changes in the local geometry. The results indicate that high spin states in
manganese-doped silicon could be stabilized by an appropriate lattice
expansion
Phase Modulated Thermal Conductance of Josephson Weak Links
We present a theory for quasiparticle heat transport through superconducting
weak links. The thermal conductance depends on the phase difference () of
the superconducting leads. Branch conversion processes, low-energy Andreev
bound states near the contact and the suppression of the local density of
states near the gap edge are related to phase-sensitive transport processes.
Theoretical results for the influence of junction transparency, temperature and
disorder, on the phase modulation of the conductance are reported. For
high-transmission weak links, , the formation of an Andreev bound state
at leads to suppression of the
density of states for the continuum excitations that transport heat, and thus,
to a reduction in the conductance for . For low-transmission
() barriers resonant scattering at energies
leads to an increase in the thermal conductance
as drops below (for phase differences near ).Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures Expanded discussion of boundary conditions for
Ricatti amplitude
Muscular Torque Can Explain Biases in Haptic Length Perception: A Model Study on the Radial-Tangential Illusion
Choice of Steel Material to Avoid Brittle Fracture for Hollow Section Structures
European cold-formed hollow sections in general exhibit better toughness properties than required by EN 10219. However, limits in applying the toughness related rules for the choice of steel material in EN 1993 1 10 to cold-formed hollow sections still constitute barriers to free marketing. By requests from European producers a conservative assessment procedure has been developed which is based on toughness measurements and a concept using effective strains. Due to the cold-forming process such plastic strains may occur in the bent areas of the profiles associated with a noticeable reduction in material toughness. For the degradation of these toughness properties an appropriate temperature shift Delta Tcf has been derived for both circular and rectangular hollow sections. In order to guarantee the proper application of this temperature shift Table 2.1 in EN 1993 1 10 had to be extended to lower temperatures down to -120 °C.JRC.G.5-European laboratory for structural assessmen
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Prepubertal Dietary and Plasma Phospholipid Fatty Acids Related to Puberty Timing: Longitudinal Cohort and Mendelian Randomization Analyses.
Funder: NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Cambridge: Nutrition, Diet, and Lifestyle Research Theme; Grant(s): IS-BRC-1215-20014Dietary intakes of polyunsaturated, monounsaturated and saturated fatty acids (FAs) have been inconsistently associated with puberty timing. We examined longitudinal associations of prepubertal dietary and plasma phospholipid FAs with several puberty timing traits in boys and girls. In the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, prepubertal fat intakes at 3-7.5 years and plasma phospholipid FAs at 7.5 years were measured. Timings of Tanner stage 2 genital or breast development and voice breaking or menarche from repeated reports at 8-17 years, and age at peak height velocity (PHV) from repeated height measurements at 5-20 years were estimated. In linear regression models with adjustment for maternal and infant characteristics, dietary substitution of polyunsaturated FAs for saturated FAs, and higher concentrations of dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (20:3n6) and palmitoleic acid (16:1n7) were associated with earlier timing of puberty traits in girls (n = 3872) but not boys (n = 3654). In Mendelian Randomization models, higher genetically predicted circulating dihomo-γ-linolenic acid was associated with earlier menarche in girls. Based on repeated dietary intake data, objectively measured FAs and genetic causal inference, these findings suggest that dietary and endogenous metabolic pathways that increase plasma dihomo-γ-linolenic acid, an intermediate metabolite of n-6 polyunsaturated FAs, may promote earlier puberty timing in girls
Inference of temperature and density profiles via forward modeling of an x-ray imaging crystal spectrometer within the Minerva Bayesian analysis framework
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