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Self-education and the problem of confirmation of professional scills
The article is devoted to the development of methodology for vocational training on the basis of the dynamic approach with the use of the Internet. The need to change the traditional method is considered from the standpoint of the new information culture.Статья посвящена построению методики профессионального обучения на основе динамического подхода с использованием сети интернет. Необходимость изменения традиционной методики рассмотрена с позиций новой информационной культур
Nucleosynthesis of light nuclei and hypernuclei in central Au+Au collisions at =3 GeV
We analyze the experimental data on nuclei and hypernuclei yields recently
obtained by the STAR collaboration. The hybrid dynamical and statistical
approaches which have been developed previously are able to describe the
experimental data reasonably. We discuss the intriguing difference between the
yields of normal nuclei and hypernuclei which may be related to the properties
of hypermatter at subnuclear densities. Most importantly new (hyper-)nuclei
could be detected via particle correlations, and such measurements are relevant
to pin down the production mechanism.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
Colloidal hydrodynamic coupling in concentric optical vortices
Optical vortex traps created from helical modes of light can drive
fluid-borne colloidal particles in circular trajectories. Concentric
circulating rings of particles formed by coaxial optical vortices form a
microscopic Couette cell, in which the amount of hydrodynamic drag experienced
by the spheres depends on the relative sense of the rings' circulation.
Tracking the particles' motions makes possible measurements of the hydrodynamic
coupling between the circular particle trains and addresses recently proposed
hydrodynamic instabilities for collective colloidal motions on optical
vortices.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Europhysics Letter
Detection of an iron K Emission Line from the LINER NGC 4579
We present the results of an ASCA observation of the LINER NGC 4579. A
point-like X-ray source is detected at the nucleus with a 2-10 keV luminosity
of 1.5x10^41 ergs/s assuming a distance of 16.8 Mpc. The X-ray spectrum is
represented by a combination of a power-law with a photon index of ~1.7 and
soft thermal component with kT~0.9 keV. An iron K emission line is detected at
6.73+/-0.13 keV (rest frame) with an equivalent width of 490 +180/-190 eV and
is statistically significant at more than 99.9 % confidence. The line center
energy is consistent with Helium-like iron and is significantly higher than 6.4
keV which is expected from fluorescence by "cold" (or a lower ionization state
of) iron. The iron line profile shows no significant red tail in contrast to
Seyfert 1 galaxies although the statistics are limited. The line center energy,
equivalent width, and profile are consistent with an origin in an ionized
accretion disk. However the large mass accretion rate necessary to ionize the
accretion disk is not consistent with the observed luminosity and normal
accretion models.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, to appear in The Astrophysical Journa
Steering of a Bosonic Mode with a Double Quantum Dot
We investigate the transport and coherence properties of a double quantum dot
coupled to a single damped boson mode. Our numerically results reveal how the
properties of the boson distribution can be steered by altering parameters of
the electronic system such as the energy difference between the dots.
Quadrature amplitude variances and the Wigner function are employed to
illustrate how the state of the boson mode can be controlled by a stationary
electron current through the dots.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Absolute frequency measurement of the In clock transition with a mode-locked laser
The absolute frequency of the In -
clock transition at 237 nm was measured with an accuracy of 1.8 parts in
. Using a phase-coherent frequency chain, we compared the
- transition with a methane-stabilized He-Ne laser at 3.39 m
which was calibrated against an atomic cesium fountain clock. A frequency gap
of 37 THz at the fourth harmonic of the He-Ne standard was bridged by a
frequency comb generated by a mode-locked femtosecond laser. The frequency of
the In clock transition was found to be
kHz, the accuracy being limited by the uncertainty of the He-Ne laser
reference. This represents an improvement in accuracy of more than 2 orders of
magnitude on previous measurements of the line and now stands as the most
accurate measurement of an optical transition in a single ion.Comment: 3 pages, 2 figures. accepted for publication in Opt. Let
Dicke Effect in the Tunnel Current through two Double Quantum Dots
We calculate the stationary current through two double quantum dots which are
interacting via a common phonon environment. Numerical and analytical solutions
of a master equation in the stationary limit show that the current can be
increased as well as decreased due to a dissipation mediated interaction. This
effect is closely related to collective, spontaneous emission of phonons (Dicke
super- and subradiance effect), and the generation of a `cross-coherence' with
entanglement of charges in singlet or triplet states between the dots.
Furthermore, we discuss an inelastic `current switch' mechanism by which one
double dot controls the current of the other.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Laser frequency comb techniques for precise astronomical spectroscopy
Precise astronomical spectroscopic analyses routinely assume that individual
pixels in charge-coupled devices (CCDs) have uniform sensitivity to photons.
Intra-pixel sensitivity (IPS) variations may already cause small systematic
errors in, for example, studies of extra-solar planets via stellar radial
velocities and cosmological variability in fundamental constants via quasar
spectroscopy, but future experiments requiring velocity precisions approaching
~1 cm/s will be more strongly affected. Laser frequency combs have been shown
to provide highly precise wavelength calibration for astronomical
spectrographs, but here we show that they can also be used to measure IPS
variations in astronomical CCDs in situ. We successfully tested a laser
frequency comb system on the Ultra-High Resolution Facility spectrograph at the
Anglo-Australian Telescope. By modelling the 2-dimensional comb signal recorded
in a single CCD exposure, we find that the average IPS deviates by <8 per cent
if it is assumed to vary symmetrically about the pixel centre. We also
demonstrate that series of comb exposures with absolutely known offsets between
them can yield tighter constraints on symmetric IPS variations from ~100
pixels. We discuss measurement of asymmetric IPS variations and absolute
wavelength calibration of astronomical spectrographs and CCDs using frequency
combs.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRA
Complement component 3 levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of cognitively intact elderly individuals with major depressive disorder
Late-life major depression (LLMD) is a risk factor for the development of mild cognitive impairment and dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia. Immune dysregulation and changes in innate immune responses in particular, have been implicated in the pathophysiology of both LLMD and AD. Complement system, a key component of the innate immune mechanism, is known to play an important role in synaptic plasticity and cognitive functions. However, its role in LLMD remains unknown. In the present study, we examined the levels of complement component 3 (C3, the convergence point of all complement activation pathways) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of elderly depressed subjects compared to healthy controls; as well as the relationship of CSF C3 levels with amyloid-beta (Aβ42 and Aβ40), total tau (T-tau) and phosphorylated tau (P-tau) proteins and cognition scores. CSF was obtained from 50 cognitively intact volunteers (major depression group, N = 30; comparison group, N = 20) and analyzed for levels of C3 by ELISA. C3 levels were marginally lower in the major depression group relative to the comparison group. We did not find any significant association of C3 with the AD biomarkers Aβ42 reflecting plaque pathology, P-tau related to tau pathology or the neurodegeneration biomarker T-tau. In contrast, C3 was positively correlated with CSF Aβ40, which may reflect Aβ deposition in cerebral vessel walls. We observed a negative correlation between C3 levels and Total Recall on the Buschke Selective Reminding Test (BSRT) for memory performance in the depressed subjects when controlling for education. This initial evidence on C3 status in LLMD subjects may have implications for our understanding of the pathophysiology of major depression especially in late life
Clinical Processes - The Killer Application for Constraint-Based Process Interactions?
For more than a decade, the interest in aligning information
systems in a process-oriented way has been increasing. To enable operational
support for business processes, the latter are usually specified in
an imperative way. The resulting process models, however, tend to be too
rigid to meet the flexibility demands of the actors involved. Declarative
process modeling languages, in turn, provide a promising alternative in
scenarios in which a high level of flexibility is demanded. In the scientific
literature, declarative languages have been used for modeling rather simple
processes or synthetic examples. However, to the best of our knowledge,
they have not been used to model complex, real-world scenarios
that comprise constraints going beyond control-flow. In this paper, we
propose the use of a declarative language for modeling a sophisticated
healthcare process scenario from the real world. The scenario is subject to
complex temporal constraints and entails the need for coordinating the
constraint-based interactions among the processes related to a patient
treatment process. As demonstrated in this work, the selected real process
scenario can be suitably modeled through a declarative approach.Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad TIN2016-76956-C3-2-RMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad TIN2015-71938-RED
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