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Corrections for line-of-sight velocities on account of the daily rotation and annual revolution of the earth during solar observations
Line of sight velocity corrections for daily rotation and annual revolution of earth during solar observation
The Ideological Questions of Marriage in Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure
As one of the prominent ideologies of the nineteenth-centuryâ in a complex interrelation with other contemporary ideological discourses particularly femininity and marriageâreligion adopts a critical stance in Hardy's presentation of characters. Breaching the religio-conventional image of femininity as âAngel in the Houseâ and âCow Woman,â Hardy's Jude the Obscure (1895) is indeed deemed to be his milestone in presenting his anti-Christian attitudes towards the contemporary religion. This study aims to present Hardy's outright hostility towards the nineteenth-century Christianity through his creation of non-conformist characters, necessitating a parallel study with other contemporary discourses regarding marriage and femininity, and conflict with the religion of the time. Hardy's magnum opus, the work on which he was to stake his final reputation as a novelist, was clearly Jude the Obscure which as a noticeable socio-religious experimentation of the late nineteenth-century, reveals Hardy's perception of new ideas about femininity and marriage by presenting the hot contemporary issues of âNew Womanâ and âFree Unionâ through the development and presentation of Sue Bridehead and her free union with Jude, respectively. Hardy's presentation of Sue Bridehead as a âNew Woman,â and employing the âFree Unionâ in marked contrast with the nineteenth-century convention of marriage as a âBonded Pairâ is Hardy's closing upshot of his final novelistic attempt. The non-conformist Jude and Sue are presented as figures touching the Victorian Christian standards of morality, while, the final tragic destiny of Jude and Sue's helplessness attest to the writer's substantial contribution as a Victorian male novelist to the ideologies circulating at the time
Approximating Steady States in Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Condensates
We obtain approximations for the time-independent Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) and
complex GP equation in two and three spatial dimensions by generalizing the
divergence-free WKB method. The results include an explicit expression of a
uniformly valid approximation for the condensate density of an ultracold Bose
gas confined in a harmonic trap that extends into the classically forbidden
region. This provides an accurate approximation of the condensate density that
includes healing effects at leading order that are missing in the widely
adopted Thomas-Fermi approximation. The results presented herein allow us to
formulate useful approximations to a range of experimental systems including
the equilibrium properties of a finite temperature Bose gas and the
steady-state properties of a 2D nonequilibrium condensate. Comparisons between
our asymptotic and numerical results for the conservative and
forced-dissipative forms of the GP equations as applied to these systems show
excellent agreement between the two sets of solutions thereby illustrating the
accuracy of these approximations.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figur
A survey of risk and threat assessors: Processes, skills, and characteristics in terrorism risk assessment
Threat and risk assessment have become an integral part of counterterrorism strategies. This process currently relies heavily on the judgment of professionals, who play a vital role in a potentially high-stakes environment. However, thus far, little research focuses on the professionals themselves. This study provides insight into the experiences and opinions of professional threat and risk assessors, particularly regarding how they conduct terrorism risk assessments, their expectations for training, and the experience and characteristics of those that conduct them. An online survey solicited quantitative and qualitative responses from a sample of 41 professional threat assessors. The findings highlight that the training and experience required differ greatly across different disciplines involved, and the importance of considering the context in which threat and risk assessment takes place. These findings also highlight cognitive abilities and personality characteristics that may be desirable for risk assessors in this context, and provide avenues for further research to examine the role of these factors in risk assessment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved
Muon diffusion and electronic magnetism in YTiO
We report a SR study in a YTiO single crystal. We observe
slow local field fluctuations at low temperature which become faster as the
temperature is increased. Our analysis suggests that muon diffusion is present
in this system and becomes small below 40 K and therefore incoherent. A
surprisingly strong electronic magnetic signal is observed with features
typical for muons thermally diffusing towards magnetic traps below K and released from them above this temperature. We attribute the traps to
Ti defects in the diluted limit. Our observations are highly relevant to
the persistent spin dynamics debate on TiO pyrochlores and their
crystal quality
The Ideological Questions of Marriage in Thomas Hardyâs Jude the Obscure
As one of the prominent ideologies of the nineteenth-centuryâ in a complex interrelation with other contemporary ideological discourses particularly femininity and marriageâreligion adopts a critical stance in Hardyâs presentation of characters. Breaching the religio-conventional image of femininity as âAngel in the Houseâ and âCow Woman,â Hardyâs Jude the Obscure (1895) is indeed deemed to be his milestone in presenting his anti-Christian attitudes towards the contemporary religion. This study aims to present Hardyâs outright hostility towards the nineteenth-century Christianity through his creation of non-conformist characters, necessitating a parallel study with other contemporary discourses regarding marriage and femininity, and conflict with the religion of the time. Hardyâs magnum opus, the work on which he was to stake his final reputation as a novelist, was clearly Jude the Obscure which as a noticeable socio-religious experimentation of the late nineteenth-century, reveals Hardyâs perception of new ideas about femininity and marriage by presenting the hot contemporary issues of âNew Womanâ and âFree Unionâ through the development and presentation of Sue Bridehead and her free union with Jude, respectively. Hardyâs presentation of Sue Bridehead as a âNew Woman,â and employing the âFree Unionâ in marked contrast with the nineteenth-century convention of marriage as a âBonded Pairâ is Hardyâs closing upshot of his final novelistic attempt. The non-conformist Jude and Sue are presented as figures touching the Victorian Christian standards of morality, while, the final tragic destiny of Jude and Sueâs helplessness attest to the writerâs substantial contribution as a Victorian male novelist to the ideologies circulating at the time
Spatial confinement of muonium atoms
We report the achievement of spatial confinement of muonium atoms (the bound
state of a positive muon and an electron). Muonium emitted into vacuum from
mesoporous silica reflects between two SiO confining surfaces separated by
1 mm. From the data, one can extract that the reflection probability on the
confining surfaces kept at 100 K is about 90% and the reflection process is
well described by a cosine law. This technique enables new experiments with
this exotic atomic system and is a very important step towards a measurement of
the 1S-2S transition frequency using continuous wave laser spectroscopy.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figure
Ultra-Stretchable Interconnects for High-Density Stretchable Electronics
The exciting field of stretchable electronics (SE) promises numerous novel
applications, particularly in-body and medical diagnostics devices. However,
future advanced SE miniature devices will require high-density, extremely
stretchable interconnects with micron-scale footprints, which calls for proven
standardized (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-type) process
recipes using bulk integrated circuit (IC) microfabrication tools and
fine-pitch photolithography patterning. Here, we address this combined
challenge of microfabrication with extreme stretchability for high-density SE
devices by introducing CMOS-enabled, free-standing, miniaturized interconnect
structures that fully exploit their 3D kinematic freedom through an interplay
of buckling, torsion, and bending to maximize stretchability. Integration with
standard CMOS-type batch processing is assured by utilizing the Flex-to-Rigid
(F2R) post-processing technology to make the back-end-of-line interconnect
structures free-standing, thus enabling the routine microfabrication of
highly-stretchable interconnects. The performance and reproducibility of these
free-standing structures is promising: an elastic stretch beyond 2000% and
ultimate (plastic) stretch beyond 3000%, with 10
million cycles at 1000% stretch with <1% resistance change. This generic
technology provides a new route to exciting highly-stretchable miniature
devices.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figure, journal publicatio
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