Flux measurements on salt fingers at an interface

A series of two-layer, heat-salt fingering experiments were performed in a one meter deep insulated tank. Repeated profiling of the temperature and conductivity with a small probe allowed the calculation of the vertical fluxes of heat and salt…

Advanced extravehicular activity systems requirements definition study. Phase 2: Extravehicular activity at a lunar base

The focus is on Extravehicular Activity (EVA) systems requirements definition for an advanced space mission: remote-from-main base EVA on the Moon. The lunar environment, biomedical considerations, appropriate hardware design criteria, hardware and interface requirements, and key technical issues for advanced lunar EVA were examined. Six remote EVA scenarios (three nominal operations and three contingency situations) were developed in considerable detail

A PERCEPÇÃO DE VALOR DOS ATIVOS ENTRE O MUNDO REAL E O VIRTUAL: O CASO BARNES AND NOBLE

Uma das questões de grande debate no mercado de investimentos gira em torno da diferença entre a valorização e a volatilidade de ativos relacionados a empresas do mundo real e empresas do mundo virtual (nova economia). O maior fluxo as informações, a incerteza e a inexistência de um modelo de negócio vencedor na nova economia têm ampliado essa discussão ao longo dos anos. O presente artigo tem como objetivo analisar a valorização de ativos de empresas desses dois mundos (real e virtual) de mesmo foco de negócio e voltadas ao mesmo mercado em relação aos seus principais índices financeiros e performance. Estar-se-ão analisando dois negócios com mesmo fim de mercado mas que, por estarem com posicionamentos diferentes, apresentam características diferenciadas no que se refere a valorização de mercado e performance financeira. Visando desenvolver tal objetivo, o artigo analisará as empresa Barnes & Noble, tradicional varejista do segmento de livros no mercado norte-americano, e a sua subsidiária Barnes & Noble.com.One of the questions that has been deeply debated on the investment market is about the difference between assets’ rise in value and volatility in real-world and virtual-world companies (the New Economy). The larger flow of information, the uncertainty, and the nonexistence of a successful business model in the New Economy has broadened this discussion over the years. The present article aims to analyze the rise in value of company assets in these two worlds (real and virtual) that have the same business focus and are directed to the same market in relation to their main financial rates and performance. An analysis will be made of two businesses with the same market target; however, due to the fact that they hold different positions, they present different characteristics as to market increase in value and financial performance. Aiming at this objective, this article will analyse Barnes & Noble, a traditional retail company in the segment of books on the North American market and its subsidiary Barnes & Noble.com

Analysing powers for the reaction n⃗p→ppπ−\vec{\rm n} {\rm p} \to {\rm p} {\rm p} \pi^{-} and for np elastic scattering from 270 to 570 MeV

The analysing power of the reaction ${\rm n}{\rm p} \to {\rm p}{\rm p} \pi^{-}$ for neutron energies between threshold and 570 MeV has been determined using a transversely polarised neutron beam at PSI. The reaction has been studied in a kinematically complete measurement using a time-of-flight spectrometer with large acceptance. Analysing powers have been determined as a function of the c.m. pion angle in different regions of the proton-proton invariant mass. They are compared to other data from the reactions ${\rm n}{\rm p} \to {\rm p}{\rm p} \pi^{-}$ and ${{\rm p}{\rm p} \to {\rm p}{\rm p} \pi^{0}}$. The np elastic scattering analysing power was determined as a by-product of the measurements.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figures, subitted to EPJ-

The reaction np→ppπ−{n} {p} \to {p} {p} \pi^{-} from threshold up to 570 MeV

The reaction ${n} {p} \to {p} {p} \pi^{-}$ has been studied in a kinematically complete measurement with a large acceptance time-of-flight spectrometer for incident neutron energies between threshold and 570 MeV. The proton-proton invariant mass distributions show a strong enhancement due to the pp($^{1}{S}_{0}$) final state interaction. A large anisotropy was found in the pion angular distributions in contrast to the reaction ${p}{p} \to {p}{p} \pi^{0}$. At small energies, a large forward/backward asymmetry has been observed. From the measured integrated cross section $\sigma({n}{p} \to {\rm p}{p} \pi^{-})$, the isoscalar cross section $\sigma_{01}$ has been extracted. Its energy dependence indicates that mainly partial waves with Sp final states contribute. Note: Due to a coding error, the differential cross sections ${d \sigma}/{d M_{pp}}$ as shown in Fig. 9 are too small by a factor of two, and inn Table 3 the differential cross sections ${d \sigma}/{d \Omega_{\pi}^{*}}$ are too large by a factor of $10/2\pi$. The integrated cross sections and all conclusions remain unchanged. A corresponding erratum has been submitted and accepted by European Physics Journal.Comment: 18 pages, 16 figure