Resin composition

The invention relates to an incombustible resin composition produced by blending a compound with a specific ester bond and imide bond in a combustible resin

Fast transform decoding of nonsystematic Reed-Solomon codes

A Reed-Solomon (RS) code is considered to be a special case of a redundant residue polynomial (RRP) code, and a fast transform decoding algorithm to correct both errors and erasures is presented. This decoding scheme is an improvement of the decoding algorithm for the RRP code suggested by Shiozaki and Nishida, and can be realized readily on very large scale integration chips

Ferroelectricity in the Dion-Jacobson CsBiNb2_2O7_7 from first principles

We have studied ferroelectricity in Dion-Jacobson CsBiNb$_2$O$_7$ from first principles. Using group-theoretical analysis and first-principles density functional calculations of the total energy and phonons, we perform a systematic study of the energy surface around a paraelectric prototypic phase. Our results suggest that CsBiNb$_2$O$_7$ is a ferroelectric with a polarization of P$_s$=40$\mu$C cm$^{-2}$. We propose further experiments to clarify this point

Out-of-phase oscillation between superfluid and thermal components for a trapped Bose condensate under oscillatory excitation

The vortex nucleation and the emergence of quantum turbulence induced by oscillating magnetic fields, introduced by Henn E A L, et al. 2009 (Phys. Rev. A 79, 043619) and Henn E A L, et al. 2009 (Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045301), left a few open questions concerning the basic mechanisms causing those interesting phenomena. Here, we report the experimental observation of the slosh dynamics of a magnetically trapped $^{87}$Rb Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) under the influence of a time-varying magnetic field. We observed a clear relative displacement in between the condensed and the thermal fraction center-of-mass. We have identified this relative counter move as an out-of-phase oscillation mode, which is able to produce ripples on the condensed/thermal fractions interface. The out-of-phase mode can be included as a possible mechanism involved in the vortex nucleation and further evolution when excited by time dependent magnetic fields.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, 25 reference

Green leaf volatiles affect the resveratrol production stimulated by ultraviolet C irradiation in grape leaf discs

The effect of green leaf volatiles (GLVs; cis-3-hexenol and trans-2-hexenal) on the resveratrol production stimulated and nonstimulated by ultraviolet C (UV-C) irradiation was elucidated in the leaf discs of ‘Delaware’ grapes. Each GLV treatment slightly reduced resveratrol levels in the leaf discs. Pretreatment with cis-3-hexenol inhibited the resveratrol accumulation stimulated by UV-C irradiation irrespective of the concentration. On the other hand, pretreatment with trans-2-hexenal at low concentration augmented the levels of resveratrol increased by UV-C irradiation. These results suggest that trans-2-hexenal had a priming effect on the resveratrol accumulation stimulated by UV-C irradiation in grape leaf discs. The highest priming effect of trans-2-hexenal was found at 2.58 μM for 24 h exposure. Exposure times, from 2 to 24 h, of 4.3 μM trans-2-hexenal did not change the priming effect.

Photoassociative ionization of Na inside a storage ring

Motivated by recent interest in low dimensional arrays of atoms, we experimentally investigated the way cold collisional processes are affected by the geometry of the considered atomic sample. More specifically, we studied the case of photoassociative ionization (PAI) both in a storage ring where collision is more unidirectional in character and in a trap with clear undefinition of collision axis. First, creating a ring shaped trap (atomotron) we investigated two-color PAI dependence with intensity and polarization of a probing laser. The intensity dependence of the PAI rate was also measured in a magneto-optical trap presenting equivalent temperature and density conditions. Indeed, the results show that in the ring trap, the value of the PAI rate constant is much lower and does not show evidences of saturation, unlike in the case of the 3D-MOT. Cold atomic collisions in storage ring may represent new possibilities for study.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures; Accepted by Optics Communicatio

Distribution of Connectin (Titin) and Transverse Tubules at Myotendinous Junctions

The ends of muscle fibers form many longitudinal projections which are further divided into numerous processes and attach to the collagen fibrils of tendons to form myotendinous junctions (MTJs). Immunocytochemical and electron microscopic observations on pectoralis muscles of the chicken revealed the presence of an elastic filamentous protein, connectin (titin), within the terminal sarcomere on the side adjacent to the terminal Z bands, and the absence of connectin and myosin and the presence of actin at the apical sarcoplasmic region of MTJ processes between the terminal Z band and the MTJ sarcolemma. Intermediate voltage electron microscopy showed that T tubules in the terminal sarcomere were absent at the level of the A-I junction on the MTJ side in the rat vastus intermedius, and at the level of the terminal Z band or under the MTJ subsarcolemmal densities in the chicken pectoralis