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    The non dissipative damping of the Rabi oscillations as a "which-path" information

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    Rabi oscillations may be viewed as an interference phenomenon due to a coherent superposition of different quantum paths, like in the Young's two-slit experiment. The inclusion of the atomic external variables causes a non dissipative damping of the Rabi oscillations. More generally, the atomic translational dynamics induces damping in the correlation functions which describe non classical behaviors of the field and internal atomic variables, leading to the separability of these two subsystems. We discuss on the possibility of interpreting this intrinsic decoherence as a "which-way" information effect and we apply to this case a quantitative analysis of the complementarity relation as introduced by Englert [Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{77}, 2154 (1996)].Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure

    Versatile surrogate models for IC buffers

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    In previous papers [1,2] the authors have investigated the use of Volterra series in the identification of IC buffer macro-models. While the approach benefited from some of the inherent qualities of Volterra series it preserved the two-state paradigm of earlier methods (see [3] and its references) and was thus limited in its versatility. In the current paper the authors tackle the challenge of going beyond an application or device-oriented approach and build versatile surrogate models that mimic the behavior of IC buffers over a wide frequency band and for a variety of loads thus achieving an unprecedented degree of generality. This requires the use of a more general system identification paradig

    Étude comparative tensiomùtre automatique versus doppler à ultrasons dans la mesure de l’index de pression systolique à la cheville (Ipsc)

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    ObjectifL’évaluation de l’index de pression systolique Ă  la cheville (IPSC) est la mĂ©thode non invasive la plus simple de dĂ©pistage de l’artĂ©riopathie des membres infĂ©rieurs (AOMI) mais reste peu usitĂ©e en pratique courante, car elle est chronophage, implique un Ă©quipement et une formation appropriĂ©s. Le but de notre Ă©tude est d’évaluer la validitĂ© et la fiabilitĂ© de la mesure de l’IPSC Ă  l’aide d’un tensiomĂštre automatique par comparaison avec les rĂ©sultats obtenus par doppler continu, mĂ©thode de rĂ©fĂ©rence. MĂ©thodes Les patients de 65 ans et plus hospitalisĂ©s au CHU d’Angers de juillet 2008 à mars 2009 en mĂ©decine interne et n’ayant pas d’AOMI documentĂ©e au moment de l’inclusion ont participĂ© Ă  l’étude. Les critĂšres d’exclusion Ă©taient la prĂ©sence d’une fibrillation auriculaire et une incompressibilitĂ© des artĂšres distales des membres infĂ©rieurs. Pour chaque patient, l’IPSC a Ă©tĂ© Ă©valuĂ© par tensiomĂštre automatique et par la mĂ©thode Doppler de rĂ©fĂ©rence ; ces mesures Ă©tant faites par le mĂȘme examinateur. La concordance entre les deux mesures Ă©tait apprĂ©ciĂ©e par la mĂ©thode de Bland et Altman et le coefficient de corrĂ©lation intraclasse (ICC). RĂ©sultats Sur 287 patients participant Ă  l’étude, 221 ont Ă©tĂ©s inclus. Cinquante-six (25 %) de ces patients avaient un IPSC < 0,90. La concordance entre les deux mĂ©thodes Ă©tait mĂ©diocre : ICC Ă  0,35 ± 0,08 et moyenne Ă  0,08 ± 0,26 selon la mĂ©thode de Bland et Altman. Conclusion La mĂ©thode de dĂ©pistage de l’AOMI par mesure de l’IPSC par tensiomĂštre automatique ne peut ĂȘtre retenue comme une alternative Ă  la mĂ©thode Doppler

    How well do meteorological indicators represent agricultural and forest drought across Europe?

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    Drought monitoring and early warning (M&EW) systems are an important component of agriculture/silviculture drought risk assessment. Many operational information systems rely mostly on meteorological indicators, a few incorporate vegetation state information. However, the relationships between meteorological drought indicators and agricultural/silvicultural drought impacts vary across Europe. The details of this variability have not been elucidated sufficiently on a continental scale in Europe to inform drought risk management at administrative scales. The objective of this study is to fill this gap and evaluate how useful the variety of meteorological indicators are to assess agricultural/silvicultural drought across Europe. The first part of the analysis systematically linked meteorological drought indicators to remote sensing based vegetation indices (VIs) for Europe at NUTs3 administrative regions scale using correlation analysis for crops and forests. In a second step, a stepwise multiple linear regression model was deployed to identify variables explaining the spatial differences observed. Finally, corn crop yield in Germany was chosen as a case study to verify VIs representativeness of agricultural drought impacts. Results show that short accumulation periods of SPI and SPEI are best linked to crop vegetation stress in most cases, which further validates the use of SPI3 in existing operational drought monitors. However, large regional differences in correlations are also revealed. Climate (temperature and precipitation) explained the largest proportion of variance, suggesting that meteorological indices are less informative of agricultural/silvicultural drought in colder/wetter parts of Europe. These findings provide important context for interpreting meteorological indices on widely used national to continental M&EW systems, leading to a better understanding of where/when such M&EW tools can be indicative of likely agricultural stress and impacts

    Collective Behavior of Asperities in Dry Friction at Small Velocities

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    We investigate a simple model of dry friction based on extremal dynamics of asperities. At small velocities, correlations develop between the asperities, whose range becomes infinite in the limit of infinitely slow driving, where the system is self-organized critical. This collective phenomenon leads to effective aging of the asperities and results in velocity dependence of the friction force in the form F∌1−exp⁥(−1/v)F\sim 1- \exp(-1/v).Comment: 7 pages, 8 figures, revtex, submitted to Phys. Rev.

    Léiomyosarcome de la veine rénale gauche dans un contexte de polyarthrite rhumatoïde sous méthotrexate

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    RĂ©sumĂ©Le lĂ©iomyosarcome de la veine rĂ©nale est une tumeur maligne exceptionnelle dont la dĂ©tection est dĂ©licate, le traitement mal codifiĂ© et le pronostic sombre. Nous dĂ©crivons le cas d’une patiente de 68 ans atteinte de polyarthrite rhumatoĂŻde et dĂ©veloppant un lĂ©iomyosarcome de la veine rĂ©nale gauche avec une issue fatale en moins d’un an. L’association Ă  une polyarthrite rhumatoĂŻde traitĂ©e par mĂ©thotrexate pose donc la question d’une combinaison fortuite ou d’un terrain favorisant compte tenu des Ă©tudes rĂ©centes qui tendent Ă  prouver l’association entre ce rhumatisme et certains cancers
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