De naaktslak <i>Facelina auriculata</i> (O.F. Müller, 1776) op <i>Eudendrium arbuscula</i> Wright, 1859: nieuwe namen, oude bekenden

The presence of the nudibranch Facelina auriculata (O.F. Müller, 1776) on Eudendrium arbuscula Wright, 1857, in the Oosterschelde (Eastern Scheldt, The Netherlands) is reported. This is the first documented record of E. arbuscula from the Netherlands. The change of name from Facelina coronata (Fornes & Goodsir, 1839) into F. auriculata (O.F. Müller, 1776) is discussed

Extending the functionalities of shear-driven chromatography nano-channels using high aspect ratio etching

An new injection system is presented for shear-driven chromatography. The device has been fabricated by high aspect ratio etching of silicon. The performance of the injection slit is studied through the aid of computational fluid dynamics, and the first experimental results are presented

Depletion-mode Quantum Dots in Intrinsic Silicon

We report the fabrication and electrical characterization of depletion-mode quantum dots in a two-dimensional hole gas (2DHG) in intrinsic silicon. We use fixed charge in a SiO$_2$/Al$_2$O$_3$ dielectric stack to induce a 2DHG at the Si/SiO$_2$ interface. Fabrication of the gate structures is accomplished with a single layer metallization process. Transport spectroscopy reveals regular Coulomb oscillations with charging energies of 10-15 meV and 3-5 meV for the few- and many-hole regimes, respectively. This depletion-mode design avoids complex multilayer architectures requiring precision alignment, and allows to adopt directly best practices already developed for depletion dots in other material systems. We also demonstrate a method to deactivate fixed charge in the SiO$_2$/Al$_2$O$_3$ dielectric stack using deep ultraviolet light, which may become an important procedure to avoid unwanted 2DHG build-up in Si MOS quantum bits.Comment: Accepted to Applied Physics Letters. 5 pages, 3 figure

Working with heart and soul in healthcare: the link between job resources, home demands and work engagement

in deze scriptie wordt verslag gedaan van een onderzoek naar de vraag welke job resources het meest van invloed zijn op de bevlogenheid van medewerkers binnen een gezondheidszorgorganisatie

Trends in hydroidomedusan research from 1911 to 1997

The papers on hydroidomedusae published from 1911 to 1997 total 10,934. They have been assigned to the following categories: faunistics and systematics; sub-organismal biology; ecology; evolution; life cycles; paleontology. The general trend, comprising all papers, can be divided into four time intervals: the first (1911-1939) with an average of sixty papers/year and with a slight decrease due to First World War; the second one (1940-1947), with an average of 38 papers/year, marked by a dramatic decrease coinciding with Second World War; the period 1948-1991 shows a steady increase until the mid-Seventies, when a small decrease occurred, followed by an increasing trend reaching its apex in the late Eighties-early Ninenties with a record of 296 papers in 1991 and with an average of 175 papers/year; the period 1992 1997, with an average of 178 papers/year, is marked by a sharp decrease, reaching the values of the mid Sixties. The most important category in terms of number of papers is sub-organismal biology, followed by faunistics and systematics. Systematic studies dictated the trend in the first decades of the century, whereas sub-organismal ones are prevalent from the Sixties onwards. Faunistic and systematic-taxonomic papers have a steady trend of production, with just a slight decrease over these last years. The formerly leading countries in systematics (UK, USA, France) are now almost inactive in this discipline, whereas countries with little or no tradition in this field (such as Spain) are taking the leadership

Parasitic copepods from Egyptian Red Sea fishes: Bomolochidae Claus, 1875

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Hydrozoa

The European list was derived from URMO which was edited by W. Vervoort. S.D. Cairns provided the list of hydrocorals and P. Schuchert provided additions the list of hydroids

Spatially explicit seasonal forecasting using fuzzy spatiotemporal clustering of long-term daily rainfall and temperature data

International audienceA major limitation of statistical forecasts for specific weather station sites is that they are not spatial in the true sense. And while spatial predictions have been studied, their results have indicated a lack of seasonality. Global Circulation Models (GCMs) are spatial, but their spatial resolution is rather coarse. Here we propose spatially explicit seasonal forecasting, based on the Fuzzy Classification of long-term (40 years) daily rainfall and temperature data to create climate memberships over time and location. Data were obtained from weather stations across south-east Australia, covering sub-tropical to arid climate zones. Class memberships were used to produce seasonal predictions using correlations with climate drivers and a regression rules approach. Therefore, this model includes both local climate feedback and the continental drivers. The developed seasonal forecasting model predicts rainfall and temperature reasonably accurately. The final 6-month forecast for average maximum temperature and rainfall produced relative errors of 0.89 and 0.56 and Pearson correlation coefficients of 0.83 and 0.82, respectively