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Evolving small spiking neural networks to work as state machines for temporal pattern recognition
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A preliminary study of three-dimensional reconstruction of the human osseous labyrinth from micro-computed tomography scans
The adult human temporal bone was investigated using micro-CT scans. Various aspects of the osseous labyrinth were presented in figures which are effect of the volume rendering. The 3D reconstructions were performed to visualize the cochlea and the semicircular canals embedded in the petrous bone. The final product of this study was a digital three-dimensional model of the entire osseous labyrinth which can be viewed at different angles on the computer screen
Micro-computed tomography study of the abnormal osseous extensions of sella turcica
The paper presents anatomical considerations on the abnormal ossification, which occurred around the dorsum of the sella turcica in the human skull of the female individual. Probably the morphological alterations of the sellar region were associated with extensive heterotopic ossification of the dura mater attached to the dorsum of the sella turcica and the posterior clinoid processes. The analysis of gray values of the voxels representing the areas of abnormal ossification indicated on variation in bone density in the entire sample. We have established that the highest mineralisation of bony tissue occurred in the marginal parts of the osseous extensions deriving from the posterior clinoid processes. The ossified parts of dura mater attached to the posterior clinoid processes showed significantly higher content of the hydroxyapatite (1.9 g/cm3) than the dorsum of the sella turcica (1.0 g/cm3)
Low energy states with different symmetries in the t-J model with two holes on a 32-site lattice
We study the low energy states of the t-J model with two holes on a 32-site
lattice with periodic boundary conditions. In contrary to common belief, we
find that the state with d_{x^2-y^2} symmetry is not always the ground state in
the realistic parameter range 0.2\le J/t\le 0.4. There exist low-lying
finite-momentum p-states whose energies are lower than the d_{x^2-y^2} state
when J/t is small enough. We compare various properties of these low energy
states at J/t=0.3 where they are almost degenerate, and find that those
properties associated with the holes (such as the hole-hole correlation and the
electron momentum distribution function) are very different between the
d_{x^2-y^2} and p states, while their spin properties are very similar.
Finally, we demonstrate that by adding ``realistic'' terms to the t-J model
Hamiltonian, we can easily destroy the d_{x^2-y^2} ground state. This casts
doubt on the robustness of the d_{x^2-y^2} state as the ground state in a
microscopic model for the high temperature superconductors
Plasmonic terahertz detectors based on a high-electron mobility GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure
In order to characterize magnetic-field (B) tunable THz plasmonic detectors,
spectroscopy experiments were carried out at liquid helium temperatures and
high magnetic fields on devices fabricated on a high electron mobility
GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure. The samples were either gated (the gate of a
meander shape) or ungated. Spectra of a photovoltage generated by THz radiation
were obtained as a function of B at a fixed THz excitation from a THz laser or
as a function of THz photon frequency at a fixed B with a Fourier spectrometer.
In the first type of measurements, the wave vector of magnetoplasmons excited
was defined by geometrical features of samples. It was also found that the
magnetoplasmon spectrum depended on the gate geometry which gives an additional
parameter to control plasma excitations in THz detectors. Fourier spectra
showed a strong dependence of the cyclotron resonance amplitude on the
conduction-band electron filling factor which was explained within a model of
the electron gas heating with the THz radiation. The study allows to define
both the advantages and limitations of plasmonic devices based on high-mobility
GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures for THz detection at low temperatures and high
magnetic fields.Comment: 8 pages, 11 figure
Topography and morphometry of the subarcuate canal
The current study shows in a close-up view anatomical relationship between the subarcuate canal and the osseous labyrinth. For this purpose we used micro-computed tomography which allowed performing three-dimensional reconstruction of the subarcuate canal and gave adequate data for estimation its diameter across its course. The diameter of the middle part (the most uniform) of the subarcuate canal varied from 0.28 mm to 0.46 mm. Hence, we calculated the centre of mass for each cross-section of the separated subarcuate canal. This procedure helped us to visualise trajectory of the subarcuate canal and its spatial orientation within the petrous bone. From our data we concluded that subarcuate canals revealed not well defined trajectories and their spatial orientation varied across the studied temporal bones
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