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Electronic properties of linear carbon chains: resolving the controversy
Literature values for the energy gap of long one-dimensional carbon chains
vary from as little as 0.2 eV to more than 4 eV. To resolve this discrepancy,
we use the GW many-body approach to calculate the band gap of an infinite
carbon chain. We also compute the energy dependence of the attenuation
coefficient governing the decay with chain length of the electrical
conductance of long chains and compare this with recent experimental
measurements of the single-molecule conductance of end-capped carbon chains.
For long chains, we find eV and an upper bound for of
\AA.Comment: Accepted for publication in Journal of Chemical Physic
Bergman kernel and complex singularity exponent
We give a precise estimate of the Bergman kernel for the model domain defined
by where
is a holomorphic map from to ,
in terms of the complex singularity exponent of .Comment: to appear in Science in China, a special issue dedicated to Professor
Zhong Tongde's 80th birthda
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Theoretical investigation of transgastric and intraductal approaches for ultrasound-based thermal therapy of the pancreas.
BackgroundThe goal of this study was to theoretically investigate the feasibility of intraductal and transgastric approaches to ultrasound-based thermal therapy of pancreatic tumors, and to evaluate possible treatment strategies.MethodsThis study considered ultrasound applicators with 1.2 mm outer diameter tubular transducers, which are inserted into the tissue to be treated by an endoscopic approach, either via insertion through the gastric wall (transgastric) or within the pancreatic duct lumen (intraductal). 8 patient-specific, 3D, transient, biothermal and acoustic finite element models were generated to model hyperthermia (n = 2) and ablation (n = 6), using sectored (210°-270°, n = 4) and 360° (n = 4) transducers for treatment of 3.3-17.0 cm3 tumors in the head (n = 5), body (n = 2), and tail (n = 1) of the pancreas. A parametric study was performed to determine appropriate treatment parameters as a function of tissue attenuation, blood perfusion rates, and distance to sensitive anatomy.ResultsParametric studies indicated that pancreatic tumors up to 2.5 or 2.7 cm diameter can be ablated within 10 min with the transgastric and intraductal approaches, respectively. Patient-specific simulations demonstrated that 67.1-83.3% of the volumes of four sample 3.3-11.4 cm3 tumors could be ablated within 3-10 min using transgastric or intraductal approaches. 55.3-60.0% of the volume of a large 17.0 cm3 tumor could be ablated using multiple applicator positions within 20-30 min with either transgastric or intraductal approaches. 89.9-94.7% of the volume of two 4.4-11.4 cm3 tumors could be treated with intraductal hyperthermia. Sectored applicators are effective in directing acoustic output away from and preserving sensitive structures. When acoustic energy is directed towards sensitive structures, applicators should be placed at least 13.9-14.8 mm from major vessels like the aorta, 9.4-12.0 mm from other vessels, depending on the vessel size and flow rate, and 14 mm from the duodenum.ConclusionsThis study demonstrated the feasibility of generating shaped or conformal ablative or hyperthermic temperature distributions within pancreatic tumors using transgastric or intraductal ultrasound
Impact of tillage system on arbuscular mycorrhiza fungal communities in the soil under Mediterranean conditions.
A more diverse arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) fungal community should be more versatile and resilient to
variation in environmental conditions over space and time. To evaluate the effect of no-till and
conventional tillage systems, AM fungal diversity was assessed as part of a long term field experiment by
sequencing of DNA, extracted from soil, that encoded the large ribosomal sub-unit and was obtained by
nested-PCR. In comparison with no-till, conventional tillage decreased AM fungal diversity by 40%.
Differences between treatments in the frequency of the operational taxonomic units (OTUs) present in
soil, confirm that AM fungi are differently vulnerable to soil disturbance
Construction and integration of large character sets for nematode morpho-anatomical data
Les problèmes rencontrés lors de la conception d'un grand ensemble de caractères pour une base de données morpho-anatomiques sont discutés. Une nouvelle définition du concept de caractère taxinomique est proposée selon laquelle les caractères traditionnels sont décomposés en une structure biologique, une propriété de cette structure et un état ou valeur de cette propriété. Les propriétés doivent toujours être prises dans une courte liste de "propriétés fondamentales". Les concepts qui aideront à créer un ensemble de caractères sont discutés, de même que les directives spécifiques permettant de traduire ces concepts dans la pratique. (Résumé d'auteur
A computer aided teleoperator system Final report
Computer aided teleoperator system for remote handling task
Fellhanera gyrophorica, a new European species with conspicuous pycnidia
Fellhanera gyrophorica Sérus., Coppins, Diederich & Scheidegger is described as new from Europe Austria, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Switzerland and Ukraine. It is a sterile corticolous species with conspicuous and sometimes shortly stalked pycnidia whose outer walls produce gyrophoric acid. Its position in the genus Fellhanera (Pilocarpaceae) is tentative and further studies may necessitate its transfer to another genu
Pluripolarity of Graphs of Denjoy Quasianalytic Functions of Several Variables
In this paper we prove pluripolarity of graphs of Denjoy quasianalytic
functions of several variables on the spanning se
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