Synthesis of a high frequency reactance

Foster’s reactance theorem (1) provides the necessary information for the synthesis of the most general dissipationless reactance provided the frequency range is such that lumped reactances, namely inductance coils and condensers, are available. At the higher frequencies these are difficult to obtain practically and the impedence elements must be treated in design as the transmission lines with distributed inductance and capacity which they truly are

Greater action must be taken in combating the sexual objectification of women in the print media

Last week the Leveson inquiry into the practices of the press turned to the issue of sexism in the media. Suvi Ramo of OBJECT argues that the objectification and sexualisation of women in British tabloid press is rife, and that this has a huge impact on societal attitudes. Greater regulation of print media is now needed in order to make it consistent with the regulation that already exists for other forms of medi

Robust eye tracking based on multiple corneal reflections for clinical applications

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Abstraction and Product Categories as Explanatory Variables for Food Consumption

An understanding of the process by which consumers match consumption choices to personal values is powerful aid to guide strategic market orientation. It is of particular importance in the highly saturated food markets of developed countries, where consumer needs are shifting closer and closer towards the search for quality and emotional benefits. This study sets out to explore variation in the consumer choice structure in relation to three products with different levels of search, experience and credence attributes, using means-end chain theory. The results suggest the presence of an emotional component in foods that increases in complexity (becomes more abstract) with the number of credence attributes associated with the product; a fact worthy of the consideration of product managers when designing marketing strategies.quality, the information economy, search, experience and credence goods, means-end chain, laddering, abstraction, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,

Investigation of charge sharing among electrode strips for a CdZnTe detector

We have investigated charge sharing among the anode strips of a CdZnTe (CZT) detector using a 30 micrometer collimated gamma-ray beam. We compared the laboratory measurements with the predictions from our modeling of the charge transport within the detector. The results indicate that charge sharing is a function of the interaction depth and the energy of the incoming photon. Also, depending on depth, a fraction of the electrons might drift to the inter-anode region causing incomplete charge collection. Here, we show that photoelectron range and diffusion of the charge cloud are the principal causes of charge sharing and obtain limits on the size of the electron cloud as a function of position in the detector.Comment: 16 pages 10 figures. Accepted for publication in Nuclear Instruments and Methods -

CALIFORNIA\u27S ENERGY CRISIS - THE PERILS OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND A CHALLENGE TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

California\u27s energy crisis represented a profound moment in energy policy, crisis management and environmental justice. California\u27s deregulation led to blackouts and rapid increases in ratepayer bills that eventually fueled the Governor\u27s declaration of emergency and emergency legislation by the State Legislature. Lessons about deregulation, crisis management and environmental justice abound. This article is not an attempt to systematically and comprehensively analyze California\u27s energy deregulation. It instead focuses on the repercussions of crisis management, particularly as it relates to environmental justice

The California Offset Game: Who Wins and Who Loses?

California is implementing the most comprehensive global warming regulatory program in the United States. A key part of this program is its cap-and-trade system. Integral to the cap-and-trade requirements are provisions for offsets, whereby companies, to meet their caps, can purchase credits from certain unregulated entities whose activities are deemed to have resulted in real and additional emission reductions. California has attempted to avoid the Kyoto Protocol\u27s project-by-project lengthy and problematic review of offsets with a performance standard approach for domestic offsets and a sector approach for international offsets. Offsets, even if done right. raise serious environmental justice questions as to who will benefit and who will be harmed as offsets are granted. California\u27s approach, however. also raises questions about how real these offsets will be, which has already lead to litigation. International offsets are even more troublesome. California needs to reconsider its approach and further limit the availability of these offsets if the program is to have integrity, achieve its goals and avoid environmental justice concerns