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A Ballistic Graphene Cooper Pair Splitter
We report an experimental study of Cooper pair splitting in an encapsulated
graphene based multiterminal junction in the ballistic transport regime. Our
device consists of two transverse junctions, namely the
superconductor/graphene/superconductor and the normal metal/graphene/normal
metal junctions. In this case, the electronic transport through one junction
can be tuned by an applied bias along the other. We observe clear signatures of
Cooper pair splitting in the local as well as nonlocal electronic transport
measurements. Our experimental data can be very well described by using a
modified Octavio-Tinkham-Blonder-Klapwijk model and a three-terminal beam
splitter model
Critical Evaluation and Compilation of Viscosity and Diffusivity Data Semiannual Status Report No. 1, Jul. 1 - Dec. 31, 1965
Compilation and evaluation of diffusivity and viscosity data on gas and liquid turbulent flow system
Computer Simulation of Tooth Mobility using Varying Material Properties
Tooth mobility is the major cause of stress on a tooth implant or partial denture and often results in the damage of the device. For many prosthetic devices like dental bridges, a partial denture used for a person who is missing a tooth to give the appearance and function of a tooth, mobility can cause up to double the amount of stress in comparison to a fixed model. Creating a computer simulation of tooth mobility using Finite Element Analysis allows one to understand and predict this movement in order to improve future dental prosthetic devices. The main cause of tooth mobility within the mouth is the periodontal ligament (PDL). This ligament is a soft biological tissue that surrounds the roots of teeth. The tooth moves when a force like mastication, or chewing, causes the ligament to deform. This deformation is due to the small Youngâs Modulus of the ligament. The Youngâs Modulus determines the stiffness of a material. In the case of the PDL, the Youngâs Modulus is sometimes noted to be 30,000 times smaller than that of dentin, this is the material that makes up the majority of the tooth, and of the alveolar bone, this is the bone in which the tooth lies. The deformation of the PDL is also due to the viscoelastic nature of the ligament. The major elastic component of the ligament is collagen, this material allows the PDL to stretch to a certain limit, and the major viscous component of the ligament is the interstitial fluid between the cells, this allows the material to have a fluid-like nature (4)
Growth to early adulthood following extremely preterm birth: the EPICure study.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate growth trajectories from age 2.5 to 19 years in individuals born before 26 weeks of gestation (extremely preterm; EP) compared with term-born controls. METHODS: Multilevel modelling of growth data from the EPICure study, a prospective 1995 birth cohort of 315 EP participants born in the UK and Ireland and 160 term-born controls recruited at school age. Height, weight, head circumference and body mass index (BMI) z-scores were derived from UK standards at ages 2.5, 6, 11 and 19 years. RESULTS: 129 (42%) EP children were assessed at 19 years. EP individuals were on average 4.0âcm shorter and 6.8âkg lighter with a 1.5âcm smaller head circumference relative to controls at 19 years. Relative to controls, EP participants grew faster in weight by 0.06 SD per year (95%âCI 0.05 to 0.07), in head circumference by 0.04 SD (95% CI 0.03 to 0.05), but with no catch-up in height. For the EP group, because of weight catch-up between 6 and 19 years, BMI was significantly elevated at 19 years to +0.32âSD; 23.4% had BMI >25âkg/m2 and 6.3% >30âkg/m2 but these proportions were similar to those in control subjects. EP and control participants showed similar pubertal development in early adolescence, which was not associated with height at 19 years in either study group. Growth through childhood was related to birth characteristics and to neonatal feeding practices. CONCLUSIONS: EP participants remained shorter and lighter and had smaller head circumferences than reference data or controls in adulthood but had elevated BMI
Water rights, conflict and policy: Proceedings of a workshop held in Kathmandu, Nepal, January 22-24, 1996
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