Selection of solar energy for green building using superiority and inferiority multi-criteria

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One-year clinical outcomes of patients implanted with a Resolute Onyx™ zotarolimus-eluting stent

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Non-polar InGaN quantum dot emission with crystal-axis oriented linear polarization

Polarization sensitive photoluminescence is performed on single non-polar InGaN quantum dots. The studied InGaN quantum dots are found to have linearly polarized emission with a common polarization direction defined by the [0001] crystal axis. Around half of ∼40 studied dots have a polarization degree of 1. For those lines with a polarization degree less than 1, we can resolve fine structure splittings between −800 μeV and +800 μeV, with no clear correlation between fine structure splitting and emission energy.This research was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) UK (Grant No. EP/H047816/1).This is the accepted manuscript of a paper published in Applied Physics Letters (Reid BPL, Kocher C, Zhu T, Oehler F, Chan CCS, Oliver RA, Taylor RA, Applied Physics Letters, 2015, 106, 171108, doi:10.1063/1.4919656). The final version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.491965

Observations of Rabi oscillations in a non-polar InGaN quantum dot

Experimental observation of Rabi rotations between an exciton excited state and the crystal ground state in a single non-polar InGaN quantum dot is presented. The exciton excited state energy is determined by photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy using two-photon excitation from a pulsed laser. The population of the exciton excited state is seen to undergo power dependent damped Rabi oscillations.This research was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) U.K. (Grant No. EP/H047816/1).This version is the author accepted manuscript. The published version can also be found on the publisher's website at: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/104/26/10.1063/1.4886961 © 2014 AIP Publishing LL

Understanding and promoting oral health of Indonesian domestic helpers in Hong Kong

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Wild type and mutant 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) viruses cause more severe disease and higher mortality in pregnant BALB/c mice

Background: Pregnant women infected by the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus had more severe disease and higher mortality but its pathogenesis is still unclear. Principal Findings: We showed that higher mortality, more severe pneumonitis, higher pulmonary viral load, lower peripheral blood T lymphocytes and antibody responses, higher levels of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines, and worse fetal development occurred in pregnant mice than non-pregnant controls infected by either wild type (clinical isolate) or mouse-adapted mutant virus with D222G substitution in hemagglutinin. These disease-associated changes and the lower respiratory tract involvement were worse in pregnant mice challenged by mutant virus. Though human placental origin JEG-3 cell line could be infected and proinflammatory cytokines or chemokines were elevated in amniotic fluid of some mice, no placental or fetal involvement by virus were detected by culture, real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction or histopathological changes. Dual immunofluorescent staining of viral nucleoprotein and type II alveolar cell marker SP-C protein suggested that the majority of infected alveolar epithelial cells were type II pneumocytes. Conclusion: The adverse effect of this pandemic virus on maternal and fetal outcome is largely related to the severe pulmonary disease and the indirect effect of inflammatory cytokine spillover into the systemic circulation. © 2010 Chan et al.published_or_final_versio

Quantum dot-like excitonic behavior in individual single walled-carbon nanotubes.

Semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes are one-dimensional materials with great prospects for applications such as optoelectronic and quantum information devices. Yet, their optical performance is hindered by low fluorescent yield. Highly mobile excitons interacting with quenching sites are attributed to be one of the main non-radiative decay mechanisms that shortens the exciton lifetime. In this paper we report on time-integrated photoluminescence measurements on individual polymer wrapped semiconducting carbon nanotubes. An ultra narrow linewidth we observed demonstrates intrinsic exciton dynamics. Furthermore, we identify a state filling effect in individual carbon nanotubes at cryogenic temperatures as previously observed in quantum dots. We propose that each of the CNTs is segmented into a chain of zero-dimensional states confined by a varying local potential along the CNT, determined by local environmental factors such as the amount of polymer wrapping. Spectral diffusion is also observed, which is consistent with the tunneling of excitons between these confined states

A systematic review of information format and timing before scheduled adult surgery for peri-operative anxiety

We included 34 trials with 3742 participants, identified through 6 database and supplementary searches (to May 2017): 29 were randomised; 4 were quasi-randomised and 1 was cluster-randomised. Disparate measurements and outcomes precluded meta-analyses. Blinding was attempted in only 6 out of 34 (18%) trials. A multimedia format, alone or in combination with text or verbal formats, was studied in 20/34 (59%) trials: pre-operative anxiety was unaffected in 10 out of 14 trials and reduced by the multimedia format in three; postoperative anxiety was unaffected in four out of five trials in which formats were compared. Multimedia formats increased knowledge more than text, which in turn increased knowledge more than verbal formats. Other outcomes were unaffected by information format. The timing of information did not affect pre-operative anxiety, postoperative pain or length of stay. In conclusion, the effects of pre-operative information on peri-operative anxiety and other outcomes were affected little by format or timing

Observations of Rabi oscillations in a non-polar InGaN quantum dot

Experimental observation of Rabi rotations between an exciton excited state and the crystal ground state in a single non-polar InGaN quantum dot is presented. The exciton excited state energy is determined by photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy using two-photon excitation from a pulsed laser. The population of the exciton excited state is seen to undergo power dependent damped Rabi oscillations.This research was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) U.K. (Grant No. EP/H047816/1).This version is the author accepted manuscript. The published version can also be found on the publisher's website at: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/104/26/10.1063/1.4886961 © 2014 AIP Publishing LL