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Enhancing thermoelectric properties of graphene quantum rings
We study the thermoelectric properties of rectangular graphene rings
connected symmetrically or asymmetrically to the leads. A side-gate voltage
applied across the ring allows for the precise control of the electric current
flowing through the system. The transmission coefficient of the rings manifests
Breit-Wigner line-shapes and/or Fano line-shapes, depending on the connection
configuration, the width of nanoribbons forming the ring and the side-gate
voltage. We find that the thermopower and the figure of merit are greatly
enhanced when the chemical potential is tuned close to resonances. Such
enhancement is even more pronounced in the vicinity of Fano like
anti-resonances which can be induced by a side-gate voltage independently of
the geometry. This opens a possibility to use the proposed device as a tunable
thermoelectric generator.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review
Optical Spectroscopy of X-Mega targets in the Carina Nebula - VI. FO 15: a new O-Type double-lined eclipsing binary
We report the discovery of a new O-type double-lined spectroscopic binary
with a short orbital period of 1.4 days. We find the primary component of this
binary, FO 15, to have an approximate spectral type O5.5Vz, i.e. a
Zero-Age-Main-Sequence star. The secondary appears to be of spectral type
O9.5V. We have performed a numerical model fit to the public ASAS photometry,
which shows that FO 15 is also an eclipsing binary. We find an orbital
inclination of ~ 80 deg. From a simultaneous light-curve and radial velocity
solution we find the masses and radii of the two components to be 30 +/- 1 and
16 +/- 1 solar masses and 7.5 +/- 0.5 and 5.3 +/- 0.5 solar radii. These radii,
and hence also the luminosities, are smaller than those of normal O-type stars,
but similar to recently born ZAMS O-type stars. The absolute magnitudes derived
from our analysis locate FO 15 at the same distance as Eta Carinae. From
Chandra and XMM X-ray images we also find that there are two close X-ray
sources, one coincident with FO 15 and another one without optical counterpart.
This latter seems to be a highly variable source, presumably due to a
pre-main-sequence stellar neighbour of FO 15.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS.
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Recovery of baseline renal function after treatment for prolonged in-stent artery thrombosis, in a COVID-19 positive patient: a case report
Objective: Acute renal in-stent thrombosis is common, especially after complex endovascular treatments, or in case of risk factors such as Covid-19 infection. Irreversible renal damage occurred when the renal artery was occluded for more than 3 hours. In this case, we present a case of renal function recovery after
thromboaspiration of a renal stent thrombosis for more than 72 hours.
Case presentation: A 88-year-old man who tested positive for COVID-19 presented to the emergency room with dyspnea and anuria. He referred a previous complex endovascular intervention with the triple chimney technique (ChEVAR). More than 72 hours passed between the onset of symptoms to the diagnosis of acute renal intra-stent thrombosis. He underwent urgent thromboaspiration with neurovascular devices returning to his baseline renal function.
Conclusion: Despite the prolonged ischemia, renal revascularization with thromboaspiration restored renal function and rescued the remaining renal parenchym
A tunable single photon quantum router
We propose an efficient single-photon router comprising two resonator
waveguide channels coupled by several sequential cavities with embedded
three-level atoms. We show that the system can operate as a perfect four-way
single-photon switch. We also demonstrate that an incident single-photon
propagating in one of the waveguides can be routed into one or the other output
channels; such routing can be controlled by the external classical
electromagnetic field driving the atoms. We argue that, under appropriate
conditions, the efficiency of such routing can be close to 100\% within a broad
operational bandwidth, suggesting various applications in photonics.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figure
X-ray structures from outflowing Young Stellar Objects interacting with the Interstellar Medium
Actividad molusquicida de extractos acuosos vegetales sobre el caracol manzana pomacea canaliculata
En el Ecuador, entre el 40 y 48% de la produccioÌn de arroz se pierde a causa del ataque de Pomacea canaliculata, una de las cien especies invasivas maÌs danÌinas del mundo que actualmente ha infestado alrededor de 170.000 hectaÌreas del cultivo en todo el territorio nacional
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