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Scanning Electron Microscopy Observation of the Interaction Between the Surface Acoustic Waves and Regular Domain Structures in the LiNbO3 Crystals
This paper reports a scanning electron microscope study of the interaction between the surface acoustic waves and regular domain structures in LiNbO3 crystals. The regular domain structures in LiNbO3 crystals were formed by the method of the thermo-electric treatment after growth. We investigated two modes of interaction: the surface-acoustic-waves propagate along and across the regular domain structures. It is shown that the regular domain structures in the first case can be used as an acoustical wave-guide, because the power-flow vector of the surface acoustic waves has the direction along the domain structure. Also we observed that the surface acoustic wave inverts the voltage contrast of the image in the scanning electron microscope by π during the process of the propagation across the domain walls
Muon pair creation from positronium in a circularly polarized laser field
We study elementary particle reactions that result from the interaction of an
atomic system with a very intense laser wave of circular polarization. As a
specific example, we calculate the rate for the laser-driven reaction , where the electron and positron originate from a positronium
atom or, alternatively, from a nonrelativistic plasma. We distinguish
accordingly between the coherent and incoherent channels of the process. Apart
from numerical calculations, we derive by analytical means compact formulas for
the corresponding reaction rates. The rate for the coherent channel in a laser
field of circular polarization is shown to be damped because of the destructive
interference of the partial waves that constitute the positronium ground-state
wave packet. Conditions for the observation of the process via the dominant
incoherent channel in a circularly polarized field are pointed out
Friedmann Universes and Exact Solutions in String Cosmology
We show that the classical null strings generate the Hilbert-Einstein gravity
corresponding to D-dimensional Friedmann universes.Comment: 8 pages, LATE
Three-dimensional quantification of soft tissue changes and its relationship to skeletal changes after Le Fort III, monobloc, and facial bipartition in syndromic craniosynostosis
To determine the effect of midface surgery on soft tissue changes and their relationship to hard tissue changes in patients with syndromic craniosynostosis. A retrospective analysis of patients who had undergone Le Fort III (LFIII), monobloc (MB), or facial bipartition (FB) was conducted. A 3D soft tissue mesh was generated from the preoperative scan and registered to the postoperative scan, after which the advancement was visualised. A total of 68 patients were included: 28 had undergone LFIII, 27 MB, and 13 FB. The included diagnoses were Apert (n = 23), Crouzon (n = 34), and craniofrontonasal syndrome (n = 11). After LFIII, most soft tissue advancement was seen around subnasale and pronasale (mean 15.1 ± 5.9 mm and 14.7 ± 5.7 mm, at age 7–12 years). After MB, a greater hard tissue than soft tissue advancement was seen for most landmarks, showing a high positive correlation. In patients undergoing FB without distraction (n = 10), mean preoperative inter-canthal distance was 48.9 mm, this reduced by 6.9 mm postoperatively. This study provides a comprehensive overview of the outcomes after midface surgery using 3D quantification for a better understanding of the soft tissue changes and their relationship to hard tissue changes.</p
Association between prenatal alcohol exposure and children's facial shape:a prospective population-based cohort study
Tailoring surface properties, biocompatibility and corrosion behavior of stainless steel by laser induced periodic surface treatment towards developing biomimetic stents
Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSS) holds great potential for regenerative biomedicine. Creating highly precise LIPSS enables to generate biomimetic implant surfaces with improved properties. The present study focuses on the fabrication and investigation of laser-treated stainless steel samples with applied linear LIPSS patterns with grooves made by means of a picosecond laser system using wavelengths of 1064 nm and 532 nm. To investigate properties of the laser-treated surfaces and to understand the basics of cell-surface interactions between the LIPSS and human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells (UCMSC), flat stainless steel samples with various applied nanopatterns were used. Such LIPSSs demonstrated higher surface roughness, good biocompatibility, lower wettability and higher corrosion resistance compared to the untreated (polished) spec-imens. The surface roughness of laser-treated samples was in microscale that enabled adhesion and migration of endothelial cells, thus increasing the likelihood for endothelialisation. This thereby could reduce the chances for the development of Late Stent Thrombosis (LST) and In-Stent Restenosis (ISR). Furthermore, laser textured surfaces demonstrated an environment supportive for cell attachment, proliferation and alignment with the nanogroves. Therefore, application of the biomimetic nanopatterns could help to overcome frequent post-surgery complications after the stent implantation
String Propagation in Bianchi Type I models: Dynamical anisotropy Damping and Consequences
A generic ansatz is introduced which provides families of exact solutions to
the equations of motion and constraints for null-strings in Bianchi type I
cosmological models. This is achieved irrespective of the form of the metric.
Within classes of dilaton cosmologies a backreaction mapping relation is
established where the null string leads to more or less anisotropic members of
the family. The equations of motion and constraints for the generic model are
casted in their first order form and integrated both analytically and
numerically.Comment: 37 pages, 11 figure
A genome-wide association study identifies genetic loci associated with specific lobar brain volumes
Tensionless String in the Notoph Background
We study the interaction between a tensionless (null) string and an
antisymmetric background field B_{ab} using a 2-component spinor formalism. A
geometric condition for the absence of such an interaction is formulated. We
show that only one gauge-invariant degree of freedom of the field B_{ab} does
not satisfy this condition. Identification of this degree of freedom with the
notoph field \phi of Ogievetskii-Polubarinov-Kalb-Ramond is suggested.
Application of a two-component spinor formalism allows us a reduction of the
complete system of non-linear partial differential equations and constraints
governing the interacting null string dynamics to a system of linear
differential equations for the basis spinors of the spin-frame. We find that
total effect of the interaction is contained in a single derivation coefficient
which is identified with the notoph field.Comment: 15 pages, no figures, RevTeX 3.
Exact String Solutions in Nontrivial Backgrounds
We show how the classical string dynamics in -dimensional gravity
background can be reduced to the dynamics of a massless particle constrained on
a certain surface whenever there exists at least one Killing vector for the
background metric. We obtain a number of sufficient conditions, which ensure
the existence of exact solutions to the equations of motion and constraints.
These results are extended to include the Kalb-Ramond background. The
-brane dynamics is also analyzed and exact solutions are found. Finally, we
illustrate our considerations with several examples in different dimensions.
All this also applies to the tensionless strings.Comment: 22 pages, LaTeX, no figures; V2:Comments and references added;
V3:Discussion on the properties of the obtained solutions extended, a
reference and acknowledgment added; V4:The references renumbered, to appear
in Phys Rev.
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