216 research outputs found
A new semiconducting perovskite alloy system made possible by gas-source molecular beam epitaxy
We demonstrate epitaxial thin film growth of the chalcogenide perovskite
semiconducting alloy system BaZrSSe using gas-source molecular
beam epitaxy (MBE). BaZrS is stable in the perovskite structure in bulk
form, but the pure selenide BaZrSe is not. Here stabilize the full range of
compositions y = 0 ... 3 in the perovskite structure, up to and including
BaZrSe, by growing on BaZrS buffer layers. The alloy grows by
pseudomorphic heteroepitaxy on the sulfide buffer, without interruption in the
reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) pattern. The resulting
films are environmentally stable and the direct band gap (E) varies
strongly with Se content, as predicted by theory, covering the range E =
1.9 ... 1.4 eV for y = 0 ... 3. This creates possibilities for visible and
near-infrared (VIS-NIR) optoelectronics, solid state lighting, and solar cells
using chalcogenide perovskites
Be Your Own Curator with the CHIP Tour Wizard [pdf]
Web 2.0 enables increased access to the museum digital
collection. More and more, users will spend time preparing
their visits to the museums and reflecting on them after the
visits. In this context, the CHIP (Cultural Heritage
Information Personalization) project offers tools to the
users to be their own curator, e.g. planning a personalized
museum tour, discovering interesting artworks they want to
see in a 'virtual' or a 'real' tour and quickly finding their
ways in the museum. In this paper we present the new
additions to the CHIP tools, which target the above
functionality - a Web-based Tour Preparation Wizard and
an export of a personalized tour to an interactive Mobile
Guide used in the physical museum space. In addition, the
user interactions during a real museum visit are stored and
synchronized with the user model, which is maintained at
the museum Web site
Be Your Own Curator with the CHIP Tour Wizard [html]
Web 2.0 enables increased access to the museum digital
collection. More and more, users will spend time preparing
their visits to the museums and reflecting on them after the
visits. In this context, the CHIP (Cultural Heritage
Information Personalization) project offers tools to the
users to be their own curator, e.g. planning a personalized
museum tour, discovering interesting artworks they want to
see in a 'virtual' or a 'real' tour and quickly finding their
ways in the museum. In this paper we present the new
additions to the CHIP tools, which target the above
functionality - a Web-based Tour Preparation Wizard and
an export of a personalized tour to an interactive Mobile
Guide used in the physical museum space. In addition, the
user interactions during a real museum visit are stored and
synchronized with the user model, which is maintained at
the museum Web site
Lessons to be learned from the coherent photoproduction of pseudoscalar mesons
We study the coherent photoproduction of pseudoscalar mesons---particularly
of neutral pions---placing special emphasis on the various sources that put
into question earlier nonrelativistic-impulse-approximation calculations. These
include: final-state interactions, relativistic effects, off-shell ambiguities,
and violations to the impulse approximation. We establish that, while
distortions play an essential role in the modification of the coherent cross
section, the uncertainty in our results due to the various choices of
optical-potential models is relatively small (of at most 30%). By far the
largest uncertainty emerges from the ambiguity in extending the many
on-shell-equivalent representations of the elementary amplitude off the mass
shell. Indeed, relativistic impulse-approximation calculations that include the
same pionic distortions, the same nuclear-structure model, and two sets of
elementary amplitudes that are identical on-shell, lead to variations in the
magnitude of the coherent cross section by up to factors of five. Finally, we
address qualitatively the assumption of locality implicit in most
impulse-approximation treatments, and suggest that the coherent reaction
probes---in addition to the nuclear density---the polarization structure of the
nucleus.Comment: Manuscript is 27 pages long and includes 11 eps figure
The He(e, ed)p Reaction in q-constant Kinematics
The cross section for the He(e, ed)p reaction has been measured as a
function of the missing momentum in q -constant kinematics at
beam energies of 370 and 576 MeV for values of the three-momentum transfer
of 412, 504 and 604 \mevc. The L(+TT), T and LT structure functions have been
separated for = 412 and 504 \mevc. The data are compared to three-body
Faddeev calculations, including meson-exchange currents (MEC), and to
calculations based on a covariant diagrammatic expansion. The influence of
final-state interactions and meson-exchange currents is discussed. The
-dependence of the data is reasonably well described by all calculations.
However, the most advanced Faddeev calculations, which employ the AV18
nucleon-nucleon interaction and include MEC, overestimate the measured cross
sections, especially the longitudinal part, and at the larger values of .
The diagrammatic approach gives a fair description of the cross section, but
under(over)estimates the longitudinal (transverse) structure function.Comment: 17 pages, 7 figure
Performance of the BioIntegral Bovine Pericardial Graft in Vascular Infections:VASCular No-REact Graft Against INfection Study
Background: Vascular graft and endograft infections (VGEI) and native vessel infections (NVI) remain considerable challenges in vascular surgery, leading to high mortality and morbidity rates. Although in situ reconstruction is the preferred treatment, the material of choice is still a source of debate. Autologous veins are considered the first choice; however, xenografts may be an acceptable alternative. The performance of a biomodified bovine pericardial graft is assessed when implemented in an infected vascular area. Methods: This is a prospective multicenter cohort study. Patients who underwent reconstruction for VGEI or NVI with a biomodified bovine pericardial bifurcated or straight tube graft were included from December 2017 until June 2021. The primary outcome measure was reinfection at mid-term follow-up. Secondary outcome measures included mortality, patency, and amputation rate. Results: Thirty-four patients with vascular infections were included, of which 23 (68%) had an infected Dacron prosthesis after primary open repair and 8 (24%) had an infected endovascular graft. The remaining 3 (9%) had infected native vessels. At secondary repair, 3 (7%) patients had an in situ aortic tube reconstruction, 29 (66%) had an aortic bifurcated reconstruction, and 2 (5%) had an iliac-femoral reconstruction. At 1-year follow-up after the BioIntegral bovine pericardial graft reconstruction, the reinfection rate was 9%. The 1-year infection-related and procedure-related mortality rate was 16%. The occlusion rate was 6% and in total 3 patients underwent a lower limb amputation during the 1-year follow-up period. Conclusions: In situ reconstruction as treatment of (endo)graft and native vessel infections remains a challenge and reinfection looms as a potential consequence. In cases where time is of essence or when autologous venous repair is not feasible, a swift available solution is needed. The BioIntegral biomodified bovine pericardial graft may be an option as it shows reasonable results in terms of reinfection, in aortic tube and bifurcated grafts.</p
The year in cardiology 2014: peripheral circulation.
In 2014, the debate on the indication of revascularization in case of asymptomatic carotid disease continued, while another one regarding the use of surgery vs. stenting addressed some new issues regarding the long-term cardiac risk of these patients. Renal arteries interventions trials were disappointing, as neither renal denervation nor renal artery stenting was found associated with better blood pressure management or outcome. In contrast, in lower-extremities artery disease, the endovascular techniques represent in 2014 major alternatives to surgery, even in distal arteries, with new insights regarding the interest of drug-eluting balloons. Regarding the aorta, the ESC published its first guidelines document on the entire vessel, emphasizing on the role of every cardiologist for screening abdominal aorta aneurysm during echocardiography. Among vascular wall biomarkers, the aorta stiffness is of increasing interest with new data and meta-analysis confirming its ability to stratify risk, whereas carotid intima-media thickness showed poor performances in terms of reclassifying patients into risk categories beyond risk scores. Regarding the veins, new data suggest the interest of D-dimers and residual venous thrombosis to help the decision of anti-coagulation prolongation or discontinuation after the initial period of treatment for deep vein thrombosis
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