We present a multi-wavelength analysis of the dwarf Seyfert-2 galaxy J$144013+024744$, candidate obscured active galactic nucleus (AGN) thought to be powered by an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH, $M_\bullet \approx 10^{4-6} M_\odot$) mass $M_{\bullet} \sim 10^{5.2}M_\odot$. To study its X-ray properties, we targeted J$144013+024744$ with NuSTAR for $\approx 100$ ks. The spectrum was fitted ...

We present the first results of a 4.5 year monitoring campaign three bright images multiply imaged $z=2.805$ quasar SDSS J2222+2745 using Gemini North Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS-N) and Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT). take advantage gravitational time delays to construct light curves surpassing 6 years in duration achieve average spectroscopic cadence 10 days during 8 months visibility per ...

THE EFFECTS OF PRE-MAXIMAL EXERTION INHALATION OF AMMONIA AND THE PERFORMANCE EFFECTS DURING DEADLIFT MAXIMAL TESTS Justin Nicholas Vigil Old Dominion University, 2015 Director: Dr. David Branch The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of ammonia as a stimulant on athletic performance during a deadlift one maximal repetition (1-RM) absolute strength test. It was hypothesized tha...

Ultralight axion like particles (ALPs) of mass $m_a\in (10^{-21}\rm{eV}-10^{-22}\rm{eV})$ with decay constant $f_a\sim 10^{17}\rm{GeV}$ can be candidates for fuzzy dark matter (FDM). If celestial bodies Earth and Sun are immersed in a low axionic FDM potential if the ALPs have coupling nucleons then coherent oscillation field results long range hair outside bodies. The mediated Yukawa type fift...

AIMS Lead fractures in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) patients may cause inappropriate shocks (ISs). An early diagnosis is essential to prevent adverse clinical events. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator remote monitoring (RM) permits prompt detection of lead fracture. Limited data define the impact of RM on ISs specifically related to lead fracture. We sought to compare the n...

This chapter outlines procedures for sample preparation and the determination of nanoparticle size using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Several procedures for dispersing gold nanoparticles on various surfaces such that they are suitable for imaging and height measurement via intermittent contact mode, or tapping mode, AFM are first described. The methods for AFM calibration and operation to mak...

Recently, the XENON1T experiment has reported possible detection of an excess in electronic recoil spectrum. Such may indicate presence new physics. In this work, we suggest that scattering mirror electrons with ordinary through photon$-$mirror photon kinetic mixing parameter $\epsilon \sim 10^{-12}(n_{\rm e'}/0.2{\rm cm^{-3}})^{-1/2}({v_{\rm c}^0/5\times 10^{9}~{\rm cm~s^{-1}}})^{1/2}$ account...

Introduction: Polar codes are a major breakthrough in coding theory [1]. They can achieve Shannon capacity with a simple encoder and a simple successive cancellation (SC) decoder, both with low complexity of the order of ( ) N N log O , where N is the code block size. But for short and moderate lengths, the error rate performance of polar codes with the SC decoding is not as good as LDPC or tur...

The notation and terminology used in this paper have been introduced in the following papers: [7], [15], [2], [3], [24], [4], [5], [1], [11], [16], [6], [9], [12], [17], [18], [10], [8], [23], [14], [21], [13], and [22]. For simplicity, we use the following convention: n, m denote non empty elements of N, i, j denote elements of N, f denotes a partial function from 〈Em, ‖ · ‖〉 to 〈En, ‖ · ‖〉, g...