Structure of the intermediate state in type-I superconducting lead (Pb) is shown to be very sensitive to the ramp rate of an applied magnetic field. The configurations of resulting static patterns depend sensitively on the shape of the specimen. In particular, geometric barrier, present in the samples with rectangular cross-section, plays an important role in determining the sharp boundary betw...

The term “optical thermoelasticity” is used to describe how the optical properties of a material change when it heated or deformed mechanically. issues effective elastic and heat transfer symmetry are given particular focus. This study gives new nonlocal theoretical formulation for thermo-optical that can be thermomechanical waves plasma relate semiconductor materials such as silicon germanium....

In this present paper an inventory model is developed with ramp type demand, starting with shortage and three – parameter Weibull distribution deterioration. A brief analysis of the cost involved is carried out by an example.

Large-scale weather patterns and their variability can influence both the amount of wind power production its temporal variation, i.e., ramps. In this study, we use a self-organizing map to cluster hourly sea level pressure into discrete number patterns. The dependency ramps on these is studied for Belgian offshore farm fleet. A newly developed wavelet-surrogate ramp-detection algorithm used id...

The overall objective of this research project is the development and evaluation of a flexible and cooperative management system within SME based production networks for the ramp-up process. Inter-organizational processes of six previous ramp ups were analyzed and documented in flow charts. Highlevel executives and domain-experts of the production nets developed in moderated focus-groups standa...

BACKGROUND NT-proBNP measurements aid in the evaluation of patients with suspected heart failure (HF) and may facilitate risk stratification in patients with HF and acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Point-of-care (POC) assays may provide more timely results and potentially improve patient outcomes. METHODS We evaluated the analytical performance of the Response Biomedical Corporation whole blood...

The results of psychophysical studies suggest that displacement velocity may contribute significantly to the sensation of subcortical somatosensory neurons. The cortical correlates of these phenomena, however, are not known. In the present study the responses of rapidly adapting (RA) neurons in the forelimb region of cat primary somatosensory cortex (SI) to controlled displacement of skin and h...

OBJECTIVE Individuals experiencing low back pain often present clinically with intervertebral joint dysfunction. The purpose of this study was to determine whether relative changes in stiffness at a single spinal joint alters neural responsiveness of lumbar muscle spindles to either vertebral movement or position. METHODS Muscle spindle discharge was recorded in response to 1mm L6 ramp and ho...