Wafer level packaging could reduce the cost of MEMS based sensors through simplified processing and inexpensive components. A novel vacuum tight seal referred to as the wedge seal method is proposed in this paper. The seal consists of a silicon wedge forced into a pliable material (typically a metal) that is attached to the component wafer. The wedge-seal addresses some of the requirements of m...

The presence of mastitis in bred dairy heifers can adversely affect the development of milkproducing tissues, leading to less than maximal milk production and increased somatic cell counts (SCC) during their first lactation. Use of nonlactating cow therapy has been beneficial in curing existing intramammary infections (IMI), and teat sealants have been beneficial in preventing new IMI from deve...

BACKGROUND Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) of the Beaufort Sea enter hyperphagia in spring and gain fat reserves to survive periods of low prey availability. We collected information on seals killed by polar bears (n=650) and hunting attempts on ringed seal (Pusa hispida) lairs (n=1396) observed from a helicopter during polar bear mark-recapture studies in the eastern Beaufort Sea in spring in 19...

While high-throughput planar patch-clamp instruments are now established to perform whole-cell recordings for drug screening, the conventional micropipette-based approach remains the gold standard for performing cell-attached single-channel recordings. Generally, planar platforms are not well-suited for such studies due to excess noise resulting from low seal resistances and the use of substrat...

Measurement of fault rock and seal rock flow properties presents considerable problems, even in the controlled conditions of the laboratory. Estimating of the sealing capacity and rate of leakage across faults or shale layers is an even greater challenge. The purpose of this contribution is to examine, with examples, how a combination of existing and novel petrophysical methods could reduce unc...

In this paper quantum seals will be introduced. A quantum seal is a way of encoding a classical message into quantum states, so that everybody can read the message error-free, but at the same time the sender and all intended readers who have some prior knowledge of the quantum seal, can check if the seal has been broken and the message read. The verification is done without reading nor disturbi...

Tatarl? Höyük is one of the largest settlements Cilicia Pedias (Campestris). It located on important commercial and military routes at western exit Amanus Mountains, in eastern part Ceyhan district Adana. also close to Hittite-Kizzuwatna Caravan Road connected Central Anatolia by this route. This article discusses a seal two impressions found excavations 2013 2015. One without an inscription ca...