We discuss the operation principle of a detector based on superheated droplets of Freon-12 and its feasibility for the search of weakly interacting cold dark matter particles. In particular we are interested in a neutralino search experiment in the mass range from 10 to 104 GeV/c2 and with a sensitivity of better than 10−2 events/kg/d. We show that our new proposed detector can be operated at a...

We report on the investigation of the nonlinear optical properties of castor oil using the Z-scan technique. Nonlinear refraction and absorption measurements were performed for two different laser wavelengths, 514 and 810 nm, in the CW regime, and for 810 nm in femtosecond regime. The CW results showed that castor oil has a large negative nonlinear refractive index n2 = -3.2 x 10 cm/W for the l...

Title: The effects of ankle and hip muscle afferent inputs on rhythm generation during 1 fictive locomotion 2 3 Authors: Alain Frigon, Jennifer Sirois and Jean-Pierre Gossard 4 5 Affiliation: Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central des Fonds de la 6 Recherche en Santé du Québec, Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal, 7 Montreal, Canada. 8 9 Running Head: Stimulating ankle ...

ERISA section 514 preempts many state and local “pay or play” laws, which mandate employer contributions to their employees’ health insurance. Given the attention that health insurance received in the presidential election cycle, there is a reasonable likelihood of legislative action to achieve a national “pay or play” health care program in the coming years. But a national bill will leave gaps...

Motor cortex single-neuron and population contributions to compensation for 1 multiple dynamic force fields 2 3 4 5 Touria Addou*, Nedialko I. Krouchev* and John F. Kalaska 1 6 Groupe de recherche sur le système nerveux central (FRQS), 7 Département de Neurosciences, 8 Université de Montréal, 9 Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7 10 11 12 * Co-first authors, who contributed equally to all phases o...

Organizers Ann English, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montreal, H3G 1M8, Canada; Phone: 514-848-3338; Fax: 514-848-2868; Email: [email protected] Ichiro Okura, Department of Bioengineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan; Phone: 045-924-5752; Fax: 045-924-5778 Shigenobu Yano, Department of Chemistry, Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan;...

The associations between six genetic polymorphisms in the hepatic lipase (HL) gene (LIPC) and variation in postheparin HL activity and fasting serum lipoproteins were evaluated in 395 male Finnish coronary heart disease patients with HDL cholesterol concentrations </= 1.1 mmol/liter. The LIPC promoter polymorphism at position -514 was highly significantly associated with variation in HL activit...

Throughout the engineering design process, the design problem and design solutionsmay be represented by natural language, sketches, technical drawings, and process diagrams. Due to its ambiguity and flexibility, natural language processing has not been well integrated into the tools and methods assisting the design process. This paper proposes a new graphic language, called recursive object mod...