Flux diverters (FDs) are used in High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) transformers for AC loss reduction and flux optimization. In this paper, a 2D axial symmetric superconducting winding model is proposed two designs of applied to the windings. A homogenization approach analyze windings with large turn numbers. The key parameters including number, width, height spatial positions FDs adjusted...

From Jensen's two-level theory of mental abilities (Level I: rote learning and memory; Level II: complex cognitive processing) it was predicted that forward digit span (F1JS) should correlate less with IQ than backward digit span (BDS), and age and race should interact with FDS-BDS, with the FDS-BDS difference decreasing as a junction of age and a greater white-black difference in BDS than in F...

This paper further investigates the specification and calibration of FDs. The purpose is to provide a consistent, systematic, and adaptive way to obtain FDs from single-loop detector measurements. In particular, the piecewise linear form is adopted for the FD, because (a) more-complex forms of the FD can be approximated by a piecewise linear form with arbitrarily many pieces, and (b) empirical ...

The Fourier descriptors (FDs) is a classical but still popular method for contour matching. The key idea is to apply the Fourier transform to a periodic representation of the contour, which results in a shape descriptor in the frequency domain. Fourier descriptors are most commonly used to compare object silhouettes and object contours; we instead use this well established machinery to describe...

We present the results of a lattice QCD calculation of the pseudoscalar meson decay constants fπ, fK , fD and fDs , performed with Nf = 2 dynamical fermions. The simulation is carried out with the tree-level improved Symanzik gauge action and with the twisted mass fermionic action at maximal twist. We have considered for the final analysis three values of the lattice spacing, a ≃ 0.10 fm, 0.09 ...

BACKGROUND We hypothesized that the repetitive use of a toenail clipper by podiatric physicians could induce fatigue of the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) muscle, reducing the accuracy of toenail cutting. METHODS We examined the consequences of cutting a plastic sheet, reproducing the resistance of thick toenails, with a podiatric medical clipper on the maximal handgrip force (Fmax) dev...

OBJECTIVE To describe the correlation between the functional dysphagia scale and aspiration pneumonia and which characteristics influence the occurrence of aspiration pneumonia in patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease. METHODS Fifty-three patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease were prospectively evaluated in this study. Disease severity and functional status were measured by modified...

Shape is one of the primary features in Content Based Image Retrieval (CBIR). Many shape representations and retrieval methods exist. However, most of those methods either do not well capture shape features or are difficult to do normalization (or matching). Among them, methods based Fourier descriptors (FDs) achieve both good representation and easy normalization. FDs is often blamed for not b...

Flow and Diffusion Distributed Structures (FDS) are stationary spatially periodic patterns that can be observed in reaction-diffusion-advection systems. These structures arise when the flow rate exceeds a certain bifurcation point provided that concentrations of interacting species at the inlet differ from steady state values and the concentrations are held constant. Normally, theoretical studi...

Membrane scission is essential for intracellular trafficking. While BAR domain proteins such as endophilin have been reported in dynamin-independent scission of tubular membrane necks, the cutting mechanism has yet to be deciphered. Here, we combine a theoretical model, in vitro, and in vivo experiments revealing how protein scaffolds may cut tubular membranes. We demonstrate that the protein s...