In this study, I present a new elastic network model, to our knowledge, that addresses insufficiencies of two conventional models-the Gaussian network model (GNM) and the anisotropic network model (ANM). It has been shown previously that the GNM is not rotation-invariant due to its energy, which penalizes rigid-body rotation (external rotation). As a result, GNM models are found contaminated wi...

The geometric accuracy of CT images is essential when they are used for planning radiation therapy. In this study, a method of quantitative testing of image rotation in CT is presented, based on the automated analysis of an image of a phantom half-filled with water. A plug-in was written for ImageJ software for automated detection of a water surface in an image and measurement of its angle rela...

We investigate the properties of r-mode oscillations of a slowly rotating neutron star with a solid crust, by taking account of the effects of the Coriolis force. For the modal analysis we employ three-component neutron star models that are composed of a fluid core, a solid crust and a surface fluid ocean. For the three-component models, we find that there exist two kinds of r-modes, that is, t...

Self-starting performance is a key factor in the evaluation of a Darrieus straight-bladed vertical axis turbine. Most traditional studies have analyzed the turbine’s self-starting capability using the experimental and numerical data of the forced rotation. A 2D numerical model based on the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software ANSYS-Fluent was developed to simulate the self-starting proce...

Progress from global gyrokinetic simulations in understanding the origin of intrinsic rotation in toroidal plasmas is reported. The turbulence-driven intrinsic torque associated with nonlinear residual stress generation due to zonal flow shear induced asymmetry in the parallel wave number spectrum is shown to scale close to linearly with plasma gradients and the inverse of the plasma current, q...

The fundamental question of how the flow velocity of the background plasma can influence the motion of magneto-hydrodynamics instabilities and, in ultimate analysis, their stability is addressed. The growth of Resistive Wall Mode instabilities in toroidal confinement devices well represents one example of such a problem. In this paper we illustrate a new strategy that allowed, for the first tim...

The modern communication systems and software radio based applications demands fully digital receivers, consisting of only an antenna and a fully programmable circuit with digital modulators and demodulators. A basic communication system’s transmitter modulates the amplitude, phase or frequency proportional to the signal being transmitted. An efficient solution (that doesn’t require large table...

Faraday rotation (FR) is one of the main error sources for passive microwave remote sensing from space especially in frequencies less than or equal to 10.7 GHz. In this paper, Faraday rotation correction for the vertical brightness temperature at L band and the third Stokes parameter brightness temperature at 10.7 GHz are discussed. Two approaches are studied to remove the influence of FR: corr...

This paper describes the TE-TM mode conversion in a magneto-optical layer made by a SiO2/ZrO2 layer doped with magnetic CoFe2O4 nanoparticles. The mode conversion is caused by the Faraday rotation if the magnetization is aligned along the z-axis, parallel to mode propagation. The properties of this phenomenon are simulated using the full-vectorial beam propagation method (BPM). The simulation r...

The mode of neural stem cell division in the forebrain proliferative zones profoundly influences neocortical growth by regulating the number and diversity of neurons and glia. Long-term time-lapse multiphoton microscopy of embryonic mouse cortex reveals new details of the complex three-dimensional rotation and oscillation of the mitotic spindle before stem cell division. Importantly, the durati...