A questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the effects of daylighting and human behavior patterns on subjective luminous comfort in Hong Kong housing units. The participants were recruited via mail, and included residents of both public and private housing units. 340 questionnaires were returned and analyzed by using SPSS 19.0. In analyzing the response statistics, the Cronbach's alpha...

We report observations of saturation effects in a Ce:LuAG and Eu-doped nitride ceramic phosphor for conversion of blue laser light for white light generation. The luminous flux from the phosphors material increases linearly with the input power until saturation effects limit the conversion. It is shown that the temperature of the phosphor layer influences the saturation power level and the conv...

We examine the origin of molecular gas heating in a sample 42 infrared-luminous galaxies at z<0.3 by combining two sets archival data: first, integrated CO line luminosities 1–0 and 5–4 through 13–12 transitions; second, results from radiative transfer modelling that decompose their bolometric emission into starburst, AGN, host galaxy components. find 9–8 lines primarily arise via starburst ...

INTRODUCTI9N THERE ARE MANY REPO~TS of luminous fishes, all of which, in earlier days, were taken from the deep seas. Luminous organs were found on the sides of the bodies, on the barbels, or on the antennae. In ourward 'appearance these fishes were strangely shaped and feebl y developed, with soft bones and loose muscles, and it was assumed that such 'unusual fishes belonged exclusively to the...