We used speckle visibility spectroscopy to measure the time-resolved dynamcis of avalanching down the inclined surface of a granular material in a half-full rotating drum operating in the slumping regime. The distribution of the avalanche period, t(d), rest time between them, t(r), and peak particle velocity fluctuation, δv(p)(2), are all normally distributed. While the distributions of the two...

The Koch snowflake is a well known self-similar set whose boundary is a fractal curve. Suppose a vibrating membrane with fixed boundary, i.e. a drum, is shaped like a Koch snowflake. The fundamental modes of vibration of this drum can be modelled by the eigenfunctions of the Laplacian on the snowflake. These, in turn, can be approximated by a discrete problem leading to a matrix eigenvalue prob...

We present a model of an African drum ensemble. We develop a model of polyrhythms, their creation, and their goodness. We assume that drummers are distributed and autonomous and must coordinate their rhythms and timing amongst themselves. We introduce a new amorphous clustering algorithm and show that distributed temporal synchronization is possible under certain restrictions. We develop a suit...

The effect of precursors on the characteristics of tin oxide obtained by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method was investigated. The synthesis of nanosized tin(IV) oxide was carried out with the use of two different precursors: tin(II) oxalate obtained using tin chloride(II) and oxalic acid; tin(II) oxalate obtained using tin chloride(II); and ammonium oxalate. The synthesized tin(IV) oxide sa...

While Prior Subspace Analysis (PSA) has proved an effective tool for transcribing mixtures of snare, kick drum and hi-hat both in the “drums-only” case and in the presence of pitched instruments attempts to extend it to deal with increased numbers of drum types have met with mixed results. To overcome this an automatic modeling and grouping procedure has been developed which groups drum events ...

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BACKGROUND Metals are present in electronic cigarette (EC) fluid and aerosol and may present health risks to users. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to measure the amounts of tin, copper, zinc, silver, nickel and chromium in the aerosol from four brands of EC and to identify the sources of these metals by examining the elemental composition of the atomizer components. METHODS Four ...

ABSTRACTA novel floatation-spectrophotometric extraction method was developed for the recovery of tin (II) from aqueous samples prior to determination by UV spectrophotometric detection. The method is based on the formation of a complex between tin (II) and kalmagyte in pH=8. The complex is floated in the interface of n-hexane and aqueous phases. After removing the aqueous phase, the floated pa...