Ž . The dc Superconducting QUantum Interference Device SQUID is a sensitive detector of magnetic flux, with a typical flux noise of the order 1 mF Hz at liquid helium temperatures. Here F s"r2 e is the flux quantum. In our NMR or 0 0 NQR spectrometer, a niobium wire coil wrapped around the sample is coupled to a thin film superconducting coil deposited on the SQUID to form a flux transformer. W...

Introduction Mentorship/Preceptorship (M/P) has been utilised within the nursing profession since early 1980's. Successful, structured M/P programmes can be hugely beneficial to Northern Ireland (NI) Trusts who recruit regularly and often rely on fluidity of staff movement regionally. In absence standardised tools accurately universally measure competency newly qualified Radiographers (NQR) as ...

The temperature dependence of the 81 Br NQR frequencies of the title compound has revealed the presence of three phases (I, II and III, in the order of decreasing temperature): Tcl (II -1) = (318 ± 10) K and Tc2 (III II) = (202 ± 1) K. The transitions were confirmed by thermal analysis (DTA). Both of the II-I and I-II transitions exhibited strong hysteresis (/. e., superheating and supercooling...

Cocrystals of 4,4'-bipyridyl and several carboxylic acids were grown from the methanol solution of the cocrystal formers. Complete (14)N NQR spectra of these cocrystals have been measured using (1)H-(14)N nuclear quadrupole double resonance. The principal values of the quadrupole coupling tensor are calculated from the (14)N NQR frequencies. A large variation in the (14)N quadrupole coupling co...

The C1 NQR spectra of the two phases (phases I and II) of 2,3-dichloro-l,4-naphthoquinone were studied from 77 to 394 K. The crystal structure determination of the triclinic phase (phase I) was refined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Phase I crystallizes in the space group C/-P1. The unit cell (Z = 4) has the dimensions a = 1614.3(4) pm, 6 = 828.1 (3) pm, c = 733.2(3) pm, a = 67.02(l)°, /?...

BACKGROUND With a pending need to identify potential means to improved quality of care, national quality registries (NQRs) are identified as a promising route. Yet, there is limited evidence with regards to what hinders and facilitates the NQR innovation, what signifies the contexts in which NQRs are applied and drive quality improvement. Supposedly, barriers and facilitators to NQR-driven qual...

Cl NQR measurements revealed two phase transitions at 14.5 K and 70 K in NH4ICl4. By deuteration of the ammonium ions, the respective transition temperature increased to 27 K and 74 K. In the lowest-temperature phase of NH4ICl4, by the deuteration a remarkable change of the temperature dependence of the Cl NQR frequencies was observed. The NQR spin-lattice relaxation-time minimum, ascribable to...