Classical music performers use instruments to transform the symbolic notation of the score into sound which is ultimately perceived by a listener. For acoustic instruments, the timbre of the resulting sound is assumed to be strongly linked to the physical and acoustical properties of the instrument itself. However, rather little is known about how much influence the player has over the timbre o...

We have investigated stress evolution in dilute nitride GaAs1−xNx alloy films grown by plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy. For coherently strained films sx,2.5% d, a comparison of stresses measured via in situ wafer curvature measurements, with those determined from x-ray rocking curves using a linear interpolation of lattice parameter and elastic constants, suggests significant bowing of t...

We report two sibs, the ninth and tenth cases of a distinctive familial skeletal dysplasia. Designated kyphomelic dysplasia, the condition is a short limbed dwarfism characterised by very short angulated femora, variable bowing of other long bones, irregular, flared metaphyses, restricted joint mobility, a small thorax and short trunk, a normal cranium and psychomotor development, and a tendenc...

BACKGROUND Little information is available regarding the prevalence of laryngeal pathology in adults. PURPOSE To estimate the prevalence of occult laryngeal pathology in a community-based cohort of adults over 40 years of age. METHODS One hundred consecutive volunteers over age 40 with no history of voice disorders were enrolled. All completed a self-administered laryngeal symptom questionn...

Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) plunge dive into water to capture fish with highly distensible pouches. During prey capture, the pouch may expand to hold 11 L of water and the mandibular rami may bow from a resting position of 5 cm to over 15 cm. We compared mineralization of two bending regions of the mandible with a nonbending region, and examined cross-sectional morphology to determi...

BACKGROUND Femoral bowing plane (FBP) is the unattended subject in the literature. More over the femoral shaft with its bowing is neglected in established anteversion determination methods. There is limited information about the relationship between FBP and anteversion. Thus we focused on this subject and hypothesized that there could be an adaptation of FBP to anteversion. MATERIALS AND METH...

Epitaxial transparent oxide NixMg1-xO (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) thin films were grown on MgO(100) substrates by pulsed laser deposition. High-resolution synchrotron X-ray diffraction and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy analysis indicate that the thin films are compositionally and structurally homogeneous, forming a completely miscible solid solution. Nevertheless, the composition dependence ...

Abstract Bandgap engineering of compound semiconductors and the fabrication bandgap-modulated heterostructures are important for enabling development modern optoelectronics. However, these processes challenging two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides, particularly on a large scale. Herein, we report wafer-scale homogeneous growth composition-modulated WS 2 x Se 2(1- ) alloys with ...