OBJECTIVES We compare expert opinion with perceptual judgment regarding the influence of color on the perceived height and width of interior rooms. BACKGROUND We hypothesize that contrary to popular belief, ceiling and wall lightness have additive effects on perceived height, whereas the lightness contrast between these surfaces is less important. We assessed the intuitions of architectural e...

Although silicon is a promising material for quantum computation, the degeneracy of the conduction band minima (valleys) must be lifted with a splitting sufficient to ensure the formation of well-defined and long-lived spin qubits. Here we demonstrate that valley separation can be accurately tuned via electrostatic gate control in a metal-oxide-semiconductor quantum dot, providing splittings sp...

visitor management is considered important for the sustainable development of protected areas as the presence of visitors may cause negative impacts on wildlife and vegetation. within this framework, visitor impacts and perceptions are considered critical for decision-making and planning of future management regimes. this paper resumes opinions of visitors of the valley of butterflies in rhode...

Elucidating cold-air-pooling processes forms part of the longstanding problem of 5 parametrizing the effects of complex terrain in larger-scale numerical models. The Weather 6 Research and Forecasting model has been set-up and run at high resolution over an ideal7 ized alpine-valley domain with a width of order 10 km, to investigate the four-dimensional 8 variation of key cold-air-pooling forci...

Objectives: We compare expert opinion with perceptual judgment regarding the influence of color on the perceived height and width of interior rooms. Background: We hypothesize that contrary to popular belief, ceiling and wall lightness have additive effects on perceived height, whereas the lightness contrast between these surfaces is less important. We assessed the intuitions of architectural e...

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a zoonotic vector-borne infection and causes a potentially severe disease. Many mammals are susceptible to infection including important livestock species. Although currently confined to Africa and the near-East, this disease causes concern in countries in temperate climates where both hosts and potential vectors are present, such as the Netherlands. Currently,...

The Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is a key component of the global climate system. However, our current understanding spatio-temporal oscillations and landscape transformation GrIS margins since last glacial cycle still incomplete. objective this work to study deglaciation Zackenberg Valley (74°N, 20°E), NE Greenland, origin derived landforms. Based on extensive fieldwork high-detail geomorphologi...

In this study, the seismic interaction of surface foundations and underground cavities was investigated. For this purpose, a parametric study of geometric dimensions of the foundation and cavity, their location, and the effect of the interaction between surface foundations and underground cavities was evaluated. The variable parameters include the ratio of the overburden height to the foundatio...

PURPOSE Previous studies have described the complex undulation pattern in the distal femoral physis. We investigated whether standard radiographs can visualize these landmarks, in order to guide hardware placement in the distal immature femur. METHODS We studied 36 cadaveric immature femora in specimens 3 to 18 years of age. Anteroposterior (AP) and lateral radiographs were obtained with and ...