We show how optically-driven coupled quantum dots can be used to prepare maximally entangled Bell and Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states. Manipulation of the strength and duration of the selective light-pulses needed for producing these highly entangled states provides us with crucial elements for the processing of solid-state based quantum information. Theoretical predictions show that several...

Ferrocene (Fc) and tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) moieties were incorporated into novel hybrid molecules of structure FcS4TTF(R)2 (R = CF3 and SMe). [FcS4TTF(R)2](•+) exhibited R-dependent spin-density distribution, and [FcS4TTF(CF3)2](••2+) showed the coexistence of Fc-centered Fe 3d and TTF-centered π spins. The solid-state molecular structures in different oxidation states reflect their characteri...

population growth and consequently increasing waste are made concern about resources degradation. thus, municipal solid waste management (mswm) becomes a priority for experts in recent decades. to apply new technology in mswm and engineering methods is the base of determining strategies, health and environmental policies. mswm is included some factors such as waste generation, collection, trans...

The management of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in Nigeria and most developing countries has remained a major public health challenge, thus creating the need for reliable and environmentally-acceptable alternatives. This study focuses on composting assessment as a viable recovery alternative for MSW in six States of Southwest Nigeria, namely: Ekiti, Osun, Ondo, Ogun, Oyo, and Lagos. Extensive lit...

The management of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in Nigeria and most developing countries has remained a major public health challenge, thus creating the need for reliable and environmentally-acceptable alternatives. This study focuses on composting assessment as a viable recovery alternative for MSW in six States of Southwest Nigeria, namely: Ekiti, Osun, Ondo, Ogun, Oyo, and Lagos. Extensive lit...

1Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Katahira, Sendai 980-8577, Japan 3Department of Advanced Materials, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan 4Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan 5The Institute for Solid State Physics...

Privatization of local government services is assumed to deliver cost savings, but empirical evidence for this from around the world is mixed. We conduct a metaregression analysis of all econometric studies examining privatization of water distribution and solid waste collection services and find no systematic support for lower costs with private production. Differences in study results are exp...

This overview provides a summary of many aspects of solid organ transplantation in the United States, and is produced as part of the 2005 OPTN/SRTR Annual Report. The Annual Report is prepared by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) in collaboration with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) under contract with the Health Resources and Services Administrati...

The many experimental puzzles of solid hydrogen, that seem to defy the generally accepted view of condensed matter, are shown to be a rather straightforward consequence of a new approach to condensed matter physics, that takes into account the coherent electrodynamic processes, predicted by Quantum ElectroDynamics (QED), that have been so far overlooked. As a consequence, a revision of the pres...

This brief overview of solid organ transplantation in the United States is produced as part of the 2006 OPTN/SRTR Annual Report. The Annual Report is prepared by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) in collaboration with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) under contract with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The report gathers a la...