This paper gives an overview of the properties of all possible equilibrium sequences of compact strange-matter stars with nuclear crusts, which range from strange stars to strange dwarfs. In contrast to their non-strange counterparts, –neutron stars and white dwarfs–, their properties are determined by two (rather than one) parameters, the central star density and the density at the base of the...

The nineteenth century was an age of reason and industrialization. Magic mythical creatures ceased to exist for the rational minds time. Yet, despite intellectual hostility magic mysticism, their sway over popular culture literary world remained undisturbed. even found other ways return. One these is stage magic. In 1840s, magician John Henry Anderson dazzled audiences in London with his perfor...

We give some general arguments in favor of the large magnitude of matrix elements of an operator associated with nonvalence quarks in heavy hadrons. We estimate matrix element 1 2mΛb 〈Λb|s̄s|Λb〉 ≃ 1 ÷ 2 for Λb baryon whose valence content is b, u, d quarks. This magnitude corresponds to a noticeable contribution of the strange quark into the heavy baryon mass 1 2mΛb 〈Λb|mss̄s|Λb〉 ≃ 200 ÷ 300MeV ....

Recent developments in robot technology have led to modular robots that are assembled from multiple parts. Modular robots have pros and cons. Their shape can be changed to suit a particular purpose and the same parts can be reused, which makes them fault-tolerant and extendable. However, such freedom and flexibility lead to higher cost so as to decide the configuration and actions to meet the p...

Two patients presented with hypophosphataemic osteomalacia and were subsequently found to have small tumours unusual histopathology and location causing the osteomalacia. Each tumour was found after an intensive search for occult masses. Studies of vitamin D metabolism and renal tubular function before and after surgery yielded further insight into the pathophysiology of oncogenic osteomalacia....

This article describes the case of Cinema Fantasma, a Mexican Stop Motion animation studio. It presents process by which this firm designed and matured its business model, creative process, as well current methods creation production, prop character development. The research for study was made through use personal interviews with founders past employees; fieldwork research. main findings are fo...

In this paper we describe BAMUVA. BAMUVA is Robot based behavioural architecture designed to create Intelligent Agents in a Virtual Environment, where each agent senses obstacles and other moving creatures in the environment and reacts to them. The architecture consists of a Behaviour layer, a motor layer and a library of sensors.

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