Adiabatic quantum-control schemes are widely used in the areas of quantum-information processing and quantum sensing. The very requirement adiabaticity these often leads to problems low efficiency being sensitive decoherence. To address such issues, various methods have been developed for accelerating adiabatic processes, but they need be designed on an $ad\phantom{\rule{0.2em}{0ex}}hoc$ basis....

BACKGROUND Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) accumulate in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The aim of this study was to investigate the potential influence of different modalities of renal replacement therapies on plasma AGE levels. METHODS The removal of AGEs by high-flux haemodialysis (HD) using standard and ultrapure dialysis fluid (SDF and UDF), by haemodiafiltration (H...

We use the exceptional depth of the Ultra Deep Field (UDF) and UDFParallel ACS fields to study the sizes of high redshift (z ∼ 2 − 6) galaxies and address long-standing questions about possible biases in the cosmic star formation rate due to surface brightness dimming. Contrasting B, V , and i-dropout samples culled from the deeper data with those obtained from the shallower GOODS fields, we de...

When interacting with virtual reality (VR) applications like CAD and open-world games, people may want to use gestures as a means of leveraging their knowledge from the physical world. However, prefer props over handheld controllers input in VR. We present an elicitation study where 21 participants chose 95 perform manipulative for 20 CAD-like game-like referents. analyzing this data, we found ...