The seismic response assessment of rocking systems via Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) is investigated, focusing on the issues that arise in analysis and postprocessing stages. Rocking IDA curves generally differ from those hysteretic structural due to (i) frequent appearance resurrections; (ii) their highly weaving non-monotonic behavior; (iii) overall high variability. Hence, including or ...

Impedance measurements provide a useful probe of the physics of bolometers and calorimeters. We describe a method for measuring the complex impedance of these devices. In previous work, stray impedances and readout electronics of the measurement apparatus have resulted in artifacts in the impedance data. The technique allows experimenters to find an independent Thevenin or Norton equivalent cir...

Two inch diameter, highly conducting (Si-doped) bulk β-Ga 2 O 3 single crystals with the cylinder length up to one were grown by Czochralski method. The obtained revealed high structural quality characterized narrow x-ray rocking curves (FWHM ≤ 25 arc sec) and surface smoothness (RMS < 200 pm) of epi-ready wafers. free electron concentration Hall mobility at room temperature in range 1.6–9 ×...

The functions of dance and music in human evolution are a mystery. Current research on the evolution of music has mainly focused on its melodic attribute which would have evolved alongside (proto-)language. Instead, we propose an alternative conceptual framework which focuses on the co-evolution of rhythm and dance (R&D) as intertwined aspects of a multimodal phenomenon characterized by the uni...