As the surface drag is increased in a comprehensive general circulation model (GCM), the upper-level zonal winds decrease and eddy momentum flux convergence into the jet core increases. Globally averaged eddy kinetic energy decreases, a response that is inconsistent with the conventional barotropic governor mechanism whereby decreased barotropic shears encourage baroclinic wave growth. As the c...

The formation of [Cu(3)(btc)(2)] (HKUST-1; btc = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate) nanocrystals from a super-saturated mother solution at room temperature was monitored by time-resolved light scattering (TLS); the system is characterized by a rapid growth up to a size limit of 200 nm within a few minutes, and the size and shape of the crystallites were also determined by scanning electron microscopy...

The asymmetric unit of the title rare earth coordination polymer, [Ce(C(9)H(3)O(6))(C(3)H(7)NO)(2)](n), contains one eight-coordinated Ce(3+) ion, one benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxyl-ate (BTC) ligand and two coordinated N,N-dimethyl-formamide (DMF) mol-ecules. The Ce(3+) ion is coordinated by six O atoms from four carboxyl-ate groups of the BTC ligands and by two O atoms from two terminal DMF mol-ecu...

Adenocarcinomas of the gallbladder (GBC) and bile ducts (cholangiocarcinoma) (combined as biliary tract cancers, BTC) are uncommon tumors in the United States, but are endemic in parts of South America and Asia. BTC are aggressive tumors with poor survival. Published response rates to chemotherapy are less than 30% and no survival benefit has been demonstrated from palliative systemic therapy. ...

The evolution of mesoscale eddies is crucial for understanding the ocean energy cascade. In this study, using global reanalysis sea surface velocity data and a eddy trajectory product tracked by satellite altimeters, we aimed to reveal coherence kinetic (EKE) variation low-frequency ageostrophic during life span. in EKE throughout span was highly coherent that seven-day low-passed energy, with ...

—In this paper, we demonstrate the higher hardware ef ciency of Reed-Solomon (RS) parallel turbo decoding compared with BCH parallel turbo decoding. Based on an innovative architecture, this is the rst implementation of fully parallel RS turbo decoder. A performance analysis is performed showing that RS Block Turbo Codes (RS-BTC) have decoding performance equivalent to Bose Ray-Chaudhuri Hocque...

DNA copy number aberrations in human biliary tract cancer (BTC) cell lines were investigated using a high-density oligonucleotide microarray. A novel homozygous deletion was detected at chromosomal region 7p21.3 in the OZ cell line. Further validation experiments using genomic PCR revealed a homozygous deletion of a single gene, plant homeodomain (PHD) finger protein 14 (PHF14). No PHF14 mRNA o...

The paper portrays comprehensive performance comparison of image classification techniques using block truncation coding (BTC) with assorted color spaces. Overall six color spaces have been explored which includes RGB color space for applying BTC to figure out the feature vector in Content Based Image Classification (CBIC) techniques. A generic database with 900 images having 100 images per cat...

Superacids, defined as acids with a Hammett acidity function H0 ≤ -12, are useful materials, but a need exists for new, designable solid state systems. Here, we report superacidity in a sulfated metal-organic framework (MOF) obtained by treating the microcrystalline form of MOF-808 [MOF-808-P: Zr6O5(OH)3(BTC)2(HCOO)5(H2O)2, BTC = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate] with aqueous sulfuric acid to genera...