The design, fabrication and measurement of a reconfigurable fishnet metamaterial based on a new method of tuning by changing unit cell geometry is reported. Retractable elements are added to the unit cell utilizing pneumatically actuated switching. It is shown that the pneumatic actuation approach can unite a number of metallic elements into a complex conducting structure. Experimental demonstr...

Three different computing algorithms for performing positron emission image reconstruction have been compared using Monte Carlo phantom simulations. The work was motivated by the recent announcement of the commercial availability of a positron volume imaging camera, the Siemens-CTI 953 B/31[1] which has improved axial (slice) resolution and retractable interslice septa. The simulations demonstr...

In the present paper for two $mathfrak{A}$-module Banach algebras $A$ and $B$, we investigate relations between $varphi$-$mathfrak{A}$-module approximate amenability of $A$, $psi$-$mathfrak{A}$-module approximate amenability of $B$, and $varphioplus psi$-$mathfrak{A}$-module approximate amenability of $Aoplus B$ ($l^1$-direct sum of $A$ and $B$), where $varphiin$ Hom$_{mathfrak{A}}(A)$ and $psi...

in this paper we introduce a generalization of m-small modules and discuss about the torsion theory cogenerated by this kind of modules in category . we will use the structure of the radical of a module in  and get some suitable results about this class of modules. also the relation between injective hull in  and this kind of modules will be investigated in this article.   for a module  we show...

This paper describes the system SYNHESYS, which is a shell for developing expert systems composed of both a connectionist module and a symbolic module. The shell allows for several types of interactions between the two modules, and for several degrees of coupling. SYNHESYS aims at facilitating the process of knowledge acquisition and at improving the performance of the symbolic module. We prese...

Building on Hrushovski’s work in [5], we study definable groupoids in stable theories and their relationship with 3-uniqueness and finite internal covers. We introduce the notion of retractability of a definable groupoid (which is slightly stronger than Hrushovski’s notion of eliminability), give some criteria for when groupoids are retractable, and show how retractability relates to both 3-uni...

An autoshaping procedure, in which presentation of a retractable lever signalled food delivery, was used to assess the effects of ventral tegmental area lesions on appetitive classically conditioned responses in 28 rats. Rats with ventral tegmental area lesions did not differ from sham-lesioned rats in acquiring classically conditioned lever press responses, or in learning to withold these resp...

Current United States military chemical protective ensembles do not provide for feeding, removing body wastes, or ensuring the hygiene of troops operating in a contaminated environment. As part of a nuclear-biological-chemical life support demonstration program, systems were developed to provide these capabilities. The nutrient system consisted of foods packaged in tube dispensers and a deliver...