Particles accumulated in a coupled acoustic-gravity field, in which the base-material of a particle determines the equilibrium aggregation positions, are eluted from a separation channel by an orthogonal laminar flow. Elution times are controllable by changing the intensity and frequency of the ultrasonic waves.

Black titania prepared by metal-reduction methods is systematically studied and found the best controllable Mg-reduction method. Colored titania products from white, light blue, dark blue, to black were obtained with a crystalline/amorphous core-shell structure. The black titania shows a five times higher H2 production rate in photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting.

The resource requirements and processing characteristics of parallel scientiic applications are quite diverse. In this paper, we present a new resource management approach for scheduling such parallel applications that combines multiple scheduling paradigms with a fault-tolerance paradigm into a coherent system. Results from a prototype implementation demonstrate that our system provides signii...

We outline the design of a scientiic visualization system based on a data card display invariant to provide information on the creation and processing of tasks in distributed task pool algorithms. Information aggregates over the tasks and processes are incorporated via non-classical histogram representations showing the distribution of the data within individual bins and by user-controllable tr...

The ability to adaptively exert control over negative emotions is associated with beneficial mental health outcomes. Less is known about the associated emotional sequelae surrounding controllable versus uncontrollable positive emotional experiences. The ability to harness positive emotions is of particular importance in populations involving disrupted positive emotion functioning. In the presen...