A database of radio-quiet quasars detected with ROSAT is presented containing 846 quasars seen in the All-Sky Survey and/or in pointed PSPC observations. About ∼ 70% of the objects have been detected in X-rays for the first time. We present the soft X-ray fluxes and spectra, if available. Using an optically selected subsample compiled from this database we study the broad band properties of rad...

Optical Burst Switching (OBS) network proposed as future optical internet is capable of carrying bursty traffic and adapting to the present technological constraints. Since the OBS network is buffer-less in nature, contention resolution using deflection technique received much attention. Deflection routing can work with limited optical buffering or even no buffering. This paper gives an overvie...

A new detection technique for photothermal deflection spectroscopy and photoacoustic deflection spectroscopy is presented. The technique uses a pair of matched multiple slits placed in the path of the probe beam and oriented to block the probe light from the detector in the absence of a deflection signal. Significant improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio and in the frequency bandwidth compar...

the supporting posts and soil. Impacts with a higher speed but shallower angle can also cause more distributed rail-and-post deflection. The amount of deflection that can be sustained by guardrail before its safety is compromised is a major concern. Maintenance crews and highway agencies are often forced to balance the expense of continual repairs against the potential liability if the damaged ...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are commonly used in the treatment of spinal pain. The success of these procedures depends on the accuracy of needle placement, which is influenced by needle size and shape. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to examine and quantify the deviation of commonly used spinal needles based on needle tip design and gauge, using a bal...

A pressure sensor with a 200 μm diaphragm using silicon nanowires (SiNWs) as a piezoresistive sensing element is developed and optimized. The SiNWs are embedded in a multilayered diaphragm structure comprising silicon nitride (SiNx) and silicon oxide (SiO2). Optimizations were performed on both SiNWs and the diaphragm structure. The diaphragm with a 1.2 μm SiNx layer is considered to be an opti...

The use of fractional differentiation in vehicle suspension design has many interests. This paper presents a hydropneumatic suspensions design method based on fractional differentiation. Once an hydraulic structure has been chosen for the suspension, it is possible to calculate the values of all technological parameters, so that the suspension force deflection transfer function is a band-limite...

An interaction of plasma flow with an arc-anode attachment in a dc arc plasma torch was investigated. Statistical processing of the photographic images of plasma jet was used for analysis of an effect of the anode attachment on structure and stability of plasma flow. Deflection, flattening and flutter of the plasma jet was found to be caused by disturbing effect of the arc-anode attachment.