In a conventional material, the coherent Cerenkov radiation due to a moving charged particle is associated with a velocity threshold, a forward-pointing radiation cone, and a forward direction of emission. We describe different behavior for the Cerenkov radiation in a photonic crystal. In particular, this radiation is intrinsically coupled with transition radiation and is observable without any...

Any charged particle moving faster than light through a medium emits Cherenkov radiation. We show that charged particles moving faster than light through the vacuum emit Cherenkov radiation. How can a particle move faster than light? The weak speed of a charged particle can exceed the speed of light. By definition, the weak velocity ^v&w is ^C f inuvuC in&/^C f inuC in&, where v is the velocity...

Any charged particle moving faster than light through a medium emits Cherenkov radiation. We show that charged particles moving faster than light through the vacuum emit Cherenkov radiation. How can a particle move faster than light? The weak speed of a charged particle can exceed the speed of light. By definition, the weak velocity v w is Ψ f in |v|Ψ in /Ψ f in |Ψ in , where v is the velocity ...

BACKGROUND In mechanically ventilated patients, an increase in cardiac index during an end-expiratory-occlusion test predicts fluid responsiveness. To identify this rapid increase in cardiac index, continuous and instantaneous cardiac index monitoring is necessary, decreasing its feasibility at the bedside. Our study was designed to investigate whether changes in velocity time integral and in p...

Hyoid movement in swallowing is biomechanically linked to closure of the laryngeal vestibule for airway protection and to opening of the upper esophageal sphincter. Studies suggest that the range of hyoid movement is highly variable in the healthy population. However, other aspects of hyoid movement such as velocity remain relatively unexplored. In this study, we analyze data from a sample of 2...

Effect of V2 Accent on relationships (a) between duration and displacement/velocity ratio, and (b) between peak velocity and displacement for /i/-to-/a/ tongue lowering gestures in the y dimension.. Figure 6.6. Effect of V2 Accent on relationships (a) between duration and displacement/velocity ratio, and (b) between peak velocity and displacement for /a/-to-/i/ tongue fronting gestures in the x...

The differences in phonation between men and women are thought to occur from anatomical differences in the larynx. However, it is not known if there are any differences in cough dynamics between the sexes. We investigated this by asking 100 healthy, non-smoking adults (50 male) to perform a voluntary cough into a tussometer. Each volunteer coughed at four different lung volumes, ranging from to...

In this paper, we present an approach for tackling the problem of automatically detecting and tracking a varying number of people in complex scenes. We follow a robust and fast framework to handle unreliable detections from each camera by extensively making use of multi-camera systems to handle occlusions and ambiguities. Instead of using the detections of each frame directly for tracking, we a...