The Heavy-Ion Fusion Sciences Virtual National Laboratory is pursuing an approach to target heating experiments in the warm-dense matter regime, using space-charge-dominated ion beams that are simultaneously longitudinally bunched and transversely focused. Longitudinal beam compression by large factors has been demonstrated in the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment (NDCX) with controlled ...

A transient two-dimensional model is developed and numericaUy solved to specifically investigate the effects of CNC motion and workpiece boundary on cutting front mobility and temperature in reactive-gas assisted C01 laser cutting. Co-ordinated motion systems must ramp up and down to their desired speeds, and therefore the initial actuator acceleration is considered for its effect on the cuttin...

First diverter plasma configuration in EAST was obtained in the second campaign after the last IAEA meeting. To support the long pulse diverted plasma discharges, new capabilities including the fully actively water cooled in-vessel components, current drive and heating power, diagnostics, real-time plasma control algorithm were developed. Pre-program shape and RZIP feedback control produce a va...

PURPOSE Voltage-based device-tracking (VDT) systems are commonly used for tracking invasive devices in electrophysiological cardiac-arrhythmia therapy. During electrophysiological procedures, electro-anatomic mapping workstations provide guidance by integrating VDT location and intracardiac electrocardiogram information with X-ray, computerized tomography, ultrasound, and MR images. MR assists ...

In the past few years, Rapid Thermal Processes (RTP) have gained acceptance as mainstream technology for semi-conductors manufacturing. These processes are characterized by a single wafer processing with a very fast ramp heating of the silicon wafer (up to 200C/sec). The single wafer approach allows for faster wafer processing and better control of process parameters on the wafer. As feature si...

Thresholds for detection and discrimination of the polarity (phase) of repetitive gratings with a ramp luminance profile were compared to sine-wave thresholds in normal and amblyopic observers. In the high-frequency range (4 cy/deg), normal observers detected ramp-wave gratings when the contrast of the fundamental spatial frequency was close to its independent threshold and discriminated the po...

Rapid confirmation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) is essential in many clinical settings. Viral isolation in cell culture is the standard method for diagnosing HSV infection, with confirmation by specific immunological staining. The performance of the Rapid Absorbent Matrix Pad (RAMP) HSV culture confirmation test was evaluated with specimens obtained from 71 patients with suspected HSV infectio...

the badamu formation (upper toarcian-middle bajocian) mainly consists of limestone and shale and has is cropped out in east of iran. the badamu formation conformably overlays shemshak formation and is underlaid sharply by hojedk formation in kerman area and is underlaid gradually by baghamshah formation in tabas and southern khorasan areas. the aim of this work is petrographical study of rocks ...