This paper investigates how expansion and compression of the surface of a drop containing an organic compound, 1-octanol, affect surface tension. The experiments were performed in a closed chamber where the effect of 1-octanol concentrations in both liquid and gas phases on the surface could be studied. The concentration of 1-octanol varied from 0.2 mM to 2.92 mM (about 70% of it’s water solubi...

We compare two methods for the characterization of local order in samples undergoing crystal nucleation and growth. Particles with a crystal-like surrounding need to be identified to follow the nucleation process. Both methods are based on the knowledge of the particle positions in a small volume of the sample. (i) Local bond-order parameters are used to quantify the orientation of the nearest ...

In 1964, Massey introduced a class of codes with complementary duals which are called Linear Complimentary Dual (LCD for short) codes. He showed that LCD codes have applications in communication system, side-channel attack (SCA) and so on. LCD codes have been extensively studied in literature. On the other hand, MDS codes form an optimal family of classical codes which have wide applications in...

Masato Sakurai Rodney L. Heckaman Stacey E. Casella Mark D. Fairchild Takehiro Nakatsue Yoshihide Shimpuku Abstract — The effect of varying the color gamut of an extended-gamut LCD on color appearance and preference was measured psychometrically in two experiments at each of two separate laboratories over a representative set of 10 images each. The first experiment measured the effect of color ...

The domain of e-learning is still characterized by many open questions such as: who should guarantee its quality? E-learning quality assessment is a difficult task that involves human intervention and cannot be based only on an easy and reproducible methodology. In this regard this paper is devoted to discuss different approaches and criteria that could be used for quality assessment within thi...

Consider how these problems could be solved by using a solid phase (such as a chromatographic sorbent) instead of the second liquid phase. There are still two distinct phases that can be readily segregated. Also, by proper selection of pH and type of solid phase sorbent, one could optimize the conditions to selectively partition the component(s) of interest on the solid phase. After removal of ...

The visibility of Japanese characters on the liquid crystal displays in mobile phones was studied by measurements of reading time and visual distance, and subjective evaluations. Graphic text was used to prepare various samples with various character heights of 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2 and 2.25 times greater than the width of the characters. The vertical length of the characters had a significant ...

This paper will present recent technological advances in the field of replicated, microstructured plastic optics, and their applications in display optics. A number of technology areas will be discussed, including moth-eye Antireflective MicrostructureTM, High Precision Molding (HPM), high temperature polymers, and one-piece, diffusive imaging screens. Applications discussed will include field ...