The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) in magnetic objects is of enormous interest, because it generates built-in chirality of magnetic domain walls (DWs) and topologically protected skyrmions, leading to efficient motion driven by spin-orbit torques. Because of its importance for both potential applications and fundamental research, many experimental efforts have been devoted to DMI inves...

The ERTMS-ATC system is a distributed system where the Driver Machine Interface (DMI) is a slave unit of the train onboard vital computer (EVC). In this paper we analyze two types of communication protocols for the EVC-DMI interactions, based, respectively, on cyclic and acyclic messages’ exchange. Adopting a modular modeling methodology, we assess their impact on significant dependability-rela...

We have revisited the acoustic evidence in the Kennedy assassination--recordings of the two Dallas police radio channels upon which our original NRC report (Ramsey NF et al., Report of the Committee on Ballistic Acoustics. National Research Council (US). Washington: National Academy Press, 1982. Posted at http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10264.html) was based--in response to the assertion by DB Thoma...

It has been shown that chronic exposure to cypermethrin (CPM), a pyrethroid pesticide, results in follicular atresia via pathologically affecting angiogenesis, disrupting endocrine potential and enhancing oxidative stress. This study was aimed to uncover the CPM-exposed energy dependent follicular cells apoptosis and to estimate protective effect of vitamin E (VitE) as a potent antioxidant. Thi...

D iscussion of the potential sensitivity of air quality to climate change has increased in recent years. In 2001, the NRC (acronyms defined in Table 1) posed the question “to what extent will the United States be in control of its own air quality in the coming decades?” noting that “. . . changing climatic conditions could significantly affect the air quality in some regions of the United State...

OBJECTIVE To determine the potential for pharmacokinetic interaction between nefazodone (NFZ), and desipramine (DMI). METHOD A single center, open-label, multiple-dose, parallel-group pharmacokinetic trial conducted in 28 healthy male and female subjects. Group A received DMI 50 mg/day for 2 days followed by DMI 75 mg/day for the next 17 days. On Days 10-14, subjects also received 100 mg NFZ ...