In this paper we report on inner ionization of Xen clusters (n = 55−2171) in ultraintense Gaussian laser fields (peak intensity I = 1015−1020 Wcm−2, pulse width τ = 25 fs, frequency 0.35 fs−1). The cluster inner ionization process is induced by the barrier suppression ionization (BSI) mechanism and by electron impact ionization (EII), which occurs sequentially with the BSI. We address electron ...

This study attempts to explore how working capital decision, that is, aggressive investment and finance decision efficiency of the management (WCM) contribute profitability operationalised by gross operating profit (GOP) return on assets listed manufacturing firms in Bangladesh. To investigate this relationship, has taken into consideration 468 sample observations from 108 covering year 2013 20...

Impact of Wheat streak mosaic virus and Triticum mosaic virus on transmission by Aceria tosichella Keifer (Eriophyidae) and virus epidemiology in wheatImpact of Wheat streak mosaic virus and Triticum mosaic virus on transmission by Aceria tosichella Keifer (Eriophyidae) and virus epidemiology in wheat" (2013). The wheat curl mite (WCM), Aceria tosichella Keifer, transmits a complex of viruses, ...

This paper reviews the Operational Improvement approaches of the last 30 years in Australia. They have included Group Technology, ERP, JIT, WCM, BP-R, TQM and Now Lean Manufacturing. It identifies what each approach consists of, the initial launch, implementation efforts and results. The paper finds that only the WCM program has had any real success. The reasons for the high failure rate for th...

BACKGROUND A body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m(2) and a waist circumference (WC) ≥80 cm in women (WCF) or ≥90 cm in men (WCM) are reference cardiometabolic risk markers (CMM) for Mexicans adults. However, their reliability to predict other CMM (index tests) in young Mexicans has not been studied in depth. METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study evaluating several anthropometric, physiologica...

BACKGROUND This study investigates the concordance of four waist circumference (WC) measurement sites, and examines their relationships with nutritional status and cardiometabolic risk. SUBJECTS AND METHODS In 91 females / 89 males (6.1-19.9 years; 12.2% overweight), WC was assessed beneath the lowest rib (WCR), 4 cm above the umbilicus (WC4), above the iliac crest (WCC), and midway between W...

BACKGROUND High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has gained clinical interest as a non-invasive local tumour therapy in many organs. In addition, it has been shown that lung cancer can be targeted by HIFU using One-Lung Flooding (OLF). OLF generates a gas free saline-lung compound in one lung wing and therefore acoustic access to central lung tumours. It can be assumed that lung parenchyma i...

Non-binary (NB) low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes are graph-based codes that are increasingly being considered as a powerful error correction tool for modern dense storage devices. Optimizing NB-LDPC codes to overcome their error floor is one of the main code design challenges facing storage engineers upon deploying such codes in practice. Furthermore, the increasing levels of asymmetry inc...

Triticum mosaic virus (TriMV) was first identified infecting wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Kansas in 2006 (16). TriMV has since been identified from infected wheat in: Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming (2). The virus is mechanically transmissible, and associated with a 35-kDa coat protein when analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (...