With an understanding of the x-ray physics of a computed tomography (CT) [1-4] scanner with discrete detectors, and with knowledge of the scanner's geometry (the spatial relationship among the x-ray source, the detectors, and the object being scanned), it is possible to predict the achievable spatial resolution in images of objects of a certain size and density. However, if the size of the x-ra...

Young O stars are strong, hard, and variable X-ray sources; properties that strongly affect their circumstellar and galactic environments. After ≈ 1 Myr, these stars settle down to become steady sources of soft X-rays. I will use high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy and MHD modeling to show that young O stars like θ Ori C are well explained by the magnetically channeled wind shock scenario. After...

One of the most prominent properties of young stars is strong and variable X-ray emission. The All-Sky Survey performed by ROSAT and the new high sensitivity and high spectral resolution X-ray mission XMM provide complementary information about stellar X-ray sources. While the spatial completeness of the survey is indispensable for the identification of related groups of stars, detailed variabi...

We used a statistical linear model to infer MERRA’s wind speed v t (x ), at time t and on some ECMWF grid point x included in the MERRA grid point x , from MERRA’s estimate v t (x M ): v t (x ) = a E t v M t (x M ) + b E t , where the coefficients a E t and b x t are estimated using ECMWF’s wind speed estimate v E t (x ) as a response variable. This estimation is carried out adaptively on a mon...

PURPOSE To develop a multishot magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pulse sequence and reconstruction algorithm for diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the brain with submillimeter in-plane resolution. MATERIALS AND METHODS A self-navigated multishot acquisition technique based on variable-density spiral k-space trajectory design was implemented on clinical MRI scanners. The image reconstruction ...

We have previously reported on a maskless photolithography device for surface micropatterning and microfabrication by modifying a commercially available liquid crystal display projector. For the prototype, 10-microm resolution was achieved by downsizing the image on a 0.7-in. liquid crystal display panel to an area of 8 x 6 mm and projecting it on a fixed stage. Here, we report on a second-gene...

‎Some functional inequalities‎ ‎in variable exponent Lebesgue spaces are presented‎. ‎The bi-weighted modular inequality with variable exponent $p(.)$ for the Hardy operator restricted to non‎- ‎increasing function which is‎‎$$‎‎int_0^infty (frac{1}{x}int_0^x f(t)dt)^{p(x)}v(x)dxleq‎‎Cint_0^infty f(x)^{p(x)}u(x)dx‎,‎$$‎ ‎is studied‎. ‎We show that the exponent $p(.)$ for which these modular ine...