Sébastien Gérard (sebastien [dot]gerard [at]cea [dot] fr ) – CEA LIST, Laboratory of Model Driven Engineering for Embedded Systems (LISE), Boîte courrier 65, Gif sur Yvette Cedex, F-91191 France. François Terrier (francois [dot] terrier [at] cea [dot] fr ) – CEA LIST, Laboratory of Model Driven Engineering for Embedded Systems (LISE), Boîte courrier 65 , Gif sur Yvette Cedex, F-91191 France. B...

In the Double Pulsar, Lense-Thirring periastron precession $\dot\omega^\mathrm{LT}$ should be measured by end of this decade. The analyses recently appeared in literature rely upon a formula for $\dot\omega^\mathrm{LT,\,A}$ induced spin angular momentum ${\boldsymbol{S}}^\mathrm{A}$ A valid if orbital $\boldsymbol{L}$ and are aligned, neglecting $\dot\omega^\mathrm{LT,\,B}$ because smallness ${...

Diffuse optical tomography (DOT) has been studied for use in the detection of breast cancer, cerebral oxygenation, and cognitive brain signals. As optical imaging studies have increased significantly, acquiring imaging data in real time has become increasingly important. We have developed frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) DOT systems to analyze their performance with respect to acquisition ...

a noninteracting quantum-dot arrays side coupled to a quantum wire is studied. transport through the quantum wire is investigated by using a noninteracting anderson tunneling hamiltonian. the conductance at zero temperature develops an oscillating band with resonances and antiresonances due to constructive and destructive interference in the ballistic channel, respectively. moreover, we have fo...

The dot comparison task, in which participants select the more numerous of two dot arrays, has become the predominant method of assessing Approximate Number System (ANS) acuity. Creation of the dot arrays requires the manipulation of visual characteristics, such as dot size and convex hull. For the task to provide a valid measure of ANS acuity, participants must ignore these characteristics and...

The coupling of two s-wave superconductors through a small magnetic dot is discussed. Assuming that the dot charging energy is small compared to the superconducting gap, Ec D, and that the moment of the dot is classical, we develop a simple theory of transport through the dot. The presence of the magnetic dot will position Andreev bound states within the superconducting gap at energies tunable ...

Our study of the pricing strategies of the dot-bams (brick-and-mortars) and dot-coms of the grocery trade in Singapore differs from other empirical studies. Dot-coms were found to exhibit higher price dispersion than the dot-bams which can be explained by the different marketing strategies of the two types of retailers. We also found that dot-bams change their prices more frequently than the do...

Due to increasing printing accuracies and the possibility of printing several droplets at the same pixel location, there is a renewed interest in dot-on-dot printing models. In the present contribution, we improve a dot-on-dot spectral prediction model relying on the Yule-Nielsen modified Spectral Neugebauer model by taking into account ink spreading in all ink superposition conditions. Since i...

OBJECTIVE 1) To evaluate the tuberculosis (TB) related financial burden of patients and health care providers over the course of diagnosis and treatment by choice of directly observed treatment (DOT); and 2) to examine treatment outcomes for different DOT programmes in Cambodia. SETTING AND DESIGN: Subjects were patients diagnosed with smear-positive pulmonary TB between July 2008 and January ...

The mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP) and associated release of cytochrome c are thought to be important in the apoptotic process. Nitric oxide (NO( small middle dot)) has been reported to inhibit apoptosis by acting on a variety of extra-mitochondrial targets. The relationship between cytochrome c release and PTP opening, and the effects of NO( small middle dot) are not clearly ...