Thanh T-H. Nguyen, Conor M. Mow-Lowry, Bram J. J. Slagmolen, John Miller, Adam J. Mullavey, Stefan Goßler, Paul A. Altin, Daniel A. Shaddock, and David E. McClelland Centre for Gravitational Physics, The Australian National University, Science Rd 38a, 2601 Canberra, ACT, Australia School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom LIGO L...

Micron-scale characterization of mechanical stresses is essential for the successful design and operation of many micromachined devices. Here we report the use of Raman spectroscopy to measure the bending stresses in deep reactive-ion etched silicon flexures with a stress resolution of 10 MPa and spatial resolution of 1 m. The accuracy of the technique, as assessed by comparison to analytical a...

In this article, the effect of potassium on structure and anticorrosion properties of zinc phosphate pigments has been investigated. The co-precipitation method was selected as synthesis method of potassium zinc phosphate pigment. Then the synthesized pigment was characterized by x-ray diffraction XRD, Fourier transform infrared FTIR and Raman spectroscopy. Morphology of the powders was investi...

abstract background: transpupillary thermotherapy is a new treatment for subfoveal choroidal neovascularization which needs further evaluation. this study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of transpupillary thermotherapy on regression of occult subfoveal choroidal neovascularization with or without pigment epithelial detachment in patients with age-related macular degeneration. methods: in a c...

to doing this research daily interpolated temperature data from asfezari data base have been used. in order to recognition extreme cold days, the normalized temperature deviation index (ntdi) applied. then the index sorted according to extensive and severity and first 500 days selected for analysis. the geopotential height data extracted from www.esrl.noaa.gov data base. the thickness anomaly c...

Sodium bentonite can bind to dietary pigment and decreases yolk color scale. Sodium bentonite is one of the main parts of Formycine® Gold, the effect of different levels of Formycine® Gold and dietary pigment on egg quality, egg yolk color and performance criteria of laying hens from 26 to 34 week of age were studied. One hundred ninety two Hy-Line hens were divided into 24 groups of 8 birds ea...

53-year-old man, who had undergone dental treatment 2 months prior, presented with a slight fever and generalized weakness for several weeks. He was examined carefully in a regional hospital. There was no elevation of inflammatory markers, and his blood culture was negative. Electrocardiogram showed atrial fibrillation. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) demonstrated a lar...