Wavelength-selective uncooled infrared (IR) sensors are highly promising for a wide range of applications, such as fire detection, gas analysis and biomedical analysis. We have recently developed wavelength-selective uncooled IR sensors using square lattice two-dimensional plasmonic absorbers (2-D PLAs). The PLAs consist of a periodic 2-D lattice of Au-based dimples, which allow photons to be m...

A group is called square-like if it is universally equivalent to its direct square. It is known that the class of all square-like groups admits an explicit first order axiomatization but its theory is undecidable. We prove that the theory of square-like abelian groups is decidable. This answers a question posed by D. Spellman.

Background Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that has an important function in bone metabolism, muscle activity, nervous system, and immunity. In this study, we compared the vitamin D level of children with congenital heart disease (CHD) with healthy control. Materials and Methods This case-control study was conducted on 56 ...

This paper is concerned with weighted least mean square design of two-dimensional (2-D) zero-phase FIR lters with quadrantally symmetric and antisymmetric frequency responses. The optimal solutions are rst characterized by certain integral equations, and the existence, and uniqueness of the weighted least mean square solution for 2-D FIR lter design are then established using contraction mappin...

In this paper we present a method for improving the performance of RSA-type exponentiations. The scheme is based on the observation that replacing the exponent d by d′ = d+ kφ(n) has no arithmetic impact but results in significant speed-ups when k is properly chosen. Statistical analysis, verified by extensive simulations, confirms a performance improvement of 9.3% for the square-and-multiply s...

background and objective: the d-test is performed by placing clindamycin and erythromycin impregnated disks at a standard distance on the agar plate then looking for the flattening of inhibition zone around the clindamycin disk. a positive d-test indicates clindamycin inducible resistance and also predicts treatment failure possibility of this antibiotic in clinic. prevalence of staphylococcal ...

this study aims to numerically investigate on the crashworthiness of thin-walled square tubes by consideration of 3-d oblique loading. in this type of loading, direction of loading is defined by using two spatial angles relative to the position of the tube. to this aim, finite element (fe) analysis is employed to simulate the loading for 8 different numerical models with different loading orien...

We derive midpoint criteria for solving Pell’s equation x2−Dy2 = ±1, using the nearest square continued fraction expansion of √ D. The period of the expansion is on average 70% that of the regular continued fraction. We derive similar criteria for the diophantine equation x2 − xy − (D−1) 4 y2 = ±1, where D ≡ 1 (mod 4). We also present some numerical results and conclude with a comparison of the...

A latin trade is a subset of a latin square which may be replaced with a disjoint mate to obtain a new latin square.A d-homogeneous latin trade is one which intersects each row, each column and each entry of the latin square either 0 or d times. In this paper we give a construction for minimal d-homogeneous latin trades of size dm, for every integer d 3, and m 1.75d2 + 3. We also improve this b...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the real quadratic number fields $Q(sqrt{d})$ which contain the specific form of the continued fractions expansions of integral basis element  where $dequiv 2,3( mod  4)$ is a square free positive integer. Besides, the present paper deals with determining the fundamental unit$$epsilon _{d}=left(t_d+u_dsqrt{d}right) 2left.right > 1$$and  $n_d$ and $m_d...