Synthesis, characterization and reaction behaviour of lamellar AFm phases with aliphatic sulfonate-anions

The addition of alkanesulfonates as admixtures to cementitious materials allows the formation of new lamellar phases (AFm), which was proofed by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The course of hydration was investigated by heat flow calorimetry.The layered structures of AFm phases are composed of brucite-like main layers and interlayers containing alkanesulfonate ions and additional H₂O molecules. These structural not necessary H₂O molecules release gradually at definite steps with increasing temperature. With varying relative humidity the layer thickness c′ of short aliphatic chained calcium aluminate alkanesulfonate hydrates changes considerably, whereas large organic molecules dominate the layer thickness of those with longer aliphatic chains. By means of the increase of layer thickness with increasing chain lengths it is possible to determine the tilt angles of the aliphatic chains in the interlayers.     

Design of Si/SiGe heterojunction complementarymetal-oxide-semiconductor transistors

An optimized Si/SiGe heterostructure for complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistor operation is presented. Unlike previous proposals, the design is planar and avoids inversion of the Si layer at the oxide interface. The design consists of a relaxed Si_0.7Ge _0.3 buffer, a strained Si quantum well (the electron channel), and a strained S_1-xGe_x (0.7>x>0.5) quantum well (the hole channel). The channel charge distribution is predicted using a 1-D analytical model and quantum mechanical solutions. Transport is modeled using 2-D drift-diffusion and hydrodynamic numerical simulations. An almost symmetric performance of p- and n-transistors with good short-channel behavior is predicted. Simulated ring oscillators show a 4- to 6-fold reduction in power-delay product compared to bulk Si CMOS at the 0.2-μm channel length generation     

The Palomo procedure in the treatment of boys with varicocele: a retrospective study of testicular growth and fertility

A 9-year-old male child had a IV ventricular medulloepithelioma of classical histology, showing tubulopapillary and undifferentiated areas. The unusual feature, however, was the presence of melanin pigmentation in the cells, which was further confirmed by electron microscopy. So far 28 cases of medulloepithelioma have been reported in the English literature. However, none of them showed melanin pigmentation. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case of pigmented medulloepithelioma in the English literature.     

从微孔洞起始的热冲击裂纹的数值研究——Ⅰ: 热应力分析

陶瓷材料在热冲击荷载作用下的典型破坏模式是裂纹的起始和扩展。当高温的材料或构件突然处于低温环境时,裂纹将由材料或构件的表面开始产生和发展。因此,材料表面及其表面附近的材料微结构对裂纹的起始有着非常重要的影响。实验表明:某些具有微孔洞结构的陶瓷材料比相应的密实材料的抗热冲击性能有所提高,但相关的机制目前还没有得到定量的解释。本文作者利用商业有限元软件ABAQUS,分析了受热冲击表面上的开口微孔洞、处于表面附近的闭口微孔洞周围的热应力场,以及微孔洞的大小、微孔洞与表面的距离对热应力场的影响,其目的是为进一步分析裂纹的起始和扩展做准备。数值结果表明:一般情况下,闭口微孔洞引起的应力集中比开口微孔洞引起的应力集中更为严重,特别当闭口微孔洞与表面之间的距离很小时,和没有微孔洞情况相比,闭口微孔洞引起的最大的应力集中系数超过6。     

Lattice Reduction: A Toolbox for the Cryptanalyst

In recent years, methods based on lattice reduction have been used repeatedly for the cryptanalytic attack of various systems. Even if they do not rest on highly sophisticated theories, these methods may look a bit intricate to practically oriented cryptographers, both from the mathematical and the algorithmic point of view. The aim of this paper is to explain what can be achieved by lattice reduction algorithms, even without understanding the actual mechanisms involved. Two examples are given. One is the attack devised by the second author against Knuth's truncated linear congruential generator. This attack was announced a few years ago and appears here for the first time in complete detail. Received 19 May 1994 and revised 31 December 1997     

A pulsed liquid ionization chamber filled with Xe,Ar and CH4

A pulsed liquid ionization chamber filled with Xe, Ar and CH₄ is described and its characteristics are presented. The energy resolution for the detection of γ-quanta with an energy of 1836 keV amount to 4.9%, 4.1% and 6.2% for the xenon, argon and methane fillings, respectively. Dependences of the yields of free electrons from the electron tracks in the liquids (Xe, Ar, CH₄) on the electric field strength and the electron energy are obtained.     

Normative data for a brief neuropsychological battery administered to English- and Spanish-speaking community-dwelling elders

The highly complex and multiple mechanisms responsible for the development of demyelinating neuropathies are reviewed, in particular Guillain-Barré syndrome and its variant Miller Fisher syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy, multifocal motor neuropathy, anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein neuropathy, as well as experimental models. Recent investigations into the role of auto antibodies against myelin proteins, or glycolipids have given insights into the pathogenesis of demyelinating inflammatory neuropathies.     

Oral psoralen and ultraviolet-A light (PUVA) treatment of psoriasis and persistent risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer. PUVA Follow-up Study

BACKGROUND/METHODS: The treatment of psoriasis with high-dose exposure to oral psoralen and ultraviolet-A light (i.e., PUVA) substantially increases the risk of cutaneous squamous cell cancer, but not of basal cell cancer, within a decade of beginning treatment. To assess the persistence of cancer risk among individuals treated with PUVA, including those who discontinued therapy long ago and those without substantial exposure to other carcinogens, we prospectively studied a cohort of 1380 patients with psoriasis who were first treated during the period from January 1, 1975, through October 1, 1976, and evaluated risk factors associated with the development of cutaneous squamous cell cancers and basal cell cancers after 1985. RESULTS: From 1975 through 1996, 237 patients developed 1422 cutaneous squamous cell cancers. From 1986 through 1996, 135 (12.5%) of 1081 patients without a prior squamous cell cancer developed 593 such tumors. From 1975 through 1997, 247 patients developed 1042 basal cell cancers; these patients included 151 individuals with a first basal cell cancer after 1985. Among those without a squamous cell or a basal cell cancer in the first decade of the prospective study, a strong dose-related increase in the risk of squamous cell cancer was observed in the subsequent decade (adjusted relative risk [> or =337 treatments versus <100 treatments] = 8.6; 95% confidence interval = 4.9-15.2). Risk of basal cell cancer was substantially increased only in those patients exposed to very high levels of PUVA (> or =337 treatments). CONCLUSIONS: High-dose exposure to PUVA is associated with a persistent, dose-related increase in the risk of squamous cell cancer, even among patients lacking substantial exposure to other carcinogens and among patients without substantial recent exposure to PUVA. Exposure to PUVA has far less effect on the risk of basal cell cancer. The use of PUVA for psoriasis should be weighed against the increased cancer risk.     

Micro Law

Neural networks may be simple or difficult to protect under intellectual property law, depending on what aspect or feature of the network you seek to protect. Subject to fairly limited qualifications, however, you can use US intellectual property law to protect almost any kind of technical advance in neural network design. The author considers neural network hardware, neural network algorithms and copyright