Article discussing the fluctuation-dissipation theorem for event-dominated processes.

Article discussing the synthesis of the five-coordinate ruthenium (II) complexes and reactions with phenyldiazomethane and phenylacetylene.

This article discusses low coordinate, monomeric molybdenum and tungsten(III) complexes.

Article discussing a computational study on the activation of carbon-hydrogen bonds via 1,2-addition across M-X (X = OH or NH2) bonds of d6 transition metals as a potential key step in hydrocarbon functionalization.

Article discussing deoxygenations of (silox)3 WNO and R3PO by (silox)3M (M = V, Ta) and (silox)3NbL (silox = tBu3SiO) and consequences of electronic effects.

Article accompanying a poster presentation for the 2007 Computational Neuroscience Meeting. This article discusses a self-adaptive burst-detection algorithm.

Article discussing thermochemical and theoretical studies of dimethylpyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate and pyridine-2,3-, pyridine-2,5- and pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acids.

This article discusses the thermodynamic properties of three pyridine carboxylic acid methyl ester isomers.

This article provides the correction of an equation that was misprinted in Physical Review Letters 94, 116802 (2005).

Article on a study of information flow in hospice interdisciplinary team meetings.

Article on conformational selection during weak binding at the actin and myosin interface.

Article on coiled-coil nanomechanics and uncoiling and unfolding of the superhelix and α-helices of myosin.

Article discussing research by Dr. Ernest J. Moore, professor of molecular pharmacology and audiology. This article discusses his research on tinnitus in zebrafish.

Article discussing the identification of candidate genes affecting ∆⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol biosynthesis in Cannabis sativa.

An article written by Jonathan Rauch for the National Journal magazine about Bush's stance against gay marriage. The piece assesses Bush's actions treatment of the issue and how his policy negatively affects citizens.

An article, written by Carolyn Lochhead for the 'San Francisco Chronicle', about presidential candidate George W. Bush's possible alliance with gay and lesbian Republicans during his campaign.

Photocopy of an article about presidential candidate George W. Bush's possible alliance with gay and lesbian Republicans during his campaign.

We have chosen silicon carbide (SiC) as a multi-functional material to demonstrate the application of surface intensive processing for device fabrication. We will highlight two devices which are produced in house at the Center for Irradiation of materials of Alabama A and M university: (A) High temperature electronic gas sensor, (B) High temperature optical properties/sensor.

The possibility of achieving the high muon fluxes suggested in recent work on muon colliders has revived interest in the idea of using muon storage rings for neutrino production. Through proper design of the lattice, a significant fraction of the stored muons can be converted into an intense, low-divergence beam of neutrinos. This work examines the incorporation of a long, high-beta straight section for production of neutrino beams into a lattice which is otherwise optimized for transverse and longitudinal admittance. The ring must be able to accept a very large emittance and large momentum spread muon beam.

As computational needs for structural finite element analysis increase, a robust implicit structural dynamics code is needed which can handle millions of degrees of freedom in the model and produce results with quick turn around time. A parallel code is needed to avoid limitations of serial platforms. Salinas is an implicit structural dynamics code specifically designed for massively parallel platforms. It computes the structural response of very large complex structures and provides solutions faster than any existing serial machine. This paper gives a current status of Salinas and uses demonstration problems to show Salinas' performance.

The executive branch of the United States government has acknowledged and identified threats to the water supply infrastructure of the United States. These threats include contamination of the water supply, aging infrastructure components, and malicious attack. Government recognition of the importance of providing safe, secure, and reliable water supplies has a historical precedence in the water works of the ancient Romans, who recognized the same basic threats to their water supply infrastructure the United States acknowledges today. System surety is the philosophy of ''designing for threats, planning for failure, and managing for success'' in system design and implementation. System surety is an alternative to traditional compliance-based approaches to safety, security, and reliability. Four types of surety are recognized: reactive surety; proactive surety, preventative surety; and fundamental, inherent surety. The five steps of the system surety approach can be used to establish the type of surety needed for the water infrastructure and the methods used to realize a sure water infrastructure. The benefit to the water industry of using the system surety approach to infrastructure design and assessment is a proactive approach to safety, security, and reliability for water transmission, treatment, distribution, and wastewater collection and treatment.

A new type of GaAs laser is based on the electron-hole plasma in a current filament and is not limited in size by p-n junctions. High energy, electrically controlled, compact, short-pulse lasers are useful for: active optical sensors (LADAR, range imaging, imaging through clouds, dust, smoke, or turbid water), direct optical ignition of fuels and explosives, optical recording, and micro-machining. The authors present a new class of semiconductor laser that can potentially produce much more short pulse energy than conventional (injection-pumped) semiconductor lasers (CSL) because this new laser is not limited in volume or aspect ratio by the depth of a p-n junction. They have tested current filament semiconductor lasers (CFSL) that have produced 75nJ of 890nm radiation in 1.5ns (50W peak), approximately ten times more energy than ISL. These lasers are created from current filaments in semi-insulating GaAs and, in contrast to CSL, are not based on current injection. Instead, low-field avalanche carrier generation produces a high-density, charge-neutral plasma channel with the required carrier density distribution for lasing. They have observed filaments as long as 3.4cm and several hundred microns in diameter in the high gain GaAs photoconductive switches. Their smallest dimension can be more than 100 times the …

In PKM Machines, the Cartesian position and orientation of the tool point carried on the platform is obtained from a kinematic model of the particular machine. Accurate positioning of these machines relies on the accurate knowledge of the parameters of the kinematic model unique to the particular machine. The parameters in the kinematic model include the spatial locations of the joint centers on the machine base and moving platform, the initial strut lengths, and the strut displacements. The strut displacements are readily obtained from sensors on the machine. However, the remaining kinematic parameters (joint center locations, and initial strut lengths) are difficult to determine when these machines are in their fully assembled state. The size and complexity of these machines generally makes it difficult and somewhat undesirable to determine the remaining kinematic parameters by direct inspection such as in a coordinate measuring machine. In order for PKMs to be useful for precision positioning applications, techniques must be developed to quickly calibrate the machine by determining the kinematic parameters without disassembly of the machine. A number of authors have reported techniques for calibration of PKMs (Soons, Masory, Zhuang et. al., Ropponen). In two other papers, the authors have reported on work …

Two modes are being considered for a 50 on 50-GeV muon collider: one being a high-luminosity ring with broad momentum acceptance (dp/p of {approximately} 0.12%, rms) and the other lower luminosity with narrow momentum acceptance (dp/p of {approximately} 0.003%, rms). To reach the design luminosities, the value of beta at collision in the two rings must be 4 cm and 14 cm, respectively. In addition, the bunch length must be held comparable to the value of the collision beta to avoid luminosity dilution due to the hour-glass effect. To assist the rf system in preventing the bunch from spreading in time, the constraint of isochronicity is also imposed on the lattice. Finally, the circumference must be kept as small as possible to minimize luminosity degradation due to muon decay. Two lattice designs will be presented which meet all of these conditions. Furthermore, the lattice designs have been successfully merged into one physical ring with mutual components; the only difference being a short chicane required to match dispersion and floor coordinates from one lattice into the other.