The observation of sonic range velocities of normal zone propagation in high current density superconductor

The sonic range velocities of normal zone propagation in high current density superconductor were observed. The experimental results were obtained on samples of 0.16–0.11 mm thickness of a monofilamentary NbTi wire with critical current density J_c about 10⁶ A/cm². The s→n change of the sample sections was recorded after the normal zone stimulation by the magnetic field impulse. The voltage increasing speed reached 1.5×10⁷ V/s, and the normal zone propagation velocity exceeded 5±1 km/s. This high velocity can be caused by the detonation-like propagation of normal phase in superconductor with high current density.     

The effect of topical anesthesia on vocal fold motion

The objective of this study was to determine if topical anesthesia to the larynx and pharynx affects vocal fold motion during dynamic voice evaluation with transnasal flexible endoscopy. Transnasal dynamic laryngeal examinations of 10 patients with no voice complaints were evaluated by five blinded fellowship-trained laryngologists. Each patient was examined before and after application of topical anesthetic. Reviewers rated briskness of right and left vocal fold movement and longitudinal tension on a visual analogue scale. Statistical comparisons were made between individual subject scores before and after anesthetic application. Inter-rater reliability was also assessed. No statistical difference was observed between subject scores before and after anesthetic application. Average intraclass correlation coefficients were 0.643 and 0.591 for pre- and postanesthesia scores, respectively. Application of topical anesthesia to the larynx and pharynx does not affect vocal fold motion.     

The signature of the Ricci curvature of left-invariant Riemannian metrics on four-dimensional lie groups. The unimodular case

We obtain a complete classification of all the possible values of the signature of the Ricci curvature of left-invariant Riemannian metrics on four-dimensional unimodular Lie groups.     

Silver compounds in synthetic chemistry : Part 5: Selective syntheses of trifluoromethylketones, RCOCF3, from trifluoromethylsilver, AgCF3, and corresponding acyl chlorides, RCOCl

Trifluoromethylketones of aromatics, heteroaromatics and olefins are formed selectively from reactions of trifluoromethylsilver and the corresponding carboxylic acid chlorides in moderate to excellent yields. The conditions chosen are dependent on the nature of the acyl chloride. Attempts to prepare alkyl(trifluoromethyl)ketones yielded product mixtures of the corresponding acyl fluorides, trifluoromethyl-, pentafluoroethyl- and n-heptafluoropropyl ketones.     

S-Trifluoromethyl esters of thiocarboxylic acids, RC(O)SCF3

S-Trifluoromethyl esters of different types of thiocarboxylic acids have been prepared in moderate to excellent yields from halide substitution reactions of the corresponding acid chlorides and tetramethylammonium trifluoromethylthiolate. C₆F₅C(O)SCF₃ undergoes a surprising rearrangement on attempted isolation to give 4-CF₃SC₆F₄C(O)F, which was converted into the corresponding acid.     

Role of the ubiquitin proteasome system in Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder. Although a subject of intense research, the etiology of PD remains poorly understood. Recently, several lines of evidence have implicated an intimate link between aberrations in the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) and PD pathogenesis. Derangements of the UPS, which normally functions as a type of protein degradation machinery, lead to alterations in protein homeostasis that could conceivably promote the toxic accumulation of proteins detrimental to neuronal survival. Not surprisingly, various cellular and animal models of PD that are based on direct disruption of UPS function reproduce the most prominent features of PD. Although persuasive, new developments in the past few years have in fact raised serious questions about the link between the UPS and PD. Here I review current thoughts and controversies about their relationship and discuss whether strategies aimed at mitigating UPS dysfunction could represent rational ways to intervene in the disease. Publication history: Republished from Current BioData's Targeted Proteins database (TPdb; http://www.targetedproteinsdb.com).     

Halofluorination of 1,2-difluoro-1,2-di(p-tolyl)ethene, 1,2,3,4-tetrafluoro-1,4-di(p-tolyl) butadiene and its nonfluorinated parent compounds

The reactions of (E)-1,2-difluoro-1,2-di (p-tolyl) ethene (1) with N-bromo- or N-chlorosuccinimide gave mainly the expected halofluorination products 1-bromo-1,2-di(p-tolyl)-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (2) or 1-chloro-1,2-di(p-tolyl)-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (4), respectively. As a side reaction halogenation of the double bond has been obtained. With (E,E)-1,4-di(p-tolyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrafluorobuta-1,3-diene (6) under the same conditions the products of 1,2- and 1,4-addition or its consecutive hydrolysis products were isolated. (E)-Stilbene (19) on bromofluorination gave solely erythro-1-bromo-2-fluoro-1,2-diphenylethane (20), while with 1,4-diphenylbuta-1,3-diene (17) mainly higher molecular weight products were formed.     

Ion plated indium oxide : infrared and optical study

The high optical transparency of ion plated indium oxide combined with their mechanical hardness and good environmental stability have opened up numerous applications in the line of sophisticated optoelectronic devices. Indium is evaporated at a low oxygen pressure on to an ordinary glass substrate mounted under the cathode and biased by a r.f. generator at 13,6 M Hz. Infrared spectra are recorded in the range 5000–200 cm^?1 by A.T.R. and reflexion-absorption spectroscopy, and show between 800 and 200 cm^?1 bands due to stretching and bending modes predicted by a factor group analysis. A tentative assignment is made of the highest frequency. Last U.V. and visible spectra are discussed.     

Static charged spheres with anisotropic pressure in general relativity

We report a generalization of our earlier formalism [Pramana, 54, 663 (1998)] to obtain exact solutions of Einstein-Maxwell’s equations for static spheres filled with a charged fluid having anisotropic pressure and of null conductivity. Defining new variables: w=(4π/3)(ρ+ε)r ², u=4πξr ², v _r=4πp _r r ², v _⊥=4πp _⊥ r ²[ρ, ξ(=−(1/2)F ₁₄ F ¹⁴), p _r, p _⊥ being respectively the energy densities of matter and electrostatic fields, radial and transverse fluid pressures whereas ε denotes the eigenvalue of the conformal Weyl tensor and interpreted as the energy density of the free gravitational field], we have recast Einstein’s field equations into a form easy to integrate. Since the system is underdetermined we make the following assumptions to solve the field equations (i) u=v _r=(a ²/2κ)r ⁿ⁺², v _⊥=k ₁ v _r, w=k ₂ v _r; a ², n(>0), k ₁, k ₂ being constants with κ=((k ₁+2)/3+k ₂) and (ii) w+u=(b ²/2)r ⁿ⁺², u=v _r, v _⊥−v _r=k, with b and k as constants. In both cases the field equations are integrated completely. The first solution is regular in the metric as well as physical variables for all values of n>0. Even though the second solution contains terms like k/r ² since Q(0)=0 it is argued that the pressure anisotropy, caused by the electric flux near the centre, can be made to vanish reducing it to the generalized Cooperstock-de la Cruz solution given in [14]. The interior solutions are shown to match with the exterior Reissner-Nordstrom solution over a fixed boundary. Dedicated to Prof. F A E Pirani.