Dual-fibre stretcher and coma as tools for independent 2nd and 3rd order tunable dispersion compensation in a fibre-based ‘scan-free’ time domain optical coherence tomography system

Dispersion compensation up to the third order is experimentally demonstrated by using a dual-fibre stretcher combined with the coma of an imaging lens, in a fibre-based scan-free time domain optical coherence tomography system, leading to an axial resolution of less than 3 μm.     

Linear systems on abelian varieties of dimension

We show that polarisations of type on -dimensional abelian varieties are never very ample, if . This disproves a conjecture of Debarre, Hulek and Spandaw. We also give a criterion for non-embeddings of abelian varieties into -dimensional linear systems.

     

FIRE: a fault-independent combinational redundancy identificationalgorithm

FIRE is a novel Fault-Independent algorithm for combinational REdundancy identification. The algorithm is based on a simple concept that a fault which requires a conflict as a necessary condition for its detection is undetectable and hence redundant. FIRE does not use the backtracking-based exhaustive search performed by fault-oriented automatic test generation algorithms, and identifies redundant faults without any search. Our results on benchmark and real circuits indicate that we find a large number of redundancies (about 80% of the combinational redundancies in benchmark circuits), much faster than a test-generation-based approach for redundancy identification. However, FIRE is not guaranteed to identify all redundancies in a circuit     

Birefringence of native cellulosic fibers. I. Untreated cotton and ramie

The Rayleigh-Gans theory of light scattering by a homogeneous cylinder has been applied to the case of scattering by a pad of fibers immersed in a liquid. The theory enables one to locate precisely the matching wavelength at which the mean refractive index of a sample of optically heterogeneous fibers coincides with that of an immersion medium. Thereby it offers a method of determining the mean refractive index. Besides, it facilitates a quantitative estimation of the variability of refractive index. The new technique has been used to study the birefringence of untreated cotton and ramie. The results are presented and discussed.     

Use of zeo-karb 226 and dowex a-l in the analysis of high-purity zinc and zinc-base alloys for Tl and In

Utility of Zeo-Karb 226 and Dowex A-l for the separation of Tl and In at 5-ppm level from high-purity zinc and zinc-base alloys has been investigated. With Zeo-Karb 226 (NH(4)(+)), T1(+) is conveniently separated from these materials and also from many other cations, with l.0M ammonium nitrate as the eluent. It is subsequently determined with Rhodamine B. This separation principle is also applied to the analysis of Pb-Tl alloys. Both Tl and In (along with Fe) are preconcentrated on Zeo-Karb 226(H(+)) from a solution of the sample at pH 3.0. Suitable methods of subsequent determination of Tl and In are described. In the case of Dowex A-1(H(+)), Tl(+), In(3+), Fe(3+) and Cu(2+) are retained from a solution of the sample at pH 2.0. An o-phenanthroline solution at pH 2.0 elutes all but traces of Cu(2+). In(3+) along with Fe(3+) is eluted with l.0M hydrochloric acid. Finally, Tl is eluted with 2.0M hydrochloric acid containing sulphurous acid.     

Pulse oximetry theory and calibration for low saturations

Pulse oximetry is a widely used technique in biomedical optics, but currently available pulse oximeters rely on empirical calibration approaches, which perform poorly at low saturations. We present an exact solution for pulse oximetry and show how this can be used as the basis for the development of a semiempirical calibration approach that may be useful, especially at low saturations and variable probe geometries. This new approach was experimentally tested against traditional empirical calibration techniques on transmission pulse oximetry for monitoring of fetal sheep using a minimally invasive spiral probe. The results open the way for the development of more accurate pulse oximetry.     

The de Rham Bundle on a Compactification of Moduli Space of Abelian Varieties

In this paper, we show that the Chern classes c _k of the de Rham bundle defined on any good toroidal compactification of the moduli space of Abelian varieties of dimension g are zero in the rational Chow ring of , for g=4, 5 and k>0.     

Projective normality of abelian varieties

We show that ample line bundles on a -dimensional simple abelian variety , satisfying 2^g\cdot g!$">, give projective normal embeddings, for all .

     

Inner-Circle Consistency for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

This paper proposes and evaluates strategies to build reliable and secure wireless ad hoc networks. Our contribution is based on the notion of inner-circle consistency, where local node interaction is used to neutralize errors/attacks at the source, both preventing errors/attacks from propagating in the network and improving the fidelity of the propagated information. We achieve this goal by combining statistical (a proposed fault-tolerant duster algorithm) and security (threshold cryptography) techniques with application-aware checks to exploit the data/computation that is partially and naturally replicated in wireless applications. We have prototyped an inner-circle framework and used it to demonstrate the idea of inner-circle consistency in two significant wireless scenarios: 1) the neutralization of black hole attacks in AODV networks and 2) the neutralization of sensor errors in a target detection/ localization application executed over a wireless sensor network