The effect of dipole-dipole interaction on zero-THz frequency polarisation

The effect of intramolecular dipole-dipole interaction on polarisation at frequencies from 0 – 10¹² Hz in dipolar media is investigated using a numerical solution of the Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problem to which the governing Smoluchowski equation reduces. The results of Budó for the long-wavelength limit are extended to all frequencies up to the far infrared, where the predominant inertial effects are treated using a preliminary first-order correction. The numerical method of Pryce may be used to investigate much more realistic interaction potentials than the simple harmonic and cosine form considered by Budó. These simple forms are, however, sufficient to indicate that the integrated absorption intensity per molecule in the far infrared is very sensitive to dipole-dipole interaction and relative hydrodynamic drag on both interacting groups. Applications of the theory to the disordered solid and nematic phases are considered.     

A mass spectrometric study of the pyrolysis of gibberellic acid

The behaviour of gibberellic acid (GA₃) under electron impact and chemical ionization conditions has been examined. The tendency of GA₃ to undergo pyrolysis by the loss of the elements of water and carbon dioxide has been identified. Two methods of sample introduction can be used to minimize the occurrence of this pyrolysis. Accurate mass measurement allows the composition of the pyrolysis product to be determined and metastable techniques confirm the structure of this product to be epi-allogibberic acid rather than its isomer allogibberic acid. This result corrects a misconception in the literature and illustrates the advantage of metastable methods compared with accurate mass measurements, for the determination of small structural differences within a molecule.     

Plant hormones. X. The constitution of phaseic acid; a relative of abscisic acid from Phaseolus multiflorus. An interpretation of the mass spectrum of phaseic acid and a probable structure

After a detailed examination and interpretation of the MS of phaseic acid and methyl phaseate structure (I) is preferred for this putative relative of abscisic acid from Phaseolus multiflorus. Two facts, more difficult to reconcile with this structure are an abnormally large long-range coupling and the apparent inability of phaseic acid to undergo an alkali-induced β-elimination of the epoxide oxygen to the γ- hydroxy-β-unsaturated ketone. Attempted one step conversion of methyl phaseate into methyl abscisate produced a complex but apparently identical reaction mixture to that obtained from methyl abscisate when treated under the same conditions.     

Determination of Fibre Pore Structure: Influence of Salt,pH and Conventional Wet Strength Resins

It has been shown, in the present investigation, that the two methods used to investigate the pore size distribution of unbleached chemical pulps, i.e. inverse size exclusion chromatography (ISEC) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), give different average pore radius for the pores inside the fibre wall. This is due to the way in which these experiments are performed and the sensitivity of the methods to different types of pores in the cell wall. It was also shown that the two methods gave different results when changing the pH and the ionic strength of the pulp suspension. The pore radius, as detected with ISEC, decreased with both increasing ionic strength and decreasing pH, indicating a loose structure of the exterior of the fibrillar network. However, the pore radius as detected with NMR, was virtually unaffected when increasing the ionic strength, indicating a very rigid structure of the interior of the fibre wall. Decreasing pH though, lead to a decrease in pore radius indicating that upon protonation of the carboxylic groups in the fibre wall, the electrostatic repulsion is diminished and the average pore radius decreases. The NMR technique was also used to study wet strength aid penetration into the fibre wall. It was shown that wet strength aids with a small molecular weight, penetrated the fibre wall, as detected by a decrease in pore radius. It was also shown that addition of different wet strength aids increased the tensile index of the sheet and decreased the fibre strength, measured as zero span-strength of the sheets.     

Reliability of Speaking and Maximum Voice Range Measures in Screening for Dysphonia

Speech range profile (SRP) is a graphical display of frequency-intensity occurring interactions during functional speech activity. Few studies have suggested the potential clinical applications of SRP. However, these studies are limited to qualitative case comparisons and vocally healthy participants. The present study aimed to examine the effects of voice disorders on speaking and maximum voice ranges in a group of vocally untrained women. It also aimed to examine whether voice limit measures derived from SRP were as sensitive as those derived from voice range profile (VRP) in distinguishing dysphonic from healthy voices. Ninety dysphonic women with laryngeal pathologies and 35 women with normal voices, who served as controls, participated in this study. Each subject recorded a VRP for her physiological vocal limits. In addition, each subject read aloud the "North Wind and the Sun" passage to record SRP. All the recordings were captured and analyzed by Soundswell's computerized real-time phonetogram Phog 1.0 (Hitech Development AB, T?by, Sweden). The SRPs and the VRPs were compared between the two groups of subjects. Univariate analysis results demonstrated that individual SRP measures were less sensitive than the corresponding VRP measures in discriminating dysphonic from normal voices. However, stepwise logistic regression analyses revealed that the combination of only two SRP measures was almost as effective as a combination of three VRP measures in predicting the presence of dysphonia (overall prediction accuracy: 93.6% for SRP vs 96.0% for VRP). These results suggest that in a busy clinic where quick voice screening results are desirable, SRP can be an acceptable alternate procedure to VRP.     

BLUE AND GREEN LIGHT EFFECTS,AND THEIR PHOTOREVERSIBILITY,UPON ZOOSPORE PRODUCTION AND THE SYNCHRONIZED CYCLE IN PROTOSIPHON BOTRYOIDES KLEBS*

Abstract —The synchronized asexual cycle in Protosiphon botryoides Klebs is described. A blue light (430 nm) inhibition of zoospore production can be photoreversed by green light (550 nm). Similarly, a green light (550 nm) stimulation of zoospore production can be photoreversed by blue (430 nm) light. 430 nm light also shortens the period of zoospore motility, and 550 nm light lengthens this period.     

Subadditive ergodic theorems for random sets in infinite dimensions

We prove pointwise and mean versions of the subadditive ergodic theorem for superstationary families of compact, convex random subsets of a real Banach space, extending previously known results that were obtained in finite dimensions or with additional hypotheses on the random sets. We also show how the techniques can be used to obtain the strong law of large numbers for pairwise independent random sets, as well as results in the weak topology.     

The diffraction of radio waves by the curvature of the earth

This paper gives a simplified approximate derivation of the field at moderate heights and distances due to an oscillating electric dipole at moderate height above the earth, taking into account the curvature and electrical constants of the earth. The method applies to both vertically and horizontally polarized waves. It is closely connected with treating the earth as flat, the propagation of the waves being curved upwards. In this way the expansions in Legendre functions can be replaced by Fourier integrals, which are simpler to handle. The results of previous workers are reproduced, but are obtained more directly in a form suitable for easy computation.     

Reinvestigating 2,5-di(pyridin-2-yl)pyrazine ruthenium complexes: selective deuteration and Raman spectroscopy as tools to probe ground and excited-state electronic structure in homo- and heterobimetallic complexes

The mono- (1) and dinuclear (2) ruthenium(II) bis(2,2'-bipyridine) complexes of 2,5-di(pyridin-2-yl)pyrazine (2,5-dpp), for which the UV/Vis absorption and emission as well as electrochemical properties have been described earlier, are reinvestigated here by resonance, surface enhanced and transient resonance Raman spectroscopy together with selective deuteration to determine the location of the lowest lying excited metal to ligand charge transfer ((3)MLCT) states. The ground state absorption spectrum of both the mono- and dinuclear complexes are characterised by resonance Raman spectroscopy. The effect of deuteration on emission lifetimes together with the absence of characteristic bipy anion radical modes in the transient Raman spectra for both the mono- and dinuclear complexes bridged by the 2,5-dpp ligand confirms that the excited state is 2,5-dpp based; however DFT calculations and the effect of deuteration on emission lifetimes indicate that the bipy based MLCT states contribute to excited state deactivation. Resonance Raman and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) data for 1 and 2 are compared with that of the heterobimetallic complexes [Ru(bipy)(2)(2,5-dpp)PdCl(2)](2+)3 and [Ru(bipy)(2)(2,5-dpp)PtCl(2)](2+)4. The SERS data for 1 indicates that a heterobimetallic Ru-Au complex forms in situ upon addition of 1 to a gold colloid.     

Efficient implementation of Jacobi's diagonalization method on the DAP

Summary The DAP architecture brings into consideration the Jacobi method where several non-interacting rotations can be performed in parallel. However the design of the algorithm is crucial in a parallel environment. In this paper we shall consider two techniques specifically designed to reduce the organisation and the arithmetic components of the parallel Jacobi method.