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Rosita Johanson at the Racine Art Museum
Rosita Johanson's minute narrative needlework are neatly aligned along gallery walls and glowing brightly in rainbow bright hues. The 20 works, from the 1990s through the 2000s, are on view at the Racine Aart Museum through Feb. 3.
The late Canadian artist was originally a dressmaker, the daughter of a tailor. She was born in Germany in 1937. She expressed her craft on canvas as well, stitching and appliqueing plush layers of fabric and using various other needlework techniques that she experimented with through the years. Johanson often employed loop pile embroidery, sewing shimmering beads, shells and various found items into her works. Loop pile creates a plush surface from tightly packed raised loops of yarn. It's also used to create carpeting, velvet and corduroy. »Read Full Blog Post
Packing House's brunch switches from buffet to entrees
The Packing House, the steakhouse at 900 E. Layton Ave., recently switched from serving a buffet brunch to brunch entrées.
Some of the new menu items are steak and eggs, served with a 10-ounce New York strip ($13.99), bananas Foster French toast ($9.99), and crab Benedict ($12.99). »Read Full Blog Post
Niki Johnson to talk about condom portrait of pope on CNN
Artist Niki Johnson will be interviewed about her portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, crafted from thousands of condoms, on CNN Sunday morning. The segment is slated to air at about 7:30 a.m. Central time.
Johnson will talk about the work, which was inspired by the former pope's 2009 comments about condoms while in Africa. He suggested condom use could increase the spread of AIDS. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Chamber Theatre blossoms again with lighthearted 'Jeeves in Bloom'
Given the miserable spring we've been having, I probably don't need to explain the appeal of a play titled "Jeeves in Bloom," the second of Margaret Raether's three stage adaptations of the P.G. Wodehouse stories and novels featuring Bertie Wooster's ever-capable valet.
Under Tami Workentin's direction, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre produced the first of these light comedies, with Matt Daniels as Jeeves, in 2010. In "Bloom," Workentin again directs and Daniels returns as Jeeves. The remaining characters and actors are all new, as is the setting. »Read Full Article
Haydn blurred, other MSO pieces enhanced by Basilica's acoustic
It's a given that performing music in the live acoustic of the Basilica of St. Josaphat will be a challenge.
What's not a given is how well a given piece will work in the space, as evidenced by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's Friday evening installment of its Basilica series. »Read Full Article(2)
Present Music explores passion, harmony in 'Judgment of Midas'
Which kind of art is better - passionate, heart-pounding exuberance or balanced, elegant harmony?
The answer, of course, has always been that we need both - just like sweet and salty, summer and winter, yin and yang. »Read Full Article


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Art and writing of the Symbolism movement of the late 19th century.
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The Soccer League Superettan Table Sweden - Soccer Tables
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Gilbert Gottfried on His Infamous 9/11 Joke and 'Too Soon'
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Fresh is our annual showcase of high quality youth dance from across Yorkshire, and part of U.Dance, a national celebration of performance by young people.
We received 43 applications from every corner of Yorkshire, and our independent selection panel are delighted to announce the groups they've chosen to perform at CAST.
Groups selected to perform on the main stage
Curve Dance
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Yorkshire Dance Youth
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Dance United Yorkshire Performance Company
North Lindsey Dancers
RJC Youth Dance Company
DAZL Youth Company
Stage 84
Momentum Dance
Street Beat Elite
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Hull Dance Youth Company
Doncaster Youth Dance Company
Oakbank BTEC Dance Trio
East Riding Youth Dance County Company
Temple Moor Dance Company
Me2 Inclusive Youth Dance Company
Each year, companies from regional showcases like Fresh are selected to perform at the final U.Dance showcase, which takes place in a difference city every year. Two of these groups performing in Doncaster will be selected by an independent panel of judges to perform at U.Dance in Salford this July.


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Most Cited Current Applied Physics Articles
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Metal oxide thin film based supercapacitorsC. D. Lokhande | D. P. Dubal | Oh Shim Joo
Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2011, Pages 255-270
Supercapacitors have been known for over fifty years and are considered as one of the potential energy storage systems. Research into supercapacitors is presently based primarily on their mode of energy storage, namely: (i) the redox electrochemical capacitors and (ii) the electrochemical double layer capacitor. The commonly investigated classes of materials are transition metal oxides (notably, ruthenium oxide) and conducting polymers. Recently, many chemically deposited metal oxide thin film electrodes including ruthenium oxide, iridium oxide, manganese oxide, cobalt oxide, nickel oxide, tin oxide, iron oxide, pervoskites, ferrites etc. have been tested in supercapacitors This review presents supercapacitor performance data of metal oxide thin film electrodes. The supercapacitors exhibited the specific capacitance (Sc) values between 50 and 1100 F g -1, which are quite comparable with bulk electrode values; therefore, it is likely that metal oxide films will continue to play a major role in supercapacitor technology. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
A new era for liquid crystal research: Applications of liquid crystals in soft matter nano-, bio- and microtechnologyJan P F Lagerwall | Giusy Scalia
Volume 12, Issue 6, November 2012, Pages 1387-1412
Liquid crystals constitute a fascinating class of soft condensed matter characterized by the counterintuitive combination of fluidity and long-range order. Today they are best known for their exceptionally successful application in flat panel displays, but they actually exhibit a plethora of unique and attractive properties that offer tremendous potential for fundamental science as well as innovative applications well beyond the realm of displays. Today this full breadth of the liquid crystalline state of matter is becoming increasingly recognized and numerous new and exciting lines of research are being opened up. We review this exciting development, focusing primarily on the physics aspects of the new research thrusts, in which liquid crystals - thermotropic as well as lyotropic - often meet other types of soft matter, such as polymers and colloidal nano- or microparticle dispersions. Because the field is of large interest also for researchers without a liquid crystal background we begin with a concise introduction to the liquid crystalline state of matter and the key concepts of the research field. We then discuss a selection of promising new directions, starting with liquid crystals for organic electronics, followed by nanotemplating and nanoparticle organization using liquid crystals, liquid crystal colloids (where the liquid crystal can constitute either the continuous phase or the disperse phase, as droplets or shells) and their potential in e.g. photonics and metamaterials, liquid crystal-functionalized polymer fibers, liquid crystal elastomer actuators, ending with a brief overview of activities focusing on liquid crystals in biology, food science and pharmacology. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Recent status of chemical bath deposited metal chalcogenide and metal oxide thin filmsS. M. Pawar | B. S. Pawar | J. H. Kim | Oh Shim Joo | C. D. Lokhande
Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2011, Pages 117-161
Presently nanocrystalline materials have opened a new chapter in the field of electronic applications, since material properties could be changed by changing the crystallite size and/or thickness of the film. The synthesis of nanocrystalline metal chalcogenide and metal oxide thin films by chemical bath deposition (CBD) method is currently attracting considerable attention as it is relatively inexpensive, simple and convenient for large area deposition. Using CBD and modified CBD (which is also known as successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction, SILAR) methods, a large number of thin films have been deposited. This review is on the status of synthesizing thin films of metal chalcogenide and metal oxides by CBD and SILAR. Properties and applications of the thin films are also summarized. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Characterization and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline CuFe 2O4, NiFe2O4, ZnFe2O 4 powders prepared by the Aloe vera extract solutionPaveena Laokul | Vittaya Amornkitbamrung | Supapan Seraphin | Santi Maensiri
Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 101-108
This study reports the simple synthesis of MFe2O4 (where M = Cu, Ni, and Zn) nanoparticles by a modified sol-gel method using high purity metal nitrates and aloe vera plant extracted solution. Using of aloe vera extract simplifies the process and provides an alternative process for a simple and economical synthesis of nanocrystalline ferrites. The obtained precursors were characterized by TG/DTA to determine the thermal decomposition and subsequently were cc at different temperatures in the range of 600-900 °C for 2 h to obtain the ferrite nanoparticles. The calcined samples were characterized by XRD, FT-IR, SEM, and TEM. All the prepared samples are polycrystalline and have spinel structure with crystallite sizes of 15-70 nm. The crystallite size increases with increasing the calcination temperature. Magnetic properties of the prepared ferrite samples were measured using Vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The room temperature magnetic behavior of as-prepared ferrite powders can be explained as the results of the three important factors: impurity phase of a-Fe2O3, cationic distribution in spinel structure, and the surface spin structure of nanoparticles. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Anti-corrosive properties of xanthone on mild steel corrosion in sulphuric acid: Experimental and theoretical investigationsI. B. Obot | N. O. Obi-Egbedi
Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2011, Pages 382-392
The anti-corrosive effect of xanthone (XAN) on the corrosion of mild steel in 0.5 M H2SO4 has been studied by gravimetric and UV-visible spectrophotometric methods at 303-333 K. Results obtained revealed that XAN performed excellently as a corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in sulphuric acid solution. Inhibition efficiency increases with increase in concentration of XAN but decreases with rise in temperature which is suggestive of physical adsorption mechanism although chemisorption may also play a part. Dubinin-Radushkevich adsorption isotherm model was found to adequately describe the adsorption of XAN onto the mild steel surface. Kinetic parameters of activation and thermodynamic parameters using the statistical model were calculated and discussed. The corrosion process in 0.5 M H2SO 4 in the absence and presence of XAN follows first-order kinetics. The UV-visible absorption spectra of the solution containing the inhibitor after the immersion of mild steel specimen indicate the formation of a XAN-Fe complex. Quantum chemical calculations have been performed using DFT and several quantum chemical indices were calculated and correlated with the inhibitive effect. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Poling dependence and stability of piezoelectric properties of Ba(ZrShi Su | Ruzhong Zuo | Shengbo Lu | Zhengkui Xu | Xiaohui Wang | Longtu Li
0.2Ti 0.8)O 3-(Ba 0.7Ca 0.3)TiO 3 ceramics with huge piezoelectric coefficients
Volume 11, Issue 3 SUPPL., May 2011, Page
Poling dependence and stability of piezoelectric properties of lead-free 0.5Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3-0.5(Ba0.7Ca 0.3)TiO3 ceramics were investigated. The experimental results indicated that the poling condition has an obvious effect on the piezoelectric properties due to the existence of a phase transition near room temperature. The best piezoelectric coefficient d33 and planar electromechanical coupling factor kp could reach 630 pC/N and 56%, respectively as the poling conditions were optimized. However, these properties exhibit strong temperature and time dependences, owing to a rather low depolarization temperature (below 80-90 °C) and extremely high aging rate (30% and 25% loss for d33 and kp, respectively, 10 4 min after poling). © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Nonlinear optical properties of a hydrogenic impurity in an ellipsoidal finite potential quantum dotG. Rezaei | M. R K Vahdani | B. Vaseghi
Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2011, Pages 176-181
The linear and the third-order nonlinear optical absorption coefficient and refractive index changes of a hydrogenic impurity in an ellipsoidal quantum dot have been investigated, using the compact-density matrix formalism and an iterative method. In this regard, the effect of the size and geometry of the dot, aluminium concentration in GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs structures, and optical intensity on the optical absorption coefficient and refractive index changes are investigated. It is found that the light intensity, size and geometry of the dot and aluminium concentration have a great influence on the absorption coefficient and refractive index changes of the dot. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Preparation of highly efficient Al-doped ZnO photocatalyst by combustion synthesisM. Ahmad | E. Ahmed | Yuewei Zhang | N. R. Khalid | Jianfeng Xu | M. Ullah | Zhanglian Hong
Volume 13, Issue 4, June 2013, Pages 697-704
Novel Al-doped ZnO (AZO) photocatalysts with different Al concentrations (0.5-6.0 mol%) were prepared through a facile combustion method and followed by calcination at 500°C for 3 h. The obtained nanopowders were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) combined with EDX, transmission electron microscope (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), UV evis spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The XRD patterns of AZO nanopowders were assigned to wurtzite structure of ZnO with the smallest crystallite size about 11 nm consistent with the results from TEM. The doping of Al in ZnO crystal structure successfully suppressed the growth of ZnO nanoparticles confirmed by XRD patterns. The absorption spectra analysis showed that the optical band gap energy (Eg) for the AZO nanopowders were in the range of 3.12-3.21 eV and decreased with increasing of Al dopant. The photocatalytic activities of the samples were evaluated by photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange under visible light (λ ≥ 420 nm) and sunlight irradiation. The results showed that the AZO photocatalyst doped with 4.0 mol% Al exhibited five times enhanced photocatalytic activity compared to pure ZnO. The enhanced photocatalytic activity could be attributed to extended visible light absorption, inhibition of the electron-hole pair's recombination and enhanced adsorptivity of MO dye molecule on the surface of AZO nanopowders. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
The effect of TiCl 4-treated TiO 2 compact layer on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cellHongsik Choi | Changwoo Nahm | Jongmin Kim | Joonhee Moon | Seunghoon Nam | Dae Ryong Jung | Byungwoo Park
Volume 12, Issue 3, May 2012, Pages 737-741
In order to prevent the charge recombination at the interface between the transparent-conducting oxide (TCO) substrate and electrolyte, a TiO 2 compact layer was deposited on the substrate by hydrolysis of TiCl 4 aqueous solution. Optimum thickness of the compact layer was found to be ∼25 nm, which showed ∼24% increase in the power-conversion efficiency compared with the bare cell. Impedance spectra indicated that the interfacial charge-transfer resistance of TCO/electrolyte interface was increased by more than a factor of three with the TiO 2 compact layer at 0.4 V. Moreover, the electron-carrier lifetime of the 25 nm-deposited cell was improved by a factor of five compared with the bare cell. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Enhanced photocatalytic activity of graphene oxide decorated on TiO 2 films under UV and visible irradiationDae Hwang Yoo | Tran Viet Cuong | Viet Hung Pham | Jin Suk Chung | Nguyen Tri Khoa | Eui Jung Kim | Sung Hong Hahn
Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2011, Pages 805-808
Photocatalytic TiO2 films were prepared using RF magnetron sputtering and three kinds of graphene oxide (GO) solutions with different concentration of 0.05 mg GO, 0.03 mg GO, and 0.01 mg GO in 10 ml ethanol were coated on TiO2 films, respectively. Structures and morphologies of the samples were examined by AFM, SEM, and Raman and photocatalytic properties under UV and visible irradiation were examined respectively. The efficiency of the photodegradation is enhanced when TiO2 thin film was coated with GO, it is related to its giant π-conjugation system and two-dimensional planar structure and efficient charge separation by coating GO. The maximum photodegradation rate was observed for TiO2 thin film coated with 0.03 mg GO. It is attributed to the increase of absorbance and scattering of photons through excess carbon in the photosystem. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Dielectric permittivity and electric modulus of polyethylene oxide (PEO)-LiClO4 composite electrolytesA. Karmakar | A. Ghosh
Volume 12, Issue 2, March 2012, Pages 539-543
Dielectric permittivity and conductivity relaxation in polyethylene oxide (PEO)-LiClO4 salt polymer electrolytes have been investigated for different lithium ion concentrations. We have observed that imaginary modulus spectra exhibit asymmetric maxima with peak-width much broader than that of the Debye peak and are skewed toward the high frequency sides of the maxima. The charge carriers for the electrolyte having higher lithium salt concentration relax much faster than that for other electrolytes and produces higher conductivity. The modulus data have been fitted using non-exponential Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts (KWW) function φ(t). We have observed that the value of the non-exponential parameter (β) is fairly low and nearly constant for different salt concentrations. The low value of β suggests a wide distribution of non-exponential relaxation times. Using the scaling of modulus data we have observed that the relaxation dynamics of charge carriers in these PEO-Li salt based electrolytes is independent of temperature and salt concentration. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Anti-corrosive properties of S. tinctoria and G. ouregou alkaloid extracts on low carbon steelA. Lecante | F. Robert | P. A. Blandinires | C. Roos
Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2011, Pages 714-724
The effect of alkaloid extracts from two Amazonian trees (Guatteria ouregou and Simira tinctoria) on low carbon steel corrosion was investigated in acidic solutions by using electrochemical techniques. All of these plant extracts inhibit the corrosion of low carbon steel in 0.1 M HCl solutions. As their concentration increases to 250 mg/L, the inhibition efficiencies of S. tinctoria and G. ouregou alkaloid extracts reach approximately 92% in 0.1 M HCl solutions. The adsorption of the inhibitor molecules was in accordance with the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The results obtained show that these plant extracts could be serve as an effective inhibitor for the corrosion of low carbon steel in hydrochloric acid media. Furthermore, harmane was identified as the main component of S. tinctoria extract and that suggests that it is the active ingredient against corrosion of low carbon steel. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Roles of nanosized FeYoung Ha Kim | Soo Jin Park
3O 4 on supercapacitive properties of carbon nanotubes
Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2011, Pages 462-466
We synthesized Fe3O4 nanoparticle-dispersed multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) to evaluate their potential applicability to supercapacitor electrodes. Nanosized Fe3O4 was deposited by chemical coprecipitation of Fe2+ and Fe3+ in the presence of MWNTs in alkaline solutions. Fe3O4 nanoparticles with an average particle size of 14 nm were prepared within several minutes. The structure and morphological characteristics of the Fe 3O4/MWNT composites were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The electrochemical performance of a Fe3O 4/MWNT composite electrode and a pure MWNT electrode was tested by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and galvanostatic charge-discharge in a sulfite electrolyte. The results showed that the Fe3O4/MWNT electrode had typical pseudo-capacitive behavior in a 1 M Na2SO 3 solution and a significantly greater specific capacitance than that of the pure MWNT electrode. It could also retain 85.1% of its initial capacitance over 1000 cycles. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Influence of hydrogen plasma treatment on Al-doped ZnO thin films for amorphous silicon thin film solar cellsFang Hsing Wang | Hung Peng Chang | Chih Chung Tseng | Chia Cheng Huang | Han Wen Liu
Volume 11, Issue 1 SUPPL., January 2011, Page
This study investigates the effects of H2 plasma treatment on characteristics of Al-doped ZnO (AZO) thin films prepared by RF magnetron sputter at 200 °C for amorphous silicon (α-Si) thin film solar cell fabrication. Results of X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the structure of the plasma-treated film did not change but its crystallinity deteriorated as compared to that of the as-deposited film. The electrical resistivity of the AZO films decreased after H2 plasma treatment, regardless of plasma power. The most improvements in the electrical and optical properties of the AZO film were obtained by applying H2 plasma RF power of 50 W, where the film resistivity decreased from 1.23 × 10-3 to 8.23 × 10-4 Ω cm and the average optical transmittance in the wavelength range of 400-700 nm increased slightly from 89.5% to 91.7%. To enhance light trapping in solar cells, surface-textured AZO films were developed using diluted HCl etching and the haze ratio beyond 30% was obtained. Additionally, the α-Si thin film solar cells consisting of the prepared AZO thin film as the transparent electrodes were fabricated. The efficiency of the cell increased form 3.26% for the as-deposited AZO film to 5.14% for the 0.2%-HCl-etched and H2 plasma-treated film. © 2010 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Ultraprecision CMP for sapphire, GaN, and SiC for advanced optoelectronics materialsHideo Aida | Toshiro Doi | Hidetoshi Takeda | Haruji Katakura | Seong Woo Kim | Koji Koyama | Tsutomu Yamazaki | Michio Uneda
Volume 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, September 2012, Page
Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of sapphire, GaN, and SiC substrates, which are categorized as hard-to-process materials, is demonstrated with a colloidal silica slurry under acidic and alkaline slurry pH conditions. Atomic level surface flatness was achieved by CMP and was confirmed to be equivalent to an almost ideally minimized surface roughness. By comparing the Preston coefficients under different slurry conditions, differences in the CMP properties among the three substrate materials and difficulties in the CMP of the GaN and SiC substrates are presented. The difference in CMP properties between the (0001) and (000-1) planes of GaN and SiC due to their non-revers crystallographical symmetry is also presented. Oxidation processes that occur during CMP of GaN and SiC are also discussed. By comparing the removal rate among GaN, SiC, and their oxides, it was found that the rate-limiting step in the total CMP process for GaN and SiC was surface oxidation reaction of GaN and SiC. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Oxygen electrocatalysis in chemical energy conversion and storage technologiesJaeyoung Lee | Beomgyun Jeong | Joey D. Ocon
Volume 13, Issue 2, March 2013, Pages 309-321
Oxygen electrocatalysis that we first defined is considered as the most important phenomenon in almost all electrochemical industries because it is the most sluggish reaction that governs the overall reaction rate in electrochemical cells. In this review, we cover two main areas of oxygen-water electrocatalysis, oxygen reduction to water and oxygen evolution from water. In particular, it aims to provide the readers with an understanding of the critical scientific challenges facing the development of oxygen electrocatalysts, various unique attributes of recent novel catalysts, the latest developments in electrode construction and the outlook for future generation of oxygen electrocatalysts. This review will be of value to both electrochemists and other applied scientists interested in this field of electrocatalysis. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Preparing large-scale WO3 nanowire-like structure for high sensitivity NH3 gas sensor through a simple routeNguyen Van Hieu | Vu Van Quang | Nguyen Duc Hoa | Dojin Kim
Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2011, Pages 657-661
The large-scale nanowire-like (NW) structure of tungsten oxide is synthesized by the deposition of tungsten metal on the substrate of porous single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) film, followed by thermal oxidation process. The morphology and crystallinity of the synthesized materials are analyzed by SEM, TEM, XRD, and Raman spectroscopy. Results showed that tungsten oxide NWs deposited on SWCNTs have a porous structure with an average diameter of about 70 nm and a length of up to micrometers. The NH3 gas-sensing properties of tungsten NWs were measured at different temperatures. A maximum response of 9.7-1500 ppm at 250 °C with rapid response and recovery times of 7 and 8 s are found, respectively. In addition, the gas sensing mechanism of fabricated NWs is also discussed in term of surface resistivity and barrier height model. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Application of strain gradient elasticity theory for buckling analysis of protein microtubulesBekir Akgöz | Ömer Civalek
Volume 11, Issue 5, September 2011, Pages 1133-1138
In this paper, size effect of microtubules (MTs) is studied via modified strain gradient elasticity theory for buckling. MTs are modeled by Bernoulli-Euler beam theory. By using the variational principle, the governing equations for buckling and related boundary conditions are obtained in conjunctions with the strain gradient elasticity. The size effect for buckling analysis of MTs is investigated and results are presented in graph form. The results obtained by strain gradient elasticity theory are discussed through the numerical simulations. The results based on the modified couple stress theory, nonlocal elasticity theory and classical elasticity theories have been also presented for comparison purposes. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Preparation of piezoresistive nano smart hybrid material based on grapheneYoung Ju Kim | Ju Young Cha | Heon Ham | Hoon Huh | Dae Sup So | Inpil Kang
Volume 11, Issue 1 SUPPL., January 2011, Page
To address the need for new smart hybrid materials, this paper presents graphene based nano composites which have piezoresistivity for strain sensor. Graphene/epoxy composites cast in a mold were fabricated to a composite strain sensor. The strain response of graphene/epoxy composites showed fairly symmetrical and reversible behavior, and the gauge factor obtained was about 11.4 within the range of 1000 micro-strain. The graphene/epoxy composite strain sensor showed much higher strain sensitivity than both carbon nanotubes (CNTs) composite strain sensors and the strain gauge made of high-quality graphene films. A contact area & resistance model of graphene was introduced to explain the higher piezoresistivity of graphene composites compared to CNTs composites. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
DSSC with a novel Pt counter electrodes using pulsed electroplating techniquesChun Chen Yang | Huan Qing Zhang | Yu Rong Zheng
Volume 11, Issue 1 SUPPL., January 2011, Page
The thin Pt electrode on transparent conductive oxide (TCO) substrate, i.e., FTO/glass, for the dye-sensitized solar cell was prepared by a pulsed electrodeposition method. The characteristic properties of the pulse-plated Pt film were prepared and compared with the conventional sputtered Pt film. The composition and surface morphology of the Pt thin film were examined by scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDX), atomic force microscope (AFM). The AFM results indicated that the surface roughness of the pulsed plated Pt film is much higher than that of the sputtered Pt film. The catalytic activities of the as-prepared Pt films were examined by cyclic voltammetry (CV). It was found that the catalytic activities of the pulsed plated Pt films were much higher than those of the sputtered Pt film and the DC-plated Pt film. The highest energy conversion efficiency of ca. 6.0% on the DSSC with the pulse-plated Pt electrode was obtained. The result demonstrated that the pulse-plated thin Pt film can be a good candidate for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) application. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Investigation of electronic and optical properties in Al-Ga codoped ZnO thin filmsWoojin Lee | Sungjin Shin | Dae Ryong Jung | Jongmin Kim | Changwoo Nahm | Taeho Moon | Byungwoo Park
Volume 12, Issue 3, May 2012, Pages 628-631
Electronic and optical properties of Al-Ga codoped ZnO thin films were investigated by post-annealing. The lowest resistivity of the Al-Ga codoped ZnO films was observed from the 450°C-annealed sample. The Fermi-level shift of the Al-Ga codoped ZnO film was ∼0.6 eV from x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and the widening of optical-bandgap in the Al-Ga codoped ZnO film was ∼0.3 eV. The correlations of optical-bandgap with Fermi-level shift and conduction band filling were suggested by schematic band diagrams. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Polymerization of aniline on bacterial cellulose and characterization of bacterial cellulose/polyaniline nanocomposite filmsByoung Ho Lee | Hyun Joong Kim | Han Seung Yang
Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 75-80
Bacterial cellulose/polyaniline nanocomposite film was prepared by the chemical oxidative polymerization of aniline with bacterial cellulose. Polyaniline conducting polymer nanocomposite films with bacterial cellulose fibers was prepared and characterized. In nanocomposite film, the bacterial cellulose was fully encapsulated with polyaniline by direct polymerization of the respective monomers using the oxidant and dopant. These bacterial cellulose/polyaniline nanocomposite films materials exhibited the inherent properties of both components. The deposition of a polyaniline on the bacterial cellulose surface was characterized by SEM. XPS revealed a higher doping level of the nanocomposite films doped with p-TSA dopant. From the cyclic voltammetry results, the polyaniline polymer was thermodynamically stable because redox peaks of electrochemical transitions in the voltagrams were maintained in bacterial cellulose/polyaniline nanocomposite films. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Visible light photo-and bioactivity of Ag/TiOAli Akbar Ashkarran | Seyed Mahyad Aghigh | Mona Kavianipour | Neda Jalali Farahani
2 nanocomposite with various silver contents
Volume 11, Issue 4, July 2011, Pages 1048-1055
Ag/TiO2 nanocomposite with various silver contents was synthesized by combination of sol-gel and the novel arc discharge methods in liquid. The Ag/TiO2 nanoparticles were characterized by X-Ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and ultra violet-visible absorption spectroscopy (UV-Vis). The visible light antibacterial activities and photocatalytic properties were successfully demonstrated for the inactivation of Escherichia coli (E-coli) bacteria and Rhodamine B (Rh. B). The results revealed that the Ag/TiO 2 nanoparticles extended the light absorption spectrum toward the visible region and significantly enhanced the inactivation of E-coli bacteria under visible light irradiation. 0.15 gr Ag/TiO2 nanoparticles revealed best antibacterial activity while 0.05 gr Ag/TiO2 nanoparticles exhibited highest photocatalytic efficiency. The significant enhancement in the photocatalytic activity and antibacterial properties of Ag/TiO2 nanoparticles under visible light irradiation can be ascribed to the effect of noble metal Ag by acting as electron traps in TiO2 band gap. A mechanism for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and antibacterial activity over Ag/TiO2 nanoparticles was proposed based on our observations. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Comparison of k-nearest neighbor, quadratic discriminant and linear discriminant analysis in classification of electromyogram signals based on the wrist-motion directionsKang Soo Kim | Heung Ho Choi | Chang Soo Moon | Chi Woong Mun
Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2011, Pages 740-745
In this study, the authors compared the k-Nearest Neighbor (k-NN), Quadratic Discriminant Analysis (QDA), and Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) algorithms for the classification of wrist-motion directions such as up, down, right, left, and the rest state. The forearm EMG signals for those motions were collected using a two-channel electromyogram(EMG) system. Thirty normal volunteers participated in this study. Thirty features with a time-window size of 166 ms per feature during a 5-s forearm muscle motion were extracted from the gathered EMG signals. The difference absolute mean value (DAMV) was used to construct a feature map and the LDA, QDA, and k-NN algorithms were used to classify the directions of the signal. The recognition rates were 84.9% for k-NN, 82.4% for QDA, and 81.1% for LDA. There was a statistically significant difference between the k-NN and LDA algorithms (P < 0.05). © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Effect of series resistance and interface states on the I-V, C-V and G/ω-V characteristics in Au/Bi-doped polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/n-Si Schottky barrier diodes at room temperatureS. Demirezen | Z. Sönmez | U. Aydemir | S. Altndal
Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 266-272
The forward and reverse bias current-voltage (I-V), capacitance-voltage (C-V) and conductance-voltage (G/ω-V) characteristics of the Au/PVA (Bi-doped)/n-Si Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) have been investigated at room temperature by taking the interface states (Nss) and series resistance (Rs) effects into account. The voltage dependent profiles of resistance (Ri) were obtained from both the I-V and C/G-V measurements by using Ohm's Law and Nicollian methods. The obtained values of Ri with agreement each other especially at sufficiently high bias voltages which correspond the value of Rs of the diode. Therefore, the energy density distribution profile of Nss was obtained from the forward bias I-V data taking the bias dependence of the effective barrier height (BH) Φe and Rs into account. The high value of ideality factor (n) was attributed to high density of Nss and interfacial polymer layer at metal/semiconductor (M/S) interface. In order to examine the frequency dependence of some of the electrical parameters such as doping donor concentration (ND), Φe, Rs and Nss values, C-V and G/ω-V measurements of the diode were performed at room temperature in the frequency range of 50 kHz-5 MHz. Experimental results confirmed that the Nss, Rs and interfacial layer are important parameters that influence electrical characteristics of SBD. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


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Alban McGill is a member of the wealthy Scottish Wopuld family, who have built a fortune on a game called Empire! (which resembles Risk, and involves taking over the world). Alban has abdicated his place in the family, and has been slumming for the past few years, working as a forester, hanging out with decidedly non-upper-class friends, and slowly building a relationship with a commitment-phobic math-genius outdoorswoman/professor. However, a big family reunion is calling him back into the fold. An American corporation wants to buy out the Wopulds, and they need to vote on whether or not to go through with the deal. Alban is reluctant to go - not least because it will mean seeing his cousin Sophie again - the girl who was his first love, and who still stirs up all kinds of nasty whirlpools of emotion whenever Alban encounters her.
As the novel progresses, we gradually learn more about Alban, his relationship with Sophie, the complexities, oddities, and dark secrets of the Wopuld family - and not least, the repercussions involved with the possibility of giving up Empire! (With some quite blatant but rather wonderful political metaphors and outright rants.)
Banks is one of my favorite authors, so my expectations for one of his books are always high - but this novel did not disappoint. I do think he should have gone with its working title (Empire!), though.
It's a truism that there are two Iain Banks -- Iain the contemporary fiction writer and Iain M. the science fiction writer. But it's also the case that there are two distinct modes of Iain Banks novels -- the grim and nihilistic (Wasp Factory, The Business, Song of Stone, etc.) versus the sweeping Scots epic (Crow Road, Whit, Espadair Street, and now The Steep Approach to Garbadale). I dunno - maybe it's just a matter of comedy versus tragedy (in the classical sense)?
In any case, put Banks' latest squarely in the feel-good category. Not that there aren't odd twists to the plot; it wouldn't be Banks without those. The characters are fairly well-drawn and likable even when they aren't (a Banks speciality, I think) and while the story isn't the most profound or original ever penned, it's a worthwhile read and, if Banks were more known in the U.S. contemporary fiction market, probably would be on numerous "great summer reads" lists.
I like reading Banks' mainstream novels, as they always remind me why I should write more mainstream fiction. This was an enjoyable glimpse into a family, though the big reveal at the end kind of made me roll my eyes. But the writing was silky as always, which is a joy to read.
Well, it's not the best Iain Banks novel, but it's not the worst either. My attitude may have been affected by having the deep dark family secret spoiled for me by, I think, the Guardian's Digested Read, so I embarked on this with a certain sense dour dutifulness, as it was the one Iain Banks novel I hadn't yet read and I felt almost obliged to read the damn thing.
Thing is, most of it is perfectly fine. It's a family novel, very much in line with Crow Road, Stonemouth and even Wit, I suppose. Our young hero is the member of a fabulously wealthy family who produce a world famous game. He got annoyed with either the family or the business and buggered off to cut down trees for a few years, but now he's lured back for a special party and EGM which revolves around selling the company to the Yanks. As an adolescent he had a brief but torrid affair with his cousin Sophie, and he still isn't quite over it. Or her.
So, tangled familial issues, lost love, big business, young protagonist with liberal notions - at one point he lectures an American executive at length about the evils of the Iraq War, in what is probably the worst bit of the book - and a long-buried secret. All familiar elements, and Banks handles them all with the usual skill and aplomb. It's no Crow Road, but it's Song Of Stone either.
Iain Banks seems always to be at his best when dealing with dysfunctional families, and he certainly returns to form here. The main protagonist is Alban McGill, part of the Wopuld family which owns the rights to "Empire!", an extremely successful game (fairly loosely based upon "Risk", I think). A few years before the novel starts the family had sold a significant portion to the American conglomerate Spraint who now wants to buy out the rest of the family holding. Alban had become dissatisfied with corporate life and had left the firm to work as a logger working on conifer plantations all over Wales and Scotland. As the novel opens his more commercially savvy cousin Fielding has tracked him down to a squat in Perth, and persuades him to come back into the family fold, at least temporarily, to try to lead the opposition to the sale.
Another aspect of the novel at which Banks has always excelled is the use of flashback, often nested within other flashbacks. This can be disconcerting, but it does offer a useful means of conveying a lot of necessary background material without requiring tedious explanatory sections. Through the dextrous application of flashbacks we learn that Alban had been (and possibly still is) madly in love with his cousin Sophie, through he has only seen her two or three times over the last twenty years. He does, however, also have a long-term occasional relationship with Verushka Graef, an academic mathematician based at Glasgow University.
All of the characters are eminently credible, and while the plot unwinds in Banks's characteristically chaotic manner it is never less than engrossing.
He completely sold me the dummy over the ending, too.
All in all a very enjoyable book.
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Prototype contact lens brings Terminator-esque vision a little closer
Fans of the original film in the Terminator franchise will recall how various bits of data were shown to be overlaid on the cyborg's vision - in particular, they might remember the list of possible responses that could be used when someone was angrily knocking on its door (for those who don't remember, its chosen response wasn't very polite). Such augmented vision systems are now a little closer to reality, thanks to work being done by a team of scientists at the University of Washington and Aalto University, in Finland. They have created a contact lens that displays information, which is visible to the wearer.
The device utilizes an antenna that harvests power emitted by an external device, along with an integrated circuit that stores energy, then transfers it to a transparent sapphire chip containing a single blue LED. That boils down to the device currently just displaying one pixel, although the researchers believe that combining hundreds of pixels wouldn't be too far-fetched - that amount would be enough to display simple messages across the user's vision. These messages could include simple texts, emails, or health alerts from linked biosensors. It's also possible that the technology could have applications in gaming.
Ordinarily, the human eye can't focus on anything less than several centimeters away from itself. This problem was overcome by incorporating a set of flat, thin Fresnel lenses into the contact lens, which would be able to focus an image of the pixel onto the user's retina.
After the basic principle of the contact lens was shown to work under laboratory conditions, it was fitted to the eye of a live rabbit, to determine whether it might have any harmful effects. None were detected.
Besides increasing the number of pixels, however, the team faces at least one other hurdle before the device is ready for practical use - power. While the lens was able to wirelessly receive power from a distance of up to one meter (3.28 feet) when tested in open space, that amount dropped to about two centimeters (0.79 inches) once it was applied to the rabbit's eye.
The U Washington/Aalto project is building on groundwork established a few years ago, when the University of Washington announced that it had created a functioning "bionic contact lens."
A paper on the latest research was published yesterday in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.


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Lately I have been hearing people complaining about BlackBerry Link not being able to connect to the Z10. One of our friends did a little research and sent us this work around. Please remember there are multiple issues and this might work for some and not for others. So scroll down and read Harold's step by step.
So first you open the device manager, as shown in the first pic.
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In my case there was an additional item "Blackberry #3" or something similar. Doesn't matter what the name was, the important part is it had an exclamation point on it because the driver wasn't valid. Look for any blackberry related driver with an exclamation through it.
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My name is Denys ( pronounced Denise). The spelling is archaic Flemish. Somehow I think my grandfather influenced my EDad who picked my first name. My grandpa was in the Battle of Ypres in Belgium during WWI and always said the Flemish were the nicest people. So that's where that came from.
I live in Northern New Hampshire. Our total year round population is 254. To get to a quilt shop of any kind is at least an hour's drive so I tend to do a lot of ordering on line. Not a great quilter but trying.
Denys, welcome to the club, I hope you enjoy your time with us , Barbara
Welcome Denys! Love your name. I think unusual names, spellings, etc. are cool myself. Of course, I've only met one other Georgia in my life until my granddaughter was named after me, so...
I'm from NW Minnesota and I also live in a small town but next to yours, we're a metropolis... about 1000 people. The being a great qullter part is not a problem. We are all just works in progress around here. All the different skill levels of the members is a great benefit that is not listed in the member perks. Lots of help available if you post a question. Again, welcome... hope you enjoy QCA!
Welcome Denys! I know you will enjoy your time here. This is a lovely group of ladies!
Hi Denys! Welcome to QCA!! You're right up the road from Keepsake Quilting! I'm from southern NH but living in SW Texas now. Cold, snowy winters are a thing of the past. Be sure to check out QNN TV and Craftsy. You'll learn lots ! Looking forward to seeing some of your quilts.
Southwest of San Antonio
Welcome and hope you enjoy your time with us. Drop in to chat frequently. We love chatting...LOL
Vinton, Virginia
Welcome Denys, thanks for the explanation and a little history on your family. Love your avatar, what's his/her name? Enjoy your time here, you're in for lots of fun.
Millbury, MA
Hi Denys and welcome to the group.
Life is like a quilt...bits & pieces, joy & sorrow, stitched with love
hi denys, welcome to the gang. i must live in a city, 7000 or so folks here, but still i have to drive an hour to a quilt shop. i wish someone would open a shop here. this is a great place to hang out, i hope you drop in to chat often.
gini in north idaho
we just had some friends move to sandpoint from new hampshire. our SIL's boss also moved here to run our ski area about 4 years ago, and my husband has a guy that works for him that lives in conway. you live in a beautiful part of our country.
You have enough supplies that you could open your very own quilt shop...LOL>
: 0 i know, it's bad. but i broked my 12 1/2 inch ruler, now i hafta drive to Coeur d'Alene to get a new one. can't live without it, i'm jitterey already thinking about what i might need to square up in the next few hours/days. can't get outta dodge for a few days.
I use my 12 1/2 ruler all the time too. It is always my go to ruler.
Denys:Not a great quilter but trying.
we're all great quilters, denys. some of us make, hmm, let me think how to say this, more well constructed quilts than others? some of us aren't carrying around a full spool of thread, some of our needles aren't so sharp, sometimes our pincushions are empty ( this is usually temporary), and there is one tentmaker in the mix, but we are all great quilters, and every quilt we make is more wonderful than the last one. i know yours are wonderful, too.
gini:one tentmaker in the mix,
I do believe I resemble that remark...ROFLOL


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Pi is very proud of its dough, which is gluten-free. The pizzas are made with European yeast culture and four flours to create a whole-grain artisan crust. The dough isn't a super thin crust, nor is it American-style bread pizza; it's somewhere in between, and I call it delicious.
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The staff is always welcoming and outgoing, helping to familiarize you with the menu if it's your first visit. My family and I have had the pleasure of meeting the owner twice now. He is a constant presence in the restaurant and never fails to smile, whether he is making your pizza or checking on how your food tastes.
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