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Fusion Science and Technology
Volume 54 / Number 3 / October 2008 / Pages 864-877
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This paper describes a numerical and experimental investigation in support of the ARIES-CS divertor design, which selected a modular, helium-cooled, T-tube design that can accommodate a peak heat load of 10 MW/m2. Numerical analyses were carried out using the FLUENT computational fluid dynamics software package to evaluate the thermal performance of the divertor at the nominal design and operating conditions. Sensitivity studies were also performed to determine the effect of variations in geometry and operating conditions resulting from manufacturing tolerances and/or flow maldistribution between modules. The results indicate that the selected design is "robust" with respect to such anticipated variations in design and operational parameters and that a peak heat flux of 10 MW/m2 can be accommodated within the constraints dictated by material properties. Extremely high heat transfer coefficients [>40 kW/(m2K)] were predicted by the numerical model; these values were judged to be "outside the experience base" for gas-cooled engineering systems. Hence, an experimental investigation was undertaken to verify the results of the numerical model. Variations of the local heat transfer coefficient within an air-cooled, geometrically similar test module were measured at the same Reynolds number as the actual helium-cooled divertor. Close agreement between the model predictions and experimental data was obtained. The results of this investigation provide added confidence in the results of the numerical model used to design the ARIES-CS divertor and its applicability to other gas-cooled high-heat flux components.
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also jack-boot, 1680s, type of large, strong cavalry boot of 17c.-18c., later a type worn by German military and para-military units in the Nazi period. From jack (n.), though the exact sense here is unclear + boot (n.1). Figurative of military oppression since 1768. Related: Jackbooted.


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Willamette receives $2.85 million grant to promote student debate skills in China
Creating open dialogue and civic engagement among college students in China are goals of the new and evolving Chinese Debate Association, run by Willamette University through a three-year, $2.85 million Open Society Youth Initiative grant.
"Although a few other universities go to China to help with a debate here and there, this is the first major activity spread across many provinces of the Peoples Republic of China," said Robert Trapp, a Willamette rhetoric professor heading the project. "I think these skills of argumentation, debate and advocacy — the basic skills of citizenship — are very good for Chinese students to have as their society begins to open up."
Willamette University's Debate Union and Office of Campus Life, under the direction of Trapp and Dean David Douglass, are working to establish the CDA. The new association will extend debate throughout China through the creation of seven regional centers and the hiring of Chinese-certified debate trainers to coach at least 1,200 Chinese college students.
Willamette students will be recruited to lead civic engagement projects with Chinese students, both in China and the United States, and Willamette students will receive opportunities to engage in debate tournaments, trainings and internships.
Debate coaches from Linfield College and George Fox University in Oregon; Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Puget Sound in Washington; and Regis University in Colorado are assisting with program administration support in China.
Debate activities begin in June.
Alumni lecture to accompany dedication of Core Imaging Facility
Thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, Willamette's science departments are ready to unveil a new laser scanning confocal microscope. The proposal that won the university such a piece of equipment was put together by a team from several departments whose members each demonstrated need for the tool.
"We worked with students to help select the microscope," said biology Professor Emma Coddington. "Not only will this imaging equipment improve the research opportunities for students and faculty at Willamette, but we'd like to use the microscope to build collaborative relationships with other area colleges that would benefit from its use."
The laser scanning confocal microscope joins a scanning electron microscope to create Willamette's Core Imaging Facility. The facility will be celebrated with a public dedication on March 6 at 3:30 in the Olin Hall Lobby. The dedication will be followed by a lecture courtesy of Frank Bash '59.
How We Know How the Universe Started
Smullin Film Studies Theatre | Ford Hall 122 | March 6, 2012 | 5 p.m.
Bash served as director of McDonald Observatory from 1989-2003. A native of Medford, he earned his master's degree in astronomy from Harvard University and his doctorate from the University of Virginia. A well-known and widely published specialist in radio astronomy, Dr. Bash's research interests include large-scale formation processes in spiral galaxies.
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Martin Cormican graduated from NUI Galway School of Medicine in 1986. He subsequently trained in Ireland, UK and USA before being appointed as Consultant Immunologist at Galway University Hospitals in 1996 and as Professor of Bacteriology in NUI Galway and Consultant Microbiologist in Galway University Hospital in 1999.
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Cormican M, Vellinga A. Existing classes of antibiotics are probably the best we will ever have. BMJ 2012. http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e3369
Morris D, Boyle F, Ludden C, Condon I, Hale J, O'Connell N, et al. Production of KPC-2 carbapenemase by an Escherichia coli clinical isolate belonging to the international ST131 clone. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Oct;55(10):4935-6
Dorai-Raj S, O'Grady J, Cormican M, Colleran E. Identification of host-specific Bacteroidales 16S rDNA sequences from human sewage and ruminant feces. J Basic Microbiol. 2011 Sep 23.
Casey J, Kawaguchi R, Morrissey M, Sun H, McGettigan P, Nielsen JE, et al. First implication of STRA6 mutations in isolated anophthalmia, microphthalmia, and coloboma: A new dimension to the STRA6 phenotype. Hum Mutat. 2011 Sep 7.
Prendergast DM, O'Grady D, Fanning S, Cormican M, Delappe N, Egan J, et al. Application of multiple locus variable number of tandem repeat analysis (MLVA), phage typing and antimicrobial susceptibility testing to subtype Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolated from pig farms, pork slaughterhouses and meat producing plants in Ireland. Food Microbiol. 2011 Aug;28(5):1087-94.
Nicolay N, Thornton L, Cotter S, Garvey P, Bannon O, McKeown P, et al. Salmonella enterica serovar Agona European outbreak associated with a food company. Epidemiol Infect. 2011 Aug;139(8):1272-80
Boyle F, Healy G, Hale J, Kariuki S, Cormican M, Morris D. Characterization of a novel extended-spectrum beta-lactamase phenotype from OXA-1 expression in Salmonella Typhimurium strains from Africa and Ireland. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011 Aug;70(4):549-53.
Cormican M, Murphy AW, Vellinga A. Rational Testing: Interpreting Asymptomatic Bacteriuria. British Medical Journal 2011; 343:d4780.
Ripke S, Sanders AR, Kendler KS, Levinson DF, Sklar P, Holmans PA, et al. Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci. Nat Genet. 2011;43(10):969-76
Vellinga A, Cormican M, Hanahoe B, Bennett K, Murphy AW. Antimicrobial management of urinary tract infection in general practice in Ireland. BMC Family Practice 2011, 12: 108.
Vellinga A, Cormican M, Hanahoe B, Bennett K, Murphy AW. Opt-out as an acceptable method of obtaining consent in medical research: a short report. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2011;11:40.
O'Leary AM, Whyte P, Madden RH, Cormican M, Moore JE, Mc Namara E, et al. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis typing of human and retail foodstuff Campylobacters: an Irish perspective. Food Microbiol. 2011 May;28(3):426-33.
O'Connell K, Boo TW, Keady D, Niriain U, O'Donovan D, Commane M, et al. Use of palivizumab and infection control measures to control an outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus in a neonatal intensive care unit confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction. J Hosp Infect. 2011 Apr;77(4):338-42.


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The hospital had struggled to maintain inpatient services and made the decision to close due to low patient volumes, among other reasons, according to the report.
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Mandy, just think one day…
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People will read you and they will feel better.
Certain people will die horrific deaths
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|January 01
|International New Year
|January 07
|Victory over Khmer Rouges
|March 08
|International Women Day
|Mid April
|Khmer New Year
|End April
|Pisak Bochea
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|October 23
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This Cambodian New Year celebration is the equivalent of Songkran in Thailand and follows the end of the harvest season.
Generally lasting for three days from 14-16 April during which time Cambodians douse each other liberally with water, clean and decorate their houses, and make offerings at the local temple.
City streets are decorated and brightly lit in the evenings. There are cultural shows, entertainment, and competitive games.
Running for 15 days from the end of September into October, and the exact date determined by the lunar calendar, this festival is dedicated to blessing the spirits of the dead, and is one of the most culturally significant in Cambodia. Each household visits their Buddhist temple and offers food to the monks for their assistance in blessing the souls of late ancestors, relatives and friends. Pagodas are crowded with people taking their turn to make offerings, with many staying behind to listen to Buddhist sermons.
religious festival when monks come out of retreat, and people all over the country form reverent slow processions to their local temple. Monks change their old saffron robes for the new ones offered by the devotees, an action that brings spiritual merit to all participants. Date decided by lunar calendar.
October 23rd, Birthday of His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk - Held over three days from October 30th, people converge from all corners of Cambodia to enjoy the shows, parades, festivals, and a giant firework display in Phnom Penh.
A national holiday on November 9th to celebrate the independence of Cambodia from France in 1953. A gala parade is held in front of the Royal Palace, which includes floats, marching bands and other entertaining festive activities.
Celebrating the reversed current of the Tonle Sap River that connects the Tonle Sap Lake with the Mekong. For most of the year the river flows out from the lake into the Mekong. However, during the rainy season from about June to October the Mekong rises, causing the Tonle Sap River to flow in reverse, and the lake to swell to more than twice its regular size. At the end of the rainy season, when the water level of the Mekong drops again, the current reverts and flows back into the Mekong. This event is celebrated with three days of boat races, fairs, festivals, shows, parades, fireworks, music and dancing.
Held at the world renowned Angkor Wat an event which attracts competitors from all over the world. With thousands of spectators and the wonder of Angkor Wat, it is a spectacular setting.
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Online registration for the DV-2014 Program started on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), and concludes on Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4).
The US Department of State invites applications from natives of eligible countries (Nigeria included) to apply for the 2014Â Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2014). The annual DV program makes visas available to persons meeting simple, but strict, eligibility requirements. Based on the allocations of available visas in each region and country, the computer will randomly select individuals from among qualified entries. Fifty Thousand (50,000) people will be selected in the DV-2014 program.
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The congressionally mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program is administered on an annual basis by the Department of State and conducted under the terms of Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Section 131 of the Immigration Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-649) amended INA 203 and provides for a class of immigrants known as "diversity immigrants.†Section 203(c) of the INA provides a maximum of 55,000 Diversity Visas each fiscal year to be made available to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Fifty-five thousand immigrant visas are set aside for DV immigrants; however, since DV-1999, Congress has reserved 5,000 visas from this annual allocation to be made available for use under the Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NACARA).
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BANGLADESH, BRAZIL, CANADA, CHINA (mainland-born), COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, HAITI, INDIA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, PERU, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH KOREA, UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and VIETNAM
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Education / Work Experience: To enter the DV program, you must meet either the education or work experience requirement of the DV program: you must have either a high school education (SSCE / GCE / NECO) or its equivalent, defined as successful completion of a 12-year course of elementary and secondary education; OR two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years of training or experience to perform. The U.S. Department of Labor's O*Net OnLine database will be used to determine qualifying work experience. For more information about qualifying work experience for the principal DV applicant, see Frequently Asked Question #13 in Instruction pdf below.
Note: If you cannot meet either of these requirements, you should NOT submit an entry to the DV program.
The Department of State will only accept completed E-DV entry forms submitted electronically at www.dvlottery.state.gov during the registration period between noon, EDT (GMT-4), Tuesday, October 2, 2012, and noon, EDT (GMT-4), Saturday, November 3, 2012.
All entries by an individual will be disqualified if more than ONE entry for that individual is received, regardless of who submitted the entry. You may prepare and submit your own entry or have someone submit the entry for you. There are NO COSTS or FEES to register for the DV Program.
A registered entry that complies with submission instructions will result in a confirmation screen containing your name and a unique confirmation number.You must print this confirmation screen for your records using the print function of your web browser and ensure that you retain your confirmation number. Starting May 1, 2013, you will be able to check the status of your DV-2014 entry by returning to www.dvlottery.state.gov, clicking on Entrant Status Check, and entering your unique confirmation number and personal information. Entrant Status Check will be the sole means of informing you of your selection for DV-2014, providing instructions to you on how to proceed with your application, and notifying you of your appointment for your immigrant visa interview. Therefore, it is essential you retain your confirmation number.
Paper entries are no longer accepted. The sole method for entry to the 2014 Diversity Visa Program is through this electronic process.
Click here to download full instruction for DV-2014 Entry (pdf)
There is only one way to enter the DV-2014 program. You must submit the DS-5501, the Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form (E-DV Entry Form), which is only accessible online at the EDV website www.dvlottery.state.gov Failure to complete the form in its entirety will disqualify the entry. Those who submit the E-DV entry will be asked to include the information below on the E-DV Entry Form.
NOTICE: The Department of State strongly encourages applicants to complete the entry form without the assistance of "Visa Consultants,†"Visa Agents,†or other individuals who offer to submit an entry on behalf of applicants. If somebody else (a third-party) helps you to complete your entry form, you should be present when the entry is prepared so that you can retain the confirmation page and your unique confirmation number. Facilitators may try to withhold confirmation numbers in order to make an unlawful demand for money or services in exchange for notification information that should have been directly available to you.
REMINDER:Â Your unique confirmation number from your DV-2014 online entry registration is required for you to later access the E-DV website. You will need to access the E-DV website (www.dvlottery.state.gov) after May 1, 2013, to determine whether or not your entry has been selected through the Entrant Status Check. Entrant Status Check will be the sole means of informing you of your selection for DV-2014. It will provide instructions to you on how to proceed with your application and notify you of the date and time of your immigrant visa interview. If you do not have your confirmation information, you will not be able to check your DV entry status.
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2. DATE OF BIRTH:Â Day, Month, Year
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THE smallest galaxy known has been found cowering near the outskirts of the Milky Way. Its extremely diminutive size suggests it has been battered to near-extinction by our more massive galaxy.
Segue 2 was discovered in 2009 by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The faint bundle holds only a few thousand stars, bound by a tiny dark matter halo. The whole caboodle is about 150,000 times the mass of our sun.
Evan Kirby at the University of California, Irvine, and his colleagues wanted to check that Segue 2 is a true galaxy that formed on its own rather than being a globular cluster – a tightly bound clump of stars that would have formed in concert with the Milky Way.
A galaxy, no matter how small, must be massive enough to hold on to elements heavier than iron, which are released by supernovae. Most such material would be thrown out of a globular cluster. Kirby's team observed Segue 2 with the Keck telescope in Hawaii and found that it has the chemical composition of a galaxy that has hosted several supernovae and kept hold of the resulting debris (The Astrophysical Journal, doi.org/mtq).
If Segue 2 was born this small, it would not have been massive enough to have held on to heavy elements, says Kirby. He thinks it more likely that Segue 2 is the core of a galaxy once 100 times more massive that has been worn to a nub by repeated interactions with the Milky Way.
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=== Filly and Mare Sprint goes to Groupie Doll ===
Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Odds-on favorite Groupie Doll broke away from
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Australian History: Dirk Hartog
In 1611, a new sailing route that stretched across the Pacific Ocean from Cape York, in South Africa to the west coast of Australia was pioneered by Dutch explorer Hendrik Brouwer (1581-1643). This new sailing route took advantage of the powerful winds known as the Roaring Forties that occurs along the latitudes between 40o and 50o. The winds were so powerful that it reduced the voyage between South Africa to Java from 12 months to 6 months. It would also blow ships so far, that it wasn't uncommon for ships to slam into the shores of the western coast of Australia. For many years the Dutch only knew of the western coast of this land, and gave it many different names, one of which was 'New Holland'.
In 1616 Dirk Hartog was sailing to Java in the East Indies by this new route during a spice trade run. His ship, the Eendracht was blown too far east and Hartog landed on a small island (now called Dirk Hartog Island) off the west coast of Australia on the 25th October 1616.
map showing Dirk Hartog Island of the west coast of Australia
The large bay of the island was later named by William Dampier as Shark Bay. Hartog is the second known European to have landed on Australian soil, (the first being Willem Jansz). Hartog explored the nearby islands and later named the area Eendrachtsland after his ship and also nailed a pewter plate to a post. On it was an inscription which read:
"1616 25th October arrived here the ship Eendracht of Amsterdam; the supercargo Gilles Mebais of Luick; Skipper Dirk Hartog, of Amsterdam , the 27 ditto set sail for Bantam. Subcargo Jan Stins; Upper-steersman Pieter Doores of Bil.
Dated 1616."
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"1616. On the 25th October the ship Eendracht of Amsterdam arrived here. Upper merchant Gilles Miebais of Luick (Liege); skipper Dirck Hatichs (Dirk Hartog) of Amsterdam. On the 27th ditto we sail for Bantum. Under merchant Jan Stins; upper steerman Pieter Doores of Bil (Brielle). In the year 1616."
The plate now resides in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Later in 1697, Willem de Vlamingh found Hartog's plate during his voyages. In turn he also left a pewter plate inscribed with a copy of Dick Hartogs inscription.
a copy of Dirk Hartog's plate in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Hartog continued sailing North along the coast of Western Australia and charted the shore line up to North West Cape. (** add this to GoogleMaps**), before finally departing to his destination, Batavia (now called Jakarta, Indonesia). This was a significant discovery of the unknown south land and it became a part of world maps at the time. Following this knowledge, further expeditions by the Dutch continued to discover the rest of the Western Australia coastline.
The mapped coastline made by Dirk Hartog.
Image from Melchisedech Thevenot (1620–1692) Hollandia Nova detecta 1644, Terre Australe decouuerte l'an 1644 engraving; 50.0 x 37.0 cm Paris: De l'imprimerie de Iaqves Langlois, 1663
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30.5 x 40.5 cm image (irreg.); 35.7 x 49.4 cm sheet
Jean Campbell, Australian watercolour painters: 1780 to the present day, 'The boom of the 1920s', pg. 118-129, Roseville, 1989, 124 (illus.).
Bernard Smith, 100 years of Australian painting, 'Foreword', pg. 2-4, Sydney, 1948, 14. watercolours cat.no. 18; titled 'Point to point meeting'
Arthur Streeton., Argus, 'Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Members of the Contemporary Art Group' review, Melbourne, 09 Jul 1935, 6. Streeton wrote: "His [Lindsay's] No. 47, 'A Point-to-Point Meeting' is a watercolour full of vitality, and beautiful in its unconsciously fine arrangement".
Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australian watercolours from the National Art Gallery collection 1836 to 1946, Sydney, 1946, 10. cat.no. 31; titled 'Point to point meeting'
Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by members of the Contemporary Art Group (1935), Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 09 Jul 1935–20 Jul 1935
Society of Artists annual exhibition (1935), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], Sydney, 06 Sep 1935–04 Oct 1935
Exposition International des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937 Paris World's Fair: Arts, crafts, sciences in modern life), Unknown, 24 May 1937–15 Nov 1937
Australian watercolours from the National Art Gallery collection 1836-1946, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 May 1946–Jun 1946
100 years of Australian painting (1948), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Apr 1948–17 May 1948


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A microresonator sensor apparatus has a microcavity resonator that defines equatorial whispering gallery modes (EWGMs), whose frequencies are separated by the free spectral range (FSR). The EWGMs lie in a plane perpendicular to a microcavity resonator axis. A light source is optically coupled to inject light into the microcavity resonator. The light source produces output light having an output spectrum whose bandwidth is approximately equal to or broader than the FSR of the EGWMs. One or more fluorescent materials are excited using the excitation light coupled into the microcavity resonator. A fluorescent signal arising from fluorescence of the one or more fluorescent materials is then detected.
1. A microresonator fluorosensor apparatus, comprising:
a microcavity resonator defining equatorial whispering gallery modes (EWGMs) whose frequencies are separated by the free spectral range (FSR), the EWGMs lying in a plane perpendicular to a microcavity resonator axis;
a light source optically coupled to inject light into the microcavity resonator, the light source producing output light having an output spectrum whose bandwidth is approximately equal to or greater than the FSR of the EWGMs;
a first photodetector disposed to detect light from the microcavity resonator; and
a second photodetector for detecting fluorescent light produced by a fluorescent material coupled to the microcavity resonator.
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The invention is directed generally to optical devices, and more particularly to optical sensors that use microresonators.
Dielectric microspheres have recently drawn increasing attention as fluorosensors in sensing applications. In those sensors, the sensor surface is immobilized with a layer of molecules, such as antibodies, for the subsequent capture of analytes, such as antigens. In a direct assay configuration, antigens are conjugated with fluorescent dye molecules: when the antigen binds with the antibody on the sensor surface, the fluorescent molecule is held sufficiently close to the microsphere surface that it is excited by evanescent light circulating in the microsphere. In a sandwich-type configuration, the antigen is first bound to the antibody on the sensor surface, and then a second layer of antibodies, labeled with a fluorescent dye, is added to bind to the captured antigens. The fluorescent molecules bound to the second layer of antibodies are excited by the evanescent field arising from light propagating in the whispering gallery modes (WGMs) of the microsphere. The resulting fluorescence from the excited dyes is collected and used as an indicator of the antigen binding events.
The WGMs of the microsphere are associated with a high Q-factor, and so the intensity of light, when coupled into the WGMs, is enhanced, as compared to the input light. The degree of enhancement is proportional to the Q-factor. A narrow bandwidth, tunable semiconductor diode laser, having a sub-megahertz spectral linewidth, is typically used as the light source for exciting a WGM in a microsphere cavity. The bandwidth of the laser light is comparable to the bandwidth of a single WGM resonance. Therefore, when the laser is tuned to a particular WGM resonance, most of the coupled light falls within the resonant bandwidth, and so there is efficient coupling into the WGM resonance. The high cost of such a laser, however, has proved to be a significant obstacle to the widespread introduction of microsphere-based sensors in many applications.
Accordingly, one particular embodiment of the invention is directed to a microresonator sensor apparatus that comprises a microcavity resonator defining equatorial whispering gallery modes (EWGMs), whose frequencies are separated by the free spectral range (FSR). The EWGMs lie in a plane perpendicular to a microcavity resonator axis. A light source is optically coupled to inject light into the microcavity resonator. The light source produces output light having an output spectrum whose bandwidth is approximately equal to or broader than the FSR of the EGWMs.
Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of making fluorescent measurements that comprises coupling excitation light into a first microcavity resonator. The first microcavity resonator defines equatorial whispering gallery modes (EWGMs), and the excitation light has a bandwidth sufficiently broad so as to be couplable into at least two adjacent EWGMs. One or more fluorescent materials are excited using the excitation light coupled into the first microcavity resonator. A fluorescent signal arising from fluorescence of the one or more fluorescent materials is then detected.
The above summary of the present invention is not intended to describe each illustrated embodiment or every implementation of the present invention. The figures and the detailed description which follow more particularly exemplify these embodiments.
The invention may be more completely understood in consideration of the following detailed description of various embodiments of the invention in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:
While the invention is amenable to various modifications and alternative forms, specifics thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the intention is not to limit the invention to the particular embodiments described. On the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
The present invention is particularly applicable to optical sensors that use microcavity resonators. Such resonators may also be referred to as microresonators.
In contrast to the narrow-bandwidth tunable diode laser, a semiconductor light source with a broader linewidth is relatively inexpensive. A broad bandwidth light source has heretofore been considered to be unsuitable for application with high-Q factor microspheres, because only a small portion of the output light from such a light source spectrally overlaps a single whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonance of the microsphere and can experience the enhancement afforded by the microsphere.
Broadband light sources are suitable for use with microcavities, however, when the spectral mode density of the microcavity is high and the light is coupled into multiple WGMs. Under such conditions, a significant fraction of the output from the broadband source can be coupled into the microcavity, and so the combination of a broadband light source and microcavity leads to a fluorosensor having high sensitivity with low associated component cost.
An example of a microcavity-waveguide system 100 that uses a microresonator is schematically illustrated in
The light source 102 may be any suitable type of light source. For increased efficiency and sensitivity, it is advantageous that the light source produces light that is efficiently coupled into the waveguide 104, for example the light source may be a laser such as a laser diode, or may be a light emitting diode. The light source 102 generates light 108 at a desired wavelength, or wavelength range. For example, where the microresonator is used in a sensor, the light source 102 generates light at a wavelength that interacts with the species being sensed. The species being sensed is typically located in proximity to the surface of the microresonator 110 so that the light propagating in the WGM interacts with the species being sensed. The light source 102 may also comprise a lamp, along with suitable optics for coupling light from the lamp into the waveguide 104.
For example, when the system 100 is used as a fluorosensor, the light propagating within the microresonator 110 is absorbed by a fluorescent molecule, such as a fluorescent dye, that is attached on the microresonator surface to an analyte or to a marker that indicates the presence of the analyte. In a more specific example, the surface of the microresonator may be attached with antibodies specific to a desired antigen analyte. The analyte antigen molecules, conjugated with a fluorescent dye, are introduced to the sensor system 100. The antigen molecules bind to the antibody molecules on the microresonator 110, thus holding the fluorescent dye molecules sufficiently close to the microresonator 110 that the light circulating within microresonator 110 evanescently couples to the fluorescent molecules. The absorbed light excites the fluorescent molecules and the molecules subsequently fluoresce at a wavelength different from the excitation wavelength. Detection of the fluorescent light confirms the presence of the analyte antigen.
In another example, the analyte antigen molecules are not conjugated with a fluorescent dye, but are allowed to bind to the antibodies attached to the microresonator surface. More antibodies, conjugated to fluorescent molecules, are subsequently introduced to the sensor, and bind to the antigen. Again, the fluorescent molecules are excited by an evanescent interaction with the light propagating within the microresonator 110, and detection of the subsequent fluorescence may be used to determine the presence and abundance of the analyte antigen.
The light source 102 may direct light into a number of different waveguides, of which the waveguide 104 is one such example The waveguide 104 may be any suitable type of waveguide and may be, for example, a planar waveguide or a channel waveguide formed in or on a substrate, such as a waveguide formed in a silica substrate. The waveguide 104 may also be an optical fiber.
The detector unit 106 includes a light detector, for example a photodiode or phototransistor, to detect light. The detector unit 106 may also include a wavelength sensitive device that selects the wavelength of light reaching the light detector. The wavelength selective device may be, for example, a filter, or a spectrometer. The wavelength selective device may be tunable so as to permit the user to actively change the wavelength of light incident on the light detector.
The microresonator 110 may be positioned in physical contact with, or very close to, the waveguide 104 so that a portion of the light 108 propagating along the waveguide 104 is evanescently coupled into the microresonator 110. The waveguide 104 typically has little or no cladding at the point where the microresonator 110 couples to the waveguide 104, so that the microresonator 110 couples directly to the core of the waveguide 104.
Another type of microresonator device 150 is schematically illustrated in
Another type of microresonator device 170 is schematically illustrated in
Light propagates within the microresonator in so-called "whispering gallery modes", an example of which is schematically illustrated in
Furthermore, the WGM 202 only demonstrates a high Q-factor where the light is of such a wavelength that it constructively interferes after one round trip. Stated another way, the optical path length around the WGM 202 is equal to an integral number of wavelengths. This resonant condition for light in the planar WGM 202 illustrated in
The electric field intensity of the WGM peaks at the interior surface of the microresonator 210. The electric field intensity of the WGM decays exponentially outside the microresonator 210, with a characteristic decay length, d, given approximately by d≈λ/n where λ is the wavelength of the light in vacuum and n is the refractive index of the medium outside the microresonator 210. The field intensity, E, is schematically illustrated in
The microresonator 210 typically has a diameter in the range from 20 μm to a few millimeters, but is more often in the range 50 μm–500 μm. Furthermore, the waveguide is often tapered to increase the intensity of the optical field intensity outside the waveguide, thus increasing the amount of light that couples into the microresonator. In the case of an optical fiber waveguide, the fiber may be heated and tapered or etched to a total thickness of about 1–5 μm. Likewise, with a planar or channel waveguide, the waveguide thickness may be reduced at the region where the light is coupled to the microresonator. In addition to the waveguide being reduced in size, the thickness of the cladding around the waveguide may also be reduced. Various approaches to coupling the microresonator to a waveguide or fiber are discussed in greater detail in commonly owned and co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/685,049, incorporated herein by reference.
Different types of microcavity resonators are now described with reference to
Accordingly, the resonant spectrum of the EWGM 306 is like that shown in
Note that FSR can also be expressed in terms of wavelength:
Other EWGMs have different numbers of total internal reflections and, therefore, have optical path lengths different from that of the mode shown. The resonant frequencies associated with these other EGWMs are different from the resonant frequencies shown in
Unlike the planar microresonator, however, the spherical microresonator 310 does support WGMs that do not lie perpendicular to the axis 312. One such WGM 318 is shown (in dashed lines) that lies at an angle, θ, relative to the WGM 316. The WGM 318 is referred to as a non-equatorial mode, or azimuthal mode. Since the microresonator 310 is spherical, however, the path length of the WGM 318 is identical to the path length of the EWGM 316, and so the resonant frequencies for the WGM 318 are identical to those for EWGM 316. Since the frequency of the non-equatorial modes is the same as the EWGM, the non-equatorial modes are said to be degenerate in frequency.
Other resonant spectra, corresponding to EWGMs having different numbers of total internal reflections, have resonant frequencies different from the resonant frequencies shown in
When the optical path of a mode is tilted through an angle, θ, from zero, to form a non-equatorial path, the resonances associated with the non-equatorial path are not the same as those for the equatorial mode, however. This is because the path length around the elliptical microresonator varies when θ is increased from zero. In other words, the path length for the equatorial mode is different from that of the non-equatorial mode. Thus, different non-equatorial WGMs have different resonant frequencies that vary with values of θ. Thus, the resonance spectrum for the microresonator 320 contains many resonances 329 for non-equatorial modes that "fit-in" to the regions between resonances 327 of the equatorial modes. Note that only a few of the non-equatorial resonances have been included in
One type of microcavity resonator that has a broad range of cavity resonance frequencies is the bulge-like microcavity, described in greater detail in DIELECTRIC MICROCAVITY SENSORS, filed on even date herewith by X. Fan and R. Wilson, and having attorney docket No. 59632US002, incorporated herein by reference.
The light that is coupled into the microcavity may have a relatively broad spectrum and, for example, may be approximately equal to or greater than the FSR of the EWGM of the microcavity, Δν. The bandwidth of the light is typically measured as its full width, half maximum (FWHM) bandwidth, see
In a conventional cylindrical microresonator, the coupling of light from the waveguide to the microresonator is sensitive to the alignment between the waveguide and the microresonator: if the light is not injected into the equatorial mode of the microresonator, then the light may enter a low Q mode and be quickly lost. The coupling of light is less sensitive to the alignment of a bulge-like cavity relative to the waveguide, however, since the bulge-like cavities provide light confinement in three dimensions, and not just two as with a cylindrical microcavity. Furthermore, even though the cylindrical microcavity may have a large lateral extent, along the cylindrical axis, for example when formed from an optical fiber, the waveguide that couples light into the cylindrical microcavity is typically relatively narrow. Relatively wider waveguides support greater numbers of transverse modes, thus increasing the possibility that light from the waveguide will enter into a non-equatorial WGM of the cylindrical microcavity and be lost. Wider waveguides may be used with bulge-like microcavities, however, since the three dimensional confinement properties of the bulge-like microcavity permits the efficient excitation of non-equatorial modes that have a high Q. The use of wider waveguides may lead to an improved optical coupling efficiency for light between the light source and the waveguide and between the waveguide and the microcavity.
Thus, the use of a microresonator that is not cylindrical leads to the presence of cavity resonances having many more different values of resonant frequency than a cylindrical microcavity. In addition, a microcavity that is not spherical does not show the same frequency degeneracy as a spherical microcavity. As a result, a non-spherical microcavity (having non-equatorial modes with non-degenerate frequencies) results in an increase in the number of different frequencies at which resonance can take place. Such a microcavity resonator can demonstrate the existence of higher numbers of resonances per unit frequency as compared with the cylindrical or spherical microresonators of
An experiment was performed in which the illumination with a frequency-narrowed, tunable semiconductor diode laser was compared with the illumination using a broadband source. The experimental setup was similar to that illustrated in
A glass microcavity was formed with a diameter of about 150 μm by melting the tip of a SFM28 optical fiber with a CO2 laser. The glass microcavity was close to being spherical and was attached with biotinated bovine serum albumin (BSA). A sample of streptavidin was labeled with Alexa Fluor 647 as a fluorophore. The streptavidin sample, having a concentration of 800 pM (50 ng/ml) was introduced to the microcavity. The streptavidin bound to the biotin on the microcavity surface, thus binding the fluorophore to the microcavity.
The microcavity was first illuminated with light coupled from a tunable semiconductor laser, tunable over the range of at least 630 nm–633 nm.
The lower curve, labeled 604, corresponds to the free space fluorescent signal detected by the second detector located close to the microcavity. The fluorescent peaks of curve 604 correspond to excitation of the fluorophore at the resonant frequencies of the microcavity.
In the next experiment, a microcavity having a diameter of about 250 μm, with a concomitant FSR of about 350 pm, was illuminated using light from a laser diode that had an output at 635 nm and an output bandwidth of 0.5 nm (500 pm). In this particular example, the bandwidth of the light output from the laser is greater than a single FSR. The optical power coupled into the fiber taper was approximately 250 μW.
A streptavidin sample, having a concentration of 8 pM, (500 pg/ml) was introduced to the surface of the microcavity. The response of the second detector, which detected the free-space fluorescent signal, is provided in the graph in
When the excitation light was unblocked at point B, a strong fluorescent signal was observed. This corresponds to the fluorophore emitting light as a result of being excited by light resonant in the microcavity. The signal at point B is approximately 3V, and so the signal-to-noise ratio was about 100. The light from the laser diode was chopped and the fluorescent signal detected using a lock-in amplifier.
After approximately 180–200 sec of excitation time, the fluorescent signal had fallen to a level of about 0.08 V. This reduction in signal strength over time was attributed to bleaching of the dye molecules.
These experimental results demonstrate the detection of Streptavidin (labeled with Alexa Fluor 647) with a concentration as low as 8 pM (500 pg/ml), where the light source had a bandwidth of more than the FSR of the microcavity. The detection limit is estimated to be approximately 80 fM (5 pg/ml), everything else being equal. It is expected that, when the fluorosensor is incorporated with a fluidic system for a more efficient sample delivery, an even lower detection limit may be achieved.
The experiment described above shows that broadband light sources, instead of tunable, narrowband sources, can effectively be used in fluorosensing measurements. The use of broadband light sources, for example, light sources whose output light has a bandwidth greater than the free spectral range of a WGM, may lead to a significant reduction in the component cost of microcavity fluorosensor systems.
Accordingly, the present invention should not be considered limited to the particular examples described above, but rather should be understood to cover all aspects of the invention as fairly set out in the attached claims. Various modifications, equivalent processes, as well as numerous structures to which the present invention may be applicable will be readily apparent to those of skill in the art to which the present invention is directed upon review of the present specification. The claims are intended to cover such modifications and devices.
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In Texas statutes for the driver license (
521.001 6b
) the definition for the term "License" for the chapter includes:
the privilege of a person to operate a motor vehicle regardless of whether that person holds a driver license.
Essentially stating that the statutes acknowledge that non-commercial operation of a motor vehicle is considered okay, by definition, without a driver's license.
So, there is no actual law down here requiring drivers to have a license for non-commercial motor vehicle operation. Though the common belief is otherwise, and you won't get a straight answer from either the administrative or legislative branches. I've tried to get this clarified and been sent chasing my tail as they each sent me to the other for the answer. I eventually tried the judicial branch, but found the court had no jurisdiction in the matter and wouldn't hear the case. (I had cancelled and surrendered the state-issued license, then waited until I was ticketed for it and took it to court. The case was dismissed. I then re-applied for a license and carry one, going along to get along.)
This grand folly of research over several years led me to the conclusion that the federal constitution prohibits states from enacting laws that would impair the liberty of a citizen. So, it may be that there is no requirement for a license for "ordinary" use of the roads. I've seen reference to commercial use described as "extraordinary use" of the road, which the state can regulate, license, etc.
This may also explain, from a legal perspective, why insurance companies write motorcycle policies for owners who don't have motorcycle endorsements.
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Section 521.021 LICENSE REQUIRED
A person, other than a person expressly exempted under this chapter, may not operate a motor vehicle on a highway in this state unless the person holds a driver's license issued under this chapter.
Section 521.025 LICENSE TO BE CARRIED AND EXHIBITED ON DEMAND
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WTAMU Theatre Student Handbook
Mission and Core Values
Mission Statement
Program Core Values
What the theatre degree is all about
As a faculty dedicated to your successful completion of a theatre degree, we will
Every theatre degree is built upon and intertwined with the University's general core curriculum. In other words, you are not here to study only theatre; you are here to study the physical world, a variety of cultures, communication, history, government, human behavior, philosophy and the creative arts.
A BA or BS degree in theatre is intended to prepare you for a variety of career opportunities. This is important to remember given an ever-changing global economy that is influenced by technology and a variety of other factors. In other words, you may have ten to fifteen different jobs during your lifetime. It is vital, therefore, that your education and training provide foundational knowledge and broad experiences.
Upon graduation you will have knowledge of content, experience with a variety of skills, and the one thing that corporations prize the most in the business world: teamwork. Ranked as the #1 asset by employers, teamwork is what theatre is all about. In most of our classes and all of our productions, theatre students, faculty and staff collaborate to create, solve problems and start and finish projects. This approach to learning and to theatre will be a life-long skill that should prove valuable in many future career situations
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Performance – Stephen Crandall
*Students with less than 30 credit hours must also be advised by Advising Services. Open 8A-5P M-F, Advising Services is located in the Classroom Center next to the University Bookstore. Students may call 806.651.5300 for an appointment.
Theatre Program Requirements
Learning Outcomes
Each academic program in theatre has foundational learning outcomes that guide curriculum, learning and achievement.
BA/BS: Theatre - Learning Outcomes
BA: Theatre (Education) – Learning Outcomes
BA: Musical Theatre – Learning Outcomes
Students that do not schedule and complete their required jury will receive a grade of
Scheduled near the end of each semester, juries are similar to an audition or portfolio review. Usually held at night or on a Saturday, juries allow the theatre faculty the opportunity to assess student-learning and program status.
All jury information is posted on the theatre callboard weeks in advance of the actual jury dates. Usual information includes dates, times, what to prepare, what to wear, etc.
During the actual jury each student will meet one at a time with the fulltime theatre faculty. After each student auditions/presents their work, then the theatre faculty will assess, critique and evaluate the student's work for the semester/year towards the aforementioned learning outcomes. Each student's academic work, artistic development, sense of ensemble and overall progress are usually evaluated.
At the end of each student's jury the theatre faculty completes a Jury Evaluation Form.
If a student is placed on probation then, regardless of classification, they must participate in the next semester's juries.
Only one semester of program probation is allowed.
Student Organizations
Alpha Psi Omega (APO)
United States Institute of Technical Technology (USITT)
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Front of House/Ushers - All Front of House personnel should wear appropriate professional attire. Men should wear slacks, dress shoes, and a long-sleeve collared shirt; jacket and tie are optional. Women may wear dress slacks or skirts with blouses, or dresses, with dress shoes.
Running Crew - All stage crew members (including Stage Managers and Board Ops) should dress in black pants, black shirt and dark shoes. Crew members who will be seen by the audience during scene changes, etc. may be in costume.
Auditions and Juries – Professional/business attire. Consider university auditions and juries as practice-runs for professional interviews and auditions. Accordingly, students should look their best in attractive professional/business attire.
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MITCHELL, S.D. – The calendar says April 22, but the scene outside looks more like mid-December or January.
Another round of winter weather early this week has forced more schedule changes in the athletic department at Dakota Wesleyan University this week. The Mount Marty College Twilight Meet – which the Tiger track team is competing in – was originally scheduled for Tuesday, April 23, but is now Wednesday, April 24, in Yankton, S.D.
The DWU softball team is still looking to host its first home game since April 6. The Tigers were slated to play Midland Saturday, April 20, but that game was pushed back to 5 p.m. Monday, April 29. Dakota Wesleyan was scheduled to host Mount Marty College Monday, April 22, in a game that was originally scheduled to be played on April 15, but that game has been rescheduled a second time. The Tigers host the Lancers Tuesday, April 30, at 4 p.m. at McWhirter Field in Mitchell.
DWU's road doubleheader at Dordt College, originally scheduled for Tuesday, April 23, in Sioux Center, Iowa, has also been moved. That Great Plains Athletic Conference game is now Wednesday, April 24, starting at 5 p.m. in Sioux Center. The Tigers are slated to host Concordia University at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27.
The DWU baseball team – which hasn't played at home since April 7 – is on the road at Dordt Thursday, April 25, and returns home Friday, April 26, for a 9-inning game against Dakota State at 6 p.m. The Tigers host Mount Marty College at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27, for senior day.


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Rogers, J; (2005) Shoot, identify and repent? New Law Journal , 155 (7190) 1273 - 1274.
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I argued that the officers who shot Jean Charles de Menezes would be likely to escape prosecution for murder but should be liable in a civil suit. This would be so either because of the narrow test for "reasonable mistake" in self-defence in a suit for battery, or because there should be a duty of care in negligence to suspected terrorists to minimise the risk that it would be thought necessity to shoot them in order to prevent an atrocity.
|Shoot, identify and repent?
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|Cited by Professor Steele in the Modern Law Review, and by Gillespie in The English Legal System (OUP, 2007)
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