The DSP-based bunch-by-bunch feedback system installed in the PEPII high-energy ring (HER) has been used to damp instabilities induced by unwanted higher-order modes (HOMs) at beam currents up to 605 mA during commissioning. Beam pseudospectra calculated from feedback system data indicate the presence of coupled-bunch modes that coincide with a previously observed cavity mode (0-M-2). Bunch cur...

The potential of fungal pretreatment to improve fermentable sugar yields from wheat straw or Miscanthus was investigated. We assessed 63 fungal strains including 53 white-rot and 10 brown-rot fungi belonging to the Basidiomycota phylum in an original 12 day small-scale solid-state fermentation (SSF) experiment using 24-well plates. This method offers the convenience of one-pot processing of sam...

A study of the electron beam dynamics in the linac is conducted for the FERMI free electron laser (FEL) founded for construction at the Sincrotrone Trieste [1]. LAYOUT AND DESIGN PARAMETERS The FERMI accelerator layout is schematically shown in Figure 1. It consists of an injector, four linacs, two bunch compressors, a laser heater, and a spreader used to direct the electron beam into one of tw...

In both Basidiomycotina and Ascomycotina, Poly B-411 decolorization was an excellent indicator of the ability to cause white rot: 109 of the 110 isolates of brown rot fungi tested definitely did not decolorize Poly B-411, and 392 of the 401 mainly active isolates of white rot fungi decolorized Poly B-411. The Bavendamm (tannic acid) reaction was a less reliable test: of 74 white rot isolates ex...

The increasing number and proportion of aged individuals in the population warrants knowledge of normal physiological changes of left ventricular (LV) biomechanics with advancing age. LV twist describes the instantaneous circumferential motion of the apex with respect to the base of the heart and has an important role in LV ejection and filling. This study sought to investigate the biomechanics...

The endeavour to reach higher brightness of electron beams in designs of future FEL is often challenged by the coherent synchrotron radiation (CSR) effect in bunch compression chicanes. Extensive studies on the CSR effects have shown that the 1D approximation of the CSR force is valid for a wide parameter regime. However, as the bunch gets increasingly compressed in the chicane, the behaviour o...

Nacrtak Rot is one of the most important defects in timber assortments of Norway spruce (Picea abies). With the aim to investigate this phenomenon, we analyzed 1,334 spruce trees from 65 locations across Slovenia. The study showed that the incidence of rot was higher in even-aged stands compared to uneven-aged stands. Lower-trunk rot (for the purpose of this study, lower-trunk rot is rot that a...

The proposed PEP II B factory at SLAC requires a feedback to damp out longitudinal synchrotron oscillations. A time domain, downsampled, bunch-by-bunch feedback system in which each bunch is treated as an oscillator being driven by disturbances from other bunches is presented as we review the evolution of the system design. Results from a synchrotron oscillation damping experiment conducted at ...

BACKGROUND Fleece rot (FR) and body-strike of Merino sheep by the sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina are major problems for the Australian wool industry, causing significant losses as a result of increased management costs coupled with reduced wool productivity and quality. In addition to direct effects on fleece quality, fleece rot is a major predisposing factor to blowfly strike on the body of she...

The installation of a harmonic cavity to provide bunch lengthening and thereby increase the Touschek lifetime is considered for the ESRF storage ring. Simulations with a particle tracking code have shown that for few bunch operation where the current per bunch is large – a strong lengthening already results from the coupling with the broad band impedance of the vacuum chamber. Therefore the net...