Generally, the controller design should be performed to narrow the shape of the probability density function of the tracking error. A small information entropy value corresponds to a narrow distribution function, which means that the uncertainty of the related random variable is small. In this paper, information entropy is introduced in the field of control performance assessment (CPA). For the...

The nonlinear optical properties of four metallic (Au-, Au/Ag-, Ag-, and Pt-) nanoparticle suspensions in toluene have been studied in both femtosecond and nanosecond regimes. Nonlinear transmission measurements in the femtosecond laser regime revealed two-photon absorption (2PA) induced nonlinear attenuation, while in the nanosecond laser regime a stronger nonlinear attenuation is due to both ...

Yoshio Tano, Hiroyuki Shimizu*, Masashi Shiomi, Takashi Nakano and Tatsuo Miyamura Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Gakuen 4-7-1, Musashimurayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan Poliomyelitis Research Institute, Kumegawa-cho 5-34-4, Higashimurayama-shi, Tokyo 189-0003, Osaka City General Hospital, Miyakojima-hondori 1-13-22, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka 534-0021 and Mie Nati...

1Department of Dementia Prevention andTherapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine at the Mie University, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan 2Department of Neurology, University of Münster and Department of Neurology, Krankenhaus Lindenbrunn, Lindenbrunn 1, 31863 Coppenbrügge, Germany 3Department of Informatics and Communication Sciences, Sophia University, 4-4 Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 1020081, Jap...

1Department of Oncology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland 2CT-Atlantic, Schlieren, Switzerland 3Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York Branch, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA 4Experimental Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan 5Departments of Cancer Vaccine and Immuno-Gene Therapy, Mie University Graduate...

Light scattering effects can be noticed every day when we look at the sky or the atmosphere. The main reason why the sky is blue on a sunny day is Rayleigh scattering (after Lord Rayleigh) of sunlight, i.e., the scattering of electromagnetic radiation by particles much smaller than the wavelength. However, for cloud and haze scattering, the Mie theory (after Gustav Mie) is very important where ...

The alloying of Ag and Au has been investigated on the level of individual clusters by analyzing the light emission excited by electron injection from an STM tip. Different Ag-Au alloy and shell-core clusters have been prepared at room temperature on a thin Al2O3 film on NiAl 110 by simultaneous and successive deposition of both noble metals. For simultaneous deposition, one Mie-plasmon resonan...

Fujita Memorial Institute of Pharmacognosy, Fujita Health University, Hisai, Mie 514-1296; Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192; School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Correspondence to: Dr. Kan Shimpo, Fujita Memorial Institute of Pharmacognosy, Fujita Health University, Hisai, Mie 514-1296, Japan. Tel: +...

[1] The influence of narrow optical resonances, which result from trapping of light rays via total internal reflection in water droplets, on the absorption of shortwave (SW) solar radiation has been estimated through high resolution Mie scattering calculations. Our results indicate that these resonances engender an increase in absorption of solar radiation by cloud droplets that is several W/m ...