Buckminsterfullerene (C60) was first discovered back in 1985 by Kroto et al. while they were simulating carbon star chemistry in the laboratory and noticed that carbon clusters comprised of 60 carbon atoms dominated other even number clusters. The presence of these molecules in the outflows of stars was confirmed in 2010, when it was detected in the planetary nebula Tc1. Also during this time C...

We read with interest the article by Das, et al. [1]. The article has lucidly elaborated the clinical profile of confirmed swine flu positive cases. However, authors state that the data might not be representative of the cases who were not tested for swine flu [1]. We share our data of children presenting as category ‘C’ cases collected retrospectively from August to December 2009 [2]. Category...

The electronic gas-phase absorption spectrum of the bent carbon-chain radical, HC(4)CHC(6)H with C(s) symmetry, is recorded in the 595 nm region by cavity ring-down spectroscopy through an expanding hydrogen plasma. An unambiguous spectroscopic identification becomes possible from a systematic deuterium labeling experiment. A comparison of the results with recently reported spectra of the nonli...

We consider unital simple inductive limits of generalized dimension drop C∗-algebras They are so-called ASH-algebras and include all unital simple AH-algebras and all dimension drop C∗-algebras. Suppose that A is one of these C∗-algebras. We show that A ⊗ Q has tracial rank no more than one, where Q is the rational UHF-algebra. As a consequence, we obtain the following classification result: Le...

I present four-frequency radio observations of the wide-angle tail radio galaxy 3C 130. By a technique of simulated observations, I assess the systematic errors in the data due to the varying uv plane coverage in the different observations used. Using spectral tomography I show that, at least in the southern plume, the source can be represented by a two-component model consisting of a flat-spec...

Cerium oxide (CeO2) or ceria has been shown to be an interesting support material for noble metals in catalysts designed for emission control, mainly due to its oxygen storage capacity. Ceria nanoparticles were prepared by precipitation method. The precursor materials used in this research were cerium nitrate hexahydrate (as a basic material), potassium carbonate and potassium hydroxide (as pre...

Article history: Received 12 June 2015 Received in revised form 14 July 2016 Accepted 9 September 2016 Available online 9 November 2016

Stampfli has shown that for a given T £ B(H) there exists a K £ C(H) so that o(T + K) = ow(T). An analogous result holds for the essential numerical range We(T). A compact operator K is said to preserve the Weyl spectrum and essential numerical range of an operator T £ B(H) if o(T + K) = o„(T) and W(T + K)= We(T). Theorem. For each block diagonal operator T, there exists a compact operator K wh...

iron oxide (fe2o3) is widely used as a catalyst, pigment and gas sensitive material.  in this article, α-fe2o3 nano-rods were first synthesized via a simple chemical method using iron(iii) nitrate 9- hydrate (fe(no3)3.9h2o) as precursor. xrd pattern showed that the iron oxide nanoparticles exhibited alpha-fe2o3 (hematite) structure in nanocrystals. the single-phase α- fe2o3 nano-rods were prepa...