Non-relativistic three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of Poynting-fluxdominated (PFD) jets are presented. Our study focuses on the propagation of strongly magnetized hypersonic but sub-Alfvénic flow (C2 s << V 2 jet < V 2 A) and the development of a current-driven (CD) kink instability. This instability may be responsible for the "wiggled" structures seen in VLBI-scale AGN jets. In...

This paper presents an application of stochastic Petri nets (SPN) to calculate the availability of safety critical on-demand systems. Traditional methods of estimating system reliability include standards—based or field return-based reliability prediction methods. These methods do not take into account the effect of fault-detection capability and penalize the addition of detection circuitry due...

A 0.8-V CMOS Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) has been designed and fabricated by using a 0.13-μm 1p8m CMOS process. In the proposed PLL, the double-positive-feedbacks voltage-controlled oscillator (DPF-VCO) is used to generate current signals for the coupling current-mode injection-locked frequency divider (CCMILFD) and currentinjection current-mode logic (CICML) divider. A short-pulsed-reset phase fre...

Ion emission angular distribution mechanisms in plasma focus devices (PFD) have not yet been well developed and understood being due to the lack of an efficient wide-angle ion distribution image detection system to characterize a PFD space in detail. Present belief is that the acceleration of ions points from "anode top" upwards in forward direction within a small solid angle. A breakthrough is...

Although cyclic electron flow (CEF) is essential for repair of PSII, it is unclear whether the CEF is stimulated and what the role of stability of PSI is during the recovery. In order to explore these two questions, mature leaves of Dalbergia odorifera were treated with the chilling temperature of 4°C under a photosynthetic flux density (PFD) of 650 μmol m(-2) s(-1) for 2 h and then were transf...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To characterize the spectrum, symptoms, progression, and effects of endocrine dysfunction on sinonasal disease in polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (PFD) and McCune-Albright Syndrome (MAS). STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review. METHODS A prospectively followed cohort of subjects with PFD/MAS underwent a comprehensive evaluation that included otolaryngologic and endocrine eval...

Harmonic resonance may cause abnormal operation and even damage of power facilities, further threatening normal and safe operation of power systems. For renewable energy generations, controlled loads and parallel reactive power compensating equipment, their operating statuses can vary frequently. Therefore, the parameters of equivalent fundamental and harmonic admittance/impedance of these comp...

Phase noise (PN) in phase locked loop (PLL) system is an important parameter in communication system. It degrades the system performance by increasing bit error rate (BER). The PLL concept was first appeared in the papers by Appleton in 1923 and de Bellescize in 1932 [1]. It is essentially a control system which employs feedback mechanism to synchronize the phase of output signal with the phase...

Pyrococcus furiosus, a hyperthermophilic archaeon growing optimally at 100 degrees C, encodes three protein chaperones, a small heat shock protein (sHsp), a prefoldin (Pfd), and a chaperonin (Cpn). In this study, we report that the passive chaperones sHsp and Pfd from P. furiosus can boost the protein refolding activity of the ATP-dependent Cpn from the same hyperthermophile. The thermo-stabili...

Proximal femur is often involved with varus and retroversion deformity in polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (PFD). Multiple corrective osteotomies with intramedullary nails in two stages is recommended procedure as some authors described. We report a case using double-level osteotomy and one-stage reconstruction with intramedullary nail in a patient with painful proximal femur and diaphysis varus d...