Abstract This paper deals with the blow-up properties of the solution to the degenerate and singular parabolic system with nonlocal sources, absorptions and homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. The existence of a unique classical nonnegative solution is established and the sufficient conditions for the solution to exist globally or blow up in finite time are obtained. Furthermore, under c...

We report the observation of atomic-pair absorption in barium and in barium-thallium vapors using a white-light source. At atomic densities on the order of 10(17) atoms/cm(3) we measure absorptions of 2.9% cm(-1) for Ba-Ba and 2.3% cm(-1) for Ba-TI. In both cases, the absorption maxima occur at the predicted (R = infinity) wavelength and have a full width at half maximum of approximately 15 cm(...

The first series of cyclometalated ruthenium complexes with a CCC-pincer bis-carbene ligand have been obtained as bench-stable compounds. Single-crystal X-ray analysis of one of these complexes with 4'-di-p-anisylamino-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine is presented. The Ru(II/III) redox potentials and MLCT absorptions of these complexes can be varied by attaching an electron-donating or -withdrawing grou...

This paper investigates ERP absorption in transition and developed economies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Using absorptive capacity theory and data envelopment analysis, we view organisational transformation in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) absorption as an economic production process. Despite converging ERP saturation levels, our data identifies gaps in absorption levels and perfo...

La classe des jeux à champs moyen avec absorption est une de qui a été introduite dans (Ann. Appl. Probab. 28 (2018) 2188–2242). Elle peut être vue comme la limite naturelle différentiels stochastiques symétriques un grand nombre joueurs interagissent entre eux par champ et quittent le jeu dès que leur état touche frontière donnée. Dans cet article, on poursuit l’étude ces jeux, en les étendant...

We report the detection of broad absorptions due to Si IV λλ4088–4116 in the Luminous Blue Variable (LBV) AG Carinae during its last hot phase (2001-2003). Our NLTE spectral analysis, with the radiative transfer code CMFGEN, revealed the photospheric nature of these lines predicting, however, much narrower and deeper absorption profiles than observed. Using a recently-developed code to compute ...

Aerosol particles affect the Earth's energy balance by absorbing and scattering radiation according to their chemical composition, size, and shape. It is generally believed that their optical properties could be deduced from the molecular composition of the complex organic matter contained in these particles, a goal pursued by many groups via high-resolution mass spectrometry, although: (1) abs...

To examine the potential contribution of first-stage photoreceptor adaptation to color constancy, photon catches from 337 natural objects illuminated with phases of daylight and tungsten light were calculated for a model human fovea. The rank ordering of these photon catches within each cone photoreceptor class was examined. When first-stage adaptation is modeled using multiplicative or subtrac...

Infrared spectroscopy can be used to identify and quantify individual (bio)chemical species within complex mixtures provided the spectroscopic fingerprints are strong enough. It is often the case, however, that the characteristic fingerprints are concealed by the much stronger absorptions of the most concentrated species. For example, in the case of blood serum, the very strong absorptions of p...

A resurgence in the use of the donor-acceptor approach in synthesizing conjugated polymers has resulted in a family of high-mobility ambipolar systems with exceptionally narrow energy bandgaps below 1 eV. The ability to transport both electrons and holes is critical for device applications such as organic light-emitting diodes and transistors. Infrared spectroscopy offers direct access to the l...