DY 1.1 Mon 10:00–10:30 MA 004 The Thermodynamic Casimir Effect: Monte Carlo Results — •Alfred Hucht DY 2.9 Mon 12:30–13:00 MA 001 New Results on Water in Bulk, Nanoconfined, and Biological Environments — •H. Eugene Stanley DY 4.1 Mon 14:00–14:30 MA 004 Entropic particle transport — •Gerhard Schmid, P. Sekhar Burada, Peter Hänggi DY 11.1 Tue 9:30–10:00 EB 407 Glass freezing in confined geometrie...

Although data forwarding algorithms and protocols have been among the first set of issues explored in sensor networking, how to reliably deliver sensing data through a vast field of small, vulnerable sensors remains a research challenge. In this paper we present GRAdient Broadcast (GRAB), a new set of mechanisms and protocols which is designed specifically for robust data delivery in face of un...

Tetragonal zinc phosphide (a-Zn3P2) was grown pseudomorphically, by compound-source molecularbeam epitaxy on GaAs(001). The films grew coherently strained, with epitaxial relationships of Zn3P2(004):GaAs(002) and Zn3P2(202):GaAs(111). Partial relaxation of the Zn3P2 lattice was observed for films that were 4150 nm in thickness. Van der Pauw and Hall effect measurements indicated that carrier mo...

This paper addresses the problem of reliable transmission of data through a sensor network. We focus on networks rapidly deployed in harsh environments. For these networks, important design requirements are fast data transmission and rapid network setup, as well as minimized energy consumption for increased network lifetime. We propose a novel broadcasting solution that accounts for the interfe...

Theoretical and experimental studies from psychological and behavioral sciences show that heuristics and social networks play an important role in decisionmaking under risk. The goal of this paper is to investigate the effects of empirical social networks and different behavioral rules on farmers’ irrigation adoption under drought risk and its impacts on several macroeconomic indicators such as...

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of grab rail position, orientation, and number of hands used on the kinetics of assisted sit-to-stand transfers. Participants were 12 able-bodied older adults between the ages of 69 and 88 years. While each one performed the sit-to-stand transfer, a motion analysis system with 9 cameras recording at 60 Hz tracked the 3-D trajectories of retrorefl...

Hydraulic Grabs are capable of placing and removing of underwater structures without hitch by divers. However, grab operators are unable to observe states of the grabs and the objects when the turbidness of water disturbs observation by TV cameras. For this reason, operators still need support and observation of divers during positioning of the grab and grasping the object. Therefore, this pape...

In Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), the nodes have limitations in terms of energy-constraint, unreliable links, and frequent topology change. In this paper we propose an energy-aware routing protocol, that outperforms the existing ones with an enhanced network lifetime and more reliable data delivery. Major issues in the design of a routing strategy in wireless sensor networks are to make efficie...

The vegetation database CACTUS (registered in GIVD under SA-00-004) aims to bring together all plot-based relevés from the Dutch Caribbean Islands that are available literature, unpublished resources, and recent field surveys. currently contains 2,701 descriptions. is used for classification, investigate change over time, assist planning of surveys, as a source plant species distribution maps, ...

When anger or happiness flashes on a face in the crowd, do we misperceive that emotion as belonging to someone else? Two studies found that misperception of apparent emotional expressions - "illusory conjunctions" - depended on the gender of the target: male faces tended to "grab" anger from neighboring faces, and female faces tended to grab happiness. Importantly, the evidence did not suggest ...