Extended annealing in UHV causes the surface region of SrTiO3(001) to become enriched with TiO2, resulting in the formation of epitaxial islands of anatase TiO2(001). The islands are studied using UHV scanning electron microscopy (SEM), which reveals the changes in morphology during growth induced by misfit strain. Starting from a square island, two types of shape transition are observed. In th...

We present a new algorithm specifically designed to perform matrix multiplication on three heterogeneous processors. This algorithm is an extension of the ‘square-corner’ algorithm designed for two-processor architectures [2]. For three processors, this algorithm partitions data in a way which on a fully-connected network minimizes the total volume of communication (TVC) between the processors ...

The pseudodeterminant pdet(M) of a square matrix is the last nonzero coefficient in its characteristic polynomial; for a nonsingular matrix, this is just the determinant. If ∂ is a symmetric or skewsymmetric matrix then pdet(∂∂t) = pdet(∂)2. Whenever ∂ is the kth boundary map of a self-dual CWcomplex X, this linear-algebraic identity implies that the torsion-weighted generating function for cel...

modernization has occurred in philosophical discourses of new sadrāi in form, method and content. changes and modernization also have occurred in the philosophy of mullā hadi sabzevari in relation with these issues. accordingly, we introduce him as initiator of the philosophical movement of new sadrāi. although his thought is in the line of sadrāi philosophy, there are some disagreements betwee...

This paper investigates the design optimization of an electrostatically actuated microcantilever resonator that operates in air. The nonlinear effects of electrostatic actuation and air damping make the structural dynamics modeling more complex. There is a need for an efficient way to simulate the system behavior so that the design can be more readily optimized. This paper describes an efficien...

The paper presents results from a production study on the alignment of prenuclear rising accents in East Middle German in which we focus on two research questions: (1) to what extent can an intermediate variety be integrated in the phonetic alignment continuum from south to north as postulated in [2], and (2) to what extent do time pressure factors from the lefthand context influence the stabil...

the relationship between live body weight, body length, girth circumference, animal hight, upper, middle as well as lower width of fat-tail, fat-tail length, fat-tail gap length, fat-tail depth and fat-tail circumference along with fat-tail weight were determined using records of 731 loribakhtiari sheep. principal component and least square analyses were applied to solve the collinearity instab...

the rijab area with189 square kilometers is located in northwest of zagros and north of sarpol zahab city. its main skeleton is made of hard and resistive layers of shahbazan dolomite and asmari lime, that its eastern part is pressed as an anticlinorium form but its western part as a syncline form. as a result of kerend fault practice most of the tectonically activities are seen in middle parts...

On the evening of December 31, 2014, a stampede in Shanghai’s Chen Yi Square killed 35 people and left 43 injured. A tragedy of this magnitude in such a large city sends shockwaves throughout the country, and many are struck with sorrow after the loss of 35 lives. In recent years, stampede accidents have occurred with greater frequency in China. In 2002 a stampede through a middle school in Inn...