Closed-form solutions for the transient dynamic problems of a suddenly applied anti-plane concentrated force and concentrated impulse near a crack are obtained. The various wave signals comprising the solutions are identified, and their behavior noted. The concentrated force solution is then employed as a Green's function to solve the important problem of arbitrary screw dislocation motion near...

Successful Project Managers understand in detail the customer requisites during project scope definition, avoiding therefore changes during the execution stage that will negatively influence the schedule, cost and quality of the project results. Unfortunately, the project manager and the customer have often different communication skills and scope changes are frequent throughout the project lif...

We consider the problem of recovering the coefficient σ (x) of the elliptic equation ▽ · (σ ▽ u) = 0 in a body from measurements of the Cauchy data on possibly very small subsets of its surface. We give a constructive proof of a uniqueness result by Kenig, Sjöstrand, and Uhlmann. We construct a uniquely specified family of solutions such that their traces on the boundary can be calculated by so...

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In this work, we demonstrate that signal-masking reagents together with appropriate capture antibody carriers can eliminate the washing steps in sandwich immunoassays. A flotation immunoassay (FI) platform was developed with horseradish peroxidase chemiluminescence as the reporter system, the dye Brilliant Blue FCF as the signal-masking reagent, and buoyant silica micro-bubbles as the capture a...

An environmentally benign green protocol for the synthesis of 5-unsubstituted 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones using Amberlyst 15 DRY as a recyclable catalyst has been developed. The use of resinous, nontoxic, thermally stable, and inexpensive Amberlyst 15 DRY, as a recyclable heterogeneous catalyst, makes the process simple with negligible chemical waste. Among the various solid acid catalysts ...

It is widely recognised that for the green economy to develop successfully, new educational curricula will be required to help professionals develop appropriate knowledge and skills. Relatively few university courses have been developed to date that explicitly focus on the green economy, reflecting its recent origins. Here we present the lessons learned from developing and implementing a new Ma...

We present a stable, high-power, cw, single-frequency green source in a compact and practical design based on a simple single-pass second-harmonic generation of a cw ytterbium fiber laser at 1064 nm in MgO-doped periodically poled stoichiometric LiTaO(3). Using a 30-mm-long crystal containing a single grating, we have generated 9.64 W of cw radiation at 532 nm with a fundamental power of 29.5 W...