Introduction Semantic priming tasks provide a sensitive measure of word recognition and word meaning access. While functional MRI studies of semantic priming suggest involvement of a fronto-temporal network, regional gray matter volume associated with semantic priming in healthy older adults has not been considered. There is still some debate in the literature regarding whether semantic priming...

We experimentally demonstrate the use of annular beams to improve lateral resolution in laser-diode-based pump-probe microscopy. We found that the width of the point-spreading function in the case of the annular pump-probe beams is 162 nm, which is 30% smaller than that of the circular beams (232 nm). Furthermore, side lobes were efficiently suppressed at the focal plane since the pump-probe si...

In this work, we show that a 2D cleave layer (such as epitaxial graphene on SiC) can be used for precise release of GaNbased light emitting diodes (LEDs) from the LED-substrate interface. We demonstrate the thinnest GaN-based blue LED and report on the initial electrical and optical characteristics. Our LED device employs vertical architecture: promising excellent current spreading, improved he...

In practice, the ocean waves are short-crested and three-dimensional. The primary objective of present research is to form a better understanding dynamics offshore floating wind turbines in multi-directional waves. modelled using spreading exponent function. wave directionality effect on dynamic performance semisubmersible turbine studied. waves, longitudinal response reduced whereas lateral am...

Hoya longlingensis (E.F. Huang) and H. sichuanensis E.F. Huang are two new species of Apocynaceae from Southwestern China that described in this study. Morphologically, the resemble tamdaoensis Rodda & T.B. Tran lyi Lév., respectively. However, differs by its elliptic leaves, mid-vein leaf blades raised adaxially depressed abaxially, lateral veins 2–4-paired, corolla yellow-green, outer ang...

Recent experiments indicate that a case-based approach to the problem of word pronunciation is effective as the basis for a system that learns to pronounce English words. More generally, the approach taken here illustrates how a case-based reasoner can access a large knowledge base containing hundreds of potentially relevant cases and consolidate these multiple knowledge sources using numerical...

W THEN notoedric mange is present in a large rabbit colony it becomes a serious menace unless adequate measures are taken to control it. The disease seems invariably to appear first on the nose, later spreading over the frontal region, lips, eyelids, and base of the ears. Simultaneously with the spread of lesions on the head, the lateral aspect of the hind limbs, the dorsal aspect of the fore l...

The fabrication of structured polymer/nanoparticle composite films through a combination of additive, subtractive and self-assemblymethodologies is investigated. Consumer grade inkjet printing hardware is employed to deposit cationic polyelectrolytes on (i) hydrophilic and (ii) hydrophobised glass substrates. The hydrophobisation process controls the spreading of the droplets and hence the late...

We demonstrate terahertz THz pulse propagation on a cylindrical aluminum plate, with low loss and negligible dispersion via transverse-electric type whispering gallery WG modes. We observe an apparent superluminal effect where the group velocity is greater than c, and explain this phenomenon by means of a plane-wave description of the WG modes. The propagation loss is dominated by the diffracti...

We propose a new set of equations describing a cylindrical vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) cavity under CW operation, based on the rate equations including lateral carrier diffusion. The only numerical step in the calculation consists in finding the roots of a polynomial expression. This model enables a quasi-instantaneous calculation of the laser’s light-current characteristic, ...