Recent observations suggest the incidence of strong intervening Mg ii absorption systems along the line-of-sight to gamma ray burst (GRB) afterglows is significantly higher than expected from analogous quasar sightlines. One possible explanation is a geometric effect, arising because Mg ii absorbers only partially cover the quasar continuum regions, in which case Mg ii absorbers must be conside...

The H I Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS) galaxy catalogue is cross-correlated with known low redshift, low column density (NHI < 10 cm) Lyman-α absorbers from the literature. The redshift-space correlation is found to be similar in strength to HIPASS galaxy self-clustering (correlation length s0,ag = 6 ± 4 and s0,gg = 3.1 ± 0.5 h −1 100 Mpc respectively). In realspace the cross-correlation is str...

The 2.5 GeV Synchrotron Light Source ANKA is now under construction at the Research Center in Karlsruhe. For a designed current of 400 mA, a power of 250 kW is radiated by the circulating e-beam in the 16 dipole magnets. 90% of the synchrotron radiation (SR) is absorbed by the 32 crotch absorbers in the dipole and the adjacent ante chamber, the remaining 10 % by distributed absorbers in the str...

Despite significant progress having been achieved in recent years to improve wood’s durability, additional developments are still necessary to increase its color stability. ZnO and CeO2 nanoparticles were compared to UV absorbers (Tinuvin 477 DW, 292 and 5151) commonly used to stabilize the wood products color. Nanoparticles, with concentrations in the range 1 to 2 wt%, and UV absorbers, using ...

The use of solar collectors with coloured absorbers for water heating is an area of particular interest when considering their integration with buildings. By matching the absorber colour with that of the roof or façade of the building, it is possible to achieve an architecturally and visually pleasing result. Despite the potential for the use of coloured absorbers very little work has been unde...

We have carried out a high angular resolution near-infrared imaging study of the fields of 6 quasars with 7 strong absorption line systems at z < 0.5, using the Hokupa’a adaptive optics system and the QUIRC near-infrared camera on the Gemini-North telescope. These absorption systems include 4 classical damped Lyman-alpha absorbers (DLAs), 2 sub-DLAs, and one Lyman-limit system. Images were obta...

It is well-known that during tillage operations suprising items may appear below the soil surface in agricultural lands. Sometimes a stone/rock or solid root can cause major damage to equipments. These rocks and roots impacts on equipment. In order eliminate minimize impact of these forces, shock absorbing equipment used provides connection between disc harrow chassis. The most commonly materia...

This paper presents a numerical model for the calculation of the transmission loss of a panel with an array of tuned vibration absorbers attached. The transmission loss of the panel is calculated for the case of the bare panel, with tuned vibration absorbers attached, and equivalent blocking masses. The theoretical predictions of transmission loss are compared with experimental measurements.

Observations of warm absorbers provided new ways to study the nuclear environments of AGNs. I discuss basic properties of warm absorbers and early developments with ROSAT, ASCA and HST observations. I briefly touch upon recent advances made with Chandra and FUSE. Key-words : quasars: absorption lines– ultraviolet: galaxies– X-rays: galaxies