The excitation of multiple surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) waves guided by the interface of a metal and a onedimensional photonic crystal in the grating-coupled configuration was studied both experimentally and theoretically. Only p-polarized incident light was considered in the visible and near-infrared regimes. When the absorptance was plotted against the angle of incidence, the excitation of...

In the present work the acoustic band structure of a two-dimensional (2D) phononic crystal (PC) containing an semiconducting ferroelectrics ABC (A=Sb, Bi; B=S, Se, Te; C=I, Br, and Cl) were investigated theoretically and numerically by the plane-waveexpansion (PWE) method. Two-dimensional PC with square lattices composed of semiconducting ferroelectric cylindrical rods embedded in the organic/i...

In this paper, wave propagation approach is used to analysis the free vibration and buckling analysis of the thick rectangular plates based on higher order shear deformation plate theory. From wave viewpoint, vibrations can be considered as traveling waves along structures. Waves propagate in a waveguide and reflect at the boundaries. It is assumed that the plate has two opposite edge simply su...

Searching for prognostic factors which could help in the management of the therapy of human leukemia, we found marked cytochemical abnormalities in granulopoietic cells in plasma clot cultures of bone marrow and also peripheral blood cells of patients with acute leukemia [I]. We plotted the data of CFU-C colony/cluster ratio [2] versus MPO staining (Fig. 1) and found decrease, although these di...

New definitions of the structural susceptibilities based on the fluctuations of distances to the native state of toy protein models are proposed. The calculation of such susceptibilities does not require the basin of native state and the folding temperature can be defined from their peak if the native conformation is compact. The number of peaks in the derivatives of distances to the native sta...

background: muscle fatigue is an important issue in neuromuscular rehabilitation. better control of this phenomenon would result in better prevention of its consequent physiological damages. objective: to provide a mathematical representation of muscle fatigue as a function of time. methods: we conducted this study by combining the emg-based estimation methods of muscle activation with the avai...

A retrospective evaluation of attitudinal, behavioural and knowledge change among diverse stakeholder groups was conducted in Limpopo Province of South Africa to assess the effectiveness of a series of values clarification (VC) interventions. Telephone and face-to-face interview (193) results revealed that over two-thirds (70.2%) reported behavioural changes and 93.2% reported increased compass...