The radially outward propagating diurnal signal in the upper-level clouds (diurnal pulse) is a prominent cyclical feature of tropical cyclones (TCs). This study examines relationships between pulses and TC intensity changes using satellite Infrared data from 2001 to 2018. occurrence duration 24 hr prior or during change are strongly correlated with intensification rate. Rapidly intensifying (RI...

We propose and analyze an interface between a topological qubit and a superconducting flux qubit. In our scheme, the interaction between Majorana fermions in a topological insulator is coherently controlled by a superconducting phase that depends on the quantum state of the flux qubit. A controlled-phase gate, achieved by pulsing this interaction on and off, can transfer quantum information bet...

We designed a distributed security infrastructure with self-defence capabilities to secure networked resources in Grids and internet applications. This paper reports new developments in fuzzy trust management, game-theoretic Grid models, security-binding methodology, as well as new Grid performance metrics, defence architecture and mechanisms against intrusions, worms, and low-rate pulsing Dist...

Thermo-optical pulsing in semiconductor amplifiers is experimentally shown to correspond to a very common excitable scenario (the van der Pol-Fitzhugh-Nagumo system). Self-sustained oscillations appear in the sequence predicted by this simple dynamical model as we change either the injection level or the bias current. Periodic modulation of these parameters leads to the characteristic phase-loc...

Pulse vaccination is an effective and important strategy for the elimination of infectious diseases. A delayed SEIRS epidemic model with pulse vaccination and varying total population size is proposed in this paper. We point out, if R* < 1, the infectious population disappear so the disease dies out, while if R(*) > 1, the infectious population persist. Our results indicate that a long period o...

Simple and effective delivery methods for cellular immunotherapies are needed. We assessed ex vivo pulsing of overlapping SIV Gag 15mer peptides onto either whole blood or PBMC in 15 randomly assigned SIV-infected macaques. Both delivery methods were safe and immunogenic, stimulating high levels of broad and polyfunctional Gag-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells. Delivery of overlapping Gag peptides v...

IPTME, Loughborough University of Technolom, LEI 1 3TU, UK " 9 7 z777$ __ Abstract P.9 F" Compositionally modulated alloy (CMA) coatings can be synthesised electrochemically The technique is performed by electrodeposition from a plating bath usually containing two different metal ions The alloy modulation is attained through pulsing the voltage or current between two or more pre-optimised level...