Plasmonic vortices confining orbital angular momentums to surface have aroused wide research interest in the last decade. Recent advances of near-field microscopes enabled study on spatiotemporal dynamics plasmonic vortices, providing a better understanding optical evanescent wave regime. However, these works only focused objective characterization vortex and not achieved subjectively tailoring...

In this paper we endogenize the point in time where an agent (and the principal) observe the realization of an additional signal: before the agent’s effort choice (ex ante information) or after (ex post information). We show that there is no difference between incentive and decision problems if the signal is uninformative about the agent’s effort: ex ante information is never worse and – if the...

Laparoscopic procedures have usually been employed as an alternative to open surgery for the management of several urologic problems. Laparoscopic ureteroneocystostomy is rarely reported despite the description of different techniques. Ramalingam et al. described a 3case series of successful laparoscopic Boari flap ureteral reimplantations. Gao el al. also described a 3-case series of laparosco...

Software development generates and maintains a wide range of artifacts, such as documentation, requirements, design models, and test scenarios; all of which add value to the understanding of the software system. Trace dependencies identify the relationships among these artifacts. They contribute to the better understanding of a software system as they link its distributed knowledge. Trace depen...

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have recently received much attention as promising candidates for gas storage, chemical separation, and heterogeneous catalysis. However, the applicability of MOFs remains limited due to their relatively large band gaps. Here, on the basis of first-principles theory study, it is demonstrated that this problem could be overcome by tailoring Zn2+ ions in MOFs with ...