We have been conducting a research and development project, called the TRON Project, for realizing the computer augmented environments. The final goal of the project is to realize highly functionally distributed systems (HFDS) in which every kind of objects around our daily life are augmented with embedded computers, be connected with networks, and cooperate each other to provide better living ...

19 In this paper, the viability of directly exposing thin films of liquid poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) to elec20 tron beam (e-beam) irradiation using e-beam lithographic methods for the purpose of creating perma21 nent micro-scale components has been investigated. By exposing 1.1 lm thickness PDMS films to 22 doses in the range 10–50,000 lC/cm, it was discovered that the structure of the resul...

We present a summary of our experimental understanding of the top quark and discuss the significant improvements expected in Run II at the Fermilab Teva-tron Collider. We also discuss prospects for a Higgs boson discovery at the Tevatron.

The paper explores some significant changes in the field of scholar publishing, especially concerning the French context. First the important role of multimedia, its growing influence on the user behaviour and on the education field is stressed. We study particularly the added-values of the multimedia publication and shows how new technologies generate innovative ways of writing, creating, prod...

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We study the influence of the configuration of the majority and minority spin subbands of electron spectra on the properties of atomic-scaled superconductor-ferromagnet S-F-S and F-S-F hybrid structures. At low temperatures, the S/F/S junction is either a 0 or junction depending on the energy shift between S and F materials and the anisotropy of the Fermi surfaces. We found that the spin switch...

We present a short review of the current quasar (QSO) absorption line constraints on possible variation of the fine structure constant, α ≡ e 2 /¯ hc. Particular attention is paid to recent optical Keck/HIRES spectra of 49 absorption systems which indicate a smaller α in the past [1, 2]. Here we present new preliminary results from 128 absorption systems: ∆α/α = (−0.57 ± 0.10) × 10 −5 over the ...

As everyday life is increasingly conducted online, and as the electronic world continues to move out into the physical, the privacy of information and action and the security of information systems are increasingly a focus of concern both for the research community and the public at large. Accordingly, privacy and security are active topics of investigation from a wide range of perspectives—ins...