The Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office (SCO) relies on Web technology to facilitate its community outreach mission of supplying geospatial information to professionals and the general public in the state. Of particular importance to this effort are the SCO’s Webmapping applications that provide online access to aerial photographs, geodetic control points, and PLSS (Public Land Survey System)...

Surface defect of nanomaterials is an important physical parameter which significantly influences their physical and chemical performances. In this work, high concentration of surface oxygen vancancies (SOVs) are successfully introduced on {001} facets exposed BiOBr nanosheets via a simple surface modification using polybasic carboxylic acids. The chelation interaction between carboxylic acid a...

Nowadays, precise flow control, provision of exact reagent amounts, contamination prevention between reagents, autonomy, disposability and low-cost manufacture are factors that can not be found together for micro-fluidic valves. Valves made using photo-responsive materials are of great interest as functional materials within micro-fluidic systems since actuation can be controlled by simple ligh...

In this study, the relationship among the chemical composition and the physical and chemical properties of four photo-cured composites and one heat curing composite for crown and bridge were investigated. Five composites were composed of the base monomer, UDMA, TriEGDMA, 1, 3-BDMA, 1, 4-BDMA, 1, 10-DDMA, 1, 12-DDDMA or those mixture, and the composite-filler consist of the resin (TMPTMA, UDMA, ...

What is the general principle of sensory transduction? Sensory transduction is defined as energy transformation from the external world to the internal world. The energy of the external world, such as thermal energy (heat), electro-magnetic energy (light), mechanical energy (sound) and the energy from molecules (chemicals), is converted into electrochemical events in the animal nervous system. ...

The purpose of Project Pioneer is to develop an exploratory robot capable of creating a three-dimensional photo-realistic map of the inside of the damaged Chornobyl Nuclear Reactor, measure the environmental and radioactive conditions, and collect samples of concrete from the physical structure to determine its mechanical stability. This paper describes the Virtual Reality interface for Pioneer...

In this study we designed a new class of symmetrical facial oligothiophene amphiphiles, which could be obtained in fewer steps than for previously reported analogues, but still possess the specific substituent sequence to control their backbone curvature. This novel design allows the late-stage introduction of hydrophilic groups, aiding both purification and ease of structure variation. Followi...