We observed characteristic temperatures connected with different phase transformations in the polycristalline, ferromagnetic GdCo2 sample possible to appear in the temperature range from 300 K to 440 K. We used here three independent methods applied to still the same GdCo2 sample testing in this way the sensivity of each particular method. One of them was the nonconventional, indirect measureme...

Random mass gaussian lattices are lattice systems where the single site distribution has the form ( i da(a)e-a~2)d~). d4 An example is ~-~-~. Related systems have been discussed quite frequently, at least in one dimension [1]. 1 Let da(a) be a Borel measure on (0, co) such that da(a) (1 + a)1/2 < oo. (1) For/~ > 0, define dmu(~) = (~ da(a) e{~ + ") ~2) d~. (2) Let Loo CIR a be a unit lattice ce...

This paper describes the potential of fluidised powdered material for use as a particle production target in high power particle accelerator based facilities. In such facilities a multi-MW proton beam is required to interact with a dense target material in order to produce subatomic particles, e.g. neutrons for a neutron source or pions for a so-called conventional neutrino beam, a neutrino fac...

Forty two strains of Trichoderma sp. were isolated from cultivated lands around Bangalore and analyzed for their antagonistic potential against Sclerotium rolfsii and Fusarium ciceri. The potential of biocontrol agents ultimately lies in their capacity to control pathogens in vivo. Bioefficacy studies were hence conducted using chickpea (Cicer argentums c.v. Annigeri) as an experimental plant b...

IRAK4 is a central kinase in innate immunity but the role of its kinase activity is controversial. The mechanism of activation for IRAK4 is currently unknown; and little is known about the role of IRAK4 kinase in cytokine production, particularly in different human cell types. We show IRAK4 autophosphorylation occurs by an intermolecular reaction and that autophosphorylation is required for ful...

Intense ion beams with small phase space occupation (high brilliance) are mandatory to keep beam losses low in high current injector accelerators like those planned for the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR). The low energy beam transport from the ion source towards the linac has to keep the emittance growth low and has to support the optimization of the ion source tune. The Frankf...

Network devices put packets on an Internet link, and multiplex, or superpose, the packets from different active connections. Extensive empirical and theoretical studies of packet traffic variables — arrivals, sizes, and packet counts — demonstrate that the number of active connections has a dramatic effect on traffic characteristics. At low connection loads on an uncongested link — that is, wit...

Even when we look at stationary objects, involuntarily our eyes perform miniature movements and do not stand perfectly still. Such fixational eye movements (FEM) can be decomposed into at least two components: rapid microsaccades and slow (physiological) drift. Despite the general agreement that microsaccades have a central generating mechanism, the origin of drift is less clear. A direct appro...