By combining experiments with simple model calculations, we obtain new insight in spin transport through hybrid, CoFeB/Al2O3(1.5 nm)/tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminium (Alq3)/Co spin valves. We have measured the characteristic changes in the I-V behavior as well as the intrinsic loss of magnetoresistance at the onset of multiple-step tunneling. In the regime of multiple-step tunneling, under the...

Sarabia et al. (1999) present a basic model to create ordered families of Lorenz curves, along with basic theorems that describe the conditions for the models to satisfy the definition of the Lorenz curve. Using these basic models, they suggest a family which includes several well-known Lorenz models as special cases. This paper first shows that their basic theorems can be generalized. The pape...

Ventilating patients with acute respiratory failure according to standardized recommendations can lead to varying volume-pressure (V-P) relationships and overdistension. Young children may be more susceptible than adults to overdistension, and individual evaluation of the effects of ventilator settings is therefore required. Three studies have applied indices for the detection of overdistension...

subject to the constraint that q(0) and q(h) are constant. Standard ODE theory provides existence and uniqueness of the corresponding initial value problem because the derivatives q~(t) of the evolution curves q(t) are the integral curves of the corresponding Lagrangian vector field XE. Given two nearby ql, q2 6 Q, does there exist a unique evolution curve q(t) such that q(0) = q~ and q(h) = q2...

by growing the population and need for settlement, many cities have been built on soft sediments and seismic areas. it emphasizes the need for a careful and reliable assessment of site effect phenomena. beyond the methods of studying site effects, microtremor recordings has become popular over the last decades as it offers a convenient, practical and low cost tool to be used in urbanized areas....

1. Abstract In order to predict strong earthquake ground motion, it is inevitable to construct a relevant subsurface structure model, especially S-wave velocity structure of the site of consideration. Inversion analysis with micro-tremor observation is frequently used to acquire S-wave velocity structure due to its convenience and inexpensiveness. Usually inversion analysis is carried out for e...