Hot-carrier degradation is associated with the buildup of defects at or near the silicon/silicon dioxide interfaced of a metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor. However, the exact location of the defects, as well as their temporal buildup during stress, is rarely studied. In this work we directly compare the experimental interface state density profiles generated during hot-carrier stress with si...

The analytical zero-temperature phase diagram of the double exchange model for classical background spins as a function of the carrier density and Hund’s coupling in the entire range of these parameters is presented. By constructing a continuum field theory we explore the possibility of a continuous phase transition from ferromagnetic state to a gently varying textured state. We find such a tra...

background and objectives: beta-thalassemia continues to be a cause of significant burden to the society particularly in the poorer developing countries. although sophisticated methods of screening have become available, a hunt for a cheap, rapid, objective screening method still remains elusive. thus, the objectives are to study the validity of naked-eye-single-tube-osmotic-fragility-test (nes...

The identities of photoexcited states in thin-film Co3O4 and the ultrafast carrier relaxation dynamics of Co3O4 are investigated with oxidation-state-specific pump−probe femtosecond core level spectroscopy. A thin-film sample is excited near the 2.8 eV optical absorption peak, and the resulting spectral changes at the 58.9 eV M2,3edge of cobalt are probed in transient absorption with femtosecon...

S. Typhi is a bacteria, of which the sole resevoir is humans. The carrier state was shown to persist for many years in patients. Treatment is difficult and time-consuming. If there is an anatomical defect, treatment of the carrier state with antibiotics is not successful. We report a case of S.Typhi bacteremia and bacteriuria in a 53 years old male patient with recurrent infections within five ...

At least 180,000 autochthonous and allochthonous people are carriers of a large spectrum of hemoglobinopathies in The Netherlands. We describe two cases, the first, a 33-year old Surinamese Creole woman, studied because of an intermediate hemolytic anemia; the second, a couple requesting analysis because of a previously diagnosed carrier state in the male partner, while the carrier state in the...

OBJECTIVE To define the intrinsic (hypoplasia) and extrinsic (deformational) contributions to congenital nasal deformities and the potential of a carrier state for orofacial clefting. METHODS Retrospective case series. RESULTS The factors affecting 4 congenital nasal deformities are postulated after contrasting the patient's characteristics. CONCLUSIONS The spectrum of congenital nasal de...

Dynamically assigning sub-carriers in the downlink of an OFDMA based cellular system has been shown to exhibit a high potential to combat co-channel interference in according systems. So far, related investigations have assumed up-to-date channel state information as input for the sub-carrier assignment mechanisms, omitting the fact that in most cases there is a significant delay between the ti...