A review is given of nonleptonic decays of D mesons. Measurements of the psi (3772), the accurate determination of D masses and their consequences, inclusive measurements and tagged events are given. 36 references. (ERA citation 03:034070)

ith the successful inclusion of REDD+ in the UNFCCC agreement of the Conference of the Parties 16 in Cancun, accurate . ...

Object is measured for mass and center of mass with accuracies of 0.01% and 0.14 respectively, using

In the hydrodynamic formulation, we solve the problem of plane steady filtration under a Zhukovskii sheet pile through an irrigated ground mass underlain by a highly permeable pressure stratum the left semi-infinite part of whose roof is modeled by an impermeable inclusion. Using the P. Ya. Polubarinova-Kochina method, we give a constructive solution of ...

The latest developments made in deriving accurate mass predictions within the microscopic Skyrme Hartree-Fock-Bogolyubov (HFB) approach are described. These include an improved description of infinite nuclear and neutron matter, a reduced pairing strength and the inclusion of a phenomenological vibrational term. A special attention in ...

We report trends in the theoretically derived number of compositionally distinct peptides (i.e., peptides made up of different amino acid residues) up to a nominal mass of 1000. A total of 21 amino acid residues commonly found in proteomics studies are included in this study, 19 natural, nonisomeric amino acid residues as well as oxidated methione and acetamidated cysteine. ...

Simulation of Electron and Ion Lenses for Mass Spectrometry ... accurate performance simulations of mass spectrometers used for detection and measurement of ...

Traditionally, the degeneracy between the unknown radial profiles of total mass and velocity anisotropy inherent in the spherical, stationary, non-streaming Jeans equation has been handled by assuming a mass profile and fitting models to the observed kinematical data. However, mass profiles are still not well known: there are ...

A quadrupole mass spectrometric system coupled with mechanical decrepitation was constructed and calibrated to study fluid inclusions from an active geothermal system. Fluid inclusions in Salton Sea Scientific Drilling Project well cores and ejects from f...

A quadrupole mass spectrometer was used to measure bulk samples of conservative gas species N[sub 2], Ar, and He in fluid inclusions from a variety of hydrothermal systems. Analysis of these tracer elements help determine (1) if gases extracted by bulk inclusion analysis can provide accurate measurement of N[sub ...

... and accurate functional test of complex devices. This testing criteria termed 'Logic Integrity Tests' is described and is proposed for inclusion in MIL ...

A tight-binding model is diagonalized to elucidate the magnetoelectronic properties of bulk graphite. This method reveals far more significant results than previous treatments based on simplified effective-mass approximation. The wave functions are explicitly presented and their spatial distributions appropriately characterize the Landau subbands. The calculated density of ...

...denaturants may be made by volume, weight, accurate mass flow meter, or by any...spirits to be denatured by volume, weight, accurate mass flow meter, or other...denaturants to be used by volume, weight, accurate mass flow meter, or...

We present results for the inclusive jet cross section and the dijet mass distribution. The inclusive cross section and dijet mass both exhibit significant deviations from the predictions of NLO QCD for jets with E(sub T)>200 GeV, or dijet masses > 400 Ge...

Accurate centre-of-mass corrections for geodetic spherical satellites are expected to contribute to accurate determination of the scale of the earth, i.e. , ...

Bifilar pendulum, if great care is taken to provide accurate measurements, is very accurate (in .... Seismic accelerometers were able to measure mass line ...

... Title : New Technique for Analyzing Small Inclusions Using Transmission Electron Microscopy and Laser Ablation Microprobe Mass Spectrometry. ...

inside a KDP crystal, the average density of inclusions was cal- culated from a deviation between the theoretical mass and the ...

Many scenarios for the colonization of planetary surfaces by microbial life involve endoliths. This study records microbial mass along fluid inclusion trails (healed microfractures) in quartz grains.

A FORTRAN 4 program is described which reduces the data obtained from a high resolution mass spectrograph. The program (1) calculates an accurate mass for each line on the photoplate, and (2) assigns elemental compositions to each accurate mass. The progr...

... Accession Number : ADA187481. Title : Mass Spectral Investigations on Toxins. 7. Detection and Accurate Quantitation ...

We present the results of a systematic numerical study of the onset of mass transfer in double degenerate binary systems and its impact on the subsequent evolution. All investigated systems belong to the regime of direct impact, unstable mass transfer. In all of the investigated cases, even those considered unstable by conventional stability analysis, we ...

Scattering of a plane harmonic SH wave by an arbitrary number of inclusions of general shape and placements within an elastic half-space is investigated by using a direct boundary integral equation approach. The integral equations have been reduced to a system of linear algebraic equations by using the linear elements. The structure of the resulting algebraic system is ...

Scattering of a plane harmonic SH wave by an arbitrary number of inclusions of general shape and placements within an elastic half-space is investigated by using a direct boundary integral equation approach. The integral equations have been reduced to a system of linear algebraic equations by using the linear elements. The structure of the resulting algebraic system is ...

Desorption electrospray ionisation (DESI) has been successfully combined with a hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer to provide mass spectra and product ion mass spectra of active ingredients formulated in pharmaceutical tablets, gels and ointments. Accurate mass data has been ...

Fluid inclusions in minerals provide a source of geologically significant fluids. A new computerized mass spectrometric technique for analyzing volatiles in individual inclusions has been developed. The inclusions are opened by decrepitation in vacuum, and the computer recognizes the abrupt rise in pressure and ...

We report mass dependent and non-mass dependent Ca isotopic compositions, and rare earth element abundances in refractory inclusions from Allende CV3 carbonaceous chondrite.

Oct 31, 2002 ... Sensitive wide mass range extending from 0 to 3000 Daltons. " Accurate current mass resolution of over 3000 and can be easily improved ...

An extension of the experimentally known nuclidic mass surface to nuclei far from the region of beta-stability is of fundamental interest in providing a better determination of the input parameters for the various nuclear mass formulae, allowing a more accurate prediction of the ultimate limits of nuclear stability. In addition, a ...

An extension of the experimentally known nuclidic mass surface to nuclei far from the region of ..beta..-stability is of fundamental interest in providing a better determination of the input parameters for the various nuclear mass formulae, allowing a more accurate prediction of the ultimate limits of nuclear stability. In addition, a ...

Examination of the effect of the inclusion of a small but significant amount of rotational energy in

The use of empirical pseudopotentials, in evaluating interatomic potentials, provides an inexpensive and convenient method for obtaining highly accurate potential curves and permits the modeling of core-valence correlation, and the inclusion of relativist...

... and many-body perturbation theory (MBPT) methods for the accurate inclusion of electron correlation in ab initio quantum chemical calculations of ...

A comparison of ambient particulate matter mass concentrations with the total protein mass concentration has not been performed previously for North Carolina and was the goal of this study. The analysis of total protein mass was used as an all inclusive indicator of biologically ...

We present the results of a systematic numerical study of the onset of mass transfer in double degenerate binary systems and its impact on the subsequent evolution. All investigated systems belong to the regime of direct impact, unstable mass transfer. In all of the investigated cases, even those considered unstable by conventional stability analysis, we ...

Stds. (U.S.), 70B (Math. and Math. Phys.), No. 1, pp. 1-16,January-March, 1966. 7. Vinti, J. P., "Inclusion of the Third Zonal Harmonic in an Accurate ...

Most compounds are not found in mass spectral libraries and must be identified by other means. Often, compound identities can be deduced from the compositions of the ions in their mass spectra and review of the chemical literature. Confirmation is provided by mass spectra and r...

Elementary particle masses are found to be quantized exponential multiples of the electron mass. Mass relations closely approximating the Gell-Mann-Okubo relations are obtained for baryons, and mass relations accurate to 2.2% are obtained for mesons. Thes...

Detection and identification (ID) of all drug metabolites following liquid chromatography (LC)/mass spectrometry (MS) analysis of complex biological matrixes are not trivial. To facilitate detection of drug-derived materials that possess highly diagnostic isotopic patterns (e.g., chlorine- and bromine-containing compounds), we report an accurate-mass-based ...

Our purpose was to determine whether spatiotemporal measures of center of mass motion relative to the base of support boundary could predict stepping strategies after upper-body postural perturbations in humans. We expected that inclusion of center of mass acceleration in such time-to-contact (TtC) calculations would give better ...

Our purpose was to determine whether spatiotemporal measures of center of mass motion relative to the base of support boundary could predict stepping strategies after upper-body postural perturbations in humans. We expected that inclusion of center of mass acceleration in such time-to-contact (TtC) calculations would give better ...

... order accurate finite difference technique has ... concepts of contour differences and MacCormack ... beams, with nonstructured masses and stiffened ...

A quadrupole mass spectrometric system coupled with mechanical decrepitation was constructed and calibrated to study fluid inclusions from an active geothermal system. Fluid inclusions in Salton Sea Scientific Drilling Project well cores and ejects from flow tests were analyzed. Ion currents from selected ...

Accurate prediction of the turbulent exchange of sensible heat and water vapour between the atmosphere and snowpack remains a challenging task under all but the most ideal conditions. Heat and mass transfer coefficients that recognize the unique properties of the snow surface are warranted. A particular area requiring improvement concerns the role of the ...

We consider the effect of radiation pressure from ionizing photons on black hole (BH) mass estimates based on the application of the virial theorem to broad emission lines in AGN spectra. BH masses based only on the virial product ?V2R and neglecting the effect of radiation pressure can be severely underestimated, especially in objects close to the ...

We study parameter estimation with post-Newtonian (PN) gravitational waveforms for the quasi-circular, adiabatic inspiral of spinning binary compact objects. In particular, the performance of amplitude-corrected waveforms is compared with that of the more commonly used restricted waveforms, in Advanced LIGO and EGO. With restricted waveforms, the properties of the source can only be extracted from ...

Although accurate predictions of sea level rise are highly desired, uncertainties in predictions of near-future sea level rise are large, especially for the mountain glaciers. Regional- to global-scale glacier mass balance assessments typically neglect dynamic mass loss (iceberg calving), thus produce minimal estimates of potential sea ...

The present work focuses on the discussion of the ? Bootis nature of the multiperiodic ? Scuti star HD 192640 (29 Cyg), through a comprehensive asteroseismic modelling. Some of the most recent asteroseismic tools are used to check whether the observed low metallicity is internal, i.e., intrinsic, present throughout the star, or due to superficial processes as accretion, diffusive settling, ...

Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EH) is a rare vascular neoplasm. An accurate radiologic diagnosis is usually difficult due to the presence of multiple nodules, simulating metastatic carcinoma. Though histologic features of this tumor are well described, cytologic reports of hepatic EH are very few in the available literature. We describe a case of a young healthy ...

of the inclusions that nucleate on the free surface, (cm), is assumed to be negligibly small. In practice, a small of moles of diatomic oxygen (O2) consumed; is the effective molecular weight of the inclusions (g/mol);incM inc is the effective inclusion density (g/cm3 ); is the mass diffusivity of O2 gas in the ...

. If a casting has inclusion problems, the foundry engineer may change the pouring practice or gating design to the growing inclusion; and is an effective, overall mass transfer coefficient (cm/s). The model currentlyModeling of Reoxidation Inclusion Formation During Filling of Steel Castings Kent D. Carlson

, and these mass absorption effects limit the depth at which an inclusion may be examined. A practical limit determinations of Ca/C1 and K/C1 ratios and assess the effects of variable inclusion depth, size, geometry inclusion itself. These effects are calculated theoretically by modelling each ...

We show that for large momenta the grand canonical ensemble is not an accurate enough approximation to the phase space integral to be used in calculating inclusive cross sections. In its place we propose a very general method based on the saddle point inversion of the Laplace transform integral. This method is shown to be quite ...

A method for the precise and accurate determination of the tellurium (Te) isotope compositions of calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) has been developed. The technique utilizes multiple-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (MC-ICPMS) with either Faraday detectors or a dual ion-counting system. The external ...

We present new measures of the evolving scaling relations between rotational velocity, stellar mass, magnitude, baryonic mass, and dynamical mass estimates for a morphologically-inclusive sample of 129 disk-like galaxies selected with zAB<22.5 in the redshift range 0.2

- man. An evaluation on the TIGER cor- pus shows that our inclusion entity model achieves a performance to process inclusions accurately. This paper is organized as follows. We review re- lated work in Section 2 is to apply the En- glish inclusion classifier to the German TIGER tree- bank (Brants et al., 2002

In the present work solid-phase extraction protocol based on C18 tubes and organic water washing solvents as well as isocratic HPLC procedure focused on quantification of free steroids and related low-molecular-mass endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), characterized by different polarity varied from estetrol to progesterone, were studied. Described separation method involves ...

Dabbahu volcano is located at the northern end of the active Manda Hararo rift segment in western Afar, Ethiopia. In 2005 a major rifting episode began in the segment, which has been modelled as basalt dyke injections (1). Seismic activity, inflation and deflation have been recorded at the volcano. The aim of this research is to provide an insight into the history and evolution of a silicic ...

A method whereby a mass spectra generated by a mass spectrometer is calibrated by shifting the parameters used by the spectrometer to assign masses to the spectra in a manner which reconciles the signal of ions within the spectra having equal mass but differing charge states, or by reconciling ions having known ...

Jan 22, 2011 ... Using differential astrometry SIM will search for planets with masses as ... the measurement of accurate dynamical masses for stars in binary ...

Diesel, gas turbine and liquid rocket engines requires the accurate knowledge of mass diffusion, Dij, and thermal diffusion, a~ij, coefficients. ...

the mass and energy flux through Lake Vostok, a subglacial lake in East ... help to accurately define the regions of melting and freezing within the lake ...

An apparatus and method for accurate measurement of a fluid mass in real time are described. The system is effective under conditions of reduced gravity and is used for urine collection and measurement during space flight. Diagrams of the device are provi...

The object of the paper is to show how to make highly accurate mass measurements using an appropriate electronic balance without the use of external mass standards. The method eliminates the need for a set of external mass standards and, therefore, the ne...

Reaction networks frequently appear in many natural systems, such as chemistry, biology and ecology. The modelling of these networks is commonly based on rate equations models, incorporating the law of mass action kinetics. However, when the system is microscopic, it becomes governed by fluctuations, the law of mass action kinetics no longer applies, and ...

Aim: To examine whether there is an independent association between body mass index (BMI) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in a large primary care population. Methods: Anonymous data were sequentially extracted from primary care records between 2006 and 2009 in a primary care population of approximately 220 000 people in Kent, South East UK. Using GFR, BMI, age, ...

Primary and secondary amines, including amino acids, biogenic amines, hormones, neurotransmitters, and plant siderophores, are readily derivatized with 6-aminoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate using easily performed experimental methodology. Complex mixtures of these amine derivatives can be fractionated and quantified using liquid chromatography-electrospray ...

The present experimental status on single particle inclusive measurements is described. Then, the geometrical aspect of the collision is discussed from the data of total integrated cross sections of nuclear charge or mass. The dynamical aspect of the coll...

A detailed heat and mass transport model of the migration of gas-liquid inclusions in salt was developed and compared with available experimental data. Generally good agreement was obtained, but the theory was consistently somewhat high. An advanced model...

The absorptive effects in inclusive reactions are studied by generalizing the strong-absorptive Regge-pole model from quasi-twobody reactions. It is conjectured that the radius of the interaction is a decreasing function of the missing mass and the consequences of this conjecture are discussed both in the triple-Regge limit and in the ...

Si isotopes of the FUN inclusion Vigarano 1623-5 show large degrees of mass fractionation in olivine and melilite, confirming that 1623-5 crystallized while evaporating. In melilite, O, and Si isotopes have been exchanged with a chondritic reservoir.

We report the results of a high statistics study of inclusive muon spectra at PETRA. We obtain new mass limits on the production of heavy quarks, heavy leptons, and charged Higgs particles. We show that the fragmentation properties of b quarks and c quark...

Ratios of C, O, and H dissolved in silicate glass inclusions and pillow rind glasses in samples from