El Dr. Lluís Via Boada, una vida fecunda

El Dr. Lluís Via Boada, nació en Vilafranca del Penedes en octubre de 1910, y empezó sus estudios eclesiásticos en el Seminario de Barcelona en setiembre de 1925.

Effective one-dimensional square well for two-dimensional quantum wires

The symmetrical two-dimensional quantum wire with two straight leads joined to an arbitrarily shaped interior cavity is studied with emphasis on the single-mode approximation. It is found that for both transmission and bound-state problems the solution is equivalent to that for an energy-dependent one-dimensional square well. Quantum wires with a circular bend, and with single and double right-angle bends, are examined as examples. We also indicate a possible way to detect bound states in a double bend based on the experimental setup of Wu et al.

Ellipsometric study of a-Si:H thin films deposited by square wave modulated rf glow discharge

Thin films of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a‐Si:H), deposited by square wave modulated (SQWM) rf silane discharges, have been studied through spectroscopic and real time phase modulated ellipsometry. The SQMW films obtained at low mean rf power density (19 mW/cm2) have shown smaller surface roughness than those obtained in standard continuous wave (cw) rf discharges. At higher rf powers (≥56 mW/cm2), different behaviors depending on the modulating frequency have been observed. On the one hand, at low modulating frequencies (<40 Hz), the SQWM films have shown a significant increase of porosity and surface roughness as compared to cw samples. On the other, at higher modulating frequencies, the material density and roughness have been found to be similar in SQWM and cw films. Furthermore, the deposition rate of the films show more pronounced increases with the modulating frequency as the rf power is increased. Experimental results are discussed in terms of plasma negative charged species which can be relatively abundant in high rf power discharges and cause significant effects on the deposited layers through polymers, clusters, and powder formation.

Surface characterization techniques for determining the root-mean-square roughness and power spectral densities of optical components

Surface topography and light scattering were measured on 15 samples ranging from those having smooth surfaces to others with ground surfaces. The measurement techniques included an atomic force microscope, mechanical and optical profilers, confocal laser scanning microscope, angle-resolved scattering, and total scattering. The samples included polished and ground fused silica, silicon carbide, sapphire, electroplated gold, and diamond-turned brass. The measurement instruments and techniques had different surface spatial wavelength band limits, so the measured roughnesses were not directly comparable. Two-dimensional power spectral density (PSD) functions were calculated from the digitized measurement data, and we obtained rms roughnesses by integrating areas under the PSD curves between fixed upper and lower band limits. In this way, roughnesses measured with different instruments and techniques could be directly compared. Although smaller differences between measurement techniques remained in the calculated roughnesses, these could be explained mostly by surface topographical features such as isolated particles that affected the instruments in different ways.

Mean first-passage time for system driven by the coin-toss square wave

We study the mean-first-passage-time problem for systems driven by the coin-toss square-wave signal. Exact analytic solutions are obtained for the driftless case. We also obtain approximate solutions for the potential case. The mean-first-passage time exhibits discontinuities and a remarkable nonsmooth oscillatory behavior which, to our knowledge, has not been observed for other kinds of driving noise.

Resonating-valence-bond theory for the square-planar lattice

The short-range resonating-valence-bond (RVB) wave function with nearest-neighbor (NN) spin pairings only is investigated as a possible description for the Heisenberg model on a square-planar lattice. A type of long-range order associated to this RVB Ansatz is identified along with some qualitative consequences involving lattice distortions, excitations, and their coupling.

HLA class II antigens (DR, DQ LOCI) and peripheral arthritis in ankylosing spondylitis.

Fifty one patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) were typed for HLA-A, B, C, DR, and DQ antigens. The antigen frequencies were compared with those of a normal population and with a B27 positive control group. All but one of the patients with AS were HLA-B27 positive. A positive linkage disequilibrium between Cw1, Cw2, DR1, and the B27 antigen was observed. Patients with AS showed a significant increase in DQw2 antigen compared with the B27 positive control group. No differences in antigenic frequencies were observed in patients having peripheral arthritis and patients with only axial involvement. Seven out of nine patients (78%) with an erosive peripheral arthritis were DR7 positive, suggesting that DR7 or genes closely linked could be related with a more aggressive peripheral joint involvement in patients with AS.

Incursiones en Occidente: comentarios a una ponencia del Dr Maluquer de Motes en Santiago de Compostela (1973)

Lo primero que hay que señalar es que siendo episódica la dedicación del autor al estudio de la Cultura Castreña del Noroeste (Maluquer, 1954; 1970; 1973A Y B; 1975), algunos de sus trabajos, en especial el documentado estudio en la Ha de España dirigida por Menéndez Pidal y el que es objeto de nuestro análisis, constituyeron hitos en el estudio del mundo castreño.

El Dr. Joan Maluquer de Motes i el Paleolític: evocació d'unes troballes ocasionals

Dins d'aquest volum de merescut homenatge a la memoria del meu mestre, el Dr. Joan Maluquer de Motes i Nicolau, m'ha correspost glossar les seves esporadiques incursions en els moments més antics de la Prehistoria i 1'Epipaleolítico Eren les fases que més s'allunyaven del seu veritable interes professional i vocacional: la Protohistoria.

Discurs llegit en l’acte d’ingrés de l’Acadèmic Numerari Molt Il·lustre Sr. Dr. Cèsar Blanché i Vergés. Celebrat el dia 8 d’abril de 2013. Discurs de contestació a càrrec de l’Acadèmic Numerari Molt Il·lustre Sr. Dr. Miquel Salgot de Marçay

Discurs llegit en l’acte d’ingrés de l’Acadèmic Numerari Molt Il·lustre Sr. Dr. Cèsar Blanché i Vergés Celebrat el dia 8 d’abril de 2013. Discurs de contestació a càrrec de l’Acadèmic Numerari Molt Il·lustre Sr. Dr. Miquel Salgot de Marçay

Discurs llegit en l’acte d’ingrés de l’Acadèmic Numerari Molt Il·lustre Sr. Dr. Cèsar Blanché i Vergés. Celebrat el dia 8 d’abril de 2013. Discurs de contestació a càrrec de l’Acadèmic Numerari Molt Il·lustre Sr. Dr. Miquel Salgot de Marçay

Discurs llegit en l’acte d’ingrés de l’Acadèmic Numerari Molt Il·lustre Sr. Dr. Cèsar Blanché i Vergés Celebrat el dia 8 d’abril de 2013. Discurs de contestació a càrrec de l’Acadèmic Numerari Molt Il·lustre Sr. Dr. Miquel Salgot de Marçay

Asymptotic equivalence between the unconditional maximum likelihood and the square-law nonlinearity symbol timing estimation

This paper provides a systematic approach to theproblem of nondata aided symbol-timing estimation for linearmodulations. The study is performed under the unconditionalmaximum likelihood framework where the carrier-frequencyerror is included as a nuisance parameter in the mathematicalderivation. The second-order moments of the received signal arefound to be the sufficient statistics for the problem at hand and theyallow the provision of a robust performance in the presence of acarrier-frequency error uncertainty. We particularly focus on theexploitation of the cyclostationary property of linear modulations.This enables us to derive simple and closed-form symbol-timingestimators which are found to be based on the well-known squaretiming recovery method by Oerder and Meyr. Finally, we generalizethe OM method to the case of linear modulations withoffset formats. In this case, the square-law nonlinearity is foundto provide not only the symbol-timing but also the carrier-phaseerror.

Dr. Pedro Gómez de Almodóvar (1601-1667). Médico, matemático y astrónomo hellinense

En este artículo se presentan una serie de datos biográficos que dan luz sobre la vida del Dr. Pedro Gómez de Almodóvar, médico, matemático y astrónomo hellinense del siglo XVII. La revisión de libros sacramentales, así como el análisis de diversas escrituras notariales (testamentos, inventarios, ventas, etc.) aportan nuevos datos sobre este personaje descubierto por Francisco Mendoza y Luis-Guillermo García-Sauco hace ya 30 años cuando publicaron su interesante biblioteca.