Effect of neodymium (Nd) doping on the dielectric and ferroelectric characteristics of sol-gel derived lead zirconate titanate (53/47) thin films

The results of the studies on the effect of rare earth Nd doping on the phase formation behavior and electrical properties of sol-gel derived Pb-1.05(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O-3 (PZT) thin films are presented. The perovskite phase is obtained up to 5 at. % doping and beyond that pyrochlore phase was found to coexist with the perovskite phase in all the films. The transition temperature of undoped lead zirconate titanate (PZT) film was found to be reduced with Nd doping. The Nd doped films also exhibited typical relaxor-type behavior and a diffuse phase transition, similar to that observed in relaxor materials. The introduction of Nd into the PZT lattice probably introduces disorder in the B site of ABO(3) lattice, which causes the observed dielectric relaxation. Efforts were made to isolate the irreversible component contributions in low field dielectric and high field polarization switching behavior. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

Gd1.96-xYxEu0.04O3 (x=0.0, 0.49, 0.98, 1.47, 1.96 mol%) nanophosphors: Propellant combustion synthesis, structural and luminescence studies

Gd1.96-xYxEu0.04O3 (x = 0.0, 0.49, 0.98, 1.47, 1.96 mol%) nanophosphors were synthesized by propellant combustion method at low temperature (400 degrees C). The powder X-ray diffraction patterns of as formed Gd1.96Eu0.04O3 showed monoclinic phase, however with the addition of yttria it transforms from monoclinic to pure cubic phase. The porous nature increases with increase of yttria content. The particle size was estimated from Scherrer's and W-H plots which was found to be in the range 30-40 nm. These results were in well agreement with transmission electron microscopy studies. The optical band gap energies estimated were found to be in the range 5.32-5.49 eV. PL emission was recorded under 305 nm excitation show an intense emission peak at 611 nm along with other emission peaks at 582, 641 nm. These emission peaks were attributed to the transition of D-5(0) —> F-7(J) (J = 0, 1, 2, 3) of Eu3+ ions. It was observed that PL intensity increases with increase of Y content up to x = 0.98 and thereafter intensity decreases. CIE color co-ordinates indicates that at x = 1.47 an intense red bright color can be achieved, which could find a promising application in flat panel displays. The cubic and monoclinic phases show different thermoluminescence glow peak values measured under identical conditions. The response of the cubic phase to the applied dose showed good linearity, negligible fading, and simple glow curve structure than monoclinic phase indicating that suitability of this phosphor in dosimetric applications. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Regeneration of Juvenile Woody Plants after Fire in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest of Southern India

Woody tree species in seasonally dry tropical forests are known to have traits that help them to recover from recurring disturbances such as fire. Two such traits are resprouting and rapid post-fire growth. We compared survival and growth rates of regenerating small-sized individuals (juveniles) of woody tree species after dry season fire (February-March) at eight adjacent pairs of burnt and unburnt transects in a seasonally dry tropical forest in southern India. Juveniles were monitored at 3-mo intervals between August 2009 and August 2010. High juvenile survivorship (>95%) was observed in both burnt and unburnt areas. Growth rates of juveniles, analyzed at the community level as well as for a few species individually (especially fast-growing ones), were distinctly higher in burnt areas compared to unburnt areas after a fire event, particularly during the pre-monsoon season immediately after a fire. Rapid growth by juveniles soon after a fire may be due to lowered competition from other vegetative forms such as grasses, possibly aided by the availability of resources stored belowground. Such an adaptation would allow a juvenile bank to be retained in the understory of a dry forest, from where individuals can grow to a possible fire-tolerant size during favorable conditions.

Letras, 2002-2003, nº 46-47 (número completo)

Contenido: Resúmenes – Ángel J. Battistessa, 1902-2002 – Un abordaje lingüístico del texto. La sintaxis de la oralidad en “Cae la noche tropical” de Manuel Puig / Norma Carricaburo – Una lectura de los “Cuatro Cuartetos” de T. S. Eliot / Inés de Cassagne – El mundo de la palabra en la comunicación oral: percepción, reconocimiento y acceso al léxico / María Amalia García Jurado – La pluralidad discursiva en la narrativa argentina de las últimas décadas / Luis Martínez Cuitiño – Una perspectiva humanista para el estudio de las letras: los aportes de la fenomenología y la hermenéutica / Graciela Maturo – La acrecibilidad como rasgo genérico y la edición de una crónica medieval en dos versiones / José Luis Moure – Del Siglo de Oro al cine argentino / Saura, Norma – La locución conjuntiva tanto que y la correlación anafórica tanto… que en la subordinación temporal y consecutiva del “Amadís de Gaula” de Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo / Aquilino Suárez Pallasá – Notas – Reseñas bibliográficas

Prudentia Iuris, 1998, n° 47-48 (número completo)

Contenido: Editorial – Perspectivas del Derecho del Trabajo / Jorge Rodríguez Mancini – Conciliación laboral / Santiago A. Zarza – Modificaciones introducidas al régimen remuneratorio por la ley 24.700 / Liliana Hebe Litterio – Pago de la remuneración mediante depósito bancario / Liliana Hebe Litterio – Régimen de asignaciones familiares / José B. Gómez Paz – Trabajo humano y retribución justa / Mario F. Vivino – La reforma laboral según la Ley 25.013 / Juan Manuel Arias – Reflexiones contemporáneas: Presentación – La filosofía de la guerra y la paz más allá de las tres “tradiciones” / Hernando V. Cañardo – Democracia, modernidad y cristianismo / Philippe Benetón – Derechas e izquierdas en el pensamiento político contemporáneo / Dalmacio Negro Pavón – El mercado común del cono sur - Mercosur / Fernando P. Brebbia – Integración sudamericana y derecho / Francisco Arias Pellerano – Discurso televisivo y discurso judicial / Luis María Bandieri – Recensiones – Anexo legislativo

Sapientia, 1958, Vol. XIII, nº 47 (número completo)

Contenido: Ascética y filosofía / La Dirección – Ontología de la historia / Octavio N. Derisi – La filosofía moral en el cinismo / Benito R. Raffo Magnasco -- Despotismo universal y Katéchon Paulino en Donoso Cortés (I) / Alberto Caturelli – Notas y comentarios – Bibliografía

Semi-gas kinetics model for performance modeling of flowing chemical oxygen-iodine lasers (COIL)

A semi-gas kinetics (SGK) model for performance analyses of flowing chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) is presented. In this model, the oxygen-iodine reaction gas flow is treated as a continuous medium, and the effect of thermal motions of particles of different laser energy levels on the performances of the COIL is included and the velocity distribution function equations are solved by using the double-parameter perturbational method. For a premixed flow, effects of different chemical reaction systems, different gain saturation models and temperature, pressure, yield of excited oxygen, iodine concentration and frequency-shift on the performances of the COIL are computed, and the calculated output power agrees well with the experimental data. The results indicate that the power extraction of the SGK model considering 21 reactions is close to those when only the reversible pumping reaction is considered, while different gain saturation models and adjustable parameters greatly affect the output power, the optimal threshold gain range, and the length of power extraction.

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 338]

A sessão que votará as mudanças no regimento está marcada para esta tarde. Os grupos ainda não definiram um acordo, e continuam negociando. O Centrão assegura que tem maioria para aprovar suas propostas e mudar o sistema de votação no Plenário do Projeto de Constituição. São citadas as principais propostas do Centrão. O Deputado Carlos Sant¿anna (PMDB-BA) comenta a questão. O Deputado Jorge Leite (PMDB-RJ) afirma que o desejo dos Constituintes é colocar as coisas em ordem, e fazer uma Constituição progressista, moderna voltada para os interesses do povo brasileiro e depressa. O Deputado Sarney Filho (PFL- MA) acredita que quem deve produzir a Constituição é a maioria dos Constituintes eleitos legitimamente para elaborá-la. O Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) havia mantido as vantagens salarias dos marajás de Alagoas. Mas o Governador Fernando Collor de Melo decidiu que não vai cumprir a sentença do Supremo e não vai pagar os marajás. A maioria da Constituinte apoia decisão do Governador de Alagoas e, dentre eles, estão os Deputados Eduardo Bomfim (PMDB-AL) e Amaury Muller (PDT-RS). O Senador Ronan Tito (PMDB-MG) deseja suprimir o artigo da Constituição que trata do direito adquirido, pois defende que o tema deve ser consagrado no Código Civil. O Deputado Francisco Kuster (PMDB-SC) afirma que se o partido não der apoio, os Constituintes irão buscar apoio suprapartidário para encaminhar um projeto de decisão na Assembleia Nacional Constituinte (ANC) para impedir que o governador de Alagoas venha a pagar os salários dos marajás.

Aquaculture Asia, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp.1-47, April-June 2003

*Table of Contents* Sustainable Aquaculture Peter Edwards writes on rural aquaculture: Peri-urban aquaculture in Kolkata A case of informal shrimp farmers association and its role in sustainable shrimp farming in Tamil Nadu, India M. Kumaran, N. Kalaimani, K. Ponnusamy, V.S. Chandrasekaran, D. Deboral Vimala Diffusion and adoption of shrimp farming technologies M. Kumaran, K. Ponnusamy and N. Kalaimani Farmers as Scientists: Aquaculture education in India - opportunities for global partnership M.C. Nandeesha Information system of fish germplasm resources in China Yang Ningsheng, Ge Chanshui, Ouyang Haiying, Yuan Yongming Status and development needs of freshwater crustacean aquaculture in China Xu Pao Research and Farming Techniques Aquaculture fundamentals: Getting the most out of your feed Part II: The role of macronutrients Simon Wilkinson Fish breeding in captivity - some innovative adaptations of technology by Bengal farmers N.R. Chattopadhyay Scientific guidelines for farmers engaged in freshwater prawn farming in India Vishal Saxena Marine Finfish Section News and publications Status and development of mariculture in Indonesia Ketut Sugama Aquatic Animal Health Use of probiotics in larval rearing of new candidate species Rehana Abidi Advice on aquatic animal health care: Problems in shrimp culture during the wet season (Thai/English languages) Pornlerd Chanratchakool

TiC原位增强块状Cu_(47)Ti_(34)Zr_(11)Ni_8非晶合金复合材料

在电弧炉中利用吸铸法制备了直径1-4 mm的原位生成TiC和β-Ti枝晶联合增强的块状Cu47Ti34Zr11Ni8非晶合金复合材料.DSC热分析结果表明,原位生成TiC颗粒的引入,没有影响基体合金的非晶形成能力.用OM,XRD,SEM,EDS等方法研究了复合材料的相组成、微观组织以及成分分布,结果表明,TiC颗粒作为异质形核中心促进了β-Ti枝晶的形成,形成了TiC颗粒和β-Ti枝晶联合增强的块状Cu47Ti34Zr11Ni8非晶合金复合材料,而且β-Ti枝晶的尺寸和数量与TiC颗粒的多少以及试样的尺寸有关.室温压缩试验表明,同单相非晶合金相比,块状Cu47Ti34Zr11Ni8非晶合金复合材料提高了抗压强度及塑性.

The presence in the Marche of Sericostoma siculum McL. (Insecta-Trichoptera). Translation from: Boll.Soc.eustachiana 43(2), 47-50, 1950]

The caddisfly (Trichoptera) Sericostoma siculum was found in the Marche region in Italy. The article summarises biology and ecology of the caddisfly, focusing on the larvae stage.

Avoided temperatures by young fish [Translation from: Informatsionnyi Byulleten Biologiya Vnutrennikh Vod No.50, 45-47, 1981]

Directed local changes of water temperature for the purpose of controlling the behaviour of fish are based on the knowledge of the characteristics of seasonal-age dynamics of their thermoadaptation possibilities. These possibilities are still inadequately studied especially in relation to avoided temperatures. By the authors the attempt was made to determine zones of avoided temperatures for the young of five species of fish (bream, roach, blue bream, perch, peled) in the summer period of the year, and also to assess the influence on them of additional factors, in particular mechanical driving. In parallel in two-fold repetition were conducted experiments on the determination of selected, shock and lethal temperatures of these fish. Experiments were conducted with fish, caught in the littoral of the Rybinsk reservoir.

Influence of starvation on selected temperatures in the young of bream, roach and perch [Translation from: Informatsionnyi Byulleten Biologiya Vnutrennikh Vod No.50, 45-47, 1981]

Works devoted to the influence of starvation on temperature selection by fishes are few and their conclusions are contradictory. This study determined the influence of brief, up to 14 days, starvation on temperature selection by young fishes. The experiments were carried out in August-September 1976 on fingerling bream (Abramis brama L.), roach (Rutilus rutilus L.) and perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) with body lengths of 3-5 cm and weight 0.5-1.2 g. The young fish were caught in the littoral by seine-nets or small drag-nets. Immediately after catching the fish they were put in acclimatization boxes. The period of acclimatization did not exceed 2 days for bream and roach at a temperature of 20 °C and 6 days for perch at 17 °C. Before the start of the experiment and for the first 10 days of the experiment the fish were fed with oligochaetes, earthworms and daphnia, after that feeding discontinued. At the end of a 10-14 day period the giving of food was resumed. The study concludes that the experiments have shown that in the summer season the factor of starvation significantly changes the reaction to the gradient of temperature in young cyprihids - roach and bream.

Front pages with contents of No. 47, 1989.

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