Theory of small oscillations in boiling water nuclear reactors /

"Prepared under Contract AT(04-3)-165 with the United States Atomic Energy Commission."

Techniques for estimating flood peaks, volumes and hydrographs on small streams in South Dakota /

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Debris problems in the river environment /

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A new credit crunch? : the cost of credit for consumers and small businesses in New England : field hearing before the Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, October 12, 1994.

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Ground-water hydrology before, during, and after coal strip mining of a small watershed in Coshocton County, Ohio /

"U.S. Bureau of Mines contracts J0166054 and J0166055."

A possible application of organic fibers in high temperature environment /

This report was prepared by Fabric Research Laboratories, Inc. under USAF Contract No. AF33 (616)--6234 under Project No. 7320, Task No. 73201.

Starting a small business in Illinois handbook /

Cover title.

Focus on the future : small business in the 1990s : the 10th National Legislative Conference on Small Business Issues, December 11-13, 1989, San Francisco, California.

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Safeguarding U.S. agriculture in the global environment.

"Issued September 2001"--Last p.

Engineering in a forestry environment.

"October 1982"--P. [2]

Mercury in the California environment, July 1970-July 1971 /

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Allotments and small holdings in Oxfordshire; a survey made on behalf of the Institute for research in agricultural economics, University of Oxford,

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Measuring geometric phases of scattering states in nanoscale electronic devices

We show how a quantum property, a geometric phase, associated with scattering states can be exhibited in nanoscale electronic devices. We propose an experiment to use interference to directly measure the effect of this geometric phase. The setup involves a double-path interferometer, adapted from that used to measure the phase evolution of electrons as they traverse a quantum dot (QD). Gate voltages on the QD could be varied cyclically and adiabatically, in a manner similar to that used to observe quantum adiabatic charge pumping. The interference due to the geometric phase results in oscillations in the current collected in the drain when a small bias across the device is applied. We illustrate the effect with examples of geometric phases resulting from both Abelian and non-Abelian gauge potentials.

Production of superpositions of coherent states in traveling optical fields with inefficient photon detection

We develop an all-optical scheme to generate superpositions of macroscopically distinguishable coherent states in traveling optical fields. It nondeterministically distills coherent-state superpositions (CSS's) with large amplitudes out of CSS's with small amplitudes using inefficient photon detection. The small CSS's required to produce CSS's with larger amplitudes are extremely well approximated by squeezed single photons. We discuss some remarkable features of this scheme: it effectively purifies mixed initial states emitted from inefficient single-photon sources and boosts negativity of Wigner functions of quantum states.

Impacts of feeding system and season on milk composition and Cheddar cheese yield in a subtropical environment

Milk obtained from cows on 2 subtropical dairy feeding systems were compared for their suitability for Cheddar cheese manufacture. Cheeses were made in a small-scale cheesemaking plant capable of making 2 blocks ( about 2 kg each) of Cheddar cheese concurrently. Its repeatability was tested over 10 separate cheesemaking days with no significant differences being found between the 2 vats in cheesemaking parameters or cheese characteristics. In the feeding trial, 16 pairs of Holstein - Friesian cows were used in 2 feeding systems (M1, rain-grown tropical grass pastures and oats; and M5, a feedlot, based on maize/barley silage and lucerne hay) over 2 seasons ( spring and autumn corresponding to early and late lactation, respectively). Total dry matter, crude protein (kg/cow. day) and metabolisable energy (MJ/cow.day) intakes were 17, 2.7, and 187 for M1 and 24, 4, 260 for M5, respectively. M5 cows produced higher milk yields and milk with higher protein and casein levels than the M1 cows, but the total solids and fat levels were similar (P > 0.05) for both M1 and M5 cows. The yield and yield efficiency of cheese produced from the 2 feeding systems were also not significantly different. The results suggest that intensive tropical pasture systems can produce milk suitable for Cheddar cheese manufacture when cows are supplemented with a high energy concentrate. Season and stage of lactation had a much greater effect than feeding system on milk and cheesemaking characteristics with autumn ( late lactation) milk having higher protein and fat contents and producing higher cheese yields.