Petrarca, el texto de Terencio y Pietro da Moglio

[ES] Terencio fue uno de los autores que mayor interés suscitaron en Petrarca desde un punto de vista filológico, y sabemos que glosó al menos alguno de los varios mss. terencianos que estaban en su biblioteca. No conservamos ningún Terencio anotado de su puño y letra, pero tenemos dos mss. que (gracias a las subscriptiones que contienen) sabemos descienden de un ejemplar petrarquesco: sin embargo, y debido sobre todo a la extraordinaria complejidad de la historia del texto terenciano, la relación entre ambos mss. no había podido aclararse ni, por tanto, se había progresado en la reconstrucción del Terencio de Petrarca. Las principales aportaciones del presente artículo podrían resumirse así: 1, se identifican nuevos mss. que descienden del Terencio de Petrarca y se demuestra (en contra de lo que habían sostenido expresamente Sabbadini y Billanovich) que la importante edición terenciana de Pietro da Moglio (muy difundida sobre todo en Italia) contiene el mismo texto que los mss. de Petrarca; 2, se sitúa el conjunto que conforman todos estos mss. en la tradición de Terencio, y esto permite mostrar que la labor filológica realizada por Petrarca sobre el texto de las comedias no consistió en intentar restablecer la colometría correcta (como venía defendiéndose hasta ahora a partir de las subscriptiones antes citadas), sino en saber apreciar un Terencio particularmente noble y, a través del cotejo con otros mss., proponer puntualmente una colometría alternativa (pues, en efecto, se han descubierto marcas métricas que parece deben asignarse a Petrarca); 3, gracias en buena parte a los mss. nuevamente identificados (muy en particular al ms. de Estocolmo), se han podido atribuir a Petrarca glosas que se encuentran en algunos de ellos, aunque distinguiendo entre apostillas del propio Petrarca y glosas que con seguridad se encontraban en su ejemplar pero que provienen de otros mss.

Development of appropriateness explicit criteria for cataract extraction by phacoemulsification

Background: Consensus development techniques were used in the late 1980s to create explicit criteria for the appropriateness of cataract extraction. We developed a new appropriateness of indications tool for cataract following the RAND method. We tested the validity of our panel results. Methods: Criteria were developed using a modified Delphi panel judgment process. A panel of 12 ophthalmologists was assembled. Ratings were analyzed regarding the level of agreement among panelists. We studied the influence of all variables on the final panel score using linear and logistic regression models. The explicit criteria developed were summarized by classification and regression tree analysis. Results: Of the 765 indications evaluated by the main panel in the second round, 32.9% were found appropriate, 30.1% uncertain, and 37% inappropriate. Agreement was found in 53% of the indications and disagreement in 0.9%. Seven variables were considered to create the indications and divided into three groups: simple cataract, with diabetic retinopathy, or with other ocular pathologies. The preoperative visual acuity in the cataractous eye and visual function were the variables that best explained the panel scoring. The panel results were synthesized and presented in three decision trees. Misclassification error in the decision trees, as compared with the panel original criteria, was 5.3%. Conclusion: The parameters tested showed acceptable validity for an evaluation tool. These results support the use of this indication algorithm as a screening tool for assessing the appropriateness of cataract extraction in field studies and for the development of practice guidelines.

Epitaxial growth of ZnO thin films on LiGaO2 substrates by pulsed-laser deposition

Lattice-matched (Delta(a/a) = 1.8-3.4%) (001) LiGaO2 substrates have been employed for the first time to grow ZnO thin films by pulsed-laser deposition at 350-650 degrees C with oxygen partial pressure of 20Pa. XRD shows that a highly c-axis-oriented ZnO film can be deposited on (001) LiGaO2 substrate at 500 degrees C. AFM images reveal the surfaces of as-deposited ZnO films are smooth and root-mean-square values are 6.662, 5.765 and 6.834 nm at 350, 500 and 650 degrees C, respectively. PL spectra indicate only near-band-edge UV emission appears in the curve of ZnO film deposited at 500 degrees C. The deep-level emission of ZnO film deposited at 650 degrees C probably results from Li diffusion into the film. All the results illustrate substrate temperature plays a pretty important role in obtaining ZnO film with a high quality on LiGaO2 substrate by pulsed-laser deposition. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

非极性GaN薄膜及其衬底材料

本文分析了在不同衬底上生长无极性GaN薄膜的情况，这些衬底主要包括γ-LiAlO2、r面蓝宝石等。通常在蓝宝石上制备的GaN外延膜是沿c轴生长的，而c轴是GaN的极性轴，导致GaN基器件有源层量子阱中出现很强的内建电场，发光效率会因此降低，发展非极性面外延，有望克服这一物理现象，使发光效率提高。

Spectroscopic properties of Nd3+-doped high silica glass prepared by sintering porous glass

A new kind of Nd3+, -doped high silica glass (SiO2 > 96% (mass fraction)) was obtained by sintering porous glass impregnated with Nd3+, ions. The absorption and luminescence properties of high silica glass doped with different Nd3+, concentrations were studied. The intensity parameters Omega(t) (t = 2, 4, 6), spontaneous emission probability, fluorescence lifetime, radiative quantum efficiency, fluorescence branching ratio, and stimulated emission cross section were calculated using the Judd-Ofelt theory. The optimal Nd3+ concentration in high silica glass was 0.27% (mole fraction) because of its high quantum efficiency and emission intensity. By comparing the spectroscopic parameters with other Nd3+ doped oxide glasses and commercial silicate glasses, the Nd3+-doped high silica glasses are likely to be a promising material used for high power and high repetition rate lasers.

Assessing the responsiveness of existing production operations

Production responsiveness refers to the ability of a production system to achieve its operational goals in the presence of supplier, internal and customer disturbances, where disturbances are those sources of change which occur independently of the system's intentions. A set of audit tools for assessing the responsiveness of production operations is being prepared as part of an EPSRC funded investigation. These tools are based on the idea that the ability to respond is linked to: the nature of the disturbances or changes requiring a response; their impact on production goals; and the inherent response capabilities of the operation. These response capabilities include information gathering and processing (to detect disturbances and production conditions), decision processes (which initiate system responses to disturbances) and various types of process flexibilities and buffers (which provide the physical means of dealing with disturbances). The paper discusses concepts and issues associated with production responsiveness, describes the audit tools that have been developed and illustrates their use in the context of a steel manufacturing plant.