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Preliminary evaluation of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy for slurry samples

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2009
Abstract Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) was applied to the analysis of simulant slurry samples used in the vitrification process of liquid radioactive wastes. A spectroscopic analysis was performed by two different detection systems: Czerny-Turner spectrometer coupled with intensified diode array detector (IDAD) and an Echelle ...
Seong Yong Oh, Fang Yu Yueh, Jagdish P. Singh, Connie C. Herman, Kristine Zeigler   +4 more
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Preliminary experimental results on water breakdown in tens nanoseconds region

2011 IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids, 2011
Deionized water is a good dielectric material. In this paper, preliminary investigations are carried out on water breakdown in tens nanoseconds region via a switch with “point-plane” electrodes. The switch is set up on the output port of a wave erection Marx generator, which can deliver a minus high voltage pulse with an amplitude of 0∼300 kV, and a ...
Jingming Gao, Yonggui Liu, Tao Xun, Jinliang Liu, Jianhua Yang   +4 more
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Preliminary evaluation of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for tissue classification

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2009
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is an on-line, real-time technology that can produce immediate information about the elemental contents of tissue samples. We have previously shown that LIBS may be used to distinguish cancerous from non-cancerous tissue.
Fang-Yu Yueh, Hongbo Zheng, Jagdish P. Singh, Shane Burgess   +3 more
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Preliminary estimate of the cost breakdown for the Fusion Ignition Experiment IGNITEX

IEEE Thirteenth Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 2003
A preliminary estimate of the cost breakdown for the Fusion Ignition Experiment (IGNITEX) is presented. The IGNITEX concept proposed by M.N. Rosenbluth, W.F. Weldon, and H.H. Woodson (1987) is based on B. Coppi's idea for a compact thermonuclear experiment and has the potential to produce and control ignited plasmas at a relatively low cost ($130M ...
R. Carrera, W.D. Booth, J.H. Gully, R. Tucker, W.A. Walls, W.F. Weldon, M. Werst   +6 more
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Characteristic of preliminary breakdown preceding negative return stroke in Malaysia

2015 IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON), 2015
This paper describes a study on the characteristics of preliminary breakdown pulses (PBPs) preceding negative return strokes. Such characterization is needed due to the lack of available data, especially for negative lightning, in Malaysia. Measurements were carried out in Johor Bahru, Malaysia in October 2014 using broadband antennas and a high ...
Chin-Leong Wooi, Zulkurnain Abdul-Malek, Noor Azlinda Ahmad, Mehrdad Mokhtari   +3 more
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Comparison of preliminary breakdown pulses observed in Sweden and in Sri Lanka

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 1998
Abstract In this paper we have analysed breakdown pulse trains preceding the first return stroke in 47 negative cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning flashes observed in Sri Lanka (tropics) and that in 41 negative CG flashes recorded in Sweden (temperate regions). In the data obtained in Sri Lanka, breakdown pulses could be detected only in nine flashes. In
Chandima Gomes, Vernon Cooray, Chandana Jayaratne   +2 more
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Preliminary Study on Detection of Behavioral Features at Conversation Breakdown in Human-Robot Interactions

2019 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2019
Communication robots are expected to help elderly people that live alone. However, it is difficult for existing conversation systems to communicate smoothly. One reason for this is that the robot cannot recognize conversation breakdowns. To solve this problem, we tried to detect human motion characteristics when conversation is not established.
Ayaka Kawamoto, Kazuyoshi Wada, Tomohiko Kitamura, Kaoto Kuroki   +3 more
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Tryptophan breakdown is increased in euthymic overweight individuals with bipolar disorder: a preliminary report

Bipolar Disorders, 2013
ObjectivesIndividuals with bipolar disorder (BD) are disproportionately affected by symptoms of being overweight and metabolic syndrome when compared to the general population. The pertinence of this observation is underscored by observations that excess weight is associated with a more complex illness presentation, course, and outcome in BD.
Eva Z, Reininghaus, Roger S, McIntyre, Bernd, Reininghaus, Simon, Geisler, Susanne A, Bengesser, Nina, Lackner, Karen, Hecht, Armin, Birner, Fabian, Kattnig, Renate, Unterweger, Hans-Peter, Kapfhammer, Sieglinde, Zelzer, Dietmar, Fuchs, Harald, Mangge   +13 more
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Spectrin breakdown products in the cerebrospinal fluid in severe head injury – preliminary observations

Acta Neurochirurgica, 2005
Calcium-induced proteolytic processes are considered key players in the progressive pathobiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Activation of calpain and caspases after TBI leads to the cleavage of cytoskeletal proteins such as non-erythroid alpha II-spectrin.
O, Farkas, B, Polgár, J, Szekeres-Barthó, T, Dóczi, J T, Povlishock, A, Büki   +5 more
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Breakdown of Chlorophyll: Partial synthesis of a putative intermediary catabolite. Preliminary communication

Helvetica Chimica Acta, 1997
AbstractThe partial synthesis of 10,22‐dihydro‐4,5‐dioxo‐4,5‐secopheophorbide a (1) from pheophorbide a methyl ester (2) is described. A regioselective, photooxygenolytic reaction of (pheophorbidato a methyl ester)cadmium(II)(3) provides the entry to the crucial 4,5‐secoporphinoid structure in form of the (10,22‐dihydro‐4,5‐dioxo‐4,5‐seco ...
Bernhard Kräutler, Walter Mühlecker, Maximilian Anderl, Benjamin Gerlach   +3 more
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