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Sintering of copper nanopowders under hydrogen: an in situ X-ray diffraction analysis.
2003
Abstract The reduction by hydrogen gas of the cuprite layer on copper nanocrystals and the subsequent sintering of the nano-particles were studied using in-situ X-ray diffraction and dilatometry. Spherical nanocrystals produced by evaporation and condensation have an average size of 35 nm, exhibiting a large surface curvature. Each nanoparticle is coated with a 3.5 nm layer of Cu 2 O, which is rough and disordered, as revealed by high-resolution electron microscopy. Reduction by hydrogen of this curved cuprite layer occurs at 363 K, which is ≈65 K lower than is observed on a layer supported by micrometer-sized or bulk copper with a flat surface. The reduction process and its effect on the s…
A la usanza morisca : el modelo cultural islámico y su recepción en la corte real de Castilla
2019
La construcción de la imagen del poder regio en la Corona de Castilla no fue ajena a la influencia de la cultura islámica, articulada por la historiografía en torno al fenómeno conocido como mudejarismo. El presente artículo buscará realizar una aproximación a dicha problemática desde el punto de vista del estudio de los modelos culturales y de los procesos de recepción cultural en la corte real de Castilla. Dichos aspectos se estudiarán a través de la recepción de un conjunto de manifestaciones propias de la cultura islámica y andalusí, como los textiles, los rituales de exhibición del soberano y la arquitectura palatina, así como la reorientación que dichas expresiones experimentarán, en …
Modality and Uncertainty in Data Visualizations: A Corpus Approach to the Use of Connecting Lines
2020
In data visualizations, connecting lines may have various semiotic functions, including the semiotic potential of indicating modality and uncertainty. The goal of this article is to find out how this semiotic potential is realized in current best practices of data visualizations and what conventions exist for the visual manifestations of these functions. This issue is addressed by using a corpus-based approach and a two-level analysis method within a social semiotic framework. First, the article offers a theoretical discussion on how the concepts of modality and uncertainty interrelate. Second, a method for investigating how these concepts are visualized at different levels is presented. Th…
On the Evaluation of Images Complexity: A Fuzzy Approach
2006
The inherently multidimensional problem of evaluating the complexity of an image is of a certain relevance in both computer science and cognitive psychology. Computer scientists usually analyze spatial dimensions, to deal with automatic vision problems, such as feature-extraction. Psychologists seem more interested in the temporal dimension of complexity, to explore attentional models. Is it possible, by merging both approaches, to define an more general index of visual complexity? We have defined a fuzzy mathematical model of visual complexity, using a specific entropy function; results obtained by applying this model to pictorial images have a strong correlation with ones from an experime…
Selective proper name anomia in a patient with asymmetric cortical degeneration
1998
All cases of selective anomic deficit for proper names described until now are a consequence of focal cerebral lesions. In the present paper, we report the case of a patient, AF, with a deficient access to proper names of persons and normal access to common names probably subsumed by a degenerative process of the left cerebral hemisphere. MRI evidenced an atrophy of the left temporal lobe and SPECT highlighted hypoperfusion of the left hemisphere. Neuropsychological examination documented a deficient production of proper names belonging to famous personalities both on visual presentation and verbal definition. Moreover, on verbal fluency tasks, AF was poor for the categories of famous peopl…
Modulation of excitatory and inhibitory circuits for visual awareness in the human right parietal cortex.
2005
The balance of specific patterns of excitation and inhibition in critical regions of both hemispheres could be relevant in orienting attention over the extrapersonal space. In the present study a group of normal subjects had to detect small rectangular stimuli presented briefly on a computer screen in three different conditions: unilateral presentation either to left or right visual periphery or bilateral simultaneous presentation. Paired transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), was applied over the right parietal cortex 150 ms after the presentation of the visual stimuli with different inter-stimulus intervals (ISIs: 1, 3,5 and 10 ms). When paired TMS was applied 150 ms, but not 100 ms, af…
Evaluation of intraocular pressure and other biomechanical parameters to distinguish between subclinical keratoconus and healthy corneas
2021
(1) Purpose: To assess the main corneal response differences between normal and subclinical keratoconus (SCKC) with a Corvis® ST device. (2) Material and Methods: We selected 183 eyes of normal patients, of a mean age of 33 ± 9 years and 16 eyes of patients with SCKC of a similar mean age. We measured best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and corneal topography with a Pentacam HD device to select the SCKC group. Biomechanical measurements were performed using the Corvis® ST device. We carried out a non-parametric analysis of the data with SPSS software (Wilcoxon signed rank-test). (3) Results: We found statistically significant differences between the control and SCKC groups in some corneal b…
Transition from self tilt to object tilt during maintained lateral tilt in parabolic flight.
1991
Abstract 19 young healthy subjects were subjected to parabolic rollercoaster flight. A horizontal luminous line was seen by the subjects in a headfixed goggle device. During the hypergravic phases of parabolic flight the luminous line seemed to rotate into and during the hypogravic phase against the direction of static head tilt. Ocular counter rotation and activity of the neck position receptors cannot explain these subjective rotations. We conclude that information from the otolith system, converging with visual information within the brain, dislocated the headfixed visual target line. While the retinal image of the luminous line remains unchanged, loading and unloading the otoliths in pa…
A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Magnetic Properties of a Family of Bis(μ‐phenoxido)dicopper(II) Complexes Bearing ω‐[Bis(2‐hydro…
2009
Five new neutral bis(μ-phenoxido)dicopper(II) complexes, [Cu2(μ-HL1)2]·3EtOH·H2O (1), [Cu2(μ-HL2)2]·1.65H2O (2), [Cu2(μ-HL3)2(μ-H2O)] (3), [Cu2(μ-HL4)2] (4) and [Cu2(μ-HL5)2(μ-H2O)] (5), were prepared from a family of ω-[bis(2-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylbenzyl)amino]alkan-1-ol ligands (H3L1–H3L5 derived from 2-aminoethanol, 3-aminopropanol, 4-aminobutanol, 5-aminopentanol and 6-aminohexanol, respectively) bearing a [O,N,O,O′] donor set. In complexes 3 and 5, there is also a bridging water molecule between the metallic centres. The copper(II) coordination planes of all these complexes form a roof-like structure (the bridging O atoms are located at the top of the roof). The structural differences fo…
Über blei-haltige Heterocyclen
1990
Abstract Crystal structures of alternating six-membered rings [Ph2PbS]3-P21/c and [Ph2SnS]3-P21/n have been determined by X-ray methods. Both heterocycles exhibit a C2-symmetric twisted boat conformation with tetrahedral coordination of the metal atoms [dPbS 2.491 A (dSnS 2.401 A, dPbC 2.19 A (dSnC 2.129 A)]. No additional intermolecular contacts have been found. A ring-segment exchange reaction in solution has been observed by NMR. In the resulting equilibrium new cyclic compounds containing both tin and lead atoms with coupling constants 2J(207PbS119Sn) 226 Hz have been detected. FD-mass spectra indicate formation of dimeric molecular units.