On-chip single nanoparticle detection and sizing by mode splitting in an ultrahigh- Q microresonator
Jiangang Zhu, S. Ozdemir, Yun-Feng Xiao
et al.
The ability to detect and size individual nanoparticles with high resolution is crucial to understanding the behaviour of single particles and effectively using their strong size-dependent properties to develop innovative products. We report realtime, in situ detection and sizing of single nanoparticles, down to 30 nm in radius, using mode splitting in a monolithic ultrahigh-quality-factor (Q) whispering-gallery-mode microresonator. Particle binding splits a whispering-gallery mode into two spectrally shifted resonance modes, forming a self-referenced detection scheme. This technique provides superior noise suppression and enables the extraction of accurate particle size information with a single-shot measurement in a microscale device. Our method requires neither labelling of the particles nor a priori information on their presence in the medium, providing an effective platform to study nanoparticles at single-particle resolution. With the rapid progress in nanotechnology, nanoparticles of different materials and sizes have been synthesized and engineered as key components in various applications ranging from solar cell
1073 sitasi
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Physics, Materials Science
Magnetic order close to superconductivity in the iron-based layered LaO1-xFxFeAs systems
C. Cruz, C. D. Cruz, Q. Huang
et al.
Following the discovery of long-range antiferromagnetic order in the parent compounds of high-transition-temperature (high-Tc) copper oxides, there have been efforts to understand the role of magnetism in the superconductivity that occurs when mobile ‘electrons’ or ‘holes’ are doped into the antiferromagnetic parent compounds. Superconductivity in the newly discovered rare-earth iron-based oxide systems ROFeAs (R, rare-earth metal) also arises from either electron or hole doping of their non-superconducting parent compounds. The parent material LaOFeAs is metallic but shows anomalies near 150 K in both resistivity and d.c. magnetic susceptibility. Although optical conductivity and theoretical calculations suggest that LaOFeAs exhibits a spin-density-wave (SDW) instability that is suppressed by doping with electrons to induce superconductivity, there has been no direct evidence of SDW order. Here we report neutron-scattering experiments that demonstrate that LaOFeAs undergoes an abrupt structural distortion below 155 K, changing the symmetry from tetragonal (space group P4/nmm) to monoclinic (space group P112/n) at low temperatures, and then, at ∼137 K, develops long-range SDW-type antiferromagnetic order with a small moment but simple magnetic structure. Doping the system with fluorine suppresses both the magnetic order and the structural distortion in favour of superconductivity. Therefore, like high-Tc copper oxides, the superconducting regime in these iron-based materials occurs in close proximity to a long-range-ordered antiferromagnetic ground state.
1223 sitasi
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Medicine, Chemistry
Nonlinear Schrödinger equation: generalized Darboux transformation and rogue wave solutions.
Boling Guo, Liming Ling, Q. P. Liu
In this paper, we construct a generalized Darboux transformation for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. The associated N-fold Darboux transformation is given in terms of both a summation formula and determinants. As applications, we obtain compact representations for the Nth-order rogue wave solutions of the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation and Hirota equation. In particular, the dynamics of the general third-order rogue wave is discussed and shown to exhibit interesting structures.
869 sitasi
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Physics, Medicine
On crystal bases of the $Q$-analogue of universal enveloping algebras
M. Kashiwara
1290 sitasi
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Mathematics
A Primer on Q Methodology
Steven R. Brown
This primer serves two functions: (1) It is a simplified introduction to Q methodology, covering the topics of concourse, Q samples, Q sorting, correlation, factor analysis, theoretical rotation, factor scores, and factor interpretation. (2) It also illustrates different conceptions of Q methodology by taking the concept of "Q methodology" as the subject matter of the study. The factor results show how current understandings about Q are traceable to debates among Stephenson, Burt, and others in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s.
1243 sitasi
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Mathematics
Metabolism and function of coenzyme Q.
M. Turunen, J. Olsson, G. Dallner
Coenzyme Q (CoQ) is present in all cells and membranes and in addition to be a member of the mitochondrial respiratory chain it has also several other functions of great importance for the cellular metabolism. This review summarizes the findings available to day concerning CoQ distribution, biosynthesis, regulatory modifications and its participation in cellular metabolism. There are a number of indications that this lipid is not always functioning by its direct presence at the site of action but also using e.g. receptor expression modifications, signal transduction mechanisms and action through its metabolites. The biosynthesis of CoQ is studied in great detail in bacteria and yeast but only to a limited extent in animal tissues and therefore the informations available is restricted. However, it is known that the CoQ is compartmentalized in the cell with multiple sites of biosynthesis, breakdown and regulation which is the basis of functional specialization. Some regulatory mechanisms concerning amount and biosynthesis are established and nuclear transcription factors are partly identified in this process. Using appropriate ligands of nuclear receptors the biosynthetic rate can be increased in experimental system which raises the possibility of drug-induced upregulation of the lipid in deficiency. During aging and pathophysiological conditions the tissue concentration of CoQ is modified which influences cellular functions. In this case the extent of disturbances is dependent on the localization and the modified distribution of the lipid at cellular and membrane levels.
1031 sitasi
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Biology, Medicine
A q-analogue of U(g[(N+1)), Hecke algebra, and the Yang-Baxter equation
M. Jimbo
1370 sitasi
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Mathematics
Tobin's q Ratio and Industrial Organization
E. Lindenberg, S. Ross
Impedance, bandwidth, and Q of antennas
A. Yaghjian, S. Best
995 sitasi
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Physics, Engineering
Advantages and limitations of quantitative PCR (Q-PCR)-based approaches in microbial ecology.
Cindy J. Smith, Osborn, M. Osborn
et al.
873 sitasi
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Biology, Medicine
The web of modularity : arithmetic of the coefficients of modular forms and q-series
K. Ono
951 sitasi
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Mathematics
Rough volatility dynamics in commodity markets
Roberto Daluiso, Héctor Folgar-Cameán, Andrea Pallavicini
et al.
In this paper, we develop a general rough volatility model for commodities that provides an automatic calibration of the initial term structure of the futures prices and an appropriate treatment of the Samuelson effect. After the theoretical analysis of this general model, we focus on the rBergomi and rHeston models and their calibration to market data of vanilla futures options on WTI Crude Oil. Finally, numerical results illustrate the performance of the proposed rough volatility models for commodities pricing.
Biochemistry of Mitochondrial Coenzyme Q Biosynthesis.
Jonathan A Stefely, D. Pagliarini
294 sitasi
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Biology, Medicine
Microstructure-mechanical properties relationships for quenching and partitioning (Q&P) processed steel
E. Seo, L. Cho, Y. Estrin
et al.
326 sitasi
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Materials Science
Dropout Q-Functions for Doubly Efficient Reinforcement Learning
Takuya Hiraoka, Takahisa Imagawa, Taisei Hashimoto
et al.
Randomized ensembled double Q-learning (REDQ) (Chen et al., 2021b) has recently achieved state-of-the-art sample efficiency on continuous-action reinforcement learning benchmarks. This superior sample efficiency is made possible by using a large Q-function ensemble. However, REDQ is much less computationally efficient than non-ensemble counterparts such as Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) (Haarnoja et al., 2018a). To make REDQ more computationally efficient, we propose a method of improving computational efficiency called DroQ, which is a variant of REDQ that uses a small ensemble of dropout Q-functions. Our dropout Q-functions are simple Q-functions equipped with dropout connection and layer normalization. Despite its simplicity of implementation, our experimental results indicate that DroQ is doubly (sample and computationally) efficient. It achieved comparable sample efficiency with REDQ, much better computational efficiency than REDQ, and comparable computational efficiency with that of SAC.
155 sitasi
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Computer Science
The BREAST-Q in surgical research: A review of the literature 2009-2015.
Wess A. Cohen, Lily R. Mundy, Tiffany N. S. Ballard
et al.
On q-Hermite–Hadamard inequalities for general convex functions
S. Bermudo, Pawel Korus, JUAN EDUARDO Nápoles Valdés
183 sitasi
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Mathematics
A q-microscope for supercongruences
Victor J. W. Guo, W. Zudilin
Abstract By examining asymptotic behavior of certain infinite basic (q-) hypergeometric sums at roots of unity (that is, at a ‘q-microscopic’ level) we prove polynomial congruences for their truncations. The latter reduce to non-trivial (super)congruences for truncated ordinary hypergeometric sums, which have been observed numerically and proven rarely. A typical example includes derivation, from a q-analogue of Ramanujan's formula ∑ n = 0 ∞ ( 4 n 2 n ) ( 2 n n ) 2 2 8 n 3 2 n ( 8 n + 1 ) = 2 3 π , of the two supercongruences S ( p − 1 ) ≡ p ( − 3 p ) ( mod p 3 ) and S ( p − 1 2 ) ≡ p ( − 3 p ) ( mod p 3 ) , valid for all primes p > 3 , where S ( N ) denotes the truncation of the infinite sum at the N-th place and ( − 3 ⋅ ) stands for the quadratic character modulo 3.
249 sitasi
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Mathematics
Model-Free Optimal Tracking Control via Critic-Only Q-Learning
Biao Luo, Derong Liu, Tingwen Huang
et al.
301 sitasi
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Mathematics, Computer Science
Gatheral double stochastic volatility model with Skorokhod reflection
Yuliya Mishura, Andrey Pilipenko, Kostiantyn Ralchenko
We investigate the Gatheral model of double mean-reverting stochastic volatility, in which the drift term itself follows a mean-reverting process, and the overall model exhibits mean-reverting behavior. We demonstrate that such processes can attain values arbitrarily close to zero and remain near zero for extended periods, making them practically and statistically indistinguishable from zero. To address this issue, we propose a modified model incorporating Skorokhod reflection, which preserves the model's flexibility while preventing volatility from approaching zero.