The Influence of the Amount of Fluoride Catalyst on the Morphological Properties of the Anilinepropylsilica Xerogel Prepared in Basic Medium

Anilinepropylsilica hybrid powder was synthesized by a sol-gel route in basic medium using HF as catalyst. The effect of the amount of HF catalyst on the morphologies and on organic content was studied. The xerogels were characterized using FTIR, SEM and N₂ adsorption-desorption isotherms. The increase in the HF quantity results in an slight increase in organic content and changes in the particle size, surface area and pore structure.     

Beugung am Kegel elliptischen Querschnitts und die Sommerfeldsche Lösung des Halbebenenproblems

Übersicht In dieser Arbeit wird die Beugung am Kegel elliptischen Querschnitts behandelt. Wir leiten zwei Greensche Funktionen ab, die der Dirichlet- bzw. der Neumann-Bedingung auf dem Kegel genügen und die Ausstrahlungsbedingung erfüllen. Das Randwertproblem wird zurückgeführt auf die Lösung eines zweiparametrigen Eigenwertproblems mit zwei gekoppelten Laméschen Differentialgleichungen. Wir analysieren insbesondere die Beugung einer ebenen Welle an der sektorförmigen Fläche. Im Grenzfall eines Sektoröffnungswinkels von 180° gehen die Reihenentwicklungen unter Zuhilfenahme eines speziellen Gegenbauerschen Additionstheorems und einer erzeugenden Funktion für Besselfunktionen mit ganzzahligem und halbzahligem Index über in die Sommerfeldsche Lösung des Halbebenenproblems.

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Diffraction by an elliptic cone and Sommerfeld's half-plane solution

Contents In this article we examine the diffraction by an elliptic cone. We derive two Green's functions satisfying the Dirichlet-resp. Neumann-condition on the boundary of the cone. The boundary value problem is reduced to a two-parametric eigenvalue problem with two coupled Lamé equations. We analyse the diffraction of a plane wave by a plane angular sector. In the limiting case of a sector angle of 180° the series expansions pass — using a special form of Gegenbauer's addition theorem and the generating function for Bessel functions with integral and half-integral indices — into Sommerfeld's half-plane solution.

     

Betriebsmittelbezogene Lastmodellierung in Verteilungsnetzen

Übersicht Der Betriebszustand eines Verteilungsnetzes wird durch die Strombelastung aller Betriebsmittel beschrieben. Mit Hilfe einer statischen Estimationsmethode werden aus einzelnen Messungen und der Kenntnis der Verbrauchsdaten typische Verbraucherkurven (TVK) berechnet, die das elektrische Verhalten verschiedener Verbrauchergruppen widerspiegeln. Auf dieser Basis ist eine betriebsmittelbezogene Lastmodellierung an beliebigen Betriebsmitteln in Abhängigkeit der Verbraucherzusammensetzung unter Berücksichtigung externer Einflüsse wie der Temperatur möglich. Die so gewonnenen Belastungsverläufe erlauben eine Beschreibung des Netzzustands in den Verteilungsnetzen.

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Bus load modelling in distribution systems

Contents The operating state of a distribution system is determined by the bus load current. Based on individual substation measurements and the load composition typical load curves are calculated using statistical estimation theory. These typical load curves describe the electrical behaviour of the different load types (e.g. household, storage heating, commerce etc.). As soon as the typical load curves are determined it is possible to calculate the bus load current in any substation taking external influences such as temperature into consideration. The bus load current serve as load models which completely describe the operating state of the distribution system.

     

Reproducibility of functional transcranial Doppler sonography in determining hemispheric language lateralization

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Since functional transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (fTCD) allows convenient and fully automated quantification of language lateralization, it seems ideal for longitudinal studies of perfusion changes during deterioration as well as recovery of language functions. However, during serial examinations, the technical, stochastic, and physiological variabilities of cerebral blood flow velocities (CBFV) have to be considered. Therefore, before fTCD is accepted as a tool for evaluation of changes in lateralization in the diseased state, its reliability in healthy subjects needs to be determined. METHODS: We performed fTCD during a word generation task based on a previously validated technique with automated calculation of the averaged CBFV differences in the middle cerebral arteries providing an index of lateralization (LI). RESULTS: (1) The accuracy of the LI as assessed by the confidence interval was better than 1% of the mean hemispheric difference. (2) On repeated examination, LIs obtained from 10 subjects showed a high test-retest reproducibility (Pearson product moment correlation coefficient r = 0.95, P < 0.0001). (3) On 10 repeated assessments of LI in the same subject, no practice effects were detected. CONCLUSIONS: Functional TCD is a suitable and very robust tool for the longitudinal quantitative measurement of cerebral language lateralization.