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Surface plasmons and effects of losses in propagating modes in a chain of silver nanoparticles
(2016-04-28)
In this work a chain of 4000 silver nanoparticles embedded in a glass medium is considered, and
its leftmost particle is excited by an electric field pulse of Gaussian shape. Considering Drude’s
model, losses of the ...
Double proximity effect in lateral S-NF-S junctions
(2016-04-27)
We investigate planar Josephson junctions where the intermediate spacer between the two superconductors is an hybrid structure made by a normal metal and a ferromagnet. The different behaviors of the S-N-S junctions with ...
Building up a frequency stabilisation based on a wavemeter for a diode laser and characterisation for a digital mirror device for artificial potentials
(2016-04-27)
It has built and characterised a laser and It has learned what each of the components does. It has been able to run the laser in single-mode and stabilised it around a desired setpoint thanks
to a PID controller that It ...
The Memory Behind the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.
(2023-04-17)
This work aims to study the memory of one of the most challenging wars in the recent history of the United States of America through the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. Vietnam was not like other wars. It ...
Out of control: The representation of hegemonic masculinity in Mary Harron's "American Psycho" and Steve McQueen's "Shame"
(2023-04-17)
[EN] Hegemonic masculinities define standardised forms of manhood, and they have been historically linked with violence in western societies as a way to establish male dominance and control over women and those men who do ...
Varieties of english around the world: Australian english
(2023-04-17)
Although English is the native language of the majority of the population in Australia, not
many EFL learners have a comprehensive knowledge of the characteristics of Australian
English, in comparison with other major ...
The semantics and pragmatics of conjoined sentences
(2023-04-17)
It is widely known that conjoined sentences with and can communicate a wide range of
relations between its conjuncts. Therefore, linguists in semantics and pragmatics fields
have long tried to examine the nature of those ...
Naturalism in Stephen Crane's “Maggie, a Girl of the Streets”: exploration of social determinism
(2023-04-17)
Literary works often reflect the reality of society, and naturalism, as a literary genre,
is a clear example of this practice since naturalistic literature focuses on the scientific
observation of life. Nonetheless, ...
Multicultural London English: the new multiethnolect in Inner London City
(2023-04-17)
The city of London, as many others in Europe, has been home for many immigrant families all over the years. Through interaction between immigrant and native British children, new and ethnically mixed friend groups have ...
Null objects in English and Spanish recipes
(2023-04-17)
Even though English and Spanish are languages which do not usually allow null objects (NOs) in the general case, this phenomenon is possible in some special registers of the languages. English and Spanish speakers omit the ...