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Maintaining thermal balance is essential for all homeotherms but can be especially challenging for pinnipeds which must regulate over a variety of ambient temperatures and habitats as part of their life history. Young pinnipeds, with their immature physiology and inexperience, have the additional expense of needing to allocate energy for growth while still dealing with a thermally stressful aquatic environment. With the immense environmental and physiological pressures acting on juvenile age-classes, declines in prey resources would be particularly detrimental to survival. The goal of the present study was to examine the metabolic and thermoregulatory capabilities of juvenile Steller sea lions to better understand how changing prey resources indirectly impact juvenile age classes. Data collected from captive Steller sea lions suggest that changes in body mass and body composition influence the thermoregulatory capabilities of smaller sea lions in stationary and flowing water. Serial thermal images taken of sea lions after emergence from the water show vasoconstriction of the flippers compared to the body trunk to help minimize heat loss. Despite this ability to vasoconstrict, sea lions in poor body condition displayed a reduced tolerance for colder water temperatures, suggesting that decreases in prey availability which affect insulation may limit survival in younger sea lions. If reductions in prey availability (i.e., nutritional stress) were impacting western Alaskan populations, a reduction in energetic expenditures would be expected in these animals to cope. Measures of resting metabolism in juvenile free-ranging Steller sea lions across Alaska showed no differences between eastern and western capture locations, suggesting no evidence of metabolic depression in declining western stocks of sea lions. Finally, thermal costs predicted by a thermal balance model were compared to actual costs measured in the present study. Model output reliably predicted thermoregulatory costs for juvenile Steller sea lions under certain environmental conditions. Basic physiological measurements combined with the predictive power of modeling will allow for greater exploration of the environmental constraints on juvenile Steller sea lions and identify directions of future study.

Maintaining thermal balance is essential for all homeotherms but can be especially challenging for pinnipeds which must regulate over a variety of ambient temperatures and habitats as part of their life history. Young pinnipeds, with their immature physiology and inexperience, have the additional expense of needing to allocate energy for growth while still dealing with a thermally stressful aquatic environment. With the immense environmental and physiological pressures acting on juvenile age-classes, declines in prey resources would be particularly detrimental to survival. The goal of the present study was to examine the metabolic and thermoregulatory capabilities of juvenile Steller sea lions to better understand how changing prey resources indirectly impact juvenile age classes. Data collected from captive Steller sea lions suggest that changes in body mass and body composition influence the thermoregulatory capabilities of smaller sea lions in stationary and flowing water. Serial thermal images taken of sea lions after emergence from the water show vasoconstriction of the flippers compared to the body trunk to help minimize heat loss. Despite this ability to vasoconstrict, sea lions in poor body condition displayed a reduced tolerance for colder water temperatures, suggesting that decreases in prey availability which affect insulation may limit survival in younger sea lions. If reductions in prey availability (i.e., nutritional stress) were impacting western Alaskan populations, a reduction in energetic expenditures would be expected in these animals to cope. Measures of resting metabolism in juvenile free-ranging Steller sea lions across Alaska showed no differences between eastern and western capture locations, suggesting no evidence of metabolic depression in declining western stocks of sea lions. Finally, thermal costs predicted by a thermal balance model were compared to actual costs measured in the present study. Model output reliably predicted thermoregulatory costs for juvenile Steller sea lions under certain environmental conditions. Basic physiological measurements combined with the predictive power of modeling will allow for greater exploration of the environmental constraints on juvenile Steller sea lions and identify directions of future study.

Baigiamajame darbe išanalizuota mokslinės literatūros šaltiniai, kuriuose buvo tirti ir išnagrinėti riedmenų ašidėžių temperatūrų kitimo procesai, temperatūrų pasiskirstymas ašidėžės ir aširačio mazgo elementuose. Išanalizuoti ašidėžių temperatūrų kitimo greičiai esant guolių gedimams, pateiktos ašidėžių liekamojo resurso prognozės. Išnagrinėti tyrimai pagrindžiantys riedmenų automatinės kontrolės prietaisų išdėstymo atstumų atitikimą saugių eismo sąlygų reikalavimams. Darbe pateikta realiomis sąlygomis atliktų bandymų rezultatų analizė. Nustatytos ašidėžių mazgo kaitimo tendencijos. Pateikta pagrindinių faktorių galinčių įtakoti ašidėžių kaitimo intensyvumą. Atliktas gautų bandymo rezultatų palyginimas si literatūros šaltiniuose pateiktais duomenimis ir nurodytos galimos bandymų rezultatų ir literatūros šaltinių duomenų neatitikimo priežastys. Pateiktos rekomendacijos, kuriomis remiantis galima padidinti traukinių eismo saugą ir išvengti avarinių situacijų dėl ašidėžių mazgo galimų defektų ir galima prognozuoti liekamąjį darbo resursą. Nurodytos tolesnių papildomų tyrimų kryptys. Baigiamąjį darbą sudaro 3 pagrindinės dalys, išvados, siūlymai bei literatūros sąrašas. Darbo apimtis – 74 p. teksto be priedų, 49 iliustr., 12 lentelių, 29 literatūros šaltiniai. / In the final analysis of the scientific literature sources that have been investigated and examine the axle box temperature variation processes, temperature axle box and of the wheelset node items. Parse axle box temperature variation speeds at bearing failures, the axle box residual resource forecast. The studies on which the automatic control devices layout distances with safe traffic conditions. Work in real terms of the results of the tests carried out. The axle box assembly heating trends. The main factors which could influence the axle box heating. The comparison of the results of the test carried out si literature reference data and the results of the tests and literature data the reasons. Recommendations on the basis of which can be increased traffic safety and avoid emergency situations of axle box node of possible defects and predict the residual labor resource. Additional studies to further directions. The final work of 3 basic parts, conclusions, suggestions and references. The scope of the work to 74 p. text without additives, 49pictures, 12 tables, 29 bibliographical entries.

The stoichiometry of the Nd_1+xBa_2-xCu₃O_7-δ solid solution has been investigated using XRD and EPMA. At 980°C in air, an essentially continuous solid solution forms with limiting compositions x_min = 0.03(1) and x_max = 0.92(2). The solid solution limits are independent of temperature over the range 300 to 1050°C, i.e. stoichiometric Nd123 does not form. Preliminary studies show that annealing in an Ar atmosphere does not affect x_min. Three structurally distinct polymorphs of Nd123ss exist - tetragonal Nd123ss, orthorhombic Nd123ss and orthorhombic Nd123ss. The stability range of each in air has been determined. Quenched samples with 0.03 ≤ x ≤ 0.6 have the tetragonal Nd123ss structure. On oxygenation, samples with 0.03 ≤ x <˜0.2 are orthorhombic. The orthorhombic-tetragonal phase transition is second order, both with increasing temperature and increasing x. Samples with 0.7-0.9 have the orthorhombic Nd213ss structure at all oxygen contents. Tetragonal Nd123ss is isostructural with tetragonal Y123 and orthorhombic Nd123ss is isostructural with orthorhombic Y123. Orthorhombic Nd213ss has the ideal stoichiometry Nd₂BaCu₃O_7-δ and is based on a 2a x b x 2c superstructure of the Nd123ss structure. The supercell is due to ordering of the Nd and Ba atoms, which leads to ordering of the oxygen atoms. Melting temperatures decrease with x. Two distinct regions of melting behaviour are observed; the first for 0.03 ≤ x ≤ 0.6 with a thermal minimum at x˜0.4, and the second for 0.7 ≤ x ≤ 0.9. Oxygen contents increase with x. Samples with larger x values have a smaller range of oxygen contents. High pressure oxygen annealing results in a constant Cu valence state of ˜2.35 for all values of x. Average copper valence states <2 are only obtained readily for x ≤ 0.3. T_c decreases with x and samples become non-superconducting at x˜0.5. For samples annealed in 1 bar O₂, 'double plateau' behaviour is observed.

Nous avons étudié des circuits supraconducteurs bi-dimensionnels en mesurant la température critique, le courant critique et l'aimantation en fonction du champ magnétique. Ces mesures peuvent être reliées aux propriétés du spectre d'énergie d'une particule quantique chargée confinée dans la structure bidimensionnelle considérée.<br />Les circuits submicroniques ont été réalisés par lithographie électronique utilisant un procédé bicouche PMMA/MAA. L'optimisation de ce procédé a permis d'obtenir des lignes de 100nm de large.<br />Nous avons étudié pour la première fois un disque supraconducteur en mesurant sa température critique, son aimantation ainsi que la dérivée de son aimantation avec la température. Ces résultats sont parfaitement expliqués par un modèle théorique considérant une particule quantique chargée confinée dans un disque et soumise à un champ magnétique.<br />Nous avons aussi mesuré le courant critique d'un réseau carré de fils supraconducteurs. Ce dernier a été interprété comme étant le courant de « dépairage ». Ces propriétés s'expliquent très précisément par un modèle théorique utilisant le spectre d'énergie d'une particule dans un réseau carré. <br />Deux régimes de dissipation apparaissent au delà du courant critique. A champ magnétique nul, des sauts de tensions comparables à des « phase slip centre » dans un fil unique sont observés. Sous champ magnétique, un régime comparable au « flux flow » apparaît dans le réseau dont la viscosité mesurée a pu être expliquée par un modèle théorique simple.

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京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第18098号 / 理博第3976号 / 新制||理||1573(附属図書館) / 30956 / 京都大学大学院理学研究科化学専攻 / (主査)教授 吉村 一良, 教授 北川 宏, 教授 寺西 利治 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DGAM

BSCCO-2212 is a high-temperature cuprate superconductor whose microscopic behavior is currently poorly understood. In particular, it is unclear whether its order parameter is consistent with s-wave or d-wave symmetry. It has been suggested that its order parameter might take one of several forms that are consistent with d-wave behavior. We present some calculations using the many-body theory approach to superconductivity that suggest that such order parameters would lead to a suppression of the critical temperature in the presence of impurities. Because some experiments have suggested the critical temperature of BSCCO-2212 is relatively independent of the concentration of impurities, this lends support to the hypothesis that its order parameter has s-wave symmetry.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / In recent years, several experiments have been reported in which interface superconductivity was observed in heterostructures of different materials, inclunding non-superconductors. The origin of this superconductivity has not yet been elucidated and there is no well-established theory to explain this phenomenon. In 2015 a model based on the Ginzburg-Landau theory was proposed that would explain the interface superconductivity phenomenon assuming a system with two order parameters. It has been proposed that the order parameter characterizing the bulk material with a defective or doped layer permits the formation of a second parameter which competes with the former and prevails over it in the vicinity of the interface. The superconductivity at the interface is then explained by the growth of this second order parameter only in this region, remaining still ``hidden" inside the bulk. The model was applied to a one-dimensional system with an interface, which presented a surprising result: the ``hidden" superconductivity appers in quantized critical temperatures, this allowing the existence of several eigenstates of the system, with different critical temperatures. In this dissertation, we use this model and investigate the unfolding of hidden superconductivity and its quantized temperatures. We observe that the interfaces resemble one-dimensional quantum wells, with the critical temperature playing the role of the energy in the quantum case. Following this idea we use numerical methods to solve the Ginzburg-Landau equations for a system with an arbitrary number of parallel interfaces. Our results show that in this case, the critical temperatures are quantized and degenerate when the interfaces are very separated, but it has its degeneracy broken when we approach the interfaces, as it happens in a lattice of square wells. We then proposed a tight-binding model to estimate critical temperatures on parallel interfaces and verified the validity of this approximation through the numerical solution of the complete problem. We also analyze the vortex states for a square two-dimensional defect, verifying the possibility of creating or destroying vortices in the region of `` hidden" superconductivity through an external magnetic field. / Nos Ãltimos anos foram reportados diversos experimentos em que a supercondutividade de interface foi observada em heteroestruturas de diferentes materiais, inclusive em nÃo-supercondutores extit{a priori}. A origem dessa supercondutividade ainda nÃo foi elucidada e nÃo existe uma teoria bem estabelecida para explicar esse fenÃmeno. Em 2015 foi proposto um modelo com base na teoria de Ginzburg-Landau que explicaria o fenÃmeno de supercondutividade de interface assumindo um sistema com dois parÃmetros de ordem. Foi proposto que o parÃmetro de ordem que caracteriza o material extit{bulk} com uma camada defeituosa, ou dopada, permite a formaÃÃo de um segundo parÃmetro que compete com o primeiro e prevalece sobre ele nas proximidades da interface. A supercondutividade na interface à entÃo explicada pelo crescimento deste segundo parÃmetro de ordem apenas nesta regiÃo, permancecendo ainda ``escondido" dentro do extit{bulk}. O modelo foi aplicado para um sistema unidimensional com uma interface, apresentando um resultado surpreendente: a supercondutividade escondida aparece em temperaturas crÃticas quantizadas, podendo entÃo existir vÃrios autoestados do sistema, com diferentes temperaturas crÃticas. Nessa dissertaÃÃo utilizamos esse modelo e investigamos os desdobramentos da supercondutividade escondida e suas temperaturas quantizadas. Percebemos que as interfaces assemelham-se com poÃos quÃnticos unidimensionais, com a temperatura crÃtica fazendo o anÃlogo ao da energia no caso quÃntico. Seguindo essa ideia utilizamos mÃtodos numÃricos para resolver as equaÃÃes de Ginzburg-Landau para um sistema com um nÃmero arbitrÃrio de interface paralelas. Nossos resultados mostram que neste caso, as temperaturas crÃticas, alÃm de quantizadas, sÃo degeneradas quando as interfaces estÃo muito separadas, mas tem essa degenerescÃncia quebrada quando aproximamos as interfaces, como ocorre em uma rede de poÃos quadrados. Propusemos entÃo um modelo tipo extit{tight-binding} para estimar temperaturas crÃticas em interfaces paralelas e verificamos a validade dessa aproximaÃÃo atravÃs da soluÃÃo numÃrica do problema completo. Analisamos tambÃm os estados de vÃrtices para um defeito bidimensional quadrado, verificando a possibilidade de se criar ou destruir vÃrtices na regiÃo de supercondutividade escondida atravÃs de um campo magnÃtico externo.