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Correction: Body size estimation method for seasonally growing farmed yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata in an aquaculture net cage using a stereo camera
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Synthesis of C-Axis Oriented Re-Ba-Cu-O (Re=Sm and Nd) Superconductors and Performance of Superconducting Permanent Magnets Activated by Pulsed Fields
The c-axis oriented single-domain Ag-bearing Sm123 and Nd123 superconductors with 30–36 mm in diameter were synthesized by using the Nd123 (001) single crystal as a seed under Ar-gas flowing atmosphere. The ma...
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Trapped Field Distribution on Sm-Ba-Cu-O Bulk Superconductor by Pulsed-Field Magnetization
A melt-processed Sm-Ba-Cu-O was magnetized by pulsed-fields at 30–77 K. The trapped field distribution on the sample was measured by scanning a Hall sensor after magnetization. We found that flux lines penetra...
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Very Strong Magnetic Field Trapped by Melt-Processed Large Sm-Ba-Cu-O Bulk-Superconductors
Single domain samples of c-axis aligned Sm-Ba-Cu-O up to 36 mm in diameter were synthesized by the melt-process technique in a reduced oxygen atmosphere. The magnetic flux density of the trapped field (B ...
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Preparation of Large c-Axis Oriented Melt-Processed Sm-Ba-Cu-O and Their Superconducting Properties
We have prepared large and c-axis oriented SmBa2Cu3Oy (Sm123) bulk superconductors by the melt-textured growth technique using NdBa2Cu3Oy (Nd123) as seed crystals. Samples of the size up to ϕ30 mm | 11,6 mm were ...
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Flux Motion during Pulsed-Field Magnetization in Melt-Processed YBCO
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Pulsed-Field Magnetization of Y-Ba-Cu-O Superconducting Bulk Magnet Cooled By Refrigerator
The melt-processed YBCO bulk superconductor with 35.5 mm in diameter and 14 mm in thickness was magnetized by pulsed magnetic fields with various intensities at temperatures of 30-84K. When a single pulsed fie...
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Preparation of c-Axis Oriented Nd-Ba-Cu-O Melt-Textured Bulk With Ag Addition
Melt-textured Nd123 bulk-superconductors were grown from Ag2O added melt. The do** of Ag lowered the melting temperature of the starting materials and made it possible to use a non-Ag-doped Nd123 specimen as a ...
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Flux Trap** Characteristics of Melt-Processed Y-Ba-Cu-O Bulk Magnet by Pulse Magnetization
Flux trap** characteristics of the melt-processed YBCO bulk were investigated at 77 K by applying a pulsed magnetic field with a rising time of 0.8 ms. We have revealed several new phenomena concerning the p...
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Microstructure and Superconducting Properties of Low Temperature Melt-Processed YBa2Cu3O7-δ Composites with Fine Y2BaCuO5 and Yb2BaCuO5 Addition
The microstructure and the mechanism for the 211-phase formation in low temperature melt-processed YBCO composites with intentionally added fine 211-phase particles were investigated. It turned out that the si...
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Mechanical and Magnetic Properties of Zr-YBCO Superconducting Composites
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Production of active human interferon-β inE. coli I. Preferential production by lower culture temperature
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Functional expression of the genes of Escherichia coli in gram-positive Corynebacterium glutamicum
Hybrid plasmids were constructed by combining in vitro the Escherichia coli plasmid pGA22, which carries the genes determining resistance to kanamycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol and ampicillin, with the crypt...
