Current biased gradiometric flux qubit in a circuit-QED architecture

We propose a scheme for controlling the gradiometric flux qubit (GFQ) by applying an ac bias current in a circuit-QED architecture. The GFQ is insensitive to the magnetic flux fluctuations, which at the same time makes it challenging to manipulate the qubit states by an external magnetic field. In this study, we demonstrate that an ac bias current applied to the $\alpha$-junction of the GFQ can control the qubit states. Further, the present scheme is robust against the charge fluctuation as well as the magnetic flux fluctuations, promising a long coherence time for quantum gate operations. We introduce a circuit-QED architecture to perform the single and two-qubit operations with a sufficiently strong coupling strength.

Calibration and data reduction for X-hotwires using cross validation

A strategy for calibration of X-wire probes and data inversion is described in this article. The approach used has elements of full velocity vs yaw-angle calibration with robust curve fitting. The responses of an X-wire probe placed in a calibration jet are recorded for a set of velocity and yaw inputs followed by fitting cross-validated splines. These spline functions trained from calibration data are evaluated for the probe responses during measurement. X-wire probes are calibrated for low to moderate velocities (0.65 m/s to 32 m/s) and yaw angles in the range −40° to 40° and comparisons with conventional interpolation schemes are made. The proposed algorithm can be extended to calibration of other multiple wire probes and for higher velocities. Some measurements in a single round turbulent jet flow at high Reynolds number using the proposed inversion algorithm are also presented. The present scheme is found to perform better particularly at low flow magnitudes and/or extreme flow angles than the schemes used previously.

An Improved Hybrid Alternative WENO Scheme for High Mach Number Flows

This study presents the development of a fifth-order hybrid alternative mapped weighted essentially non-oscillatory scheme (HAW-M) for high-speed compressible flows. A new, improved smoothness indicator has been developed to design the HAW-M scheme. The performance of the present scheme has been evaluated through different one and two-dimensional test cases. The developed scheme shows higher accuracy and low dissipation. Further, it captures the fine-scale structures smoothly than the existing high-resolution method.

Electric-Circuit Realization of Fast Quantum Search

Quantum search algorithm, which can search an unsorted database quadratically faster than any known classical algorithms, has become one of the most impressive showcases of quantum computation. It has been implemented using various quantum schemes. Here, we demonstrate both theoretically and experimentally that such a fast search algorithm can also be realized using classical electric circuits. The classical circuit networks to perform such a fast search have been designed. It has been shown that the evolution of electric signals in the circuit networks is analogies of quantum particles randomly walking on graphs described by quantum theory. The searching efficiencies in our designed classical circuits are the same to the quantum schemes. Because classical circuit networks possess good scalability and stability, the present scheme is expected to avoid some problems faced by the quantum schemes. Thus, our findings are advantageous for information processing in the era of big data.

Model reduction by mean-field homogenization in viscoelastic composites. III. Dual theory

The mean-field homogenization scheme for viscoelastic composites proposed by Lahellec & Suquet (2013 Int. J. Plasticity 42, 1–13 ( doi:10.1016/j.ijplas.2012.09.005 )) is revisited from the standpoint recently adopted in a companion paper (Idiart MI et al. 2020 Proc. R. Soc. A 20200407 ( doi:10.1098/rspa.2020.0407 )). It is shown that the scheme generates a reduced-order approximation wherein the microscopic kinetics of the composite are described in terms of a finite set of macroscopic forces identified with the phase averages and intraphase covariances of the various microscopic force fields, which can be evaluated by mean-field homogenization techniques. The approximation exhibits a two-potential structure with a convex complementary energy density but a non-convex force potential. The consequential properties of the approximation are exposed and their implications are discussed. The exposition is supplemented by proofs of equivalence between the present scheme and other candidate schemes proposed in the literature for composites with elementary local rheologies of Maxwellian type.

Current Issues on Research Conducted to Improve Women’s Health

There are varied lessons to be learned regarding the current methodological approaches to women’s health research. In the present scheme of growing medical literature and inflation of novel results claiming significance, the sheer amount of information can render evidence-based practice confusing. The factors that classically determined the impact of discoveries appear to be losing ground: citation count and publication rates, hierarchy in author lists according to contribution, and a journal’s impact factor. Through a comprehensive literature search on the currently available data from theses, opinion, and original articles and reviews on this topic, we seek to present to clinicians a narrative synthesis of three crucial axes underlying the totality of the research production chain: (a) critical advances in research methodology, (b) the interplay of academy and industry in a trial conduct, and (c) review- and publication-associated developments. We also provide specific recommendations on the study design and conduct, reviewing the processes and dissemination of data and the conclusions and implementation of findings. Overall, clinicians and the public should be aware of the discourse behind the marketing of alleged breakthrough research. Still, multiple initiatives, such as patient review and strict, supervised literature synthesis, have become more widely accepted. The “bottom-up” approach of a wide dissemination of information to clinicians, together with practical incentives for stakeholders with competing interests to collaborate, promise to improve women’s healthcare.

A Novel Scheme for Fault Tolerant Computing

A novel scheme for ensuring reliability in the operation of a combinational digital network has been offered in this paper. This has been achieved by making use of three copies of the same digital network along with two additional sub-networks, one of which consists of three additional control inputs, which can also be used as additional observable outputs. If both the said two sub-networks are fault free, then the primary output of the network in the present scheme will always give fault-free responses even if a fault (single or multiple) occurs in one of the three copies of the digital network under consideration. Unlike the Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) scheme, the present scheme does not require any majority voter circuit. Furthermore, unlike the TMR scheme, the additional sub-networks in the present scheme can be tested off-line by predefined test input patterns.

Environmental Effect of Potential Radiopharmaceuticals Residuals

Driven by the current development of quantitative structure-properties relationship (QSPR) methods in the environmental science, we proposed an approach based on chemometric tools for selection of appropriate physicochemical parameters of radiopharmaceuticals residuals for predicting of partitioning, hazards and biodegradation of such compounds into the environment or into wastewater treatment plant. The present scheme was successfully applied for prediction of missing values for 24 different physicochemical and assessment response of the environmental fate descriptors for 11 tetrazine derivatives and 12 cyclooctene derivatives. The multivariate statistics was also proved to be useful in the evaluation of the obtained modelling results for identification of the ecological effect of radiopharmaceuticals residuals. The presented approach can be one of the first steps and support tools in the assessment of chemicals in terms of their environmental impact. The problem studies are significant since it allows a special point of view to the underestimated radiopharmaceutical pollutants.

Multi-wave-mixing-induced nonlinear modulation of diffraction peaks in an opto-atomic grating

We propose an atomic model in close-loop configuration, which exhibits controllable symmetric and asymmetric evolution of significantly enhanced diffraction peaks of the weak probe beam in an opto-atomic grating at far-field regime. Such results are obtained by the linear and nonlinear modulation of the intensities of the diffraction peaks as a result of multi-wave-mixing-induced modification of spatially modulated coherence in a closed four-level atomic system. Novelty of the results lies in predicting the diffraction pattern with uniform peak height due to the dominance of the amplitude part of the grating-transfer-function at the condition of exact atom-field resonance, which is unique to the present model. Efficacy of the present scheme is to apply it in producing nonlinear light generated by four-wave-mixing-induced control of spatially modulated coherence effect. The work also finds its importance for its applicability in the field of all-optical devices.

Four-party quantum operation sharing with composite quantum channel in Bell and Yeo–Chua product state

A four-party single-qubit operation sharing scheme is put forward by utilizing the Bell and Yeo–Chua product state in an entanglement structure as the composite quantum channel. Four features of the scheme are discussed and confirmed, including its determinacy, symmetry, and security as well as the scheme experimental feasibility. Moreover, some concrete comparisons between our present scheme and a previous scheme [H. Xing et al., Quantum Inf. Process. 13 (2014) 1553] are made from the aspects of quantum and classical resource consumption, necessary operation complexity, and intrinsic efficiency. It is found that our present scheme is more superior than that one. In addition, the essential reason why the employed state in the entanglement structure is applicable for sharing an arbitrary single-qubit operation among four parties is revealed via deep analyses. With respect to the essential reason, the capacity of the product state in quantum operation sharing (QOS) is consequently shown by simple presenting the corresponding schemes with the state in other entanglement structures.