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    The Linguistic Politeness Having Seen on the Current Study Issue

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    The current issue is overviewed in this paper about the linguistics politeness. Positive politeness strategies seek to minimize the threat to the hearer\u27s positive face. These strategies are used to make the hearer feel good about themselves, their interests or possessions, and are most usually used in situations where the audience knows each other fairly well. In sociolinguistics and conversation analysis (CA), politeness strategies are speech acts that express concern for others and minimize threats to self-esteem ("face") in particular social contexts. Being polite means being aware of and respecting the feelings of other people. Politeness can and will improve your relationships with others, help to build respect and rapport, boost your self-esteem and confidence, and improve your communication skills. Importance of Politeness in Life. Politeness is a great virtue. But a polite person will always please others with his polite behavior and good manners. Politeness means consideration for the feelings of others. Politeness is one of the central features of human communication. It is a human phenomenon, yet expressed differently in different cultures. Positive politeness refers to an atmosphere of inclusion and mutuality created by linguistic means such as compliments, encouragement, joking, even the use of "white lies.

    Constraints On Spin Independent Forces At The ~100 Nm Range By Means Of A Micromechanical Oscillator

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    Preliminary data from improvements made in our experimental setup are presented. Forces measured with our setup are presented and possible origins for the systematics observed are discussed. The observed signal is most likely induced by an impulsive oscillation of the motor

    Edge effects in electrostatic calibrations for the measurement of the Casimir force

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    We have performed numerical simulations to evaluate the effect on the capacitance of finite size boundaries realistically present in the parallel plane, sphere-plane, and cylinder-plane geometries. The potential impact of edge effects in assessing the accuracy of the parameters obtained in the electrostatic calibrations of Casimir force experiments is then discussed

    Limits on the accuracy of isoelectronic gravity measurements at short separation due to patch potentials

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    In force sensing experiments intended to measure non-Newtonian gravitational signals electrostatic patch potentials can give rise to spurious forces, torques, and noise. Undesired patch-induced interactions can lead to systematic effects which limit accuracy, and noise can place lower limits on precision. In this paper we develop the theory for electrostatic patch effects on isoelectronic experiments, where their mean effect is nullified by design. We derive analytical expressions for the patch force and torque power spectrum to estimate the limitations introduced by patch-induced signals.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure

    Analysis of Web Based Tourism Information Systems Utilization (Case Study at Integrated Office Department of Culture and Tourism City of Malang)

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    The purpose of this study is to analyze and determine weaknesses and strengths of the use of web-based tourism information systems at the Department of Culture and Tourism of the city of Malang. This research was conducted by using descriptive method with qualitative research approach. The data collection was done by using interviews, observation and documentation. Data analysis was performed using data analysis spiral in accordance with the stages. The results showed that the use of web-based tourism information system which has been implemented by the Department of Culture and Tourism of the city of Malang is very effective in helping the agency to promote tourism in the city of Malang to the general public, domestic and foreign tourists. With the use of web-based tourism information system, tourists or visitors to the website can access the website of Culture and Tourism Malang for 24 hours anywhere and anytime

    Precise comparison of theory and new experiment for the Casimir force leads to stronger constraints on thermal quantum effects and long-range interactions

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    We report an improved dynamic determination of the Casimir pressure between two plane plates obtained using a micromachined torsional oscillator. The main improvements in the current experiment are a significant suppression of the surface roughness of the Au layers deposited on the interacting surfaces, and a decrease in the experimental error in the measurement of the absolute separation. A metrological analysis of all data permitted us to determine both the random and systematic errors, and to find the total experimental error as a function of separation at the 95% confidence level. In contrast to all previous experiments on the Casimir effect, our smallest experimental error (0.5\sim 0.5%) is achieved over a wide separation range. The theoretical Casimir pressures in the experimental configuration were calculated by the use of four theoretical approaches suggested in the literature. All corrections to the Casimir force were calculated or estimated. All theoretical errors were analyzed and combined to obtain the total theoretical error at the 95% confidence level. Finally, the confidence interval for the differences between theoretical and experimental pressures was obtained as a function of separation. Our measurements are found to be consistent with two theoretical approaches utilizing the plasma model and the surface impedance over the entire measurement region. Two other approaches to the thermal Casimir force, utilizing the Drude model or a special prescription for the determination of the zero-frequency contribution to the Lifshitz formula, are excluded on the basis of our measurements at the 99% and 95% confidence levels, respectively. Finally, constraints on Yukawa-type hypothetical interactions are strengthened by up to a factor of 20 in a wide interaction range.Comment: 43 pages, 15 figures, elsart.cls is used. Accepted for publication in Annals of Physics. (Several misprints in the text are corrected.

    Anomalous Proximity Effect in Underdoped YBaCuO Josephson Junctions

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    Josephson junctions were photogenerated in underdoped thin films of the YBa2_2Cu3_3O6+x_{6+x} family using a near-field scanning optical microscope. The observation of the Josephson effect for separations as large as 100 nm between two wires indicates the existence of an anomalously large proximity effect and show that the underdoped insulating material in the gap of the junction is readily perturbed into the superconducting state. The critical current of the junctions was found to be consistent with the conventional Josephson relationship. This result constrains the applicability of SO(5) theory to explain the phase diagram of high critical temperature superconductors.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure

    Constraining New Forces in the Casimir Regime Using the Isoelectronic Technique

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    We report the first isoelectronic differential force measurements between a Au-coated probe and two Au-coated films, made out of Au and Ge. These measurements, performed at submicron separations using soft microelectromechanical torsional oscillators, eliminate the need for a detailed understanding of the probe-film Casimir interaction. The observed differential signal is directly converted into limits on the parameters α\alpha and λ\lambda which characterize Yukawa-like deviations from Newtonian gravity. We find \alpha \lsim 10^{12} for λ200\lambda \sim 200 nm, an improvement of \sim 10 over previous limits.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure

    Strong Casimir force reduction through metallic surface nanostructuring

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    The Casimir force between bodies in vacuum can be understood as arising from their interaction with an infinite number of fluctuating electromagnetic quantum vacuum modes, resulting in a complex dependence on the shape and material of the interacting objects. Becoming dominant at small separations, the force plays a significant role in nanomechanics and object manipulation at the nanoscale, leading to a considerable interest in identifying structures where the Casimir interaction behaves significantly different from the well-known attractive force between parallel plates. Here we experimentally demonstrate that by nanostructuring one of the interacting metal surfaces at scales below the plasma wavelength, an unexpected regime in the Casimir force can be observed. Replacing a flat surface with a deep metallic lamellar grating with sub-100 nm features strongly suppresses the Casimir force and for large inter-surfaces separations reduces it beyond what would be expected by any existing theoretical prediction.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figure
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