ABSTRACT The very long, thin infrared dark cloud Nessie is even longer than had been previously claimed, and an analysis of its Galactic location suggests that it lies directly in the Milky Way’s mid-plane, tracing out a highly elongated bone-like feature within the prominent Scutum-Centaurus spiral arm. Re-analysis of mid-infrared imagery from the Spitzer Space Telescope shows that this IRDC is at least 2, and possibly as many as 8 times longer than had originally been claimed by Nessie’s discoverers, ; its aspect ratio is therefore at least 150:1, and possibly as large as 800:1. A careful accounting for both the Sun’s offset from the Galactic plane (∼25 pc) and the Galactic center’s offset from the (lII, bII)=(0, 0) position defined by the IAU in 1959 shows that the latitude of the true Galactic mid-plane at the 3.1 kpc distance to the Scutum-Centaurus Arm is not b = 0, but instead closer to b = −0.5, which is the latitude of Nessie to within a few pc. Apparently, Nessie lies _in_ the Galactic mid-plane. An analysis of the radial velocities of low-density (CO) and high-density (${\rm NH}_3$) gas associated with the Nessie dust feature suggests that Nessie runs along the Scutum-Centaurus Arm in position-position-velocity space, which means it likely forms a dense ‘spine’ of the arm in real space as well. No galaxy-scale simulation to date has the spatial resolution to predict a Nessie-like feature, but extant simulations do suggest that highly elongated over-dense filaments should be associated with a galaxy’s spiral arms. Nessie is situated in the closest major spiral arm to the Sun toward the inner Galaxy, and appears almost perpendicular to our line of sight, making it the easiest feature of its kind to detect from our location (a shadow of an Arm’s bone, illuminated by the Galaxy beyond). Although the Sun’s (∼25 pc) offset from the Galactic plane is not large in comparison with the half-thickness of the plane as traced by Population I objects such as GMCs and HII regions (∼200 pc; ), it may be significant compared with an extremely thin layer that might be traced out by Nessie-like “bones” of the Milky Way. Future high-resolution extinction and molecular line data may therefore allow us to exploit the Sun’s position above the plane to gain a (very foreshortened) view “from above" of dense gas in Milky Way’s disk and its structure.

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It has recently been proposed (Goodman et al. 2014) that long, skinny, infrared dark clouds may trace out the densest features of the Milky Way, which include spiral arms, and possible inter-arm tendrils. The features are so long and skinny that they are almost certainly caused and maintained by a global gravitational potential, so they are not likely to be self-gravitating molecular clouds. These “Bones of the Milky Way” could be used to help piece together the structure of the Galaxy, shedding light on age-old questions, such as the number of spiral arms in our Galaxy and their locations. We have searched for and identified a handful of candidate Bones: long, filamentary infrared-dark clouds found in position-velocity space where our current model of the Galaxy predicts spiral arms should lie. Utilizing archival data, we have confirmed the location of these Bone candidates in the Galactic mid-plane and within 5 km/s of a spiral arm. We propose to use the IRAM 30-m to create the first ever high-resolution CO map (1mm) of a candidate “Bone of the Milky Way,” simultaneously with a suite of dense gas tracers at 3mm with IRAM. Capitalizing on IRAM’s unique ability to map CO over large areas at high angular resolution while simultaneously obtaining kinematic information about the dense gas, we will provide the first measure of structure and kinematics toward these unique Galactic structures. Our total time request is XX hours to map XX sq. arcminutes at 1mm (¹³CO and C¹⁸O 2-1) and 3mm (HCO+, HCN 1-0, etc.) toward our most promising Northern-hemisphere candidate Bone, “BC1.”

In 1909, Arnold Sommerfeld published his proposed analytical proof of surface polarization waves [11] marking in our history of Photonics the cornerstone of the all nanophotonics is motivated. Sixty years following Sommerfeld’s publication, Chinese physicist Charles Kao published a solution for guiding Sommerfeld’s surface excitations using optical fiber [12] which in 2009 he would also receive a Nobel Prize. Today nanophotonic research is being conducted by many countries for many applications, yet their approach is surprising similar. The majority of resources and funding for nanophotonics is the development of better materials. This point will be further evident in following sections, but for now it should be mentioned that of those resources only a marginal portion is allocated in the direction of CMOS integration. Initially, this discovery was quiet shocking for two big reasons. First of all, in recent years Moore’s law’s famous exponential curve of computing performance and affordability over time has become less exponentially improving and we know one major cause of the bottleneck occurring in integrated circuits is interconnects. Illustrated in figure 1 is a comparison of the performance capability of optical fibers vs coaxial cables. In figure 2 is a relation of current nanophotonic waveguide capability compared to optical fiber which has strong implications for what is possible on chips and the potential need for an enhancing technology. Secondly, the CMOS business has been so profitable and so heavily investing in machinery that it seems logical to continue investing as a lot of the infrastructure exists. The answer to my initial shock is illustrated in figures 3. CMOS compatible nanophotonics occupies an extremely narrow space on a wide spectrum of possible use cases and therefore to expect so much of the resources to be allocated so narrowly this early in such a young immature science could greatly delay the achievable possibilities. The following sections, however, will discuss the results of the resources that were allocated for CMOS integrated nanophotonics and the modules that are in development to address Moore’s law.

 BackgroundAlcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) poses a substantial threat to Punjabi populations through psychological, pathological, and social harm. The conservative culture of Punjab has prevented several studies from gaining accurate data on AODA prevalence; thus, resulting in alarming rates of AODA-related deaths and hospital admissions. To better support prevention and treatment measures for AODA, data is needed to visualize and recognize the variations of AODA use, causes, and outcomes among the population of Punjab.ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the prevalence, associated factors, and outcomes of AODA in Punjab. Furthermore, the study aims to provide a broad framework for prevention strategies based on demographic-specific data for AODA in Punjab.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted using a random sample design. The study instrument, a questionnaire, was developed using the3nd through literature review. A sample size of 5000 was used. The questionnaire was translated to Punjabi by verified translators. *@Manan Pareek: XYZ models were used to analyze the data* To gather qualitative data, face-to-face interviews were conducted and recorded using the questionnaire.ResultsWrite after data gatheredConclusionsWrite after data gathered

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