The Robinson-Trautman type III prolongation structure containsK 2

The minimal prolongation structure for the Robinson-Trautman equations of Petrov type III is shown to always include the infinite-dimensional, contragredient algebra,K ₂, which is of infinite growth. Knowledge of faithful representations of this algebra would allow the determination of Bäcklund transformations to evolve new solutions.     

Effect of Silk Protein Processing on Drug Delivery from Silk Films

Sericin removal from the core fibroin protein of silkworm silk is a critical first step in the use of silk for biomaterial‐related applications, but degumming can affect silk biomaterial properties, including molecular weight, viscosity, diffusivity and degradation behavior. Increasing the degumming time (10, 30, 60, and 90 min) decreases the average molecular weight of silk protein in solution, silk solution viscosity, and silk film glass‐transition temperature, and increases the rate of degradation of a silk film by protease. Model compounds spanning a range of physical‐chemical properties generally show an inverse relationship between degumming time and release rate through a varied degumming time silk coating. Degumming provides a useful control point to manipulate silk's material properties.

     

Observational constraints on multimessenger sources of gravitational waves and high-energy neutrinos

Many astronomical sources of intense bursts of photons are also predicted to be strong emitters of gravitational waves (GWs) and high-energy neutrinos (HENs). Moreover some suspected classes, e.g., choked gamma-ray bursts, may only be identifiable via nonphoton messengers. Here we explore the reach of current and planned experiments to address this question. We derive constraints on the rate of GW and HEN bursts based on independent observations by the initial LIGO and Virgo GW detectors and the partially completed IceCube (40-string) HEN detector. We then estimate the reach of joint GW+HEN searches using advanced GW detectors and the completed km(3) IceCube detector to probe the joint parameter space. We show that searches undertaken by advanced detectors will be capable of detecting, constraining, or excluding, several existing models with 1 yr of observation.     

Unexpected Mass Decoupling for 3He-4He Films on a Solid Hydrogen Substrate

Quartz oscillator measurements reveal new behavior in 3He-4He mixture films on a H2 substrate. For mixture films of total coverage greater than one monolayer, in addition to the expected Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, a second mass decoupling event is observed, which behaves differently from the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition.     

Diffuse abdominal angiomatosis

We present a rare case of diffuse abdominal angiomatosis occurring in a 19-year-old male; particular attention is paid to the MR imaging features of this disease process.     

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基于OOPIC软件,对平面直流磁控溅射放电等离子体进行了二维自洽粒子模拟,重点研究了磁场、阴极电势和气压等工作参数对磁控放电特性的影响。模拟发现,在一定的工作参数范围内,随着磁场的增强,鞘层厚度变窄,鞘层电势降减小,阴极离子密度增大,但是分布变窄;随着阴极电势的增加,鞘层厚度稍微变窄,鞘层电势降增大,阴极离子密度增大,分布变宽;随着气压的升高,鞘层厚度基本不变,鞘层电势降会增大,阴极离子密度先增大后减小,分布略微变宽。     

Maximum radius of convergence perturbation theory: test calculations on Be,Ne, H<Subscript>2</Subscript> and HF

Maximum radius of convergence (MAXR _c) perturbation theory [(2000) Journal of Chemical Physics 112:6997] is tested on the beryllium and neon atoms using calculations that are truncated in high orders. Calculations are also performed on the ground-state potential-energy curves of H₂ and HF. The neon atom calculations use the 3-21G basis set with added diffuse s and p functions. All other calculations use the STO-3G minimum basis set. MAXR _c perturbation theory consistently performs well. The Epstein–Nesbet and Møller–Plesset perturbative expansions frequently diverge or exhibit slow convergence compared to the expansions obtained from MAXR _c. AcknowledgementsJ.P. Fi. acknowledges support for a grant from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science.Contribution to the Björn Roos Honorary Issue