An aperiodic set of 13 Wang tiles

A new aperiodic tile set containing only 13 tiles over 5 colors is presented. Its construction is based on a recent technique developed by Kari. The tilings simulate the behavior of sequential machines that multiply real numbers in balanced representations by real constants.     

Enzymatic reactions in supercritical gases

The enzyme polyphenol oxidase has been found to be catalytically active in supercritical carbon dioxide and fluoroform: it readily oxidizesp-cresol andp-chlorophenol to their correspondingo-benzoquinones.     

К вопросу об количест венном измерении раз рывов баркгаузена

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On the quantitative measurement of the Barkhausen effect

     

Die Innere Dämpfung Dunner Nickelschichten im Magnetischen Wechselfeld

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On cardioactive steroids. Communication XV. A stereoselective synthesis of (21R)-21-methyldigitoxigenin,a fully active cardenolide with a wide margin of safety: A contribution to the topology of the Digitalis receptors

Two efficient preparations of the title compound, one from common C₁₉-steroids, the other frm digitoxigenin, are described. The less active minor epimer (21S)-methyldigitoxigenin was also obtained and characterized. The positive inotropic effects and margins of safety of the two C(21)-epimers (tested as glucosides) are discussed in terms of the topological properties of the Digitalis receptors.     

Perturbed hard-sphere equations of state of real fluids. II. Effective hard-sphere diameters and residual properties

Effective hard-sphere diameters for argon, krypton and xenon have been calculated from the currently most accurate perturbation theories using accurate pair-potential models. Based on the theoretical diameters and on pressure—volumes—temperature data for the real fluids, the van der Waals parameter a_p is examined and two conjectures generalizing the behavior of a_p are formulated. These conjectures make it possible to evaluate the effective hard-sphere diameters of simple liquids at the triple-point temperature from data for a few low-temperature pressure—volume isotherms. This fact, together with a corresponding-states principle that emerges from results for the theoretical diameters, forms the basis of a simple method which we propose for evaluating temperature-dependent effective hard-sphere diameters of a perturbed hard-sphere equation of state, independently of any pair-potential model and any perturbation theory. The applicability of the method is demonstrated for methane and its extension to nonsimple liquids is discussed. It is also shown that the use of an approximate theory and/or approximate pair-potential model may often result in a qualitatively misleading picture of a_p behavior.