Characterization of foreign exchange market using the threshold-dealer-model

We introduce a deterministic dealer model which implements most of the empirical laws, such as fat tails in the price change distributions, autocorrelation of price change and non-Poissonian intervals. We also clarify the causality between microscopic dealers’ dynamics and macroscopic market's empirical laws.     

Estimation of soft X‐ray and EUV transition radiation power emitted from the MIRRORCLE‐type tabletop synchrotron

The tabletop synchrotron light sources MIRRORCLE‐6X and MIRRORCLE‐20SX, operating at electron energies E_el = 6 MeV and E_el = 20 MeV, respectively, can emit powerful transition radiation (TR) in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and the soft X‐ray regions. To clarify the applicability of these soft X‐ray and EUV sources, the total TR power has been determined. A TR experiment was performed using a 385 nm‐thick Al foil target in MIRRORCLE‐6X. The angular distribution of the emitted power was measured using a detector assembly based on an NE102 scintillator, an optical bundle and a photomultiplier. The maximal measured total TR power for MIRRORCLE‐6X is P_max? 2.95 mW at full power operation. Introduction of an analytical expression for the lifetime of the electron beam allows calculation of the emitted TR power by a tabletop synchrotron light source. Using the above measurement result, and the theoretically determined ratio between the TR power for MIRRORCLE‐6X and MIRRORCLE‐20SX, the total TR power for MIRRORCLE‐20SX can be obtained. The one‐foil TR target thickness is optimized for the 20 MeV electron energy. P_max? 810 mW for MIRRORCLE‐20SX is obtained with a single foil of 240 nm‐thick Be target. The emitted bremsstrahlung is negligible with respect to the emitted TR for optimized TR targets. From a theoretically known TR spectrum it is concluded that MIRRORCLE‐20SX can emit 150 mW of photons with E > 500 eV, which makes it applicable as a source for performing X‐ray lithography. The average wavelength, = 13.6 nm, of the TR emission of MIRRORCLE‐20SX, with a 200 nm Al target, could provide of the order of 1 W EUV.     

Stability of human insulin in solutions containing sodium bisulfite.

The stabilities of human insulin (HI) in aqueous solutions were investigated in the pH range of 4.0-7.0 in the presence (1.0-3.0 x 10(-3) M) and absence of sodium bisulfite (SBS) both in the dark and under scattered light (1000 lux) using high performance liquid chromatography. Increasing concentrations of SBS tended to degrade HI. In the presence of SBS, with an increase in the pH value, the stability of HI decreased in the pH range of 4.0-7.0. There was a partial difference in the stability of HI in the presence of SBS in the dark and that under scattered light. HI was stabilized by glucose in the presence of SBS in the dark, and the stability of HI was revealed to depend on the concentration of free SBS. The reason for this phenomenon was postulated to be the formation of bisulfite-glucose adduct.     

丰中子核125Sb的高自旋态

利用在束γ谱学方法,通过¹²⁴Sn(⁷Li,α2n)反应首次研究了丰中子核¹²⁵Sb的高自旋态.建立了自旋达23/2⁺、激发能至2637keV的能级纲图,其中包括21条新γ跃迁和14个新能级.在1970,2110和2471keV识别出了3个同质异能态,估计了它们的寿命范围,并建议分别具有πg_7/2ν(h_11/2s_1/2),πg_7/2ν(h_11/2d_3/2),πg_7/2ν(h²_11/2)三准粒子组态.根据价质子与¹²⁴Sn核芯激发态的耦合讨论了¹²⁵Sb的能级结构.     

An improved method for proteomics studies in C. elegans by fluorogenic derivatization, HPLC isolation, enzymatic digestion and liquid chromatography--tandem mass spectrometric identification

An improved method for proteomics studies, which includes the fluorogenic derivertization of protein mixtures with 7-chloro-4-(dimethylaminoethylaminosulfonyl)-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole (DAABD-Cl), followed by HPLC isolation, enzymatic digestion and identification of the derivatized proteins by HPLC-electrospray ionization (ESI)-MS/MS with the probability-based protein identification algorithm, identified 103 proteins in the soluble extract (10 microg protein) of Caenorhabditis elegans.     

Preparation of self-assembled fluorinated molecular aggregates, fluorescein nanocomposites: an extremely enhanced light absorption in nanocomposites

Self-assembled fluorinated molecular aggregates formed by fluoroalkyl end-capped N-(1,1-dimethyl-3-oxobutyl)acrylamide oligomers, N,N-dimethylacrylamide oligomers, and acrylic acid oligomers in methanol could selectively recognize fluoresceins as guest molecules to form a new class of fluorinated aggregates-fluorescein nanocomposites. These fluorinated fluorescein nanocomposites that are obtained exhibit an extraordinarily enhanced light absorption (_max ca. 440 nm) compared to that (_maxs 452, 480 nm) of the parent fluorescein in the absence of fluorinated aggregates.     

Micron-sized,monodisperse, snowman/confetti-shaped polymer particles by seeded dispersion polymerization

Snowman/confetti-shaped, micron-sized, monodisperse composite particles were prepared by seeded dispersion polymerizations of n-butyl methacrylate (nBMA) with 1.28 and 2.67 m-sized polystyrene (PS) seed particles, respectively, in an ethanol/water (80/20, w/w) medium. These nonspherical composite particles consisted of one or several poly(nBMA) protuberances on the surfaces of the spherical PS particles.Part CCLXII of the series Studies on Suspension and Emulsion     

A Network of Analog Metal Oxide Semiconductor Circuits for Motion Detection with Local Adaptation to a Background Image

Inspired by a mechanism of biological vision systems, a model and a network of analog metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) circuits are proposed which display an optical flow with local adaptation to the relative velocity of a background image. A function of displaying an optical flow successfully worked as a result of simulations using the simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis (SPICE). A function of varying an optical flow at a certain instant by local adaptation was also demonstrated. The proposed network is suitable for the realization of a large-scale integrated circuit (LSI), which displays an optical flow with local adaptation to the local velocity of a background.     

B(0)-B(0) mixing in unquenched lattice QCD

We present an unquenched lattice calculation for the B(0)-B(0) transition amplitude. The calculation, carried out at an inverse lattice spacing 1/a=2.22(4) GeV, incorporates two flavors of dynamical quarks described by the O(a)-improved Wilson fermion action and heavy quarks described by nonrelativistic QCD. Particular attention is paid to the uncertainty that arises from the chiral extrapolation, especially the effect of pion loops, for light quarks, which we find could be sizable for the leptonic decay constant, whereas it is small for the B parameters. We obtain f(B(d))=191(10)(+12-22) MeV, f(B(s))/f(B(d))=1.13(3)(+13-2), B(B(d))(m(b))=0.836(27)(+56-62), B(B(s))/B(B(d))=1.017(16)(+56-17), and xi=1.14(3)(+13-2), where the first error is statistical, and the second is systematic, including uncertainties due to chiral extrapolation, finite lattice spacing, heavy quark expansion, and perturbative operator matching.