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A follow up study of the 1945 and 1950 graduates and non-graduates of Colby College.
Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit
Mitochondrial Dynamics at the Interface of Immune Cell Metabolism and Function
Immune cell differentiation and function are crucially dependent on specific metabolic programs dictated by mitochondria, including the generation of ATP from the oxidation of nutrients and supplying precursors for the synthesis of macromolecules and post-translational modifications. The many processes that occur in mitochondria are intimately linked to their morphology that is shaped by opposing fusion and fission events. Exciting evidence is now emerging that demonstrates reciprocal crosstalk between mitochondrial dynamics and metabolism. Metabolic cues can control the mitochondrial fission and fusion machinery to acquire specific morphologies that shape their activity. We review the dynamic properties of mitochondria and discuss how these organelles interlace with immune cell metabolism and function
The Characterization of Surface Variegation Effects on Remote Sensing
Improvements in remote sensing capabilities hinge very directly upon attaining an understanding of the physical processes contributing to the measurements. In order to devise new measurement strategies and to learn better techniques for processing remotely gathered data, it is necessary to understand and to characterize the complex radiative interactions of the atmosphere-surface system. In particular, it is important to understand the role of atmospheric structure, ground reflectance inhomogeneity and ground bidirectional reflectance type. The goals, then, are to model, analyze, and parameterize the observable effects of three dimensional atmospheric structure and composition and two dimensional variations in ground albedo and bidirectional reflectance. To achieve these goals, a Monte Carlo radiative transfer code is employed to model and analyze the effects of many of the complications which are present in nature
Integrable Lattice Realizations of N=1 Superconformal Boundary Conditions
We construct integrable boundary conditions for sl(2) coset models with
central charges c=3/2-12/(m(m+2)) and m=3,4,... The associated cylinder
partition functions are generating functions for the branching functions but
these boundary conditions manifestly break the superconformal symmetry. We show
that there are additional integrable boundary conditions, satisfying the
boundary Yang-Baxter equation, which respect the superconformal symmetry and
lead to generating functions for the superconformal characters in both Ramond
and Neveu-Schwarz sectors. We also present general formulas for the cylinder
partition functions. This involves an alternative derivation of the
superconformal Verlinde formula recently proposed by Nepomechie.Comment: 22 pages, 12 figures; section 2 rewritten; journal-ref. adde
Fusion Algebras of Logarithmic Minimal Models
We present explicit conjectures for the chiral fusion algebras of the
logarithmic minimal models LM(p,p') considering Virasoro representations with
no enlarged or extended symmetry algebra. The generators of fusion are
countably infinite in number but the ensuing fusion rules are quasi-rational in
the sense that the fusion of a finite number of representations decomposes into
a finite direct sum of representations. The fusion rules are commutative,
associative and exhibit an sl(2) structure but require so-called Kac
representations which are reducible yet indecomposable representations of rank
1. In particular, the identity of the fundamental fusion algebra is in general
a reducible yet indecomposable Kac representation of rank 1. We make detailed
comparisons of our fusion rules with the results of Gaberdiel and Kausch for
p=1 and with Eberle and Flohr for (p,p')=(2,5) corresponding to the logarithmic
Yang-Lee model. In the latter case, we confirm the appearance of indecomposable
representations of rank 3. We also find that closure of a fundamental fusion
algebra is achieved without the introduction of indecomposable representations
of rank higher than 3. The conjectured fusion rules are supported, within our
lattice approach, by extensive numerical studies of the associated integrable
lattice models. Details of our lattice findings and numerical results will be
presented elsewhere. The agreement of our fusion rules with the previous fusion
rules lends considerable support for the identification of the logarithmic
minimal models LM(p,p') with the augmented c_{p,p'} (minimal) models defined
algebraically.Comment: 22 pages, v2: comments adde
Fusion hierarchies, -systems and -systems for the dilute loop models
The fusion hierarchy, -system and -system of functional equations are
the key to integrability for 2d lattice models. We derive these equations for
the generic dilute loop models. The fused transfer matrices are
associated with nodes of the infinite dominant integral weight lattice of
. For generic values of the crossing parameter , the -
and -systems do not truncate. For the case
rational so that
is a root of unity, we find explicit closure
relations and derive closed finite - and -systems. The TBA diagrams of
the -systems and associated Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz (TBA) integral
equations are not of simple Dynkin type. They involve nodes if is
even and nodes if is odd and are related to the TBA diagrams of
models at roots of unity by a folding which originates
from the addition of crossing symmetry. In an appropriate regime, the known
central charges are . Prototypical examples of the
loop models, at roots of unity, include critical dense polymers
with central charge , and loop
fugacity and critical site percolation on the triangular lattice
with , and . Solving
the TBA equations for the conformal data will determine whether these models
lie in the same universality classes as their counterparts. More
specifically, it will confirm the extent to which bond and site percolation lie
in the same universality class as logarithmic conformal field theories.Comment: 34 page
Fusion of \ade Lattice Models
Fusion hierarchies of \ade face models are constructed. The fused critical
, and elliptic models yield new solutions of the Yang-Baxter
equations with bond variables on the edges of faces in addition to the spin
variables on the corners. It is shown directly that the row transfer matrices
of the fused models satisfy special functional equations. Intertwiners between
the fused \ade models are constructed by fusing the cells that intertwine the
elementary face weights. As an example, we calculate explicitly the fused
face weights of the 3-state Potts model associated with the
diagram as well as the fused intertwiner cells for the --
intertwiner. Remarkably, this fusion yields the face weights of
both the Ising model and 3-state CSOS models.Comment: 41 page
Intertwiners and \ade Lattice Models
Intertwiners between \ade lattice models are presented and the general theory
developed. The intertwiners are discussed at three levels: at the level of the
adjacency matrices, at the level of the cell calculus intertwining the face
algebras and at the level of the row transfer matrices. A convenient graphical
representation of the intertwining cells is introduced. The utility of the
intertwining relations in studying the spectra of the \ade models is
emphasized. In particular, it is shown that the existence of an intertwiner
implies that many eigenvalues of the \ade row transfer matrices are exactly in
common for a finite system and, consequently, that the corresponding central
charges and scaling dimensions can be identified.Comment: 48 pages, Two postscript files included
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