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Computational Stylometry: An Interdisciplinary Project
This project was an analysis of a writers word usage and writing tendencies which, allows a person to recognize a piece of work with out knowing who wrote it and make a reasonable guess about whose work it is
3-quasi-Sasakian manifolds
In the present paper we carry on a systematic study of 3-quasi-Sasakian
manifolds. In particular we prove that the three Reeb vector fields generate an
involutive distribution determining a canonical totally geodesic and Riemannian
foliation. Locally, the leaves of this foliation turn out to be Lie groups:
either the orthogonal group or an abelian one. We show that 3-quasi-Sasakian
manifolds have a well-defined rank, obtaining a rank-based classification.
Furthermore, we prove a splitting theorem for these manifolds assuming the
integrability of one of the almost product structures. Finally, we show that
the vertical distribution is a minimum of the corrected energy.Comment: 17 pages, minor modifications, references update
Control of membrane barrier during bacterial type-III protein secretion
Type-III secretion systems (T3SSs) of the bacterial flagellum and the evolutionarily related injectisome are capable of translocating proteins with a remarkable speed of several thousand amino acids per second. Here, we investigate how T3SSs are able to transport proteins at such a high rate while preventing the leakage of small molecules. Our mutational and evolutionary analyses demonstrate that an ensemble of conserved methionine residues at the cytoplasmic side of the T3SS channel create a deformable gasket (M-gasket) around fast-moving substrates undergoing export. The unique physicochemical features of the M-gasket are crucial to preserve the membrane barrier, to accommodate local conformational changes during active secretion, and to maintain stability of the secretion pore in cooperation with a plug domain (R-plug) and a network of salt-bridges. The conservation of the M-gasket, R-plug, and salt-bridge network suggests a universal mechanism by which the membrane integrity is maintained during high-speed protein translocation in all T3SSs.Peer Reviewe
Space Vehicle Terrestrial Environment Design Requirements Guidelines
The terrestrial environment is an important driver of space vehicle structural, control, and thermal system design. NASA is currently in the process of producing an update to an earlier Terrestrial Environment Guidelines for Aerospace Vehicle Design and Development Handbook. This paper addresses the contents of this updated handbook, with special emphasis on new material being included in the areas of atmospheric thermodynamic models, wind dynamics, atmospheric composition, atmospheric electricity, cloud phenomena, atmospheric extremes, and sea state. In addition, the respective engineering design elements are discussed relative to terrestrial environment inputs that require consideration. Specific lessons learned that have contributed to the advancements made in the application and awareness of terrestrial environment inputs for aerospace engineering applications are presented
Multimessenger astronomy with the Einstein Telescope
Gravitational waves (GWs) are expected to play a crucial role in the
development of multimessenger astrophysics. The combination of GW observations
with other astrophysical triggers, such as from gamma-ray and X-ray satellites,
optical/radio telescopes, and neutrino detectors allows us to decipher science
that would otherwise be inaccessible. In this paper, we provide a broad review
from the multimessenger perspective of the science reach offered by the third
generation interferometric GW detectors and by the Einstein Telescope (ET) in
particular. We focus on cosmic transients, and base our estimates on the
results obtained by ET's predecessors GEO, LIGO, and Virgo.Comment: 26 pages. 3 figures. Special issue of GRG on the Einstein Telescope.
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Non-Newtonian characteristics of peristaltic flow of blood in micro-vessels
Of concern in the paper is a generalized theoretical study of the
non-Newtonian characteristics of peristaltic flow of blood through
micro-vessels, e.g. arterioles. The vessel is considered to be of variable
cross-section and blood to be a Herschel-Bulkley type of fluid. The progressive
wave front of the peristaltic flow is supposed sinusoidal/straight section
dominated (SSD) (expansion/contraction type); Reynolds number is considered to
be small with reference to blood flow in the micro-circulatory system. The
equations that govern the non-Newtonian peristaltic flow of blood are
considered to be non-linear. The objective of the study has been to examine the
effect of amplitude ratio, mean pressure gradient, yield stress and the power
law index on the velocity distribution, wall shear stress, streamline pattern
and trapping. It is observed that the numerical estimates for the aforesaid
quantities in the case of peristaltic transport of the blood in a channel are
much different from those for flow in an axisymmetric vessel of circular
cross-section. The study further shows that peristaltic pumping, flow velocity
and wall shear stress are significantly altered due to the non-uniformity of
the cross-sectional radius of blood vessels of the micro-circulatory system.
Moreover, the magnitude of the amplitude ratio and the value of the fluid index
are important parameters that affect the flow behaviour. Novel features of SSD
wave propagation that affect the flow behaviour of blood have also been
discussed.Comment: Accepted for publication in Communications in Nonlinear Science and
Numerical Simulation, Elsevier. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:1006.017
Search for supersymmetry with a dominant R-parity violating LQDbar couplings in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 130GeV to 172 GeV
A search for pair-production of supersymmetric particles under the assumption
that R-parity is violated via a dominant LQDbar coupling has been performed
using the data collected by ALEPH at centre-of-mass energies of 130-172 GeV.
The observed candidate events in the data are in agreement with the Standard
Model expectation. This result is translated into lower limits on the masses of
charginos, neutralinos, sleptons, sneutrinos and squarks. For instance, for
m_0=500 GeV/c^2 and tan(beta)=sqrt(2) charginos with masses smaller than 81
GeV/c^2 and neutralinos with masses smaller than 29 GeV/c^2 are excluded at the
95% confidence level for any generation structure of the LQDbar coupling.Comment: 32 pages, 30 figure
Global Search for New Physics with 2.0/fb at CDF
Data collected in Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron are searched for
indications of new electroweak-scale physics. Rather than focusing on
particular new physics scenarios, CDF data are analyzed for discrepancies with
the standard model prediction. A model-independent approach (Vista) considers
gross features of the data, and is sensitive to new large cross-section
physics. Further sensitivity to new physics is provided by two additional
algorithms: a Bump Hunter searches invariant mass distributions for "bumps"
that could indicate resonant production of new particles; and the Sleuth
procedure scans for data excesses at large summed transverse momentum. This
combined global search for new physics in 2.0/fb of ppbar collisions at
sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV reveals no indication of physics beyond the standard model.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures. Final version which appeared in Physical Review D
Rapid Communication
Search for the glueball candidates f0(1500) and fJ(1710) in gamma gamma collisions
Data taken with the ALEPH detector at LEP1 have been used to search for gamma
gamma production of the glueball candidates f0(1500) and fJ(1710) via their
decay to pi+pi-. No signal is observed and upper limits to the product of gamma
gamma width and pi+pi- branching ratio of the f0(1500) and the fJ(1710) have
been measured to be Gamma_(gamma gamma -> f0(1500)). BR(f0(1500)->pi+pi-) <
0.31 keV and Gamma_(gamma gamma -> fJ(1710)). BR(fJ(1710)->pi+pi-) < 0.55 keV
at 95% confidence level.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
Observation of Orbitally Excited B_s Mesons
We report the first observation of two narrow resonances consistent with
states of orbitally excited (L=1) B_s mesons using 1 fb^{-1} of ppbar
collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV collected with the CDF II detector at the
Fermilab Tevatron. We use two-body decays into K^- and B^+ mesons reconstructed
as B^+ \to J/\psi K^+, J/\psi \to \mu^+ \mu^- or B^+ \to \bar{D}^0 \pi^+,
\bar{D}^0 \to K^+ \pi^-. We deduce the masses of the two states to be m(B_{s1})
= 5829.4 +- 0.7 MeV/c^2 and m(B_{s2}^*) = 5839.7 +- 0.7 MeV/c^2.Comment: Version accepted and published by Phys. Rev. Let
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