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The motion of a deformable drop in a second-order fluid
The cross-stream migration of a deformable drop in a unidirectional shear flow of a second-order fluid is considered. Expressions for the particle velocity due to the separate effects of deformation and viscoelastic rheology are obtained. The direction and magnitude of migration are calculated for the particular cases of Poiseuille flow and simple shear flow and compared with experimental data
Wireless Biosensing Network for Drivers' Health Monitoring
Biosensors integrated into the vehicle controller area network are used for detecting symptoms such as anxiety, pain, and fatigue that may affect driving safety. The proposed system provides a flexible option for implementation in a diverse range of mass-produced automotive accessories without affecting the driver's movement
Roles of the Bloom's syndrome helicase in the maintenance of genome stability
The RecQ family of DNA helicases is highly conserved in evolution from bacteria to humans. Of the five known human RecQ family members, three (BLM, WRN and RECQ4, which cause Bloom's syndrome, Werner's syndrome and Rothmund-Thomson syndrome respectively) are mutated in distinct clinical disorders associated with cancer predisposition and/or premature aging. BLM forms part of a multienzyme complex including topoisomerase IIIalpha, replication protein A and a newly identified factor called BLAP75. Together, these proteins play a role in the resolution of DNA structures that arise during the process of homologous recombination repair. In the absence of BLM, cells show genomic instability and a high incidence of sister-chromatid exchanges. In addition to a DNA structure-specific helicase activity, BLM also catalyses Holliday-junction branch migration and the annealing of complementary single-stranded DNA molecules
Activation barrier scaling and crossover for noise-induced switching in a micromechanical parametric oscillator
We explore fluctuation-induced switching in a parametrically-driven
micromechanical torsional oscillator. The oscillator possesses one, two or
three stable attractors depending on the modulation frequency. Noise induces
transitions between the coexisting attractors. Near the bifurcation points, the
activation barriers are found to have a power law dependence on frequency
detuning with critical exponents that are in agreement with predicted universal
scaling relationships. At large detuning, we observe a crossover to a different
power law dependence with an exponent that is device specific.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Piezoelectric copolymer hydrophones for ultrasonic field characterization
Hydrophones to be used in the characterization of medical ultrasonic transducers have
been fabricated using a new polyvinylidene fluoride/trifluoroethylene (VF2/VF3)
copolymer. The copolymer has an advantage over VF2 in that it does not require
prestretching before poling. Thin copolymer films can be cast from solution and then
poled using the corona discharge method. As there is a need for small‐diameter
hydrophones to provide good spatial resolution in measuring highly focused ultrasonic
beams, hydrophones with diameter as small as 0.1 mm have been made. Both
needle‐type and line hydrophones have been tested and their performance reported. In
the case of line hydrophones, the output signal is proportional to the line integral of the
acoustic pressure and a computer tomographic technique has been used to reconstruct the
beam profiles
Analisis Penerapan Prinsip-prinsip Good Corporate Governance Pada PT Sumber Baru Wisata
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana penerapan prinsip-prinsip Good Corporate Governance pada PT Sumber Baru Wisata Yogyakarta yang bergerak di bidang perhotelan. Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis penelitian kualitatif deskriptif dengan metode wawancara. Teknik yang digunakan dalam pengumpulan data adalah purposive sampling dan untuk menguji keabsahan data, penulis menggunakan teknik triangulasi sumber.Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Perusahaan sudah menerapkan prinsip-prinsip Good Corporate Governance yaitu Keterbukaan, Akuntabilitas, Tanggung Jawab, Kemandirian, Kesetaraan dan Kewajaran. Namun, dari penerapan prinsip-prinsip ini, masih ada yang perlu dikembangkan oleh Perusahaan seperti dari keterbukaan visi dan misi Perusahaan belum terdapat pada website Perusahaan, akuntabilitas dimana Perusahaan harus menambahkan audit eksternal, dari segi tanggung jawab Perusahaan juga dapat menambahkan program Corporate Social Responsibility yang berkelanjutan, dari prinsip tanggung jawab penambahan peraturan Perusahaan secara spesifik mengenai cara untuk menghindari intervensi dalam pengambilan keputusan, dari aspek Kewajaran dan Kesetaraan Perusahaan dapat membuat pedoman cara untuk memperlakukan stakeholder agar setara khususnya kepada owner ketika mengunjungi Perusahaan
Fluctuation-enhanced frequency mixing in a nonlinear micromechanical oscillator
We study noise-enhanced frequency mixing in an underdamped micromechanical
torsional oscillator. The oscillator is electrostatically driven into
bistability by a strong, periodic voltage at frequency . A second,
weak ac voltage is applied at a frequency close to . Due to
nonlinearity in the system, vibrations occur at both and
. White noise is injected into the excitation, allowing the
system to occasionally overcome the activation barrier and switch between the
two states. At the primary drive frequency where the occupations of the two
states are approximately equal, we observe noise-induced enhancement of the
oscillation amplitudes at both and the down-converted frequency
, in agreement with theoretical predictions. Such enhancement
occurs as a result of the noise-induced interstate transitions becoming
synchronous with the beating between the two driving frequencies.Comment: 4 pages 5 figure
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