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Large-eddy simulation of large-scale structures in long channel flow
We investigate statistics of large-scale structures from large-eddy simulation (LES) of turbulent channel flow at friction Reynolds numbers Re_τ = 2K and 200K (where K denotes 1000). In order to capture the behaviour of large-scale structures properly, the channel length is chosen to be 96 times the channel half-height. In agreement with experiments, these large-scale structures are found to give rise to an apparent amplitude modulation of the underlying small-scale fluctuations. This effect is explained in terms of the phase relationship between the large- and small-scale activity. The shape of the dominant large-scale structure is investigated by conditional averages based on the large-scale velocity, determined using a filter width equal to the channel half-height. The conditioned field demonstrates coherence on a scale of several times the filter width, and the small-scale–large-scale relative phase difference increases away from the wall, passing through π/2 in the overlap region of the mean velocity before approaching π further from the wall. We also found that, near the wall, the convection velocity of the large scales departs slightly, but unequivocally, from the mean velocity
Business integration models in the context of web services.
E-commerce development and applications have
been bringing the Internet to business and marketing
and reforming our current business styles and
processes. The rapid development of the Web, in
particular, the introduction of the semantic web and
web service technologies, enables business
processes, modeling and management to enter an
entirely new stage. Traditional web based business
data and transactions can now be analyzed,
extracted and modeled to discover new business
rules and to form new business strategies, let alone
mining the business data in order to classify
customers or products. In this paper, we investigate
and analyze the business integration models in the
context of web services using a micro-payment
system because a micro-payment system is
considered to be a service intensive activity, where
many payment tasks involve different forms of
services, such as payment method selection for
buyers, security support software, product price
comparison, etc. We will use the micro-payment case
to discuss and illustrate how the web services
approaches support and transform the business
process and integration model.
Minimal Theoretical Uncertainties in Inflationary Predictions
During inflation, primordial energy density fluctuations are created from
approximate de Sitter vacuum quantum fluctuations redshifted out of the horizon
after which they are frozen as perturbations in the background curvature. In
this paper we demonstrate that there exists an intrinsic theoretical
uncertainty in the inflationary predictions for the curvature perturbations due
to the failure of the well known prescriptions to specify the vacuum uniquely.
Specifically, we show that the two often used prescriptions for defining the
initial vacuum state -- the Bunch-Davies prescription and the adiabatic vacuum
prescription (even if the adiabaticity order to which the vacuum is specified
is infinity) -- fail to specify the vacuum uniquely in generic inflationary
spacetimes in which the total duration of inflation is finite. This conclusion
holds despite the absence of any trans-Planckian effects or effective field
theory cutoff related effects. We quantify the uncertainty which is applicable
to slow roll inflationary scenarios as well as for general FRW spacetimes and
find that the uncertainty is generically small. This uncertainty should be
treated as a minimal uncertainty that underlies all curvature perturbation
calculations.Comment: LaTeX file, 35 pages; some typos correcte
Gravity Waves as a Probe of Hubble Expansion Rate During An Electroweak Scale Phase Transition
Just as big bang nucleosynthesis allows us to probe the expansion rate when
the temperature of the universe was around 1 MeV, the measurement of gravity
waves from electroweak scale first order phase transitions may allow us to
probe the expansion rate when the temperature of the universe was at the
electroweak scale. We compute the simple transformation rule for the gravity
wave spectrum under the scaling transformation of the Hubble expansion rate. We
then apply this directly to the scenario of quintessence kination domination
and show how gravity wave spectra would shift relative to LISA and BBO
projected sensitivities.Comment: 28 pages, 2 figures
Induced Lorentz- and CPT-violating Chern-Simons term in QED: Fock-Schwinger proper time method
Using the Fock-Schwinger proper time method, we calculate the induced
Chern-Simons term arising from the Lorentz- and CPT-violating sector of quantum
electrodynamics with a term. Our
result to all orders in coincides with a recent linear-in- calculation
by Chaichian et al. [hep-th/0010129 v2]. The coincidence was pointed out by
Chung [Phys. Lett. {\bf B461} (1999) 138] and P\'{e}rez-Victoria [Phys. Rev.
Lett. {\bf 83} (1999) 2518] in the standard Feynman diagram calculation with
the nonperturbative-in- propagator.Comment: 11 pages, no figur
Lorentz and CPT Violating Chern-Simons Term in the Formulation of Functional Integral
We show that in the functional integral formalism the (finite) coefficient of
the induced, Lorentz- and CPT-violating Chern-Simons term, arising from the
Lorentz- and CPT-violating fermion sector, is undetermined.Comment: 5 pages, no figure, RevTe
The influence of the cluster environment on the star formation efficiency of 12 Virgo spiral galaxies
The influence of the environment on gas surface density and star formation
efficiency of cluster spiral galaxies is investigated. We extend previous work
on radial profiles by a pixel-to pixel analysis looking for asymmetries due to
environmental interactions. The star formation rate is derived from GALEX UV
and Spitzer total infrared data. As in field galaxies, the star formation rate
for most Virgo galaxies is approximately proportional to the molecular gas
mass. Except for NGC 4438, the cluster environment does not affect the star
formation efficiency with respect to the molecular gas. Gas truncation is not
associated with major changes in the total gas surface density distribution of
the inner disk of Virgo spiral galaxies. In three galaxies, possible increases
in the molecular fraction and the star formation efficiency with respect to the
total gas, of factors of 1.5 to 2, are observed on the windward side of the
galactic disk. A significant increase of the star formation efficiency with
respect to the molecular gas content on the windward side of ram
pressure-stripped galaxies is not observed. The ram-pressure stripped
extraplanar gas of 3 highly inclined spiral galaxies shows a depressed star
formation efficiency with respect to the total gas, and one of them (NGC 4438)
shows a depressed rate even with respect to the molecular gas. The
interpretation is that stripped gas loses the gravitational confinement and
associated pressure of the galactic disk, and the gas flow is diverging, so the
gas density decreases and the star formation rate drops. However, the stripped
extraplanar gas in one highly inclined galaxy (NGC 4569) shows a normal star
formation efficiency with respect to the total gas. We propose this galaxy is
different because it is observed long after peak pressure, and its extraplanar
gas is now in a converging flow as it resettles back into the disk.Comment: 34 pages, 24 figures, accepted for publication by A&
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Quantitative analysis of acetyl-CoA production in hypoxic cancer cells reveals substantial contribution from acetate
Background
Cell growth requires fatty acids for membrane synthesis. Fatty acids are assembled from 2-carbon units in the form of acetyl-CoA (AcCoA). In nutrient and oxygen replete conditions, acetyl-CoA is predominantly derived from glucose. In hypoxia, however, flux from glucose to acetyl-CoA decreases, and the fractional contribution of glutamine to acetyl-CoA increases. The significance of other acetyl-CoA sources, however, has not been rigorously evaluated. Here we investigate quantitatively, using 13C-tracers and mass spectrometry, the sources of acetyl-CoA in hypoxia.<p></p>
Results
In normoxic conditions, cultured cells produced more than 90% of acetyl-CoA from glucose and glutamine-derived carbon. In hypoxic cells, this contribution dropped, ranging across cell lines from 50% to 80%. Thus, under hypoxia, one or more additional substrates significantly contribute to acetyl-CoA production. 13C-tracer experiments revealed that neither amino acids nor fatty acids are the primary source of this acetyl-CoA. Instead, the main additional source is acetate. A large contribution from acetate occurs despite it being present in the medium at a low concentration (50–500 μM).<p></p>
Conclusions
Acetate is an important source of acetyl-CoA in hypoxia. Inhibition of acetate metabolism may impair tumor growth.<p></p>
Response of single junction GaAs/GaAs and GaAs/Ge solar cells to multiple doses of 1 MeV electrons
A comparison of the radiation tolerance of MOCVD-grown GaAs cells and GaAs/Ge cells was undertaken using 1 MeV electrons. The GaAs/Ge cells are somewhat more tolerant of 1 MeV electron irradiation and more responsive to annealing than are the GaAs/GaAs cells examined in this study. However, both types of cells suffer a greater degradation in efficiency than has been observed in other recent studies. The reason for this is not certain, but it may be associated with an emitter thickness which appears to be greater than desired. The deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) spectra following irradiation are not significantly different for the GaAs/Ge and the GaAs/GaAs cells, with each having just two peaks. The annealing behavior of these peaks is also similar in the two samples examined. It appears that no penalty in radiation tolerance, and perhaps some benefit, is associated with fabricating MOCVD GaAs cells on Ge substrates rather than GaAs substrates
Representing Structural Information of Helical Charge Distributions in Cylindrical Coordinates
Structural information in the local electric field produced by helical charge
distributions, such as dissolved DNA, is revealed in a straightforward manner
employing cylindrical coordinates. Comparison of structure factors derived in
terms of cylindrical and helical coordinates is made. A simple coordinate
transformation serves to relate the Green function in cylindrical and helical
coordinates. We also compare the electric field on the central axis of a single
helix as calculated in both systems.Comment: 11 pages in plain LaTex, no figures. Accepted for publication in PRE
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