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Johnson-Kendall-Roberts theory applied to living cells
Johnson-Kendall-Roberts (JKR) theory is an accurate model for strong adhesion
energies of soft slightly deformable material. Little is known about the
validity of this theory on complex systems such as living cells. We have
addressed this problem using a depletion controlled cell adhesion and measured
the force necessary to separate the cells with a micropipette technique. We
show that the cytoskeleton can provide the cells with a 3D structure that is
sufficiently elastic and has a sufficiently low deformability for JKR theory to
be valid. When the cytoskeleton is disrupted, JKR theory is no longer
applicable
Development of fuel cell electrodes Semiannual report, 30 Jun. 1966 - 30 Dec. 1966
Fuel cell using circulating liquid electrolyte and water removal by transpiration through porous electrode
Status of Lattice QCD
Significant progress has recently been achieved in the lattice gauge theory
calculations required for extracting the fundamental parameters of the standard
model from experiment. Recent lattice determinations of such quantities as the
kaon parameter, the mass of the quark, and the strong coupling constant
have produced results and uncertainties as good or better than the best
conventional determinations. Many other calculations crucial to extracting the
fundamental parameters of the standard model from experimental data are
undergoing very active development. I review the status of such applications of
lattice QCD to standard model phenomenology, and discuss the prospects for the
near future.Comment: 20 pages, 8 embedded figures, uuencoded, 2 missing figures. (Talk
presented at the Lepton-Photon Symposium, Cornell University, Aug. 10-15,
1993.
Massive Fields and the 2D String
The first massive level of closed bosonic string theory is studied.
Free-field equations are derived by imposing Weyl invariance on the world
sheet. A two-parameter solution to the equation of motion and constraints is
found in two dimensions with a flat linear-dilaton background. One-to-one
tachyon scattering is studied in this background. The results support Dhar,
Mandal and Wadia's proposal that 2D critical string theory corresponds to the
c=1 matrix model in which both sides of the Fermi sea are excited.Comment: 17 pages, Latex. V2: One ref added, minor rephrasing of the first
paragraph in Sec.3.1, typos in (56) and (57) correcte
Venus and Mars nominal natural environment for advanced manned planetary mission programs
Nominal natural environment values for advanced manned planetary space flights to Venus and Mar
Magnetically suspended flywheel system study
A program to study the application of a graphite/epoxy, magnetically suspended, pierced disk flywheel for the combined function of spacecraft attitude control and energy storage (ACES) is described. Past achievements of the program include design and analysis computer codes for the flywheel rotor, a magnetically suspended flywheel model, and graphite/epoxy rotor rings that were successfully prestressed via interference assembly. All hardware successfully demonstrated operation of the necessary subsystems which form a complete ACES design. Areas of future work include additional rotor design research, system definition and control strategies, prototype development, and design/construction of a UM/GSFC spin test facility. The results of applying design and analysis computer codes to a magnetically suspended interference assembled rotor show specific energy densities of 42 Wh/lb (92.4 Wh/kg) are obtained for a 1.6 kWh system
Indoor radio channel characterization and modeling for a 5.2-GHz bodyworn receiver
[Abstract]: Wireless local area network applications may include the use of bodyworn or handportable terminals. For the first time, this paper compares measurements and simulations of a narrowband 5.2-GHz radio channel incorporating a fixed transmitter and a mobile bodyworn receiver. Two indoor environments were considered,
an 18-m long corridor and a 42-m2 office. The modeling
technique was a site-specific ray-tracing simulator incorporating the radiation pattern of the bodyworn receiver. In the corridor, the measured body-shadowing effect was 5.4 dB, while it was 15.7 dB in the office. First- and second-order small-scale fading statistics
for the measured and simulated results are presented and compared with theoretical Rayleigh and lognormal distributions. The root mean square error in the cumulative distributions for the simulated results was less than 0.74% for line-of-sight conditions and less than 1.4% for nonline-of-sight conditions
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