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Novel Broadcasting Algorithm of Recursive Networks
[[abstract]]The interconnection network considered in this paper is the complete WK-Recursive network that
demonstrates many attractive properties, such as high degree of regularity, symmetry and efficient
communication. Chen and Duh have proposed a distributed stack-base broadcasting algorithm for the
complete WK-Recursive networks [Networks, 24 (1994) 303-317]. To perform this algorithm, a stack of
O(log N) elements, where N is the number of nodes, to keep the labels of links is included in each
message. Moreover, as a node receives the message, a series of O(log N) pop and push operations on
the stack is required. In this paper, we present a novel broadcasting algorithm for the complete WKRecursive
network, which is much simpler and requires only constant data included in each message
and constant time to determine the neighbors to forward the message
Synthesis of titanate nanofibers co-sensitized with ZnS and Bi2S3 nanocrystallites and their application on pollutants removal
The synthesis of nanocomposite materials combining titanate nanofibers (TNF)
with nanocrystalline ZnS and Bi2S3 semiconductors is described in this work.
The TNF were produced via hydrothermal synthesis and sensitized with the
semiconductor nanoparticles, through a single-source precursor decomposition
method. ZnS and Bi2S3 nanoparticles were successfully grown onto the TNF's
surface and Bi2S3-ZnS/TNF nanocomposite materials with different layouts were
obtained using either a layer-by-layer or a co-sensitization approach. The
samples' photocatalytic performance was first evaluated through the production
of the hydroxyl radical using terephthalic acid as probe molecule. All the
tested samples show photocatalytic ability for the production of this oxidizing
species. Afterwards, the samples were investigated for the removal of methylene
blue. The nanocomposite materials with best adsorption ability for the organic
dye were the ZnS/TNF and Bi2S3ZnS/TNF. The removal of the methylene blue was
systematically studied, and the most promising results were obtained
considering a sequential combination of an adsorption-photocatalytic
degradation process using the Bi2S3ZnS/TNF powder as a highly adsorbent and
photocatalyst material.Comment: 26 pages, 10 figure
Observation of Two New N* Peaks in J/psi -> and Decays
The system in decays of is limited to be
isospin 1/2 by isospin conservation. This provides a big advantage in studying
compared with and experiments which mix
isospin 1/2 and 3/2 for the system. Using 58 million decays
collected with the Beijing Electron Positron Collider, more than 100 thousand
events are obtained. Besides two well known
peaks at 1500 MeV and 1670 MeV, there are two new, clear peaks in
the invariant mass spectrum around 1360 MeV and 2030 MeV. They are the
first direct observation of the peak and a long-sought "missing"
peak above 2 GeV in the invariant mass spectrum. A simple
Breit-Wigner fit gives the mass and width for the peak as MeV and MeV, and for the new peak above 2 GeV
as MeV and MeV, respectively
Modeling DNA Structure, Elasticity and Deformations at the Base-pair Level
We present a generic model for DNA at the base-pair level. We use a variant
of the Gay-Berne potential to represent the stacking energy between neighboring
base-pairs. The sugar-phosphate backbones are taken into account by semi-rigid
harmonic springs with a non-zero spring length. The competition of these two
interactions and the introduction of a simple geometrical constraint leads to a
stacked right-handed B-DNA-like conformation. The mapping of the presented
model to the Marko-Siggia and the Stack-of-Plates model enables us to optimize
the free model parameters so as to reproduce the experimentally known
observables such as persistence lengths, mean and mean squared base-pair step
parameters. For the optimized model parameters we measured the critical force
where the transition from B- to S-DNA occurs to be approximately . We
observe an overstretched S-DNA conformation with highly inclined bases that
partially preserves the stacking of successive base-pairs.Comment: 15 pages, 25 figures. submitted to PR
-minimal surface and manifold with positive -Bakry-\'{E}mery Ricci curvature
In this paper, we first prove a compactness theorem for the space of closed
embedded -minimal surfaces of fixed topology in a closed three-manifold with
positive Bakry-\'{E}mery Ricci curvature. Then we give a Lichnerowicz type
lower bound of the first eigenvalue of the -Laplacian on compact manifold
with positive -Bakry-\'{E}mery Ricci curvature, and prove that the lower
bound is achieved only if the manifold is isometric to the -shpere, or the
-dimensional hemisphere. Finally, for compact manifold with positive
-Bakry-\'{E}mery Ricci curvature and -mean convex boundary, we prove an
upper bound for the distance function to the boundary, and the upper bound is
achieved if only if the manifold is isometric to an Euclidean ball.Comment: 15 page
Localized states in 2D semiconductors doped with magnetic impurities in quantizing magnetic field
A theory of magnetic impurities in a 2D electron gas quantized by a strong
magnetic field is formulated in terms of Friedel-Anderson theory of resonance
impurity scattering. It is shown that this scattering results in an appearance
of bound Landau states with zero angular moment between the Landau subbands.
The resonance scattering is spin selective, and it results in a strong spin
polarization of Landau states, as well as in a noticeable magnetic field
dependence of the factor and the crystal field splitting of the impurity
levels.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures Submitted to Physical Review B This version is
edited and updated in accordance with recent experimental dat
Taxanes convert regions of perturbed microtubule growth into rescue sites
Microtubules are polymers of tubulin dimers, and conformational transitions in the microtubule
lattice drive microtubule dynamic instability and affect various aspects of microtubule function.
The exact nature of these transitions and their modulation by anti -cancer drugs such as Taxol and
epothilone, which can stabilize microtubules but also perturb their growth, are poorly understood.
Here, we directly visualize the action of fluorescent Taxol and epothilone derivatives and show
that microtubules can transition to a state that triggers cooperative drug binding to form regions
with altered lattice conformation. Such regions emerge at growing microtubule ends that are in a
pre-catastrophe state and inhibit microtubule growth and shortening. Electron microscopy and in
vitro dynamics data indicate that taxane accumulation zones represent incomplete tubes that can
persist, incorporate tubulin dimers and repeatedly induce microtubule rescues. Thus, taxanes
modulate the material properties of microtubules by converting destabilized growing microtubule
ends into regions resistant to depolymerization
Grover search with pairs of trapped ions
The desired interference required for quantum computing may be modified by
the wave function oscillations for the implementation of quantum
algorithms[Phys.Rev.Lett.84(2000)1615]. To diminish such detrimental effect, we
propose a scheme with trapped ion-pairs being qubits and apply the scheme to
the Grover search. It can be found that our scheme can not only carry out a
full Grover search, but also meet the requirement for the scalable hot-ion
quantum computing. Moreover, the ion-pair qubits in our scheme are more robust
against the decoherence and the dissipation caused by the environment than
single-particle qubits proposed before.Comment: RevTe
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