29 research outputs found
Future geodesic completeness of some spatially homogeneous solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations in higher dimensions
It is known that all spatially homogeneous solutions of the vacuum Einstein
equations in four dimensions which exist for an infinite proper time towards
the future are future geodesically complete. This paper investigates whether
the analogous statement holds in higher dimensions. A positive answer to this
question is obtained for a large class of models which can be studied with the
help of Kaluza-Klein reduction to solutions of the Einstein-scalar field
equations in four dimensions. The proof of this result makes use of a criterion
for geodesic completeness which is applicable to more general spatially
homogeneous models.Comment: 18 page
Future non-linear stability for reflection symmetric solutions of the Einstein-Vlasov system of Bianchi types II and VI
Using the methods developed for the Bianchi I case we have shown that a
boostrap argument is also suitable to treat the future non-linear stability for
reflection symmetric solutions of the Einstein-Vlasov system of Bianchi types
II and VI. These solutions are asymptotic to the Collins-Stewart solution
with dust and the Ellis-MacCallum solution respectively. We have thus
generalized the results obtained by Rendall and Uggla in the case of locally
rotationally symmetric Bianchi II spacetimes to the reflection symmetric case.
However we needed to assume small data. For Bianchi VI there is no
analogous previous result.Comment: 30 page
Kinderchirurgische Operationen unter Einsatz von 5mm laparoskopischen Klammernahtgeräten
Roll 715a. SLU vs. Wash. U. (Washington University)(tennis); Pius Library. Image 16 of 35. (18 April 1961) [PHO 1.715a.16]The Boleslaus Lukaszewski (Father Luke) Photographs contain more than 28,000 images of Saint Louis University people, activities, and events between 1951 and 1970. The photographs were taken by Boleslaus Lukaszewski (Father Luke), a Jesuit priest and member of the University's Philosophy Department faculty
Arginine-rhamnosylation as new strategy to activate translation elongation factor P
Ribosome stalling at polyproline stretches is common and fundamental. In bacteria, translation elongation factor P (EF-P) rescues such stalled ribosomes, but only when it is post-translationally activated. In Escherichia coli, activation of EF-P is achieved by (R)-beta-lysinylation and hydroxylation of a conserved lysine. Here we have unveiled a markedly different modification strategy in which a conserved arginine of EF-P is rhamnosylated by a glycosyltransferase (EarP) using dTDP-L-rhamnose as a substrate. This is to our knowledge the first report of N-linked protein glycosylation on arginine in bacteria and the first example in which a glycosylated side chain of a translation elongation factor is essential for function. Arginine-rhamnosylation of EF-P also occurs in clinically relevant bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We demonstrate that the modification is needed to develop pathogenicity, making EarP and dTDP-L-rhamnose-biosynthesizing enzymes ideal targets for antibiotic development
Applying Direct Instruction Principles to New Content
Abstract. Two block cyclic reduction linear system solvers are considered and implemented using the OpenCL framework. The topics of interest include a simplified scalar cyclic reduction tridiagonal system solver and the impact of increasing the radix-number of the algorithm. Both implementations are tested for the Poisson problem in two and three dimensions, using a Nvidia GTX 580 series GPU and double precision floating-point arithmetic. The numerical results indicate up to 6-fold speed increase in the case of the two-dimensional problems and up to 3-fold speed increase in the case of the three-dimensional problems when compared to equivalent CPU implementations run on a Intel Core i7 quad-core CPU. The original publication will be available at www.springerlink.com.