762 research outputs found
First-principles study of the effects of gold adsorption on the Al(001) surface properties
In this work, we have studied theoretically the effects of gold adsorption on
the Al(001) surface, using {\it ab initio} pseudo-potential method in the
framework of the density functional theory. Having found the hollow sites at
the Al(001) surface as the most preferred adsorption sites, we have
investigated the effects of the Au adsorption with different coverages
(=0.11, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.00 ML) on the geometry, adsorption energy,
surface dipole moment, and the work-function of the Al(001) surface. The
results show that, even though the work-function of the Al substrate increases
with the Au coverage, the surface dipole moment decreases with the changes in
coverage from ML to ML. We have explained this
behavior by analyzing the electronic and ionic charge distributions.
Furthermore, by studying the diffusion of Au atoms in to the substrate, we have
shown that at room temperature the diffusion rate of Au atoms in to the
substrate is negligible but, increasing the temperature to about 200 C
the Au atoms significantly diffuse in to the substrate, in agreement with the
experiment.Comment: 19 pages, 9 eps figure
On the algorithmic construction of classifying spaces and the isomorphism problem for biautomatic groups
We show that the isomorphism problem is solvable in the class of central
extensions of word-hyperbolic groups, and that the isomorphism problem for
biautomatic groups reduces to that for biautomatic groups with finite centre.
We describe an algorithm that, given an arbitrary finite presentation of an
automatic group , will construct explicit finite models for the skeleta
of and hence compute the integral homology and cohomology of
.Comment: 21 pages, 4 figure
Soft-core meson-baryon interactions. I. One-hadron-exchange potentials
The Nijmegen soft-core model for the pseudoscalar-meson baryon interaction is
derived, analogous to the Nijmegen NN and YN models. The interaction
Hamiltonians are defined and the resulting amplitudes for one-meson-exchange
and one-baryon-exchange in momentum space are given for the general mass case.
The partial wave projection is carried through and explicit expressions for the
momentum space partial wave meson-baryon potentials are presented.Comment: 25 pages, 2 PostScript figures, revtex4, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Beat-wave generation of plasmons in semiconductor plasmas
It is shown that in semiconductor plasmas, it is possible to generate large
amplitude plasma waves by the beating of two laser beams with frequency
difference close to the plasma frequency. For narrow gap semiconductors (for
example n-type InSb), the system can simulate the physics underlying beat wave
generation in relativistic gaseous plasmas.Comment: 11 pages, LaTex, no figures, no macro
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Language support for immigrant children: a study of state schools in the UK and US
In recent decades, immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers have sought a new way of life in large numbers, often leaving their countries of origin behind in search of places that offer a better way of life. The purpose of this study was to investigate how elementary and middle school students in state schools in Reading, England (primarily speakers of Asian languages), and Richmond, Virginia (primarily speakers of Spanish), were supported academically, when most children’s first language was not English. The authors were interested in exploring whether or not there were cultural or structural differences in the way each country helped or hindered these students as they progressed through the school systems. Three UK schools in a district of approximately 100,000 and three US schools in a district of approximately 250,000 were the focus of this exploration from 2000 to 2003. Findings indicated that there were cultural and legislative differences and similarities. Teachers and administrators in both countries attempted to provide services with limited and sometimes diminishing resources. Community support varied based on resources, attitudes toward various ethnic groups, and the coping strategies adopted by these groups in their new environments. Marked differences appeared with regard to the manner in which assessments took place and how the results were made available to the public
Inversion of Randomly Corrugated Surfaces Structure from Atom Scattering Data
The Sudden Approximation is applied to invert structural data on randomly
corrugated surfaces from inert atom scattering intensities. Several expressions
relating experimental observables to surface statistical features are derived.
The results suggest that atom (and in particular He) scattering can be used
profitably to study hitherto unexplored forms of complex surface disorder.Comment: 10 pages, no figures. Related papers available at
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Maxwell Equations in Complex Form of Majorana - Oppenheimer, Solutions with Cylindric Symmetry in Riemann S_{3} and Lobachevsky H_{3} Spaces
Complex formalism of Riemann - Silberstein - Majorana - Oppenheimer in
Maxwell electrodynamics is extended to the case of arbitrary pseudo-Riemannian
space - time in accordance with the tetrad recipe of Tetrode - Weyl - Fock -
Ivanenko. In this approach, the Maxwell equations are solved exactly on the
background of static cosmological Einstein model, parameterized by special
cylindrical coordinates and realized as a Riemann space of constant positive
curvature. A discrete frequency spectrum for electromagnetic modes depending on
the curvature radius of space and three parameters is found, and corresponding
basis electromagnetic solutions have been constructed explicitly. In the case
of elliptical model a part of the constructed solutions should be rejected by
continuity considerations. Similar treatment is given for Maxwell equations in
hyperbolic Lobachevsky model, the complete basis of electromagnetic solutions
in corresponding cylindrical coordinates has been constructed as well, no
quantization of frequencies of electromagnetic modes arises.Comment: 39 page
Isospin-Violating Meson-Nucleon Vertices as an Alternate Mechanism of Charge-Symmetry Breaking
We compute isospin-violating meson-nucleon coupling constants and their
consequent charge-symmetry-breaking nucleon-nucleon potentials. The couplings
result from evaluating matrix elements of quark currents between nucleon states
in a nonrelativistic constituent quark model; the isospin violations arise from
the difference in the up and down constituent quark masses. We find, in
particular, that isospin violation in the omega-meson--nucleon vertex dominates
the class IV CSB potential obtained from these considerations. We evaluate the
resulting spin-singlet--triplet mixing angles, the quantities germane to the
difference of neutron and proton analyzing powers measured in elastic
scattering, and find them commensurate to those computed
originally using the on-shell value of the - mixing amplitude.
The use of the on-shell - mixing amplitude at has been
called into question; rather, the amplitude is zero in a wide class of models.
Our model possesses no contribution from - mixing at , and
we find that omega-meson exchange suffices to explain the measured
analyzing power difference~at~183 MeV.Comment: 20 pages, revtex, 3 uuencoded PostScript figure
A human MAP kinase interactome.
Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways form the backbone of signal transduction in the mammalian cell. Here we applied a systematic experimental and computational approach to map 2,269 interactions between human MAPK-related proteins and other cellular machinery and to assemble these data into functional modules. Multiple lines of evidence including conservation with yeast supported a core network of 641 interactions. Using small interfering RNA knockdowns, we observed that approximately one-third of MAPK-interacting proteins modulated MAPK-mediated signaling. We uncovered the Na-H exchanger NHE1 as a potential MAPK scaffold, found links between HSP90 chaperones and MAPK pathways and identified MUC12 as the human analog to the yeast signaling mucin Msb2. This study makes available a large resource of MAPK interactions and clone libraries, and it illustrates a methodology for probing signaling networks based on functional refinement of experimentally derived protein-interaction maps
Low mental health treatment participation and Confucianist familial norms among East Asian immigrants: A critical review
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