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Quantum spatial-periodic harmonic model for daily price-limited stock markets
We investigate the behavior of stocks in daily price-limited stock markets by
purposing a quantum spatial-periodic harmonic model. The stock price is
presumed to oscillate and damp in a quantum spatial-periodic harmonic
oscillator potential well. Complicated non-linear relations including
inter-band positive correlation and intra-band negative correlation between the
volatility and the trading volume of stocks are derived by considering the
energy band structure of the model. The validity of price limitation is then
examined and abnormal phenomena of a price-limited stock market (Shanghai Stock
Exchange) of China are studied by applying our quantum model.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figure
Itinerant quantum critical point with frustration and non-Fermi-liquid
Employing the self-learning quantum Monte Carlo algorithm, we investigate the
frustrated transverse-field triangle-lattice Ising model coupled to a Fermi
surface. Without fermions, the spin degrees of freedom undergoes a second-order
quantum phase transition between paramagnetic and clock-ordered phases. This
quantum critical point (QCP) has an emergent U(1) symmetry and thus belongs to
the (2+1)D XY universality class. In the presence of fermions, spin
fluctuations introduce effective interactions among fermions and distort the
bare Fermi surface towards an interacting one with hot spots and Fermi pockets.
Near the QCP, non-Fermi-liquid behavior are observed at the hot spots, and the
QCP is rendered into a different universality with Hertz-Millis type exponents.
The detailed properties of this QCP and possibly related experimental systems
are also discussed.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figure
Predicting Protein Interactions by Brownian Dynamics Simulations
We present a newly adapted Brownian-Dynamics (BD)-based protein docking method for predicting native protein complexes. The approach includes global BD conformational sampling, compact complex selection, and local energy minimization. In order to reduce the computational costs for energy evaluations, a shell-based grid force field was developed to represent the receptor protein and solvation effects. The performance of this BD protein docking approach has been evaluated on a test set of 24 crystal protein complexes. Reproduction of experimental structures in the test set indicates the adequate conformational sampling and accurate scoring of this BD protein docking approach. Furthermore, we have developed an approach to account for the flexibility of proteins, which has been successfully applied to reproduce the experimental complex structure from the structure of two unbounded proteins. These results indicate that this adapted BD protein docking approach can be useful for the prediction of protein-protein interactions
Inferior vestibular neuritis in a fighter pilot: A case report
Pilot spatial disorientation is a leading factor contributing to many fatal flying accidents. Spatial orientation is the product of integrative inputs from the proprioceptive, vestibular, and visual systems. Vestibular neuritis (VN) can lead to sudden pilot incapacitation in flight. VN is commonly diagnosed by demonstration of unilateral vestibular failure, as unilateral loss of caloric response. As this test reflects the function of the superior part of the vestibular nerve only, cases of pure inferior nerve neuritis will be lost. This paper describes a fighter pilot with symptoms suggestive of VN but with normal caloric test results. Further test showed unilateral loss of vestibular evoked myogenic potential. We believe that the pilot suffered from pure inferior nerve vestibular neuritis. VEMP plays a major role in the diagnosis of inferior nerve vestibular neuritis in pilots. Aeromedical concerns are also discussed
High-efficiency robust perovskite solar cells on ultrathin flexible substrates.
Wide applications of personal consumer electronics have triggered tremendous need for portable power sources featuring light-weight and mechanical flexibility. Perovskite solar cells offer a compelling combination of low-cost and high device performance. Here we demonstrate high-performance planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells constructed on highly flexible and ultrathin silver-mesh/conducting polymer substrates. The device performance is comparable to that of their counterparts on rigid glass/indium tin oxide substrates, reaching a power conversion efficiency of 14.0%, while the specific power (the ratio of power to device weight) reaches 1.96âkWâkg(-1), given the fact that the device is constructed on a 57-Îźm-thick polyethylene terephthalate based substrate. The flexible device also demonstrates excellent robustness against mechanical deformation, retaining >95% of its original efficiency after 5,000 times fully bending. Our results confirmed that perovskite thin films are fully compatible with our flexible substrates, and are thus promising for future applications in flexible and bendable solar cells
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