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Thermally-stable, syntactic pyrrone foams
Foam formulations may be readily emplaced in honeycomb structures after heating to soft, doughlike consistency and forcing heated mixture into honeycomb cells. Final cure can be accomplished by simple oven cure, with no need for containment or restriction of foam formulation during cure
Development of dielectric windows for space- craft antennas third quarterly report, 1 jan. - 31 mar. 1964
Dielectric windows for spacecraft antennas - screening tests of reinforced plastic
Preparation and characterization of the Pyrrones as thermal structural materials
Development of technique for preparing foam materials to be used as thermal structural components in spacecraft constructio
Development and optimization of pyrrone polymers, June 1966 - June 1967
Development and optimization of pyrrone polymer
Josephson Coupling through a Quantum Dot
We derive, via fourth order perturbation theory, an expression for the
Josephson current through a gated interacting quantum dot. We analyze our
expression for two different models of the superconductor-dot-superconductor
(SDS) system. When the matrix elements connecting dot and leads are featureless
constants, we compute the Josephson coupling J_c as a function of the gate
voltage and Coulomb interaction. In the diffusive dot limit, we compute the
probability distribution P(J_c) of Josephson couplings. In both cases, pi
junction behavior (J_c < 0) is possible, and is not simply dependent on the
parity of the dot occupancy.Comment: 9 pages; 3 encapsulated PostScript figure
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Building the backbone: the development and evolution of vertebral patterning.
The segmented vertebral column comprises a repeat series of vertebrae, each consisting of two key components: the vertebral body (or centrum) and the vertebral arches. Despite being a defining feature of the vertebrates, much remains to be understood about vertebral development and evolution. Particular controversy surrounds whether vertebral component structures are homologous across vertebrates, how somite and vertebral patterning are connected, and the developmental origin of vertebral bone-mineralizing cells. Here, we assemble evidence from ichthyologists, palaeontologists and developmental biologists to consider these issues. Vertebral arch elements were present in early stem vertebrates, whereas centra arose later. We argue that centra are homologous among jawed vertebrates, and review evidence in teleosts that the notochord plays an instructive role in segmental patterning, alongside the somites, and contributes to mineralization. By clarifying the evolutionary relationship between centra and arches, and their varying modes of skeletal mineralization, we can better appreciate the detailed mechanisms that regulate and diversify vertebral patterning
Regression modeling of longitudinal binary outcomes with outcome-dependent observation times
Conventional longitudinal data analysis methods assume that outcomes are independent of the data-collection schedule. However, the independence assumption may be violated, for example, when adverse events trigger additional physician visits in between prescheduled follow-ups. Observation times may therefore be associated with outcome values, which may introduce bias when estimating the eect of covariates on outcomes using standard longitudinal regression methods. Existing semi-parametric methods that accommodate outcome-dependent observation times are limited to the analysis of continuous outcomes. We develop new methods for the analysis of binary outcomes, while retaining the exibility of semi-parametric models. Our methods are based on counting process approaches, rather than relying on possibly intractable likelihood-based or pseudo-likelihood-based approaches, and provide marginal, population-level inference. In simulations, we evaluate the statistical properties of our proposed methods. Comparisons are made to \u27naive\u27 GEE approaches that either do not account for outcome-dependent observation times or incorporate weights based on the observation-time process. We illustrate the utility of our proposed methods using data from a randomized controlled trial of interventions designed to improve adherence to warfarin therapy. We show that our method performs well in the presence of outcome-dependent observation times, and provide identical inference to \u27naive\u27 approaches when observation times are not associated with outcomes
Random tree growth by vertex splitting
We study a model of growing planar tree graphs where in each time step we
separate the tree into two components by splitting a vertex and then connect
the two pieces by inserting a new link between the daughter vertices. This
model generalises the preferential attachment model and Ford's -model
for phylogenetic trees. We develop a mean field theory for the vertex degree
distribution, prove that the mean field theory is exact in some special cases
and check that it agrees with numerical simulations in general. We calculate
various correlation functions and show that the intrinsic Hausdorff dimension
can vary from one to infinity, depending on the parameters of the model.Comment: 47 page
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