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Investigation of a square-based pyramidal-sheet roof
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In-Situ Colloidal MnO2 Deposition and Ozonation of 2,4-Dinitrotoluene
Laboratory experiments are presented that demonstrate a novel in situ semipassive reactive barrier for the degradation of 2,4 dinitrotoluene created by coating aquifer surfaces by deposition of colloidal MnO2, which catalyzes ozone degradation and enhances contaminant oxidation. Ozone is added to the reactive barrier and is transported through the zone with the contaminants by existing hydraulic gradients. The communication presents the preliminary laboratory investigation demonstrating the viability of this method. Studies were conducted by coating Ottawa sand with colloidal MnO2. Results show that concentrations of MnO2 in the range of 0.2 mg/g can be deposited with no measurable change in hydraulic conductivity, that there is significant coverage of the sand material by MnO2, and the deposition was not reversible under a wide range of chemical conditions. Ozonation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene in the presence of MnO2- coated sand was demonstrated to result in pseudo-first-order degradation kinetics with respect to DNT with half-lives ranging from 28 to 22 min (at pH 6 and 7, respectively), approximately 25% faster than experiments performed in the absence of MnO2
On the number of unlabeled vertices in edge-friendly labelings of graphs
Let be a graph with vertex set and edge set , and be a
0-1 labeling of so that the absolute difference in the number of edges
labeled 1 and 0 is no more than one. Call such a labeling
\emph{edge-friendly}. We say an edge-friendly labeling induces a \emph{partial
vertex labeling} if vertices which are incident to more edges labeled 1 than 0,
are labeled 1, and vertices which are incident to more edges labeled 0 than 1,
are labeled 0. Vertices that are incident to an equal number of edges of both
labels we call \emph{unlabeled}. Call a procedure on a labeled graph a
\emph{label switching algorithm} if it consists of pairwise switches of labels.
Given an edge-friendly labeling of , we show a label switching algorithm
producing an edge-friendly relabeling of such that all the vertices are
labeled. We call such a labeling \textit{opinionated}.Comment: 7 pages, accepted to Discrete Mathematics, special issue dedicated to
Combinatorics 201
Model-Independent Production of a Top-Philic Resonance at the LHC
We investigate the collider phenomenology of a color-singlet vector
resonance, which couples to the heaviest quarks, the top quarks, but very
weakly to the rest of the fermions in the Standard Model. We find that the
dominant production of such a resonance does not appear at the tree level -- it
rather occurs at the one-loop level in association with an extra jet.
Signatures like t anti-t plus jets readily emerge as a result of the subsequent
decay of the resonance into a pair of top quarks. Without the additional jet,
the resonance can still be produced off-shell, which gives a sizeable
contribution at low masses. The lower top quark multiplicity of the loop
induced resonance production facilitates its reconstruction as compared to the
tree level production that gives rise to more exotic signatures involving three
or even four top quarks in the final state. For all these cases, we discuss the
constraints on the resonance production stemming from recent experimental
measurements in the top quark sector. We find that the top-philic vector
resonance remains largely unconstrained for the majority of the parameter
space, although this will be scrutinized closely in the Run 2 phase of the LHC.Comment: 32 pages, 16 figure
A Storm in a "T" Cup
We revisit the process of transversification and agglomeration of particle
momenta that are often performed in analyses at hadron colliders, and show that
many of the existing mass-measurement variables proposed for hadron colliders
are far more closely related to each other than is widely appreciated, and
indeed can all be viewed as a common mass bound specialized for a variety of
purposes.Comment: 3 pages, 2 figures, presented by K.C. Kong at the 19th Particles and
Nuclei International Conference, PANIC 2011, MIT, Cambridge, MA (July 24-29,
2011
Design of an adaptive dynamic vibration absorber
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the use of a Dynamic Vibration Absorber to control vibration
in a beam. Traditional means of vibration control have involved the use of passive and more
recently, active methods. This study is different in that it involves an adaptive component in the
design of vibration absorber using two novel designs for the adaptive mechanism.
The first design incorporates the use of an enclosed air volume to provide the variable stiffness
component in the absorber. By adjusting the volume of compressible air within the absorber, the
stiffness characteristics of the absorber can be altered, enabling the device to adapt to changing
vibration frequencies. Work here includes a theoretical investigation of the device. Following this,
two prototypes are constructed and tested, the second of which is the refined model used for further
testing.
The second design incorporates the use of two concentrated masses cantilevered from two rods. The
adaptive solution is achieved by moving the two masses along the length of the rod, producing a
changing natural frequency for the absorber device. An analytical model of this device is developed
as well as a finite element model. Results from both are compared to those obtained experimentally.
Finally, a tuning algorithm is derived for the second absorber, and a control system constructed to
make the dynamic vibration absorber "adaptive". Experiments are undertaken to determine the
effectiveness of the absorber on the beam subject to changing excitation frequencies. The outcome
of this research is that an Adaptive Vibration Absorber has been constructed with a computer
interface such that the device can be used "on line".Thesis (M.Eng.Sc.)--Mechanical Engineering, 1999
The Design and Operation of The Keck Observatory Archive
The Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) and the W. M. Keck
Observatory (WMKO) operate an archive for the Keck Observatory. At the end of
2013, KOA completed the ingestion of data from all eight active observatory
instruments. KOA will continue to ingest all newly obtained observations, at an
anticipated volume of 4 TB per year. The data are transmitted electronically
from WMKO to IPAC for storage and curation. Access to data is governed by a
data use policy, and approximately two-thirds of the data in the archive are
public.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figs, 4 tables. Presented at Software and
Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy III, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes +
Instrumentation 2014. June 2014, Montreal, Canad
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High Density Ti6Al4V via Slim Processing: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties
This paper investigates a density improvement method for Ti6Al4V alloy processed by the selective
laser melting method. A modified inert gas inlet baffle has been employed to develop improved mechanical
properties for these materials. Comparisons of the top surface and cross-section porosities of solid blocks
processed by the original and modified gas inlet baffles indicate that the modified baffle greatly increases the
properties of the processing blocks. Results showed that the porosity of the Ti6Al4V alloy was lower than 0.1%
by area. The microstructure of the SLM Ti6Al4V alloy exhibited martensitic α' phase. The UTS tensile strength
was 920-960MPa and the elongation at the fracture was 3-5%. The fracture surfaces of the tensile samples
demonstrated a mixture of ductile and brittle fracture.Mechanical Engineerin
Identification of Mammalian Mediator Subunits with Similarities to Yeast Mediator Subunits Srb5, Srb6, Med11, and Rox3
The Mediator is a multiprotein coactivator required for activation of RNA polymerase II transcription by DNA binding transactivators. We recently identified a mammalian homologue of yeast Mediator subunit Med8 and partially purified a Med8-containing Mediator complex from rat liver nuclei (Brower, C. S., Sato, S., Tomomori-Sato, C., Kamura, T., Pause, A., Stearman, R., Klausner, R. D., Malik, S., Lane, W. S., Sorokina, I., Roeder, R. G., Conaway, J. W., and Conaway, R. C. (2002) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 99, 10353-10358). Analysis of proteins present in the most highly purified Med8-containing fractions by tandem mass spectrometry led to the identification of many known mammalian Mediator subunits, as well as four potential Mediator subunits exhibiting sequence similarity to yeast Mediator subunits Srb5, Srb6, Med11, and Rox3. Here we present direct biochemical evidence that these four proteins are bona fide mammalian Mediator subunits. In addition, we identify direct pairwise binding partners of these proteins among the known mammalian Mediator subunits. Taken together, our findings identify a collection of novel mammalian Mediator subunits and shed new light on the underlying architecture of the mammalian Mediator complex
Leucine Zipper-Bearing Kinase Is a Critical Regulator of Astrocyte Reactivity in the Adult Mammalian CNS.
Reactive astrocytes influence post-injury recovery, repair, and pathogenesis of the mammalian CNS. Much of the regulation of astrocyte reactivity, however, remains to be understood. Using genetic loss and gain-of-function analyses in vivo, we show that the conserved MAP3K13 (also known as leucine zipper-bearing kinase [LZK]) promotes astrocyte reactivity and glial scar formation after CNS injury. Inducible LZK gene deletion in astrocytes of adult mice reduced astrogliosis and impaired glial scar formation, resulting in increased lesion size after spinal cord injury. Conversely, LZK overexpression in astrocytes enhanced astrogliosis and reduced lesion size. Remarkably, in the absence of injury, LZK overexpression alone induced widespread astrogliosis in the CNS and upregulated astrogliosis activators pSTAT3 and SOX9. The identification of LZK as a critical cell-intrinsic regulator of astrocyte reactivity expands our understanding of the multicellular response to CNS injury and disease, with broad translational implications for neural repair
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