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    Алгоритм функціонування системи захисту

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    Детально розглянуті алгоритми виявлення атак у середовищі мереж зв'язку.In detail the algorithms of exposure of attacks are considered in the environment of communication network

    Molecular Mechanics and SCF MO Conformational Analysis of Indol-3-ylacetic Acid Phytohormone (Auxin)

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    Conformational analysis of indol-3-ylacetic acid (IAA)-plant growth hormone has been performed using molecular mechanics and the ab initio SCF MO theory. The equilibrium geometry of IAA has been determined. Relative energies of alternative conformations, their charge distribution, dipole moment and energy barriers between them have been calculated. The position of the carboxyl group relative to the indole ring depends on two torsion angles, Tl(C2-C3-C8-C9) and T2(C3-C8-C9=02). Rotational barriers for these two angles were explored and it emerged that both rotations (about the C3-C8and C8-C9 bonds) can be accomplished in a reasonable time period at room temperature (the barrier height is about 4.6-10.9 (TI) and 1.7-3.8 (T2) kJ/mol respectively, according to ab initio calculations. Ab initio (GAMESS)and molecular mechanics (DISCOVER (CVFF and cff91), SYBYL(TRIPOS) and MM2(87), calculations revealed qualitatively the same shape of potential energy surface (E =f(Tl, T2)). However, energy differences between various conformations depend on the basis set (ab initio calculations) and force field (molecular mechanics) used

    On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

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    The cause of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction is vigorously debated, owing to the occurrence of a very large bolide impact and flood basalt volcanism near the boundary. Disentangling their relative importance is complicated by uncertainty regarding kill mechanisms and the relative timing of volcanogenic outgassing, impact, and extinction. We used carbon cycle modeling and paleotemperature records to constrain the timing of volcanogenic outgassing. We found support for major outgassing beginning and ending distinctly before the impact, with only the impact coinciding with mass extinction and biologically amplified carbon cycle change. Our models show that these extinction-related carbon cycle changes would have allowed the ocean to absorb massive amounts of carbon dioxide, thus limiting the global warming otherwise expected from postextinction volcanism

    Modeling of negative Poisson’s ratio (auxetic) crystalline cellulose Iβ

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    Energy minimizations for unstretched and stretched cellulose models using an all-atom empirical force field (Molecular Mechanics) have been performed to investigate the mechanism for auxetic (negative Poisson’s ratio) response in crystalline cellulose Iβ from kraft cooked Norway spruce. An initial investigation to identify an appropriate force field led to a study of the structure and elastic constants from models employing the CVFF force field. Negative values of on-axis Poisson’s ratios nu31 and nu13 in the x1-x3 plane containing the chain direction (x3) were realized in energy minimizations employing a stress perpendicular to the hydrogen-bonded cellobiose sheets to simulate swelling in this direction due to the kraft cooking process. Energy minimizations of structural evolution due to stretching along the x3 chain direction of the ‘swollen’ (kraft cooked) model identified chain rotation about the chain axis combined with inextensible secondary bonds as the most likely mechanism for auxetic response

    Rigid-body motion is the main source of diffuse scattering in protein crystallography

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    The origin of diffuse X-ray scattering from protein crystals has been the subject of debate over the past three decades regarding whether it arises from correlated atomic motions within the molecule or from rigid-body disorder. Here, a supercell approach to modelling diffuse scattering is presented that uses ensembles of molecular models representing rigid-body motions as well as internal motions as obtained from ensemble refinement. This approach allows oversampling of Miller indices and comparison with equally oversampled diffuse data, thus allowing the maximum information to be extracted from experiments. It is found that most of the diffuse scattering comes from correlated motions within the unit cell, with only a minor contribution from longer-range correlated displacements. Rigid-body motions, and in particular rigid-body translations, make by far the most dominant contribution to the diffuse scattering, and internal motions give only a modest addition. This suggests that modelling biologically relevant protein dynamics from diffuse scattering may present an even larger challenge than was thought

    Molecular Mechanics and SCF MO Conformational Analysis of Indol-3-ylacetic Acid Phytohormone (Auxin)

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    Conformational analysis of indol-3-ylacetic acid (IAA)-plant growth hormone has been performed using molecular mechanics and the ab initio SCF MO theory. The equilibrium geometry of IAA has been determined. Relative energies of alternative conformations, their charge distribution, dipole moment and energy barriers between them have been calculated. The position of the carboxyl group relative to the indole ring depends on two torsion angles, Tl(C2-C3-C8-C9) and T2(C3-C8-C9=02). Rotational barriers for these two angles were explored and it emerged that both rotations (about the C3-C8and C8-C9 bonds) can be accomplished in a reasonable time period at room temperature (the barrier height is about 4.6-10.9 (TI) and 1.7-3.8 (T2) kJ/mol respectively, according to ab initio calculations. Ab initio (GAMESS)and molecular mechanics (DISCOVER (CVFF and cff91), SYBYL(TRIPOS) and MM2(87), calculations revealed qualitatively the same shape of potential energy surface (E =f(Tl, T2)). However, energy differences between various conformations depend on the basis set (ab initio calculations) and force field (molecular mechanics) used

    Modulated anharmonic ADPs are intrinsic to aperiodic crystals: a case study on incommensurate Rb2ZnCl4

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    A combination of structure refinements, analysis of the superspace MEM density and interpretation of difference-Fourier maps has been used to characterize the incommensurate modulation of rubidium tetrachlorozincate, Rb2ZnCl4, at a temperature of T = 196 K, close to the lock-in transition at T lock-in = 192 K. The modulation is found to consist of a combination of displacement modulation functions, modulated atomic displacement parameters (ADPs) and modulated third-order anharmonic ADPs. Up to fifth-order Fourier coefficients could be refined against diffraction data containing up to fifth-order satellite reflections. The center-of-charge of the atomic basins of the MEM density and the displacive modulation functions of the structure model provide equivalent descriptions of the displacive modulation. Modulations of the ADPs and anharmonic ADPs are visible in the MEM density, but extracting quantitative information about these modulations appears to be difficult. In the structure refinements the modulation parameters of the ADPs form a dependent set, and ad hoc restrictions had to be introduced in the refinements. It is suggested that modulated harmonic ADPs and modulated third-order anharmonic ADPs form an intrinsic part, however small, of incommensurately modulated structures in general. Refinements of alternate models with and without parameters for modulated ADPs lead to significant differences between the parameters of the displacement modulation in these two types of models, thus showing the modulation of ADPs to be important for a correct description of the displacive modulation. The resulting functions do not provide evidence for an interpretation of the modulation by a soliton model
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