818 research outputs found
Review of probabilistic analysis of dynamic response of systems with random parameters
The various methods that have been studied in the past to allow probabilistic analysis of dynamic response for systems with random parameters are reviewed. Dynamic response may have been obtained deterministically if the variations about the nominal values were small; however, for space structures which require precise pointing, the variations about the nominal values of the structural details and of the environmental conditions are too large to be considered as negligible. These uncertainties are accounted for in terms of probability distributions about their nominal values. The quantities of concern for describing the response of the structure includes displacements, velocities, and the distributions of natural frequencies. The exact statistical characterization of the response would yield joint probability distributions for the response variables. Since the random quantities will appear as coefficients, determining the exact distributions will be difficult at best. Thus, certain approximations will have to be made. A number of techniques that are available are discussed, even in the nonlinear case. The methods that are described were: (1) Liouville's equation; (2) perturbation methods; (3) mean square approximate systems; and (4) nonlinear systems with approximation by linear systems
Bifurcation in Rotational Spectra of Nonlinear AB Molecules
A classical microscopic theory of rovibrational motion at high angular
momenta in symmetrical non-linear molecules AB is derived within the
framework of small oscillations near the stationary states of a rotating
molecule. The full-dimensional analysis including stretching vibrations has
confirmed the existence of the bifurcation predicted previously by means of the
rigid-bender model. The formation of fourfold energy clusters has already been
experimentally verified for HSe and it has been demonstrated in
fully-dimensional quantum mechanical calculations using the MORBID computer
program. We show in the present work that apart from the level clustering, the
bifurcation produces physically important effects including molecular
symmetry-breaking and a transition from the normal mode to the local mode limit
for the stretching vibrations due to rovibrational interaction. The application
of the present theory with realistic molecular potentials to the HTe,
HSe and HS hydrides results in predictions of the bifurcation points
very close to those calculated previously. However for the lighter HO
molecule we find that the bifurcation occurs at higher values of the total
angular momentum than obtained in previous estimations. The present work shows
it to be very unlikely that the bifurcation in HO will lead to clustering
of energy levels. This result is in agreement with recent variational
calculations.Comment: latex, 19 pages including 2 figures provided as *.uu fil
Calculating energy levels of isomerizing tetra-atomic molecules. II. The vibrational states of acetylene and vinylidene
A general, full-dimensional computational method for the accurate calculation of rotationally and vibrationally excited states of tetra-atomic molecules is further developed. The resulting computer program may be run in serial and parallel modes and is particularly appropriate for molecules executing wide-amplitude motions and isomerizations. An application to the isomerizing acetylene∕vinylidene system is presented. Large-scale calculations using a coordinate system based on orthogonal satellite vectors have been performed in six dimensions and vibrational term values and wave functions for acetylene and vinylidene states up to ≈23000cm−1 above the potential minimum have been determined. This has permitted the characterization of acetylene and vinylidene states at and above the isomerization barrier. These calculations employ more extensive vibrational basis sets and hence consider a much higher density of states than in any variational calculations reported hitherto for this system. Comparison of the calculated density of states with that determined empirically suggests that our calculations are the most realistic achieved for this system to date. Indeed more states have been converged than in any previous study of this system. Calculations on lower lying excited states of acetylene based on HC–CH diatom-diatom coordinates give nearly identical results to those based on orthogonal satellite vectors. Comparisons are also made with calculations based on HH–CC diatom-diatom coordinates
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Genetic analysis of self-associating immunoglobulin G rheumatoid factors from two rheumatoid synovia implicates an antigen-driven response.
Although much has been learned about the molecular basis of immunoglobulin M (IgM) rheumatoid factors (RFs) in healthy individuals and in patients with mixed cryoglobulinemia and rheumatoid arthritis, little is known about the genetic origins of the potentially pathogenic IgG RFs in the inflamed rheumatoid synovia of patients. Recently, we generated from unmanipulated synovium B cells several hybridomas that secreted self-associating IgG RFs. To delineate the genetic origins of such potentially pathogenic RFs, we adapted the anchored polymerase chain reaction to rapidly clone and characterize the expressed Ig V genes for the L1 and the D1 IgG RFs. Then, we identified the germline counterparts of the expressed L1 IgG RF V genes. The results showed that the L1 heavy chain was encoded by a Vh gene that is expressed preferentially during early ontogenic development, and that is probably located within 240 kb upstream of the Jh locus. The overlap between this RF Vh gene and the restricted fetal antibody repertoire is reminiscent of the natural antibody-associated Vh genes, and suggests that at least part of the "potential pathogenic" IgG RFs in rheumatoid synovium may derive from the "physiological" natural antibody repertoire in a normal immune system. Indeed, the corresponding germline Vh gene for L1 encodes the heavy chain of an IgM RF found in a 19-wk-old fetal spleen. Furthermore, the comparisons of the expressed RF V genes and their germline counterparts reveal that the L1 heavy and light chain variable regions had, respectively, 16 and 7 somatic mutations, which resulted in eight and four amino acid changes. Strikingly, all eight mutations in the complementarity determining regions of the V gene-encoded regions were replacement changes, while only 6 of 11 mutations in the framework regions caused amino acid changes. Combined with L1's high binding affinity toward the Fc fragment, these results suggest strongly that the L1 IgG RF must have been driven by the Fc antigen
Current concepts: Neonatal brachial plexus pals
Neonatal brachial plexus palsy may be decreasing in incidence; however, conflicting reports exist. Regardless, neonatal brachial plexus palsy has an incidence of 1 to 2 per 1000 live births making this a frequent occurrence. The majority of infants with brachial plexus palsy spontaneously recover in the first 2 months of life and subsequently progress to near complete recovery of motion and strength. However, those infants who do not have substantial recovery by age 3 months will have permanent limited range of motion, less strength, and a decrease in size and girth of the involved extremity. Currently, debate continues about the timing and type of surgical intervention. This article provides an update based on recent literature regarding the anatomy, epidemiology, diagnosis, classification schemes, and treatment options for neonatal brachial plexus palsy
Production projects under public-private partnership in the sphere of economic security of the penitentiary system : issues of financial, personnel and operational management
Purpose: The aim of this article is to present the processes of economic security of the Penitentiary system of the Russian Federation. Design/Methodology/Approach: Research methodology is based on the works of world known scientists (specialists in the sphere of penitentiary production, law and administration), systematic approach and dialectic method. Authors used a wide information base that consists of legislation and statistics of the Russian Federation. Findings: Authors justified separate spheres, within which the abstract isolated control functions of the prison industry are to be implemented (finance, personnel, technology). Authors analyzed the prerequisites of the Penitentiary system's economic security provision. For this reason, several significant problems that have the character of contradictions were determined. Practical Implications: The research results may be implemented into Russian legal and socioeconomic framework to improve and increase the penitentiary systems's economic security. Originality/Value: The main contribution of this study is the highlighted interconnections between Russia's economic security and the development of the Russian Penitentiary system's production sector.peer-reviewe
Efficient Method for Computing Lower Bounds on the -radius of Switched Linear Systems
This paper proposes lower bounds on a quantity called -norm joint
spectral radius, or in short, -radius, of a finite set of matrices. Despite
its wide range of applications to, for example, stability analysis of switched
linear systems and the equilibrium analysis of switched linear economical
models, algorithms for computing the -radius are only available in a very
limited number of particular cases. The proposed lower bounds are given as the
spectral radius of an average of the given matrices weighted via Kronecker
products and do not place any requirements on the set of matrices. We show that
the proposed lower bounds theoretically extend and also can practically improve
the existing lower bounds. A Markovian extension of the proposed lower bounds
is also presented
A Computer Model of the Evaporator for the Development of an Automatic Control System
For the implementation of a closed nuclear fuel cycle it is necessary to carry out a series of experimental studies to justify the choice of technology. In addition, the operation of the radiochemical plant is impossible without high-quality automatic control systems. In the technologies of spent nuclear fuel reprocessing, the method of continuous evaporation is often used for a solution conditioning. Therefore, the effective continuous technological process will depend on the operation of the evaporation equipment. Its essential difference from similar devices is a small size. In this paper the method of mathematic simulation is applied for the investigation of one-effect evaporator with an external heating chamber. Detailed modelling is quite difficult because the phase equilibrium dynamics of the evaporation process is not described. Moreover, there is a relationship with the other process units. The results proved that the study subject is a MIMO plant, nonlinear over separate control channels and not selfbalancing. Adequacy was tested using the experimental data obtained at the laboratory evaporation unit
Accelerator complex based on DC-60 cyclotron
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in 2006, according to its specifications -
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ions, has the high scientific, technological and
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both by spectrum of accelerated ions
and acceleration energy and regimes was built
in DC-60 heavy ion accelerator designing. The
new interdisciplinary research complex based
on cyclotron DC-60 makes it possible to create
a highly-developed scientific-technological and
educational environment in the new capital of
Kazakhstan..
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