Edge currents as a probe of the strongly spin-polarized topological noncentrosymmetric superconductors

Recently the influence of antisymmetric spin-orbit coupling has been studied in novel topological superconductors such as half-Heuslers and artificial hetero-structures. We investigate the effect of Rashba and/or Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings on the band structure and topological properties of a two-dimensional noncentrosymetric superconductor. For this goal, the topological helical edge modes are analyzed for different spin-orbit couplings as well as for several superconducting pairing symmetries. To explore the transport properties, we examine the response of the spin-polarized edge states to an exchange field in a superconductor-ferromagnet heterostructure. The broken chiral symmetry causes the uni-directional currents at opposite edges.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figure

Proximity-driven ferromagnetism and superconductivity in the triangular Rashba-Hubbard model

Bilayer Moir\'e structures are a highly tunable laboratory to investigate the physics of strongly correlated electron systems. Moir\'e transition metal dichalcogenides at low-energies, in particular, are believed to be described by a single narrow band Hubbard model on a triangular lattice with spin-orbit coupling. Motivated by recent experimental evidence for superconductivity in twisted bilayer materials, we investigate the possible superconducting pairings in a two-dimensional single band Rashba-Hubbard model. Using a random-phase approximation in the presence of nearest and next-nearest neighbor hopping, we analyze the structure of spin fluctuations and the symmetry of the superconducting gap function. We show that Rashba spin-orbit coupling favors ferromagnetic fluctuations which strengthen triplet superconductivity. If parity is violated due to the absence of spatial inversion symmetry, singlet (d-wave) and triplet (p-wave) channels of superconductivity will be mixed. Moreover, we show that time-reversal symmetry can be spontaneously broken leading to a chiral superconducting state. Finally, we consider quasiparticle interference as a possible experimental technique to observe the superconducting gap symmetry.Comment: 13 pages, 11 figures, 1 tabl

The Necessity of Management Team Formation and Its Effect on Civil Engineering Projects Success

Success of a project is one of the greatest and most important goals and concerns of mangers and all people involved in a project. The purpose of state civil engineering projects success is to decrease cost and time as well as increasing the quality and satisfaction of society and government as the main customers. Many factors influence civil engineering projects success and identifying them highly help the successful implementation of civil engineering projects. As one of the most important factor, it can be referred to project management team. The main purpose of the present study is to find the effective relation between management team formation and civil engineering projects success. To this end, library and field methods have been used. To gather required data, a 15-item questionnaire has been employed and distributed among 30 managers of successful state projects, including employer, consultant and contractor. The obtained data has been analyzed using descriptive method. As the findings revealed, weakness of managerial factors avoids complete success of state civil engineering projects implementation. The study also has concluded that team formation is highly important to organize project; management team enabling is regarded necessary for organizational projects success, and work relation of team members plays an important role in project management success

Artificial Tune of Fuel Ratio: Design a Novel SISO Fuzzy Backstepping Adaptive Variable Structure Control

This paper examines single input single output (SISO) chattering free variable structure control (VSC) which controller coefficient is on-line tuned by fuzzy backstepping algorithm. VSC methodology is selected as a framework to construct the control law and address the stability and robustness of the close loop system based on Lyapunove formulation. The main goal is to guarantee acceptable fuel ratio result and adjust. The proposed approach effectively combines the design technique from variable structure controller is based on Lyapunov and fuzzy estimator to estimate the nonlinearity of undefined system dynamic in backstepping controller. The input represents the function between variable structure function, error and the rate of error. The outputs represent fuel ratio, respectively. The fuzzy backstepping methodology is on-line tune the variable structure function based on adaptive methodology. The performance of the SISO VSC which controller coefficient is on-line tuned by fuzzy backstepping algorithm (FBSAVSC) is validated through comparison with VSC and proposed method. Simulation results signify good performance of trajectory in presence of uncertainty torque load. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijece.v3i2.209

Optimization of expression, extraction & purification of the N-terminal region of ipaD gene in Shigella dysenteriae by proteomics analysis

زمینه و هدف: باکتری شیگلا دیسانتری یکی از عوامل پاتوژن مهم است که علی‌رغم تلاش‌های چندین ساله برای تهیه واکسن علیه آن هنوز مطالعات گسترده پیرامون آن ادامه دارد. محصولات پلاسمید تهاجمی شیگلا (Ipa) نقش مهمی در تهاجم باکتری ایفا می‌کنند. پروتئین IpaD یکی از اعضای این خانواده است که به عنوان کاندید واکسن شیگلا مطرح می‌باشد. مطالعات متعدد بر روی این پروتئین نشان داده که ناحیه N- ترمینال آن نقش مهمی در فرآیند تهاجمی باکتری دارد. این مطالعه با هدف بهینه سازی بیان N- ترمینال ژن IpaD به منظور افزایش تولید پروتئین نو ترکیب انجام شد. روش بررسی: در این مطالعه تجربی-آزمایشگاهی باکتری E. coli BL21(DE3) حامل پلاسمید pET-28a که ژن ناحیه N- ترمینال IpaD در آن همسانه سازی شده بود جهت مطالعات مورد استفاده قرار گرفت. پس از کشت باکتری، تاثیر سه فاکتور زمان القا، دما و غلظت ماده القا کننده ایزو-پروپیل-تایوبتا دی گالاکتوپیرانوزید (IPTG) بر میزان بیان، با استفاده از ژل سدیم دو دسیل سولفات-پلی آکریل آمید (SDS-PAGE) به صورت کیفی بررسی گردید. با استفاده از تصاویر دو بعدی تهیه شده از ژل‌ها با کمک نرم افزار آنالیز ژل‌های دو بعدی بررسی کمی بیان پروتئین صورت پذیرفت. مراحل استخراج و تخلیص پروتئین نوترکیب با کمک روش شیب اوره آغاز و با عبور نمونه‌ها از ستون کروماتوگرافی پایان یافت. یافته‌ها: نتایج بر روی ژل‌های SDS-PAGE نشان داد که میزان تقریبا مشابهی از تولید پروتئین نوترکیب در زمان‌ القا، دما و غلظت های مختلف IPTG بیان وجود دارد، اما یافته‌های نرم افزاری نشان داد بهترین شرایط بیان ناحیه N- ترمینال پروتئین IpaD در وکتور pET-28a دمای 37 درجه سانتی‌گراد، غلظت 7/0 میلی مولار IPTG و زمان 3 ساعت بعد از القا می‌باشد. نتیجه‌گیری: بر اساس نتایج این مطالعـــه هر پروتئین بعد از فرآیند همسانه سازی شرایط بیان مخصوص به خود را دارا می‌باشد که شرایط دمایی و طول زمان القا سلول‌ها در مقدار تولید پروتئین موثرتر می‌باشند

Human Herpes Virus Type 6 and Febrile Convulsion

How to Cite This Article: Houshmandi MM, Moayedi AR, Rahmati MB, Nazemi A, Fakhrai D, Zare Sh. Human Herpes Virus Type 6 and Febrile Convulsion. Iran J Child Neurol. Autumn 2015;9(4):10-14.AbstractObjectiveFebrile Convulsion (FC) is occurred in 6 months to 5 yr old children. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of HHV-6 infection in FC admitted patients of Bandar Abbas Children Hospital, southern Iran. Materials & MethodsIn a cross-sectional study, 118 children aged 6-60 months who had FC were selected by a simple random method in 2010-11. Demographic data, clinical manifestation and two blood samples gathered to assess the human herpes virus type 6 (HHV6). Blood sample obtained at the time of admission and 10 daysafter the first examination. ELISA was used to detect HHV-6 IgG. The subjects were studied in two groups with and without infection of HHV-6. Two groups were compared by t-test and X2. ResultsFifty-three subjects completed the study, including 30 boys (56.6 %) and 23 girls (43.4%). The HHV-6 infection was detected in 23 patients out of 53 studied subjects. The mean of age for the groups with and without HHV-6 infection was 19.7±9.7 and 20.4±10.2 months old, respectively. The most common clinical presentation in both groups was rhinorrhea, diarrhea, vomiting and lethargy without any significant difference between two groups. Five patients (21.7%) in HHV-6 group and 1 patient (3.3%) in HHV-6 negative group had postictal phase more than 15 minutes (P<0.05). Convulsion within 1 hour from beginning of fever was more frequent in HHV-6 infection group than the other group (P<0.01).ConclusionThere was not any difference in terms of age group, gender and clinical manifestation of infected and non-infected children with FC. Postictal phase and seizure during 1 hour after the fever were significantly different between two groups

Two-stage Robust-Stochastic Electricity Market Clearing Considering Mobile Energy Storage in Rail transportation

This paper proposes a two-stage robust-stochastic framework to evaluate the effect of the battery-based energy storage transport (BEST) system in a day-ahead market-clearing model. The model integrates the energy market-clearing process with a train routing problem, where a time-space network is used to describe the limitations of the rail transport network (RTN). Likewise, a price-sensitive shiftable (PSS) demand bidding approach is applied to increase the flexibility of the power grid operation and reduce carbon emissions in the system. The main objective of the proposed model is to determine the optimal hourly location, charge/discharge scheduling of the BEST system, power dispatch of thermal units, flexible loads scheduling as well as finding the locational marginal price (LMP) considering the daily carbon emission limit of thermal units. The proposed two-stage framework allows the market operator to differentiate between the risk level of all existing uncertainties and achieve a more flexible decision-making model. The operator can modify the conservatism degree of the market-clearing using a non-probabilistic method based on info-gap decision theory (IGDT), to reduce the effect of wind power fluctuations in real-time. In contrast, a risk-neutral-based stochastic technique is used to meet power demand uncertainty. The results of the proposed mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) problem, confirm the potential of BEST and PSS demand in decreasing the LMP, line congestion, carbon emission, and daily operation cost