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Effects of aminoperimidine on electrolyte transport across amphibian skin
The effect of aminoperimidine (AP)on transepithelial Na+ transport and Cl- conductance (G(Cl)) of isolated amphibian skin (Bufo viridis and Rana esculenta) was analyzed using transepithelial and intracellular electrophysiological techniques. AP, applied at concentrations between 30 and 100 mu M from the mucosal side, stimulated Na+ transport rapidly and reversibly by more than 30% of the control value due to an increase in apical membrane Na+ permeability. Influence of AP on basolateral membrane conductance and effective driving force for Na+ were negligible. Voltage-activated G(Cl) of toad skin, but not the resting, deactivated conductance, as well as spontaneously high G(Cl) in frog skin was rapidly inhibited by AP in a concentration-dependent manner. The half-maximal inhibitory concentration of 20 mu M is the highest hithero reported inhibitory power for G(Cl) in amphibian skin. The effect of AP on G(Cl) was slowly and incompletely reversible even after brief exposure to the agent. Serosal application of AP had similar, albeit delayed effects on both Nai and Cl- transport. AP did not interfere with the Cl- pathway after it was opened by 100-300 mu M CPT-cAMP, a membrane-permeable, nonhydrolyzed analogue of cAMP. Inhibition of the voltage-activated G(Cl) by AP was attenuated or missing when AP was applied during voltage perturbation to serosa-positive potentials. Since AP is positively charged at physiological pH, it suggests that the affected site is located inside the Cl- pathway at a certain distance from the external surface. AP affects then the Na+ and Cl- transport pathways independent of each other. The nature of chemical interference with AP, which is responsible for the influence on the transport of Na+ and Cl-, remains to be elucidated
Unidirectional terahertz light absorption in the pyroelectric ferrimagnet CaBaCo4O7
Spin excitations were studied by absorption spectroscopy in CaBaCo4O7 which
is a type-I multiferroic compound with the largest magnetic-order induced
ferroelectric polarization ({\Delta}P=17mC/m2) reported, so far. We observed
two optical magnon branches: a solely electric dipole allowed one and a mixed
magnetoelectric resonance. The entangled magnetization and polarization
dynamics of the magnetoelectric resonance gives rise to unidirectional light
absorption, i.e. that magnon mode absorbs the electromagnetic radiation for one
propagation direction but not for the opposite direction. Our systematic study
of the magnetic field and temperature dependence of magnon modes provides
information about the energies and symmetries of spin excitations, which is
required to develop a microscopic spin model of CaBaCo4O7.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Presence of Many Stable Nonhomogeneous States in an Inertial Car-Following Model
A new single lane car following model of traffic flow is presented. The model
is inertial and free of collisions. It demonstrates experimentally observed
features of traffic flow such as the existence of three regimes: free,
fluctuative (synchronized) and congested (jammed) flow; bistability of free and
fluctuative states in a certain range of densities, which causes the hysteresis
in transitions between these states; jumps in the density-flux plane in the
fluctuative regime and gradual spatial transition from synchronized to free
flow. Our model suggests that in the fluctuative regime there exist many stable
states with different wavelengths, and that the velocity fluctuations in the
congested flow regime decay approximately according to a power law in time.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Two-dimensional cellular automaton model of traffic flow with open boundaries
A two-dimensional cellular automaton model of traffic flow with open
boundaries are investigated by computer simulations. The outflow of cars from
the system and the average velocity are investigated. The time sequences of the
outflow and average velocity have flicker noises in a jamming phase. The low
density behavior are discussed with simple jam-free approximation.Comment: 14 pages, Phys. Rev. E in press, PostScript figures available at
ftp://hirose.ai.is.saga-u.ac.jp/pub/documents/papers/1996/2DTR/
OpenBoundaries/Figs.tar.g
Photoassociative spectroscopy at long range in ultracold strontium
We report photoassociative spectroscopy of Sr in a magneto-optical
trap operating on the intercombination line at 689 nm.
Photoassociative transitions are driven with a laser red-detuned by 600-2400
MHz from the atomic resonance at 461 nm. Photoassociation
takes place at extremely large internuclear separation, and the
photoassociative spectrum is strongly affected by relativistic retardation. A
fit of the transition frequencies determines the atomic lifetime
( ns) and resolves a discrepancy between experiment and
recent theoretical calculations.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, submitte
Fundamentals of Traffic Flow
From single vehicle data a number of new empirical results concerning the
density-dependence of the velocity distribution and its moments as well as the
characteristics of their temporal fluctuations have been determined. These are
utilized for the specification of some fundamental relations of traffic flow
and compared with existing traffic theories.Comment: For related work see
http://www.theo2.physik.uni-stuttgart.de/helbing.htm
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