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Some Day I\u27ll Make You Care
Illustration of woman\u27s face with roses and stemshttps://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cht-sheet-music/7613/thumbnail.jp
Meet Me In Junetime
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Membrane amplitude and triaxial stress in twisted bilayer graphene deciphered using first-principles directed elasticity theory and scanning tunneling microscopy
Twisted graphene layers produce a moir\'e pattern (MP) structure with a
predetermined wavelength for given twist angle. However, predicting the
membrane corrugation amplitude for any angle other than pure AB-stacked or
AA-stacked graphene is impossible using first-principles density functional
theory (DFT) due to the large supercell. Here, within elasticity theory we
define the MP structure as the minimum energy configuration, thereby leaving
the height amplitude as the only unknown parameter. The latter is determined
from DFT calculations for AB and AA stacked bilayer graphene in order to
eliminate all fitting parameters. Excellent agreement with scanning tunneling
microscopy (STM) results across multiple substrates is reported as function of
twist angle.Comment: to appear in Phys. Rev.
Polarization selection rules for inter-Landau level transitions in epitaxial graphene revealed by infrared optical Hall effect
We report on polarization selection rules of inter-Landau level transitions
using reflection-type optical Hall effect measurements from 600 to 4000 cm-1 on
epitaxial graphene grown by thermal decomposition of silicon carbide. We
observe symmetric and anti-symmetric signatures in our data due to polarization
preserving and polarization mixing inter-Landau level transitions,
respectively. From field-dependent measurements we identify that transitions in
decoupled graphene mono-layers are governed by polarization mixing selection
rules, whereas transitions in coupled graphene mono-layers are governed by
polarization preserving selection rules. The selection rules may find
explanation by different coupling mechanisms of inter-Landau level transitions
with free charge carrier magneto-optic plasma oscillations
A Networks-Science Investigation into the Epic Poems of Ossian
In 1760 James Macpherson published the first volume of a series of epic poems
which he claimed to have translated into English from ancient Scottish-Gaelic
sources. The poems, which purported to have been composed by a third-century
bard named Ossian, quickly achieved wide international acclaim. They invited
comparisons with major works of the epic tradition, including Homer's Iliad and
Odyssey, and effected a profound influence on the emergent Romantic period in
literature and the arts. However, the work also provoked one of the most famous
literary controversies of all time, colouring the reception of the poetry to
this day. The authenticity of the poems was questioned by some scholars, while
others protested that they misappropriated material from Irish mythological
sources. Recent years have seen a growing critical interest in Ossian,
initiated by revisionist and counter-revisionist scholarship and by the
two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the first collected edition of the
poems in 1765. Here we investigate Ossian from a networks-science point of
view. We compare the connectivity structures underlying the societies described
in the Ossianic narratives with those of ancient Greek and Irish sources.
Despite attempts, from the outset, to position Ossian alongside the Homeric
epics and to distance it from Irish sources, our results indicate significant
network-structural differences between Macpherson's text and those of Homer.
They also show a strong similarity between Ossianic networks and those of the
narratives known as Acallam na Sen\'orach (Colloquy of the Ancients) from the
Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.Comment: Accepted for publication in Advances in Complex system
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Energy Reallocation to Breeding Performance through Improved Nest Building in Laboratory Mice.
Mice are housed at temperatures (20-26°C) that increase their basal metabolic rates and impose high energy demands to maintain core temperatures. Therefore, energy must be reallocated from other biological processes to increase heat production to offset heat loss. Supplying laboratory mice with nesting material may provide sufficient insulation to reduce heat loss and improve both feed conversion and breeding performance. Naïve C57BL/6, BALB/c, and CD-1breeding pairs were provided with bedding alone, or bedding supplemented with either 8g of Enviro-Dri, 8g of Nestlets, for 6 months. Mice provided with either nesting material built more dome-like nests than controls. Nesting material improved feed efficiency per pup weaned as well as pup weaning weight. The breeding index (pups weaned/dam/week) was higher when either nesting material was provided. Thus, the sparing of energy for thermoregulation of mice given additional nesting material may have been responsible for the improved breeding and growth of offspring
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Two of a Kind or a Full House? Reproductive Suppression and Alloparenting in Laboratory Mice
Alloparenting, a behavior in which individuals other than the actual parents act in a parental role, is seen in many mammals, including house mice. In wild house mice, alloparental care is only seen when familiar sibling females simultaneously immigrate to a male’s territory, so in the laboratory, when a pair of unfamiliar female wild mice are mated with a male, alloparenting does not occur because one female will typically be reproductively suppressed. In contrast, laboratory mice are assumed to alloparent regardless of familiarity or relatedness and are therefore routinely trio bred to increase productivity. Empirical evidence supporting the presence of alloparental care in laboratory mice is lacking. Albino and pigmented inbred mice of the strain C57BL/6NCrl (B6) and outbred mice of the stock Crl:CF1 (CF1) were used to investigate alloparenting in laboratory mice since by mating pigmented and albino females with albino males of the same stock or strain, maternal parentage was easily determined. We housed pairs (M:F) or trios (M:2F) of mice in individually ventilated cages containing nesting material and followed reproductive performance for 16 weeks. Females in trios were tested to determine dominance at the start of the experiment, and again 5 days after the birth of a litter to determine if a female’s dominance shifted with the birth of pups. Results showed a significant and expected difference in number of offspring produced by B6 and CF1 (p < 0.0001). Pigmented mice nursed and nested with albino pups and vice-versa, confirming empirical observations from many that group nesting and alloparenting occurs in unrelated laboratory mice. When overall production of both individual mice and cages was examined, reproductive suppression was seen in trio cages. Dominance testing with the tube test did not correlate female reproduction with female dominance in a female-female dyad. Due to the reproductive suppression noted in trios, on a per-mouse basis, pair mating outperformed trio mating (p = 0.02) when the measure was weaned pups/female/week. No infanticide was seen in any cages, so the mechanism of reproductive suppression in trio matings may occur before birth
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