An Analytical Solution for the Laminar Forced Convection in a Pipe with Temperature-Dependent Heat Generation

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Increased activity of cell surface peptidases in HeLa cells undergoing UV-induced apoptosis is not mediated by caspase 3

We have previously shown that in HeLa cells treated with a variety of agents there is an increase in cell surface peptidase (CSP) activity in those cells undergoing apoptosis. The increase in CSP activity observed in UVB-irradiated cells undergoing apoptosis was unaffected when the cultures were treated with the aminopeptidase inhibitor bestatin, and matrix metalloprotease inhibitor BB3103, but greatly enhanced when treated with the caspase 3 inhibitor-DEVD, and reduced in the presence of the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor-3-aminobenzamide (3AB). Neither 3AB nor DEVD had an effect on the gross morphology of the apoptotic cells observed under electron microscopy, nor did they have an effect on phosphatidylserine eversion on the cell membrane, or that of PARP cleavage. All the agents except for DEVD had no effect on the level of caspase 3 activity in the cells. The results suggest that other caspases may cleave PARP in these cells. Both 3AB and DEVD treatment reduced the level of actin cleavage seen in the apoptotic cells. The increase in CSP activity observed in cells undergoing UVB-induced apoptosis appears to involve PARP but not caspase 3

Possible unconventional superconductivity in substituted BaFe2_{2}As2_{2} revealed by magnetic pair-breaking studies

The possible existence of a sign-changing gap symmetry in BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$-derived superconductors (SC) has been an exciting topic of research in the last few years. To further investigate this subject we combine Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) and pressure-dependent transport measurements to investigate magnetic pair-breaking effects on BaFe$_{1.9}M_{0.1}$As$_{2}$ ($M=$ Mn, Co, Cu, and Ni) single crystals. An ESR signal, indicative of the presence of localized magnetic moments, is observed only for $M=$ Cu and Mn compounds, which display very low SC transition temperature ($T_{c}$) and no SC, respectively. From the ESR analysis assuming the absence of bottleneck effects, the microscopic parameters are extracted to show that this reduction of $T_{c}$ cannot be accounted by the Abrikosov-Gorkov pair-breaking expression for a sign-preserving gap function. Our results reveal an unconventional spin- and pressure-dependent pair-breaking effect and impose strong constraints on the pairing symmetry of these materials

Detection of non-aligned double JPEG compression with estimation of primary compression parameters

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Analysis of non-aligned double JPEG artifacts for the localization of image forgeries

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Reverse engineering of double JPEG compression in the presence of image resizing

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An Analytical Solution for the Laminar Forced Convection in a Pipe with Temperature-Dependent Heat Generation

An analytical solution is presented for the case of laminar forced convection in a pipe with heat generation linearly dependent on the local temperature of the fluid. The flow is fully developed and the boundary conditions of the third kind. Within the general analysis presented, some particular cases are identified and discussed. A detailed analysis of the thermal entrance is given. It is shown that in the fully developed region the temperature distribution does not depend on the axial coordinate. An analytical expression of the fully developed Nusselt number is given. Finally, the practical significance of the problem is discussed

An Analytical Solution for the Laminar Forced Convection in a Pipe with Temperature-Dependent Heat Generation

An analytical solution is presented for the case of laminar forced convection in a pipe with heat generation linearly dependent on the local temperature of the fluid. The flow is fully developed and the boundary conditions of the third kind. Within the general analysis presented, some particular cases are identified and discussed. A detailed analysis of the thermal entrance is given. It is shown that in the fully developed region the temperature distribution does not depend on the axial coordinate. An analytical expression of the fully developed Nusselt number is given. Finally, the practical significance of the problem is discussed