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The automated multi-stage substructuring system for NASTRAN
The substructuring capability developed for eventual installation in Level 16 is now operational in a test version of NASTRAN. Its features are summarized. These include the user-oriented, Case Control type control language, the automated multi-stage matrix processing, the independent direct access data storage facilities, and the static and normal modes solution capabilities. A complete problem analysis sequence is presented with card-by-card description of the user input
Bioengineering Lantibiotics for Therapeutic Success
peer-reviewedSeveral examples of highly modified antimicrobial peptides have been described.
While many such peptides are non-ribosomally synthesized, ribosomally synthesized
equivalents are being discovered with increased frequency. Of the latter group, the
lantibiotics continue to attract most attention. In the present review, we discuss the
implementation of in vivo and in vitro engineering systems to alter, and even enhance,
the antimicrobial activity, antibacterial spectrum and physico-chemical properties,
including heat stability, solubility, diffusion and protease resistance, of these compounds.
Additionally, we discuss the potential applications of these lantibiotics for use as
therapeutics.DF,CH,PC,RR are supported by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan, through a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Technology and Innovation Development Award
(TIDA14/TIDA/2286) to DF, a SFI Investigator awards to CH and RR (10/IN.1/B3027),SFI-PIfunding(11/PI/1137) to PDC and the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre under Grant Number SFI/12/RC/2273
Production of large transverse momentum dileptons and photons in , and collisions by photoproduction processes
The production of large dileptons and photons originating from
photoproduction processes in , and collisions is calculated. We
find that the contribution of dileptons and photons produced by photoproduction
processes is not prominent at RHIC energies. However, the numerical results
indicate that the modification of photoproduction processes becomes evident in
the large region for , and collisions at LHC energies.Comment: 10 figure
Jets associated with Z^0 boson production in heavy-ion collisions at the LHC
The heavy ion program at the LHC will present unprecedented opportunities to
probe hot QCD matter, that is, the quark gluon plasma (QGP). Among these
exciting new probes are high energy partons associated with the production of a
Z^0 boson, or Z^0 tagged jets. Once produced, Z^0 bosons are essentially
unaffected by the strongly interacting medium produced in heavy-ion collisions,
and therefore provide a powerful signal of the initial partonic energy and
subsequent medium induced partonic energy loss. When compared with theory,
experimental measurements of Z^0 tagged jets will help quantify the jet
quenching properties of the QGP and discriminate between different partonic
energy loss formalisms. In what follows, I discuss the advantages of tagged
jets over leading particles, and present preliminary results of the production
and suppression of Z^0 tagged jets in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at LHC
energies using the Guylassy-Levai-Vitev (GLV) partonic energy loss formalism.Comment: To appear in the proceedings of the 2010 Winter Workshop on Nuclear
Dynamics, which was held in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, mon
Thermal photon to dilepton ratio in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions
The ratio of transverse momentum distribution of thermal photons to dilepton
has been evaluated. It is observed that this ratio reaches a plateau beyond a
certain value of transverse momentum. We argue that this ratio can be used to
estimate the initial temperature of the system by selecting the transverse
momentum and invariance mass windows judiciously. It is demonstrated that if
the radial flow is large then the plateau disappear and hence a deviation from
the plateau can be used as an indicator of large radial flow. The sensitivity
of the results on various input parameters has been studied.Comment: 9 pages with 11 eps figure
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