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Non-equilibrium Phase-Ordering with a Global Conservation Law
In all dimensions, infinite-range Kawasaki spin exchange in a quenched Ising
model leads to an asymptotic length-scale
at because the kinetic coefficient is renormalized by the broken-bond
density, . For , activated kinetics recovers the
standard asymptotic growth-law, . However, at all temperatures,
infinite-range energy-transport is allowed by the spin-exchange dynamics. A
better implementation of global conservation, the microcanonical Creutz
algorithm, is well behaved and exhibits the standard non-conserved growth law,
, at all temperatures.Comment: 2 pages and 2 figures, uses epsf.st
Comment on ``Theory of Spinodal Decomposition''
I comment on a paper by S. B. Goryachev [PRL vol 72, p.1850 (1994)] that
presents a theory of non-equilibrium dynamics for scalar systems quenched into
an ordered phase. Goryachev incorrectly applies only a global conservation
constraint to systems with local conservation laws.Comment: 2 pages LATeX (REVTeX macros), no figures. REVISIONS --- more to the
point. microscopic example added, presentation streamlined, long-range
interactions mentioned, to be published in Phys. Rev. Let
Numerical Simulation of Nano Scanning in Intermittent-Contact Mode AFM under Q control
We investigate nano scanning in tapping mode atomic force microscopy (AFM)
under quality (Q) control via numerical simulations performed in SIMULINK. We
focus on the simulation of whole scan process rather than the simulation of
cantilever dynamics and the force interactions between the probe tip and the
surface alone, as in most of the earlier numerical studies. This enables us to
quantify the scan performance under Q control for different scan settings.
Using the numerical simulations, we first investigate the effect of elastic
modulus of sample (relative to the substrate surface) and probe stiffness on
the scan results. Our numerical simulations show that scanning in attractive
regime using soft cantilevers with high Qeff results in a better image quality.
We, then demonstrate the trade-off in setting the effective Q factor (Qeff) of
the probe in Q control: low values of Qeff cause an increase in tapping forces
while higher ones limit the maximum achievable scan speed due to the slow
response of the cantilever to the rapid changes in surface profile. Finally, we
show that it is possible to achieve higher scan speeds without causing an
increase in the tapping forces using adaptive Q control (AQC), in which the Q
factor of the probe is changed instantaneously depending on the magnitude of
the error signal in oscillation amplitude. The scan performance of AQC is
quantitatively compared to that of standard Q control using iso-error curves
obtained from numerical simulations first and then the results are validated
through scan experiments performed using a physical set-up
Enfermedad carcinoide cardiaca multivalvular
ResumenHombre de 67 años de edad, enviado a valoración ecocardiográfica por cuadro clínico de 6meses de evolución con: disnea de esfuerzo, edemas de miembros inferiores y fatiga. Se encuentra doble lesión de la válvula tricúspide con: estenosis e insuficiencia severa, insuficiencia pulmonar severa; y compromiso valvular izquierdo con: insuficiencia mitral y aórtica severas, asociadas a engrosamiento y rigidez valvular. El paciente tenía como antecedente tumor neuroendocrino de íleon, metastásico a pulmón e hígado.En este caso se discuten los hallazgos ecocardiográficos característicos del síndrome carcinoide con compromiso multivalvular como hallazgo inusual de este raro síndrome.AbstractA 67 year-old man is sent to echocardiographic assessment for 6 month history of exertional: dyspnea, edema of the lower extremities, fatigue, double lesions in tricuspid valve with: severe stenosis and severe regurgitation, severe pulmonary valve regurgitation; and left side valvular disease with: severe aortic regurgitation and severe mitral regurgitation, all of them associated with valvular thickening, rigidity, in a patient with history of neuroendocrine tumor, with lung and liver metastases.This case discuss the echocardiographic findings suggestive of carcinoid multivalvular and left side valvular disease as unusual finding in this rare syndrome
Digital skills, ICTs and students’ needs: a case study in social work degree, University of Zaragoza (Aragón-Spain)
Technological innovations are related to information and communication technologies (ICTs), which in turn have become a fundamental pillar in the field of education. Social work professionals require new approaches to take on the new type of work demanded by the digital society, specializing in research into the innovation of these new forms of action through technology. This article analyses whether university training is in tune with the new skills and abilities required for professional interventions in the twenty-first century. A total of 288 surveys were carried out on 309 students. Each survey consisted of 25 questions on the five digital skills areas. The results indicate that training in digital skills must gain space in university training plans, just as the pandemic became a starting point for the massive use of ICTs. The conclusions point to the importance of improving training in digital competences and skills for future generations of social workers, who, although they are digital natives, will need to know how to use ICTs in their social work
Profilaxis antibiótica en cirugía
Existe una abundantísima documentación en la literatura acerca de la eficacia de los
antibióticos utilizados profilácticamente en cirugía (1-10). Probablemente lo más útil
para el trabajo diario de un hospital sea la adopción de pautas concretas que permitan
ser evaluadas periódicamente a través de la colaboración, entre otros, de anestesistas,
cirujanos y microbiólogos (11,12). En esta línea hemos revisado, de una manera
intencionadamente esquemática, diversas facetas relativas a la profilaxis antibiótica en
cirugía. Para ello comentaremos algunos aspectos generales de profilaxis de la
infección postquirúrgica, unas breves normas para la utilización profiláctica de
antibióticos y resumiremos determinadas indicaciones en función del tipo de
intervención
Elucidation of Directionality for Co-Expressed Genes: Predicting Intra-Operon Termination Sites
We present a novel framework for inferring regulatory and sequence-level
information from gene co-expression networks. The key idea of our methodology
is the systematic integration of network inference and network topological
analysis approaches for uncovering biological insights. We determine the gene
co-expression network of Bacillus subtilis using Affymetrix GeneChip time
series data and show how the inferred network topology can be linked to
sequence-level information hard-wired in the organism's genome. We propose a
systematic way for determining the correlation threshold at which two genes are
assessed to be co-expressed by using the clustering coefficient and we expand
the scope of the gene co-expression network by proposing the slope ratio metric
as a means for incorporating directionality on the edges. We show through
specific examples for B. subtilis that by incorporating expression level
information in addition to the temporal expression patterns, we can uncover
sequence-level biological insights. In particular, we are able to identify a
number of cases where (i) the co-expressed genes are part of a single
transcriptional unit or operon and (ii) the inferred directionality arises due
to the presence of intra-operon transcription termination sites.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figures, accepted in Bioinformatic
Análisis e identificación de los volátiles procedentes del barrenillo del olivo Phloetribus scarabaeoides. Contribución a la determinación de los semioquímicos asociados
Se ha llevado a cabo un estudio sistemático de los semioquímicos asociados al barrenillo del olivo Phloeotribusscarabaeoides (Bern.) Que implica el análisis por CG y CG-EM de los volátiles procedentes de diferentes materiales(leños de poda, ramas del árbol, serrines e insectos)a fin de determinar las posibles kairomonas, feromonas yrepelentes
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