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Atomic radius and charge parameter uncertainty in biomolecular solvation energy calculations
Atomic radii and charges are two major parameters used in implicit solvent
electrostatics and energy calculations. The optimization problem for charges
and radii is under-determined, leading to uncertainty in the values of these
parameters and in the results of solvation energy calculations using these
parameters. This paper presents a new method for quantifying this uncertainty
in implicit solvation calculations of small molecules using surrogate models
based on generalized polynomial chaos (gPC) expansions. There are relatively
few atom types used to specify radii parameters in implicit solvation
calculations; therefore, surrogate models for these low-dimensional spaces
could be constructed using least-squares fitting. However, there are many more
types of atomic charges; therefore, construction of surrogate models for the
charge parameter space requires compressed sensing combined with an iterative
rotation method to enhance problem sparsity. We demonstrate the application of
the method by presenting results for the uncertainties in small molecule
solvation energies based on these approaches. The method presented in this
paper is a promising approach for efficiently quantifying uncertainty in a wide
range of force field parameterization problems, including those beyond
continuum solvation calculations.The intent of this study is to provide a way
for developers of implicit solvent model parameter sets to understand the
sensitivity of their target properties (solvation energy) on underlying choices
for solute radius and charge parameters
The construction of a null basis for a discrete divergence operator
AbstractThe divergence free finite element method (DFFEM) is a method to find an approximate solution of the Navier-Stokes equations in a divergence free space. That is, the continuity equation is satisfied a priori. DFFEM eliminates the pressure from the calculations and significantly reduces the dimension of the system to be solved at each time step. For the standard 9-node velocity and 4-node pressure DFFEM, a basis for the divergence-free subspace is constructed such that each basis function has nonzero support on at most 4 contiguous elements. Given this basis, discretely divergence free macro elements can be constructed and used in the implementation of the DFFEM
Exploration of nonlocalities in ensembles consisting of bipartite quantum states
It is revealed that ensembles consisting of multipartite quantum states can
exhibit different kinds of nonlocalities. An operational measure is introduced
to quantify nonlocalities in ensembles consisting of bipartite quantum states.
Various upper and lower bounds for the measure are estimated and the exact
values for ensembles consisting of mutually orthogonal maximally entangled
bipartite states are evaluated.Comment: The title and some contents changed, 4 pages, no figure
Lower Bounds of Concurrence for Tripartite Quantum Systems
We derive an analytical lower bound for the concurrence of tripartite quantum
mixed states. A functional relation is established relating concurrence and the
generalized partial transpositions.Comment: 10 page
Grain boundary ferromagnetism in vanadium-doped InO thin films
Room temperature ferromagnetism was observed in InO\,^{\circ}{\rm C}_2_3$ host lattice, thus excluding the existence of secondary phases
of vanadium compounds. Magnetic measurements based on SQUID magnetometry and
magnetic circular dichroism confirm that the magnetism is at grain boundaries
and also in the grains. The overall magnetization originates from the competing
effects between grains and grain boundaries.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figures, 1 table, accepted by Europhysics Letter
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