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Spectrum of a duality-twisted Ising quantum chain
The Ising quantum chain with a peculiar twisted boundary condition is
considered. This boundary condition, first introduced in the framework of the
spin-1/2 XXZ Heisenberg quantum chain, is related to the duality
transformation, which becomes a symmetry of the model at the critical point.
Thus, at the critical point, the Ising quantum chain with the duality-twisted
boundary is translationally invariant, similar as in the case of the usual
periodic or antiperiodic boundary conditions. The complete energy spectrum of
the Ising quantum chain is calculated analytically for finite systems, and the
conformal properties of the scaling limit are investigated. This provides an
explicit example of a conformal twisted boundary condition and a corresponding
generalised twisted partition function.Comment: LaTeX, 7 pages, using IOP style
Enabling Multi-Stakeholder Cooperative Modelling in Automotive Software Development and Implications for Model Driven Software Development
One of the motivations for a model driven approach to software development is to increase the involvement for a range of stakeholders in the requirements phases. This inevitably leads to a greater diversity of roles being involved in the production of models, and one of the issues with such diversity is that of providing models which are both accessible and appropriate for the phenomena being modelled. Indeed, such accessibility issues are a clear focus of this workshop.
However, a related issue when producing models across multiple parties,often at dierent sites, or even dierent organisations is the management of such model artefacts. In particular, different parties may wish
to experiment with model choices. For example, this idea of prototypingprocesses by experimenting with variants of models is one which has been used for many years by business process modellers, in order to highlight
the impact of change, and thus improve alignment of process and supporting software specications. The problem often occurs when such variants needed to be merged, for example, to be used within a shared repository.
This papers reports upon experiences and ndings of this merging problem as evaluated at Bosch Automotive. At Bosch we have dierent sites where modellers will make changes to shared models, and these models will subsequently require merging into a common repository. Currently,
this work has concentrated on one type of diagram, the class diagram. However, it seems clear that the issue of how best to merge models where collaborative multi-party working takes places is one which has a significant
potential impact upon the entire model driven process, and, given the diversity of stakeholders, could be particularly problematic for the requirements phase. In fact, class diagrams can also be used for information
or data models created in the system analysis step. Hence, we believe that the lessons learned from this work will be valuable in tackling the realities of a commercially viable model driven process
Spectral and Diffusive Properties of Silver-Mean Quasicrystals in 1,2, and 3 Dimensions
Spectral properties and anomalous diffusion in the silver-mean (octonacci)
quasicrystals in d=1,2,3 are investigated using numerical simulations of the
return probability C(t) and the width of the wave packet w(t) for various
values of the hopping strength v. In all dimensions we find C(t)\sim
t^{-\delta}, with results suggesting a crossover from \delta<1 to \delta=1 when
v is varied in d=2,3, which is compatible with the change of the spectral
measure from singular continuous to absolute continuous; and we find w(t)\sim
t^{\beta} with 0<\beta(v)<1 corresponding to anomalous diffusion. Results
strongly suggest that \beta(v) is independent of d. The scaling of the inverse
participation ratio suggests that states remain delocalized even for very small
hopping amplitude v. A study of the dynamics of initially localized wavepackets
in large three-dimensional quasiperiodic structures furthermore reveals that
wavepackets composed of eigenstates from an interval around the band edge
diffuse faster than those composed of eigenstates from an interval of the
band-center states: while the former diffuse anomalously, the latter appear to
diffuse slower than any power law.Comment: 11 pages, 10 figures, 1 tabl
Trigonometric R Matrices related to `Dilute' Birman--Wenzl--Murakami Algebra
Explicit expressions for three series of matrices which are related to a
``dilute'' generalisation of the Birman--Wenzl--Murakami are presented. Of
those, one series is equivalent to the quantum matrices of the
generalised Toda systems whereas the remaining two series
appear to be new.Comment: 5 page
Pioglitazone, NEET Family Proteins, and Galactose Modulation of Liver Cell Bioenergetics
MitoNEET was discovered through interactions with a labeled and photoactive derivative of pioglitazone (pio), a drug used to increase peripheral insulin sensitivity. Its unique coordination of a [2Fe-2S] cluster by three cysteine residues (Cys-72, Cys-74, and Cys-83) and one histidine (His-87) gives this cluster both stability and the ability to be donated to acceptor proteins. These qualities allow mitoNEET to participate in a diversity of biological functions. Functions of mitoNEET and the consequences of pioglitazone (pio) treatment in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) cells cultured in glucose or galactose-based medium were examined by respiration and proliferation studies. Pio treatment decreased complex I stimulated respiration for cells grown in both glucose and galactose-based medium. Additionally, pio was found to significantly decrease cell proliferation. HepG2 cells cultured in galactose exhibited significantly higher oxygen flux than those cultured in glucose-based medium, but proliferation of these cells was notably reduced. Interestingly, mitoNEET levels were substantially lower in cells cultured in galactose. We hypothesize that some of the effects of pio may depend on the cellular levels of mitoNEET and the metabolic consequences of culturing cancerous cells in a galactose-based medium
How Do Quasicrystals Grow?
Using molecular simulations, we show that the aperiodic growth of
quasicrystals is controlled by the ability of the growing quasicrystal
`nucleus' to incorporate kinetically trapped atoms into the solid phase with
minimal rearrangement. In the system under investigation, which forms a
dodecagonal quasicrystal, we show that this process occurs through the
assimilation of stable icosahedral clusters by the growing quasicrystal. Our
results demonstrate how local atomic interactions give rise to the long-range
aperiodicity of quasicrystals.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. Figures and text have been updated to the final
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