Models and Theories at the Nano-scale

Centralization and decentralization: Theories and Models

The questions of centralization and decentralization arise in every polity. The constitution or the practice or both have to settle how much of policy making is to be decided by the central government and by component bodies. By and large liberalism and decentralization tend to go together while authoritarianism tends to be associated with centralization. The constitutional model which is gener...

Models and Theories at the Nanoscale

Spontaneous Generations 2:1 (2008). ISSN 1913‐0465. University of Toronto 139 Models and Theories at the Nanoscale Eric Winsberg∗ One of the most interesting things about science and engineering at the nanoscale, from the point of view of the philosophy of science, is the frequent use they make of models constructed out of theories belonging to different levels of description. We usually take ...

construction and validation of the translation teacher competency test and the scale of students’ perceptions of translation teachers

the major purpose of this study was to develop the translation teacher competency test (ttct) and examine its construct and predictive validity. the present study was conducted in two phases: a qualitative phase as well as a quantitative phase. in the first phase of the study, the author attempted to find out the major areas of competency required for an academic translation teacher. the second...

Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Thermal Transport at the Nano-Scale

Transbilayer distribution of lipids at nano scale.

There is a limited number of methods to examine transbilayer lipid distribution in biomembranes. We employed freeze-fracture replica-labelling immunoelectron microscopy in combination with lipid-binding proteins and a peptide to examine both transbilayer distribution and lateral distribution of various phospholipids in mammalian cells. Our results indicate that phospholipids are exclusively dis...