Over the years, the ev8 code has been a very useful tool for the study of nuclear mean-field theory. Its main characteristic is that it solves the Hartree-Fock plus BCS equations for Skyrme type functionals via a discretization of the individual wave-functions on a three-dimensional cartesian mesh. This allows maximal flexibility in the determination of the nuclear shape by the variational proc...

Transferrin receptor (TfR, CD71) has long been a therapeutic target due to its overexpression in many malignant tissues. In this study, PRINT() nanoparticles were conjugated with TfR ligands for targeted drug delivery. Cylindrical poly(ethylene glycol)-based PRINT nanoparticles (diameter (d) = 200 nm, height (h) = 200 nm) labeled with transferrin receptor antibody (NP-OKT9) or human transferrin...

With the rise in the use of AFM (Atomic Force Microscope), we have witnessed a growing use of atomic microscope based nanorobots in the precise displacement of various particles. There are certain limitations to the application of nanorobots in the moving of nanoparticles. One of the most important of these limitations is the lack of an appropriate image feedback concurrent with the displaci...

background and aims. polymethyl methacrylate, pmma, is widely used in prosthodontics for fabrication of removable prostheses. this study was undertaken to investigate the effect of adding silver nanoparticles (agnps) to pmma at 2% and 0.2% concentrations on compressive and tensile strengths of pmma. materials and methods. the silver nanoparticles were mixed with heat-cured acrylic resin in an a...

The present paper presented an experimental work to enhance the photovoltaic cells performance. A heated aluminum plate is used simulate PV solar cell. effect of different phase change material (PCM) type, heat sink configurations, PCM mixed with Al2O3 nanoparticles at volumetric concentrations from 0.11 0.77% are experimentally investigated. PCMs RT28HC, RT35HC and RT44HC which have melting po...

Multipole expansions depend on the coordinate system, so that coefficients of multipole moments can be set equal to zero by an appropriate choice of coordinates. Therefore, it is meaningless to say that a physical system has a nonvanishing quadrupole moment, say, without specifying which coordinate system is used. (Except if this moment is the lowest non-vanishing one.) This result is demonstra...

We review Maxwell’s multipole vectors, and elucidate some of their mathematical properties, with emphasis on the application of this tool to the cosmic microwave background (CMB). In particular, for a completely random function on the sphere (corresponding to the statistically isotropic Gaussian model of the CMB), we derive the full probability density function of the multipole vectors. This fu...