The equilibrium fluctuations and weakly out-of-equilibrium relaxation properties of « doped solvent » dilute lamellar phases are investigated, both theoretically and experimentally, in the low-frequency. long-wavelength limit. The physical system of interest is a three-component smectic A lyotropic liquid cry~tal where surfactant bilayers infinite in extent are periodically stacked along one di...

Bovine cardiac troponin-I (TN-I) and troponin-T (TN-T) have been examined in solution using ultracentrifugation, gel filtration, and viscosity. A new method of purifying TN-T, employing hydroxylapatite chromatography in 6 M urea, is reported. Cardiac TN-T (Mr = 36,000) undergoes a reversible, concentration-dependent association in nondenaturing buffers, probably to a tetramer. The Stokes radius...

In this work, statistical properties of compressible hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic turbulence are studied using direct numerical simulations. The properties of turbulent flows change when average flow velocities within the turbulence exceed the speed of sound in the medium. High flow velocities lead to the formation of shocks, and some of the base assumptions of turbulence theories of in...

We experimentally and theoretically investigate the band-gap and transmission properties of phononic crystal (PC) beams immersed in water. Spectral element method (SEM) is developed for theoretical analysis in which the hydrodynamic loading is taken into consideration. Influence of the hydrodynamic loading on band-gap and transmission properties of the PC beams are studied. To directly detect t...

M. Suliga, R. Kruzel, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland In the paper the infl uence of the hydrodynamic die on mechanical properties has been assessed. The drawing process of φ 5,5 mm wires to the fi nal wire of φ 2,5 mm was conducted in 7 passes, in industrial conditions, by means of a modern Koch multi-die drawing machine. The drawing speed in the last passes was 8,2 m...

Gelatin is a natural polymer widely used in pharmaceutical, cosmetic, photographic, and food industries. It is obtained by denaturation and partial hydrolysis of fibrous collagen. Collagen is the most abundant structural protein of animals and by far the main organic component of skin and bone of vertebrates. However, collagen is standing for a family of proteins with 21 different types of amin...

Bestrophin-1 (Best-1) is an integral membrane protein, defects in which cause Best vitelliform macular dystrophy. Best-1 is proposed to function as a Cl- channel and/or a regulator of Ca++ channels. A tetrameric (or pentameric) stoichiometry has been reported for recombinant best-1. Using a combination of gel exclusion chromatography and velocity sedimentation we examined the quaternary structu...

Using computational modeling, we design nano-structured surfaces able to selectively regulate interactions between microchannel walls and flowing colloid-polymer suspensions. Depending on the geometry of nanoscopic posts lining internal channel surfaces, suspended nanoparticles and polymeric chains can be either hydrodynamically attracted to channel walls or repelled to the bulk fluid.

BACKGROUND Although about 80% of properly diagnosed patients with hydrocephalus improve after implantation of any model of shunt, the remaining 20% may develop further complications because of inadequate shunt performance. Therefore, hydrocephalus shunts require careful independent laboratory evaluation. METHOD Computer supported shunt testing, based on the new International Standard Organisa...

We present a model structure of a candidate tetramer for HIV-1 integrase. The model was built in three steps using data from fluorescence anisotropy, structures of the individual integrase domains, cross-linking data, and other biochemical data. First, the structure of the full-length integrase monomer was modeled using the individual domain structures and the hydrodynamic properties of the ful...