In this paper we consider a non-standard dynamical inverse problem for the wave equation on metric tree graph. We assume that positive masses may be attached to internal vertices of Another specific feature our investigation is use only one boundary actuator and sensor, all other observations being internal. Using Dirichlet-to-Neumann map (acting from vertex vertice...

Bio-additive manufacturing is a promising tool to fabricate porous scaffold structures for expediting the tissue regeneration processes. Unlike the most traditional bulk material objects, the microstructures of tissue and organs are mostly highly anisotropic, heterogeneous, and porous in nature. However, modelling the internal heterogeneity of tissues/organs structures in the traditional CAD en...

The Trp RNA-binding protein (TRAP) has a toroidal topology and a perfect 11-fold symmetry, which makes it an excellent candidate for a vibrational study of elastic properties. Normal mode analysis in combination with correlation matrix calculations was used to detect collective low-frequency motions in TRAP. The results reveal the presence of highly correlated modes at the lower end of the spec...

Transmembrane proteins play crucial role in signaling, ion transport, nutrient uptake, as well as in maintaining the dynamic equilibrium between the internal and external environment of cells. Despite their important biological functions and abundance, less than 2% of all determined structures are transmembrane proteins. Given the persisting technical difficulties associated with high resolutio...

1 This is a revised version of Paper Number DETC2006-99373, published in the ASME Advances in Design Automation Conference. ABSTRACT Prismatic cellular or honeycomb materials exhibit favorable properties for multifunctional applications such as ultra-light load bearing combined with active cooling. Since these properties are strongly dependent on the underlying cellular structure, design method...

In the study of topology, we are often interested in understanding and classifying the internal structure of topological spaces. Algebraic topology is the application of abstract algebra to topology in order to further identify the structure of topological spaces by developing a correspondence between topological spaces and certain groups called homotopy groups. In this paper, we will examine t...

‎Assume that $A$ is a Banach algebra‎. ‎We define the‎ ‎$beta-$topology and the $gamma-$topology on the space $QM_{el}(A^{*})$ of all bounded extended left quasi-multipliers of $A^{*}.$‎ ‎We establish further properties of $(QM_{el}(A^{*}),gamma)$ when $A$ is a $C^{*}-$algebra‎. ‎In particular‎, ‎we characterize the $gamma-$dual‎ ‎of $QM_{el}(A^{*})$ and prove that $(QM_{el}(A^{*}),gamma)^{*},$...

In this article, the ant colony method is utilized for topology optimization of space structures. Strain energy of the structure is minimized while the material volume is limited to a certain amount. In other words, the stiffest possible structure is sought when certain given materials are used. In addition, a noise cleaning technique is addressed to prevent undesirable members in optimum topol...

The initial use of a novel elongated tricarboxylic acid H(3)hmpib in metal-organic framework (MOF) chemistry resulted in a [Zn(4)O(hmpib)(2)] MOF (UCY-1) with pyrite topology. The compound displays a remarkably high internal surface area despite its double-interpenetrated structure as well as high CO(2) uptake and selective adsorption for it over CH(4).