The structurally diverse peroxisome proliferators ciprofibrate, clofibrate, and bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate [(EtHx)2 greater than Pht] increase the activities of hepatic catalase and peroxisomal fatty acid beta-oxidation enzymes in conjunction with profound proliferation of peroxisomes in hepatocytes. In order to delineate the level at which these enzymes are induced in the liver, the transcrip...

We perform a systematic comparison of the finite-temperature structure and properties of four bulk semiconductors (PbS, PbTe, ZnS, and ZnTe) predicted by eight popular exchange-correlation functionals from quasi-harmonic lattice-dynamics calculations. The performance of the functionals in reproducing the temperature dependence of a number of material properties, including lattice parameters, th...

Numerical solutions of the Poisson-Boltzmann equation (PBE) have found wide application in the computation of electrostatic energies of hydrated molecules, including biological macromolecules. However, solving the PBE for electrostatic forces has proved more difficult, largely because of the challenge of computing the pressures exerted by a high dielectric aqueous solvent on the solute surface....

This study examines the concept of personal brand equity (PBE) and relationship between constructs (pb) Personal Branding (PB). article provides insight into PBE. The definition three main corresponding key variables are reviewed based on existing literature. defines construct Brand Equity as value added to an individual’s reputation by their branding efforts. systematic literature review is ke...

Density functional theory (DFT) has provided deep atomic-level insights into the adsorption behavior of aromatic molecules on solid surfaces. However, modeling surface phenomena large mineral surfaces with accurate plane wave methods (PW) can be orders magnitude more computationally expensive than localized atomic orbitals (LCAO) methods. In present work, we propose a less costly approach based...

This paper presents a comparative study on the application of different numerical methods for the solution of the dynamic bi-variate population balance equation (PBE) in batch particulate systems. Specifically, particulate processes operating under the combined action of particle aggregation and/or particle growth are examined. In order to solve the bi-variate PBE the Galerkin finite element me...

This paper describes Probabilistic Bias Evaluation (PBE), a method for evaluating learning biases formally analyzing the tradeoff between the expected accuracy and complexity of alternative biases. Intelligent agents must filter out irrelevant aspects of the environment, in order to minimize the costs of learning. In PBE, probabilistic background knowledge about relevance is used to compute exp...

We consider the numerical solution of the Poisson-Boltzmann equation (PBE), a three-dimensional second order nonlinear elliptic partial differential equation arising in biophysics. This problem has several interesting features impacting numerical algorithms, including discontinuous coefficients representing material interfaces, rapid nonlinearities, and three spatial dimensions. Similar equatio...

Place-based education (PBE) will be explored while weaving in my own experiences with place growing up West Virginia surrounded by the coal industry. PBE is a teaching method that provides meaningful instruction for students transforming their community or into classroom. can teach how to truly inhabit places and become contributing citizens helping communities improve eradicate any prevalent i...