Mössbauer spectrometry gives electronic, magnetic, and structural information from within materials. A Mössbauer spectrum is an intensity of γ-ray absorption versus energy for a specific resonant nucleus such as Fe or Sn. For one nucleus to emit a γ-ray and a second nucleus to absorb it with efficiency, both nuclei must be embedded in solids, a phenomenon known as the “Mössbauer effect.” Mössba...

Electrospinning has been used to successfully create polystyrene (PS) nanofibers containing either of three different types of cyclodextrin (CD); α-CD, β-CD, and γ-CD. These three CDs are chosen because they have different sized cavities that potentially allow for selective inclusion complex (IC) formation with molecules of different size or differences in affinity of IC formation with one type...

gamma-rays emitted from the ground surface relate to the primary mineralogy and geochemistryof the bedrock, and the secondary weathered materials. this information can contribute significantly to anunderstanding of the geochemical and pedogenetic history of a region. the main aim of this paper was to study the relationship between ground gamma-ray data and basement geochemistry in the lese catc...

Objective: Transmembrane AMPA receptor regulatory proteins (TARPs) interact with AMPA receptors and modulate both their trafficking and ion channel properties. The purpose of this study was to identify proteins involved in AMPA receptor trafficking by screening for proteins associated with TARP γ-8. Methods: Rat hippocampal P2 lysates were subjected to immunoprecipitation with an anti-γ-8 antib...

Intracellular pathogens including the apicomplexan and opportunistic parasite Toxoplasma gondii profoundly modify their host cells in order to establish infection. We have shown previously that intracellular T. gondii inhibit up-regulation of regulatory and effector functions in murine macrophages (MΦ) stimulated with interferon (IFN)-γ, which is the cytokine crucial for controlling the parasit...

We study a variable exponent model for image restoration in the case that the exponent attains the critical value one. We prove existence and Γ-convergence. The results answer an open question by Li, Li and Pi [Variable exponent functionals in image restoration, Appl. Math. Comput. 216 (2010), no. 3, 870–882].

Received (Day Month Year) Communicated by (xxxxxxxxxx) Let Ω be an open bounded set of R 3 and let W and V be two non-negative continuous functions vanishing at α, β and α ′ , β ′ , respectively. We analyze the asymptotic behavior as ε → 0, in terms of Γ-convergence, of the following functional Fε(u) := ε p−2 Z Ω |Du| p dx + 1 ε p−2 p−1 Z Ω W (u)dx + 1 ε Z ∂Ω V (T u)dH 2 (p > 2), where u is a s...

We study the stability of a sequence of integral functionals on divergence-free matrix valued fields following the direct methods of Γ-convergence. We prove that the Γ-limit is an integral functional on divergence-free matrix valued fields. Moreover, we show that the Γlimit is also stable under volume constraint and various type of boundary conditions.

We provide an approximation result in the sense of Γ-convergence for energies of the form ˆ Ω Q1(e(u)) dx+ aH(Ju) + b ˆ Ju Q 1/2 0 ([u] νu) dH n−1, where Ω ⊂ Rn is a bounded open set with Lipschitz boundary, Q0 and Q1 are coercive quadratic forms on Mn×n sym , a, b are positive constants, and u runs in the space of fields SBD2(Ω) , i.e., it’s a special field with bounded deformation such that i...