In this paper, in addition to introduce a hybrid structural system contained local isolators and dampers, its behavior and functional capabilities were studied on a conventional structure. For this purpose, an RC frame building with six-story was designed based on valid codes and then, in four cases based on the number of spans, it was split into two separate adjacent frames. Base isolation was...

Salt fractionation of nucleosomes, a classical method for defining "active" chromatin based on nucleosome solubility, has recently been adapted for genome-scale profiling. This method has several advantages for profiling chromatin dynamics, including general applicability to cell lines and tissues, quantitative recovery of chromatin, base-pair resolution of nucleosomes, and overall simplicity b...

Moving-coil loudspeakers generally provide a substantial improvement in linearity when current driven, together with the elimination of voice-coil heating effects. Consequently there is a need to investigate low-distortion power amplifier topologies suitable for this purpose. After considering established current feedback approaches, a novel method using a common-base isolation stage is outline...

Suppressor tRNAs are useful tools for determining identity elements which define recognition of tRNAs in vivo by their cognate aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. This study was aimed at the isolation of active amber tRNA(Asn). Nineteen mutated tRNA(Asn)CUA having amber suppressor activity were selected by an in vivo genetic screen, and all exclusively inserted glutamine. From analysis of the different...

Semi-active control systems are becoming more popular because they offer both the reliability of passive systems and the versatility of active control systems without imposing heavy power demands. In particular, it has been found that magnetorheological (MR) fluids can be designed to be very effective vibration control actuators, which use MR fluids to produce controllable damping force. The ob...