Electrostatic potential as well as the local volume charge density are computed for a macromolecule by solving the Poisson-Boltzmann equation (PBE) using the finite element method (FEM). As a verification, our numerical results for a one dimensional PBE, which corresponds to an infinite-length macromolecule, are compared with the existing analytical solution and good agreement is found. As a ma...

The acoustic properties of a three-dimensional sonic crystal made of square-rod rigid scatterers incorporating a periodic arrangement of quarter wavelength resonators are theoretically and experimentally reported in this work. The periodicity of the system produces Bragg band gaps that can be tuned in frequency by modifying the orientation of the square-rod scatterers with respect to the incide...

We investigate 3-dimensional motility of sperm in fluids with a sparse network of stationary obstacles or fibers. The Brinkman equation is used to model the average fluid flow where a resistance term is inversely proportional to the permeability of the porous medium and represents the effect due to the presence of the fibers. The sperm flagellum is idealized as a Kirchhoff rod that can exhibit ...

We examine the distribution of normal-mode coordinates ~defined via the eigenvectors of a chain of harmonic oscillators! for a system of purely repulsive hard rods in one dimension. We obtain an exact solution for the singlet density distribution, and separately for the covariances of the normal-mode coordinates. The hard-rod behavior is examined in terms of its deviation from the corresponding...

While the classical account of the linear continuum takes it to be a totality of points, which are its ultimate parts, Aristotle conceives of it as continuous and infinitely divisible, without ultimate parts. A formal account of this conception can be given employing a theory of quantification for nonatomic domains and a theory of region-based topology.

In this comment, I extend Cavalcanti and Nosal’s (2010) framework to include the case of perfectly divisible money and unrestricted money holdings. I show that when trade takes place in Walrasian markets, counterfeits circulate and the Friedman rule is still optimal.

PURPOSE To obtain and analyze scotopic increment threshold functions to test the hypothesis that rod photoreceptor immaturity accounts for the elevation of infants' over controls' dark-adapted thresholds and elevation of parafoveal over peripheral thresholds in infants. METHODS Using a preferential looking method, thresholds for detection of 2(o), 50 msec, blue stimuli presented 10(o) (parafo...

Rod bipolar cells in the macaque monkey retina were labeled by three antibodies: an antibody against the alpha- and beta-subspecies of protein kinase C (PKC), a polyclonal antiserum against the L7 protein from mouse cerebellum, and a monoclonal antibody against rabbit olfactory bulb (MAb 115A 10). The MAb 115A10 antibody also labeled some cone bipolar and some amacrine cells. The antibody again...