A wave-packet ansatz is used to model noise generation by organized, large-scale structures. The spectrum of the acoustic field is expressed in terms of two-point space-time correlations of hydrodynamic pressure on a conical surface surrounding the jet plume. The surface is sufficiently near the turbulent flow region to be dominated by hydrodynamic disturbances, yet sufficiently far that the wa...

The yeast Sup35 and Rnq1 proteins can exist in either the noninfectious soluble forms, [psi-] or [pin-], respectively, or the multiple infectious amyloid-like forms called [PSI+] or [PIN+] prion variants (or prion strains). It was previously shown that [PSI+] and [PIN+] prions enhance one another's de novo appearance. Here we show that specific prion variants of [PSI+] and [PIN+] disrupt each o...

Pin track sepsis is a common complication of circular external fixation. HIV status has been implicated as an independent risk factor for the development of pin track infection and has been cited as a reason not to attempt complex limb reconstruction in HIV-positive patients. This retrospective review of patients treated with circular external fixators looked at the incidence of pin track sepsi...

TRITON is the primary lattice physics module of the SCALE code system. Initially developed under U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission funding for high-fidelity mixed-oxide fuel assembly analysis, TRITON is now being used internationally for a wide variety of applications. However, for large heterogeneous lattice configurations, the cross-section processing required to obtain appropriately weighte...

Abstract Friction stir welding is a solid state joining method used to join materials which cannot be joined by fusion welding. In this method, heat produced due the friction between tool and workpiece weld material. Heat input depends upon amount of caused process parameters such as rotational speed, geometry, axial force etc. present study, effect shoulder pin diameter ratio, speed on peak te...

The activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) is a significant phenomenon during the pathogenesis of liver disorders, including liver cirrhosis and fibrosis. Here, we identified that the extract from a gorgonian coral Pinnigorgia sp. (Pin) induced apoptosis of HSC-T6 cells. Pin inhibited the viability of HSC-T6 cells and increased their subG1 population, DNA fragmentation, caspase-3 activatio...

This paper introduces a novel blind on-line dereverberation algorithm for speech signals based on a natural gradient deconvolution algorithm. Existing blind dereverberation algorithms often employ a structure that performs speech prewhitening using LPC analysis followed by a blind deconvolution step applied to the LPC residual. Here it is shown that better performance can be achieved by respect...

We present a multiplication algorithm to recursively construct vertices for the Schrödinger functional in the abelian background field case. The algorithm is suited for automatic perturbative calculations with a variety of actions. As first applications, we derive ratios of the lambda parameters between the lattice scheme (improved gauge actions including six link loops) and the MS scheme, and ...