We develop a general procedure for estimating the effective constitutive behavior of nonlinear dielectrics. The procedure is based on a variational principle expressing the effective energy function of a given nonlinear composite in terms of the effective energy functions of the class of linear comparison composites. This provides an automatic procedure for converting well-known information for...

Current Problems in Surgery keeps readers up-to-date on the latest surgical advances. Each month, this publication examines a single clinical problem or condition commonly seen by general surgeons. Issues also focus on topics in surgical research and emerging ideas in surgical subspecialties. Current Problems in Surgery is ideal for information too urgent to await book publication, yet too impo...

Sodium-coupled, high-affinity choline transporters (CHTs) are inhibited by 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1) [peroxynitrite (ONOO⁻) donor]; ONOO⁻ can be produced from nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species during neurodegeneration. SIN-1 rapidly increases CHT internalization from the cell surface, and this correlates with decreased choline uptake. This study addresses mechanisms by which SIN-1 ...

The 3* nontranslated region of the genomes of Sindbis virus (SIN) and other alphaviruses carries several repeat sequence elements (RSEs) as well as a 19-nucleotide (nt) conserved sequence element (3*CSE). The 3*CSE and the adjoining poly(A) tail of the SIN genome are thought to act as viral promoters for negative-sense RNA synthesis and genome replication. Eight different SIN isolates that carr...

When the World Trade Centre was destroyed in New York on 11 September 2001, I felt devastation for all the victims of this atrocity. This included the terrorist themselves as well as the families of the dead and injured and of the perpetrators. When America used this atrocity as a reason to attack Iraq I was very disturbed by the transposition of lines of blame to a country that had no direct l...

An enquiry into the present condition of the Persian province of Baluchistan, its antecedents and potentialities Disciplines Anthropology | Social and Behavioral Sciences This journal article is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/anthro_papers/138

6 = 2(cos( (π+2kπ) 6 ) + i sin( (π+2kπ) 6 )) where k = 0, 1, 2, · · · , 5. Let rk = 2(cos( (π+2kπ) 6 ) + i sin( (π+2kπ) 6 )) where k = 0, 1, 2, · · · , 5. Therefore r0 = 2(cos( π 6 )+i sin( 6 )) = √ 3+i, r1 = 2(cos( π 2 )+i sin( 2 )) = 2i, r2 = 2(cos( 5π 6 )+ i sin( 6 )) = − √ 3 + i, r3 = 2(cos( 7π 6 ) + i sin( 6 )) = − √ 3 − i, r4 = 2(cos( 2 ) + i sin( 2 )) = −2i and r5 = 2(cos( 6 ) + i sin( 1...

6 = 2(cos( (π+2kπ) 6 ) + i sin( (π+2kπ) 6 )) where k = 0, 1, 2, · · · , 5. Let rk = 2(cos( (π+2kπ) 6 ) + i sin( (π+2kπ) 6 )) where k = 0, 1, 2, · · · , 5. Therefore r0 = 2(cos( π 6 )+i sin( 6 )) = √ 3+i, r1 = 2(cos( π 2 )+i sin( 2 )) = 2i, r2 = 2(cos( 5π 6 )+ i sin( 6 )) = − √ 3 + i, r3 = 2(cos( 7π 6 ) + i sin( 6 )) = − √ 3 − i, r4 = 2(cos( 2 ) + i sin( 2 )) = −2i and r5 = 2(cos( 6 ) + i sin( 1...

The Double Chooz reactor neutrino experiment will be the next detector to search for a non vanishing θ13 mixing angle with unprecedented sensitivity, which might open the way to unveiling CP violation in the leptonic sector. The measurement of this angle will be based on a precise comparison of the antineutrino spectrum at two identical detectors located at different distances from the Chooz nu...