Using Monte Carlo methods and finite-size scaling, we investigate surface critical phenomena in the bond-percolation model on the simple-cubic lattice with two open surfaces in one direction. We decompose the whole lattice into percolation clusters and sample the surface and bulk dimensionless ratios Q1 and Qb, defined on the basis of the moments of the cluster-size distribution. These ratios a...

I derive precise results for absorbing-state phase transitions using exact (numerically determined) quasistationary (QS) probability distributions for small systems. Analysis of the contact process on rings of 23 or fewer sites yields critical properties (control parameter, order-parameter ratios, and critical exponents z and betanu_(perpendicular)) with an accuracy of 0.06% or better; precise ...

A system of hard rectangles of size m×mk on a square lattice undergoes three entropy-driven phase transitions with increasing density for large-enough aspect ratio k: first from a low-density isotropic to an intermediate-density nematic phase, second from the nematic to a columnar phase, and third from the columnar to a high-density sublattice phase. In this paper we show, from extensive Monte ...

Homogenous bacteriorhodopsin-DPPC proteoliposomes were characterized and used as a target for the general anesthetic Enflurane. Dose–response curves for the protein and the lipids, in the very same sample, at high (2800) and low (360) lipid: bacteriorhodopsin molar ratios, were compared simultaneously. Above the main phase transition temperature of DPPC, there is no difference between the prote...

We suggest a theory of field-induced charge-density-wave phases, generated by high magnetic fields in quasi-low-dimensional conductors. We demonstrate that, in layered quasi-one-dimensional conductors, the corresponding critical magnetic field ratios are universal and do not depend on any fitting parameter. In particular, we find that H_{1}/H_{0} = 0.73, H_{2}/H_{0} = 0.59, H_{3}/H_{0} = 0.49, ...

The effects of anomalous dispersion (resonance) on multiple reflection of x rays and their interference in crystals at atomic absorption edges are studied. Intensity ratios of two inversion-symmetry-related multiple diffractions at or near absorption edges exhibit highly phase-sensitive profiles with strong asymmetric characteristics, unlike those far from the edges. A new resonance perturbatio...

High-pressure Raman spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction of Sb2S3 up to 53 GPa reveals two phase transitions at 5 GPa and 15 GPa. The first transition is evidenced by noticeable compressibility changes in distinct Raman-active modes, in the lattice parameter axial ratios, the unit cell volume, as well as in specific interatomic bond lengths and bond angles. By taking into account relevant results...

     In this study, microspheres containing estradiol valerate were prepared by solvent evaporation method using poly (glycolide-co-lactide) (PLGA 50:50) and poly (lactide). The effect of different process variables such as polymer type, drugpolymer ratio, stirring rate, volume of internal phase and temperature of external phase on the morphology, particle size distribution, encapsulation effic...

In this work, we present a single-channel speech enhancement technique called the Modified Phase Opponency (MPO) model as a solution to the Speech Separation Challenge. The MPO model is based on a neural model for detection of tones-in-noise called the Phase Opponency (PO) model. Replacing the noisy speech signals by the corresponding MPO-processed signals increases the accuracy by 31%when the ...