The combined effect of pressure and temperature on hydrophobic hydration of a nonpolar methanelike solute is investigated by extensive simulations in the TIP4P model of water. Using test-particle insertion techniques, free energies of hydration under a range of pressures from 1 to 3000 atm are computed at eight temperatures ranging from 278.15 to 368.15 K. Corresponding enthalpy, entropy, and h...

Partial implication semantics in the context of a background theory has been introduced to formalize partial goal satisfaction in the context of beliefs. In this paper, we introduce strong partial implication prohibiting redundancies and weak partial implication allowing side effects, we study their semantic as well as complexity properties, and we apply the three notions of partial implication...

X-ray mass attenuation coefficients for polycrystalline samples of copper have been measured with a high-precision energy-dispersive method. Estimates of the scattering contributions to the attenuation coefficients are made. The photoelectric coefficients deduced from the experimental results are compared with theoretical calculations using screened hydrogen-like eigenfunctions as well as more ...

This study aims to investigate and improve understanding of the social forces that influence patient portal use behavior among the elderly. Underpinned by institutional theory and using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology, our proposed model examines the three social environmental factors of normative, mimetic, and coercive forces within the health Information Technology (HIT...

BACKGROUND Although evaluation of cardiac output by the partial carbon dioxide rebreathing technique is as accurate as thermodilution techniques under controlled mechanical ventilation, it is less accurate at low tidal volume. It is not clear whether reduced accuracy is due to low tidal volume or low minute ventilation. The effect of spontaneous breathing on the accuracy of partial carbon dioxi...