Lyotropic liquid crystals formed in 3-dodecyloxy-2-hydroxypropyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (a new surfactant)n-butanol-11-decane-water system have been studied. Pseudo-ternary phase diagrams have been drawn based on experimental data at 298.2 K, and the speci fi c regions in which a single type of liquid crystal existing or diffe rent types of liquid crystal s coexisting have been determined in...

We perform the first global fit to inclusive $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{X}_{s}\ensuremath{\gamma}$ measurements using a model-independent treatment of nonperturbative $b$-quark distribution function, with next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic resummation and $\mathcal{O}({\ensuremath{\alpha}}_{s}^{2})$ fixed-order contributions. The normalization decay rate, given by $|{C}_{7}^{\mathrm{incl}}{V}_...

We hypothesized that protein source in the nutritionally adequate AIN-93G diets fed during gestation, lactation, and weaning influences food intake (FI) regulation in male offspring of Wistar rats. Pregnant rats were fed the recommended casein-based (C) or soy protein-based (S) diet during gestation (experiment 1) or during gestation and lactation (experiment 2). Pups (n = 12 per group) weaned ...

Consider 1D Vlasov-poisson system with a …xed ion background and periodic condition on the space variable. First, we show that for general homogeneous equilibria, within any small neighborhood in the Sobolev space W s;p p > 1; s < 1 + 1 p of the steady distribution function, there exist nontrivial travelling wave solutions (BGK waves) with arbitrary minimal period and traveling speed. This impl...

The earth’s environments and ecosystems are not fi xed but vary over a wide range of space and time scales (Delcourt, and Webb 1982; see also fi g. 6.1). At the scale of tens of thousands of years, the wobble of the Earth on its axis causes variation in the solar radiation received at the earth’s surface, driving variation in climate. On shorter time scales, the Southern Oscillation of sea surf...

In this paper, we propose and validate a novel design for a double-gate tunnel fi eld-effect transistor (DG Tunnel FET), for which the simulations show significant improvements compared with single-gate devices using an SiO2 gate dielectric. For the fi rst time, DG Tunnel FET devices, which are using a high-κ gate dielectric, are explored using realistic design parameters, showing an ON-current...

Chao Zhu is an assistant professor at UWMilwaukee. His research interests include applied probability and stochastic processes; actuarial sciences and fi nance; computational linear algebra; and mathematical statistics. We consider the optimal harvesting problem for a single species living in random environments whose growth is given by a regimeswitching diff usion. Harvesting acts as a (stocha...

The present study was conducted on twelve adult stray dogs of age 2 – 3 years, weighing 14 18 kg and randomly divided into three groups. Animals in group I (n = 5) and group II (n = 5) were orally given 300 and 500 microgram coumestrol dissolved in di-methyl sulfoxide in the commercial dog treats on days 0, 7, 14, 21 and 28, respectively. Animals in control group III (n = 2) were given DMSO alo...

Symbiotic nitrogen fi xation has important role in sustainable soybean production because of utilization of atmospheric nitrogen for soybean nutrition. Pre-sowing soybean seed inoculation with selected rhizobial strains is used to improve the amount of symbiotically fi xed nitrogen. Besides strain selection, suitable inoculant formulation is important for the success of inoculant application. T...