Trp-Trp pairs have emerged as a successful strategy for β-hairpin stabilization. Using loop 3 of Vammin as a template, we experimentally demonstrate that the contribution of Trp-Trp pairs to β-hairpin stability depends on β-sheet periodicity, that is, they are stabilising at non-hydrogen-bonded sites, but not at hydrogen-bonded positions.

Among the recent topics of photothermal (PT) applications of lasers, we focus on ultrafast (<=1.0 ns) photothermal/photoacoustic (PT/PA) phenomena occurring at interfaces, which play important roles in nanoscale materials science and technology. Here, we describe our recently developed novel PT techniques called transient reflecting grating (TRG) spectrometries. These techniques have been appli...

In this article, we obtain some further estimates of fundamental solutions comparing to Chau-Tam-Yu [1] and give some applications of the estimates on asymptotic behaviors of fundamental solutions.

This paper develops a unified approach to the transient analysis of adaptive filters with error nonlinearities. In addition to deriving earlier results in a unified manner, the approach also leads to new performance results without restricting the regression data to being Gaussian or white. The framework is based on energy-conservation arguments and avoids the need for explicit recursions for t...

We study a simple ow control method for ATM networks cal l ed peri odi c averaging of rate (PARing). Thi s method attempts to reduce the burstiness of tra c by bu ering. We present asymptoti c resul ts, obtained via the theory of l arge deviati ons, on the memory requi rements, the multiplexing gainof PARed sources, and the tradeo s between bu ering inside and outside of the network. We di scus...

We used a retrospective approach to identify hydrologic metrics with the greatest potential for ecological relevance for use as resource management tools (i.e., hydrologic indicators) in rapidly urbanizing basins of the Puget Lowland. We proposed four criteria for identifying useful hydrologic indicators: (1) sensitive to urbanization consistent with expected hydrologic response, (2) demonstrat...

New method for the rigorous mathematical analysis of electronic synchronization systems is suggested. This method allows to calculate the characteristics of phase detectors and carry out a rigorous mathematical analysis of transient process and stability of the system.

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In this paper, genetic algorithm-based approach for transient analysis of single transmission line connected to arrester is proposed. In this approach, the lightning channel striking the overhead line is first represented by a current source and this source is truncated by a finite set of frequency harmonies in time domain. Norton equivalent circuit viewed across arrester is then computed by me...