Removal of ethanol from the fermentor during fermentation can increase productivity and reduce the costs for dewatering the product and coproduct. One approach is to recycle the fermentor contents through a stripping column, where a non-condensable gas removes ethanol to a condenser. Previous research showed that this approach is feasible. Savings of $0.03 per gallon were predicted at 34% corn ...

I will discuss in this article some recent progress in the problem of proving existence and uniqueness of solutions to Newton's equations of motion for infinite systems of classical particles interacting by two-body forces which go to zero reasonably quickly as the particle separation goes to infinity. For technical simplicity, I will assume that the interparticle potential 0 has a Lipschitz co...

We present two symmetric function operators H qt 3 and H qt 4 that have the property H qt 3 H (2 a 1 b) [X; q, t] = H (32 a 1 b) [X; q, t] and H qt 4 H (2 a 1 b) [X; q, t] = H (42 a 1 b) [X; q, t]. These operators are generalizations of the analogous operator H qt 2 and also have expressions in terms of Hall-Littlewood vertex operators. We also discuss statistics, a µ (T) and b µ (T), on standa...

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When regular steam ferry service between Brooklyn and Manhattan began in 1814, the first commuter suburb became possible. 1 Suburbs continued to develop slowly but steadily during the 19th and early 20th centuries, thanks to transportation advances such as commuter trains and streetcars, the innovations of early real estate developers, and the urge to live in pastoral tranquility rather than in...

Time-varying topological simplifications of the space of votes in the US House of Representatives (US HoR) display several interesting features unavailable with classical methods of machine learning. In this paper we demonstrate how a recently developed topological simplification method, MAPPER, can detect changes in collaboration structures within the US HoR over time.

Liver weight and function also are often used as the “canary in the mine” to test for adverse effects of chemical compounds and drugs. The largest single gland in the body and the secondlargest organ, the liver filters about a quart of blood every minute, detoxifying blood by filtering toxins and other chemicals from it. When possible, it converts toxics to less harmful chemicals through variou...

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directly onto the hands, which were subsequently scrubbed, it would be improbable that " q u e n c h i n g " of activity would be an issue for concern. Regarding concern # 3 , single plates were not used, rather the solutions were plated in triplicate and a mean value used. The dilution fortunately did inactivate the formulation, but it also provided a comfortable number of colonies per plate f...

Data adaptation is an essential system component in a wide variety of application areas. Adaptation is performed to manage data in response to limited resources and changing system conditions. Recent research has led to the development of general models for adaptive systems, including our own general framework for multidimensional adaptation. In this article, we review our framework, which dist...