The goal of this article is to design robust and simple first order explicit solvers for one-dimensional nonconservative hyperbolic systems. These solvers are intended to be used as the basis for higher order methods for one or multidimensional problems. The starting point for the development of these solvers is the general definition of a Roe linearization introduced by Toumi in 1992 based on ...

A new ruthenium(II) complex has been developed for detection of biomolecules. This complex is highly selective for histidine over other amino acids and has been applied to protein staining in an SDS-PAGE gel.

Sugiura, H. and T. Torii, A method for constructing generalized Runge-Kutta methods, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 38 (1991) 399-410. In the implementation of an implicit Runge-Kutta formula, we need to solve systems of nonlinear equations. In this paper, we analyze the Newton iteration process and a modified Newton iteration process for solving these equations. Then we propo...

A cold L-Band cavity BPM for installation in a SCRF cryomodule is currently under development at Fermilab. The BPM has to meet the ILC BPM specifications, i.e. < 1 μm single bunch, single pass resolution, going along with sufficient accuracy and reproducibility. Real estate limitations and the superconductive RF environment require some special considerations for this design.

The Na(+), Li(+)/H(+) antiporter of Escherichia coli (Ec-NhaA) maintains pH, Na(+) homeostasis in enterobacteria. We used isothermal titration calorimetry to perform a detailed thermodynamic analysis of Li(+) binding to Ec-NhaA and several of its mutants. We found that, in line with the canonical alternative access mechanistic model of secondary transporters, Li(+)/H(+) binding to the antiporte...

In this paper we present an addition to Askey’s scheme of q-hypergeometric orthogonal polynomials involving classes of q-special functions which do not consist of polynomials only. The special functions are q-analogues of the Jacobi and Bessel function. The generalised orthogonality relations and the second order q-difference equations for these families are given. Limit transitions between the...

We present a model of solids made from polygonal cells connected via beams. We calculate the macroscopic elastic moduli from the beam and cell parameters. This modellisation is particularly suited for the simulation of fragmentation processes. We study the effects of an explosion inside a circular disk and the impact of a projectile and obtain the fragment size distribution. We find that if bre...

In this study we compare the relative merits of Z-cut and X-cut lithium niobate (LN) electrooptic modulators. The finite element method (FEM) has been used to implement a full wave analysis of the two structures and determine the microwave effective index Nm, the characteristic impedance Zc, the microwave losses αc and the half wave voltage VπL, operating at frequency range from 0.1 to 100GHz. ...

when the degree of saturation at intersection approaches one, webster’s optimum cycle length equation becomes inapplicable, because the cycle length will becomes very big when the degree of saturation approaches one and will be fully unrealistic when the degree of saturation becomes greater than one. this is not a problem for hcm2000 method. but optimum cycle length calculation in this method h...