We study the properties of memory of a financial time series adopting two different methods of analysis, the detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) and the analysis of the power spectrum (PSA). The methods are applied on three time series: one of high-frequency returns, one of shuffled returns and one of absolute values of returns. We prove that both DFA and PSA give results in line with those ob...

Age–elevation relationships have been used widely to constrain the rate of rock exhumation in a range of tectonic environments (Wagner et al., 1977; Morley et al., 1980; Benjamin et al., 1987; Gleadow and Fitzgerald, 1987; House et al., 1997; Batt et al., 2000). In order to avoid complications arising from the thermal perturbation caused by finite-amplitude surface topography (Stüwe et al., 199...

The relationship between spatial density and size of plants is an important topic in plant ecology. The self-thinning rule suggests a -3/2 power between average biomass and density or a -1/2 power between stand yield and density. However, the self-thinning rule based on total leaf area per plant and density of plants has been neglected presumably because of the lack of a method that can accurat...

First principles calculations based on density-functional theory are used to investigate the geometrical and electronic structure of a NiFe(001) invar surface. We use different ordered as well as alloy fcc-like structures to simulate the system. Ab initio atomic force minimizations show that the (001) invar surface is rumpled; Fe atoms are shifted outwards, Ni atoms inwards. A surface resonance...

We present a microfluidic surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensor for rapid and label-free biomolecular detection. Our sensor design mitigates a common limiting factor in microfluidic SERS sensors that utilize integrated nanostructures: low-efficiency transport of biomolecules to nanostructured surface which adversely impacts sensitivity. Our strategy is to increase the total usable nan...

Atomic and cationic radii have been calculated for the first 96 elements, together with selected anionic radii. The metric adopted is the average distance from the nucleus where the electron density falls to 0.001 electrons per bohr(3) , following earlier work by Boyd. Our radii are derived using relativistic all-electron density functional theory calculations, close to the basis set limit. The...

A carbon solid acid with large surface area (CSALA) was prepared by partial carbonization of H₃PO₄ pre-treated peanut shells followed by sulfonation with concentrated H₂SO₄. The structure and acidity of CSALA were characterized by N₂ adsorption-desorption, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), 13C cross polarization (CP)/magic angle spinning (MAS) nuclear magnetic ...

The structure and growth of a blood clot depend on the localization of tissue factor (TF), which can trigger clotting during the hemostatic process or promote thrombosis when exposed to blood under pathological conditions. We sought to understand how the growth, structure, and mechanical properties of clots under flow are shaped by the simultaneously varying TF surface density and its exposure ...

The aim of our study is the development of a method for calculating the interface of dimerization of protein-protein complexes based on simplified medium-resolution structures. In particular, we wished to evaluate if the existing concepts for the computation of the Solvent-Accessible Surface Area (SASA) of macromolecules could be applied to medium-resolution models. Therefore, we selected a set...

Reverse electrowetting-on-dielectric (REWOD) is a novel energy harvesting technology with significant advantage over other technologies due to its effective performance at low-frequency range and not requiring resonance frequency of solid structures. However, REWOD based on planar electrodes has limited surface area therefore lower power output. In this work, we present approach for enhancing o...