In this review paper we consider the polynuclear growth (PNG) model in one spatial dimension and its relation to random matrix ensembles. For curved and flat growth the scaling functions of the surface fluctuations coincide with limit distribution functions coming from certain Gaussian ensembles of random matrices. This connection can be explained via point processes associated to the PNG model...

In recent work of Baik, Deift and Rains convergence of moments was established for the limiting joint distribution of the lengths of the first k rows in random Young tableaux. The main difficulty was obtaining a good estimate for the tail of the distribution and this was accomplished through a highly nontrival Riemann-Hilbert analysis. Here we give a simpler derivation. The same method is used ...

Highly oxygenated fullerenes, C(60)O(n) with 1 ≤ n ≤ 13, have been prepared by the Mo(O)(2)(acac)(2) catalysed oxidation of C(60) with (t)BuOOH. Increasing the catalyst : C(60) ratio or increasing the reaction temperature increases the yield as well shifting the product distribution to higher oxygenated products, in contrast, increasing the (t)BuOOH concentration shifts the product distribution...

Consider a large number n of neurons, each being connected to approximately N other ones, chosen at random. When a neuron spikes, which occurs randomly at some rate depending on its electric potential, its potential is set to a minimum value vmin, and this initiates, after a small delay, two fronts on the (linear) dendrites of all the neurons to which it is connected. Fronts move at constant sp...

The purpose of this dissertation is to study certain classes of permutations and plane partitions of truncated shapes. We establish some of their enumerative and combinatorial properties. The proofs develop methods and interpretations within various fields of algebraic combinatorics, most notably the theory of symmetric functions and their combinatorial properties. The first chapter of this the...

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M.J. Rathbone and A. McDowell (eds.), Long Acting Animal Health Drug Products: Fundamentals and Applications, Advances in Delivery Science and Technology, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-4439-8_2, © Controlled Release Society 2013 Abstract In the future, the global market for companion animal health products is expected to further grow and become more specialized. The major drivers will be the continued...