This paper outlines an energy-minimization finite-element approach to the computational modeling of equilibrium configurations for nematic liquid crystals under free elastic effects. The method targets minimization of the system free energy based on the Frank-Oseen free-energy model. Solutions to the intermediate discretized free elastic linearizations are shown to exist generally and are uniqu...

Understanding the problem While one of your primary goals as a teacher is maximizing student learning, this is rarely students' primary goal. Aside from survival needs such as food, clothing, and shelter, all students in the intermediate and secondary grades share the same primary goal – to gain sense of belonging. Critical elements of feeling like you belong include having a sense of value – t...

The flexibility of XML data model allows a more natural representation of uncertain data compared with the relational model. The top-k matching of a twig pattern against probabilistic XML data is essential. Some classical twig pattern algorithms can be adjusted to process the probabilistic XML. However, as far as finding answers of the top-k probabilities is concerned, the existing algorithms s...

The effect of deformation on the two-neutrino double decay (2νββ-decay) for ground state transition 76Ge → 76Se is studied in the framework of the deformed QRPA with separable Gamow-Teller residual interaction. A new suppression mechanism of the 2νββ-decay matrix element based on the difference in deformations of the initial and final nuclei is included. An advantage of this suppression mechani...

Long Interspersed Nuclear Element-1 (LINE-1, L1) is a mobile genetic element active in human genomes. L1-encoded ORF1 and ORF2 proteins bind L1 RNAs, forming ribonucleoproteins (RNPs). These RNPs interact with diverse host proteins, some repressive and others required for the L1 lifecycle. Using differential affinity purifications, quantitative mass spectrometry, and next generation RNA sequenc...

This paper deals with the finite element solution of the eddy current problem in a bounded conducting domain, crossed by an electric current and subject to boundary conditions appropriate from a physical point of view. Two different cases are considered depending on the boundary data: input current density flux or input current intensities. The analysis of the former is an intermediate step for...

The plutonic complex in SE Jersey consists of a late Precambrian gabbro-diorite mass which has been intruded by several granites. The status of the diorites which, like the gabbros, often possess a layered structure, is not clear. New geochemical data, including rare earth and trace element analyses, suggest that acid-basic magma mixing was not responsible for the variety of intermediate rocks....

Expression of Csf1r in adults is restricted to cells of the macrophage lineage. Transgenic reporters based upon the Csf1r locus require inclusion of the highly conserved Fms-intronic regulatory element for expression. We have created Csf1r-EGFP transgenic sheep via lentiviral transgenesis of a construct containing elements of the mouse Fms-intronic regulatory element and Csf1r promoter. Committ...

This paper outlines an energy-minimization finite-element approach to the computational modeling of equilibrium configurations for nematic liquid crystals under free elastic effects. The method targets minimization of the system free energy based on the Frank-Oseen free-energy model. Solutions to the intermediate discretized free elastic linearizations are shown to exist generally and are uniqu...

We have developed a finite element model of convection in a spherical, axisymmetric shell that we use to simulate upwelling thermal plumes in the mantle. The finite element method provides the flexibility to include realistic properties such as temperature-dependent viscosity, the focus of this paper. We used this model to investigate the effect of temperature-dependent viscosity on the structu...