ome cells can induce the production of their own protective blanket. The signal comes from active neurons in the central nervous system (CNS), and triggers the differentiation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs)—thus yielding the cells that cover the neurons with a protective sheath of myelin. Now, Beth Stevens, Douglas Fields, and colleagues (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD) ...

This paper discusses a novel dynamic resonant wall shear stress sensor concept based on an oscillating sensor operating near resonance. The interaction between the oscillating sensor surface and the fluid above it is modelled using the unsteady laminar boundary layer equations. The numerical experiment shows that the effect of the oscillating shear stress is well correlated by the Hummer number...

A new sub-optimal subset search method for feature selection is introduced. As opposed to other till now known subset selection methods the oscillating search is not dependent on pre-specified direction of search (forward or backward). The generality of oscillating search concept allowed us to define several different algorithms suitable for different purposes. We can specify the need to obtain...

NBO analysis, hybrid density functional theory (B3LYP/6-311+G**) and ab initio molecular orbital (HF/6-311+G**) based methods were used to study the anomeric effects (AE), electrostatic interactions, dipole-dipole interactions and steric repulsion effects on the conformational properties of 2-methoxy- (1), 2-methylthio- (2), 2-methylseleno- (3), 2-fluoro- (4), 2-chloro- (5) and 2-bromocyclohexa...

The manufacture of miniature Stirling cycle cryocoolers, using standard micro-machining techniques and materials has been pursued by the authors [1]. A MEMS based cryocooler would allow integration of a cryogenic cooling system directly into a cryoelectronic device. Resonant bossed diaphragms were proposed as the means to sweep the working gas in the Stirling cooler, replacing the pistons and d...

We give general mathematical results concerning oscillating singularities and we study examples of functions composed only of oscillating singularities. These functions are deened by explicit coeecients on an orthonormal wavelet basis. We compute their HH older regularity and oscillation at every point and we deduce their spectrum of oscillating singularities.

A mathematical model predicting the oscillating motion in an oscillating heat pipe is developed. The model considers the vapor bubble as the gas spring for the oscillating motions including effects of operating temperature, non-linear vapor bulk modulus, and temperature difference between the evaporator and the condenser. Combining the oscillating motion predicted by the model, a mathematical m...

With the fast development of acoustic and multiphase microfluidics in recent years, oscillating bubbles have drawn more-and-more attention due to their great potential in various Lab on a Chip (LOC) applications. Many innovative bubble-based devices have been explored in the past decade. In this article, we first briefly summarize current understanding of the physics of oscillating bubbles, and...

Theoretically predictionq of the solvent effects of I - pentadecanoyl - 2 -docosahexaennyl - Sn - glycerol3 - phosphocholin have been studied using 'Jamey-lock quantiun chemical approximation and STD - 30basis set within the Onsager Self-Consistent Reaction field (SCRS') model All optimized conformers of I -pentadecanoyl - 2 -docosahexaenoyI - Sn - glycerol 3 - phosphocholin as well as their to...