The perfectly matched layer (PML) constitutive tensors that match more general linear media presenting bianisotropic and dispersive behavior are obtained for single interface problems and for two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) corner regions. The derivation is based on the analytic continuation of Maxwell’s equations to a complex variables domain. The formulation is Maxwellian so...

This paper describes the isolation and characterization of 16 mutations in the germ-line sex determination gene fog-2 (fog for feminization of the germ line). In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans there are normally two sexes, self-fertilizing hermaphrodites (XX) and males (XO). Wild-type XX animals are hermaphrodite in the germ line (spermatogenesis followed by oogenesis), and female in the s...

This paper reports the reduction of package-stresses by in tm ducing a decoupling zone directly m u n d a sensor structure. Different geometries of the decoupling zones are compared, using the Fdte Element Method (FEM) and analytical models. A large reduction is obtained in case of a corrugated decoupling zone. To optimize the reduction, an analytical description of a ring-shaped V-groove is gi...

Title of Dissertation CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ROLE OF THE FEM GENES IN THE SEX DETERMINATION PATHWAY OF CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE Robin Cook Hill, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008 Directed by: Professor Eric Haag Department of Biology In the genus Caenorhabditis, self-fertile hermaphrodites in C.elegans and C.briggsae evolved from females by developing the ability to generate a limited number of self s...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The Finite Element Method (FEM) has been used in recent years to simulate overturning processes in trees. This study aimed at using FEM to determine the role of individual roots in tree anchorage with regard to different rooting patterns, and to estimate stress distribution in the soil and roots during overturning. METHODS The FEM was used to carry out 2-D simulations of t...

let-502 rho-binding kinase and mel-11 myosin phosphatase regulate Caenorhabditis elegans embryonic morphogenesis. Genetic analysis presented here establishes the following modes of let-502 action: (i) loss of only maternal let-502 results in abnormal early cleavages, (ii) loss of both zygotic and maternal let-502 causes elongation defects, and (iii) loss of only zygotic let-502 results in steri...

In this paper we examine the performance of high-order finite element methods (FEM) for aeroacoustic propagation, based on the convected Helmholtz equation. A methodology is presented to measure the dispersion and amplitude errors of the p-FEM, including non-interpolating shape functions, such as ‘bubble’ shape functions. A series of simple test cases are also presented to support the results o...

A novel approach, radial basis function (RBF) mixed with domain decomposition method (DDM) based on Galerkin finite element method (FEM) has been introduced in our previous work. The proposed method divides the computational domain into a series of rectangular sub-domains, and each sub-domain is taken as a separate calculation area to get the solution expression and shape function by using the ...