The structural properties of two-component gel-phase bilayers of distearylphosphatidylcholine (DSPC) and alcohol molecules with different compositions and chain lengths (12-24 carbons long) are studied via molecular dynamics simulations. Several bilayer properties, including area per lipid, tilt angle, chain interdigitation, and headgroup offset, are studied for each system and compared, reveal...

V.B. Ghute Dept. of Statistics, Solapur University, Solapur, (MS), India [email protected]; +91 9881372729 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Nonparametric or distribution-free control chart is useful in statistical process control when the underlying process distribution is unknown or is not likely to be normal. In...

The connexins form a family of membrane spanning proteins that assemble into gap junction channels. The biophysical properties of these channels are dependent upon the constituent connexin isoform. To begin identifying the molecular basis for gap junction channel behavior in the human heart, a tissue that expresses connexin43, we used site-directed mutagenesis to generate mutant cDNAs of human ...

Let (Xi)i∈N be a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables with values in the set N0 of non-negative integers. Motivated by applications in enumerative combinatorics and analysis of algorithms we investigate the number of gaps and the length of the longest gap in the set {X1, . . . , Xn} of the first n values. We obtain necessary and sufficient conditions in terms of ...

air spindles are one of the main elements of precise machine tools. vibration of these spindles is one of the vital issues necessary for investigation. among parameters which influence air spindle vibrations are rotational speed, compression air method, input nozzle diameter, air gap pressure. in this study using ansys, the effects of air gap thickness on air spindle vibrations have been invest...

We propose a scheduling algorithm for reducing unused timeslots by considering head gap and tail gap newly generated by assigning a data burst in order to improve the burst loss probability and the throughput performances in Time Sliced Optical Burst Switched (TSOBS) networks. The proposed scheduling algorithm selects the timeslot in which either head gap or tail gap newly generated becomes the...

Parent Rufus Bush Chats Cercotrichas galactotes perform of distraction display, approaching and flying away from potential predators near their nests while vocalizing and displaying their conspicuously coloured tail. The response of breeding pairs attending their first brood during the mid and final nestling stages was registered to stimuli of danger near their nests over two seasons. The first...