We perform simulations to investigate how the energy carried by a molecule transfers to others in an equilibrium gas model. For this purpose we consider a microcanonical ensemble of equilibrium gas systems; each of them contains a tagged molecule located at the same position initially. The ensuing transfer process of the energy initially carried by the tagged molecule is then exposed in terms o...

Analyzing three approximate methods to locate liquid-solid coexistence in simple systems, an observation is made that all of them predict the same functional dependence of the temperature on density at freezing and melting of the conventional Lennard-Jones (LJ) system. The emerging equations can be written as T=Aρ(4)+Bρ(2) in normalized units. We suggest to determine the values of the coefficie...

The recent population-based study by Kyle et al,’ which was the first to provide precise epidemiologic information about primary systemic amyloidosis, reported the demonstration of a monoclonal (M)protein in the serum or urine from 16 of 21 patients (76%) with amyloid of unequivocal Ig origin (AL). However, the number of patients in whom free monoclonal Ig light chain (ie, Bence Jones [BJ] prot...

The maximum breathing capacity (M.B.C.) test (Hermannsen, 1933) may be used as an index of the ventilatory function of the. lungs not only on one occasion but also, when the test is repeated at intervals, as an objective assessment of the progress of disease and of the effect of treatment upon it. Although there have been some reports of the effect of repeated testing of the M.B.C. on one day, ...

A method is proposed to take a step towards detecting children in home videos. This method builds on a method for detecting children in frontal images that uses the relation between the iris size and the head size. In the proposed method, a slightly adapted ellipse Hough transformations is used that favors circles. From this research can be concluded that the method is certainly a step in the r...

The term "Bence-Jones protein" refers to an ill-defined group of proteins having a molecular weight of approximately 37,000 (1), and the characteristic properties of precipitating out of solution when warmed to 45 to 58° C. and of redissolving completely or partially on boiling. This peculiar behavior on heating has long served as a useful test for Bence-Jones proteins in the urine of patients ...

Plasma cell dyscrasia is a disease caused by a monoclonal population of plasma cells. Most often the workup for this disease is prom pted by the appearance of a paraprotein in serum, but a significant num ber of cases exhibit only a Bence Jones protein. Immunofixation electrophoresis is the most sensitive m ethod presently used for identifying Bence Jones protein­ uria. This methodology is labo...

The presence of a low level of M protein in the peripheral blood <3gm/dl which is below the required cut off for the diagnosis of plasma cell myeloma is known as monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). Elevated levels of serum M protein and detection of M band on serum protein electrophoresis (SPE) can occur in chronic diseases not related to B cell disorders and not always d...