– The problem of memory contribution to the collective diffusion coefficient of interacting Brownian particles is considered. A well-defined theoretical expression for this contribution, free of divergent integrals, is derived. Its value is then estimated for hard sphere suspensions numerically by means of extensive computer simulations. A good physical model for a broad class of suspensions is...

A graph is called (generically) rigid in Rd if, for any choice of sufficiently generic edge lengths, it can be embedded in Rd in a finite number of distinct ways, modulo rigid transformations. Here, we deal with the problem of determining the maximum number of planar Euclidean embeddings of minimally rigid graphs with 8 vertices, because this is the smallest unknown case in the plane. Until now...

Crystallization is a key unit operation in the pharmaceutical industry. Control of crystallization processes can be challenging when undesirable phenomena such as particle attrition and breakage occur. This thesis describes the controlled crystallization of pharmaceuticals and amino acids for more efficient manufacturing processes and better efficacy of products. Crystallization equipment is de...

a chromium electroplating bath with the ability to produce homogenous mist was used to evaluate parameters influencing hexavalent chromium (cr+6) mist sampling methods. the results of 48 cr+6mist samples collected using the u.s. national institute for occupational safety and health method 7600showed that cr+6concentration was higher: (1) for sampling by closed-face filter cassettes than for sam...

Making use of the Volterra approach, black box modeling is applied to a large scale analog circuitry for an ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) central office application. Reducing the number of free parameters through special assumptions on the Volterra kernels, one ends up with the Hammerstein model. Taking the first few taps of the Volterra kernels and approximating the last taps throu...

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) contains the most polymorphic genetic system in humans, the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes of the adaptive immune system. High allelic diversity in HLA is argued to be maintained by balancing selection, such as negative frequency-dependent selection or heterozygote advantage. Selective pressure against immune escape by pathogens can maintain appre...

Virtual worlds are developing rapidly over the Internet. They are visited by avatars and staffed with Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs). An avatar is a representation of a physical person. Each person controls one or several avatars and usually receives feedback from the virtual world on an audio-visual display. Ideally, all senses should be used to feel fully embedded in a virtual world. S...

We present an alternative method for measuring ultrashort extreme-ultraviolet pulses that can be synchronized with an intense infrared pulse. The method, based on photoionization of a target atom by the extremeultraviolet pulse in the presence of the infrared pulse, has a potential accuracy of close to 1 fs and is susceptible to single-shot operation. It is demonstrated on harmonic 15 of a tita...

The Fault-Tolerant Facility Placement problem (FTFP) is a generalization of the classic Uncapacitated Facility Location Problem (UFL). In FTFP we are given a set of facility sites and a set of clients. Opening a facility at site i costs fi and connecting client j to a facility at site i costs dij. We assume that the connection costs (distances) dij satisfy the triangle inequality. Multiple faci...

We present a monolithic passively Q-switched microchip laser generating 200 ps pulses at a wavelength of 1064 nm with a repetition rate of up to 2 MHz. While maintaining transversal and longitudinal single-mode operation, the pulse energy can be changed from 130 nJ to 400 nJ by varying the pump conditions of the laser. To the best of our knowledge, the repetition rate of 2 MHz is by far the hig...