Abstract This paper applies a complete parametric set for approximating the geometry of a quadrilateral element. The approximation basis used is a complete Pascal polynomial of second order with six free parameters. The interpolation procedure is a natural interpolation scheme. The six free parameters are determined using the natural coordinates of the four nodal points (vertices) of the quadri...

We apply the new-generation angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy methodology to the most widely studied cuprate superconductor YBa2Cu3O(6+x). Considering the nodal direction, we found noticeable renormalization effects known as kinks both in the quasiparticle dispersion and scattering rate, the bilayer splitting, and evidence for strong interband scattering--all the characteristic features...

A new approach was developed for the evaluation of energy release rate by the virtual crack closure technique in quadratic and linear elements. The generalized method allows arbitrary placement of the side nodes for quadratic elements and thus includes both standard elements, with mid-side nodes, and singularity elements, with quarter-point nodes, as special cases of one general equation. It al...

The low-lying states of light nuclei He and Be are studied in this letter. With the inherent nodal surface(INS) analysis approach, the quantum numbers and the spatial symmetries of the low-lying states with positive parity and negative parity of the two nuclei are deduced. The obtained energy spectrum structure agrees with experimental data well.

This paper develops a method for nodal pricing and market clearing mechanism considering reliability of the system. The effects of components reliability on electricity price, market participants’ profit and system social welfare is considered. This paper considers reliability both for evaluation of market participant’s optimality as well as for fair pricing and market clearing mechanism. To ac...

In this paper, we study Riccati solutions of Painlevé equations from a view point of geometry of Okamoto-Painlevé pairs (S,Y ). After establishing the correspondence between (rational) nodal curves on S − Y and Riccati solutions, we give the complete classification of the configurations of nodal curves on S − Y for each Okamoto–Painlevé pair (S, Y ). As an application of the classification, we ...

Let M be a closed Riemannian manifold of dimension n. Let φλ be an eigenfunction of the Laplace–Beltrami operator corresponding to an eigenvalue λ. We show that the volume of {φλ > 0} ∩B is ≥ C|B|/λ , where B is any ball centered at a point of the nodal set. We apply this result to prove that each nodal domain contains a ball of radius ≥ C/λ. The results in this paper extend previous results of...

Electrophysiological variables were studied in 19 patients before and after one of three commonly used antiarrhythmic agents. The pacing rate at which alternating Wenckebach periods appeared in eight patients was significantly reduced by intravenous digoxin (0.01 mg/kg body weight). The atrioventricular nodal conduction time (A-H interval) and Wenckebach point were not significantly altered by ...

In this study, it was investigated the effects of ultrasound, namely power input, distance from ultrasound tip to base of reactor and treatment time, in the formation of liposomes. Results indicate a dependence on cavitation events that are a function of power input, and consequently dependent on the position of the probe within the reaction vessel and the wave behaviour. Short treatment times ...

The well-known complex variable boundary element method (CVBEM) is extended for using collocation points not located at the usual boundary nodal point locations. In this work, several advancements to the implementation of the CVBEM are presented. The first advancement is enabling the CVBEM nodes to vary in location, impacting the modeling accuracy depending on chosen node locations. A second ad...