scholarly journals The energy landscapes of bidisperse particle assemblies on a sphere

Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Francis Ballard ◽  
Jack R Panter ◽  
David J Wales

The interplay between crystalline ordering, curvature, and size dispersity make the packing of bidis- perse mixtures of particles on a sphere a varied and complex phenomenon. These structures have functional...

Author(s):  
Victor Tsutsumi ◽  
Adolfo Martinez-Palomo ◽  
Kyuichi Tanikawa

The protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica is the causative agent of amebiasis in man. The trophozoite or motile form is a highly dynamic and pleomorphic cell with a great capacity to destroy tissues. Moreover, the parasite has the singular ability to phagocytize a variety of different live or death cells. Phagocytosis of red blood cells by E. histolytica trophozoites is a complex phenomenon related with amebic pathogenicity and nutrition.


1993 ◽  
Vol 70 (03) ◽  
pp. 438-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Grøn ◽  
C Filion-Myklebust ◽  
S Bjørnsen ◽  
P Haidaris ◽  
F Brosstad

SummaryFibrinogen and fibrin related chains in reduced human plasma as well as the bonds interlinking partially cross-linked fibrin from plasma clots have been studied by means of 1D- and 2D electrophoresis and Western blotting. Immunovisualization of reduced plasma or partially cross-linked fibrin with monoclonal antibodies specific for the α-chains or the γ-chains have shown that several bands represent material belonging to both chains. In order to decide whether these bands constitute αγ-chain hybrids or superimposed α- and γ-chain dimers, the cross-linked material was separated according to both isoelectric point (pI) and molecular weight (MW) using Pharmacia’s Multiphor II system. Western blotting of the second dimension gels revealed that partially cross-linked fibrin contains αsγt-chain hybrids and γ- polymers, in addition to the well-known γ-dimers and α-polymers. The main αsγt-chain hybrid has a pI between that of the α- and the γ-chains, a MW of about 200 kDa and contains Aα-chains with intact fibrinopeptide A (FPA). It was also observed that soluble fibrinogen/fibrin complexes as well as partially cross-linked fibrin contain degraded α-dimers with MWs close to the γ-dimers. These findings demonstrate that factor XIII-catalyzed cross-linking of fibrin is a more complex phenomenon than earlier recognized.


2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Manfredonia ◽  
Lorenzo Genuardi ◽  
Riccardo Marano ◽  
Antonio G. Rebuzzi ◽  
Antonino Buffon ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Boryczko ◽  
Wojciech Rytlewski

Abstract In a dynamic machining process, distortion in surface irregularity is a very complex phenomenon. Surface irregularities form a periodic representation of the tool profile with various kinds of disturbance in a broad range of changes in the height and length of the profile. To discern these irregularity disturbances, interactions of the tool in the form of changes perpendicular and parallel relative to the workpiece were analyzed and simulated. The individual kinds of displacement of the tool relative to the workpiece introduce distortions in the changes of height and length. These changes are weakly represented in standard height and length irregularity parameters and their discernment has been found through amplitude-frequency functions.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego D'Angelo

This paper develops the concept of ‘creative attention’. Against classical theories that understand attention as a spotlight that brings objects into focus, I will argue that attention is a complex phenomenon structured in different layers. The most basic layer is perceptual, passive and pre-predicative: at this level, attention is creative – and this is the central claim of this paper – because it institutes meanings and rules for our behaviour


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