Binding patterns and dynamics of double-stranded DNA on the phosphorene surface

Molecular dynamics simulations and electrophoresis experiments show that dsDNA can form a stable binding on the phosphorene surface through the terminal base pairs and adopt an upright orientation regardless of its initial configurations.

Reaction pathways for HCN on transition metal surfaces

Two HCN molecules, adsorbed at 85 K in an upright orientation, react to form the aminocarbyne species, CNH2, on Pd(111) when the surface is heated to 200 K.

The effect of scrambling upright and inverted faces on the N170

The face inversion effect refers to a decrement in performance when we try to recognise familiar faces turned upside down (inverted), compared with familiar faces presented in their usual (upright) orientation. Recently, we have demonstrated that the inversion effect can also be found with checkerboards drawn from prototype-defined categories when the participants have been trained with these categories, suggesting that factors such as expertise and the relationships between stimulus features may be important determinants of this effect. We also demonstrated that the typical inversion effect on the N170 seen with faces is found with checkerboards, suggesting that modulation of the N170 is a marker for disruption in the use of configural information. In the present experiment, we first demonstrate that our scrambling technique greatly reduces the inversion effect in faces. Following this, we used Event-Related Potentials ( ERPs) recorded while participants performed an Old/New recognition study on normal and scrambled faces presented in both upright and inverted orientations to investigate the impact of scrambling on the N170. We obtained the standard robust inversion effect for normal faces: The N170 was both larger and delayed for normal inverted faces as compared with normal upright faces, whereas a significantly reduced inversion effect was recorded for scrambled faces. These results show that the inversion effect on the N170 is greater for normal compared with scrambled faces, and we interpret the smaller effect for scrambled faces as being due to the reduction in expertise for those faces consequent on scrambling.

Mineral, petrography and petro-geochemical characteristics of diabasic dykes at the Trai Mat quarry, Da Lat City

The diabasic dykes exposed at the Trai Mat quarry, Da Lat city intrude the granitoids of Ankroet complex (such as middle – coarse grained biotite granite and leucogranites. As can be seen in the field the thickess of these dykes vary from 0.5m to nearly 1.5 m extended north-south-east slope angles ranging from ~50 0 to being upright (Orientation of lying 31<50 ÷ 90 o). Petographical components consist of diabaz porphyrite. The main mineral components are plagioclase, pyroxene?, quartz, carbonate, chloride. Chemical components of rocks are: SiO2: 54.34 %, K2O: 2.43 %,Na2O: 2,50 %. The content of W, Pb, U, Th, Hf, Rb, Au is higher