Search results for "MBL"

Early stages of beta2-microglobulin aggregation and the inhibiting action of alphaB-crystallin

2008

The interest of nucleation of protein crystals and aggregates (including oligomerization) spans from basic physics theory all the way to biophysics, nanophysics, clinical sciences, biotechnologies, food technologies and polymer-solvent interactions. Understanding nucleation within a theoretical framework capable of providing quantitative predictions and control of nucleation rates, or even the very occurrence of crystallization, is a long-sought goal of remarkable relevance to each of the above fields. A large amount of work has been aimed at such goal, but success has been so far rather limited. Work at our laboratory has more recently highlighted a direct link between nucleation rates and…

Electric Field Orientation Dependence of Electron Spin Relaxation in Wurtzite GaN

2012

From Mannose to Small Amphiphilic Polyol: Perfect Linearity Leads To Spontaneous Aggregation

2016

Terminally unsaturated and diastereochemically pure polyol derived from d-mannose shows spontaneous aggregation behavior in water solution. In order to study and clarify this unforeseen phenomenon, a conformational study based on NMR spectroscopy combined with ab initio structure analysis using the COSMO-solvation model was pursued. The results, together with X-ray diffraction studies, suggest a low energy linear conformation for this particular substrate both in solid states and in solution. For such small-sized acyclic carbohydrate derivatives, the linear conformation appears to be a key prerequisite for the unusual molecular self-assembly reported herein. peerReviewed

Optical Properties of Self-Assembled GaxIn1-xAs/InP Quantum Wires

2002

Temperature dependent photoluminescence studies have been carried out on several samples containing self-assembled Ga x In 1-x As/InP quantum wires. A red-shift of the emission wavelength is observed when increasing the Ga content in the alloy, but the overall optical quality decreases. In the case of x = 0.15, the photoluminescence is not sensible to temperature and the emission band is conserved until room temperature is reached, which could be explained if the nanostructures are considered to be almost amorphous.

Encapsulation of Xenon by a Self-Assembled Fe4L6 Metallosupramolecular Cage

2015

We report (129)Xe NMR experiments showing that a Fe4L6 metallosupramolecular cage can encapsulate xenon in water with a binding constant of 16 M(-1). The observations pave the way for exploiting metallosupramolecular cages as economical means to extract rare gases as well as (129)Xe NMR-based bio-, pH, and temperature sensors. Xe in the Fe4L6 cage has an unusual chemical shift downfield from free Xe in water. The exchange rate between the encapsulated and free Xe was determined to be about 10 Hz, potentially allowing signal amplification via chemical exchange saturation transfer. Computational treatment showed that dynamical effects of Xe motion as well as relativistic effects have signific…

Numerical Evidences of Polarization Switching in PMN Type Relaxor Ferroelectrics

2011

We present a conceptual and computational framework for chemically ordered Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3 O 3) (PMN) type supercells violating disorder of the host lattice. The effective Hamiltonian is specified by invariance under permutations of supercells and by the dipole-dipole interaction supporting both local nonzero and zero mean polarization of the structure. Statistics treated in canonical ensemble within the mean field approach reveals emergence of polar nanoregions as supported by interplay between the (random) initial state polarization of supercells and their interactions increased at cooling.

Veltījums Latvijas Jaunatnes teātra ansamblim [dzejolis]

1990

Poetry by Latvian biologist, orchid researcher Ernesto Foldats is dedicated to the ensemble of the Latvian Youth Theater. Typewritten on 4 pages. Stored in the Museum of the University of Latvia Botanical and Mycological collections.

ÉQUATIONS DIFFÉRENTIELLES À COEFFICIENTS DANS DES CORPS DE SÉRIES GÉNÉRALISÉES.

2007

We express the connection between the support of some equations and those of generalized series solutions. On the one hand we prove that any real power series solution of a sub-analytic differential equation belong to a lattice (i.e. an additive sub semi-group of positive reals). On the other hand we consider the field Mr of series with well-ordered support included in the Hahn product Hr with finite rank r (i.e. the lexicographic product of r copies of the reals). We equip Mr with a "Hardy type" derivation and define some well-ordered sets T1, ..., Tr such that : for all equation F(y,...,y(n))=0 with F in Mr[[Y0,...,Yn]] and whose support Supp F is a well-ordered subset of Hr, and for all …

Differential inclusions involving normal cones of nonregular sets in Hilbert spaces

2017

This thesis is dedicated to the study of differential inclusions involving normal cones of nonregular sets in Hilbert spaces. In particular, we are interested in the sweeping process and its variants. The sweeping process is a constrained differential inclusion involving normal cones which appears naturally in several applications such as elastoplasticity, electrical circuits, hysteresis, crowd motion, etc.This work is divided conceptually in three parts: Study of positively alpha-far sets, existence results for differential inclusions involving normal cones and characterizations of Lyapunov pairs for the sweeping process. In the first part (Chapter 2), we investigate the class of positivel…

Speed-accuracy trade-off and its consequences in a scramble competition context.

2014

Abstract: Animals foraging in groups commonly respond to the presence of others by increasing their foraging rate, an increase that could come at the expense of prey detection accuracy. Yet the existence and consequences of such so-called 'speed-accuracy trade-offs' in group-foraging animals remain unexplored. We used group-feeding zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata, to determine how search speed affects food detection accuracy and how a potential speed-accuracy trade-off influences feeding success. We found significant between-individual differences in hopping speed as well as evidence that faster individuals were more likely to overlook food, demonstrating the existence of a trade-off bet…