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A Detailed Description of Keldysh's Model of Photoionization
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Author
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Darden, Kenan
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Physics, Optics, Quantum theory
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Description
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Leonid Keldysh’s 1965 paper "Ionization in the Field of a Strong Electromagnetic Wave" contains useful and simple-to-implement equations predicting the rate of photoionization in both atomic gasses and general crystalline solids. Crucially, his re...
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ALGORITHMS FOR STRUCTURE BASED-PREDICTION OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BINDING SITES
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Author
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Farrel, Alvin
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science, Biology, Bioinformatics
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Description
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Transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene expression through binding to specific target DNA sites. Accurate annotation of transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs) at genome scale represents an essential step toward our understanding of gene regu...
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Asymptotic Normality of Higher Order Turing Formulae
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Author
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Chang, Jie
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Mathematics
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Description
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Higher order Turing formulae, denoted as Tr for r ∈ Z+, are a powerful result allowing one to estimate the total probability associated with words from a random piece of writing, which have been observed exactly r times in a random sample. In part...
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ESTIMATES FOR THE NUMBER OF EIGENVALUES OF NON-SELF-ADJOINT OPERATORS
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Author
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Hulko, Artem
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mathematics
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Description
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In this dissertation we find estimates for the total number of eigenvalues of non-self-adjoint operators. We consider five different operators, three of them discrete and two continuous. Discrete operators are as follows: Schrödinger operator defi...
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Green Synthesis of Cellulose Graft Copolymers for Anion Exchange Water Purification
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Author
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Schmal, Stephen
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Chemistry
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Description
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This thesis describes the synthesis and characterization of novel cellulose graft copolymers that are used for the purification of drinking water. These nanomaterials function as bottle-brush anion-exchange resins with repeating quaternary ammoniu...
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Halogenated Tags for the Investigation of Enzyme Specificity
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Author
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Houde, Hailey
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Biochemistry, Chemistry
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Description
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The bacterial enzyme undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthase (UppS) is present in most prokaryotes and is needed for bacterial survival. UppS produces the essential lipid carrier, bactoprenyl monophosphate (BP). BP is critical for the structural integ...
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PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTION OF PAI-H19Y MUTANT OF THE SLEEPING BEAUTY TRANSPOSASE
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Author
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Yan, Chenbo
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Biophysics, DNA
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Description
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Due to the substantial interest in developing transposon technology for gene delivery and gene therapy, the Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon system, the most active transposon in the vertebrate species, has been extensively studied. The SB transpos...
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Physics Informed Machine Learning Models for PDEs with Applications to Laser Bioeffects
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Author
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Seman, Matthew
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Artificial intelligence, Physics
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Description
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Recently, advances in the efficiency of gradient calculation algorithms have sparked anexpansion of neural network applications, particularly in the field of approximating partial differential equation (PDE) solutions. Among the most novel and eff...
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RED FLUORESCENCE IN BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN – GOLD COMPLEXES
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Author
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Dixon, Jacob
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Physics
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Description
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Bovine serum albumin (BSA)-gold (Au) complexes have been studied in great detail due to their unique red fluorescent (λem = 640 nm) properties, since being initially described by Xie et al. (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 888-889) as a Au25 nanoclus...
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REGULATION OF ACTOMYOSIN ATPASE
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Author
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Ge, Jinghua
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Physics, Biophysics
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Description
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Myosin is a molecular motor that converts chemical energy to mechanical energy, thus generating force and movement in muscles and cells. Myosin interacts with two ligands, ATP (fuel) and actin filaments (motor’s tracks). Actomyosin interaction is ...
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Regulation of Myosin IIIa Motor/Kinase Activity
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Author
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Moore, Judy
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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Biochemistry, Neurosciences, Cytology
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Description
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Myosin IIIa, a motor protein that localizes to actin-rich regions of photoreceptors and to stereocilia of inner ear hair cells, is associated with the hearing process in vertebrates and with phototransduction for invertebrates. It contains a large...