Magnetically Seeding Processes.

Network Seeding

This research studies the optimal seeding of a network of consumers who are potential adopters of a technology. This problem has a wide range of applications which include launching a network good, inducing network-based marketing, igniting collaboration in organizations, and stimulating R&D with local spillovers. I have two main results so far. The first result shows that when a firm is unawar...

Physical Factors in Precipitation Processes and Their Influence on the Effectiveness of Cloud Seeding

Endothelial cell seeding.

Endothelial cell seeding is a technique that has developed over the past 15 years in response to the need for a high performance synthetic vascular graft. This review details our present knowledge of seeding and examines the various problems that have hampered its introduction into clinical practice.

Self-seeding in cancer.

Despite significant progress in our understanding and treatment of metastatic cancer, nearly all metastatic cancers are incurable. In this Review, we use breast cancer as a model to highlight the limitations and inconsistencies of our existing treatment paradigms for metastatic disease. In turn, we offer a new theory of metastasis, termed "self-seeding. " The self-seeding paradigm, well validat...

Magnetically Delayed Pseudospark Switch

We have investigated the properties of a magnetically delayed pseudospark switch (PSS). One of the challenges of all low pressure gas discharge switches is the reduction of the lifetime due to commutation losses resulting in anode heating. This effect can be minimized by carefully dimensioning the saturating inductors. For many decades, this method has been successfully used for thyratrons. In ...