MAX phase materials are emerging as attractive engineering materials in applications where the material is exposed to severe thermal and mechanical conditions in an oxidative environment. The Ti2AlC MAX phase possesses attractive thermomechanical properties even beyond a temperature of 1000 K. An attractive feature of this material is its capacity for the autonomous healing of cracks when opera...

A. Szameit, Y. V. Kartashov, F. Dreisow, T. Pertsch, S. Nolte, A. Tünnermann, and L. Torner Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, and Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Mediterranean Technology Park, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precisi...

Let R be the set of real numbers, ⊕ is the maximum operation so that α⊕ β = max{α, β} for any α, β ∈ R. We assume further that Rn ≡ R× . . .×R (n-times, the Cartesian product). We shall solve optimization problems consisting in the minimization of function F (f(x), g(y)), where F : R2 → R1 is an isotone function and function f(x), f : Rn → R1 is defined as follows f(x) = f(x1, . . . , xn) = f1(...

MARS: IMPLICATIONS OF REVISED ESTIMATES OF CRUSTAL HEAT FLOW, THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, AND FREEZING POINT DEPRESSION. S. M. Clifford, E. Heggy, J. Boisson, P. McGovern and M. D. Max. MARSIS Team. Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058, [email protected]; Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 4 avenue de Neptune, 94107 St Maur des Fosses Cedex, France, MDS Resear...

This comparative study was undertaken in the belief that our understanding of the modern economic spirit, volatility of global markets and political activism can be furthered by revisiting Marx‟s and Weber‟s sociological, philosophical, economic and religious explanations of the rise of capitalism. The author identifies and reconsiders much of the scholarly literature on the argument that there...

Max is a ubiquitous transcription factor with a bHLHZip [basic HLH (helix-loop-helix) leucine zipper] DNA-binding/dimerization domain and the central component of the Myc/Max/Mad transcription factor network that controls cell growth, proliferation, differentiation and apoptotic cell death in metazoans. Max is the obligatory DNA-binding and dimerization partner for all the bHLHZip regulators of...

Max-plus stochastic processes are counterparts of Markov diffusion processes governed by Ito sense stochastic differential equations. In this framework, expectations are linear operations with respect to max-plus arithmetic. Max-plus stochastic control problems are considered, in which a minimizing control enters the state dynamics and running cost. The minimum max-plus expected cost is equal t...

Clinical implications of the high rates of creativity within bipolar disorder (BD) have not been explored. The aim of this review is to outline these implications by (i) reviewing evidence for the link between creativity and BD, (ii) developing a provisional model of mechanisms underpinning the creativity-BD link, (iii) describing unique challenges faced by creative-BD populations, and (iv) sys...

Cellulases for bioethanol production are mainly made by fed-batch fermentation using a filamentous fungus, Trichoderma reesei. Agitation at different scales impacts on morphology, rheology and growth rate can be correlated EDCF?max. Typically, EDCF?max is much smaller commercial scale fungal size, viscosity greater. Here, to increase understanding, continuous culture in 3 L bioreactors two valu...