A modified Gross-Pitaevskii approximation was introduced recently for bosons in dimension d ≤ 2 by Kolomeisky et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 1146 (2000)). We use the density functional approach with sixth-degree interaction energy term in the Bose field to reproduce the stationary-frame results of Kolomeisky et al. for a one-dimensional Bose-Einstein system with a repulsive interaction. We also fi...

This paper describes a neural model of speech production and perception-production interactions. This model has been developed to account for a wide variety of experimental data, ranging from kinematic analyses of articulator movements to functional imaging studies of the human brain. We have also tested predictions based on the model with these and other experimental techniques. Hypothesized n...

Charge transport characteristics for metal–molecule–metal junctions containing two structurally related -conjugated systems were studied to probe – interactions in molecular junctions. The first molecule contains a typical -conjugated framework derived from phenylene vinylene units, whereas the second has the phenylene vinylene structure interrupted by a [2.2]paracyclophane (pCp) core. Electroc...

The Density Functional Theory (DFT) and the Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) calculations basedmethod B3LYP/6-31G* were carried out to study the interaction of carbon nanotube (8,0) withnitrobenzene in two situations perpendicular and parallel. Formation energies of compounds,charges, the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular'orbital (LUMO) and the HOMO-LUMO ba...

Although it is widely acknowledged that gestures are complex functional elements of human communication, many current functional classification systems are rather rigid, implicitly assuming gestures to perform only one function at any given time. In this paper, we present a theoretical view on the inherent multifunctionality of speakers’ gestures, inspired by frameworks in structural-functional...

The well-being of a city depends on the capabilities of its inhabitants for functional interaction. We study how persuasive technologies can support these capabilities on the theoretical background of transactional analysis. First insights are drawn from research about persuasive technologies in an innovation lab as a focal point for functional interaction in a city.

Maturation of dendritic cells (DC) is characterized by expression of CD83, a surface protein that appears to be necessary for the effective activation of naïve T-cells and T-helper cells by DC. Lately it was shown that CD83 expression is regulated on the posttranscriptional level by interaction of the shuttle protein HuR with a novel posttranscriptional regulatory RNA element (PRE), which is lo...