The semimetallic, two-dimensional layered transition metal dichalcogenide WTe2 has raised considerable interest due to its huge, non-saturating magnetoresistance. While for the origin of this effect, a close-to-ideal balance of electrons and holes has been put forward, the carrier concentration dependence of the magnetoresistance remains to be clarified. Here, we present a detailed study of the...

The amyloid state of polypeptides is a stable, highly organized structural form consisting of laterally associated β-sheet protofilaments that may be adopted as an alternative to the functional, native state. Identifying the balance of forces stabilizing amyloid is fundamental to understanding the wide accessibility of this state to peptides and proteins with unrelated primary sequences, variou...

In higher eukaryotes, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) contains a network of membrane tubules, which transitions into sheets during mitosis. Network formation involves curvature-stabilizing proteins, including the reticulons (Rtns), as well as the membrane-fusing GTPase atlastin (ATL) and the lunapark protein (Lnp). Here, we have analyzed how these proteins cooperate. ATL is needed to not only fo...

A two-dimensional sheet with long range ferromagnetic (FM) order has been hotly pursued currently. The recent success in synthesizing polymerized Fe-phthalocyanine (poly-FePc) porous sheets paves a possible way to achieve this goal. However, the poly-FePc and its analog poly-CrPc structure are intrinsically antiferromagnetic (AFM). Using first principles combined with Monte-Carlo simulations, w...

We provide a theory of the determination of exchange rates based on capital flows in imperfect financial markets. Capital flows drive exchange rates by altering the balance sheets of financiers that bear the risks resulting from international imbalances in the demand for financial assets. Such alterations to their balance sheets cause financiers to change their required compensation for holding...

This research investigates the comparative analysis of the performance, Efficiency of Allied & Muslim Commercial Bank before and after Privatization period. The primary resource of data for empirical analysis is the balance sheets of target years collected from the different branches of Allied bank and Muslim Commercial Bank in Khairpur and Sukkur. The balance sheets along with the income state...

[1] Saturn’s ring current was observed by Pioneer 11 and the two Voyager spacecraft to extend 8–16 RS in the equatorial plane and appeared to be driven by stress balance with the centrifugal force. We present Cassini observations that show thin current sheets on the dawn flank of Saturn’s magnetosphere, symptomatic of the formation of a magnetodisc. We show that the centrifugal force is the dom...

OBJECTIVE The present study describes the trajectory of the energy gap (energy imbalance) in the Canadian population from 1976 to 2003, its temporal relationship to adult obesity, and estimates the relative contribution of energy availability and expenditure to the energy gap. It also assesses which foods contributed the most to changes in available energy over the study period. DESIGN Annual...