We consider director configurations of cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) cells with two plane confining substrates. Exact solutions of the Euler-Lagrange equations for out-of-plane orientations of the easy axes that correspond to inhomogeneous conical structures of CLC director are derived. We study dependence of the CLC twist wavenumber on the free twisting number assuming that anchoring energi...

Centrosomes of animal cells and spindle pole bodies of fungi are the major microtubule nucleating centers. Recent studies indicate that their capacity to organize microtubule arrays rests on elaborate control of the anchoring and release of the nucleated microtubules. Although common molecular mechanisms are likely to be involved in both cases, the centrosome from animal cells shows considerabl...

Type VII collagen is one of the newly identified members of the collagen family. A variety of evidence, including ultrastructural immunolocalization, has previously shown that type VII collagen is a major structural component of anchoring fibrils, found immediately beneath the lamina densa of many epithelia. In the present study, ultrastructural immunolocalization with monoclonal and monospecif...

Algorithmic fairness has attracted significant attention in recent years, with many quantitative measures suggested for characterizing the of different machine learning algorithms. Despite this interest, robustness those respect to an intentional adversarial attack not been properly addressed. Indeed, most focused on impact malicious attacks accuracy system, without any regard system's fairness...

Anchoring in Financial Decision-Making: Evidence from the Field This paper analyzes 12,596 wagering decisions of 6,064 contestants in the US game show Jeopardy!, focusing on the anchoring phenomenon in financial decision-making. We find that contestants anchor heavily on the initial dollar value of a clue in their wagering decision, even though there exists no rational reason to do so. More tha...

Anchoring fibril distribution, depth of penetration into the stroma, and pattern of histochemical localization of type VII collagen (the anchoring fibril collagen) were studied in normal human and rabbit corneas. Electron micrographs of cross sections and sections taken parallel to the basement membrane demonstrate that anchoring fibrils insert into the basal lamina and then splay out laterally...

The choice of a higher education course is one the most important decisions individuals make, as it usually directs career or profession. Therefore, complex decision, and thus possible that young rely on heuristics biases to facilitate decision-making process. Considering that, we explored whether how affected college students’ judgments regarding courses. We developed questionnaire applied sam...

Perturbations in the composition and assembly of extracellular matrices (ECM) contribute to progression of numerous diseases, including cancers. Anchoring of laminins at the cell surface enables assembly and signaling of many ECMs, but the possible contributions of altered laminin anchoring to cancer progression remain undetermined. In this study, we investigated the prominence and origins of d...

BACKGROUND Sensitivity to perceptual context (anchoring) has been suggested to contribute to the development of both oral- and written-language skills, but studies of this idea in children have been rare. AIMS To determine whether deficient anchoring contributes to the phonological memory and word learning deficits of children with specific language impairment (SLI). METHODS AND PROCEDURES ...