A NURBS-based isogeometric finite element formulation is developed and adopted to the free vibration analysis of finite square and skew laminated plates. Variable stiffness plies are assumed due to implementation of curvilinear fiberreinforcements. It is assumed due to employment of tow placement technology, in each ply of variable stiffness composite laminated plate the fiber reinforceme...

In this paper, we study skew cyclic and skew constacyclic codes over the ring R = Fq + uFq + vFq + uvFq where q = p^m; p is an odd prime, u^2 = u; v^2 = v; uv = vu. We show that Gray image of a skew cyclic code of length n is a skew quasi-cyclic code of length 4n over Fq of index 4. We also study the structural properties of skew cyclic and skew constacyclic codes over R. Further, generating po...

Abstract: In this paper, we consider the skew circulant and skew left circulant matrices with the Fibonacci and Lucas numbers. Firstly, we discuss the invertibility of the skew circulant matrix and present the determinant and the inverse matrix by constructing the transformation matrices. Furthermore, the invertibility of the skew left circulant matrices are also discussed. We obtain the determ...

A skew generalized power series ring R[[S, ω]] consists of all functions from a strictly ordered monoid S to a ring R whose support contains neither infinite descending chains nor infinite antichains, with pointwise addition, and with multiplication given by convolution twisted by an action ω of the monoid S on the ring R. Special cases of the skew generalized power series ring construction are...

Poisons Information Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children’...

Glutathione S-transferase (GST) and multidrug resistance-associated proteins (MRPs) play major roles in drug resistance in melanoma. In this study, we investigated caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) as a selective GST inhibitor in the presence of tyrosinase, which is abundant in melanoma cells. Tyrosinase bioactivates CAPE to an o-quinone, which reacts with glutathione to form CAPE-SG conjugat...

The Cape Snoek, or Thyrsites atun, is a species of fish that has a significant presence in the history of the Western Cape and the development of Cape Town. The snoek is a lively creature that is historically, culturally, economically, and ecologically active in the Western Cape. I argue that in the case of the Cape snoek, the fish and the Cape are performed together; through acts of differenti...