in this work, a direct design approach for designing a surface shape (inverse design problem) has been developed, in which both the target surface pressure and the unknown nodal coordinates appear explicitly in the formulations. the final discretized form of the governing equations (unified formulation) can be used for both analysis and shape design problems. in this work, shape design problems...

The enzymatic reduction of /Shydroxy-P-methylglutaryl coenzyme A to mevalonic acid has been measured in cellfree systems prepared from the livers of rats maintained under various dietary conditions. It has been shown that the reductase reaction is markedly depressed when cholesterol is fed. This diminished activity has been observed in both the microsomes and in the subsequently solubilized pre...

The absorption spectra of the 5,6-dimethylbenaimidazolylcobamide coenzyme (coenzyme Blz) and its benzimidaeolecontaining analogue (benzimidazolylcobamide coenzyme) are different from that of the adenine-containing analogue (adeninylcobamide’ coenzyme (1, 2)). The most conspicuous difference is in the wave length of the absorbancy maximum in the visible region. The spectra of the two benzimidazo...

Utilizing its integrated camera as a spectrometer, we demonstrate the use of a smartphone as the detection instrument for a label-free photonic crystal biosensor. A custom-designed cradle holds the smartphone in fixed alignment with optical components, allowing for accurate and repeatable measurements of shifts in the resonant wavelength of the sensor. Externally provided broadband light incide...

In this paper we rst describe how we have constructed a 3D deformable Point Distribution Model of the human hand, capturing training data semi-automatically from volume images via a physically-based model. We then show how we have attempted to use this model in tracking an unmarked hand moving with 6 degrees of freedom (plus deformation) in real time using a single video camera. In the course o...

When highly purified cobamide-dependent ribonucleotide reductase from Lacfobacillus leichmannii is incubated with synthetically prepared 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazolylcobamide 5’-deoxyadenosyl coenzyme containing tritium attached to carbon atom 5’ of the deoxyadenosyl moiety (DBCC-5’-3H), tritium is transferred from DBCC-5’-3H to Hz0 in a reaction requiring substrate, enzyme, and dithiol reductant....