The competition between reptation and Rouse Dynamics is incorporated in the Rubinstein-Duke model for polymer motion by extending it with sideways motions, which cross barriers and create or annihilate hernias. Using the DensityMatrix Renormalization-Group Method as solver of the Master Equation, the renewal time and the diffusion coefficient are calculated as function of the length of the chai...

Neuroimmune Signaling in the Hippocampus: Mechanisms of Risk and Resilience by Lauren Leshen Williamson Department of Psychology & Neuroscience Duke University Date: _______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Staci D. Bilbo, Supervisor ___________________________ Christina L. Williams ___________________________ Henry Yin ___________________________ Cagla Eroglu _____________...

1Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; 2The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; 3Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; 4Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; and 5Department of Pathology, Duke University Medica...

1 Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, 2 Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, 3 Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, 4 Department of Immunology...

1 Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, 2 Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, 3 Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, 4 Department of Immunology, Duke University School of ...