An optical tunable delay line based on a side-coupled integrated spaced sequence of resonator (SCISSOR) structure in which pairs of resonances are tuned in opposite directions around the signal frequency is proposed and analyzed. It is shown that this balanced SCISSOR design mitigates the deleterious effects of group delay dispersion and provides both wide bandwidth and continuously tunable lon...

in this paper, the crack detection and depth ratio estimation method are presented in beamlikestructures using elman networks. for this purpose, by using the frequencies of modes asinput, crack depth ratio of each element was detected as output. performance of the proposedmethod was evaluated by using three numerical scenarios of crack for fixed-simply supportedbeam consisting of a single crack...

In the last decade, various types of transformable building structures have been developed, such as deployable tensegrity, scissor-like and origami-inspired systems, well reconfigurable rigid-bar linkage adaptive compliant structures. The development systems owns to advances in material design kinetics, while aiming at an improved sustainability built environment. Their conceptualization invest...

Lipid A (also known as endotoxin) is the hydrophobic portion of lipopolysaccharides. It is an essential membrane component required for the viability of gram-negative bacteria. The enzymes involved in its biosynthesis are attractive targets for the development of novel antibiotics. LpxH catalyzes the fourth step of the lipid A biosynthesis pathway and cleaves the pyrophosphate bond of UDP-2,3-d...

Structures enabling transformability of buildings, components and materials at different levels gain significance in view a sustainable built environment. Such structures are capable obtaining shapes response to varying functional, environmental or loading conditions. Certain limitations classic tensegrity scissor-like structures, applied so far an architectural engineering context, attributed ...

A theoretical model Hamiltonian [J. Chem. Phys. 2013, 138, 064308] for describing vibrational spectra associated with the CH stretch of CH2 groups is extended to molecules containing methyl and methoxy groups. Results are compared to the infrared (IR) spectroscopy of four molecules studied under supersonic expansion cooling in gas phase conditions. The molecules include 1,1-diphenylethane (DPE)...