the conformation of alinidine a new and specific bradycardic agent was studied using mndo method. it has been found that the rotation of both phenyl and imidazoline ring of this compound is restricted. of two possible isomers of irnidazoline ring, the one with nh in the cis position to allyl side chain is slightly more stable. on the other hand, the allyl group can rotate freely and at least si...

The X Window System protocol, Version 11, was deliberately designed to be extensible, to provide for both anticipated and unanticipated needs. The X11 core did not anticipate that the properties of X server screens might need to change dynamically, as occurs frequently with desktops, laptops and hand held computers not envisioned in the 1980’s. The Resize and Rotate extension (RandR) is a very ...

In living cells, a fluctuating torque is exerted on the nuclear surface but the origin of the torque is unclear. In this study, we found that the nuclear rotation angle is directionally persistent on a time scale of tens of minutes, but rotationally diffusive on longer time scales. Rotation required the activity of the microtubule motor dynein. We formulated a model based on microtubules underg...

MreB, the bacterial actin homologue, plays a vital role in determining cell shape, but the mechanisms by which it actually functions have remained largely mysterious. Recent studies now shed new light on MreB, demonstrating that it associates with many cell-wall synthesis enzymes, including a newly identified family of proteins that mediate teichoic acid synthesis in Gram-positive bacteria. Fur...

On the basis of tidal despinning timescale arguments, Peale showed in 1977 that the majority of irregular satellites (with unknown rotation states) are expected to reside close to their initial (fast) rotation states. Here we investigate the problem of typical rotation states among satellites from a viewpoint of dynamical stability. We explore location of the known planetary satellites on the “...