Title of dissertation: SIMULATIONS OF NONUNIFORM FLUIDS WITH LONG-RANGED AND SHORT-RANGED INTERACTIONS Shule Liu, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012 Dissertation directed by: Professor John D. Weeks Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Institute for Physical Science and Technology The study of nonuniform fluids is of great importance in many areas of chemistry, biophysics, and materials science. Co...

We show that discrete element simulations of colloidal gelation must account for hydrodynamic interactions between suspended particles through investigation of gelation in a dispersion of colloids interacting pair-wise via short-ranged attraction and long-ranged repulsion (SALR). These dynamic simulations juxtapose self-assembly with and without hydrodynamic interactions between the particles. ...

– The relative importance of longand short-ranged forces on the thermal fluctuations at polymer interfaces was investigated with neutron reflection. Polyolefin blends were synthesised to create polymer pairs with a tuned interaction parameter, allowing the exploration of situations from near criticality to strongly immiscible cases in thin-film systems. We have observed for the polymer interfac...

Studies have shown that miR-194 functions as a tumor suppressor and is associated with tumor growth and metastasis. We studied the effects of miR-194 in osteosarcoma and the possible mechanism by which miR-194 affected the survival, apoptosis and metastasis of osteosarcoma. Both human osteosarcoma cell lines SOSP-9607 and U2-OS were transfected with recombinant lentiviruses to regulate miR-194 ...

The aim of the study is to explore the role of miR-194 in mediating the effect of high-K (HK) intake on ROMK channel. Northern blot analysis showed that miR-194 was expressed in kidney and that HK intake increased while low-K intake decreased the expression of miR-194. Real-time PCR analysis further demonstrated that HK intake increased the miR-194 expression in the cortical collecting duct. HK...

Cullin 4B (CUL4B), a scaffold protein that assembles CRL4B ubiquitin ligase complexes, is overexpressed in many types of cancers and represses many tumor suppressors through epigenetic mechanisms. However, the mechanisms by which CUL4B is upregulated remain to be elucidated. Here, we show that CUL4B is upregulated in non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) tissues and is critically required for c...

the antioxidant activities of methanol (me), ethanol (ee), water (we) and ethyl acetate (eae) extracts of four inula helenium l. taxa (i. helenium ssp. orygalis (boiss.) grierson, i. helenium ssp. pseudohelenium grierson, i. helenium ssp. turcarasemosa grierson and i. helenium ssp. vanensis grierson) were investigated. the phosphomolybdenum assay, β-carotene–linoleate bleaching and dpph radical...

Ángel Martínez García-Posada, Pablo Blázquez Jesús, Javier Navarro de Pablos (coords.)La obra abierta. La idea tiempo en las obras arquitectura y arte el territorioMadrid: Recolectores urbanos, 2020. 194 pp. Tapa blanda, dos volúmenes. Idioma: español. 20 €ISBN: 978-84-949663-4-7 (vol. I) ISBN: 978-84-949663-9-2 II)