The nontrivial shape of colloidal particles creates complex elastic distortions and topological defects in liquid crystals plays a key role governing their electrophoretic propulsion through the medium. Here, we report experimental results on transport anisometric (snowman-shaped) polystyrene subjected to an alternating electric field perpendicular director nematic crystal. We demonstrate that ...

In the temperate zone of Japan, Pinus densiflora Sieb. et Zucc. bears needles of up to three age classes in the upper crown and up to five age classes in the lower crown. To elucidate the effects of leaf age on photosynthetic parameters and its relationships with leaf mass per unit area (LMA) and leaf nitrogen (N(l)) concentration on an area (N(a)) and mass (N(m)) basis, we measured seasonal va...

Maxillofacial skeletal surgery often involves the use of patient-specific implants. However, errors in obtaining patient data and designing manufacturing plates guides can occur even with accurate virtual surgery. To address these errors, bespoke Snowman were designed to allow movement mandible. This study aimed compare stability four-hole miniplates that a plate for bilateral sagittal split ra...

We study the problem of extending genetic linkage maps to include a large number of new markers. We note that this problem should be addressed by placing new markers into the breakpoint-induced bins of the mapping population, rather than by attempting to infer marker order and distance from recombination fractions among closely-placed markers, which are the approaches of current software. Based...