Force-induced deformations of a self-avoiding chain confined inside a cylindrical cavity, with diameter D, are probed using molecular dynamics simulations, scaling analysis, and analytical calculations. We obtain and confirm a simple scaling relation -fD approximately R(-9/4) in the strong-compression regime, while for weak deformations, we find fD = -A(R/R0) + B(R/R0)(-2), where A and B are co...

We consider the isotropic spin-$1/2$ Heisenberg spin chain weakly perturbed by a local translationally- and $SU(2)$-invariant perturbation. Starting from integrals of motion unperturbed model, we modify them in order to obtain quasi-conserved (charges) for model. Such quantities are believed be responsible existence prethermalization phase at intermediate timescales. find that sufficiently pert...

We examined mercury concentrations in three fish assemblages to estimate biomagnification rates in the Iténez main river, affected by anthropogenic activities, and two unperturbed rivers from the Iténez basin, Bolivian Amazon. Rivers presented low to moderate water mercury concentrations (from 1.25 ng L(-1) to 2.96 ng L(-1)) and natural differences in terms of sediment load. Mercury biomagnific...

The role of sustainability dimensions in the value creation process has received much attention. Adopting a proper set of key performance indicators sustainability leads to accurate calculation of chain value. This paper focuses on the dimensions of in the biofuel supply chain and seeks to evaluate the value in the chain. First, the importance of biofuels and its various types are discussed. Th...

Abstract. In this paper, we develop a C0 interior penalty method for a fourth order singular perturbation elliptic problem in two dimensions on polygonal domains. Using some a posteriori error analysis techniques, we are able to show that the method converges in the energy norm uniformly with respect to the perturbation parameter under minimal regularity assumptions. In addition, we analyze the...

Molecular dynamics simulations of thin films and bulk melts of model self-associating polymers have been performed in order to gain understanding of the influence of free surfaces on the morphology of these polymers. The self-associating polymers were represented by a simple bead-necklace model with attractive groups (stickers) at the chain ends (end-functionalized polymer) and in the chain int...