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Recent advances in protein design have demonstrated the effectiveness of optimization algorithms based on the dead-end elimination theorem. The algorithms solve the combinatorial problem of finding the optimal placement of side chains for a set of backbone coordinates. Although they are powerful too

Background: The mammary gland is one of the few organ systems in mammals that completes its morphologic development postnatally. Due to this unique developmental property, it serves as an excellent model for studying ductal morphogenesis beyond embryonic life. The primary objective of this study was

Two new boundary elements have been proposed for simulation of variable order singularities at the two ends of an element in two dimensions. The "rst can model the variable order strain singularity at both the ends of the element. The second element can do both the strain and traction singularities

The enzymatic synthesis of polyesters from Low molecular weight polyesters that can be syntheactivated diesters and diols has been investigated. Difsized via lipase catalyzed polytransesterification, if ferences between enzymatic synthesis and traditional completely terminated by hydroxyl groups, ca

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calculation of the filter parameters. The community genetic algorithm was also shown to aid the convergence and robustness of the optimizations. The technique was demonstrated by application to the design of a four-post and a six-post filter. While this paper concentrated on just the CGA, this algor

SmI 2 -catalyzed polyaddition of 1,12-dodecanedial followed by treatment with benzaldehyde gives a polyester (1) containing three structural units, [OCH 2 -(CH 2 ) 10 -CH 2 O], [OCH 2 -(CH 2 ) 10 -CO], and [CO-(CH 2 ) 10 -CO], in the main chain and an OCH 2 Ph end-capping group. GPC analysis of 1 sh

In order to synthesize end-functionalized polymers with conjugated dienyl groups, living polymeric anions of polystyrene and polyisoprene were allowed to react with 5-bromo-1,3-pentadiene, 1, and 7-bromo-1,3-heptadiene, 2. The reaction of polystyryl anion and/or polyisoprenyl anion with 1 gave polym

Ethylene polymerization reactions with many Ziegler-Natta catalysts exhibit a number of features that differentiate them from polymerization reactions of ␣ olefins: (1) a relatively low ethylene reactivity, (2) markedly higher polymerization rates in the presence of ␣ olefins, (3) a high reaction or