Mississippi State University

About: Mississippi State University is a education organization based out in Starkville, Mississippi, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Catfish. The organization has 14115 authors who have published 28594 publications receiving 700030 citations. The organization is also known as: The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science & Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Relation between the solubility of proteins in aqueous solutions and the second virial coefficient of the solution

Abstract: In recent publications it was pointed out that there is a correlation between the observed values of the solubility of proteins in aqueous solutions and the second virial coefficient of the solution. In this paper we give a theoretical explanation of this relation. The derived theoretical expression describes the experimentally observed relation between solubility and virial coefficient quite accurately. It is concluded that a variation of the crystallization conditions has little effect on the anisotropy or the range of the interactions between the protein molecules. Analysis of the data for lysozyme indicates a strong anisotropy of the interactions between the molecules.

Foreword to the Special Issue on Spectral Unmixing of Remotely Sensed Data

Abstract: The 19 papers in this special issue focus on the state-of-the-art and most recent developments in the area of spectral unmixing of remotely sensed data.

Supply chain security: an overview and research agenda

Abstract: Purpose – Supply chain security (SCS), as a component of an organization's overall supply chain risk management strategy, has become a critical factor for businesses and government agencies since September 11, 2001, yet little empirical research supports policy or practice for the field. Therefore, this paper develops and presents a categorization of SCS based on existing research. This categorization of supply chain literature can help academics and practitioners to better understand SCS and also helps to identify a research agenda. Setting a research agenda for SCS will help academic and practitioner research focus on critical issues surrounding SCS.Design/methodology/approach – The researchers thoroughly reviewed the literature on SCS, including academic publications, white papers, and practitioner periodicals. The literature was then categorized according to the approach to SCS and the practical implications of this categorization are presented. In addition, this categorization was used to identify re...

Twinning-like lattice reorientation without a crystallographic twinning plane

Abstract: Twinning on the plane is a common mode of plastic deformation for hexagonal-close-packed metals. Here we report, by monitoring the deformation of submicron-sized single-crystal magnesium compressed normal to its prismatic plane with transmission electron microscopy, the reorientation of the parent lattice to a 'twin' lattice, producing an orientational relationship akin to that of the conventional twinning, but without a crystallographic mirror plane, and giving plastic strain that is not simple shear. Aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy observations reveal that the boundary between the parent lattice and the 'twin' lattice is composed predominantly of semicoherent basal/prismatic interfaces instead of the twinning plane. The migration of this boundary is dominated by the movement of these interfaces undergoing basal/prismatic transformation via local rearrangements of atoms. This newly discovered deformation mode by boundary motion mimics conventional deformation twinning but is distinct from the latter and, as such, broadens the known mechanisms of plasticity.