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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Facility•Richland, Washington, United States•
About: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is a facility organization based out in Richland, Washington, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Aerosol. The organization has 11581 authors who have published 27934 publications receiving 1120489 citations. The organization is also known as: PNL & PNNL.
Topics: Catalysis, Aerosol, Mass spectrometry, Population, Ion
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TL;DR: A two-dimensional numerical model based on smoothed particle hydrodynamics was used to simulate unsaturated flow through fracture junctions, and the simulation results compare well with the laboratory experiments of Dragila and Weisbrod.
Abstract: A two-dimensional numerical model based on smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) was used to simulate unsaturated (multiphase) flow through fracture junctions. A combination of standard SPH equations with pairwise fluid-fluid and fluid-solid particle-particle interactions allowed surface tension and three-phase contact dynamics to be simulated. The model was validated by calculating the surface tension in four different ways: (i) from small-amplitude oscillations of fluid drops, (ii) from the dependence of the capillary pressure on drop radius, (iii) from capillary rise simulations, and (iv) from the behavior of a fluid drop confined between parallel walls under the influence of gravity. All four simulations led to consistent values for the surface tension. The dependence of receding and advancing contact angles on droplet velocity was studied. Incorporation of surface tension and fluid-solid interactions allowed unsaturated flow through fracture junctions to be realistically simulated, and the simulation results compare well with the laboratory experiments of Dragila and Weisbrod.
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TL;DR: The method presents a framework for investigating molecular biology and cellular physiology in silico and may allow quantitative interpretation of multi-omics data sets in the context of an integrated biochemical description of an organism.
Abstract: Transcription and translation use raw materials and energy generated metabolically to create the macromolecular machinery responsible for all cellular functions, including metabolism. A biochemically accurate model of molecular biology and metabolism will facilitate comprehensive and quantitative computations of an organism's molecular constitution as a function of genetic and environmental parameters. Here we formulate a model of metabolism and macromolecular expression. Prototyping it using the simple microorganism Thermotoga maritima, we show our model accurately simulates variations in cellular composition and gene expression. Moreover, through in silico comparative transcriptomics, the model allows the discovery of new regulons and improving the genome and transcription unit annotations. Our method presents a framework for investigating molecular biology and cellular physiology in silico and may allow quantitative interpretation of multi-omics data sets in the context of an integrated biochemical description of an organism.
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TL;DR: Evidence, in this cohort, of elevated cancer risk in those with moderately elevated iron level was seen in women as well as in men, and all 3 differences were stable over time when examined by years since blood test.
Abstract: The purpose of the study was to address the hypothesis that elevated body iron increases the risk of cancer occurrence and death, and to determine the dose response. Subjects were 3,287 men and 5,269 women participating in the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey who had a transferrin saturation determination at enrollment (1971-1975), who remained alive and cancer-free for at least 4 years, and who were followed to 1988 for cancer outcome. Among 379 men who developed cancer over the study period, the mean transferrin saturation at enrollment was 32.1% whereas among 2,908 who remained cancer-free it was 30.7%; the difference for mortality was 32.3% among 233 deaths vs. 30.8% among 3,054 men not dying of cancer. The mean differences among women were not significant. The mean differences in TIBC and serum iron among men were consistent with the findings for transferrin saturation, and all 3 differences were stable over time when examined by years since blood test. Men and women were divided into 5 groups on the basis of baseline transferrin saturation: 0 to 30%, 30-40%, 40-50%, 50-60%, and 60% and higher. Nineteen percent of men had a baseline transferrin saturation above 40% (the last 3 groups), whereas only 10 percent of women had transferrin saturation above 40%. For men and women combined, risk of cancer occurrence in each group relative to the first was 1.0, 0.95, 1.16, 1.38 and 1.81; for mortality the relative risks were 1.0, 0.96, 1.22, 1.29 and 1.73. There is evidence, in this cohort, of elevated cancer risk in those with moderately elevated iron level. This pattern was seen in women as well as in men.
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27 Jul 2014TL;DR: In this article, a highly accurate aggregated model is developed for a population of air conditioning loads, which effectively includes statistical information of the load population, systematically deals with load heterogeneity, and accounts for second-order dynamics necessary to accurately capture the transient dynamics in the collective response.
Abstract: Demand response is playing an increasingly important role in the efficient and reliable operation of the electric grid. Modeling the dynamic behavior of a large population of responsive loads is especially important to evaluate the effectiveness of various demand response strategies. In this paper, a highly accurate aggregated model is developed for a population of air conditioning loads. The model effectively includes statistical information of the load population, systematically deals with load heterogeneity, and accounts for second-order dynamics necessary to accurately capture the transient dynamics in the collective response. Based on the model, a novel aggregated control strategy is designed for the load population under realistic conditions. The proposed controller is fully responsive and achieves the control objective without sacrificing end-use performance. The proposed aggregated modeling and control strategy is validated through realistic simulations using GridLAB-D. Extensive simulation results indicate that the proposed approach can effectively manage a large number of air conditioning systems to provide various demand response services, such as frequency regulation and peak load reduction.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the development of a micro-channel-based Sabatier reaction was described for applications such as propellant production on Mars or space habitat air revitalization, and the resulting reaction was incorporated into a reactive plug-flow model that represents a microchannel reactor.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Yi Cui | 220 | 1015 | 199725 |
Derek R. Lovley | 168 | 582 | 95315 |
Xiaoyuan Chen | 149 | 994 | 89870 |
Richard D. Smith | 140 | 1180 | 79758 |
Taeghwan Hyeon | 139 | 563 | 75814 |
Jun Liu | 138 | 616 | 77099 |
Federico Capasso | 134 | 1189 | 76957 |
Jillian F. Banfield | 127 | 562 | 60687 |
Mary M. Horowitz | 127 | 557 | 56539 |
Frederick R. Appelbaum | 127 | 677 | 66632 |
Matthew Jones | 125 | 1161 | 96909 |
Rainer Storb | 123 | 905 | 58780 |
Zhifeng Ren | 122 | 695 | 71212 |
Wei Chen | 122 | 1946 | 89460 |
Thomas E. Mallouk | 122 | 549 | 52593 |