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ULTRAWEAK PHOTON EMISSION IN CELLS: COUPLING TO MOLECULAR PATHWAYS, APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS, AND POTENTIAL NON-LOCALITYDotta, Blake 19 March 2014 (has links)
The possibilities and implications of photons within the
infrared, visible, and ultraviolet behaving as sources of
intracellular and intercellular communication and information were
investigated experimentally for melanoma cells during the 24 hrs
following removal from incubation. Specific wavelengths during
different intervals were associated with specific classes of
biomolecules that were predicted based on the physical properties
associated with their amino acid sequences. Application of a
specific intensity and physiologically patterned magnetic field
predicted from a model that applied the concept of magnetic moment
to the whole cell resulted in photon emissions. They were detected
at distances sufficient to allow intercellular communication. The
occurrence of macroscopic entanglement or non-locality was shown
between two loci of where simple chemically-based photons emissions
were generated. Within all three experiments there was marked
quantitative congruence between the energies associated with the
power density of the photon emissions and the physicochemical
variables involved with their reduction. These results indicate
that photon emissions coupled with classic biomolecular pathways
and processes may behave as intra- and inter-cellular sources of
information that could control the complex dynamics of cells. The
effect may not depend upon locality but exhibit non-local
characteristics.
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Electromechanical Modeling and Open-Loop Control of Parallel-Plate Pulsed Plasma Microthrusters with Applied Magnetic FieldsLaperriere, David Daniel 26 June 2005 (has links)
"The pulsed plasma thruster (PPT) is an onboard electromagnetic propulsion device currently being considered for use in various small satellite missions. The work presented in this thesis is directed toward improving PPT performance using a control engineering approach along with externally applied magnetic fields. An improved one dimensional electromechanical model for PPT operation is developed. This slug model represents the PPT as an LRC circuit with a dynamics equation for the ablated plasma. The improved model includes detailed derivation for the induced magnetic field and a model for the plasma resistance. A modified electromechanical model for the case of externally applied magnetic fields is also derived for the parallel plate geometry. A software package with a graphical user interface (GUI) is developed for the simulation of various PPT types, geometric configurations, and parameters The simulations show excellent agreement with data from the Lincoln Experimental Satellite (LES)-6, the LES-8/9 PPT and the Univ. of Tokyo PPT. The control objective employed in this thesis involves the maximization of the specific impulse and thrust efficiency of the PPT, which are each directly related with the exhaust velocity of the thruster. This objective is achieved through the use of an externally applied magnetic field as a system actuator. To simulate an open-loop constant-input controller the modified electromechanical PPT model is applied to the various PPT configurations. In this controller the external magnetic field was applied as constant throughout or portions of the PPT channel. For the Univ. of Tokyo PPT a magnetic field applied over the entire 6-cm long channel increases the specific impulse and thrust efficiency by 10% over the case that the filed is applied in the first 1.75 cm of the PPT channel. The magnitude of these increases compare well with the results of the UOT applied B-field experiments. For the LES-6 and LES-9 PPTs, the simulations predicts significant performance enhancements with approximately linear increases for the specific impulse, thrust efficiency and impulse bit. "
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