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Finitely Repeated Games
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2025
Repeated games are scenarios where the same game is played multiple times by the same participants. These games are fundamental in understanding how decision-making processes evolve over time. Finitely Repeated Games: These games occur a specific number of times. Consider two software firms that are in competition, releasing updates to their software every quarter. Each quarter, these firms must decide on their strategic approach: they can either invest heavily in developing innovative new...
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Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation
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2023
Density gradient ultracentrifugation is a common technique used to isolate and purify biomolecules and cell structures. This technique exploits the fact that, in suspension, particles that are more dense than the solvent will sediment, while those that are less dense will float. A high-speed ultracentrifuge is used to accelerate this process in order to separate biomolecules within a density gradient, which can be established by layering liquids of decreasing density in a centrifuge tube. The...
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Automatic Laser-based Geometry Capture for Finite Element Analysis of Weld Beads
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2025
A process is described for acquiring near-real-time metrology of weld beads and prepare the resulting geometry automatically for finite element analysis.
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Purification of Bacteriophages Using a Sucrose Density Gradient
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2026
Source: Rustad, M., et.al. Synthesis of Infectious Bacteriophages in an E. coli-based Cell-free Expression System. J. Vis. Exp. (2017)This video demonstrates the purification of bacteriophages from a suspension containing host bacterial debris using a sucrose density gradient. It shows how the density gradient separates phages by buoyant density, enabling recovery of a visible band for resuspension and further analysis.
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Conservation of Mass in Finite Cotrol Volume
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2025
The principle of conservation of mass is a fundamental law in fluid mechanics and is applied using the continuity equation. We apply the concept to a finite control volume to derive the continuity equation. A system is defined as a collection of unchanging contents, and the conservation of mass states that a system's mass is constant. Where Msys is the mass of the system. The mass of the system can be written as: Consider a fixed, non-deforming control volume that coincides with the system at...
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The vector direction identifies the path along which the physical quantity increases most strongly, while its magnitude expresses the rate of increase per unit distance. This makes the gradient more informative than a single numerical difference. In an experiment, its direction helps relate measured spatial changes to the orientation of heat flow, fluid motion, or other physical responses.
A finite-gradient estimate depends on the values selected at the boundaries of the measured region and on the distance separating them. Dividing their difference by that distance produces an average rate for that interval. Choosing a different region can therefore describe a different part of the physical system and yield a different estimate of its local behavior.
A finite gradient represents a bounded change distributed across a measurable distance or time interval, whereas an abrupt discontinuity treats the change as occurring at an idealized boundary. The finite description is useful when physical quantities are obtained from field measurements, because it connects observable differences across a region with predictions about transport and material response.
The response depends on which quantity changes across the region. A temperature gradient can drive heat flow, a pressure gradient can contribute to fluid motion, and a change in electric potential can be associated with forces. Comparing these cases shows how the same gradient framework links spatial variation to distinct forms of energy transfer, motion, and interaction.
Researchers measure the physical quantity at separated positions within the region of interest, determine the difference between the measured values, and relate that difference to the separation distance. The resulting estimate describes the change per unit distance over the sampled interval. This procedure converts field measurements into a quantitative input for experimental analysis and prediction.
It is useful whenever measurements vary across a region and the variation may influence what happens there. The estimate helps connect observed field values with energy transfer, material response, or predicted interactions. In physics experiments, this provides a way to compare measured changes with expected heat flow, fluid behavior, or forces associated with electric potential changes.