Self similarity behavior applications

Computational demonstrations have been made of the existence of the similarity distribution t) by Meakin and Ernst (1988) (see footnote 9). The importance of this form of self-similar behavior does not appear to have been realized in experiments. A particularly fruitful area of application lies in the experiments of Wright and Ramkrishna (1994) with liquid droplets in a stirred liquid-liquid dispersion without the restriction imposed by these authors to purely coalescing dynamics, i.e., with the inclusion of droplet breakup as well. 

For example, it is not uncommon when working in a mental health inpatient unit to see medication administered to reduce or eliminate violent or self-destructive behavior. The medication s sedative effect will calm one person immediately and may produce sleep another client of similar age, weight, and height may remain extremely combative. In order to achieve the same result, the second client may require a subsequent dose. Why does this happen There are no definitive or easy explanations for variability in client responses to medications. In many cases the combination of the client s unique biological system coupled with the variability of medications confirms that the use and application of medication is not an exact science. 

A triblock copolymer, Pluronic F-68, (polyethylene oxide-polypropylene oxide- polyethylene oxide triblock copolymer), a synthetic surfactant [74] was adsorbed to hydrophobic substrata such as PDMS to form low-density polymer brush-coatings [86]. The PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymers in many ways exhibit a similar behavior as low molecular weight non-ionic surfactants. The tendency of these amphiphilic polymers to self-assemble in aqueous systems and at interfaces has led to widespread applications for the stabilization of macromolecular colloidal suspensions and for the manipulation of surface properties [92]. Anti-fouling properties of Pluronic copolymers result from the fact that the Pluronic copolymers PPO domain, which... 

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