Category Archives: Science Topics

Bioinformatics Tools for Protein Engineering​: The MAP server

Posted on March 23, 2018 by

Mutagenesis Assistant Program (MAP) is a free accessible statistical tool which can be used for the benchmarking of random mutagenesis methods on the protein level. The server is currently hosted at the RTWH Aachen but it can still be accessed … Continue reading →

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The Arginine Deiminase​: an Anticancer Protein

Posted on March 23, 2018 by

Arginine deiminase (ADI, EC 3.5.3.6) is an arginine-metabolizing hydrolase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the amino acid L-arginine to form citrulline and ammonia.

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La programmazione in Awk II: Life in a Shell

Posted on February 3, 2018 by

  Il gioco Life fu inventato negli anni ’70 dal prolifico matematico John H. Conway (vedi [5] per la sua biografia) ed è diventato famoso dopo la pubblicazione di Martin Gardner nella sua rubrica di matematica amatoriale sulla rivista Scientific … Continue reading →

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Il calcolo delle cariche parziali atomiche

Posted on January 29, 2018 by

Le cariche parziali da usare nel campo di forze si ottengono generalmente da calcoli quantomeccanici. Nel caso di molecole rigide, il calcolo delle cariche è abbastanza semplice. Nel caso di molecole flessibili, occorre valutare quanto le diverse conformazioni influenzano la … Continue reading →

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La Dinamica Molecolare: il Campo di Forze

Posted on January 16, 2018 by

Then from these forces, by other propositions which are also mathematical, I deduce the motions of the planets, the comets, the moon, and the sea. I wish we could derive the rest of the phenomena of Nature by the same … Continue reading →

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Awk Programming II: Life in a Shell

Posted on January 13, 2018 by

The game of Life was invented in the ’70 by the prolific mathematician John H. Conway (see [5] for his biography).  It becomes famous after Martin Gardner wrote about in his famous column in the Scientific American magazine [1,2].  

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Il calcolo della entalpia reticolare: il ciclo di Born-Haber

Posted on November 12, 2017 by

La stabilità di un reticolo cristallino, in condizioni di T e P costanti, è legata all’ energia libera di Gibbs di formazione del reticolo:

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