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<div class="elementToProof">I'm pleased to announce that there is a new version of SViMULATE (1.5.3) available for download immediately at:
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<div class="elementToProof">If you're unfamiliar with that software, it is a standalone program for simulating SV data.</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Improvements and additions from the last distributed version:</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Addition of two simple interaction models.</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Addition of repulsive nonideality.</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Simulation of polydisperse species as a distribution of discrete species.</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Simulation of band (or "analytical zone") centrifugation.</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Explicit support for flotation and flotation/sedimentation combinations.</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">On-demand optimized finite-element grids.</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">A mass-action and kinetics widget for experimental planning.</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Access to PDF tutorials through the Help menu.</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Various bugfixes.</div>
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As usual, all of these are fully documented in the accompanying manual. Also, an article oulining most of these additions is now available at: https://rdcu.be/ekNHu</div>
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I hope you find the software to be useful. Finally, many of these additions were inspired by comments from users, so if you use the software and have a suggestion, please send it to me at chad.brautigam@utsouthwestern.edu.</div>
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Happy simulating,</div>
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Chad</div>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Chad A. Brautigam, Ph.D.</p>
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