... cutting), and 2D VAM (also named as EVC) Nowadays, CVC has been widely studied and is being used in a broad range of machining roles, such as turning , drilling, grinding and milling (Brehl and Dow, ... second phase, surfacegeneration along nominal cutting direction inEVC is experimentally investigated by conducting a series of grooving tests using a single crystal diamond tool Then, in order to ... Concluding Remarks 73 Chapter 5: ExperimentalandanalyticalstudiesofsurfacegenerationinEVC 75 iii Table of Contents 5.1 Experimental study using the SCD tool 76 5.1.1 Experimental...
... above the lower inflection point was more effective in maintaining gas exchange and minimizing inflammation and lung injury than was PEEP set at the maximum curvature of the deflation pressure–volume ... oxygenation and lung volume in collapsed prone lungs However, the benefits of RMs in terms of oxygenation and lung recruitment in ARDS patients andinexperimental models with alveolar flooding or ... collapse lead to upregulation of an inflammatory response, with release of cytokines and chemokines and activation of neutrophils and macrophages that produce lung damage [2] Injurious MV can lead to...
... acetabular shell, liner and femoFinite Element Model of the acetabular shell, liner and femoral head The liner locking mechanism was simulated constraining all degrees of freedom of the nodes located ... the same in all the contacting areas (outer surfaceof the femoral head-liner front side and liner back-side and acetabular shell) so that, the nodes placed in the contacting surfaces not interfere ... Element Model Contacting areas (Acetabular Shell/liner and Liner/femoral Contacting areas (Acetabular Shell/liner and Liner/femoral head) involved in the Finite Element Model Page of (page number...
... and ethanol thoroughly, and dried in air The product was calcined at 823 K for 12 h to produce SBA-15 with a pore diameter of nm The final calcined material had a surface area of 765 m2 g-1 and ... explain the structure insensitivity of olefin hydrogenation reactions.44,66 The presence of this organic layer on the metal surface effectively washes out the original metal surfaceIn the case, of ... methods according to the literature.9,10 Methanol, ethanol, and ethylene glycol served as solvents for dissolving Pt salts and PVP, and as a reducing agent of Pt according to the following reaction:...
... value of viscosity increased with increasing concentrations of 1alkanols and decreased with increasing temperature As the number of hydrocarbon groups or the chain-length of the alcohol increased, ... 303, 308 and 313K The main purpose of this study is to characterize the molecular interactions in these systems and subsequently to determine the effect of the chain length of 1alkanols EXPERIMENTAL ... the density, and R is the gas constant It is stated that in the case of liquid systems, including electrolytic solutions, there is no serious harm in assuming cubic packing and equating b to 3.3...
... residual bias in observational studiesand lack of blinding in randomised trials The amount of information for MMF is greater than for cyclophosphamide and azathioprine in this indication, and trials, ... differences, the main findings of both randomised trials and cohort studies were much the same Complete plus partial response with MMF occurred in 66% of patients in randomised trials andin 80% in cohorts, ... the original authors (mainly urine protein excretion, serum creatinine or creatinine clearance, or a combination of these) and subsequent relapse Adverse events sought included mortality, infection...
... Determination of salt gland density in A officinalis leaves 67 Figure 3.4: Salt gland structure from A officinalis leaves 69 Figure 3.5: Estimation of ions in xylem sap of A officinalis ... Quantification of hormones in leaves of two-month-old A officinalis seedlings up on salt treatment 77 Figure 3.9: Quantification of hormones in roots of two-month-old A officinalis seedlings ... petiole of the leaves Causing ionic stress, Na+ and Clalso inhibit metabolic processes including protein synthesis This mainly reduces the growth and yield of the plants by shortening the lifetime of...
... (2008), the inclination of the punching failure surfacein the sand layer is closely related to the dilation angle of the sand Hence the difference in the inclination of the failure surface between ... penetration in sand overlying clay andin two-layer clay The findings obtained in the study of spudcan penetration in sand overlying clay may therefore not be applicable to the case of two-layer ... mobilised shear strength in the sand layer as a result of the strain-softening behaviour of the sand However, no measurements of the stress-strain behaviour of the sand were reported in Teh et al (2008;...
... required Chapter Introduction to maintain a continuous operation or flow of refrigerant since the adsorption and desorption processes are intermittent and occur over a period of time The processes ... main drawback of these systems has been their poor performance in terms of cooling load and coefficient of performance, COP (Ng, 2004) and large foot print, which restricted the development of ... simulation of a single stage pressurized adsorption cooling system in term of system behaviour and cycle performance To study experimentally the transient behaviour and performance analysis of a single...
... data of SiNW surfaceand planar Si surface, measured using integrating sphere (b) Reflected spectral irradiance of SiNW surface comparing with that of planar Si surface; the inset shows incident ... highlighting the advantages and promising prospect of SiNWs in the design and fabrication of third generation solar cells In previous works, SiNWs were fabricated using a variety of methods, which mainly ... suppression insurface reflection and prominent enhancement of light generated current in SiNW devices Buried-junction SiNW and nanowall solar cells demonstrate 33% and 42% increase in short circuit...
... objective of identifying the pharmacokinetic profile of total and free mycophenolic acid (MPA), and mycophenolic acid glucuronide (MPAG) and pharmacodynamic profile of MPA in mycophenolate mofetil ... calcineurin inhibitor and is used in combination with other immunosuppressant for the prophylaxis of liver and kidney transplant rejection [6] Like another calcineurin inhibitor cyclosporine, ... Indications and clinical uses Immunosuppression therapy in clinical transplantation has evolved since the routine use of the triple drug regimen of a calcineurin inhibitor cyclosporine A (CsA),...
... extraction has been in commercial operation since the late 1970s for decaffeination of coffee and tea, refining of cooking oils, recovering of flavors and pungencies from spices, hops, and other plant ... binary mixture (obtained from 154 heating T profiles of Series A) 143 150 xx List of Figures Figure 7.18 Phase diagram of CBE-CBU binary mixture (obtained from 155 heating T profiles of Series B) Figure ... of a dynamic interchange of excess solvent molecules entering and leaving the proximity of the solute molecule, due to the attractive solvent-solute interactions The dominant types of these interactions...
... with proteins of the IFN signaling pathway, finding differences in their capacity to bind STAT proteins In addition, in silico three- dimensional structure models of VWT and VGly proteins supported ... STAT1 and STAT2 in vitro The relevance of these theoretical findings in the function of V protein and virulence of mumps virus variants are discussed Results In order to determine the effect of ... upstream of the Cys-rich motif [15,16] The C-terminal of V protein is essential for successful viral infection by inhibition of IFN signaling and blocking of the antiviral response [17] In this...
... sepsis population The use of severity scoring systems in clinical trials may require training and validation of the training to ensure proper collection of severity of illness information Helps to ... participated in the conception and design of the study, in the development and conduct of analyses, andin the clinical trials and data collection WLM, JJ, and DRN participated in the conception and design ... purposes) Learning curves have been described in other clinical trials andin clinical practice Halm and colleagues [9] performed a literature review ofstudies examining the independent relationship...
... modeled by many pairs of levels, which can quite accurately take into account of band filling effect and interband and 26 intraband transition However, introducing sufficient number of levels to cover ... difference between level i and j : Intensity of light at wavelength : Intensity of light at wavelength : Intraband/Interband transition time from level i to level j : Intraband-interband transition time ... Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI-EUPT) 170 8.2.1 Working Principle of MZI-EUPT 171 8.2.2 Analytical Analysis of Switching Gain for MZI-EUPT 172 8.2.3 Switching Speed and Figure of Merit of Bulk InGaAsP-based...
... which I gained deeper understanding in my works My thanks also go to Alexander, Anders, Hanquan and Yang Li for providing me with useful comments and help in advancing my studies Finally, I would ... different strength of interaction, and carry out some analyticalstudies to these low-lying energy states Condensates in non-interacting and weakly interacting regime will be studied in this section, ... analytically studying the ground state of a single component BEC in several types of trapping potentials, for both repulsively and attractively interacting atoms In the strongly repulsively interacting...
... 131 OPERATION OF PINE OIL IN DUAL FUEL MODE 133 5.1 Investigation of evaporation and engine characteristics of pine oil biofuel fumigated in the inlet manifold of a diesel engine 133 5.1.1 ... type of biofuel, pine oil, for the purpose of fueling diesel engine Significantly, pine oil biofuel is unique in that the feedstock originates from forest and is produced from the resins of pine ... PS, Chua KJE, Chou SK Experimental Study on Using Pine Oil Biofuel in a Diesel Engine by Preheating the Inlet Air In proceeding of: 12th International Conference on Sustainable Energy technologies...