Search results

Filter

Filetype

Your search for "*" yielded 531835 hits

The use of X-ray diffraction measurements to determine the effect of bending loads on internal stresses in aluminum inclusions embedded in unidirectional graphite-fibre/PMR-15 composite

A testing methodology for the determination of residual thermal stresses in the polymer-matrix of unidirectional polymer-matrix composites has been proposed in Ref. [1] [Benedikt B, Kumosa M, Predecki PK, Kumosa L, Castelli MG, Sutter JK. An analysis of residual thermal stresses in a unidirectional graphite/PMR-15 composite based on the X-ray diffraction measurements. Composites Science and Techno

An analysis of residual thermal stresses in a unidirectional graphite/PMR-15 composite based on X-ray diffraction measurements

The purpose of this research is to determine residual thermal stresses in a unidirectional graphite-fiberT/PMR-15 polyimide composite by using crystalline inclusions. X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements have been made to determine residual stresses in embedded aluminum and silver inclusions placed between the first and second plies of six-ply unidirectional graphite/PMR-15 composite specimens. In

An evaluation of the critical conditions for the initiation of stress corrosion cracking in unidirectional E-glass/polymer composites

The purpose of this work is to establish the critical surface conditions leading to the initiation of stress-corrosion cracks on the assupplied surfaces of three unidirectional E-glass/polymer composites with modified polyester, epoxy and vinyl ester resins subjected to a nitric acid solution without mechanical loads. The composite materials considered in this study are commonly used in composite

Initiation of stress-corrosion cracking in unidirectional glass/polymer composite materials

The purpose of this research is to determine the resistance to stress-corrosion cracking (SCC) of three unidirectional (pultruded) E-glass/polymer composites based on modified polyester, epoxy and vinyl ester resins. The composites have been subjected to a nitric acid solution of pH 1.2 in a newly designed four-point bend fixture. The stress-corrosion process was initiated on the as-supplied surfa

[18F]PSMA-1007 renal uptake parameters: Reproducibility and relationship to estimated glomerular filtration rate

BackgroundScintigraphy with technetium-99m-labelled dimercaptosuccinic acid ([99mTc]Tc-DMSA) is widely used for renal cortical imaging. Uptake of [99mTc]Tc-DMSA has been shown to correlate with glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) radiopharmaceuticals used for positron emission tomography (PET) show high renal uptake and are being investigated for renal imagi

Gray matter hypoperfusion is a late pathological event in the course of Alzheimer's disease

Several studies have shown decreased cerebral blood flow (CBF) in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the role of hypoperfusion in the disease pathogenesis remains unclear. Combining arterial spin labeling MRI, PET, and CSF biomarkers, we investigated the associations between gray matter (GM)-CBF and the key mechanisms in AD including amyloid-β (Aβ) and tau pathology, synaptic and axonal degenerati

ESTRO ACROP and SIOPE recommendations for myeloablative Total Body Irradiation in children

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Myeloablative Total Body Irradiation (TBI) is an important modality in conditioning for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), especially in children with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). TBI practices are heterogeneous and institution-specific. Since TBI is associated with multiple late adverse effects, recommendations may help to standardi

Set in Motion : Paradoxical narratives of becoming Swedish digital media influencers

This article analyzes how Swedish digital media influencers make sense of their careers in print media interviews and autobiographical books. I explore how influencers use meta-phors involving motion, speed and acceleration to describe, explain and legitimate the various circumstances and phases of their career development, and how these metaphors may be viewed in the wider context of social accel

Evolvability and constraint in the evolution of three-dimensional flower morphology

Premise: Flower phenotypes evolve to attract pollinators and to ensure efficient pollen transfer to and from the bodies of pollinators or, in self-compatible bisexual flowers, between anthers and stigmas. If functionally interacting traits are genetically correlated, response to selection may be subject to genetic constraints. Genetic constraints can be assessed by quantifying standing genetic var

Source-sink dynamics drove punctuated adoption of early pottery in Arctic Europe under diverging socioecological conditions

What drives the adoption of pottery amongst prehistoric foragers in high-latitude environments? Following the long-running interests of archaeology in explaining the origin and dispersal of new technologies, recent years have seen growing efforts to understand what drove the emergence and expansion of early hunter-gatherer pottery use across northern Eurasia. However, many regional dimensions to t

Comparison of turbulent drop breakup in an emulsification device and homogeneous isotropic turbulence : Insights from numerical experiments

Turbulent emulsification is of considerable industrial interest. Nevertheless, numerical experiments (direct numerical simulations, DNS, with highly resolved interface tracking) have been mainly used to study drop breakup in idealized flows. This study, therefore, compares drop breakup in two different settings (homogenous and isotropic flow, and a simplified high-pressure homogenizer) with the in

User-orientation in public service organizations : Making use of value as a thick concept

Value is a key concept in public service logic. However, exactly what the concept of value brings to public services, where the value of a service cannot be linked to a cost or a payment, has not received much attention. In this article, examples are shown of how value is expressed empirically by a corpus based on interviews with various stakeholders in a municipal service context. The study prese

Real-time Train Arrival Time Prediction at Multiple Stations and Arbitrary Times

Real-time prediction of train arrivals is important for proactive traffic control and information provision in passenger rails. Despite many studies in predicting arrival times or delays at stations, they are essentially the next-step time series prediction problem which may limit their applications in practice. For example, passengers on the trains or waiting on platforms may have different desti