Stress-response pathways have evolved to maintain cellular homeostasis and to ensure the survival of organisms under changing environmental conditions. Whereas severe stress is detrimental, mild stress can be beneficial for health and survival, known as hormesis. Although the universally conserved heat-shock response regulated by transcription factor HSF-1 has been implicated as an effector mec...

The precipitation behavior of the α strengthening phase in metastable β-Ti alloys is highly dependent on heat treatment parameters such as quenching rate, heating rate and ageing temperature. In this paper we have investigated the influence of quenching rate on the formation of isothermal ω precipitates that have been regarded as potent nucleant sites for α precipitation. The results show that ...

this study investigated the effectiveness of heat treatment (50°c, 60°c and 70°c for 1 h and 2h at 75-80% rh) and cold treatment (0°c and-5°c for 24h and 48h) in the control of storage pests in zahedi and piyarom dates. before and after each treatment, the number of surviving adults, larvae, pupae and eggs were recorded and the percentage of infestation was calculated. the dates were treated at...

treatment of human promonocytic leukemic cell line u937 with mild hyperthermia in the temperature range of 40-43°c resulted in differentiation of these cells into monocyte/macrophage-like cells in a heat dose and time dependent manner. this process was accompanied by marked morphological, functional and proliferational changes. u937 cells which normally grow in supension in the logarithmic phas...

A steel with nominal composition Fe-28Mn-8Al-1.0C in mass percent was hot rolled at two temperatures, 1100 °C and 850 subsequently aged 550 for 24 h. The lower temperature rolling resulted a yield strength increment of 299 MPa while still retaining an elongation to failure 26%. large improvement attributed increase residual dislocation density which retained even after the ageing heat treatment...

The color properties of aging wood samples from historical buildings have been compared with those of recent wood samples that were heat treated at temperatures ranging from 90 to 180°C. The results of kinetic analysis obtained by the time-temperature superposition method showed that the color change during natural aging was mainly due to a slow and mild oxidation process. In other words, heat ...

Deep cryogenic heat treatment is assumed as a supplementary heat treatment performed on steels before the final tempering treatment to enhance the wear resistance and hardness of the steels. In this study, the effects of the deep cryogenic heat treatment on the wear behavior and corrosion resistance of the 1.2080 tool steel were studied using the wear testing machine and polarization and impeda...

berangan banana were treated with hot water at 50 ºc for 0 (control), 10, and 20 min and then kept at room temperature (25±2 ºc), 75-80% rh to observe the ripening progress. firmness and activity of cell wall degradation enzymes such as polygalacturonase (pg), pectin methylesterase (pme), and pectate lyase (pl) were determined for treated and untreated banana. the microstructure of banana peel ...

The effect of compression-ischaemia nerve block on psychophysical thresholds for warm sensation and heat-induced pain was studied on 19 normal human volunteers. Although those two sensory submodalities should be predicted to block simultaneously, based on the fact that both are served by unmyelinated primary afferents, it was actually found that warm sensation was much more vulnerable to compre...