In this study, five microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) grades were physically characterized and their extrusion-spheronization behaviours were characterized in terms of water requirements and pellet shape profiles. It was found that the MCC grades differed significantly in the physical properties investigated. Physical properties of MCC were found to influence the water requirement for extrusion-...

The ZK61 alloy rods with different grain sizes and crystallographic texture were successfully fabricated by cyclic extrusion and compression (CEC). Their room-temperature tension & compression yield strength displayed a significant dependence on grain size and texture, essentially attributed to {10-12} twinning. The texture variations were characterized by the angle θ between the c-axis of ...

Reduced glutathione is among the substances of physiological occurrence which stimulate water uptake by isolated rat liver mitochondria (l-3). The water uptake produced by glutathione is of special interest since it differs in some respects from that induced by other agents such as phosphate, thyroxine, and phlorizin (l-6). Perhaps the most significant difference is that glutathione-swollen mit...

To preserve epithelial barrier function, dying cells are squeezed out of an epithelium by "apoptotic cell extrusion." Specifically, a cell destined for apoptosis signals its live neighboring epithelial cells to form and contract a ring of actin and myosin II that squeezes the dying cell out of the epithelial sheet. Although most apoptotic cells extrude apically, we find that some exit basally. ...

We present a means of extracting lava dome extrusion rates from data provided by the Thematic Mapper and Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus instruments flown on the Landsat satellites. Extrusion rates derived from the Landsat data for Santiaguito dome complex (Guatemala) during November 1987 and January 2000 of 0.72€0.08 and 0.48€0.09 m3 s–1 compare favorably with ground-based estimates of 0.63€0.28...

This paper describes a variation to the traditional intrusion detection approach motivated by longstanding challenges and recent trends in information security. Intrusion detection systems have historically focused on the protection of local resources by identifying signs of malicious activity that may help administrators prevent a break-in and limit its effects. Outbound intrusion detection fo...

Dental trauma is more common in young patients and its sequelae may impair the establishment and accomplishment of an adequate treatment plan. This paper reports a case of complicated crown-root fracture in a young adult that was treated using adhesive tooth fragment reattachment and orthodontic root extrusion. Considering the time elapsed to follow up, the fracture extension, the amount of rem...

In our previous paper [Watano S. et al., J. Powder Technology Japan, 37, 362-370 (2000)], a novel compaction tester was developed to quantitatively evaluate the water dispersion condition of a wet kneaded mass prepared by a paddle type kneader. It has been demonstrated that the physical properties of pellets prepared by extrusion granulation after the kneading can be well predicted by the press...

OBJECTIVE To assess postoperative pain in endodontic therapy and its association with clinical factors such as gender, age, tooth type, pulpal diagnosis, and preoperative pain, length of obturation and sealer extrusion. STUDY DESIGN Cross-Sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Dental section of the Aga khan university hospital, Karachi, Pakistan from January to December 2009. METHOD...