There is considerable interest in developing fuel-flexible, low emissions turbines for power generation. One approach is based on burning a variety of lean premixed fuels with relatively low flame temperatures. Such flames can be stabilized in a low swirl burner configuration, for example, using a variety of fuels such as pure hydrogen and hydrogen-seeded hydrocarbon mixtures. However, many hyd...

The lean-burn capability of the Diesel-ignited gas engine combined with its potential for high efficiency and low CO2 emissions makes this engine concept one of the most promising alternative fuel converters for passenger cars. Instead of using a spark plug, the ignition relies on the compression-ignited Diesel fuel providing ignition centers for the homogeneous air-gas mixture. In this study t...

The posttraumatic response to burn injury leads to marked and prolonged skeletal muscle catabolism and weakness, which persist despite standard rehabilitation programs of occupational and physical therapy. We investigated whether a resistance exercise program would attenuate muscle loss and weakness that is typically found in children with thermal injury. We assessed the changes in leg muscle s...

Introduction Removal of harmful NOx emissions from lean burn and diesel engines in the presence of excess oxygen presents a great challenge. Lean-NOx traps (LNTs, aka NOx storage/reduction (NSR) catalysts or NOx adsorbers) are one of the promising technologies to remove NOx effectively. In the LNT technology, an active (alkali and/or alkaline earth) oxide material takes up NOx under lean engine...

The survival of any organization depends upon its competitive edge. Even though Lean is one of the most powerful quality improvement methodologies, nearly two-thirds of the Lean implementations results in failures and less than one-fifth of those implemented have sustained results. One of the most significant tasks of top management is to identify, understand and deploy the significant Lean pra...

Our understanding of the metabolic changes associated with starvation, stress, and sepsis has deepened over the past 20 to 30 years, and along with this came a greater appreciation for the importance of timing, composition, and route of administration of nutritional support to the trauma patient. Severe burn patients are some of the most challenging critically ill patients with an extreme state...

Severe burn injury is an acute inflammatory state with massive alterations in gene expression and levels of growth factors, cytokines and free radicals. During the catabolic processes, changes in insulin sensitivity and skeletal muscle wasting (unintended loss of 5-15% of lean body mass) are observed clinically. Here, we reveal a novel molecular m...