Ethane dehydroaromatization (EDA) reaction is one of the promising processes to meet growing demand aromatics in future. Zn ion exchanged MFI type aluminosilicate zeolite (Zn/[Al]-MFI) shows high activity on EDA reaction. and Brønsted acid derived from Al sites contribute reaction, but excess strong promote coke formation, leading rapid deactivation. Herein, we have developed a new synthesis me...

Nanosheets of MFI zeolite were successfully synthesized by hydrothermal method and were properly characterized by XRD, FE-SEM, EDX-dot mapping, TEM, FT-IR, N2 adsorption/desorption, NH3-TPD, ICP-AES and TGA techniques. The characterizations of MFI zeolite nanosheets suitably confirmed well synthesized MFI nanostructure, superior specific surface area (695.96m2.g-1) and great mesopores volume. C...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were the following: to determine if fatigue is present in chronic low back pain (LBP) and chronic neck pain patients to a greater extent than in controls (nonpatients); to determine which variables are associated with the presence of fatigue; and to determine which of the above chronic pain patient (CPP) groups is more fatigued. To the authors' knowledge,...

Polycrystalline MFI zeolite membranes were prepared on α-alumina tubular support by hydrothermal treatments at 413 K. The synthesized zeolite membranes were characterized by XRD, SEM and single gas permeation. The influence of hydrothermal treatment steps and the calcination time on the zeolite layer formation were investigated. MFI zeolite membrane prepared by four subsequent hydrothermal ...

The report suggests determining the microvascular flow index (MFI), the perfused vessel density (PVD) and the percentage of perfused vessels (PPV). For the MFI a grid is used dividing the screen into four quadrants, and the vessels are scored according to observed flow: 0 = none, 1 = intermittent, 2 = sluggish, 3 = continuous. For the PVD and the PPV, three equidistant horizontal and vertical l...

Key to the success of the micromechanical flying insect project is developing sensors for flight force measurement. At the lowest level of MFI control is the wing control system which will rely on wing and thorax mounted force sensors. These sensors will have the dual function of stroke by stroke force characterization and system identification as well as use in feedback control for all levels....

Data stream mining is the process of extracting knowledge from massive real-time sequence of data items arriving at a very high data rate. It has several practical applications, such as user behavior analysis, software testing and market research. However, the large amount of data generated may offer challenges to process and analyze data at nearly real time. In this paper, we first present the...

This study investigated the effects of soluble organic matters on membrane fouling characteristics, using silt density index (SDI) and modified fouling index (MFI) to evaluate the fouling potential. Experimental results demonstrated that humic acid had significant effects on membrane fouling indexes. When its concentration was in the range of 0.01-0.05 mg/L, the SDI(15) and MFI were 2.9-3.9 and...

Evidences point that complement activation plays a role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this context, expression of the CReg was investigated on white cells from peripheral blood of 30 RA patients and 30 healthy controls. Using flow cytometric analyses the relative fluorescence intensities (MFI) of Cregs were determined. CD59 MFI was significantly increased in RA cells comparing to controls, r...