Si anode is of paramount importance for advanced energy-dense lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, the large volume change as well stress generates during its lithiation-delithiation process poses a great challenge to long-term cycling and hindering application. Herein this work, composite binder prepared with soft component, guar gum (GG), rigid linear polymer, anionic polyacrylamide (APAM)....

We derive, from first principle, the Fokker-Planck equation describing the non-perturbative real-time evolution of a gauge field at high temperatures on the spatial scale (g 2 T) −1 and the time scale (g 4 T) −1 , where g is the gauge coupling and T is the temperature. The knowledge of the effective dynamics on such spatial and time scales is crucial for the understanding and quantitative calcu...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and cost of treatment with two beta-lactam/beta-lactamase-inhibitor combinations. DESIGN Retrospective, open-label multicenter study. SETTING Fifty-four hospitals across the United States. PATIENTS Eight hundred ninety patients with skin and soft tissue, intraabdominal, gynecologic, respiratory, urinary tract, or other infections that required pare...

In this paper we investigate the problem of drawing metro maps which is defined as follows. Given a planar graph G of maximum degree 8 with its embedding and vertex locations (e.g. the physical location of the tracks and stations of a metro system) and a set L of paths or cycles in G (e.g. metro lines), draw G and L nicely. We first specify the niceness of a drawing by listing a number of hard ...

It is attempted to expand upon the understanding on structure’s behaviour when seismic force, which one of predominant lateral forces, applied structure. The base shear calculated and compared for various variable parameters. For three soil types contrasted while varying building heights an irregularly planned structure in zones: IV V. structures’ are taken as follows: G+6, G+9, G+12 storey hei...

Particle tracking and displacement covariance matrix techniques are employed to investigate the phonon dispersion relations of two-dimensional colloidal glasses composed of soft, thermoresponsive microgel particles whose temperature-sensitive size permits in situ variation of particle packing fraction. Bulk, B, and shear, G, moduli of the colloidal glasses are extracted from the dispersion rela...

Objective. Multiple extramedullary plasmacytoma lesions involving subcutaneous tissue, breast, mediastinal tissue, spleen, and soft tissue of pelvic region along with multiple bones plasmacytomas without marrow plasmacytosis are a very rare presentation. Design. Case report. Result. A 54-year-old female was found to have multiple small bony lytic lesions, multiple extramedullary soft tissue pla...

BACKGROUND Studies have shown that the prognosis of the treatment of methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) with glycopeptides is inferior compared to treatment with β-lactam. However, there are only few studies comparing treatment with antistaphylococcal penicillin alone to glycopeptide treatment. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of nafcillin, an antistaphylococcal penicilli...

Soft set theory, proposed by Molodtsov has been regarded as an effective mathematical tool to deal with uncertainties. Vague set is a set of objects, each of which has a grade of membership whose value is a continuous subinterval of [0, 1]. Such a set is characterized by a truth-membership function and a falsemembership function. Thus, a vague set is actually a form of fuzzy set, albeit a more ...