Wear in self-mated tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) films is studied by molecular dynamics and nearedge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy. Both theory and experiment demonstrate the formation of a soft amorphous carbon (a-C) layer with increased sp content, which grows faster than an a-C tribolayer found on selfmated diamond sliding under similar conditions. The faster sp ! sp tra...

Fruit from six genotypes of autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellate Thunb.); Brilliant Rose, Delightful, Jewel, Natural 1, Natural 2 and Sweet N Tart; were evaluated for fruit quality, phenolic content, carotenoids, antioxidants, antioxidant capacity, and antioxidant enzyme activity. The fruit soluble solids content (SSC), titratable acids (TA), total carotenoids, and total phenolic content varied wi...

Nanoengineering of hydrophobic photosensitizers (PSs) is a promising approach for improved tumor delivery and enhanced photodynamic therapy (PDT) efficiency. A variety of delivery carriers have been developed for tumor delivery of PSs through the enhanced permeation and retention (EPR) effect. However, a high-performance PS delivery system with minimum use of carrier materials with excellent bi...

In the haemodyalisis domain, we are implementing a casebased architecture aimed at configuring Temporal Abstractions (TA) to be applied to time series data. The advantage of a case-based approach is the one of “quickly” obtaining a suitable parameter configuration, simply by looking at the most similar already configured case, where configured cases are indexed by means of contextual informatio...

BACKGROUND Clinical and preclinical observations indicate that Lactobacillus plantarum has anti-inflammatory activity and may regulate the immune responses of its hosts when ingested. Recently, modification of teichoic acids (TAs) produced by L. plantarum was reported as a key to regulating the systemic immune response in mice. However, data linking TA-related genetic determinants and the immun...

ions of Time Series Data Using CBR G. Leonardi (*), A. Bottrighi, S. Montani and L. Portinale (*) Universitá di Pavia, Pavia (Italy) Universitá del Piemonte Orientale, Alessandria (Italy) Abstract. In the haemodialysis domain, we are implementing a caseIn the haemodialysis domain, we are implementing a casebased architecture aimed at configuring Temporal Abstractions (TA) to be applied to time ...

(Ti,W)C-based cermets are an ideal material for the preparation of high-performance cutting tools due to their excellent mechanical properties, high temperature oxidation resistance, and corrosion resistance. However, lower toughness limits application tools. In order solve problem low faced by current materials used in tools, this study, a (Ti,W)C solid solution was as hard phase prepare with ...