This paper presents a novel framework of modeling crushable granular materials under mechanical loadings based on the discrete element method (DEM). The is featured with construction one-to-one model in which every particle physical experiment has its own numerical twin and allows irregular shaped fragments during continuous breakage process. First, image processing techniques spherical harmoni...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Self harm is a serious public health problem worldwide. Implicit attitude measures offer a novel method of exploring associations with self harm (SH). Here we used implicit measures in order to (i) examine implicit evaluative and arousal associations with SH (ii) compare the discriminatory power of implicit and explicit attitude measures in a non-clinical sample at hig...

Reduced glutathione (GSH) plays a crucial role in ensuring that other thiol groups remain reduced within the cell and is particularly important in the biosynthesis of DNA [for ;I review, see Holmgren ( 1985)l. Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase is an essential component of the 2-ox0 acid dehydrogenase multi-enzyme complexes (Reed, 1974; Perham, 1983) in which it acts to oxidize the dihydrolipoic ac...

A common problem in down-hole shear wave surveys is the determination of the tool rotation relative to the seismic source polarization direction. This paper reports an algorithm which has been developed to solve for this angle in the horizontal plane. The method employs Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to determine the angle from the large motion of the SH-wave (not first motion). Once the an...

We used the teleost Astyanax mexicanus to examine the role of the lens in optic nerve and tectum development. This species is unusually suited for studies of nervous system development and evolution because of its two extant forms: an eyed surface dwelling (surface fi sh) and several blind cave dwelling (cavefi sh) forms. Cavefi sh embryos initially form eye primordia, but the lens eventually d...

Universal education is the dream of India and more so with the passing of 'Right to Education bill' in the country. Looking to the diverse culture and vividity in the country it is not possible to take education to the last mile in the country with prevailing chalk-blackboard technique. An attempt has been made to probe various digital video broadcast (DVB) techniques for spatial and temporal d...

This study was conducted to determine whether selecting an optimum sowing date couldimprove yield. The experiment consisted of sowing a film-covered, drip-irrigated cotton field onfour sowing dates from April to May in 2011-2012 at the Agrometeorological ExperimentalStation of Wulanwusu, which was in an arid region of north-western China. Late sowing datesproduced less yield and water-use effic...

Studies of protein-bound (PB-SH) and nonprotein bound sulfhydryl group (NP-SH) concentrations in tissues under various conditions is a prerequisite to understanding the role of sulfhydryls in living organisms. Many methods have been developed for the measurement of sulfhydryl groups, but these have been concerned chiefly only with the estimation of NP-SH in biological fluids or total SH groups ...

Mumps virus (MuV), a rubulavirus of the paramyxovirus family, causes acute infections in humans. MuV has seven genes including a small hydrophobic (SH) gene, which encodes a type I membrane protein of 57 amino acid residues. The function of the SH protein is not clear, although its expression is not necessary for growth of MuV in tissue culture cells. It is speculated that MuV SH plays a role i...