In this study three chemical agents Amino-propyl-triethoxy-silane (APS), sorbitol ended PLA oligomer (SPLA) and Hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) were identified to be used as coupling agents to react with the phosphate glass fibre (PGF) reinforcement and the polylactic acid (PLA) polymer matrix of the composite. Composites were prepared with short chopped strand fibres (l = 20 mm, ϕ = 20 µm) in...

Studies investigating the assessment of depression in Parkinson's disease (PD) are limited. We examined the concurrent validity and the internal consistency of the Hamilton Depression Inventory (HDI) and compared it to the Hamilton and Geriatric Depression Scales. PD patients (n = 79) were recruited from neurology clinics. Diagnosis of depressive disorder was made according to DSM-IV criteria. ...

OBJECTIVES To define the relation between exposure to polyurethane (PUR) glue, biomarkers of exposure and effect, and work related symptoms that occur at least once a week. METHODS In a cross sectional study, 152 workers and 14 clerks in a factory with exposure to sprayed and heated PUR glue containing 4, 4'-diphenylmethane (MDI) or 1,6-hexamethylene (HDI) di-isocyanate were examined with gas...

Randomized controlled trials increasingly recruit patients globally to facilitate recruitment and to improve validity and applicability. However, patients from countries with different developmental status may differ in terms of clinical profiles, adherence to prescribed therapy and access to health care facilities. Further, these differences may impact patient outcomes. In this issue of Heart ...

This research is a study on economic problems that specifically examines the level of proverty and Human Development Index (HDI). aims to determine effect spending (HDI) in Bengkulu Utara Regency 2010-2021. quatitative with descriptive associative design, object HDI. used time series data The from BPS Techniques Data Collection are documentation form books, journals reports. analytical method d...

This paper proposes a method to incorporate a concern for distributional inequalities of income, education, and longevity into the framework of the Human Development Index (HDI), as it is presently designed by the United Nations Development Programme. The paper constructs Gini coefficients, for a set of 20 developing countries, measuring inequalities in annual income, educational attainment, an...

The catalytic activity of 1,8-diazabicyclo [5,4,0]undec-7-ene-intercalated α-zirconium phosphates (α-ZrP·DBU) as thermal latent catalysts in the reaction hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) and phenol was investigated. α-ZrP intercalation compounds with varying amounts DBU (α-ZrP·xDBU, where x = 0.58, 0.44, 0.22, 0.10) were prepared. HDI α-ZrP·DBU carried out at temperatures for 30 min periods. sh...

We re-run our analysis on human-rights democracy as a function of the Human Development Index (HDI) and cultural values with self-expressive values indicator replacing the emancipative values indicator (for details on emancipative values and self-expressive values indicator see supplementary material S12). Our intention was to test, whether the finding that HDI has a stronger e↵ect on human-rig...