significant and rapidly expanding segment of the electronics and semiconductor industries. Unfortunately, projections of the complexity, functionality, and performance of such systems far exceed expected improvements in battery technologies, leading to a widening “battery gap.”1,2 Bridging this gap is a challenge that system designers must face for the foreseeable future. The need to improve ba...

The ideal battery separator would be infinitesimally thin, offer no resistance to ionic transport in electrolytes, provide infinite resistance to electronic conductivity for isolation of electrodes, be highly tortuous to prevent dendritic growths, and be inert to chemical reactions. Unfortunately, in the real world the ideal case does not exist. Real world separators are electronically insulati...

A series of chromium oxides (Cr2O3) nanoparticles supported on different carbonaceous material, namely: graphene, graphene oxide (GO) and graphite, were synthetized by precipitation the salt precursors with precipitant (ammonia) subsequent thermal treatment. The catalytic activity these composites Cr2O3 have been analysed Koutecky-Levich (KL) rotating ring-disc electrode methods results discuss...

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Three-dimensional L4-L5 finite element (FE) models of three disc heights (9.5mm, 11.5mm, and 13.5mm) and three disc wedge angles (5o, 8 o, and 10 o) were developed to investigate their effect on L4-L5 lumbar motion segment under pure axial compressive loading. The FE predictions indicated that the axial disc displacement and the posterior disc bulge increased greatly with an increase in the ave...

We investigate the accretion disc structure in the strongly Comptonised spectra seen at high luminosities from galactic black holes (variously termed the very high or steep power law dominant state). We use simultaneous ASCA-RXTE data on two such spectra from the black hole transient XTE J1550-564 to constrain the disc and Comptonized luminosity. The broad bandpass of the data gives robust esti...

BACKGROUND To investigate large cup-to-disc ratios (CDR) in children and to determine the relationship between parental CDR and clinical characteristics associated with glaucoma. METHODS Two hundred thirty six children aged 6 to 12 years with CDR ≥ 0.6 were enrolled in this study. Subjects were classified into two groups based on parental CDR: disc suspect children with disc suspect (CDR ≥0.6...

STUDY DESIGN An in vitro biomechanical study using aged human and adolescent porcine discs. OBJECTIVES To find the leakage pathway and effect of needle gauge on the degree of disc injury post anular puncture. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Spinal needles are widely used for minimal invasive disc surgeries and disc degeneration/regeneration research. Applications of anular puncture require diffe...

Congenital abnormalities of the optic disc are not so rare. The etiology for the most of them is unknown. Visual acuity of affected eye may be minimally or severely affected, depending on the extent of lesion. All of these conditions can be unilateral or bilateral. Children who have unilateral optic disc abnormalities generally present during the preschool years with sensory esotropia. Visual a...