Most of the current concurrent object-oriented approaches do not address the issue of separation of concern between synchronization and scheduling controls inside the concurrent objects. This paper presents a concurrent object-oriented model in which a concurrent object, which represents a shared resource abstraction in our model, is decomposed into a hierarchy of abstractions: a shared data ab...

Searching for effective approaches of accelerating charge separation and broadening optical absorption is critical for designing a high-performance photocatalytic system. Herein, a photocatalyst based on the non-metal group doped porous ultrathin g-C3N4 nanosheets (CNB NS) was prepared through a combined methodology of precursor reforming and thermal condensation. The synergistic effect of non-...

We present a robust method to prepare thin oriented nematic liquid crystalline elastomer-polymer (LCE-polymer) core-sheath fibers. An electrospinning setup is utilized to spin a single solution of photo-crosslinkable low molecular weight reactive mesogens and a support polymer to form the coaxial LCE-polymer fibers, where the support polymer forms the sheath via in situ phase separation as the ...

The work herein analyzes the bending stress required to separate and rupture die from notched silicon wafers. Trenches are formed on the wafers using either a dicing or Bosch deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) process. Weibull distribution parameters are reported for all variations of the fracture experiments. Additionally, the relative defect rate associated with DRIE-based die separation are co...

In the chemical industry the demands regarding process efficiency are permanently increasing. At the same time methods to design indiviual process stages and interconnect them to higly integrated process are reaching their preformance limit. To overcome these limitations the focus of current research has turned to combined processes, i.e. processes that combine the tasks of different process st...

The overproduction of nitric oxide (NO) in cells results in nitrosative stress due to the generation of highly reactive species such as peroxynitrite and N2O3. These species disrupt the cellular redox processes through the oxidation, nitration, and nitrosylation of important biomolecules. Microchip electrophoresis (ME) is a fast separation method that can be used to profile cellular nitrosative...

Multiple compressed tablets are compressed tablets made by more than one compression cycle. They are usually prepared to separate physically or chemically incompatible ingredients or to produce repeat or prolong action of drug. Compression coating perform similar functions as sugar or film coating except consists of dry coating concept hence prevents certain drawbacks of aqueous and non aqueous...

CO2 separation using reactive solvents is considered to be a technically viable option for capturing of CO2 from flue gas streams. However, the cost of CO2 capture using conventional solvents such as aqueous solutions of monoethanolamine (MEA) is prohibitively high. Nearly half of the total cost is due to operational costs, of which about 70 to 80% can be contributed to the cost of regeneration...

The ability of Candida albicans to rapidly and reversibly switch between yeast and filamentous morphologies is crucial to pathogenicity, and it is thought that the filamentous morphology provides some advantage during interaction with the mammalian immune system. Dectin-1 is a receptor that binds beta-glucans and is important for macrophage phagocytosis of fungi. The receptor also collaborates ...

Fevold et al. (1) and Wallen-Lawrence (2) have reported the separation of a follicle-stimulating principle and a luteinizing principle from hypophyseal gonadotropic preparations. The latter author includes evidence for a chemical separation involving destruction of the luteinizing principle by formalin. Maxwell (3) on the other hand was able to obtain a pure follicular ovarian response simply b...