A unique method has been developed for internally heating hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) batteries at cold temperatures using alternating current (AC). The poor performance of these batteries in cold climates is of major concern because they suffer a huge loss in capacity. Another symptom of this low performance is a dramatic increase in the series resistance of the battery, R B , as the tempera...

Background: Cervical spondylosis is a degenerative disease of cervical spine. The conventional management offered in this condition focuses upon pain, muscle relaxation and restoration of movements. This approach however has not been found adequate in many cases. Case Characteristics: This is a case of cervical spondylosis treated with naturopathy and yogic practices in an OP set up. Earlier to...

Thermogalvanic hydrogel, an environmentally friendly power source, enable the conversion of low-grade thermal energy to electrical and powers microelectronic devices in a variety scenarios without need for additional batteries. Its toxicity, mechanical fragility low output performance are hindrance its wide application. Here, we demonstrate thermoelectric gels with safe non-toxic, recyclable, h...

BACKGROUND The effect of long-term smoking on coronary vasomotion and vasodilator capacity in healthy smokers is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS Myocardial blood flow (MBF) was quantified with [13N]ammonia and positron emission tomography (PET) at rest, during cold pressor testing (endothelium-dependent vasomotion), and during dipyridamole-induced hyperemia in 16 long-term smokers and 17 nonsmok...

Talang Queenfish (Scomberoides commersonnianuus) is relatively inexpensive fish with low consumption in Fars Province, South of Iran. In this research which was done in 2011, minced fish sausages were produced from mince and surimi of this species and some physicochemical attributes of the products were investigated during 60 days of cold storage at 4 °C. According to the results, free fatty ac...

Talang Queenfish (Scomberoides commersonnianuus) is relatively inexpensive fish with low consumption in Fars Province, South of Iran. In this research which was done in 2011, minced fish sausages were produced from mince and surimi of this species and some physicochemical attributes of the products were investigated during 60 days of cold storage at 4 °C. According to the results, free fatty ac...

In the application of a long series battery group, an inter-pack imbalance is inevitable. No intra-pack cell equalizer can prevent pack-level over-discharge. A bimodal, multichannel pack based on quasi-resonant, two-transistor forward converter proposed to solve this problem and achieve tradeoff between balancing efficiency speed. This has two modes: pack-to-pack-group pack-to-any-pack (P2PG&am...