The purpose of this study was to determine the thermoregulatory response to, perceived comfort and moisture management properties of, base-layer garments during intermittent treadmill exercise in controlled laboratory conditions. Seven males performed an intermittent treadmill protocol whilst wearing a base-layer hot garment, base-layer cold garment, a 100% cotton t-shirt and bare-chested. Envi...

T1B2 and CeO2 particle-reinforced A16061 hybrid composites were manufactured using stir casting hot rolling techniques. The base alloy hot-rolled at 500°C a 50% reduction was achieved through 12 passes. effect of varying TB2 particle additions on the microstructure mechanical properties Al6061 matrix studied. Scanning electron microscopy showed uniform dispersion both reinforcements, with good ...

Improved resolution made possible by aberration correction has greatly increased the demands on the performance of all parts of high-end electron microscopes. In order to meet these demands, we have designed and built an entirely new scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM). The microscope includes a flexible illumination system that allows the properties of its probe to be changed on-t...

Solute clustering and partitioning behavior in the early crystallization stage of an Fe73.5Si13.5B9Nb3Cu1 amorphous alloy have been studied by employing a three dimensional atom probe (3DAP) and a high resolution electron microscope (HREM). 3DAP results have clearly shown that Cu atom clusters are present in the amorphous state after annealing below the crystallization temperature. The density ...

BACKGROUND To compare the effectiveness of 3 commercial gel bait formulations containing fipronil (Goliath(©) Cockroach Gel 0.05% AI), chlorpyrifos-A (Clean Bait(©) Gel, 2% AI), and chloropyrifos-B (Serpa(©) Gel 2% AI) against German cockroaches (Blattella germanica) when stored at 23(°)C and 30(°) C after treatment. METHODS Laboratory bioassays consisted of placing groups of fifteen cockroac...

This paper presents a novel hardware-based approach for identifying, pro ling, and monitoring hot spots in order to support runtime optimization of generalpurpose programs. The proposed approach consists of a set of tightly coupled hardware tables and control logic modules that are placed in the retirement stage of a processor pipeline removed from the critical path. The features of the propose...

Solid dispersion is molecular dispersion of drug in a polymer matrix which leads to improved solubility and hence better bioavailability. Solvent evaporation technique was employed to prepare films of different combinations of polymers, plasticizer, and a modal drug sulindac to narrow down on a few polymer-plasticizer-sulindac combinations. The sulindac-polymer-plasticizer combination that was ...

Hot days in summer (involving a few hours at particularly high temperatures) are expected to become more common under climate change. How such events at different life stages affect survival and reproduction remains unclear in most organisms. Here, we investigated how an exposure to 40 °C at different life stages in the global insect pest, Plutella xylostella, affects immediate survival, subseq...

This paper presents a novel hardware-based approach for identifying, prooling, and monitoring hot spots in order to support runtime optimization of general-purpose programs. The proposed approach consists of a set of tightly coupled hardware tables and control logic modules that are placed in the retirement stage of a processor pipeline removed from the critical path. The features of the propos...