We analyzed amniotic fluid from 91 pregnancies (estimated gestational age range 31 to 41 weeks), using the Lumadex-FSI Fetal Lung Maturity test (Beckman Instruments), and also determining phosphatidylglycerol content, the lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio, and foam stability index by the "shake test," and compared results with newborn outcome. Five of 64 babies born within 72 h of testing developed ...

In this paper, we discuss procedures for computing the mesh movement in staggered FSI-simulations. The mesh movement is divided into a global and a local level. The global level is based on the solution of an incremental linear-elastic solid model using the structure movement as Dirichlet boundary conditions, and error estimates to guide the node relocation in the interior of the uid domain. Th...

In this work, the robustness of the fluid-structure interaction simulation with a nearly incompressible elasticity model from our previous work [Partitioned solvers for the fluid-structure interaction problems with a nearly incompressible elasticity model, Comput Visual Sci, 14:227-247, 2012] is improved. At each time step of the FSI simulation, using properly chosen elementwise stabilization p...

In this communication, we show that the combination of 1 M lithium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide and 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(fluorosulfonyl)amide (LiTFSI/[Py1,4]FSI) can be regarded as a possible stable electrolyte for IL based lithium ion batteries. We compare the charge-discharge results with the electrolyte 1 M LiTFSI in 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl...