We investigate disfluency distribution rates within different moves from an interactive task-oriented experiment to further explore the suggestion by Bortfeld et al. [1] and Nicholson [2] that different types of disfluencies may fulfill varying functions. We focus on disfluency types within moves, or speech turns, where a speaker initiates something compared to a response to such a move. We fin...

Network models that represent the void space of a rock by a lattice of pores connected by throats can predict relative permeability once the pore geometry and wettability are known. Micro-computerized-tomography scanning provides a three-dimensional image of the pore space. However, these images cannot be directly input into network models. In this paper a modified maximal ball algorithm, exten...

Metal foam heat exchangers have considerable advantages in thermal management and heat recovery over several commercially available heat exchangers. In this work, the effects of micro structural metal foam properties, such as porosity, pore and fiber diameters, tortuosity, pore density, and relative density, on the heat exchanger performance are discussed. The pertinent correlations in the lite...

Reclaimed water is an alternative source which could alleviate the shortage of resources in agricultural systems. Many researchers have studied effect reclaimed on soil environment, crop yield, etc. However, carbon sequestration irrigated systems less studied. This study investigates methane uptake and photosynthesis irrigation contributing to estimation analyzes important factors impacting the...

Microfibrillated celluloses (MFCs) have mechanical properties sufficient for packaging applications but lack water vapor barrier properties in comparison to petroleum-based plastics. These properties can be modified by the use of mineral fillers, added within the film structure, or waxes, as surface coatings. In this investigation it was determined that addition of fillers resulted in films wit...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study is to develop a Ti fibre knit block without sintering, and to evaluate its deformability and new bone formation in vivo. MATERIAL AND METHODS A Ti fibre with a diameter of 150 μm was knitted to fabricate a Ti mesh tube. The mesh tube was compressed in a metal mould to fabricate porous Ti fibre knit blocks with three different porosities of 88%, 69%, and ...

Mutations at critical residue positions in transmembrane span 7 (TM7) of the serotonin transporter affect the Na(+) dependence of transport. It was possible that these residues, which form a stripe along one side of the predicted alpha-helix, formed part of a water-filled pore for Na(+). We tested whether cysteine substitutions in TM7 were accessible to hydrophilic, membrane-impermeant methanet...

Mutations at critical residue positions in transmembrane span 7 (TM7) of the serotonin transporter affect the Na dependence of transport. It was possible that these residues, which form a stripe along one side of the predicted a-helix, formed part of a water-filled pore for Na. We tested whether cysteine substitutions in TM7 were accessible to hydrophilic, membrane-impermeant methanethiosulfona...

No studies have been performed evaluating the marginal seal of root fillings after direct exposure of root canal (RC) walls to Er,Cr:YSGG laser irradiation. Therefore, 75 root filled teeth (5 × 15-cold lateral condensation) were analyzed for through-and-through leakage (TTL) using capillary flow porometry (CFP). The cleaning protocol determined the experimental groups: (1) irrigation with NaOCl...