Modern engines have an increasing number of control parameters that are having a dramatic impact on calibration time. Up-front prototyping of calibration processes can be used to reduce the burden of increasing powertrain complexity, however, such techniques are still in their infancy in the automotive field. In this paper we illustrate how flexible model-based calibration tools can be used to ...

Dr. K.B. Modi, MD, MRCP, Renal Unit, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow G21 3UW (UK) Dear Sir, We report a case of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE or marantic endocarditis) causing cardiac failure and death in a patient with end-stage chronic renal failure managed with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). The patient was a 60-year-old male who developed chronic renal failure du...

Anticoagulant drugs are involved in the prevention and management of cardiac valve disease, cardiac arrhythmia, prosthetic heart valve, pulmonary embolus, and cerebrovascular accident.[1] Patients who receive oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT), dental extractions is a common procedure. In the past, it was controversial that dental extractions in patients under anticoagulant therapy pose the probl...

The production of torque and pollutants of Variable Valve Actuation equipped internal combustion engines found in the automotive industry (both Diesel and gasoline engines) is studied. Variable Valve Actuation (VVA) is a technology which has been introduced to optimize engine efficiency at steady-states covering a wide range of operating conditions. In more details, the outcome of the internal ...

The whole human primary somatosensory (SI) cortex is activated by contralateral tactile stimuli, whereas its subarea 2 displays neuronal responses also to ipsilateral stimuli. Here we report on a transient deactivation of area 3b of the ipsilateral SI during long-lasting tactile stimulation. We collected functional magnetic resonance imaging data with a 3 T scanner from 10 healthy adult subject...

Escherichia coli AdhE has been reported to harbor three distinct enzymatic activities: alcohol dehydrogenase, acetaldehyde-CoA dehydrogenase, and pyruvate formate-lyase (PFL) deactivase. Herein we report on the cloning, expression, and purification of E. coli AdhE, and the re-investigation of its purported enzymatic activities. While both the alcohol dehydrogenase and acetaldehyde-CoA dehydroge...

the role of the ventromedial nuclei of the hypothalamus (vmn) in food behavior was studied in adult male rats, allocated in 3 groups: control, sham and lesioned. electrolytic lesions were induced stereotaxically (1.2 ma, 15 sec). results revealed a significant decrease (p

Catalyst deactivation is usually indispensable, although the rate at which it occurs varies greatly. At first, this article discusses the causes of deactivation in a commercial hydrocracking unit called Isomax. Then, a 5-lump kinetic model including catalyst decay function for hydrocracking of vacuum gas oil in a commercial plant is proposed. The model considers vacuum gas oil (VGO) having boil...