A new method is developed to directly spinning perfectly uniaxial fibers in an ultrafast manner. Besides, this method can tune the fibers' diameter through adjusting processing parameters such as the feeding rate of precursors. Uniaxial nylon 66 fibers prepared via this method show superior mechanical properties due to the alignment in each level of the structure.

ZIF-8 films were successfully prepared on a flexible nylon substrate with a contra-diffusion synthesis method, and gas permeation experiments indicated that the films were continuous and compact.

From the Department of Materials Science and Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, Hyogo 671-2280; Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Hyogo 678-1297; RIKEN Harima Institute, SPring-8 Center, Hyogo 679-5148; Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Department of Intelligence Mechanical Technology, G...

Blends of nylon-6 with polybutadiene were prepared with comparable morphology and different molecular weights of the matrix. These specimens were tested using the notched Izod impact test and the notched tensile impact test. An increase in molecular weight resulted in a shift of the brittle-to-tough transition temperature of 40°C to lower temperatures. In the notched tensile impact tests, espec...

A new multi-attention based method for solving the MIL problem (MAMIL), which takes into account neighboring patches or instances of each analyzed patch in a bag, is proposed. In method, one attention modules adjacent instances, several are used to get diverse feature representation patches, and module unite different representations provide an accurate classification (instance) whole bag. Due ...

Introduction. Aim of this study was to compare the resting energy expenditure (REE) measured by the Douglas bag method with the REE estimated with the FitMate method, the Harris-Benedict equation, and the Müller et al. equation for individuals with BMI < 18.5 kg/m(2) in a severe group of underweight patients with anorexia nervosa (AN). Methods. 15 subjects with AN participated in the study. The...

UNLABELLED We compared two conventional induction techniques (thiopental and propofol), an inhaled induction with sevoflurane using a circle system, and a rebreathing method. Fentanyl 1 microg/kg was given to women undergoing 10- to 20-min procedures. Anesthesia was induced (n = 20 each) with one of the following: 1) sevoflurane and N2O from a rebreathing bag (Sevo/Bag). A 5-L bag was prefilled...