Microstructural analyses of thermal or mechanical fatigued Nitinol show remarkable similarities and are characterized by an increase in dislocation density with increasing number of cycles. Dislocation bands, which are thought to be due to the effects of moving martensite interfaces, align with the martensite lattice invariant plane. These microstructural effects result in modification of trans...

Transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) assisted steels contain a small quantity of carbon enriched retained austenite, which transforms into martensite during the course of plastic deformation. Transformation of this kind can be induced by both stress and plastic strain. The detailed mechanism by which the martensite is induced is different for these two scenarios. An attempt is made here to ...

A Fe-34.5 wt % Mn-0.04 wt % C ultra-high Mn steel with a fully recrystallised fine-grained structure was produced by cold rolling and subsequent annealing. The steel exhibited excellent cryogenic temperature properties with enhanced work hardening rate, high tensile strength, and high uniform elongation. In order to capture the unique mechanical behaviour, a constitutive model within finite str...

Exchange bias effect observed in the Ni1.68Co0.32Mn1.20Ga0.80 alloy confirms the coexistence of antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic phases in the martensite phase. A large inverse magnetocaloric effect has been observed within the martensitic transformation temperature range, which is originated from modified magnetic order through magnetic-field-induced phase transformation from partially anti...

This -paper corrects an error in a previous paper by Dechamps and Brown and presents a much improved model for the structure of -twins in Fe-Ni martensite. The model is based upon the dissociation of screw dislocations under the stress due to the martensitic transformation. Resume-Dans cet article, nouscorrigeons une erreurd'un article preced~nt de Dechamps et Brown et nous presentons un modele...

An overview will be given of some recent results of microstructural electron microscopy studies on martensitic systems. The precursor structure observed in a ternary Ni-Mn-Ti alloy and its correlation with the ensuing stacking sequence is presented. New types of materials of a well known alloy, in casu splat-cooled and nanoscale thin films of Ni-A1 are investigated revealing particular morpholo...

In this paper, we study the online portfolio selection problem from the perspective of meta learning for mean reversion. The online portfolio selection problem aims to maximize the final accumulated wealth by rebalancing the portfolio at each time period based on the portfolio prices announced before. Mean Reversion is a typical principle in portfolio theory and strategies that utilize this pri...

BACKGROUND Little is currently known regarding sputum smear reversion (acid-fast smear becomes positive again after negative conversion) during anti-tuberculous treatment. This study aimed to evaluate its occurrence in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and identify factors predicting results of mycobacterial culture for smear-reversion of sputum samples. METHODS The retrospective revi...

•Secondary, reversion mutations in BRCA genes can restore protein function.•Reversion mutations can underlie resistance to therapies such as PARP inhibitors.•Reversion mutations arise during the course of treatment.

Four mutations resulting in opal stop codons were individually engineered into a plasmid-borne chloramphenicol-resistance (cat) gene driven by the lac promoter. These four mutations were located at different sites in secondary structures. The mutations were analysed with the computer program mfg, which predicted their relative reversion frequencies. Reversion frequencies determined experimental...