Butt fusion is an effective method for joining high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe on job sites. However, there is lack of quantitative methods to evaluate pipe joint quality. The objective of this study was to develop such a quantitative approach in order to determine the effect of joint contamination on the quality of the fused joints. The study included testing a total of 21 butt-fused HDP...

The VIIRS instrument on board the S-NPP spacecraft has successfully operated for more than four years since its launch in October, 2011. Many VIIRS environmental data records (EDR) have been continuously generated from its sensor data records (SDR) with improved quality, enabling a wide range of applications in support of users in both the operational and research communities. This paper provid...

The advanced baseline imager (ABI) on board geostationary operational environmental satellite-16 (GOES-16) provides high quality reflective solar band (RSB) and thermal emission (TEB) image data. Intensive field campaigns for postlaunch validation of the ABI Level-1B spectral radiance observations were carried out during March to May 2017 ensure Système International traceability ABI. Radiometr...

2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) is a heterocyclic amine derived from cooked meat that is a mammary gland carcinogen in rats. A carcinogenic dose-regimen of PhIP (75 mg/kg, p.o., 10 doses, once per day) was administered to 43-day old female Sprague-Dawley rats, and the rats were then placed on a defined high fat (23.5% corn oil) or low fat (5% corn oil) diet for up to 6 we...

A series of polyether-based diblock copolymers were synthesized by sequential organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization (ROP) either hexene oxide (HO) or octene (OO) as the first monomer with propylene (PO) second monomer. In addition, one triblock terpolymer OO, PO, and styrene (SO) was following same method. The ROP catalyzed triethyl borane (TEB)/(phosphazene base t-BuP2) eicosanol initiat...

While transportation emissions have declined over the past several decades, volatile organic compound (VOC) from solvent use applications increased as urban areas expand. In this work, Canadian air quality model (GEM-MACH-TEB) is used to assess importance of during Michigan Ontario Ozone Source Experiment (MOOSE). Model predictions are compared ozone and total mono-substituted aromatics (TOLU) ...

Abstract Study question Can CHLOE-EQ, an AI embryo assessment support tool, automatically identify the optimal time-range of morphokinetic events where chance euploidy is maximized? Summary answer Embryos that are within normal range have increased chances being euploid compared to embryos developing at a pace outside range. What known already The introduction time-lapse technologies in IVF has...

Abstract Study question Is the efficacy of embryo selection models altered by conditions employed for culture? Summary answer The predictive capacity morphology and morphokinetics-based might be dependent on incubator culture employed. What is known already Morphological assessment remains gold-standard selection. However, since introduction time-lapse technology to incubators used culture, man...

In order to characterize the actions of xenoestrogens, it is essential to possess a solid portrait of the physiological effects of exogenous estradiol. We assessed effects of three doses of exogenous estradiol (E2) (0.1, 1.0 and 10 µg/kg/day) given between postnatal days 21 and 33 on the mammary gland morphology and gene expression profiles of male and female rats compared to vehicle-treated co...

Background: The major cause of peptic ulcer disease is helicobacter pylori (Hp), and it is also implicated in the pathogenesis of adenocarcinoma of the distal stomach and gastric lymphoma. The incidence of peptic ulcer disease, atrophic gastritis, and gastric adenocarcinoma are more common in people infected of cagA positive strains of Hp. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence o...