the fluid flow and heat transfer in a three-dimensional microchannel filled with al2o3- water nanofluid is numerically investigated. the hybrid scheme is used to discretize the convection terms and simpler algorithm is adopted to couple the velocity and pressure field in the momentum equations. the thermal and flow fields were analyzed using different volume fractions of nanoparticles and diffe...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of creatine supplementation and drop-set resistance training in untrained aging adults. Participants were randomized to one of two groups: Creatine (CR: n=14, 7 females, 7 males; 58.0±3.0yrs, 0.1g/kg/day of creatine+0.1g/kg/day of maltodextrin) or Placebo (PLA: n=17, 7 females, 10 males; age: 57.6±5.0yrs, 0.2g/kg/day of maltodextrin) during 12weeks of drop-s...

This work is based on the development of a stacked AISI 304 stainless steel wire meshes structure with oxidizing and filtering capacity, where Co Ce oxide catalysts were deposited surface metallic fibres as novel alternative to current DOC – DPF system. The system was scaled up encouraged by results obtained at lab scale, going from 16 mm filter diameter 130 mm. coated inside case in order conf...

Figure 1: Course of the common, deep (blue) and superficial peroneal nerve, sites of stimulation for motor nerve conduction studies are shown by green discs. Figure 1 Textbooks of neurology are just like cookery or gardening books. It is all so easy on paper. With a good working knowledge of neurological anatomy, it seems, almost any problem can be precisely localised. A couple of of hours yomp...

This study tested whether ischemia-reperfusion alters coronary smooth muscle reactivity to vasoconstrictor stimuli such as those elicited by an adventitial stimulation with methacholine. In vitro studies were performed to assess the reactivity of endothelium-denuded infarct-related coronary arteries to methacholine (n = 18). In addition, the vasoconstrictor effects of adventitial application of...

We consider the task of transmitting structured information over bounded-capacity links. Our information model is a stream of basic units called superpackets that are broken into k packets each. To model the possible structure and redundancy of the superpackets, we assume that for each superpacket there is a collection of minimal subsets of packets whose delivery makes the superpacket useful. T...

Five blood cardioplegia delivery systems (Gish Straight Shot, Sorin BCD Advanced, Avecor MYOtherm, Baxter-Bentley HE-30, and Baxter-Bentley HE-30 Gold) were evaluated with respect to ease of rapid priming, coefficient of heat exchange, pressure drop, bubble trap capacity, and priming volume. Each system was placed in a roller pump circuit consisting of source and collection reservoirs, cardiopl...