It is known that hyperglycemic response to 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), a competitive inhibitor of glycolysis [1,22], is neurogenic through the sympathetic activation of adrenal catecholamine secretion [2,6,8]. An increase in the efferent discharge of adrenal nerve filaments after systemic administration of 2-DG was reported by Niijima [12]. Several studies have indicated that neural elements whic...

cost reduction is one of the methods applied for improving the productivity of organizations. in productivity literature, particularly in nonparametric methods, cost reduction related methods are regarded as input oriented models. this paper presents a supply chain management (scm) model in which purchasing iron ore and coke from different resources, along with production and distribution of st...

Specific total loss is one of the most important evaluation indexes for magnetic properties non-oriented electrical steel sheets. The aim this study to investigate influencing mechanisms laser cutting parameters as well sample characteristics on specific thin sheets processed by using a machine learning method. Eight input were finally considered; namely, silicon and manganese contents, thickne...

Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) are an efficient technology for generating hydrogen gas from organic matter, but alternatives to precious metals are needed for cathode catalysts. We show here that high surface area stainless steel brush cathodes produce hydrogen at rates and efficiencies similar to those achieved with platinum-catalyzed carbon cloth cathodes in single-chamber MECs. Using a ...

Toshiaki Takahashi Takaaki Ozawa Hajime Takahashi OVERVIEW: Steel industry control systems tend to be large, comprising motors, drives, PLCs, and process computers among other components. In addition to reliability, they require the speed of response to perform realtime electrical and mechanical control. To achieve this, Hitachi uses the latest computing and information technology. Hitachi is a...

The electrical properties of cement-based composites with mono-size conductive (steel) or insulating (glass) spherical inclusions were investigated by combined 2-point impedance spectroscopy and 4-point dc resistance measurements. The matrix was ordinary Portland cement (w/c = 0.4; cured for 7 days). Particle loading was varied over an extended range to as high as 42% volume fraction. The steel...

Using electromechanical technique, various conductive carbon fibers and graphite and steel filaments/epoxy micro-composites were evaluated by measuring electrical resistivity to investigate the interfacial properties including the microfailure modes and interfiber distance effect with a aid of acoustic emission (AE). Micromechanical techniques, such as pull-out and fragmentation tests, and elec...

Both technical and commercial applications are increasingly being implemented as distributed systems running in a network of workstations. In this paper we describe an object-oriented class library for UNIX interprocess communication. We concentrate on applying object-oriented design techniques for the architecture of the library, which results in greater flexibility and easier extensibility. T...