The influence of maleation on thermal and dynamic-mechanical properties of wood-PVC composites was investigated in this study. Experimental results indicated that maleation had a significant influence on most of the properties for wood-PVC composites. Storage modulus (E’), loss modulus (E”), and complex modulus (E*) of resultant wood-PVC composites were related to the retention levels and graft...

BackgroundLV dyssynchrony (LVD) and post extra systolic potentiation (PESP) associated with premature ventricular contractions (PVC) may play a role in the development of PVC-induced cardiomyopathy (PVC-CM). Long-coupled (LC) PVCs have greater LVD than short-coupled (SC) PVCs, while SC-PVCs stronger PESP LC-PVCs.ObjectiveCompare LC-PVCs to evaluate roles LVD, PESP, atrioventricular dissociation...

Patients on mechanical ventilators for extended periods of time are faced with a high probability of developing ventilator associated pneumonia. Although this has been mostly addressed through the re-engineering of endotracheal tubes (ETTs) with antimicrobial materials, such material coatings may easily delaminate during use. However, the potential exists to apply nanotechnology to the ETT to a...

Five new thiophenes, namely, N-[(3-bromo-2-methylthiophen-5-yl)methylene]-4-methoxyaniline (4a), N-[(3-bromo-2-methylthiophen-5-yl)methylene]-3,4-dimethoxyaniline (4b),N-[(3-bromo-2-methylthiophen-5-yl)methylene]-3,4-dimethylaniline (4c), 3-[(3-bromo-2-methylthiophen-5-yl)methyleneamino]-2-methylquinazolin-4(3H)-one (4d), and 3-[(3-bromo-2-methylthiophen-5-yl)methyleneamino]-2-isopropylquinazol...

Vinyl chloride (VCM) is unloaded from railroad tank cars or tank trucks into pressurized storage spheres. VCM, emulsifiers, and catalysts are metered into polymerization vessels wherein PVC is produced through a chemical reaction in an aqueous medium under controlled conditions of temperature and pressure. After the reaction reaches a predetermined completion, the contents are transferred to a ...

Although PVC-containing wastes are an important potential source of energy they are frequently disposed in landfill. In thermal treatment processes such as pyrolysis and gasification, the presence of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), a compound with 56.7% of chlorine, may cause problems concerned with environmental protection, as consequence of the formation of hydrochloric acid, chlorine gas and dio...

The Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae (PVC) super-phylum contains bacteria with either complex cellular organization or simple cell structure; it also includes organisms of different lifestyles (pathogens, mutualists, commensal, and free-living). Genome content evolution of this group has not been studied in a systematic fashion, which would reveal genes underlying the emergence of PV...

BACKGROUND Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) may cause subtle changes in left atrium (LA) structure and function which may not be readily detected by conventional parameters. AIM To explore the relationship between PVCs and LA shape and size remodelling in patients without known structural heart disease. METHODS PVC frequency per 24 h was divided into tertiles. Echocardiographic mea...