Austenitic stainless steels (AISI316) are used for many commercial and industrial applications for their excellent corrosive resistance. AISI316 is generally difficult to machine material due to their high strength and high work hardening tendency. Tool wear (TW) and surface roughness (SR) are broadly considered the most challenging phases causing poor quality in machining. Optimization of cutt...

BACKGROUND Nursing students often perform poorly on numeracy tests. Whilst one-off interventions have been trialled with limited success, a whole-of-curriculum approach may provide a better means of improving applied numeracy skills. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study is to assess the efficacy of a whole-of-curriculum approach in improving nursing students' applied numeracy skills. DESIGN...

PURPOSE Secondary task engagement that distracts the driver is a contributing factor to motor vehicle crashes among adults. However, the association between eye glance duration and crash risk with novice teenage drivers has not been determined. METHODS Vehicles of 42 newly licensed teenage drivers were instrumented with cameras, accelerometers, Global Positioning System(s) (GPS), and other de...

Nanocomposites of poly(lactide) (PLA) and cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) were fabricated using two different types covalently grafted surface compatibilizers, namely fatty acids (lauric or stearic acid) poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA) bearing reactive epoxy end-groups. Temperature-Modulated DSC analysis informed on weak attractive interaction PLA CNC-g-lauric acid plasticizing CNC-g-stearic aci...

The hydrophilic polymer poly[2-(2-(2-methoxy ethoxy)ethoxy)ethylacrylate] (POEG3A) was grafted onto the reducing end-groups (REGs) of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) allomorphs, and their liquid crystalline properties were investigated. REGs on CNCs extracted from I (CNC-I) are exclusively located at one end crystallite, whereas II (CNC-II) feature both ends so that grafting affords asymmetrically ...

Background: This study set out to evaluate the utility of cerebrovascular virtual non-contrast (VNC) scans. Materials and Methods: Conventional non-contrast (CNC) and dual-energy computed tomography angiography (DE-CTA) head scans were conducted on 100 subjects, of which 46 were normal, 15 had parenchymal hematomas of the brain, 13 had ischemic infarction, 22 had tumors, and 4 had calcified les...

Effective global manufacturing enterprises require internet-based tools and technologies to virtually integrate the efforts of customers, designers, and manufacturers who work in separate office buildings or on separate continents. We present the framework for an internetaccessible, feature-based, CNC programming environment. The environment empowers users from different geographical sites to c...

Computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools are automated devices capable of generating complicated and intricate product shapes in shorter time. Selection of the best CNC machine tool is a critical, complex and time-consuming task due to availability of a wide range of alternatives and conflicting nature of several evaluation criteria. Although, the past researchers had attempted to select ...

In this paper a three-dimensional finite element (FE) model of carbon nanocones (CNCs) is proposed and used for obtaining Young\'s modulus of CNCs. In this model, stretching and bending forces between carbon atoms are simulated using truss elements in ANSYS software. Then the model is subjected to the tension and by obtaining the stiffness of the CNC and using elasticity theory, Young’s modulus...