This article describes a commercial quartz tuning fork (QTF), 8 mm in height by 3 mm in diameter, holding a two-terminal electronic component with a nominal frequency of 32.768 kHz and 12.5 pF typical load capacitance packed in a vacuum-sealed metal container, which has been used as a sensor for low-temperature measurement with good sensitivity, repeatability, and reliability. An embedded reado...

We present a small angle neutron scattering (SANS) study into the micellar structures of diblock copolymer E18B9 (where E denotes a ethylene oxide unit and B denotes a butylene oxide unit, 18 and 9 being the number of repeat units respectively) in aqueous solution over a range of five different concentrations (0.2, 1.0, 10.0, 20.0, and 40.0% (by mass fraction)) and eight temperatures (10 to 90 ...

Some patients with headache report that they have frequently used physical therapies such as application of cold to relieve their headache. There are only a few reported studies related to cold therapies in patients with migraine. In this study, we investigated the effect of cold application on migraine patients. Twenty-eight migraine patients were included. Cold therapy was administered to the...

Modern automobiles are entirely controlled by electronic circuits and programs which undoubtedly exposes them to the threat of cyberattacks. Alongside, there is a potential for massive growth in electric vehicle (EV) adoption. The cyber vulnerabilities are magnified with electric vehicles because of the unique and critical risks that entail most EV batteries. EV battery packs provide ‘limited d...

Blockholder monitoring is central to corporate governance, but blockholders large enough exercise significant unilateral influence are rare. Mechanisms that enable moderately sized exert collective therefore important. Existing theory suggests engagement by unlikely, especially when the blocks held delegated asset managers who have limited skin in game. We present a model which multiple engage ...

objective: the aim of present study was to evaluate the quality, density and thickness of newly formed bone in experimental defects treated with combi-pack®, bio-oss® and biostite®. materials and methods: eight new zealand white rabbits were included in this randomized,blinded study. four equal 3×6 mm bone defects were created on the frontal and parietal bones of each animal and three were imme...

Gene duplication is an important mechanism for evolution of new genes. In plants, a special group of transposable elements, called Pack-MULEs or transduplicates, is able to duplicate and amplify genes or gene fragments on a large scale. Despite the abundance of Pack-MULEs, the functionality of these duplicates is not clear. Here, we present a comprehensive analysis of expression and purifying s...

Several multi-decadal simulations have been carried out with the new version of the CCSM climate model. This paper reports an analysis of the land component of these simulations. Global annual averages over land appear to be within the uncertainty of observational data sets but the seasonal cycle over land of temperature and precipitation appear too weak. These departures from observations appe...