Passive solar systems such as solar chimneys need solar radiation in order to work. Therefore, they cannot present stable natural ventilation when solar energy vanishes: to have a more robust and stable condition, solar energy should be stored during the day and released back during the night. Phase change materials can save additional thermal energy during the day and release it during the nig...

the acidity constants (pka) of thirty four (34) ;-substituted carboxylic acids in aqueous solution havebeen calculated using conductor-like polarizable continuum (c-pcm) solvation model. the gasphaseenergies at the density functional theory (dft-mpw1pw91) and solvation energies athartree fock (hf) are combined to estimate the pka values which are very close to the experimentalvalues where, and ...

Phase change material (PCM) used in buildings can reduce the building energy consumption and indoor temperature fluctuation. A composite PCM has been fabricated by the binary eutectic mixture of tetradecanol (TD) and lauric acid (LA) absorbed into the expanded perlite (EP) using vacuum impregnation method, and its thermal conductivity was promoted by aluminium powder (AP) additive. Besides, the...

The actions of phencyclidine [1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine, PCP] and its morpholine analog [1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)morpholine, PCM] on ionic currents of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors were studied at the neuromuscular junction of frog skeletal muscle and on embryonic rat muscle cells in tissue culture. PCP and PCM reduced the peak amplitude and the decay time constant of the endplate curr...

Integration of phase change materials (PCMs) into building fabrics is considered to be one of the potential and effective ways of minimizing energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the building sector. In order to assess the thermal effectiveness of this concept, composite PCM drywall samples (i.e. randomly-mixed and laminated PCM drywalls) have been evaluated in a model passive solar building....

Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic granulomatous mycosis caused by the fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Also known as South American blastomycosis and Lutz-Splendore-Almeida disease, PCM is endemic in South and Central America, especially in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Argentina. Its chronic form, which accounts for more than 80% of cases, usually affects men between ...