The combination of fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) and high-volume fly ash self-compacting concrete (HVFA-SCC) reinforced is expected to solve the problem steel corrosion in traditional structures develop sustainable infrastructures. Bond behaviour has a strong effect on serviceability FRP structures. To achieve acceptance this novel composite practical construction design, it significantly impo...

Osmotic adjustment was studied in cultured cells of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill cv VFNT-Cherry) adapted to different levels of external water potential ranging from -4 bar to -28 bar. The intracellular concentrations of reducing sugars, total free amino acids, proline, malate, citrate, quaternary ammonium compounds, K(+), NO(3) (-), Na(+), and Cl(-) increased with decreasing external w...

This POCT (point of care testing) team was constructed at the start of 2012 to implement the POCT project aiming to define and test the hypothesis that interfacing POCT devices to a clinical electronic order communications system reduces patient waiting times in an NHS Accident and Emergency Department (A&E). The devices selected for evaluation initially comprised the Sysmex XS 1000i haematolog...

In the present paper, fracture mechanisms and corresponding stress distributions in aluminium cast alloy locally reinforced by SiC particles and Al2O3 whiskers under monotonic and cyclic load are investigated experimentally and numerically. The material is monotonically and cyclically deformed to failure at room temperature. The fracture origin and the fracture path are investigated on the frac...

The eating, drinking and gnawing behavior induced by electrical stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus (ESLH) in rats was studied in order to assess the role of reinforcement in controlling the behavior. In the first study, an attempt was made to modify the initial stimulus-bound behavior to emerge by giving the animal previous experience with the drinking response in the presence of ESLH. The...

BACKGROUND There are no established guidelines for the surgical prep of an external fixator in the operative field. This study investigates the effectiveness of different prep solutions and methods of application. METHODS Forty external fixator constructs, consisting of a rod, pin, and pin to rod coupling device, were immersed in a broth of Staphylococcus aureus (lux) for 12 hours. Constructs...

We study the observed correlation between atomic gas content and the likelihood of hosting a large-scale bar in a sample of 2090 disc galaxies. Such a test has never been done before on this scale. We use data on morphologies from the Galaxy Zoo project and information on the galaxies’ H I content from the Arecibo Legacy Fast Arecibo L-band Feed Array (ALFALFA) blind H I survey. Our main result...

If two populations become geographically isolated from one another, differences in their environments can drive the evolution of new traits over time that eventually result in the emergence of two species where once there was one. Trouble arises however, when individuals from two such populations meet up again before the speciation process is complete. Although partially diverged species can st...

OBJECTIVE To measure the variation in posterior tibial slope angle and patellar height in patients who underwent proximal tibial valgus-producing osteotomy using the medial-opening wedge technique. METHODS Anteroposterior panoramic radiographs of the lower limbs and lateral radiographs of the knee obtained before and after tibial valgus-producing osteotomy on 46 patients with unicompartmental...

Prolonged interaction with cage bars by captive mammals (usually classed as stereotypic) may reflect poor welfare. Such behaviour may arise from motivation to investigate the external environment or to escape captivity. However, these hypotheses have not been explicitly tested. We raised mice, Mus musculus, to adulthood in modified laboratory cages with two sets of bars at the top and side of t...