The effect of the nanofiller chemistry on the mechanical behaviour of thermoset polymer matrix nanocomposites is investigated. The interaction between a crosslinked polymer resin and the reinforcing nanofibers driven by their chemistry is revealed by molecular dynamics simulations. Specifically, crosslinked network systems of neat epoxy and epoxy-P(St-co-GMA) are modeled to discuss the effect o...

Since its conception and development in the late 1940’s by Fritz Zwicky at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the “morphological approach” – or General Morphological Analysis (GMA) – has been applied to many diverse areas of study, from engineering design and technological forecasting to policy analysis, organisational development and creative writing. This article outlines the n...

BACKGROUND AIMS Endoscopy is the gold standard for the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with Crohn disease (CD). However, a less invasive approach is now being sought for the management of these patients. The objective of this study was to examine whether (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) might be relevant for monitoring the disease activity in CD patients und...

Um dem zunehmenden Engagement von Studierenden in der Ausbildung ihrer Kommilitonen gerecht zu werden, wurde auf der diesjährigen Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA) in Graz zum vierten Mal der "Preis für Lehrende Studierende" vergeben. Hintergrund ist das weiterhin zunehmende Engagement von Studierenden in der Verbesserung der Ausbildung ihrer Kommilitonen z.B. in F...

in this paper, changes of casson non-newtonian fluid velocity profile, for different distribution of porosity, have been investigated. for distribution of porosity, fixed, radial and exponential variations has been considered. for all three states, brinkman model has been used as momentum equation. since the casson fluid is a good model for blood, this analysis can be used in studying about cho...

Most of the composites and sealants used in dentistry are based on bisphenol A diglycidylether methacrylate (Bis-GMA) and triethylenglycol dimethacrylate (Teg-DMA). Reports revealed that in situ polymerization is not complete and that free monomers can be detected by different analytical methods. We studied residual Bis-GMA and Teg-DMA after in vitro polymerization by high performance liquid ch...

In the summer of 2000, we released genetically altered insect-pathogenic fungi onto a plot of cabbages at a field site on the Upper Marlboro Research Station, Md. The transformed derivatives of Metarhizium anisopliae ARSEF 1080, designated GPMa and GMa, carried the Aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein (gfp) gene alone (GMa) or with additional protease genes (Pr1) (GPMa). The study (i) co...

in the present work, we have examined the ability of some different equations of state in predicting the joule-thomson coefficient, ?j-t, of different fluids. for dense fluids, for which density is greater than the boyle density, ?b, two appropriate equations of state, namely the linear isotherm regularity, lir, and the dense system equation of state, dseos, have been examined. the results show...