The present study is concerned with the variational principle and plane wave propagation in double porous thermoelastic infinite medium. Lord-Shulman theory [2] of thermoelasticity with one relaxation time has been used to investigate the problem. It is found that for two dimensional model, there exists four coupled longitudinal waves namely longitudinal wave (P), longitudinal thermal wave (T),...

A hybrid longitudinal-torsional ultrasonic transducer is designed and fabricated in this research. The design of the transducer was performed using the FE method with ABAQUS software, with the aim of combining the longitudinal and torsional vibration modes. The transducer horn is then fabricated using a 4-axis milling machine. The PZT stacks are employed in order to excite the transducer. The t...

This article explores the power of Indigenous teacher mentorship as essential to address “the change in point view” long called for education. Drawing from a longitudinal, ethnographic study an education program predominantly rural, high need region, we examine basic questions: What do master teachers uniquely bring education? In what ways support development socially, culturally, linguisticall...

House re-invasion by native triatomines after insecticide-based control campaigns represents a major threat for Chagas disease vector control. We conducted a longitudinal intervention study in a rural section (Area III, 407 houses) of Pampa del Indio, northeastern Argentina, and used wing geometric morphometry to compare pre-spray and post-spray (re-infestant bugs) Triatoma infestans population...

Acute neurologic deterioration is not a rare event in the surgical decompression for thoracic spinal stenosis. We report a case of transient paraparesis after decompressive laminectomy in a 50-yr-old male patient with multi-level thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum and cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. Decompressive laminectomy from T9 to T11 was performed...

This work studies numerically the generation mechanism of a new type unburnt gas pocket and its effects on characteristics detonation-wave/boundary-layer interaction in supersonic flows. Results show that this is generated due to local re-ignition preheated behind separated oblique shocks, unlike traditional pockets longitudinal instability detonation front. The chemical energy released by area...

The spin-lattice relaxation time τ SL is a key quantity both for the dynam-ical response of ferromagnets excited by laser pulses and as the speed limit of magneto-optical recording. Extending the theory for the electron param-agnetic resonance of magnetic impurities to spin-lattice relaxation in ferro-magnetic rare earths we calculate τ SL for Gd and find a value of 48 ps in very good agreement...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether relationships between physical activity and physical activity injuries are modified by BMI status in youth. METHOD Data were obtained from the 2006 Canadian Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children survey; a representative study of 7,714 grade 6-10 youth. A sub-sample of 1,814 were re-administered the survey in 2007. Analyses considered relationships among the m...

OBJECTIVE We conducted a study to assess the effect of persistence with therapy in the use of statins, beta blockers, or calcium-channel blockers on the recurrence of myocardial infarction or death in a Medicaid high-risk, largely female, African-American population. STUDY DESIGN This was a prospective nonconcurrent cohort, longitudinal data analysis of medical and pharmacy claims of acute my...