K. Rastle and M. Coltheart (1999) demonstrated that both nonwords and low-frequency regular words are named more slowly when mixed with first-phoneme irregular word fillers (e.g., CHEF) than when mixed with third-phoneme irregular word fillers (e.g., GLOW). Those authors suggested that their effects were due to a strategic de-emphasis of the nonlexical route when first-phoneme irregular fillers...

Starch microparticles (SM) were prepared by delivering ethanol as the precipitant into a starch paste solution dropwise. Chemically modified starch microparticles (CSM) were fabricated by a reaction with malic acid using the dry-preparation technique. Composites were prepared using CSM and various cellulose materials as fillers within glycerol plasticized– corn starch matrix through the casting...

We utilized oil/water interfaces as a new field to produce lipid nanotubes (LNTs), which are formed by the self-assembly of lipid molecules, and possess hollow nanometer-wide cylindrical structures. Compared to the self-assembling field in bulk water, oil/water interfaces produced shorter lipids nanotubes less than 10 microm long more efficiently. In addition, we found that the oil/water interf...

This paper examines the effect of surface treatment and filler shape factor on the fracture toughness and elastic modulus of epoxy-based nanocomposite. Two forms of nanofillers, polydopamine-coated montmorillonite clay (D-clay) and polydopamine-coated carbon nanofibres (D-CNF) were investigated. It was found that Young's modulus increases with increasing D-clay and D-CNF loading. However, the f...

Nanoindentation techniques are widely used for the study of nanomechanical properties of thin nanocomposite coatings. Theoretical concepts and practical use of nanoindentation method are summarized with reporting the applications of these tests in characterization of some particular thin nanocomposite hybrid coatings prepared by sol-gel process. The better mechanical properties can be obtained ...

Abstract Leaching and instability in wax-based phase change materials (PCMs) are serious application problems. Herein, we developed paper-like (~ 100 µm) flexible, composite PCMs by hydraulic compression of 1-cm-thick polyimide foams between an aluminum foil a (nano) ceramic Parafilm®. An unfilled PCM film placed the foam surface ensured strong adhesion collapsed metal. Different concentrations...

We propose a method that uses a filler prediction model for building a language model that includes fillers from a corpus without fillers. In our method, a filler prediction model is trained from a corpus that does not cover domain-relevant topics. It recovers fillers in inexact transcribed corpora in the target domain, and then a language model that includes fillers is built from the corpora. ...

Injectable fillers are widely used for facial rejuvenation, correction of disabling volumetric fat loss in HIV-associated facial lipoatrophy, Romberg disease, and post-traumatic facial disfiguring. The purpose of this article is to acquaint the reader with the anatomy of facial fat compartments, as well as with the properties and key imaging features of commonly used facial fillers, filler-rela...

Dynamic dielectric properties of an isotactic polypropylene matrix grafted with maleic anhydride (CA 100) and then crosslinked by polyether amine molecules reinforced different weight percentages graphite nanoplatelets (GNPs), KNG180, were studied for the first time compared to those obtained DMA (Dynamic Mechanical Analysis). The main objective this work was investigate reinforcement effect GN...