This paper presents UV imprinting methods for fabricating a high-aspect-ratio pillar array. A polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) mold was selected as the UV imprinting mold. The pillar pattern was formed on a 50 × 50 mm area on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film without remarkable deformation. The aspect ratios of the pillar and space were about four and ten, respectively. The mold was placed int...

A 64-year data set of daily rainfall and runoff, and average monthly potential evapotranspiration (PET) was split into subsets of 2, 5, 10, 20 and 30 years. Each subset was used to calibrate the AWBM daily rainfall-runoff model. Each subset calibration was then used to estimate runoff from the 64 years of rainfall and PET data. The ratios of calculated to actual total runoff were used to determ...

This study investigated the combined effects of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and crumb rubber (CR) as modifiers on some properties asphaltic concrete. Asphaltic concrete materials were obtained from a construction site. CR 9.5 mm size was by sieving, while PET bottles collected, sorted, washed, dried shredded mechanical means. The physical these determined following standard procedure. Bitu...

In this paper we show how First–Order Hybrid Petri nets, an hybrid positive model that combines fluid and discrete event dynamics, may be efficiently used to simulate the dynamic concurrent activities of manufacturing systems. In particular we deal with the performance analysis via simulation of a mineral water bottling plant according to the variations of the production controlling input param...

Award Number: W81XWH-08-1-0305 TITLE: Specific PET Imaging Probes for Early Detection of Prostate Cancer Metastases PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Xiankai Sun CONTRACTING ORGANIZATION: University of Texas Dallas, Texas 75390 REPORT DATE: May 2009 TYPE OF REPORT: Annual PREPARED FOR: U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702-5012 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT: Approved for p...

Drought is a complex phenomenon which can be characterised mainly by its severity, duration and areal extent. Among these three dimensions, drought severity is the key factor which can be used for drought analysis. Drought indices are typically used to assess drought severity in a meaningful way. DrinC (Drought Indices Calculator) is a software package which was developed for providing a simple...

The optimal conditions of inkjet-printed nano-silver suspension and silver nitrate solution for fabricating continuous narrow conductive lines on a polyimide substrate are investigated. In addition, the effects of driving pulse voltage and droplet coverage on the bulging of as-printed conductive lines are also examined.

Plastic (Polyethylene Terephthalate, PET) is now used as packaging material for a whole range of consumer products in addition to carbonated beverages. Although plastics are very useful product, but the disposal of these wastes has become a problem and is of great concern, particularly in our country. One of the solutions to the disposal of plastic wastes is recycling it...