INTRODUCTION Angiotensin (Ang) IV enhances learning and memory in rats but there are strain differences in its effects in mice. Oxytocin (OT) also influences learning and memory in rats and mice and, in the light of the proposed effects of Ang IV on oxytocinase, the hypothesis that the effects of Ang IV on cognition in mice involve OT was tested. MATERIALS AND METHODS The effects of Ang IV an...

One of the basic equations to analyze the detonation of high explosives is the equation of state of the detonation products. Due to the very high pressure of the product, the direct measurement of the thermodynamic variables such as pressure or temperature is not possible. In this research, the parameters of BKW and HOM equations of state of detonation products are determined via experimental m...

One of the basic equations to analyze the detonation of high explosives is the equation of state of the detonation products. Due to the very high pressure of the product, the direct measurement of the thermodynamic variables such as pressure or temperature is not possible. In this research, the parameters of BKW and HOM equations of state of detonation products are determined via experimental m...

In this paper the efficiency of the electricity generation portfolio of BKW, a major Swiss utility, is analyzed. By applying mean-variance portfolio theory to the current and to possible future generation mixes, efficient frontiers are derived. The analysis based on relative changes in generation costs is complemented by an actual costs analysis. Moreover, a method that takes into account physi...

In the last few decades, natural composite materials have been considered one of highly sustainable ecological alternatives for reducing consumption synthetic materials. Today, research on fiber composites is main thrust their use in various industrial applications. Further, continuous works are being carried out to utilize as an alternative However, inhomogeneity composites, delamination, pull...

We consider the Euler system of compressible and entropic gaz dynamics in a bounded open domain of R with wall boundary condition. We prove the existence and the stability of families of solutions which correspond to a ground state plus a large entropy boundary layer. The ground state is a solution of the Euler system which satisfies some explicit additional conditions on the boundary. These co...