In the field of pharmaceutical research, injectable treatment therapy is currently one of the most highly examined methods of drug delivery. The continuation of this research is highly dependent on knowledge of fluid properties, specifically loss and storage modulus. Most drugs in the developmental stages of this method are extremely expensive and limited in quantity. Currently, devices that me...

Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is an infl ammatory disease of large vessels that predominantly affects the aorta and its main branches such as supra-aortic trunks, renal and digestive arteries. The diagnosis is based on criteria proposed by the American College of Rheumatology and modifi ed by Sharma. These vascular lesions present a problem of surgical indications because of their pathogenic partic...

In recent years, various time series models have been proposed for financial markets forecasting. In each case, the accuracy of time series forecasting models are fundamental to make decision and hence the research for improving the effectiveness of forecasting models have been curried on. Many researchers have compared different time series models together in order to determine more efficient ...

I A simple, cheap and reliable method of measuring rheological properties of massecuites and molasses is described. This involves measuring the head loss across an orifice for a given flow rate. Comparisons between results obtained with the orifice viscometer and a pipeline viscometer are presented. INTRODUCTION I The measurement of the rheological properties of massecuites and molasses is impo...

This paper introduces a pruning algorithm with tridiagonal symmetry constraints for feedforward neural network design. The algorithm uses a reeection transform applied to the input{hidden weight matrix in order to reduce it to its tridiagonal form. The designed FANN structures obtained by applying the proposed algorithm are compact and symmetrical. Therefore, they are well suited for eecient ha...

In this paper, extensive study of ring-opening polymerization ε-caprolactone (ε-CL) using lipase Novozym 435 as catalyst in flask level and reactor level were conducted. The polymerization rates increase with an increase in time up to 4 h after which there has been a steep decrease for all temperature from 50 to 100 °C in the flask level. The conclusion out of flask level and reactor level stud...

The history of viscosity measurements is outspread and is believed to date back to when people began measuring the viscosities of engine oils with the advent of the automobile industry [1]. A rotational viscometer is one which can be used to measure viscosity at different temperature. In this treatise, a coaxial cylinder type rotational viscometer (CCTRV) has been designed, constructed and comp...

Marcellin Bugeme, Papa Alioune Seck, Paul Makinko Ilunga, Olivier Mukuku Service de Neuro-Psychiatrie, Cliniques Universitaires de Lubumbashi, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lubumbashi, Centre Neuropsychiatrique Dr Joseph Guislain/Frères de la Charité, Lubumbashi, RDCongo, Centre Hospitalier National Universitaire de Fann, Dakar, Sénégal, Département de Pédiatrie, Cliniques Universitaires d...

We fabricated a He-3 immersion cell for transport measurements of semiconductor nanostructures at ultra low temperatures and in strong magnetic fields. We have a new scheme of field-independent thermometry based on quartz tuning fork Helium-3 viscometry which monitors the local temperature of the sample's environment in real time. The operation and measurement circuitry of the quartz viscometer...