Experiments have been performed on the thermal behavior of a collector–storage wall system using PCM (phase change material). PCM slabs were attached on the gap-side wall surface to increase the heat storage. The test was carried out for a whole day with charging period of 6.5 h and discharging period of 17.5 h, respectively. Wall and air temperatures as well as air velocity in the gap were mea...

Ciliopathies are caused by mutations in genes encoding proteins required for cilia organization or function. We show through colocalization with PCM-1, that OFD1 (the product of the gene mutated in oral-facial-digital syndrome 1) as well as BBS4 and CEP290 (proteins encoded by other ciliopathy genes) are primarily components of centriolar satellites, the particles surrounding centrosomes and ba...

Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) have been widely applied in electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage devices. The battery thermal management system (BTMS) critically impacts the safety degradation of LiBs. Phase change material (PCM) is a promising passive BTMS solution owing to its high latent heat non-parasitic power consumption requirements. In this paper, paraffin (PA) as PCM was embedded co...

Centrosomes are the major microtubule-organizing centers of mammalian cells. They are composed of a centriole pair and surrounding microtubule-nucleating material termed pericentriolar material (PCM). Bipolar mitotic spindle assembly relies on two intertwined processes: centriole duplication and centrosome maturation. In the first process, the single interphase centrosome duplicates in a tightl...

A detailed examination of the infinite dimensional loop algebra of hidden symmetry transformations of the Principal Chiral Model reveals it to have a structure differing from a standard centreless Kac-Moody algebra. A new infinite dimensional abelian symmetry algebra is shown to preserve a symplectic form on the space of solutions. 1. We have recently obtained [1] a novel free-field parametrisa...

A biologically significant relationship between precancerous mastopathy (PCM), in situ carcinoma (ISC), and invasive breast carcinoma is evidenced by the following: (a) PCM and ISC are commonly associated with each other and with invasive breast cancer; (b) Stage O PCM and ISC are both associated with an increased risk of subsequent breast cancer; (c) patients with Stage O PCM and ISC are more ...

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cells are influenced by high energy, reliability, and robustness. However, they produce a noticeable amount of heat during the charging discharging process. This paper presents an optimal thermal management system (TMS) using phase change material (PCM) PCM-graphite for cylindrical Li-ion module. The experimental results show that maximum temperature module under na...

image segmentation is an essential issue in image description and classification. currently, in many real applications, segmentation is still mainly manual or strongly supervised by a human expert, which makes it irreproducible and deteriorating. moreover, there are many uncertainties and vagueness in images, which crisp clustering and even type-1 fuzzy clustering could not handle. hence, type-...

Human ES cells (hESCs) and human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) are usually generated and maintained on living feeder cells like mouse embryonic fibroblasts or on a cell-free substrate like Matrigel. For clinical applications, a quality-controlled, xenobiotic-free culture system is required to minimize risks from contaminating animal-derived pathogens and immunogens. We previously repo...