OBJECTIVE Patients with diabetic neuropathy (DN) demonstrate variable degrees of nerve regeneration and degeneration. Our aim was to identify risk factors associated with sural nerve degeneration in patients with DN. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Demographic, anthropometric, biochemical, and anatomical data of subjects with DN from a 52-week trial of acetyl-L-carnitine were retrospectively exam...

In concentrated solar energy applications, the Stirling engine is optimum option for extracting mechanical work. The engine's most notable features are minimal noise, vibration, and pollution, as well its capacity to function with any external heat source, including biomass, energy, industrial waste. gamma-type STE-1008 subject of our research. This can handle a maximum charging pressure 10 bar...

We propose the design of an all-optical 2R regenerator capable of handling multiple wavelength-division-multiplexed channels simultaneously. It extends the known concept of off-center filtering of self-phase-modulation-broadened signal spectra. The novel feature of the proposed device is a dispersion map that strongly suppresses interchannel impairments. The map employs several sections of nonl...

Wastewater minimization can be achieved by employing water reuse opportunities. This paper presents a methodology to address the problem of wastewater minimization by extending the concept of water reuse to include a wastewater regenerator. The regenerator purifies wastewater to such a quality that it can be reused in other operations. This further increases water reuse opportunities in the pla...

Magnetic cooling has been researched as an alternative near room-temperature refrigeration technology for the past two decades. However, one of its greatest limitations is lack materials which can be properly shaped optimal thermal-hydraulic performance while maintaining a substantial magnetocaloric effect at moderate fields (i.e., between 1 and 2 T) remaining mechanically (and chemically) stab...

The article presents verification and validation of a numerical model conjugated heat mass transfer processes aerodynamics in fixed "honeycomb" type regenerator with square channels for recovery from the exhaust air local ventilation system. are simulated by CFD method. influence condensation evaporation moisture humid on efficiency has been investigated through these simulations is shown artic...

  Performance and capacity of sulfur recovery unit (SRU) are greatly affected by the H2S:CO2 ratio of the acid gas stream. The acid gases in Iran contain around 35 mol% H2S and 60 mol% CO2. This low concentration of H2S calls for more complex sulfur plant, larger equipments, and higher costs. Acid gas enrichment processes (AGE) is run to upgrade low quality acid gas collected from gas treating...

In this article, we introduce the regenerator location problem (RLP), which deals with a constraint on the geographical extent of transmission in optical networks. Specifically, an optical signal can only travel a maximum distance of dmax before its quality deteriorates to the point that it must be regenerated by installing regenerators at nodes of the network. As the cost of a regenerator is h...