Under the influence of axial forces and uniform temperature variations, thermal buckling postbuckling composite beams reinforced functionally graded multilayer graphene platelets (GPLs) resting on nonlinear elastic foundations are examined. The Halpin-Tsai model is used to calculate modulus each layer GPL-reinforced (GPLRC). According virtual work principle, governing equations for beam obtaine...

We report on the detection at MeV energies of the radio pulsar PSR B1951+32 by the Compton telescope COMPTEL aboard the COMPTON Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO). Folding the event arrival times with the radio ephemerides, gives for the data collected during CGRO-mission Cycles I+II a pulsar-phase distribution with two peaks, consistent in phase with the pulses measured by EGRET for energies above 1...

Although there are powerful model transformation languages (MTLs) like ATL, model-to-model transformations still are often implemented in general-purpose languages (GPLs) like Java, especially in EMF-based projects. Developers might hesitate to learn another language, use new tools, or they feel limited by the specific but less versatile constructs an MTL provides. However, model transformation...

BACKGROUND Streptococcus equi subsp equi (S. equi) is the cause of "equine strangles" which is a highly infectious upper respiratory disease. Detection of S. equi is influenced by site of specimen collection, method of sampling, and type of diagnostic test that is performed. We hypothesized i) that a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay that targets the S. equi-specific eqbE gene...

The smooth-to-rough colony morphology shift in Mycobacterium abscessus has been implicated in loss of glycopeptidolipid (GPL), increased pathogenicity, and clinical decline in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. However, the evolutionary phenotypic and genetic changes remain obscure. Serial isolates from nine non-CF patients with persistent M. abscessus infection were characterized by colony morphol...

Gp130-like receptor (GPL) is a newly identified cytokine receptor. A recent study reported the involvement of GPL, together with OSMR, in the formation of the receptor complex for IL-31, a novel immune cytokine with a skin tropism. In the present work, we analyzed the signaling properties of IL-31 in glioblastoma and melanoma tumor cells. We demonstrate that in response to IL-31, its receptor c...

Silicon nanoparticles (SNPs) with oxide coatings have been proposed as the source of the observed ““ extended red emission ÏÏ (ERE) from interstellar dust. We calculate the thermal emission expected from such particles, both in a reÑection nebula such as NGC 2023 and in the di†use interstellar medium (ISM). It is shown that SNPs (both neutral and charged) would produce a strong emission 2 featu...

The work focuses on the post- buckling behavior of functionally graded graphene platelet (FG-GPL)-reinforced porous thick rings with open-cell internal cavities under a uniform external pressure. generalized rule mixture and modified Halpin–Tsai model are here used to evaluate effective mechanical properties ring. Three types porosity patterns assumed together five different GPL distributions a...

Layered perovskite iridates realize a rare class of Mott insulators that are predicted to be strongly spin-orbit coupled analogues of the parent state of cuprate high-temperature superconductors. Recent discoveries of pseudogap, magnetic multipolar ordered and possible d-wave superconducting phases in doped Sr2IrO4 have reinforced this analogy among the single layer variants. However, unlike th...

The magnetostatic interaction between two oppositely charged transverse domain walls (TDWs) in adjacent Permalloy nanowires is experimentally demonstrated. The dependence of the pinning strength on wire separation is investigated for distances between 13 and 125 nm. The results can be described fully by considering the distribution of magnetic charge within rigid, isolated TDWs. Alternative DW ...