The aim of this study was to assess the activity of catalysts formed by nanostructured zinc oxide supported on stainless steel wire mesh for the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue under UV irradiation. Catalysts prepared by means of different low temperature synthesis methods, as described in a previous work (Vu et al., Mater. Res. Bull. 47 (2012) 1577-1586) were tested. A new activit...

A method for optimizing clock mesh is proposed which diminishes the power in network significantly while considering timing slack. The proposed paper implements the methodology by introducing placement blockages during the IC design flow. Stub wire minimization is achieved by using register placement. Placement of blockages in order to further reduce the power dissipation along with optimized p...

BACKGROUND The orbitocranial approaches are now indispensible for treating lesions of the skull base, providing access to lesions in the anterior and middle cranial fossae, as well as the upper clivus and anterior brainstem. The management of infectious complications of the orbitocranial approaches, however, has evaded the literature. CASE DESCRIPTION We present two cases of patients who unde...

In Arequipa, Peru, vectorborne transmission of Chagas disease by Triatoma infestans has become an urban problem. We conducted an entomologic survey in a periurban community of Arequipa to identify risk factors for triatomine infestation and determinants of vector population densities. Of 374 households surveyed, triatomines were collected from 194 (52%), and Trypanosoma cruzi-carrying triatomin...

Double-twisted hexagonal gabion wire mesh is a type of reinforced soil material that used in retaining walls to stabilize the slope geotechnical engineering. In this study, series tensile tests were conducted investigate behavior mesh. Meanwhile, numerical models built whole loading-strain process. The influence diameter, width, and length on strength evaluated based laboratory simulation. quan...

Image segmentation is the process by which objects are extracted from their surroundings in images. Segmentation in two dimensional images is a well-researched area, with both user-interactive and non-user-interactive tools to perform this function. While research has been done in three-dimensional image segmentation, few user-interactive tools exist that work directly in 3D. We present Live Me...