The thermal balance analysis is a useful method to determine energy distribution and efficiency of internal combustion (IC) engines. In engines cooling concepts, estimation of heat transfer to brake power ratio, as one of the most significant performance characteristics, is highly demanded. In this paper, investigation of energy balance and derivation of specific heat rejection is carried out e...

PURPOSE To elucidate the correlation between visual threshold of optokinetic tracking (OKT), visual evoked potential (VEP), and histopathology at different time points after induction of experimental autoimmune optic neuritis (EAON). METHODS EAON was induced in C57BL/6 mice by subcutaneous immunization with an emulsified mixture of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)(35-55) peptide. OKT...

Assuming a symmetric transmit filter for which the receive filter is to be optimised, we expect the symmetric receive fdter coefficients (eqn. 12) to be practically the same as those for the nonsymmetric filters (eqn. 5). This is verified by a set of examples with different receive filter lengths NR and transmit filter excess bandwidth values a. An AWGN channel with SNR = 8dB (i.e. no linear di...

A new sonographic contrast agent, gelatin-encapsulated nitrogen microbubbles, was introduced intraarterially to enhance the high-resolution sonographic scan of an experimental brain abscess. The echogenicity produced by the microbubbles correlated closely to the site and distribution of abscess neovascularity. The contrast agent aided in the detection of small necrotic centers in the late stage...

Optical methods that give displacement or strain fields are now emerging significantly in the mechanical sciences. In the Material Research laboratory at École des Mines d'Albi, we have developed a binocular stereovision system that can be used a) to measure the 3D shape of a static object or b) to measure the deformations of an object undergoing some 3D mechanical or thermal stress. In this pa...

BACKGROUND The results of studies examining the response to experimental pain during the menstrual cycle are conflicting because of differences in the definitions of the menstrual period, outcome measures and types of experimental pain stimulation. So far, there have been only a few studies correlating experimental pain with the levels of gonadal hormones over the menstrual cycle. Therefore, we...