The main objective of the work reported here is to assess factors that could affect the outcome of a proposed open flame test for barrier fabrics (BF-open flame test). The BF-open flame test characterizes barrier effectiveness by monitoring the ignition of a flexible polyurethane foam (FPUF) layer placed in contact with the upper side of the barrier fabric, exposed to a burner flame from below....

decreased water holding capacity are believed to skin barrier dysfunction. It was surprising that we found positive correlation between TEWL and water holding capacity in AD. Conclusions: The results of TEWL and water holding capacity suggest that the barrier function of stratum corneum is impaired in AD patients. On the one hand, further studies should be required to explain the unexpected cor...

5 6 7 8 1 Department of Internal Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Health Exercise & Sports Science of 9 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, USA. 10 2 School of Health Sciences, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, 48859, USA. 11 3 The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, 12 University of Copenhagen,...

The bias and temperature dependent resistance and magnetoresistance of magnetic tunnel junctions with and without intentional shorts through the insulating barrier were studied. Based on the experimental results, a set of quality criteria was formulated that enables the identification of barrier shorts. While the temperature and bias dependencies of the junction resistance and of the fitted bar...

Suspension plasma spraying has become an emerging technology for the production of thermal barrier coatings for the gas turbine industry. Presently, though commercial systems for coating production are available, coatings remain in the development stage. Suitable suspension parameters for coating production remain an outstanding question and the influence of suspension properties on the final c...

It has been shown previously that a panel comprising a cellular array can yield a normal incidence transmission loss in a specified low frequency range that is significantly larger than that of a homogeneous panel having the same mass per unit area. The cellular metamaterial considered consists of a periodic arrangement of unit plates held in a grid-like frame. However, when the incident sound ...

This paper experimentally studies the temperature dependencies of current–voltage (I–V) and capacitance–voltage (C–V) characteristics of SiC power devices, and discusses the relationships between physical phenomena and the measured characteristics in SiC. Two SiC Schottky barrier diodes (SBD) with different specifications were studied for temperatures ranging from 25 to 450◦C. Their I–V charact...

Under normal circumstances, epidermis must be as impermeable as possible except for a small amount of water loss to hydrate the outer layers of the SC. Although all living cells require water to function, some “dead” cells also require water to be metabolically active. As it is the case of corneocytes, epidermis must retain sufficient water to (a) hydrate the outer layers of the SC to maintain ...