The study investigated the effects of short-term thermo-mechanical (STTM) densification temperature and pressure on changes in surface wettability of alder (Alnus glutinosa), beech (Fagus sylvatica), birch (Betula verrucosa) and pine (Pinus sylvestris) wood veneer. Veneer sheets were densified using pressure levels of 4 MPa, 8 MPa and 12 MPa at three temperatures: 100°C, 150°C and 200°C for a s...

In this study, the application of microwave treatment for wood plasticisation and its densification for flooring system purposes is presented. Microwave plasticisation was carried out using a continuous laboratory device at a frequency of 2.45 GHz, and the testing samples made from European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) wood were plasticised at different power modes (2 kW, 3.5 kW, and 5 kW). After...

Network densification is one of key technologies in future networks to significantly increase network capacity. The gain obtained by network densification for fixed terminals have been studied and proved. However for mobility users, there are a number of issues, such as more frequent handover, packet loss due to high mobility, interference management and so on. The conventional solutions are to...

The existing work on densification of one permutation hashing [24] reduces the query processing cost of the (K,L)-parameterized Locality Sensitive Hashing (LSH) algorithm with minwise hashing, from O(dKL) to merely O(d + KL), where d is the number of nonzeros of the data vector, K is the number of hashes in each hash table, and L is the number of hash tables. While that is a substantial improve...

The low bulk density and low flowability of lignocellulosic biomass feedstock have been regarded widely as major barriers for a sustainable and efficient supply system. Densification of biomass is a viable option to increase the bulk (and inherent energy) density and flowability of feedstock, leading to improved efficiency of the supply system. The energy consumption of feedstock densification ...

In large mammals there is a correlation between microtubule network densification and contractile dysfunction in severe pressure-overload hypertrophy. In small mammals there is a similar correlation for the shift to beta-myosin heavy chain (MHC), a MHC isoform having a slower ATPase Vmax. In this study, murine left ventricular (LV) pressure overload invoked both mechanisms: microtubule network ...

Ionic electrospray thrusters are promising candidates for CubeSat propulsion systems in space, due to their low power requirement and small form factor. Current technology has demonstrated thrust levels of 10 40pN, enabling station keeping and attitude adjustment maneuvers. Densification of emitter arrays could increase the thrust density and potentially expand the application space for electro...

A model is presented that predicts peak stress, minimum stress, average stress, densification strain, and composite density in order to determine the energy absorption per unit volume and energy absorption per unit mass of metal matrix syntactic foams reinforced with hollow ceramic spheres subjected to unconstrained compression testing. Comparison of predictions to experimental data for Al-A206...

One fascinating high-pressure behavior of tetrahedral glasses and melts is the local coordination change with increasing pressure, which provides a structural basis for understanding numerous anomalies in their high-pressure properties. Because the coordination change is often not retained upon decompression, studies must be conducted in situ. Previous in situ studies have revealed that the sho...

A comparative study of the changes in the chemical structure and properties of hydrogen silsesquioxane HSQ resists induced by thermal curing and electron-beam exposure has been conducted. Studies using Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopy suggested similar behavior in the redistribution of bonds for both processes. Quantitative analysis of both spectra revealed the existence of a critic...