Severe burn injuries give rise to an extreme state of physiological stress. No other trauma results in such an accelerated rate of tissue catabolism, loss of lean body mass, and depletion of energy and protein reserves. A heightened attention to energy needs is essential, and the significance of adequate nutritional support in the complex management of patients with major burns is very importan...

Flame ignition by short-duration (≈ 50 ns) transient plasma, or corona, discharges was investigated for methane-air, propane-air and butane-air mixtures at atmospheric and elevated pressures. Such discharges produce a larger fraction of high-energy electrons, yield more spatially distributed energy and deposit energy in the gas more efficiently than conventional arc discharges do. We show that ...

the aim of this paper is to determine the use of lean management components in the libraries of medical sciences universities in the north provinces of iran. the methodology is a cross-sectional survey in which the viewpoints of 105 managers and employees in different units of libraries of medical sciences universities are evaluated in mazandaran, golestan, and gilan to determine the applicatio...

Stable ultra-lean combustion is an effective way for natural gas engines to reduce NOx emissions, but it also has higher requirements ignition stability. The passive pre-chamber can effectively increase the energy and extend lean-burn limit of engines. However, scavenging capacity limits its performance under low engine load. In this paper, several pre-chambers are designed, CFD simulation carr...

Passive SCR systems, which employ both a three-way catalyst and catalyst, are effective for the reduction of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from lean burn gasoline engines. However, questions remain regarding effect formulations on their performance in these systems. Here, Pd/CeOx/Al2O3 catalysts with variable CeOx loading were synthesized, characterized, evaluated to determine effects performa...