Authors: Steven Devos, Flanders MECHATRONICS Technology Centre, Leuven, Belgium Bert Stallaert, division PMA, Mech. Eng. Dpt., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Gregory Pinte, Flanders MECHATRONICS Technology Centre Wim Symens, Flanders MECHATRONICS Technology Centre Paul Sas, division PMA, Mech. Eng. Dpt., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Jan Swevers, division PMA, Mech. Eng. Dpt., Katholieke Unive...

The chemical kinetics and associated thermodynamics of the GRI-MECH 3.0 model is described and modeled with the Bader–Deuflhard and the Cash–Karp Runge–Kutta Integrators as implemented by W.T. Vetterling et al. in Kintecus V3.0. Comparisons are made to verify the mathematical correctness of the chemical kinetic model against those already published models and the experimental data in the litera...

In this paper we extend the phase-field model of crystallographic slip of Ortiz (1999 J. Appl. Mech. ASME 66 289–98) and Koslowski et al (2001 J. Mech. Phys. Solids 5

The aim of this study was to investigate both functionally and structurally bronchodilator effects of Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide (PACAP38) and acetyl-[Ala15, Ala20] PACAP38-polyamide, a potent PACAP38 analog, in rats challenged by methacholine (MeCh). Male Wistar rats were divided randomly into five groups. Groups 1 and 2 inhaled respectively aerosols of saline or increasing...

Current methodologies used for the inference of thin film stress through system curvature measurements are strictly restricted to stress and curvature states which are assumed to remain uniform over the entire film/substrate system. Recently Huang, Rosakis, and coworkers [Acta Mech. Sinica, 21, pp. 362–370 (2005); J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 53, 2483– 2500 (2005); Thin Solid Films, 515, pp. 2220–222...

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An undesirable sensory attribute (“floral taint”) has been detected in red wines North America, caused by leaves and petioles (materials other than grapes [MOG]) introduced during mechanical harvest after killing frosts. From 2017 to 2019, several strategies were evaluated on Ontario Cabernet franc: hand (HH), conventional machine harvesting (MECH), Braud-New Holland Opti (OPTI), Gregoire GL8, ...

Based on 65 free-ranging gray wolves (Canis lupus) of known age and 25 of estimated age examined during summers of 1970–2004 in northeastern Minnesota, body mass of both males and females peaked at 5 or 6 years of age, with mean masses of 40.8 kg and 31.2 kg, respectively. Testis size varied as a function of age and month through at least 8 years of age, with length plus width ranging from 1.9 ...

Crossbred horned steers and heifers (n = 40; BW = 311.8 ± 4.7 kg) were used to determine the effect of dehorning methods on pain, cattle behavior, and wound healing. Cattle were blocked by weight and randomly assigned to 1 of 4 treatments: 1) control (CON), 2) banded using high tension elastic rubber (BAND), 3) mechanically removed (MECH), or 4) tipped (TIP). Vocalization and behavior were reco...