Microstructural and mechanical characterization of 10 vol% SiC particles (SiCp) reinforced 6061 Al-based composite fabricated by powder thixoforming (PTF) was investigated in comparison with the PTF and permanent mold cast (PMC) 6061 monolithic alloys. The results reveal that the microstructure of the PMC alloy consists of coarse and equiaxed α dendrites and interdendritic net-like eutectic pha...

Polymer Thick Film (PTF) technology provides the lowest cost, cleanest and most efficient manufacturing method for producing flexible circuits. PTF is a 100% additive process capable of applying conductors, resistors and dielectrics directly to a substrate. SMD components can be assembled using low temperature process conductive adhesives making the PTF system compatible with the most temperatu...

Using slit lamp fluorophotometry it was demonstrated that the rate of drainage of a vehicle placed in the eye increased with increasing volume and that polymer solutions increased the thickness of the precorneal tear film (PTF). By increasing the viscosity of the delivery vehicle, (e.g., a hydroxypropylmethylcellulose polymer solutions), the PTF retention of fluorescein could be increased. The ...

BACKGROUND Prevalence and prognostic significance of abnormal P terminal force (PTF) in the general population are not known. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of abnormal PTF and to compare clinical outcomes of middle-aged subjects with and without the PTF. METHODS AND RESULTS The presence of PTF was assessed in a cohort of 10 647 middle-aged subjects (mean age [SD], 44 [8] ...

In this paper we give new extremal bounds on polynomial threshold function (PTF) representations of Boolean functions. Our results include the following: • Almost every Boolean function has PTF degree at most n2 + O( √ n log n). Together with results of Anthony and Alon, this establishes a conjecture of Wang and Williams [32] and Aspnes, Beigel, Furst, and Rudich [4] up to lower order terms. • ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Phonation threshold flow (PTF) may provide a tool to assess laryngeal function and could differentiate between normal and pathological voices. Both polyps and nodules contribute to an increased PTF by creating an incomplete glottal closure and increased vocal fold mass and thickness. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. METHODS The Kay Elemetrics Phonatory Aerodynamic Syste...

Understanding the role of miRNAs in regulating the molecular mechanisms responsive to drought stress was studied in Paulownia "yuza 1." Two small RNA libraries and two degradome libraries were, respectively, constructed and sequenced in order to detect miRNAs and their target genes associated with drought stress. A total of 107 miRNAs and 42 putative target genes were identified in this study. ...

Poncirus trifoliata fruit (PTF) affects the digestive and cardiovascular systems, and kidney function. The authors studied the effects of ethyl acetate (EtOAc) extract of PTF on the activities of osteoblasts and in an animal model. The main compounds of the EtOAc extract, naringin and poncirin have been confi rmed by HPLC and NMR analysis. Effects of osteoblastic differentiation were mea-sured ...

A total of 1,263 adults from Newfoundland and Labrador were studied in the research. Body mass index (BMI) and percent trunk fat (PTF) were analyzed as biomarkers for obesity. The Mendelian randomization (MR) approach with two single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the fat-mass and obesity (FTO) gene as instruments was employed to assess the causal effect. In both genders, increasing physical activ...

A Boolean function f : {1,−1}n → {1,−1} is said to be sign-represented by a real polynomial p : Rn → R if sgn(p(x)) = f(x) for all x ∈ {1,−1}n. The PTF density of f is the minimum number of monomials in a polynomial that sign-represents f . It is well known that every n-variable Boolean function has PTF density at most 2n. However, in general, less monomials are enough. In this paper, we presen...