Design of Hygroscopic Bioplastic Products Stable in Varying Humidities

Hygroscopic and phase transition properties of alkyl aminium sulfates at low relative humidities.

Alkyl aminium sulfates (AASs) can affect the physicochemical properties of atmospheric aerosols such as hygroscopicity. Previous laboratory experiments have shown that the water content in AAS bulk solutions is higher than in aqueous ammonium sulfate solution in the range of 60-95% relative humidity (RH). Furthermore, amine was found to evaporate from the solution during the preparation of AASs...

investigating the integration of translation technologies into translation programs in iranian universities: basis for a syllabus design in translation technology

today, information technology and computers are indispensable tools of any profession and translation technologies have become an indispensable part of translator’s workstation. with the increasing demands for high productivity and speed as well as consistency and with the rise of new demands for translation and localization, it is necessary for translators to be familiar with market demands an...

Bioplastic and Biopolymer Production

Biobased performance bioplastic: Mirel.

Each year over 140 million tons of petroleum-based polymers are produced worldwide and used in the production of such plasticsaspolyethylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane, and others. Mostly using oil, coal, and natural gas as raw materials for their manufacturing, these plastics are common in every facet of our lives from the pharmaceutical industry to household use. Approxima...

A Lie Algebraic Approach to Design of Stable Feedback Control Systems with Varying Sampling Rate

This paper addresses the design of a controller family that, given a continuous-time linear plant sampled at a varying rate, asymptotically stabilizes the closed loop. Under the assumption of having a finite and known set of allowable sampling intervals, the problem is formulated as that of stabilizing a discrete-time switched system (DTSS). The solution approach consists in choosing the contro...