In contrast to K88-positive porcine enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), K88-negative porcine ETEC strains did not adhere to isolated intestinal epithelial cells in vitro. However, they did adhere to intestinal epithelium in vivo. Growth of one such ETEC (strain 987) in pig small intestine consistently yielded a greater percentage of piliated cells than did growth in vitro. This increase wa...

The volume change and the strain energy stored in an isotropic elastic matrix by a disperse substitution of spherical inclusions are determined by a non-linear analysis which accounts for the second-order elastic e€ects. When reduced to linear theory, the results are compared with those of Eshelby. Ó 1999 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Fully grown broth cultures of various fast- and slow-growing rhizobia were deliberately diluted with various diluents before their aseptic incorporation into autoclaved peat in polypropylene bags (aseptic method) or mixed with the peat autoclaved in trays (tray method). In a factorial experiment with the aseptic method, autoclaved and irradiated peat samples from five countries were used to pre...

In this paper, we deduce a macroscopic strain gradient theory for plasticity from a model of discrete dislocations. We restrict our analysis to the case of a cylindrical symmetry for the crystal in exam, so that the mathematical formulation will involve a two dimensional variational problem. The dislocations are introduced as point topological defects of the strain fields, for which we compute ...

We present the first piezoelectrically modulated resistive switching device based on piezotronic ZnO nanowire (NW), through which the write/read access of the memory cell is programmed via electromechanical modulation. Adjusted by the strain-induced polarization charges created at the semiconductor/metal interface under externally applied deformation by the piezoelectric effect, the resistive s...

Damping material is usually applied on the steel panel of a vehicle to reduce vibration level. On the other hand, the weight reduction is also required to improve fuel consumption. Therefore, modal loss factors induced by damping material on the steel panel of a vehicle body structure need to be maximized with a given volume. In this paper we propose a practical design method to maximize modal ...

A method is derived to detect and localize linear damage in a structure using the measured modal vibration parameters. This method is applicable when the vibration strain energy is stored in the axial or torsional modes, which differentiates it from previously derived strain-energy-based methods. The new method is compared to the previously derived flexibility-change method for comparison. Both...

A method is presented for selecting the subset of identified structural vibration modes to be used in finite element model correlation for structural damage detection. The method is based on a ranking of the modes using measured modal strain energy, and is a function of only the measured modal parameters. It is shown that a mode selection strategy based on maximum modal strain energy produces m...

Background and Aims: During the last years a new Foreskin cell line strain (RFSC) has been isolated, characterized and stored in a representative cell bank stock in liquid nitrogen as a part of HCB (Human Cell Bank) development program in Razi institute. Materials and Methods: The cell population was serially passaged for mass production purpose based on WHO schedule .The controls on pool sampl...

Historians agree that the stored program concept was formulated in 1945 and that its adoption was the most important single step in the development of modern computing. But the “concept” has never been properly defined, and its complex history has left it overloaded with different meanings. The paper surveys its use and development and attempts to separate it into three distinct aspects, each w...