A process was explored for continuous enzymatic liquefaction of corn starch at high concentration and subsequently saccharification to glucose. The process appears to be quite efficient for conversion of starch to glucose and enzymatic liquefaction and should be readily adaptable to industrial fermentation processes. Preliminary work indicated that milled corn or other cereal grains also can be...

Abstract The city of Algiers (Algeria) is a highly seismic area, and therefore, soil liquefaction poses major concern for structures resting on sandy soil. A campaign 62 static penetration tests or cone penetrometer (CPT) was carried out site located in the commune Dar El Beïda Algiers. Liquefaction Potential Index (LPI) values were assessed, each borehole, based simplified procedure Seed Idris...

In the past decade, computational intelligence (CI) techniques have been widely adopted in various fields such as business, science and engineering, as well as information technology. Specifically, hybrid techniques using artificial neural networks (ANNs) and genetic algorithms (GAs) are becoming an important alternative for solving problems in the field of engineering in comparison to traditio...

Bioactive phospholipids (PL), particularly lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC), are being increasingly implicated in the pathogenesis of various acute and chronic inflammatory disorders, particularly those of the airways, while there is emerging evidence that vitamin E may function as a natural antagonist of these lipid mediators of inflammation. The aims of this study were to document the effects of...

This study is an attempt to investigate the effect of the nano-kaolinite concentration on the liquefaction resistance of liquefiable sand from Gorgan city of Iran. To examine the influence of the nano-kaolinite concentration on the liquefaction resistance of nano-kaolinite-sand mixtures, three different nano-kaolinite concentrations: 3%, 6% and 9% were prepared. Cyclic triaxial tests were condu...

A main memory system employs a main memory rather than a disk as a primary storage and efficiently supports various real time applications that require high performance. The time to recover the system from failure needs to be shortened for real time service, and fast index reconstruction is an essential step for data recovery. In this paper, we present a snappy B+-Tree reconstruction algorithm ...

The city of Portoviejo in coastal Ecuador was severely affected during the 16 April 2016, Pedernales earthquake (Mw 7.8). Various coseismic liquefaction phenomena occurred, inducing lateral spreading, sand boils, ground subsidence, and sinkholes soils with poor geotechnical quality alluvial alluvial–colluvial sedimentary environment. Therefore, main aim this study to collect data from standard ...

Recent ground failure case histories after 1994 Northridge, 1999 Kocaeli and 1999 Chi-Chi earthquakes revealed that low-plasticity silt-clay mixtures generate significant cyclic pore pressures and can exhibit a strain-softening response, which may cause significant damage to overlying structural systems. In this study, results of cyclic tests performed on undisturbed specimens of ML, CL, MH and...

The subseasonal prediction of polar low (PL) activity is explored using a hybrid statistical-dynamical approach. A previously developed PL genesis potential index paired with ECMWF reforecasts and forecasts to predict regional statistics across the sub-Arctic. Regional skillfully predicted in all regions at forecast ranges up month. Additionally, predictability limit this framework (estimated r...

We tested the hypothesis that the time constants (τ) of postexercise T2* MRI signal intensity (an index of O2 delivery) and muscle [PCr] (an index of metabolic perturbation, measured by (31)P-MRS) in hypoxia would be accelerated after dietary nitrate (NO3 (-)) supplementation. In a double-blind crossover design, eight moderately trained subjects underwent 5 days of NO3 (-) (beetroot juice, BR; ...