Current study investigates the effect of two alternative media NPK (20-5-20) fertilizer and NPK plus macrophyte (M+NPK) compared to the commercial medium (WC) under growth rate and physiological parameters in batch culture mode (2-L), and verifies whether the use of fertilizer (NPK) and macrophyte (Eichhornia crassipes) would be a good tool for Haematococcus pluvialis culture in the laboratory....

Two sets of WC-Co grades were produced, with cobalt content ranging from 3 to 50 wt.%. The mean grain size of the two sets was 2.2 and 6 ~tm respectively. The two sets of grades were used to investigate the relationship between hardness and fracture toughness. It was found that at constant WC grain size the relationship is linear. It was also found that in the low toughness range, grades of equ...

Nanostructured coatings with variable contents of tungsten carbide (WC) and amorphous carbon (a-C) are prepared by controlling the sputtering power ratio using WC and graphite targets. XRD and TEM/ED analysis shows that increasing the C incorporation, the WC nanocrystalline phases evolve from γ-W2C to β-WC1-x. Further C enrichment leads to a nanocomposite structure of small WC1-x crystals dispe...

Crossbreeding studies between Meishan (MS) and Large White (LW) pigs have illustrated that increased piglet growth before weaning is attributed to the maternal genotype of LW dams. The objective of this study was to determine the contributions of the maternal uterine environment (MUE), piglet genotype (PigG), piglet age (PA), and their interactions on piglet growth, lactation performance, milk ...

A number of WC-Co cemented carbides with 6–12 wt. % Co were machined and surface finished by grinding or Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM). EDM was executed in deionised water through several consecutive gradually finer steps. Correlations between Material Removal Rate (MRR), surface finish and EDM parameters were derived. The quality and integrity of surface finishes were analysed by Scanni...

Abstract Densely consolidated WC-based hard materials with 5 – 20 vol% ZrSiO 4 was fabricated by spark plasma sintering at 1400 ℃ a constant heating rate of 70 ℃/min −1 . To achieve mechanical alloying WC-ZrSiO , planetary ball milling carried out for 12 h, during which the brittle-brittle components (WC-ZrSiO ) became fragmented and their particles refined. It observed that certain, specific, ...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Obesity, which is a known risk factor for many chronic diseases, has also been associated with vitamin D deficiency. This study explored the relationship between serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations and adiposity measures in a general Korean population using the most recent, nationally representative survey data. SUBJECTS/METHODS The study sample consisted...

We present UV images and spectra of the starburst galaxy I Zw 18, taken with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. The high spatial resolution of these data allows us to isolate clusters containing Wolf-Rayet stars of the subtype WC. Our far-UV spectra clearly show C IV λλ1548,1551 and He II λ1640 emission of WC stars in two clusters: one within the bright (NW) half of I Zw 18, and one on t...

Fe-Cr alloys can potentially replace carcinogenic Co as the binder system in WC-hardmetals. Furthermore, they may be used in emerging applications such as nuclear fusion reactor shielding, where use of Co is forbidden due to the formation of hazardous activated species. In such applications, a good understanding of thermophysical properties is critical to predicting high temperature performance...

abstract- to investigate the effect of draught stress on water relations, stomatal density, chlorophyll content and yield of rapeseed, an experiment was done with four levels of drought stress including l1 (field capacity, fc), l2 (70% available water content, awc), l3 (50% awc), and l4 (30% awc), within three growth stages- including stem elongation (t1), onset of flowering (t2) and silique fo...