Effective grain boundary diffusion (GBD) process with Dy–Al co-sorption is applied to enhance the coercivity of Nd–Fe–B sintered magnets. The magnet (HcJ = 1789 kA·m?1) subjected present GBD treatment was observed be superior that untreated 1003 and conventional 1661 treated DyAl alloy. In magnet, facilitated Dy into center region (thickness: 3.5 mm), resulting in high coercivity. Further, magn...

BACKGROUND In calculations of burden of disease using disability-adjusted life years, disability weights are needed to quantify health losses relating to non-fatal outcomes, expressed as years lived with disability. In 2012 a new set of global disability weights was published for the Global Burden of Disease 2010 (GBD 2010) study. That study suggested that comparative assessments of different h...

The concept of blue marble health emerged as a novel framework for global health in 2013 [1, 2]. Succinctly put, today most or at least one-half of the world’s neglected diseases occur among the poor living in wealthy countries, especially in the group of 20 (G20) nations and Nigeria [1–4]. Based on data mostly compiled and released by theWHO (and other published sources), approximately one-hal...

Coercivity enhancement of the sintered NdFeB magnets by grain boundary diffusion (GBD) with Tb70Cu30 powders prepared different milling methods has been compared. The commercial magnetic properties Br=14.0 kG, iHc= 17.5 kOe and (BH)max= 48.4 MGOe are chosen as original magnets. coercivity increment is 7.6 9.4 after GBD alloy made high energy ball (HEBM) low-energy (LEBM), respectively. Higher c...

T his month we publish the fi ndings of a major study estimating the likely trends in global morbidity and mortality [1]. Such a study should surely cause us, as editors, to pause and refl ect on the implications for what we should be publishing. Which medical conditions will be the major causes of death and disease, and is PLoS Medicine publishing key research studies addressing those conditio...

Glucansucrases of oral streptococci and Leuconostoc mesenteroides have a common pattern of structural organization and characteristically contain a domain with a series of tandem amino acid repeats in which certain residues are highly conserved, particularly aromatic amino acids and glycine. In some glucosyltransferases (GTFs) the repeat region has been identified as a glucan binding domain (GB...

Specialized carbohydrate-binding domains, the Starch-Binding Domain (SBD) and the Glycogen Binding Domain (GBD), are motifs of approximately 100 amino acids directly or indirectly associated with starch or glycogen metabolism. Members of the regulatory β subunit of the heterotrimeric complex AMPK/SNF1/SnRK1 contain an SBD or GBD. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the β regulatory subunit AKINβ2 and a γ-...