The characterization of the mechanical behavior shape memory thin film alloys is essential for their application as microactuators. Depending on particular application, different elements have been considered fabrication ternary NiTi-based in order to shift martensitic transformation toward a lower or higher temperature range. This work presents design and implementation specific device perform...

The effect of interplanetary plasma on pulsed pulsar radiation passing through is considered. pulses two rotating radio transients (J0609+16, J1132+25) and a (B0320+39) detected the Large Phased Array (Pushchino observatory) were analyzed. It shown that in observations at frequency 111 MHz, elongations 20o-40o, both an increase decrease number received are observed. change explained by distorti...

Cold stretch-formability and stretch-flangeability of 0.2%C-1.5%Si-5.0%Mn (in mass%) martensite-type medium Mn steel were investigated for automotive applications. High obtained in the subjected to an isothermal transformation process at temperatures between Ms Mf − 100 °C. Both formabilities decreased compared with those 0.2%C-1.5%Si-1.5Mn -3Mn steels (equivalent TRIP-aided martensitic steels)...

Development of severe gastric diseases is strongly associated with those strains of Helicobacter pylori that contain the cag pathogenicity island (PAI) inserted into the chromosome. The cag PAI encodes a type IV secretion system that translocates the major disease-associated virulence protein, CagA, into the host epithelial cell. CagA then affects host signaling pathways, leading to cell elonga...

We have investigated by first principles the compressional behavior of low-pressure (LP) and highpressure (HP) MgSiO3 clinoenstatite. We have carefully examined unit-cell shapes, chain angles, and polyhedral volume responses, such as angle variances and quasi-elongations, under pressure at room temperature. We have observed opposite behavior of the tetrahedra in the S-rotated and O-rotated chai...

We investigate high-Reynolds-number turbulence in dilute polymer solutions. We show the existence of a critical value of the Reynolds number, which separates two different regimes. In the first regime, below the transition, the influence of the polymer molecules on the flow is negligible, so they can be regarded as passively embedded in the flow. This case admits a detailed investigation of the...

We consider the influence of extracellular signalling on neurite elongation in a model of neurite growth mediated by building proteins (e.g., tubulin). The tubulin production dynamics were supplied by a function describing the influence of extracellular signalling, which can promote or depress neurite elongation. We found that this extracellular feedback could generate neurite length oscillatio...

The main sources of noise and pick-ups in Alcator C-Mod are identified and their effects on the measurement and control of the vertical position are evaluated. Broadband noise may affect controllability of C-Mod plasmas at limit elongations and may become an issue with high-order controllers, therefore two applications of Kalman filters are investigated. A Kalman filter is compared to a state o...

In optical tomography, there exist certain spatial frequency components that cannot be measured due to the limited projection angles imposed by the numerical aperture of objective lenses. This limitation, often called as the missing cone problem, causes the under-estimation of refractive index (RI) values in tomograms and results in severe elongations of RI distributions along the optical axis....

We have used the VLA at 43 GHz to image the radio continuum emission from o Ceti, R Leo, and W Hya and to precisely locate their SiO maser emission with respect to the star. The radio continuum emission region for all three stars has a diameter close to 5.6 AU. These diameters are similar to those measured at infrared wavelengths in bands containing strong molecular opacity and about twice thos...