The economic viability of on-road wireless charging of electric vehicles (EVs) strongly depends on the choice of the inductive power transfer (IPT) system configuration (static or dynamic charging), charging power level and the percentage of road coverage of dynamic charging. In this paper, a case study is carried out to determine the expected investment costs involved in installing the on-road...

Abstract Most supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) are predominantly poorly-crystalline or amorphous. Their reactivity is routinely evaluated through SEM image analysis (SEM/IA), which a laborious and resource intensive technique. Quantitative X-ray diffraction (QXRD) provides an alternative, facilitating simultaneous evaluation of reaction kinetics phase assemblages. However, QXRD requi...

Unlike most double-disc grinding processes, which use forced workpiece rotation, some processes rely on self-rotation driven by non-uniform shear forces resulting from partial wheel-workpiece coverage. This is poorly understood, with angular frequency remaining unknown despite its importance. paper investigates the kinematics of via analytical modelling moment-equilibrium conditions, derived ex...

The objective of this research was to determine the optimum speed a knitting machine. This study compared different parameters machine running at various speeds. For this, 22-inch diameter and 24 gauge with 66 feeders Ne yarn selected run 40 rotations per minute (r.p.m.).; 42 44 (r.p.m.) for total hours each speed. Data collected two days 12 each. causes stoppages were recorded their frequencie...

We report the case of an old man treated with methylprednisolone for chronic lymphoid leukemia. After two months of treatment, he declared an acute steroid psychosis and beat his wife to death. Steroids were stopped and the psychotic symptoms subsided, but his condition declined very quickly. The clinical course was complicated by a major depressive disorder with suicidal ideas, due to the ster...

We investigated the association of 15 exposures, 10 stressors, and 18 life events with illness symptoms reported by 978 veterans who believe they suffer from Gulf War-related illnesses. A mail survey was completed by veterans (60% response rate) from the Gulf War Health Registry. Variables most associated with high symptom group membership were reported chemical/biologic warfare (CBW), concerns...

High-frequency deep brain stimulation (DBS) of sensorimotor thalamus containing "tremor cells" leads to tremor arrest in humans with parkinsonian and essential tremor. To examine the possible underlying mechanism(s), we recorded in vitro intracellular responses of rat thalamic neurons to local intrathalamic stimulation. Such simulated DBS (sDBS) induced a sustained membrane depolarization accom...