BACKGROUND In 2004, the European Court of Justice decided that the prohibition of fortification with vitamin A, vitamin D, folic acid, selenium, copper, and zinc in the Netherlands conflicts with the principle of free movement of goods in the European Union. This decision led to a change in the Dutch policy, resulting in a more flexible handling of requests for exemption from this prohibition t...

This paper reviews the implementation of a non-linear method, the spherical selforganising feature map that was able to recognise non-linear patterns in micro-artefacts, proposing the necessity for such recognitions in order to improve archaeological interpretations.

Three-wave turbulent interactions and the role of eddy size on the turbulent electromotive force are studied in a spherical liquid-sodium dynamo experiment. A symmetric, equatorial baffle reduces the amplitude of the largest-scale turbulent eddies, which is inferred from the magnetic fluctuations spectrum (measured by a 2D array of surface probes). Differential rotation in the mean flow is >2 t...

New surface treatments are required to improve the resistance of high-voltage aluminium conductors corrosion and wear. This paper describes preparation ceramic coatings on wires by micro-arc oxidation (MAO) technology. The morphology, mechanical tribological properties, electrical resistivity, wear MAO-treated samples examined compared not only with untreated but also between use different curr...

The inorganic–organic hybrid micro/nanoparticles have emerged as an exciting new research area owing to their highly tailorable properties, as well as their potential applications in drug delivery, catalysis, biosensing, biomedical imaging, gas storage, spin-crossover, and optics. Unlike inorganic particles, the inorganic–organic hybrid micro/nanostructures can be easily tuned by switching the ...

among all the geophysical techniques, the magnetotelluric method has improved considerably in recent years and is widely being used in hydrocarbon exploration especially in regions where reflection seismic has difficulties. areas which are covered with high velocity rocks in the near surface are most popular cases. a huge high resolution magnetotelluric investigation was conducted in the sehqan...