Atmospheric corrosion, the most common form of metal corrosion, occurs within the interfacial region between a solid, and the surrounding atmosphere. In fact three phases and two interfaces are involved: the gas, a thin liquid layer, a solid, the gas/liquid and the liquid/solid interfaces. In this thesis, the vapor/liquid and liquid/metal interfaces have been studied by the in-situ techniques v...

The occlusion-mastication system has extradigestive functions; however, whether liquid feeding evokes stress responses remains unclear. In this study, reactions to low masticatory performance were analyzed using a diet-alteration model in Wistar rats. Seven days after the diet of the rats was changed from solid to liquid, serum epinephrine and norepinephrine concentrations were found to be elev...

This paper is concerned with the investigation and the modelling of a solid-liquid extraction process and the importance of the influencing factors (solid phase, particle size and liquid-solid ratio). The studied system is a plant material (Geranium Sanguineum – L.) and a solvent mixture – 70 % ethanol in water. From the results, it is clear that the valuable compounds’ extraction rate is much ...

PURPOSE Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), the most common thyroid malignancy, usually possesses BRAF mutation or rearranged in translation (RET)/PTC rearrangements. PTC usually possesses BRAF mutation or RET/PTC rearrangements. The mutation status of patients with recurrent PTC has never been characterized in a large population. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Mutation status was determined in a cohort ...

Nuclear magnetic spin-lattice relaxation in dynamically heterogeneous systems is generally coupled; that is, the rapidly moving liquid components do not relax independently of the rotationally immobilized or solid components. The consequences of this coupling are that the generally observable relaxation rates of the liquid components may not be interpreted using the standard theories of liquid ...

The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) emerged from the field of computational fluid dynamics as an alternative to Navier-Stokes based approaches. It has since been proven to be applicable also for the simulation of free surface flows (liquid-gas flow) and particulate flows (liquid-solid flow). In the past both algorithmss for free surface flows and particulate flows have been realized that preserv...

Measurements are reported of the liquid and liquid–solid mixture (mush) densities of succinonitrile–acetone (SCN– ACE) alloys for use in crystal growth and solidification studies. The measured data for the liquid is analyzed and consolidated into a correlation that expresses the liquid density as a function of composition and temperature. This correlation also allows for the calculation of the ...

Generally, unit operation processes that are used in environmental engineering are in‐ volved in interfacial reaction where mass transfer is an extremely essential component for system optimization. The purposes of this chapter were intended to provide the informa‐ tion of both theoretical model development and engineering practice for mass transfer of important processes in environmental engin...

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has retained a rudimentary Hedgehog (Hh) signalling pathway; Hh and Smoothened (Smo) homologs are absent, but two highly related Patched gene homologs, ptc-1 and ptc-3, and 24 ptc-related (ptr) genes are present. We previously showed that ptc-1 is essential for germ line cytokinesis. Here, we report that ptc-3 is also an essential gene; the absence of ptc-3 r...