Rotary disc contactor (RDC) has been widely used for liquid-liquid extraction owing to its advantages such as high operational flexibility, efficiency, throughput, as well as low driving power and capital cost. As a key variable in liquid-liquid extraction columns, hold-up has been discussed in the literature in three categories: static, dynamic and total hold-up.1 Static hold-up refers to that...

We address the numerical simulation of particle-laden turbulent flows in the dilute regime, i.e., when the volume fraction of the dispersed phase is small. However, because of the potentially large density difference between the two phases, the dispersed phase may be significantly inertial and not exactly follow the carrier. For a dilute two-phase flow (typically a cloud of droplets or solid pa...

The aim of the present study was to prepare, characterize and in-vitro evaluation of a Winsor-IV type microemulsion based drug delivery system incorporating celecoxib as BCS class–II model drug. Attempts were made to prepare cost effective O/W microemulsion using Tween 80, Glycerol, sunflower oil and water. The existence of microemulsion zone was investigated using phase diagrams. The systems w...

Hebb proposed that neuronal cell assemblies are critical for effective perception, cognition, and action. However, evidence for brain mechanisms that coordinate multiple coactive assemblies remains lacking. Neuronal oscillations have been suggested as one possible mechanism for cell assembly coordination. Prior studies have shown that spike timing depends upon local field potential (LFP) phase ...

Phase behavior of distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine dispersed in excess glycerol has been examined by differential scanning calorimetry. Transformation from lamellar-gel to lamellar crystalline phase was found to take place at temperatures near 74.9 degrees C upon cooling and near 76.3 degrees C during heating scans. The transition can also be observed under isothermal conditions at temperatur...

As a simple model of rafts in plant cells, the effect of stigmasterol, one of the predominant sterols in plant plasma membranes, on the phase behavior of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) multilayers has been studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and freeze-fracture electron microscopy (FFEM) techniques. A partial phase diagram of the binary system has...