White dwarf stars composed of carbon, oxygen or heavier elements are expected to crystallize as they cool down below certain temperatures. Yet, simple arguments suggest that the helium white dwarf cores may not solidify, mostly because of zero-point oscillations of the helium ions that would dissolve the crystalline structure. We argue that the interior of the helium dwarfs may instead form a m...

This study experimentally examined the performance consistency of sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) with the same geometry and the same startup protocol. The cells revealed very different characteristics after startup. Doubling the anodic surface area did not enhance the cell performance. Stirring the sediment and aerating the upper water increased voltage output, and the chemical environme...

Metal films are known to dissolve crystalline semiconductors at temperatures well below the eutectic temperature. Dissolution and transport of common semiconductors in contact with Au films have been demonstrated at room temperature. 1 The solid AI metallization used in electronic devices is known to dissolve troublesome quantities of crystalline Si after heat treatment at 400oC.2 Metal films a...

a mathematical model was developed to predict the effects of wind speed, light, ph, temperature, dissolved carbon dioxide and chemical oxygen demand (cod) on dissolved oxygen (do) in fish ponds. the effects of organic feeds, aeration and fish activity were added to the model developed by kayombo et al. for waste stabilization ponds (ecological modeling 127(2000): 21-31) to reflect the situat...

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There are a number of shots in a video, each of which has boundary types, such as cut, fade, dissolve and wipe. Many previous approaches can find the cut boundary without difficulty. Ho wever, most of them often produce false alarms for the videos with large motions of camera and objects. We propose a shot boundary detection method combining Bayesian and structural information. In the Bayesian ...

A video stream consists of a number of shots each of which has different boundary types such as cut, fade, and dissolve. Many previous approaches can find the cut boundary without difficulty. However, most of them often produce false alarms for the videos with large motions of camera and objects. In this paper, we demonstrate that the shape of the histogram difference between two successive col...

Crystallization of a family 9 beta-1,4-glucanase from the thermoacidophilic bacterium Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius CelA is reported. Thin plates can be obtained by hanging-drop vapour-diffusion crystallization in high concentrations (60%) of MPD. These crystals are unusual in that they do not bind the dye IZIT in the mother liquor and do not appear to dissolve in water after three weeks or i...

Objective of the present work is to develop orodispersible tablets of Salbutamol sulphate to improve bioavailability, disintegration time, dissolution efficacy and patient compliance. Orodispersible tablets are the fast growing and highly accepted drug delivery system in now days mainly to improve patient compliance. Orodispersible tablets have number of advantages over conventional dosage form...