Model-type sputter deposited platinum microelectrodes with different grain sizes were investigated on single crystalline yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) by means of impedance spectroscopy. Measurements on single platinum microelectrodes could be continuously performed for > 100 h and from 250 to 800 °C without losing contact. From the temperature dependence, two parallel reaction pathways for ...

Cerium oxide (CeO2) thin films used liquid injection atomic layer deposition (ALD) for deposition and ALD procedures were run at substrate temperatures of 150°C, 200°C, 250°C, 300°C, and 350°C, respectively. CeO2 were grown on n-Si(100) wafers. Variations in the grain sizes of the samples are governed by the deposition temperature and have been estimated using Scherrer analysis of the X-ray dif...

to evaluate the effect of various levels of nitrogen fertilizer on nitrogen use efficiency and grain yield of canola cultivars, a split plot experiment based on randomized complete block design was conducted in 2007. factors were: nitrogen fertilizer at four levels (zero, 50, 100 and 150 kg/ha) in the main plots and canola cultivars at three levels (‘clover’, ‘opera’ and ‘okape’) in the sub plo...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To quantify whole grain intake in pregnant women in Singapore in order to provide the first detailed analysis of whole grain intake in an Asian country and in pregnant women. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN Analysis of 24-h diet recalls in a cross-sectional cohort study and analysis of a biomarker of whole grain intake (plasma alkylresorcinols) in a subset of subjects. The ...

In this paper, a multiscale modelling strategy is used to study the effect of grain-boundary sliding on stress localization in a polycrystalline microstructure with an uneven distribution of grain size. The development of the molecular dynamics (MD) analysis used to interrogate idealized grain microstructures with various types of grain boundaries and the multiscale modelling strategies for mod...

The effect of protein supplementation (ro p. 100 soymeal) to cooked maize diet of forced-fed geese, on fatty liver weight and composition, abdominal adipose tissue, muscles, various organs and blood plasma was studied. The average xx p. 100 increase in liver weights obtained in the soymeal supplemented birds was concomitant with higher fat and lower protein concentrations. Protein supplementati...

The grain structure of an Al-0.3 wt%Mn alloy deformed to 1% strain was reconstructed using diffraction contrast tomography (DCT) and high-energy diffraction microscopy (HEDM). 14 equally spaced HEDM layers were acquired and their exact location within the DCT volume was determined using a generic algorithm minimizing a function of the local disorientations between the two data sets. The microst...

filed experiment was conducted to study the effect of manure and various combinations of foxtail millet and mungbean intercropping on the grain yield, weed performance,and the nutrients concentration in millet. the experimental design was a split plot with three replications. main plots were differentmanure rates (0, 15 and 30 t ha-1) and the subplots comprised five combinations of intercroppin...

The investor's asset allocation choice deeply depends on the trade-off between risk and return. The well-known mean variance method requires predetermined risk and expected return to calculate optimal investment weights of portfolio. The artificial neural network (ANN) with nonlinear capability is proven to solve large-scale complex problem effectively. However, the traditional ANN model cannot...

The early stage sliding contact fatigue behavior of nanocrystalline materials, with average and total range of grain sizes well below 100 nm, was studied. The evolution of friction and damage during repeated sliding contact in the nanocrystalline metals and alloys was systematically compared and contrasted with that in ultrafine-crystalline and microcrystalline materials so as to develop a broa...