Self Compacting concrete (SCC) is a flowing concrete that is able to consolidate under its own weight without any need for vibration. The high fluid nature of SCC makes it suitable for placing it in difficult conditions and in sections with congested reinforcement. Use of SCC overcomes the difficulties pertaining to casting conditions and reduces the man power required. Self compacting concrete...

Two clonal cell lines (designated as clones A and D), originally isolated from the heterogeneous DLD-1 human colon adenocarcinoma, were used to produce xenograft tumors in nude mice. Neoplasms produced from either A or D cells alone were compared to those produced from a range of percentage admixtures of the two subpopulations. Then, Gompertzian growth parameters (initial growth rates, retardat...

This paper addresses the development of an eco-friendly Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) with efficient cement and mineral admixtures uses are investigated. The modified Andreasen & Andersen particle packing model is utilized to achieve a densely compacted cementitious matrix. Fly ash (FA), ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) and limestone powder (LP) are used to replace cement, a...

A research program was carried out to evaluate the chloride ion permeability of both air and non-air entrained concretes made with mineral admixtures as partial replacements of cement. Two series of investigations (Series 1 and Series 2) were carried out. The mixtures were proportioned to have 28-day strengths of 35 MPa for Series 1 and 69 MPa for Series 2. Chloride ion permeability was determi...

Cement mortars loaded with Cr, Pb and Zn were modified by polymeric admixtures [chitosans with low (LMWCH), medium (MMWCH) and high (HMWCH) molecular weight and hydroxypropylchitosan (HPCH)]. The influence of the simultaneous presence of the heavy metal and the polymeric additive on the fresh properties (consistency, water retention and setting time) and on the compressive strength of the morta...

PURPOSE Amphotericin B (AmB), an antifungal agent that presents a broad spectrum of activity, remains the gold standard in the antifungal therapy. However, sometimes the high level of toxicity forbids its clinical use. The aim of this work was to evaluate and compare the efficacy and toxicity in vitro of Fungizon (AmB-D) and two new different AmB formulations. METHODS three products were stud...

BACKGROUND Subanesthetic doses of ketamine as an adjuvant to tramadol in patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for postoperative pain have been shown to improve the quality of analgesia. However, there are no such commercially available drug mixtures, and the stability of the combination has rarely been assessed. MATERIAL AND METHODS Admixtures were assessed for periods of up to 14 days at 4°C a...

We developed a zero-dimensional semi-empirical model to describe the gas phase kinetics in an argon plasma jet flowing into humid air. The model includes an extended plasma chemistry set of 84 different species and 1885 reactions. The density profiles of the biomedically active species are presented for a typical plasma jet device, and the effects of O2, N2 or H2O admixtures to the argon feed g...

ACI Materials Journal, V. 110, No. 3, May-June 2013. MS No. M-2011-272.R1 received April 5, 2012, and reviewed under Institute publication policies. Copyright © 2013, American Concrete Institute. All rights reserved, including the making of copies unless permission is obtained from the copyright proprietors. Pertinent discussion including author’s closure, if any, will be published in the March...