The carotenoid zeaxanthin is concentrated within the macula. Increased macular zeaxanthin is suggested to lower the risk of age-related macular degeneration. The small red berry, wolfberry (Fructus barbarum L.; Gou Qi Zi and Kei Tze), is one of the richest natural sources of zeaxanthin. However, carotenoid bioavailability is low, and food-based products with enhanced bioavailability are of inte...

We study the nature of low-redshift CGM in Simba cosmological simulations as traced by ultraviolet absorption lines around galaxies bins stellar mass ($M_\star>10^{10}M_\odot$) for star-forming, green valley and quenched at impact parameters $r_\perp\leq 1.25r_{200}$. generate synthetic spectra HI, MgII, CII, SiIII, CIV, OVI, fit Voigt profiles to obtain line properties, estimate density, tempe...

Aluminum alloys are considered a lot in the automotive and aerospace industry because of their high strength to weight ratio. In this manuscript, the gas forming process of aluminum AA6063 tubes at high temperatures up to 500°C is investigated, through experimental and numerical tests. Therefore, an experimental setup is prepared and so, tube specimens are formed in a die with square cross sect...

This article introduces the microstructural and mechanical properties of low medium-carbon advanced martensitic steels (AMSs) subjected to heat-treatment, hot- warm- working, and/or case-hardening processes. The AMSs developed for sheet wire rod products have a tensile strength higher than 1.5 GPa, good cold-formability, superior toughness fatigue strength, delayed fracture due mixture martensi...

The Brazilian free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) experiences challenging thermal conditions while roosting in hot caves, flying during warm daylight conditions, and foraging at cool high altitudes. Using thermal infrared cameras, we identified hot spots along the flanks of free-ranging Brazilian free-tailed bats, ventral to the extended wings. These hot spots are absent in syntopic cave my...

In this paper instability of planar anisotropic sheet metal during a few forming processes is investigated for the first time. For this reason components of the constitutive tangent tensor for planar anisotropic sheets are developed. By using the above tensor location of necking is predicted. Direction of the shear band is also predicted using the acoustic tensor. A finite element program is pr...

Hot stamping of sheet metal is an established method for the manufacturing of light weight products with tailored properties. However, the generally-applied continuous roller furnace manifests two crucial disadvantages: the overall process time is long and a local setting of mechanical properties is only feasible through special cooling techniques. Hot forming with rapid heating directly before...