Following his initial presentation, he required an exploratory laparotomy, gastric oversew, and transverse colon repair, but was still known to have multiple remaining intra-abdominal pellets (Figure 1). He had no previous urological history, but urinalysis on admission revealed microscopic hematuria. Renal function was normal, but his C-reactive protein was increased at 38 mg/L (normal value <...

Iron ore pellets are sintered, centimetre-sized spheres of ore with high iron content. Together with carbonized coal, iron ore pellets are used in the production of steel. In the transportation from the pelletizing plants to the customers, the iron ore pellets are exposed to different loading situations, resulting in degradation of strength and in some cases fragmentation. For future reliable n...

Abstract This letter reports on the efforts carried out at ASDEX Upgrade tokamak to integrate I-mode plasmas with pellet fueling and increase Greenwald fraction f GW , two important requirements for any DEMO operational scenario. For first time, stationary have been achieved core has increased up 0.8. Larger were not due technical constraints rather than a physics-based limit. Pellet-fueled exh...