Tropical cyclone (TC) size, usually measured with the radius of gale force wind (34 kt or 17m s), is an important parameter for estimating TC risks such as wind damage, rainfall distribution, and storm surge. Previous studies have reported that there is a very weak relationship between TC size and TC intensity. A close examination presented here using satellite-based wind analyses suggests that...

Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin, CNCbl) is an essential cofactor-precursor for two biochemical reactions in humans. When ingested, cobalamins (Cbl) are transported via a multistep transport system into the bloodstream, where the soluble protein transcobalamin (TC) binds Cbl and the complex is taken up into the cells via receptor mediated endocytosis. Crystal structures of TC in complex with CNCbl h...

BACKGROUND Germ cell testicular cancer (TC) patients have an increased risk of developing a contralateral TC. This paper presents a retrospective analysis of patients with bilateral TC from a database of a single center and aims to highlight the need for an individual approach. MATERIAL AND METHODS In the study period from January 1970 to June 2013, a total of 1,438 patients with primary TC w...

A Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) consists of multiple wireless mobile devices that form a network on the fly to allow communication with each other without any infrastructure. Due to its nature, providing security in these networks is challenging. Threshold Cryptography (TC) provides a promise of securing these networks. In this paper, we discuss our RSA-based Threshold Cryptography (RSA-TC) and...

Nowadays, due to the increasing power of diesel engines, especially heavy duty diesel engines, and increasing gas pressure inside the combustion chamber, the forces acting on the engine bearings have dramatically raised. On the other hand, becaus eof the competition in the market, it is necessary to increase the engine bearing life and reduce its failure as much as possible. The engine bearings...

  Wolfram|Alpha Computational Knowledge Engine software, despite all internet search engines, tries to provide the the best answer for a question or compute an equation in the most correct way based on the current knowledge. Therefore, given the unique characteristic of Wolfram|Alpha and its vast applications, the aim of the present article is to familiarize the biomedical scientists with...

experiments were conducted to evaluate the performance of a low heat rejection (lhr) diesel engine. performance parameters and emission levels were determined at various magnitudes of brake mean effective pressure. combustion characteristics of the engine were measured with tdc (top dead centre) encoder, pressure transducer, console and special pressure-crank angle software package at peak load...

In this paper, the authors investigated the various factors, which can affect the performance of a turbofan engine. For this, the various subunits of a turbofan engine like inlet duct, compressor, combustion chamber, liner, turbine, exhaust nozzle etc. are investigated to find its various reliability characteristics through Markov process and supplementary variable technique (SVT). The main adv...