A novel polyimide (PI)/clay hybrid nanocomposite, designated as PI (PAAS)/CM, has been developed from the poly(amic acid) salt of triethylamine and organomontmorillonite (CM) using a mixture solution of tetrahydrofuran (THF) and methanol (MeOH). For comparison, two other PI/clay hybrids derived from poly(amic acid) and CM in THF/MeOH solution and N,N9-dimethylacetamide (DMAc) solution, denoted ...

This paper presents a new 4-degree-of-freedom parallel mechanism dedicated to handling of heavy parts within a large workspace. These 4 degrees of freedom are 3 translations and 1 rotation about a given axis. Such a mechanism is rare; most of common parallel mechanisms have 3 or 6 degrees of freedom. Firstly, a description of the mechanism is given. Then models are derived regarding velocity an...

During the process of matrix vesicle (MV)-mediated initiation of mineralisation, chondrocytes and osteoblasts mineralise the extracellular matrix by promoting the seeding of basic calcium phosphate crystals of hydroxyapatite (HA) along the collagen fibrils. This orchestrated process is carefully regulated by the balanced action of propagators and inhibitors of calcification. The primary antagon...

Studies of polymeric ternary composite thin films incorporating inorganic materials are of immense importance for current technological applications. Polyimide (PI) composite thin films incorporating indium tin oxide (ITO) and poly (vinlylidene fluoride) (PVDF) at various weight ratios were processed using an in situ generation approach with the spin coating unit. The resultant product was oxid...

This paper presents the comparison of performance between PI and PID control scheme of Matrix Converter fed Induction Motor Drive. For the performance comparison modeling and simulation is done for both PI and PID control scheme of Matrix Converter, controlling the Induction Motor Drive. Simulation model consists a three phase matrix converter, an induction motor, a field oriented controller an...

We use results from the theory of algebras with polynomial identities (PI algebras) to study the witness complexity of matrix identities. A matrix identity of d× d matrices over a field F is a non-commutative polynomial f(x1, . . . , xn) over F, such that f vanishes on every d×d matrix assignment to its variables. For any field F of characteristic 0, any d > 2 and any finite basis of d× d matri...

In this paper, a statcom without any energy storage devices is proposed to compensate network voltage during disturbances. This statcom utilizes a matrix converter in its topology which eliminates the DC-link capacitor of conventional statcom. The modulation method for matrix converter which is used in this paper is space vector modulation. There are some methods to improve power quality for se...

In this paper, we gives an upper bound estimation of the spectral norm for matrices A and B such that the entries in the first row of n×n r-circulant matrix A = Circr(a1, a2, . . . , an) and n×n symmetric r-circulant matrix B = SCircr(a1, a2, . . . , an) are ai = Pi or ai = P 2 i or ai = Pi−1 or ai = P 2 i−1, where {Pi}i=0 is Padovan sequence. At the last section, some illustrative numerical ex...

Upon detachment from the extracellular matrix, epithelial cells enter into programmed cell death, a phenomenon known as anoikis, ensuring that they are unable to survive in an inappropriate location. Activated ras oncogenes protect cells from this form of apoptosis. The nature of the survival signals activated by integrin engagement and usurped by oncogenic Ras are unknown: here we show that in...

Abstract The physical state of mesons can be mixed using the unitary matrix. decay processes \omega \rightarrow \pi^{+}\pi^{-} and \phi originate from isospin symmetry breaking. \rho-\omega , \rho-\phi \omega-\phi interferences lead to a resonance contribution produce strong phases. CP violation is considered breaking due new phase first order. enhanced greatly fo...