We present a thermo-statistical model of popcorn production and propose a way to control the final size of the popcorn by monitoring only the chamber pressure. P.A.C.S: 05.20-y, 01.55.+b, 01.90+g, 05.70-2. How can one control the size of popcorn? The food industry may have ample reason to seek for ways to double or triple the size of popcorn, because large popcorn may be pleasing to the eyes, p...

the study area is located at the sanandaj-sirjan zone in the west and north-west of azna and north-east of doroud, iran. the quartz-schists are divided into two main groups: amphibole-quartz schist and garnet-quartz schist. field and microstructural studies show several deformational phases. the d1 episode which is represented by s1, matches with m1 metamprphism and d2 deformation matches with ...

The proper interpretation of bubble rising in a liquid column is critical in the investigation of the waterevapour two phase flow and heat transfer. In this paper, the bubble behaviours are studied using the combination of Level Set Method (LSM) and moving mesh method in a collocated grid. Level set method is used to track the interface of the bubble, which has many advantages over other interf...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Studies have suggested that the caudal ventral artery is a potential site for continuous arterial blood pressure monitoring in rats. However, the agreement of mean arterial pressure values between the femoral artery and the caudal ventral artery has not been investigated. This study was performed to identify whether the caudal ventral artery could be safely used for conti...

This paper presents an approach to integrate wireless sensor networks (WSN) with the LabVIEW graphical development environment through a dedicated software driver. As personal constribution, a system architecture and concept implementation are described, in the context of a smart house monitoring scenario. Data acquisition is performed via the deployed wireless sensor network with focus on thre...

A system architecture to support information transfer between hospital, general practitioner and the home is described in the context of a Home Telecare System (HTS). The HTS facilitates the acquisition, review, analysis and archiving of a longitudinal clinical record to support chronic disease management. The system allows the clinician to schedule for his/her patient the regular recording of ...

Human skin contains multiple receptors, and is able to sense various stimuli such as temperature, pressure, force, corrosion etc, and to feel pains and the shape of objects. The development of skin-like sensors capable of sensing these stimuli is of great importance for various applications such as robots, touch detection, temperature monitoring, strain gauges etc. Great efforts have been made ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Therapeutic hypothermia improves clinical outcome after cardiac arrest and appears beneficial in other cerebrovascular diseases. We conducted this study to investigate the relationship between surface head/neck cooling and brain temperature. METHODS Prospective observational study enrolling consecutive patients with severe ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke undergoing intra...