This paper reports on the enhanced photoluminescence (PL) of nanocomposites through the layered structuring of phosphor and quantum dot (QD). Green phosphor of Sr2SiO4:Eu, red QDs of CdSe/CdS/CdZnS/ZnS core-multishell, and thermo-curable resin were used for this study. Two kinds of composite (layered and mixed) were prepared, and the schemes for optical energy transfer between QD and phosphor w...

Earthquakes generate multi-directional ground motions, two components in the horizontal direction and one in the vertical. Nevertheless, the effect of vertical motion on site response analysis has not been the object of extensive research. The 2010/2011 Canterbury sequence of seismic events in New Zealand is a prime example among other earlier field observations strongly corroborating that the ...

The epidermis layer waste (ELW) and the inner layer waste (ILW) were removed from Phyllostachys pubescens bamboo, and the anatomical characteristics and chemical components of these wastes were comparatively investigated. Both the ELW and ILW were subjected to a microwave-assisted liquefaction process to evaluate the relationship between bamboo properties and liquefaction behavior. The results ...

This study investigated the correlation between the plasma phospholipid (PL) saturated fatty acid (SFA) concentration (as a surrogate marker of SFA intake) and plasma lipid and lipoprotein lipid concentrations in 139 healthy Australian men aged 20-55 years old with widely varying intakes of saturated fat (vegans, n=18; ovolacto vegetarians, n=43; moderate meat eaters, n=60; high meat eaters, n=...

The present study examined the effect of milk phospholipids (milk-PL) on lipid metabolism and on other risk factors for CVD, in comparison with milk fat (control) or soya phospholipids (soya-PL), respectively. Two double-blind parallel-group intervention trials were conducted in overweight or obese male subjects. In the first trial (trial 1), sixty-two men consumed milk enriched with either 2 g...

The seismic performance of four pile-supported models is studied for two conditions: (i) transient to full liquefaction condition, i.e. the phase when excess pore pressure gradually increases during the shaking; (ii) full liquefaction condition, i.e. defined as the state where the seismically induced excess pore pressure equalises to the overburden stress. The paper describes two complementary ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and safety of sulfasalazine (SSZ) compared to placebo and other disease modifying drugs. METHODS A metaanalysis was performed on 15 randomized clinical trials of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that included SSZ (2 g/day average dose, 36 weeks average followup) as a treatment. Eight trials included a placebo group (PL), 2 hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) (350 mg/day average...

OBJECTIVES The first objective was to assess the effect of the chondroitin 4 and 6 sulphate (CS) on health-related quality of life using utility values in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) during a 24-month treatment course. The second objective was, using these data, to conduct economic analyses. METHODS Data from the STOPP study was used. This study was a randomised, double-blind, plac...

We obtain an estimate of free entropy of generators in a type II1-factor M which has a subfactor N of finite index with a subalgebra P = P1∨P2 ⊂ N where P1 = R1∩P , P2 = R2∩P are diffuse, R1,R2 ⊂ P are mutually commuting hyperfinite subfactors, and an abelian subalgebra A ⊂ N such that the correspondence PL 2(N , τ)A is M-weakly contained in a subcorrespondence PHA of PL 2(M, τ)A, generated by ...

The quest for processing spatial data in high-dimensional space has resulted in a number of innovative indexing mechanisms. Most of the early methods index data according to their geometric relationships. While they have success to a certain degree, these methods, unfortunately, either lack efficiency, particularly at a higher dimensionality, or are too complex to implement. These drawbacks hav...