The effects of baking on the mechanical properties and fracture characteristics of low-carbon boron (10B21) steel screws were investigated. Fracture torque tests and hydrogen content analysis were performed on baked screws to evaluate hydrogen embrittlement (HE) susceptibility. The diffusible hydrogen content within 10B21 steel dominated the fracture behavior of the screws. The fracture torque ...

Aims Egg allergy is one of the most common food allergies in children. The prevalence in children is estimated to be approximately 2%. Reaction to raw/lightly cooked egg but tolerance to baked egg is often reported. The natural history of egg allergy is that it usually resolves with time but the rate of resolution is variable. The British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology published gu...

Geogenic arsenic (As) contamination of groundwater is a major ecological and human health problem in southwestern and northeastern coastal areas of Taiwan. Here, we present a probabilistic framework for assessing the human health risks from consuming raw and cooked fish that were cultured in groundwater As-contaminated ponds in Taiwan by linking a physiologically based pharmacokinetics model an...

LEGOsheets was created. LEGOsheets is an educational environment implemented in Agentsheets, a grid-based tool for creating visual programming languages [5]. Programming can serve as a vehicle to create learning opportunities in the constructionist sense [3]. The LEGO1 Programmable Brick gives children the ability to create physical artifacts, such as vehicles and robots, and program them with ...

We investigate certain measures induced by families of non-intersecting paths in domino tilings of the Aztec diamond, rhombus tilings of an abc-hexagon, a dimer model on a cylindrical brick lattice and a growth model. The measures obtained, e.g. the Krawtchouk and Hahn ensembles, have the same structure as the eigenvalue measures in random matrix theory like GUE, which can in fact can be obtain...

Present study focused on the use of bamboo shoots powder for the production of baked goods owing to their enormous health benefits. It was an endeavor to make use of cheaper sources through high nutritional contour for the production of best quality baked products. Proximate composition revealed that the powder of bamboo shoots contained elevated amount of fiber (24.44%) and protein contents (1...