in the present paper, an exact solution for transient response of an infinitely long functionally graded thick-walled cylinder subjected to dynamic pressures at the boundary surfaces is presented for arbitrary initial conditions. the cylinder is assumed to have a plane-strain condition and the dynamic pressures are assumed to be imposed uniformly and axisymmetrically on the boundary surfaces. m...

Two sets of myofilaments were demonstrated after incubation of strips of rabbit portal-anterior mesenteric vein under moderate stretch in a physiological salt solution. Thick filaments had a mean diameter of 18 nm and reached a maximum length of 1.4 microm with a mean length of 0.61 microm. In transverse sections, 2.5-5 nm particles were resolved as subunits of the thick filaments. Thin filamen...

Analysis of the structure and function of native thick (myosin-containing) filaments of muscle has been hampered in the past by the difficulty of obtaining a pure preparation. We have developed a simple method for purifying native myosin filaments from muscle filament suspensions. The method involves severing thin (actin-containing) filaments into short segments using a Ca(2+)-insensitive fragm...

An abundance analysis is presented of 60 metal-poor stars drawn from catalogues of nearby stars provided by Ariyanto et al. (2005) and Schuster et al. (2006). In an attempt to isolate a sample of metal-weak thick disc stars, we applied the kinematic criteria Vrot ≥ 100 km s , |ULSR| ≤ 140 km s , and |WLSR| ≤ 100 km s . Fourteen stars satisfying these criteria and having [Fe/H] ≤ −1.0 are includ...

PURPOSE The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an ultrasonographic measurement of placental thickness and the correlation of a thick placenta with adverse perinatal outcome. METHODS Placental thickness was measured in single gravidas, 16 to 40 weeks of gestation, between 2005 and 2009. Placentas were considered to be thick if their measured thickness were above the 95th percenti...

Electroceramic thick films are 2D (planar) structures that, in their simplest form, consist of a substrate, a bottom electrode, a ceramic film and a top electrode, with the thickness of an individual layer being typically between 1 and 100 μm. The processing of thick films is similar to the processing of bulk ceramics, i.e., it involves powder synthesis, shaping and sintering. The major differe...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of thick slab minimum intensity projection (MinIP) as a follow-up method in patients with pulmonary emphysema. This method was used to determine the presence or absence of changes over time in the lung field based on multi-detector-row CT (MDCT) data. METHODS Among patients diagnosed with pulmonary emphysema who underwent 16-MDC...