This paper describes a detailed characterization of laminar flow-based fuel cell (LFFC) with air-breathing cathode for performance (fuel utilization and power density). The effect of flow-over and flow-through anode architectures, as well as operating conditions such as different fuel flow rates and concentrations on the performance of LFFCs was investigated. Formic acid with concentrations of ...

An experiment was conducted to determine the influence of concentration and mode of application of different growth regulators on growth and yield of Dendrobium hybrid “Thongchai Gold” in subtropical cool climate zone. Various concentrations of GA 3 and BA were applied as foliar spray and drenching mode. GA 100 ppm in combination with BA 100 ppm followed by GA 200 ppm 3 3 increased the plant he...

We report that planar chiral structures affect the polarization state of light in a manner similar to three-dimensional chiral (optical active) media. In experiments with artificial metal-on-silicon chiral planar gratings of 442 wallpaper group symmetry, containing millions of chiral elements per square centimeter, we observed rotation of the polarization azimuth in excess of 30 degrees of ligh...

Visual size constancy for distances up to 70 cm was studied in three experiments with 4-, 6-, and 8-month-old infants and up to 200 cm with 6-month-old infants in a fourth. A habituation-test procedure was used throughout. At each age subjects were repeatedly shown a three-dimensional model of a human head until a criterion of habituation of looking was reached. Relative to the habituation cond...

Conversion of slope cropland to perennial vegetation has a significant impact on soil organic carbon (SOC) stock in A horizon. However, the impact on SOC and its fraction stratification is still poorly understood in deep soil in Loess Hilly Region (LHR) of China. Samples were collected from three typical conversion lands, Robinia psendoacacia (RP), Caragana Korshinskii Kom (CK), and abandoned l...

BACKGROUND BAP1 has been shown to be a target of both somatic alteration in high-risk ocular melanomas (OM) and germline inactivation in a few individuals from cancer-prone families. These findings suggest that constitutional BAP1 changes may predispose individuals to metastatic OM and that familial permeation of deleterious alleles could delineate a new cancer syndrome. DESIGN To characteriz...

Short bowel syndrome (SBS) occurs when, after surgery or congenitally, a patient is left with 200 cm of functional small intestine. Absorption is related to the amount of residual intestine; patients at greatest nutritional risk generally have a duodenostomy or a jejunoileal anastomosis with 35 cm of residual small intestine, jejunocolic or ileocolic anastomosis with 60 cm of residual small int...