BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and the prevalence has increased significantly in recent decades to epidemic proportions in China. Individually, fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum) seed, mulberry (Morus alba L.) leaf and American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) root can improve glycemia in various animal models and humans with impair...

A novel Pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid mixed ligands complex of formula [Co(NO3)2].6H2O has been obtained by the reaction of Pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid with cobalt nitrate and 1,10-phenanthroline on heating in water. The structures of [Co(pydc)(Phen)(H2O)](pydcH2).4H2O receptors, and their complexes were optimized using DFT method at the B3LYP/3-21G** level. The highest occupied molecular o...

The present study investigates the fracture toughness of FSW X80 HSLA steel welds. Weld cooling rate and peak temperature were varied among welds; indirectly manipulated through travel speed, rpm, weld preheat. Fracture was tested according to ASTM 1820 standard along centerline using surface-notched SEB specimen cooled −40 °C. Results demonstrate that CTOD has a strong inverse linear correlati...

SPIRAL is a generator of optimized, platform-adapted libraries for digital signal processing algorithms. SPIRAL's strategy translates the implementation task into a search in an expanded space of alternatives. These result from the many degrees of freedom in the DSP algorithm itself and in the various coding choices. This paper describes the framework to represent and generate eeciently these a...

Abstract In the shipbuilding industry, risk of brittle fractures is relatively high because some units operate in arctic or subarctic zones and use thickness (up to 100 mm) steel plates their structures. This limited by employing certified materials with a specific impact strength, determined using Charpy method (for given design temperature) exercising control over welding processes (technolog...

BACKGROUND Dual energy CT (DECT) has proven its potential in oncological imaging. Considering the repeated follow-up examinations, radiation dose should not exceed conventional single energy CT (SECT). Comparison studies on the same scanner with a large number of patients, considering patient geometries and image quality, and exploiting full potential of SECT dose reduction are rare. Purpose of...