In order to study the flow characteristics of a nozzle with large expansion ratio and its influence on force nozzle, ground cold test research fluid–structure coupling simulation analysis were carried out (maximum ε = 30.25). The variation pulsation pressure near measuring point area inlet obtained through experiments. Through peak-to-peak value average value, it was found that after separation...

Sago starch is a locally grown and produced starch resource in Malaysia. In this study, corn starch to sago starch ratios (CS:SS) of 0:20, 5:15, 10:10, 15:5 and 20:0 were included in feed mixture to contain 20% starch and produce five isonitrogenous and isocaloric (30% crude protein and 16.7 kJ/g, respectively) tilapia Oreochromis sp. diets. Diets were preconditioned to contain 40% moisture and...

Background: Expansion and differentiation of stem cells relies on the soluble materials as well as the physical conditions of their microenvironment. Several methods have been studied in attempt to enhance the growth and differentiation rates of different adult stem cells extracted from different sources. Objectives: The purpose was to improve the three-dimensional (3D) culture condition of th...

BACKGROUND We explored whether spontaneous imaging tumor growth (estimated by the velocity of diametric expansion) and isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) mutation (estimated by IDH1 immunoexpression) were independent predictors of long-term outcomes of diffuse low-grade gliomas in adults. METHODS One hundred thirty-one adult patients with newly diagnosed supratentorial diffuse low-grade glioma...

Sirs—One of us (SRC) coauthored a paper in the International Journal of Epidemiology that detailed a use of data expansion to fit the continuation-ratio model1 as sketched by Armstrong and Slone,2 as well as a paper in the Annals of Epidemiology that detailed a related use of data expansion to fit proportional-odds models.3 In fact, a family of ordered logistic regression models, including cont...