thick gel-like pellicle enclosing a fluid core. Upon treatment of the vitally stained tissue with hypertonic salt solution, thus simulating fixation shrinkage, these vesicles can be observed to collapse, discharge the fluid vesicle content or elongate forming a pseudoreticulum similar to that exhibited by the Golgi apparatus of the osmicated cell. Desiccation, superimposed upon the shrunken mat...

An elastomeric seal may leak by elastic deformation without any material damage. We describe elastic leak using a theoretical model, and watch a seal deform and leak using a transparent experimental setup. The elastomer seals the fluid by forming contact with surroundinghardmaterials. As the fluid pressure increases, the contact stress also increases but not as much. When the fluid pressure sur...

The giant Gejiu Sn–Cu polymetallic ore deposit is one of the largest Sn producers in world, and related time space to highly evolved S type granitic intrusion. mineralization processes can be divided into four stages: (I) skarnization; (II) greisenization; (III) cassiterite–sulfid; (IV) cassiterite–tourmaline–quartz. Five types fluid inclusions were recognized using optical petrography, microth...

This study assesses the fertilization and blastocyst-forming rate in mice cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) after the exposure of human ovarian endometriotic fluid. Endometriotic fluid was obtained from a single patient by aspiration at the time of a laparoscopic cystectomy and serially diluted. COCs were obtained from 46-week-old female BDF1 mice. After exposure to ovarian endometriotic fluid fo...

We present results from numerical experiments testing the behavior of cohesionless gravitational aggregates experiencing a gradual increase of angular momentum. The test bodies used in these numerical simulations are gravitational aggregates of different construction, distinguished by the size distribution of the particles constituting them, parameterized in terms of the angle of friction (/). ...

The dynamics of a binary mixture of large and small discs are studied at temperatures approaching the glass transition using an analysis based on the topology of the Voronoi polygon surrounding each atom. At higher temperatures we find that dynamics is dominated by fluid-like motion that involves particles entering and exiting the nearest-neighbour shells of nearby particles. As the temperature...

A result of the increased usage of advanced high strength steels (AHSS) for stamped automotive body structures is an increase in press forces and tool wear, as well as component geometrical issues, such as springback and curl. This study investigates a methodology of forming a dual-phase steel component in a ‘softened’, or annealed, condition, then subsequently heat-treating and quenching the c...