In vivo studies on disc mechanics show loss of fluid from the intervertebral disc (IVD) during loading and full recovery during rest. Previous work indicated that in vitro recovery is hampered after static loading. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of the endplate after dynamic and static loading on mechanical recovery in vitro. Lumbar spines (caprine) were obtained from ...

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) has gained momentum in recent years as an effective tool to provide Quality of Service (QoS) in a variety of networks. This has in turn created active interest in the area of recovery in MPLS based networks. A number of recovery schemes for MPLS domains have been proposed in recent years. However, the current schemes lack support for recovery in dynamic netw...

Production of highly viscous tar sand bitumen using Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) with a pair of horizontal wells has advantages over conventional steam flooding. This paper explores the use of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) as an alternative to the traditional SAGD simulation approach. Feed forward, multi-layered neural network meta-models are trained through the Back-...

dynamic recrystallization, drx, behaviour of a precipitation hardened, ph, stainless steel was studied in connection with microstructural developments in a compression test. the experimental results showed that the dominant mechanism of softening is drx, but at high strain rates and low temperatures, ie, high zener-holman parameter, z, work hardening and dynamic recovery, drv, produced a pancke...

Dynamic recrystallization, DRX, behaviour of a precipitation hardened, PH, stainless steel was studied in connection with microstructural developments in a compression test. The experimental results showed that the dominant mechanism of softening is DRX, but at high strain rates and low temperatures, ie, high Zener-Holman parameter, Z, work hardening and dynamic recovery, DRV, produced a pancke...

A special moduli set Residue Number System (RNS) of high dynamic range (DR) can speed up the execution of very large word-length repetitive multiplications found in applications like public key cryptography. The modulo 2 − 1 multiplier is usually the noncritical datapath among all modulo multipliers in such high-DR RNS multiplier. This timing slack can be exploited to reduce the system area and...

A special moduli set Residue Number System (RNS) of high Dynamic Range (DR) can speed up the execution of verylarge word-length repetitive multiplications found in applications like public key cryptography. The modulo 2n-1 multiplier is usually the noncritical datapath among all modulo multipliers in such high-DR RNS multiplier. This timing slack can be exploited to reduce the system area and p...

Rapid and quantitative sensing of aflatoxin B1 with high sensitivity and specificity has drawn increased attention of studies investigating soybean sauce. A sensitive and rapid quantitative immunochromatographic sensing method was developed for the detection of aflatoxin B1 based on time-resolved fluorescence. It combines the advantages of time-resolved fluorescent sensing and immunochromatogra...

conclusions the results clarified a deep perception of participants’ experiences after disaster. the path of life recovery after disasters involves participants’ striving to achieve a comprehensive health recovery, which starts with the need for all-inclusive health recovery as a main concern; this is the motivator for a responding strategy. this strategy is participatory, and the process is pr...