Experimentation is conducted on an IDI diesel engine and the results of combustion and vibration on IDI -Diesel engine fueled with the preheated Jatropha Methyl Ester (JME) are presented. The Present research trend is to replace conventional diesel by renewable alternative fuels in view of fast depletion of petroleum reserves and to reduce the exhaust emissions from the engines without altering...

Von Willebrand factor (vWF) is a biomarker of endothelial dysfunction. We investigated its role on prognosis in anticoagulated atrial fibrillation (AF) patients and determined whether its addition to clinical risk stratification schemes improved event-risk prediction. Consecutive outpatients with non-valvular AF were recruited and rates of thrombotic/cardiovascular events, major bleeding and mo...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of long-term intermittent dobutamine infusion (IDI) with concomitant administration of low-dose amiodarone in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) refractory to standard medical treatment. DESIGN Prospective, interventional clinical trial. SETTING Inpatient and outpatient heart failure clinic in a university teaching hospital. PATIENTS AND I...

Bone fragility is a concern for aged and diseased bone. Measuring bone toughness and understanding fracture properties of the bone are critical for predicting fracture risk associated with age and disease and for preclinical testing of therapies. A reference point indentation technique (BioDent) has recently been developed to determine bone's resistance to fracture in a minimally invasive way b...

In 2010, Sood et al [3] proposed a secure dynamic identity based authentication scheme using smart cards. They claimed that their scheme is secure against various attacks. In this paper, we improve their scheme for outsider attack as well as insider attack. To remedy these security flaws, an improved scheme is proposed to withstand these attacks. [1] Introduction With the rapid increasing need ...

DISCLAIMER 1: This memo was written mainly with IDI phd students in mind, and might have varying relevance for phd students even within this one department, depending on their specific research project. The status and commonality of review or survey papers may be different in other disciplines, yet at least some of the advice in this memo would hopefully be relevant to students outside my own d...

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