Noble metal-TiO2 nanohybrids, NM0-TiO2, (NM0 = Pt0, Pd0, Au0, Ag0) have been engineered by One-Nozzle Flame Spray Pyrolysis (ON-FSP) and Double-Nozzle (DN-FSP), controlling the method of noble metal deposition to TiO2 matrix. A comparative screening two FSP methods was realized, using NM0-TiO2 photocatalysts for H2 production from H2O/methanol. The results show that DN-FSP process allows engine...

Friction stir processing (FSP) was used for the fabrication of Al-B4C surface composite. Al-Mg-Si alloy was considered as the substrate and B4C particles were incorporated into the substrate by thermo-mechanical effect of FSP. The effect of tool dimensions and different rotational speeds on the microstructure and microhardness of the composite layers was evaluated and the optimum process parame...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of fallopian sperm perfusion (FSP) using a new method similar to the FAST system in comparison with standard intrauterine insemination (IUI) in patients with unexplained infertility. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, controlled study. SETTING Assisted conception service in a University Hospital. PATIENT(S) Women with unexplained infertility undergoing cont...

Benefit receipt in major household surveys is often underreported. This understatement has major implications for our understanding of the economic circumstances of disadvantaged populations and the distributional effects of government programs. This paper examines underreporting of food stamps by combining administrative microdata for the Food Stamp Program (FSP) and nationally representative ...

Patched 1 (Ptch1) has epithelial, stromal and systemic roles in murine mammary gland organogenesis, yet specific functions remain undefined. Cre-recombinase-mediated Ptch1 ablation in mammary epithelium increased proliferation and branching, but did not phenocopy transgenic expression of activated smoothened (SmoM2). The epithelium showed no evidence of canonical hedgehog signaling, and hyperpr...

In 1996, after two decades of increasing participation in cash and noncash public assistance programs by immigrant households (Borjas and Hilton, 1996), the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) drastically altered the availability of federal public assistance to legal immigrants but ostensibly not to refugees. Refugees were given a 5-year exemption from rules...

Background and Purpose: The epidemiological alteration in the distribution of Candida species, as well as the significantly increasing trend of either intrinsic or acquired resistance of some of these fungi highlights the need for a reliable method for the identification of the species. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is one of the methods facilitating the quick and precise identification of Ca...

The beneficial effect of the friction stir processing (FSP) technique for improving properties fabricated additive parts through microstructural refinement and repairing metallurgical defects has shown its ability to be integrated into a hybrid manufacturing system. In present work, conventional GMAW TIG-based processes were further post-processed with process (FSP). case + processed beads, imp...

This article present a visual characterization of facial motions inherent with speaking. We propose a set of four Facial Speech Parameters (FSP): jaw opening, lips rounding, lips closure, and lips raising, to represent the primary visual gestures of speech articulation into a multidimensional linear manifold. This manifold is initially generated as a statistical model, obtained by analyzing acc...

The important role of the electron-phonon interaction (EPI) in explaining the properties of the normal state and pairing mechanism in high-Tc superconductors (HTSC) is discussed. A number of experimental results are analyzed such as: dynamical conductivity, Raman scattering, neutron scattering, ARPES, tunnelling measurements, isotope effect and etc. They give convincing evidence that the EPI is...