A furnace freeze lining is necessary for safety and economic reasons in several smelting operations. The integrity of the put at risk by power imbalances. Although numerous models have been derived to model growth depletion due imbalances, no exists thermomechanical damage lining. This study provides an initial pathway modelling ilmenite using information from literature experimental work. meth...

DNA damage and repair in trypanosomatids impacts virulence, drug resistance and antigenic variation but, currently, little is known about DNA damage responses or cell cycle checkpoints in these divergent protozoa. One of the earliest markers of DNA damage in eukaryotes is γH2A(X), a serine phosphorylated histone H2A (variant). Here, we report the identification and initial characterization of γ...

Abstract Plasma processing plays an important role in manufacturing leading-edge electronic devices such as ULSI circuits. Reactive ion etching achieves fine patterns with anisotropic features metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs). In contrast, it has been pointed out over the last four decades that plasma processes not only modify surface morphology of materials but also...

Interest in radiation damage is growing rapidly owing to the surge in macromolecular crystallography experiments carried out at modern brilliant synchrotron macromolecular crystallography beamlines. Work on the characterization of radiation damage in cryocooled protein crystals is starting to have some impact on our understanding of the problem and of how damage might be affecting both the proc...

The purpose of this research is to investigate gold nanoparticles as a potential scaffold for the characterization of DNA damage and repair using atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques. The procedure consists of functionalizing the surface of gold nanoparticles with DNA which are then immobilized onto amine modified silicon or glass surfaces. Our objective is to examine various lesions in ind...

A study on fatigue damage characterization for long fibre epoxy composites is here presented. The main aim is to calculate with full field technique the local damage experimental parameters, in order to express the material damage state and to validate a procedure for the localization of the probable zones of failure. It is well known that fatigue damage evolves mainly in some localized areas a...

The lifetime of soft robots is limited by their susceptibility to damage. Recent breakthroughs in healable have overcome this issue manufacturing systems from self-healing polymers. However, operate and recover autonomously, compatible sensors need be embedded. We show that innovative measure strain, force, damage, based on a conductive elastomeric composite, were developed integrated with near...