ub lis he d by M an ey P ub lis hi ng ( c) IO M C om m un ic at io ns L td A mechanical powder metallurgy process involving a vibration stage before cold and hot compaction has been developed to manufacture functionally graded materials (FGMs). The microstructure and mechanical properties of p 2124 FGMs produced by this process have been studied. It was found that the vibration stage modified t...

One of the fabrication methods for functionally graded materials (FGMs) is a centrifugal solid-particle method, which is an application of the centrifugal casting technique. However, it is the difficult to fabricate FGMs containing nano-particles by the centrifugal solid-particle method. Recently, we proposed a novel fabrication method, which we have named the centrifugal mixed-powder method, b...

A fundamental solution (or Green’s function) is a singular solution of a governing partial differential equation (PDE). They can be constructed easily when the PDE has constant coefficients. They are useful for reducing boundary-value problems to boundary integral equations (BIEs). We begin by describing simple properties of fundamental solutions, and then comment on the use and construction of...

BACKGROUND Behaviour and related health outcomes of migrants have been suggested to shift towards the practices of the indigenous population of the host country. To investigate this, we studied generational differences in sexual behaviour between first- and second-generation migrants (FGMs and SGMs) in The Netherlands. METHODS In 2003-05, persons aged 16-70 years with origins in Surinam, the ...

Fabrication of Al-Al₃Ti functionally graded materials (FGMs) under the centrifugal force has recently attracted some attention. The controlled compositional gradient of the fabricated FGMs, the low cost of the process, and the good mold filling, are the main advantages of the centrifugal method (CM). Using the conventional CM techniques such as the centrifugal solid-particle method and centrifu...

BACKGROUND A novel flash glucose monitoring system (FGMS) (FreeStyle Libre, Abbott, UK) was recently developed for humans. It continuously measures the interstitial glucose (IG) concentrations for 14 days. OBJECTIVES To assess the clinical and analytical accuracy of the FGMS in diabetic dogs. ANIMALS Ten client-owned diabetic dogs on insulin treatment. METHODS Prospective and observationa...

In situ studies that rely on non-invasive faecal hormone monitoring are subject to problems due to potential changes in hormone concentrations in samples exposed to field conditions. In this study, we conducted an environmental validation for measurement of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGMs) in jaguars (Panthera onca). We collected fresh faeces (e.g. no older than 8 h) from jaguars (six m...

OBJECTIVES To assess the benefit of using the flash glucose monitoring system (FGMS) in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) during Ramadan fasting. Methods: A prospective pilot study of 51 participants visited the pediatric diabetes clinic at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from between June until and July 2016. The FreeStyle® Libre™...

In Djibouti, the prevalence of female genital mutilations (FGMs) amounts to 98% and the practice is still in use. When I left, in 1999, I knew I would involve myself in the fight against FGMs and I describe here the outcome of an obstacle course of more than ten years duration. This paper is written on behalf of innumerable women, who could give you a similar account.

A machine learning strategy based on the semi-analytical singular boundary method (SBM) is presented for thermal conductivity identification of functionally graded materials (FGMs). In this study, only temperature or heat flux surface interior FGMs can be measured by sensors, and SBM used to construct database relationship between distribution structure. Based aforementioned constructed databas...