Variable-angle tow (VAT) manufacturing methods significantly increase the design space for elastic tailoring of composite structures by smoothly changing fiber angle and ply thickness across a component. Rapid shearing (RTS) is VAT technique that uses in-plane (rather than bending) to steer tows dry or pre-impregnated fibers. RTS offers number benefits over conventional bending-driven steering ...

This study attempted to describe the distribution patterns of great white sharks, C. carcharias, in the geostrophic eddy field between Hawaii and the Line Islands in relation to primary and secondary productivity in the water column. To do so, in situ chl-a fluorescence measurements as well as zooplankton net tows were taken along a cruise track between Hawaii the Line Islands. This data was an...

The Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) programme aims at achieving early detection of hearing impairment. Subsequent diagnosis and intervention should follow promptly. Within the framework of the Ministry of Health project CCM 2013 "Preventing Communication Disorders: a Regional Program for early Identification, Intervention and Care of Hearing Impaired Children", the limitations and st...

cientists have discovered a new function for amyloid precursor protein (APP), a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease. The finding may reveal how APP gets mixed up with the enzymes that make it go bad. APP has an evil reputation. The and secretases transform it into amyloidpeptide, a component of the plaques that riddle the brain in Alzheimer’s disease. Previous work by Larry Goldstein (Univesi...

Reducing small shrimps in the Gulf of Maine pink shrimp fishery with a new size-sorting grid system Pingguo He, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space and NH Sea Grant University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. (603) 862-3154, [email protected] Vincent Balzano, F/V “North Star”, Saco, Maine, USA INTRODUCTION Since the implementation of the Nordmore Grid in the Gulf of Maine pink shri...

An experiment was designed and carried out to study the friction deformation of carbon fibre tow under sliding transverse orientation fibres. A continuous frictional force measured in reciprocal tests over a length about one width tow, as well incremental 4 mm with stop after each millimetre measure topography contact glass plate. Although coefficient depended on initial state first millimetres...