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Links Between Mechanical Properties and Local Atomic Structures of Cu–Zr Bulk Metallic Glasses

Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) have drawn much attention due to their interesting mechanical properties such as extraordinary elastic strain limits and a high tensile yield stress [1-6]. For example, their yield strengths can be up to 1 to 5GPa and elastic strain limits up to ~2% [7-10]. However, their use for engineering applications has been challenging since BMGs exhibit localized strain softening leading to failure and brittleness. The underlying atomicscale plastic mechanisms are believed to be mediated by a local microscopic mechanism [11-14]. Such localized processes have been observed during high-strain deformation atomistuc simulations [15-22] inspiring the development of the shear transformation zone (STZ) concept and the effective temperature theory of athermal glass plasticity [23-25].
Handbook Of Microemulsion Science And Technology

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Microemulsions-A Historical Overview, B. Lindman and S.E. Friberg STRUCTURAL ASPECTS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROEMULSIONS Thermodynamics of Microemulsions I, W.K. Kegel, J.T. G. Overbeek, and H.N. W. Lekkerkerker Thermodynamics of Microemulsions II, E. Ruckenstein Microscopic Models of Microemulsions, G. Gompper and M. Schick Lattice Monte Carlo Simulations of Micellar and Microemulsion Systems, R. Rajagopalan, L. A. Rodriguez-Guadarrama, and S.K. Talsania Effects of Alcohol Chain Length and Salt on Phase Behavior and Critical Phenomena in SDS Microemulsions , A. M. Bellocq Aggregation Behavior in One-Phase (Winsor IV) Microemulsion Systems, S. Ezrahi, A. Aserin, and N. Garti Ionic Microemulsions, J.-L. Salager and R.E. Anton Supercritical Microemulsions, G.J. McFann and K.P. Johnston Characterization of Microemulsions by NMR, B. Lindman, U. Olsson, and O. Soderman Rheological Properties of Microemulsions, M. Gradzielski and H. Hoffmann Light Scattering Studies of Microemulsion Systems, D. Langevin and J. Rouch Characterization of Microemulsions Using Fast Freeze-Fracture and Cryo-Electron Microscopy, J.R. Bellare, M.M. Haridas, and X.J. Li Characterization of Microemulsions by Electrical Birefringence, Z.A. Schelly REACTIONS IN MICROEMULSIONS Organic Reactivity in Microemulsions, C.A. Bunton and L.S. Romsted Application of Microemulsions in Enhancing Sensitivity of Reactions in Spectroscopic Analysis, R. Guo and X. Zhu Preparation of Ultrafine Particles of Metals and Metal Borides in Microemulsions, J.B. Nagy Microemulsion-Mediated Synthesis of Nanosize Oxide Materials, K. Osseo-Asare Time-Resolved Luminescence Quenching in Microemulsions, M. Almgren and H. Mays Structure and Reactions in Microemulsions Formed in Near-Critical and Supercritical Fluids, J.L. Fulton Electrochemical Studies in Microemulsions, S. Qutubuddin Polymerization in Microemulsions, F. Candau Enzymatic Reactions in Microemulsions, K. Holmberg APPLICATIONS OF MICROEMULSIONS Applications of Microemulsions in Enhanced Oil Recovery, V. Pillai, J.R. Kanicky, and D.O. Shah Microemulsions in Pharmaceuticals, M. Malmsten Microemulsions in Cosmetics, P.A. Aikens and S.E. Friberg Microemulsions in Foods, S. Engstrom and K. Larsson Application of Microemulsions as Liquid Membranes, J.M. Wiencek Application of Microemulsions in Textile Cleaning Using Model Detergency Tests, H. -D. Dorfler FUTURE PROSPECTS The Future of Microemulsions, J. Sjoblom and S.E. Friberg
Anti-Asialo GM1 treatment during secondary Toxoplasma gondii infection is lethal and depletes T cells

Using vaccine challenge model of T. gondii infection, we found that treatments with two commonly used for NK cell depletion antibodies resulted in different survival outcomes during secondary infection. Anti-ASGM1 resulted in 100% death and greater parasite burden at the site of infection than anti-NK1.1. Anti-NK1.1 treatment resulted in increased parasite burdens, but animals did not die. Further we found that anti-ASGM1 treatment depleted T cells. CD8+ T cells were more susceptible that CD4+ T cells to the treatment. ASGM1 was expressed on a higher percentage of CD8+ T cells than CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells. In T. gondii-immunized animals ASGM1 was enriched on effector memory (Tem) and central memory (Tcm) CD8+ T cells. However, Tem were more susceptible to the treatment. After secondary infection, Tem, Tcm, effector (Tef) and naïve (Tn) CD8+ T cells were positive for ASGM1. Anti-ASGM1 treatment during reinfection resulted in greater depletion of activated IFNγ+, Granzyme B+, Tem and Tef than Tcm and Tn CD8+ T cells. Anti-ASGM1 also depleted IFNγ+ CD4+ T cells. Recombinant IFNγ supplementation prolonged survival of anti-ASGM1 treated mice, demonstrating that this antibody eliminated IFNγ-producing T and NK cells important for control of the parasite. These results highlight that anti-ASGM1 antibody is not an optimal choice for targeting only NK cells and more precise approaches should be used. This study uncovers ASGM1 as a marker of activated effector T cells and the potential importance of changes in sialylation in lipid rafts for T cell activation during T. gondii infection.
The Challenges of Low-Energy Secondary Electron Emission Measurement

The phenomena known as secondary electron emission was discovered over a century ago. Yet, it remains very difficult to model accurately due to the limited availability of reliable experimental data. With the growing use of computer simulations in hardware development, the need for accurate models has increased. This research focused on determining what factors may be causing measurement discrepancies and methods for increasing the accuracy of measurements. It was found that several assumptions are commonly invoked when these measurements are performed that may not always be consistent with reality. The violation of these assumptions leads to measurement bias that is contingent upon the apparatus and the voltages used during the measurement. This research showed that secondary electron yield measurements are sensitive to changes in the apparatus geometry, the current level, and the electron gun settings. New techniques, hardware, and models were developed in order facilitate greater measurement repeatability and accuracy.
Biochemical Variability and Seed Yield of Resistant and Susceptible Black Gram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) Genotypes Elicited by Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)

Plants face several challenges in terms of biotic stress due to insect pests. However, plants make use of a wide range of physiochemical mechanisms to protect themselves against such biotic stresses induced by insect pests. The resistance strategies could be constitutive, that is, they are always present in the plant independent of herbivore attack, or inducible, activated only when the plant is attacked (Kessler and Baldwin, 2002). Accumulation of defensive compounds through physiological, morphological, and chemical changes is the most vital line of defense in plants against insect attack. Various biochemical constituents present in the cells and tissues of the host plant exert a profound influence on biology of insect pests (Sharma, 2009). Blackgram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) is an important legume crop cultivated worldwide International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 08 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
More than a game: a narrative analysis of life stories of elite and professional athletes

Sport has always been more than a game and can contribute to the personal growth of people. The present study uses qualitative approach to explore the stories of Olympic and elite athletes tell about their journey as an athlete and the impact sports had on their lives. Also the study examines the importance of sports as an important context for learning life skills. For the purpose of the study, in-depth interviews were used to capture the experiences of both male and female elite athletes. Total of 12 elite athletes between the ages of 20 and 60 years (mean= 40), who had participated in the Olympic, Asian Games, Common Wealth, World Championship, National Championships etc.within their chosen sport. A variety of sports and sports types were included within the sample with participants from different sports (wrestling, swimming, basketball, cricket and open waters), and both team and individual sports were represented. The data was analysed using a combination of Narrative Analysis and Thematic Analysis. The finding provide an insight about deep seated motives an elite athletes and how did sports contributed to other aspect of their lives.
ASSESSMENT OF IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF NEW MOROCCAN DOMESTICATED TETRAPLOID OAT LINES OF AVENA MAGNA

Results of studying the oat collection of the N. I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources are presented. Field and Nine tetraploid oat lines of Avena magna Murph. et Terr. were assessed for their technological performance. Physicochemical analyses were performed, including moisture, ash, proteins, fibre fractions, lipids, carbohydrates, and minerals. Statistical analysis revealed noteworthy differences in the chemical composition between the cultivars.
Study the Effect of Granules Type of The Porous Medium on The Heat Transfer Enhancement for Double Pipe Heat Exchanger

The current study includes the effect of the type of porous medium on the heat transfer enhancement for double-pipe heat exchanger. Using the three types of the porous medium of balls (steel, ceramic and glass) with diameters (6.35, 6 and 7) mm respectively. The tests were carried out on a locally manufactured heat exchanger, consisting of a copper pipe with an inner diameter (20mm), an outer diameter (22mm) and a length of (1800mm), fixed inside a pipe made of galvanized iron with the same length of copper pipe with inner diameter (50mm) and thickness (5mm). The heat exchanger is insulated with a layer of glass wool to prevent leakage of heat to the area surrounding the exchanger. The tests carried out on the heat exchanger in four cases, the three cases for porous medium, also the case of exchanger without porous medium, and for all cases identical operating conditions, which is inlet temperature of hot, and cold water determined at (63 and 32)˚C and the number of Reynolds from (1100 to 9750) for cold water and (415 to 7500) for hot water. The experimental results showed that the highest thermal conductivity was obtained when the ceramic balls were used, which was estimated to be approximately (219.302) W/˚C and increased by (105.3%, 10.8%, 4.3%) for cases: without porous medium, glass balls and steel balls respectively. The effect of the pressure drop in the hot water side, was recorded the highest value for pressure drop when the ceramic balls were used and ranged from (0.5 to 19.5) mmHg and increased by (0.95%, 2.25%) when compared with the results of two cases for balls (steel and glass) respectively.
Theoretical and practical contributions to star observation scheduling problems

Large telescopes are few and observing time is a precious resource subject to a strong pressure from a competitive community. Besides, a growing number of astronomical projects require surveying a large number of targets during discontinuous runs spread over few months or years. This thesis is the result of a collaboration between operations researchers from G-SCOP laboratory and astrophysicists from IPAG research unit. Its goal was to optimize the schedule of star observations on telescopes, in particular, on the Very Large Telescope. The first chapter contains a theoretical study of the complexity of several variants of processing time dependent profit maximization scheduling problems. Those problems appear inter alia as sub-problem of the real life star observation scheduling problem studied in the second chapter, for which we developed a fast and efficient Large Neighborhood Search algorithm. The third chapter is not related to the star observation scheduling problem. It describes the Tree Search based algorithm we developed for the glass cutting problem raised by the company Saint-Gobain for the ROADEF/EURO challenge 2018.
Comparative analysis of the complete chloroplast genome sequences of three Amaranthus species

Abstract The complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequences of three Amaranthus species (Amaranthus hypochondriacus, A. cruentus and A. caudatus) were determined by next-generation sequencing. The cp genome sequences of A. hypochondriacus, A. cruentus and A. caudatus were 150,523, 150,757 and 150,523 bp in length, respectively, each containing 84 genes with identical contents and orders. Expansion or contraction of the inverted repeat region was not observed among the three Amaranthus species. The coding regions were highly conserved with 99.3% homology in nucleotide and amino acid sequences. Five genes – matK, accD, ndhJ, ccsA and ndhF – showed relatively high non-synonymous/synonymous values (Ka/Ks > 0.1). Sequence comparison identified two insertion/deletion (InDels) greater than 40 bp in length, and polymerase chain reaction markers that could amplify these InDel regions were applied to diverse Korean Genbank accessions, which could discriminate the three Amaranthus species. Phylogenetic analyses based on 62 protein-coding genes showed that the core Caryophyllales were monophyletic and Amaranthoideae formed a sister group with the Betoideae and Chenopodioideae clade. Comparing each homologous locus among the three Amaranthus species, identified eight regions with high Pi values (>0.03). Seven of these loci, except for rps19-trnH (GUG), were considered to be useful molecular markers for further phylogenetic studies.
Zone based Algorithm for CH Selection using Fuzzy logic for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks

A Wireless sensor network is a collection of sensor nodes which are limited energy resources. Therefore, the main issue is how to optimize the energy consumption to maintain the sensor nodes alive as long as possible. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm that divides the network area to zones and uses the fuzzy logic method to select Cluster Heads (CHs). To this aim, we have taken into account a set of parameters related to the node for selecting CHs. These parameters are used as inputs to the Fuzzy Inference System. Simu-lation results show that our algorithm succeeds to increase the stability period, save the energy and hence, prolong the lifetime of the network.
Is faster always better? The walking speed-dependency of gait variability in bilateral vestibulopathy

Study of balance and gait deficits associated with vestibulopathy is important for improving clinical care and is critical to our understanding of the vestibular contributions to gait and balance control. Previous studies report a speed-dependency of the vestibular contributions to gait, so we examined the walking speed effects on gait variability in healthy adults and in adults with bilateral vestibulopathy (BVP). Forty four people with BVP and 12 healthy adults completed walking trials at 0.4m/s to 1.6m/s in 0.2m/s intervals on a dual belt, instrumented treadmill. Using a motion capture system and kinematic data, the means and coefficients of variation for step length, time, width and double support time were calculated. The BVP group also completed a video head impulse test and examinations of ocular and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials and dynamic visual acuity. Walking speed significantly affected all assessed parameters when considering all participants with BVP who completed the protocol (26 participants), as well as when only considering the slower speeds (except for mean step width). Step time and length variability at slower speeds and step width variability at faster speeds distinguished between the healthy and BVP group that completed the measurements, and the BVP group that partially completed the measurements. We observed for step width variability, specifically, an apparent persistent importance of vestibular function at increasing speeds. Gait variability was not associated with the clinical vestibular tests. Our results indicate that gait variability at multiple walking speeds has potential as an assessment tool for vestibular interventions. New & Noteworthy Walking speed significantly but differentially affects gait variability in healthy adults and in adults with bilateral vestibulopathy. Gait variability at different speeds distinguishes between participants with and without bilateral vestibulopathy, but also between more and less able walkers with bilateral vestibulopathy. Specifically for step width variability, an apparent persistent importance of vestibular function at increasing walking speeds was observed. Gait variability was generally not correlated with clinical tests of vestibular function.
THE INFLUENCE OF SEWAGE SLUDGE PROCESSING IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ON THE HEAVY METALS CONTENTS

A b s t r a c t This paper presents results of metals content analysis in sewage sludge from Kedzierzyn-Koźle wastewater treatment plant. The aim of this study was to determine metals contents in the following stages of sludge treatment process. Quantitative analysis of metals concentration in the sludge system is an important information for technologists about the preferable direction of sludge management. Sewage sludge samples were taken at five processing stages. The analysis was carried out by means of atomic absorption spectrometry technique (AAS). The average content of Na, K, Ca, Mg in each sampling points ranged from 24999.2 mg/kg TS to 41815.6 mg/kg TS , whereas for heavy metals Cd, Pb, Ni, Zn, Cu total contents ranged from 894.5 mg/kg TS to 2191.2 mg/kg TS . The highest concentration of metals was detected in primary settling tank and the lowest after dewatering process. Cr and Hg concentrations were below the detection limit. The concentration of trace ele ments in stabilized sludge did not exceed the limit values for heavy metals defined in the Regulation of the Minister of the
Inhibiting enzymatic formation of blue-green pigments in garlic cloves

Blue-green pigments have the ability to form in crushed and whole garlic cloves following a rapid series of enzymatic and non-enzymatic reactions. Economic losses associated with a reduction in organoleptic quality of garlic (Allium sativum L.) containing blue-green pigments can be incurred. Preventing blue-green pigment formation can mitigate potential financial and brand equity damages. To prevent pigment formation, inactivation of the enzyme which yields pigment substrates is essential. Two methods to inactivate the enzyme associated with pigment formation were explored: blanch treatment of whole garlic cloves (100°C, 5 min); and soaking of whole, non-blanched garlic cloves in low pH (<3.0) acetic or citric acid pickling solutions for seven days. The blanching treatment was effective in inactivating the enzyme as the pigment substrate decreased by approximately 99% as compared with pigment substrate concentrations in non-blanched garlic cloves. Soaking whole garlic cloves in low pH (<3.0) pickling solutions did not result in enzyme inactivation as pigments formed in cloves soaked in the acetic acid pickling solutions; however pigments did not form in cloves soaked in the citric acid pickling solution. This may be due to the different effect monoand poly-carboxylic acids have on the permeability of garlic cell membranes. Blanching garlic cloves can be implemented as a processing step to prevent pigment formation. Soaking garlic in a low pH pickling solution comprised of a poly-carboxylic acid does not inactivate the enzyme associated with pigment formation but pigment formation can be prevented. Other methods presented in the literature to prevent pigment formation include controlling growth, harvest and storage conditions, as well as treating garlic clove homogenates with chemical additives.
Complexatìon of Np(V) with Humic Acid: Intercomparison of Results from Different Laboratories

The húmate complexatìon of the NpOJ ion has been investigated at pH = 7—9 in 0.1 M NaC104 with purified humic acid extracted from one of the Gorleben groundwaters in northern Germany. The experiment is conducted under Ar atmosphere in a glove box by UV-Vis spectroscopy with an optical fibre connection. The Np(V) concentration is varied from 1.08X10" to 7.28 X 10~ mol L ' while keeping the humic acid concentration constant at around 1 X 10" mol L". The complexatìon constant, which is evaluated by taking into account the loading capacity (LC) of the humic acid under investigation for the NpOJ ion at each given pH, is found to be log β = 3.58±0.05. This value is in good agreement with the result of our previous experiment with lower Np(V) concentrations and appears independent of pH and other experimental parameters. Our experimental results are compared with those from the literature, particularly with spectroscopic experiments, and the key uncertainties involved in general in the húmate complexatìon studies are discussed.
Attention across borders: Investor attention as a driver of cross‐border equity crowdfunding investments

Research Summary: Digital equity crowdfunding platforms have brought an unprecedented number of international investment opportunities to investors' reach. Although most equity crowdfunding investments are still made domestically, cross-border investments often have a decisive role in a campaign's success. We therefore ask what drives cross-border investments and theorize how international investors ’ attention directs their investment choices. We leverage unique data and several complementary approaches to examine this question. Our contribution to the equity crowdfunding literature is twofold: (a) we theorize and empirically show how international investor attention affects cross-border equity crowdfunding investments, and (b) we conduct the first empirical study of the drivers of cross-border investments in equity crowdfunding. These findings also have implications for new venture internation-alization research and the broader literature on investor attention. Managerial Summary: Although most equity crowdfunding investments are still made domestically, cross-border investing is growing, and cross-border investments are often critical for campaign success. We show that to attract cross-border investments, it is important for platforms and fundraising companies to capture foreign investors'