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Effect of Surface Tension Variation of the Working Fluid on the Performance of a Closed Loop Pulsating Heat Pipe
Year: 2019

In this article, the effect of surface tension variation of the working fluid on the thermal performance of a pulsating heat pipe (PHP) is presented. A two turn closed loop PHP is fabricated with a combination of copper and quartz tubes having 2 mm inner diameter. Three filling ratios are considered in the present study. A common surfactant namely sodium dodecyl sulfate is used to vary the surface tension of the distilled water which is the base working fluid tested in the PHP. Visualization as well as heat transfer studies is performed in the PHP. Thermal resistances of working fluids with different surface tension are estimated for each filling ratio. Further, the effect of surfactant concentration on the hydrodynamics of the PHP is also discussed. Addition of surfactant induces formation of foam after the filling process and in some phase of PHP operation. It changes the flow regime boundaries and lowers the evaporator temperature under specific operating conditions. A flow regime map is also constructed for the present PHP. The working fluid with a lower surface tension gives a minimum evaporator temperature in the vertical orientation and thus, lowest thermal resistance has been obtained. However, surface tension does not influence the performance in the horizontal position appreciably.
Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Among a Heterogeneous Group of WSW(M)
Venue: International journal of sexual health official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health
Year: 2016

This study explored predictors of STI screening among a heterogeneous group of women who have sex with women and men.  Following bivariate analyses, a multivariate logistic regression model was conducted to assess the relationship between testing and sociodemographic, relationship characteristics.  The majority of participants reported not receiving STI screening in the past year. Gender expression, and not sexual orientation, was a significant predictor of screening. For each increase in masculinity, participants had lower odds of receiving an STI test.  More research is needed to understand how gender expression of WSW(M) relates to preventative health behaviors.
FRI0117 INCIDENCE RATE OF HERPES ZOSTER IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS UNDER TOFACITINIB: REAL LIFE DATA FROM TURKEY HURBIO REGISTRY
Year: 2020

Tofacitinib (TOF) is an orally administered Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitor and is commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis. There is a heterogeneity among numbers reported from different continents about herpes zoster (HZ) incidence rate (1 3) However, data about HZ risk in our country, which stands like a bridge between Asia and Europe, is lacking.  To assess the real life incidence of herpes zoster in RA patients under tofacitinib.  We analyzed all patients who had at least 1 control visit under tofacitinib and registered to HURBIO database. We calculated incidence rate by dividing the number of patients with herpes zoster to total follow up years, then multiplied by 100 (per 100 patient years)  A total of 204 (174 (85.4% female) patients were recruited. Mean age was 53.2+ 12.5 years. Mean disease duration was 11.5+ 8.1 years. Rheumatoid factor and anti CCP antibodies were positive in 135/198 (68.1 and 115/171 (67.2 patients, respectively. Median follow up while receiving TOF was 11.6 (IQR:5.2 26.2) months. Combination with DMARDs was used in 83.3% of patients. 55.5% of patients was biologic naive. Eleven (5.3% incidence rate: 3.9 (2.3 8.5; 95 CI) per 100 patient years) patients had zona zoster. Ten of these patients was female, median age was 59 (IQR; 52 69) and 4 of them was older than 65 years old. Rheumatoid factor was positive in 9 patients. Only 1 of these patients had diabetes. Median follow up of these patients under TOF was 8.1(IQR: 6 25) months. Ten of these patients had concomitant DMARDs (9 hydroxycholoroquine, 4 methotrexate, 2 leflunomide; according to last follow up visit) and 9 of them received concomitant steroids (med(IQR) 4 (1 8) mg at equivalant methyl prednisolon dose) Eight of them was biologic naive. Tofacitinib was discontinued in 4 of these patients.  In this real life data from Turkey, we found a HZ incidence rate similar to that reported from USA and global data; however, we found a lower incidence rate that reported from Japan  Clinical Outcomes and the Risk of Concomitant Therapy. Arthritis rheumatology (Hoboken, NJ) 2017;69(10):1960 8. [2]Curtis JR, Xie F, Yun H, Bernatsky S, Winthrop KL. Real world comparative risks of herpes virus infections in tofacitinib and biologic treated patients with rheumatoid arthritis.  an open label, long term extension study.  None declared,  None declared, Emine Duran: None declared, Ertugrul Cagri Bolek: None declared, Bayram Farisogullari: None declared, Gozde Kubra Yardimci: None declared,  None declared, Ali Akdogan: None declared,  None declared, Sule Apras Bilgen: None declared, Sedat Kiraz: None declared, Ali Ihsan Ertenli: None declared, Umut Kalyoncu Consultant of: Abbvie, Amgen, Janssen, Lilly, Novartis, UCB
Polarimetric image augmentation
Venue: 2020 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)
Year: 2021

This paper deals with new augmentation methods for an unconventional imaging modality sensitive to the physics of the observed scene called polarimetry. In nature, polarized light is obtained by reflection or scattering. Robotics applications in urban environments are subject to many obstacles that can be specular and therefore provide polarized light. These areas are prone to segmentation errors using standard modalities but could be solved using information carried by the polarized light. Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNNs) have shown excellent segmentation results, but require a significant amount of data to achieve best performances. The lack of data is usually overcomed by using augmentation methods. However, unlike RGB images, polarization images are not only scalar (intensity) images and standard augmentation techniques cannot be applied straightforwardly. We propose enhancing deep learning models through a regularized augmentation procedure applied to polarimetric data in order to characterize scenes more effectively under challenging conditions. We subsequently observe an average of 18.1 improvement in IoU between not augmented and regularized training procedures on real world data.
Microstructure and mechanical properties of a copper stainless steel dual phase system prepared by spark plasma sintering
Year: 2020

Spark plasma sintering (SPS) has been used to synthesise samples of a model dual phase (DP) system, consisting of copper and AISI420 martensitic steel. Mixed powders were sintered at different temperatures in the range from 850degC to 1000degC using a loading pressure of 60 MPa. Tensile testing revealed dimpled fracture surfaces in samples sintered at higher temperatures, indicating ductile failure and good interfacial bonding between the phases, with the best results overall obtained for samples sintered from wet mixed powders. The results show that by control of the mixing, sintering and post sintering heat treatment conditions, the fabrication of dense samples covering a range of DP microstructures is possible using SPS, with independent control of the microstructure and properties of the two phases.
Involving research participants in a pan European research initiative: the EPAD participant panel experience
Venue: Research Involvement and Engagement
Year: 2020

Including participants in patient and public involvement activities is increasingly acknowledged as a key pillar of successful research activity. Such activities can influence recruitment and retention, as well as researcher experience and contribute to decision making in research studies. However, there are few established methodologies of how to set up and manage participant involvement activities. Further, there is little discussion of how to do so when dealing with collaborative projects that run across countries and operate in multiple linguistic and regulatory contexts.  In this paper we describe the set up, running and experiences of the EPAD participant panel. The EPAD study was a pan European cohort study with the aim to understand risks for developing Alzheimer's disease and build a readiness cohort for Phase 2 clinical trials. Due to the longitudinal nature of this study, combined with the enrolment of healthy volunteers and those with mild cognitive impairments, the EPAD team highlighted participant involvement as crucial to the success of this project. The EPAD project employed a nested model, with local panels meeting in England, France, Scotland, Spain and The Netherlands, and feeding into a central study panel. The local panels were governed by terms of reference which were adaptable to local needs.  The impact of the panels has been widespread, and varies from feedback on documentation, to supporting with design of media materials and representation of the project at national and international meetings.  The EPAD panels have contributed to the success of the project and the model established is easily transferable to other disease areas investigating healthy or at risk populations.
Efficacy of interventions for prevention of chemotherapy induced alopecia: A systematic review and meta analysis
Venue: International journal of cancer
Year: 2015

Chemotherapy induced alopecia (CIA) is a highly distressing event for cancer patients, and hence, we here aimed to assess the efficacy of various interventions in the prevention of CIA. We searched PubMed, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library, from June 20, 2013 through August 31, 2013. Two of the authors independently reviewed and selected clinical trials that reported the efficacy of any intervention for prevention of CIA compared with that of controls. Two authors extracted data independently on dichotomized outcome in terms of CIA occurrence. Relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidential intervals (CIs) were calculated for efficacy of CIA prevention by using random effect or fixed effect models. Out of 691 articles retrieved, a total of eight randomized controlled trials and nine controlled clinical trials involving 1,098 participants (616 interventions and 482 controls) were included in the final analyses. Scalp cooling, scalp compression, a combination of cooling and compression, topical minoxidil and Panicum miliaceum were used as interventions. The participants were mainly breast cancer patients receiving doxorubicin or epirubicin containing chemotherapy. Scalp cooling, which is the most popular preventive method, significantly reduced the risk of CIA (RR 0.38, 95% CI 0.32 0.45) whereas topical 2% minoxidil and other interventions did not significantly reduce the risk of CIA. No serious adverse effects associated with scalp cooling were reported. Our results suggest that scalp cooling can prevent CIA in patients receiving chemotherapy. However, the long term safety of scalp cooling should be confirmed in further studies.
Mask absorber development to enable next generation EUVL
Venue: Photomask Japan
Year: 2019

In next generation EUV imaging for foundry N5 dimensions and beyond, inherent pitch and orientation dependent effects on wafer level will consume a significant part of the lithography budget using the current Ta based mask. Mask absorber optimization can mitigate these so called mask 3D effects [1 3] Last year at the SPIE Photomask and EUVL conference  EUV mask absorber change is recognized by the community as key enabler of next generation EUV lithography. Through rigorous lithographic simulations we have identified regions, based on the material optical properties and their gain in imaging performance compared to the reference Ta based absorber  In addition, we have established a mask absorber requirement test flow to validate the candidate material to the full mask supply chain. In this paper we discuss in more detail Te and Ru based alloys which cover these different improvement regions. Candidate materials are evaluated on film morphology, stability during combined hydrogen and EUV loading, and thermal and chemical durability. The EUV optical constants are measured by EUV reflectometry, and preliminary results of plasma etching are shown to enable patterning.
Reflection on the Decline of the Acceptance Rate of Rural Students in the College Entrance Examination
Year: 2010

Fairness is the ideal of what human society is searching for.With the development of the process of China's Higher Education,citizens enjoy much more opportunities for higher education,which provides a good fair platform for higher education between urban and rural area.However,there is also a "difference" obviously.Especially in rural areas recent years,the phenomenon of decline in the proportion of students taking college entrance examination,fully exposed "unfair." to higher education between urban and rural areas.Therefore,it has great significance for achieving education fairness by analyzing the decline in the proportion of students taking college entrance examination and coming up with solutions from policy,funding,and teachers.
Epoxy Based Vinyl Ester Resins: Synthesis and Characterization
Year: 2017

Epoxy based vinyl ester resins were synthesized by reacting with methyl acrylate (MA) ethyl acrylate (EA) The estrification reaction of epoxy resin was carried out using triethylamine (1 percent of total weight of epoxy resin) as a catalyst and 0.03% of hydroquinone as an inhibitor at 90C 100C. The synthesized resins are structurally characterized by FT IR and HNMR spectroscopic methods and their resultants show good solubility in polar solvent.  Epoxy resin, Methyl acrylate, Ethyl acrylate, NMR, FT IR
Ending Wars Well
Year: 2012

Policy planners, humanitarians, military thinkers, and academics interested in political science and ethics will all find valuable insights reading two well crafted volumes by Eric Patterson. Most readers will also flinch at the many examples of how, too often, the use of force ends poorly. Patterson provides practitioners and thinkers two excellent books for considering justice after war, jus post bellum, with careful attention to practical aspects of just war thinking. He advances the conversation about just war thinking, both by collecting numerous articles from leading thinkers in his edited book, and arguing quite effectively on his own for specific, relevant criteria that can organize thinking about post conflict entanglements. In Ending Wars Well, Patterson adds urgency to his argument by framing much of the book around the war in Iraq (2003) In a notably concise but compelling way, Colin Powell is attributed with framing the applicable ethic 'You break it, you buy it' [also sometimes quoted as 'You break it, you own it' Central to this case is the transition from a notable military success launched in late March 2003 to its aftermath a few short months later. Coalition troops were welcomed by jubilant crowds in March and April entering Baghdad in victory. But conditions on the ground deteriorated as a series of actions and inactions knocked the pillars out from under Iraqi society. What followed was widespread insecurity and disintegration of public order. Who did not watch with a sense of tragic puzzlement scenes of American troops seemingly passively observing chaos without intervening? Of course, they were following orders, but had the US led coalition gained military victory in weeks only to uncork disorder in a city of five million people and beyond? Crucial postconflict decisions followed and years passed and here, Patterson uses Iraq as the central connecting example for his three stage framework: Order, Justice, Conciliation. Noting that public leaders and just war theorists disputed the morality of launching the Iraq war itself (cited against are Jimmy Carter, Michael Walzer, and William Galston; cited for, John McCain, Michael Novak, and Joseph Loconte) absent was a moral and strategic framework for what followed, post conflict. Patterson positively and carefully constructs arguments advancing the idea that Order, Justice, and Conciliation provide criteria for jus post bellum. In an engaging, readable, and concise (seven chapters, 180 pages) book, he presents an orderly if not elegant framework for navigating the complex aftermath of conflict. The book devotes a chapter to the three key constructs, with
Cohen positive strongly p summing and p convex multilinear operators
Year: 2019

The aim of this work is to give and study the notion of Cohen positive p summing multilinear operators. We prove a natural analog of the Pietsch domination theorem for these classes and characterize their conjugates. As an application, we generalize a result due to Bu and Shi ( 2013) and we compare this class with the class of multiple p convex m linear operators.
Crosslinked MOF polymer to enhance gas separation of mixed matrix membranes
Year: 2016

Preparation of mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) from rigid polymers like PIM 1 remains challenging because the contorted and rigid polymer chains of PIM 1 severely inhibit self rearrangement leading to low quality of polymer filler interaction. MMMs prepared by conventional methods, therefore, often suffer from defects at the polymer filler interface. In this work, a novel filler having hydroxyl functional groups on the surface (Mg MOF 74) was used as a filler and mixed with PIM 1 in solution (chloroform) Under optimized solution conditions (65 degC and 24 h) chemical crosslinking between the hydroxyl groups and the fluoride chain ends of PIM 1 was facilitated, to completely remove these interfacial defects. The crosslinked MMMs were then characterized by XRD, FTIR, SEM and mechanical tests, while their separation properties were studied for five gases including H 2 CO 2 CH 4 N 2 and O 2 upon increasing Mg MOF 74 loading (0 20% wt. The two main features of MOF 74 (also known as CPO 27) especially Mg MOF 74, greatly contributing to the membrane gas separation were 1 D hexagonal channels (1.1 nm diameter) and an exceptionally high CO 2 adsorption capacity under reduced pressures. As the ends of PIM 1 are directly linked with the MOF surface, the intrinsic micropores of PIM 1 are connected to the inner pores of MOF 74 forming an inter connected micropore network throughout the MMM. Both selectivities and permeabilities of MMM were improved for all the gases, particularly CO 2 permeability which increased by 3.2 times from 6500 Barrer for the neat polymer (PIM 1) to 21,000 Barrer for PIM 1 with 20% wt. of MOF 74, meanwhile CO 2 /CH 4 selectivity was improved from 12.3 to 19.1, respectively.
Method of preparing mosquito repellant by utilizing cassia oil extraction waste liquid
Year: 2015

The invention discloses a method of preparing mosquito repellant by utilizing cassia oil extraction waste liquid, and relates to a method for preparing the mosquito repellant. The method comprises firstly extracting a mixture of trans cinnamaldehyde and cinnamic acid from the cassia oil extraction waste liquid, then mixing 20 40 parts of the mixture of trans cinnamaldehyde and cinnamic acid, 3 5 parts of octadecanol, 10 30 parts of oil tea camellia seed oil, 3 5 parts of polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, 1 3 parts of sorbitan monopalmitate, 30 50 parts of pine needles hydrosol, 2 10 parts of propylene glycol, and 0.5 1 part of pyrrolidone 5 carboxylic acid sodium salt, and performing emulsion so as to prepare the mosquito repellant. The method is simple in operation, and helps to reduce environment pollution and reduce damage to human. The prepared product is capable of effectively preventing mosquitoes, and is low in cost and beneficial for popularization and usage.
Emerging 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019 nCoV) Pneumonia
Venue: Radiology
Year: 2020

The chest CT findings of patients with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019 nCoV) pneumonia have not previously been described in detail.  To investigate the clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings of emerging 2019 nCoV pneumonia in humans.  Fifty one patients (25 men and 26 women; age range 16 76 years) with laboratory confirmed 2019 nCoV infection by using real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction underwent thin section CT. The imaging findings, clinical data, and laboratory data were evaluated.  Fifty of 51 patients (98% had a history of contact with individuals from the endemic center in Wuhan, China. Fever (49 of 51, 96% and cough (24 of 51, 47% were the most common symptoms. Most patients had a normal white blood cell count (37 of 51, 73% neutrophil count (44 of 51, 86% and either normal (17 of 51, 35% or reduced (33 of 51, 65% lymphocyte count. CT images showed pure ground glass opacity (GGO) in 39 of 51 (77% patients and GGO with reticular and/or interlobular septal thickening in 38 of 51 (75% patients. GGO with consolidation was present in 30 of 51 (59% patients, and pure consolidation was present in 28 of 51 (55% patients. Forty four of 51 (86% patients had bilateral lung involvement, while 41 of 51 (80% involved the posterior part of the lungs and 44 of 51 (86% were peripheral. There were more consolidated lung lesions in patients 5 days or more from disease onset to CT scan versus 4 days or fewer (431 of 712 lesions vs 129 of 612 lesions; P .001) Patients older than 50 years had more consolidated lung lesions than did those aged 50 years or younger (212 of 470 vs 198 of 854; P .001) Follow up CT in 13 patients showed improvement in seven (54% patients and progression in four (31% patients.  Patients with fever and/or cough and with conspicuous ground glass opacity lesions in the peripheral and posterior lungs on CT images, combined with normal or decreased white blood cells and a history of epidemic exposure, are highly suspected of having 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019 nCoV) pneumonia. (c) RSNA, 2020
SAT 558 Tsh Modulation Of Bone Biology Further Evidence From A Recombinant Tsh b Variant.
Venue: Journal of the Endocrine Society
Year: 2019

We have previously shown that TSH has modulatory influences on osteoblasts and osteoclasts and can act as a bone protection ligand. We have also shown that a novel TSH b variant protein is produced locally by murine and human bone marrow macrophages (Endocrinology 154:4919 26, 2013 and Endocrinology 157:3658 67, 2016) Furthermore, we have also shown by molecular modelling that both TSH b and TSH bv can bind to the native TSH receptor. In order to characterize the biological activity of this TSH b variant we have inserted the gene sequence together with a FLAG tag into the P secTag2 vector which was then cloned into mammalian HEK 293 cells. Western blot analysis identified 17KD and a 12KD proteins corresponding to the wild type TSH b and the TSH bv nucleotide sequence in cell culture lysates and, less so in supernatants, by using a FLAG monoclonal antibody and a TSH b polyclonal antibody. Protein bands of ~34 KD and 24 KD were observed only in the absence of DTT suggesting dimeric forms of TSH b and TSH bv respectively. Detection by Coomassie staining followed by sequence analysis using mass spectrometry confirmed the identity of these proteins after column purification. Furthermore, cyclic AMP responses were generated by both supernatant preparations with an 8 fold increase in luciferase activity with TSH b and a 4 fold increase with TSH bv. These data demonstrate the inherent bioactivity of single TSH b chains which was mirrored by TSH bv. Local paracrine action by macrophage derived TSH bv on osteoblasts and osteoclasts is, therefore, most likely and raises the possibility of this variant form having significant osteoprotective activity.