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Development of a Finite Element Program for Determining Mat Pressure in the Canning Process of a Catalytic Converter
A catalytic converter in the automotive exhaust system, consists of a substrate in the center, a mat outside the substrate and a can outside the mat. Since the substrate is brittle, it is wrapped in mats and p...
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Open AccessIndependent and joint effect of type 2 diabetes and gastric and hepatobiliary diseases on risk of pancreatic cancer risk: 10-year follow-up of population-based cohort
Type 2 diabetes mellitus, gastric and hepatobiliary comorbidities, and cancer share common risk factors: for example, tobacco, obesity, physical inactivity, high calorie intake, and metabolic disorders. Prior ...
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All-solid-state continuous wave doubly linear resonator sum-frequency mixing yellow laser
We report a continuous-wave (CW) yellow laser emission by sum-frequency mixing in Nd:YVO4 crystal. Using type-II critical phase-matching KTP crystal, a yellow laser at 593.5 nm is obtained by 1064 and 1342 nm ...
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Compact CW 485-nm laser based on sum-frequency mixing of diode pumped Nd:LuVO4-Yb:YAG lasers
We report for the first time a continuous-wave (CW) coherent radiation at 485 nm by intracavity sum-frequency generation of 916 nm Nd:LuVO4 laser and 1030 nm Yb:YAG laser. Blue laser is obtained by using a doubly...
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Dual-wavelength Nd:YAP laser at 930 and 1341 nm and sum-frequency mixing for an emission at 549 nm
A dual-wavelength continuous-wave (CW) diode end-pumped Nd3+:YAlO3 (Nd:YAP) laser that generates simultaneous laser action at the wavelengths 930 and 1341 nm is demonstrated. A total output power of 778 mW for th...
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Efficient all solid-state CW yellow-green light source
A dual-wavelength continuous-wave (CW) diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser that generates simultaneous laser action at the wavelengths 946 nm and 1319 nm is demonstrated. A total yellow-green output power of 2.33 W for ...
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Diode-pumped Nd:YVO4-LBO laser at 544 nm based on intracavity sum frequency generation
A dual-wavelength continuous-wave (CW) diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser that generates simultaneous laser action at the wavelengths 914 and 1342 nm is demonstrated. A total dual-wavelength output power of 1.79 W was ac...
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Interleukin-6 small interfering RNA improved the herpes simplex virus-induced systemic inflammation in vivo Behcet’s disease-like mouse model
It is known that the level of interleukin-6 (IL-6) is higher in patients with active Behcet’s disease (BD) than in those with inactive disease. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 inoculation of the earlobes of ...
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Effects of Deformation-Induced Constraint on High-Cycle Fatigue in Ti Alloys with a Duplex Microstructure
The effects of the deformation behaviors of individual phases in Ti alloys with a duplex microstructure containing a mixture of primary α grains and lamellar α + β colonies have been analyzed by applying the fini...
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First-principles computations of mechanical properties of Ni2Cr and Ni2Mo
Nickel-based alloys are being considered for use as the outer container of the waste package for the disposal of high-level nuclear waste. During fabrication processes and long-term storage, Ni-based alloy out...
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Alcohol treatment promotes conversion of testosterone to estradiol-17β in female tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus
Effect of ethanol treatment on production of sex steroid hormoneswas assessed in the present study. Intraperitoneal administration (1.16 μl/g body weight) of ethanol to mature female tilapia, Oreochromis mossambi...
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Comparison of in vitro vitellogenin syntheses by three phenols in primary cultures of Chinese minnow, Rhynchocypris oxycephalus hepatocytes
The in vitro effects of bisphenol-A (BPA), nonylphenol (NP) and 4-tert-octylphenol (OP) on vitellogenin (VTG) synthesis were examined using primary cultures of Chinese minnow, Rhynchocypris oxycephalus hepatocyte...
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Effect of in vitro xenoestrogens on steroidogenesis in mature female fish, Chasmichthys dolichognathus
In this study, fully vitellogenic oocytes of the longchin goby (Chasmichthys dolichognathus) were exposed to in vitro xenoestrogens such as diethylstilbestrol (DES), bisphenol A (BPA) and nonylphenol (NP) at conc...
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Novel positive-tone thick photoresist for high aspect ratio microsystem technology
A methacrylate copolymer combining chemically amplified concept and casting technique was developed as a novel thick photoresist for the UV-LIGA process. Photoresist layers up to 500 μm in thickness can be fa...
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Residual/thermal stresses in FGM and laminated thermal barrier coatings
The plane strain elasticity problem for a functionally gradient material (FGM) and a multi-layered homogeneous coating bonded to a metal substrate due to a uniform temperature change is considered. The substra...
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Importance of Sorption Kinetics in the Partitioning of Organic Pollutants from a Point Source onto Suspended Sediments in the Transverse Mixing Zone
Sorption kinetics for pollutants onto suspended sediments with respect to particle size and onto dissolved organic carbon (DOC) which reversibly partitions on sediments was incorporated into a finite differenc...