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Open AccessIdeal cardiovascular health status and its association with socioeconomic factors in Chinese adults in Shandong, China
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. In 2010, a goal released by the American Heart Association (AHA) Committee focused on the primary reduction in cardiov...
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Effects of adding aluminum oxide or zirconium oxide fibers on ceramic molds for casting hollow turbine blades
To satisfy the requirements of mechanical performances of integral Al2O3-matrix ceramic mould for fabricating hollow turbine blades, Al2O3 or ZrO2 fibres were added to the slurry in gelcasting. The microstructure...
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Fabricating hollow turbine blades using short carbon fiber-reinforced SiC composite
The development of hollow turbine blades fabricated by nickel-base superalloy is limited by its high density and low operating temperature (<1,100 °C). A new technology for fabricating hollow turbine blades of...
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Manufacturing AISI304 metal parts by indirect selective laser sintering combined with isostatic pressing
In order to improve the lower relative densities and mechanical performance of metal parts manufactured by indirect selective laser sintering (SLS), cold isostatic pressing (CIP) technology is introduced into ...
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A priori error analysis of mixed methods for nonlinear quadratic optimal control problems
In this paper, we study an a priori error analysis for the quadratic optimal control problems governed by nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations using mixed finite element methods. The state and the...
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Manufacturing near dense metal parts via indirect selective laser sintering combined with isostatic pressing
To fabricate metal parts via indirect selective laser sintering (SLS), isostatic pressing technology, including hot isostatic pressing (HIP) and cold isostatic pressing (CIP), are exploited to reform SLS green...
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Model analysis of boundary residual stress and its effect on toughness in thin boundary layered yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystalline ceramics
The average thermal residual stress in a continuous boundary phase in polycrystalline ceramic composites was calculated with a simple thin boundary layer model, and a criterion for the self-cracking of the bou...
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Biaxial stretching of superplastic Y -TZP, Y -TZP/Al2O3, and Y -TZP/LAS glass composites in air atmosphere
The biaxial stretching behavior of superplastic Y -TZP (yttria -tetragonal zirconia polycrystals) ceramics and Y -TZP/Al2O3 composites in air atmosphere was investigated. Stretching deformation can be made within...
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Spatial extent of coherent sensory-evoked cortical activity
Analysis of published values for the depth profile of evoked potentials in primary sensory cortex of cat and monkey provide a consistent estimate for the net current dipole moment per unit area of cortical sur...