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Swallowing function is critical for continuing oral feeding to prevent frailty in older adults. In this study, we investigated the impact of tongue pressure and pulmonary function on the nutritional status of ...
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Structural and electronic properties of Ni5Nb3Zr5 clusters as a local structural unit of Ni-Nb-Zr glassy alloys
We calculate electronic states of fifty icosahedral Ni5Nb3Zr5 clusters and optimize their structures by first principles calculations within the generalized gradient approximation. Based on the energetic stabili...
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Effect of Au Content on Thermal Stability and Mechanical Properties of Au-Cu-Ag-Si Bulk Metallic Glasses
The thermal stability, glass-forming ability (GFA), and mechanical and electrical properties of Au-based Au x Si17Cu75.5–x Ag7.5 (x = 40 to 75.5 at. pct) ...
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Glass-forming ability and mechanical properties of Zr75−xNi25Alx bulk glassy alloys
The thermal stability, glass-forming ability (GFA), mechanical properties and Poisson’s ratio of a Zr-based Zr75−xNi25Alx (x = 0 to 24) glassy alloy series have been investigated systematically. The large superco...
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Improved wettability of Sn-based solder over the Cu60Zr30Ti10 bulk metallic glass surface
The wettability of Pb-free Sn-based solder over the Cu-based Cu60Zr30Ti10 bulk metallic glass surface was investigated. We observed that the as-polished surface was nonwetting for the solder, which was due to the...
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Open AccessMathematical Modeling and Experimental Validation of the Warm Spray (Two-Stage HVOF) Process
The warm spray (WS) gun was developed to make an oxidation-free coating of temperature-sensitive material, such as titanium and copper, on a substrate. The gun has a combustion chamber followed by a mixing cha...
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Acoustic Effects on Cyclic-Tension Fatigue of Al-4Cu-1Mg Alloy by Ultrasonic Shear Wave Methods
Cyclic-tension fatigue of aluminum alloy Al-4Cu-1Mg has been determined by usage of vertically-polarized shear wave (SV) reflection and horizontally-polarized shear wave (SH) transmission methods. Internal fri...
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Rubber-Like Entropy Elasticity of a Glassy Alloy [1]
The thermoelastic effect is monopolistically characteristic of rubbers in solids. Here we report observations of thermal-induced entropy elasticity for a glassy alloy, Pd40Cu30Ni10P20 in terms of acoustoelasticit...
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Numerical Study of Combination Parameters for Particle Impact Velocity and Temperature in Cold Spray
Numerical simulations of gas/particle flows of cold spray are performed for N2 and He, respectively, to investigate the usefulness of the two material-independent combination parameters derived from the equations...
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Open AccessCpG methylation of MGMT and hMLH1 promoter in hepatocellular carcinoma associated with hepatitis viral infection
Inactivations of DNA repair genes, O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) and hMLH1, by promoter hypermethylation have been reported in several types of primary human neoplasia. This epigenetic inactivatio...
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Urinary 2,5-Dichlorophenol as Biological Index for p-Dichlorobenzene Exposure in the General Population
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Four graminicolous fissitunicate ascomycetes, Phaeosphaeria (Pha.) oryzae, Pha. nigrans, Pha. donacina, and Paraphaeosphaeria michotii, are redescribed with reference to the anatomy of ascomata, asci, and pseudo...
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Experiments were conducted on the effects of a wall distance and velocity ratio of suction flow to injection flow on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of a circular im**ing jet accompanying an annul...
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Reactivity of layered vanadium pentoxide hydrate with ultrafine metal oxide, TiO2 and ZrO2, particles in an aqueous system
The interactions between vanadium pentoxide hydrate (V2O5·nH2O) sol and colloid solutions of ultra fine titanium dioxide TiO2 and zirconium dioxide particles ZrO2 were studied. When mixed with an intrinsic V2O5·n
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Correlation of EEG, neuroimaging and histopathology in an epilepsy patient with diffuse cortical dysplasia
The correlation between scalp EEG, intraoperative electrocorticogram, neuroimaging and histopathology was examined in an epileptic child with diffuse cortical dysplasia. The 6-year-old girl with moderate menta...
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Effects on High-Temperature-Elastic Properties on α-/β-Quartz Phase Transition of Fused Quartz
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Estimation of Absorption of Trihalomethanes and Carbon Tetrachloride in Low-Level Exposure by Inhalation Pharmacokinetic Analysis in Rats
Inhalation pharmacokinetics of the environmental contaminants chloroform, bromodichloromethane, chlorodibromomethane, and carbon tetrachloride were evaluated, and their absorption amounts were estimated in r...
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Low temperature-elastic moduli, Debye temperature and internal dilational and shear frictions of fused quartz
Longitudinal and transverse wave velocities, five kinds of elastic parameters (Young’s, shear and bulk moduli, Lame parameter, Poisson’s ratio), Debye temperature, and dilational and shear internal frictions f...
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Sugarbeet nutritional diagnosis using remote sensing
Sugar and amide nitrogen concentrations and root weight of sugarbeets were estimated using satellite data. The excess and deficient nitrogen absorption amount was also estimated from amide nitrogen concentrati...
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Temperature dependence of the elastic moduli, dilational and shear internal frictions and acoustic wave velocity for alumina, (Y)TZP and β′-sialon ceramics
Young's, shear and bulk moduli, Poisson's ratio and Lamé parameters, longitudinal and transverse internal friction values and acoustic wave velocity anisotropy factors for three kinds of polycrystalline compou...
