Water vapor diffusion coefficients have been determined with a new set-up of the cup method for mortars with three binders (OPC, OPC + 70% slag, OPC + 10% silica fume) and two water/binder-ratios (0.4, 0.5). The measurements were made as a function of relative humidity with samples on both the absorption and desorption limbs of the sorption isotherm. For OPC samples the results show a clear differ

Fermented oat-based foods offer attractive prospects within the market of non-dairy functional products, since they are suitable substrates for the delivery of probiotic microorganisms, and are significant sources of dietary fiber, both insoluble and soluble such as β-glucan, good quality fat and other phytochemicals important for human health.In the present work, whole oat flour was fermented wit

The structure of interest consists of a nanometer thin copper coating, resting on an infinitely stiff substrate and subjected to nanoindentation by a rigid diamond indenter. The elastic and plastic properties of the coating are investigated for different surface roughening position of attack by the indenter using molecular dynamics. The force-displacement curves, the lattice disorders and the stre

Sewage dilution and formulated fertilization are cost-effective to avoid sewage-deriving phytotoxicity stress and excess fertilizer application in agricultural sewage irrigation practice. However, it is hard for us to fix the parameters of sewage dilution ratio (SDR) and fertilization formula exactly for the best management of sewage irrigation practice according to those published guidelines. Thi

Apple cultivars are attacked by many fungal diseases, both on the tree and during storage. One of the most serious is blue mould, caused by Penicillium expansum. In this study, 5-(n)-alkylresorcinols (AR) were isolated from rye bran by the supercritical fluid of carbon dioxide and were used for the preparation of bioactive emulsions. These emulsions were applied to harvested fruit of five apple va

A method for form finding with dynamic relaxation and Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (NURBS) based isogeometric membrane elements has been implemented and studied regarding the influence of the discretization and element shape on the form finding. The procedure allows for rapid form finding since NURBS describe the curved geometry well and it is shown that the form-finding can be performed using a

I use Google News to study the relation between news volumes and stock market volatilities. More than nine million stock market-related news stories in English and Chinese are collected and the dynamics of the news volume and the stock market volatility is compared. I find that the stock market volatility and the number of publicly available global news stories are strongly linked in both language

Conceptual design is the first phase in the design process in which all the requirements and design objectives are synthesized into conceptual alternatives. In practice today, major decisions regarding the buildings geometry, massing, and overall form are usually made during the first phase. Considering structural performance requirements during conceptual design enhances interdisciplinary interac

Following on the reiterated claim that accounting inscriptions make action at a distance possible, we draw on post-mathematical topology to explain that this distance work is dependent on inscriptions acting on distances. By adopting a relational understanding of space, we show that accounting inscriptions by themselves create the distances across which they operate. Our case study uses pay-as-you

The development of oncolytic viruses has recently made great progress towards being available to cancer patients. With the breakthrough into clinics, it is crucial to analyze the existing clinical experience and use it as a basis for treatment improvements. Here we report clinical data from 290 patients treated with oncolytic adenovirus. Using clinical variables and treatment characteristics, we c

Dyslipidemia is a chronic deviation from normal blood lipid levels that can lead to atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases; dyslipidemia and its sequelae are caused by the complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors. Although circulating concentrations of total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and high-density lipoprotein chole

Antenna current optimization is a tool that offers many possibilities in antenna technology. Optimal currents are determined in the antenna design region and used for physical understanding, as a priori estimates of the possibilities todesign antennas, physical bounds and as figures of merits for antenna designs. Antenna current optimization is particularly useful for small antennas and antennas t

BACKGROUND: Several major analyses have identified a consistent set of independent risk factors for cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM). A few prognostic models have been presented but some are based on a limited number of patients and others are based on selected groups of patients referred to major institutions. No nationwide population-based prognostic instrument for survival of CMM has been pre

In this proceeding, architecting novel magnetic Cross-Linked-Enzyme-Aggregates (CLEA)nanoparticles to effectively and controllably modify textile surfaces without damaging the fabric itself, will bediscussed. The efficiency is due to exponentially increased surface concentration of biocatalyst and to thechoice of aggregate size which controls the penetration depth and hence preventing the fabric d

BACKGROUND: Obesity is positively associated with colorectal cancer. Recently, body size subtypes categorised by the prevalence of hyperinsulinaemia have been defined, and metabolically healthy overweight/obese individuals (without hyperinsulinaemia) have been suggested to be at lower risk of cardiovascular disease than their metabolically unhealthy (hyperinsulinaemic) overweight/obese counterpart