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Combustion characteristics of alternative liquid fuels
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Engineering, 2011-11-08)
Envisaged application of biodiesel in gas turbine engines or furnaces requires extensive tests on the deflagration properties of biodiesel. The laminar flame speeds of Palm Methyl Esters (PME) and blends of PME with ...
Detection of mycobacterial siderophores and implications for diagnostics
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyQueen's College, 2012-11-13)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a pervasive human pathogen that continues to kill 1.8 million people every year. Acquisition of iron within the host is
vital to the pathogenicity of Mtb and to accomplish this it ...
Effects of solution exposure on the combined axial-shear behaviour of unidirectional CFRP rods
(ElsevierComposites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2012-04-06)
In fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) prestressed concrete applications, an FRP tendon must sustain high axial tensile stresses and, if cracks occur, additional dowel forces. The tendon may also be exposed to solutions and so ...
Phased Nonlinear Finite-Element Analysis of Precracked RC T-Beams Repaired in Shear with CFRP Sheets
(American Society of Civil EngineersJournal of Composites for Construction, 2012-10-17)
Phased nonlinear finite-element (FE) analyses were carried out to predict the behavior of precracked reinforced concrete (RC) T-beams repaired in shear with externally bonded (EB) carbon fiber–reinforced polymer (CFRP) ...
Rectangular Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened with CFRP Straps
(American Society of Civil EngineersJournal of Composites for Construction, 2013-07-13)
Shear deficient reinforced concrete (RC) structures can be effectively strengthened using external prestressed carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) straps. Due to the presence of the external elastic straps, a strengthened ...
Severe depression is associated with increased microglial quinolinic acid in subregions of the anterior cingulate gyrus: Evidence for an immune-modulated glutamatergic neurotransmission?
(2011-08-10)
Abstract Background Immune dysfunction, including monocytosis and increased blood levels of interleukin-1, interleukin-6 and tumour necrosis factor α has been observed during acute episodes of major depression. These ...
Multiple functionally divergent and conserved copies of alpha tubulin in bdelloid rotifers
(2012-08-17)
AbstractBackgroundBdelloid rotifers are microscopic animals that have apparently survived without sex for millions of years and are able to survive desiccation at all life stages through a process called anhydrobiosis. ...