Search
Now showing items 31-40 of 2600
Role of Programmed Cell Death in Disease Development of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
(2012-02-14)
Plant programmed cell death (PCD) is an essential process in plant-pathogen interactions. Importantly, PCD can have contrasting effects on the outcome depending on context. For example, plant PCD in plant-biotroph interactions ...
Dynamic and Static Characteristics of a Rocker-Pivot, Tilting-Pad Bearing with 50% and 60% Offsets.
(2012-02-14)
Static performance and rotordynamic coefficients are provided for a rocker-pivot, tilting-pad journal bearing with 50 and 60 percent offset pads in a load-between-pad configuration. The bearing uses leading-edge-groove ...
On the Thermomechanical Behavior of Epoxy Polymers: Experiments and Modeling
(2012-02-14)
Amorphous polymers under their glass transition temperature (Tg) exhibit large
inelastic deformations. Their mechanical behavior is highly dependent upon temperature,
strain rate, pressure and loading mode (tension, ...
The Regulation of Growth Factor Signaling in Drosophila Development and Disease
(2012-02-14)
Developmental signaling pathways have many diverse roles throughout the life of an organism. The proper regulation of these pathways is essential for normal development, and misregulation can lead to diseases such as cancer. ...
Essays on Economic and Environmental Analysis of Taiwanese Bioenergy Production on Set-Aside Land
(2012-02-14)
Domestic production of bioenergy by utilizing set-aside land in Taiwan can reduce
Taiwan’s reliance on expensive and politically insecure foreign fossil fuels while also
reducing the combustion of fossil fuels, which emit ...
Tribo-electrochemical Characterization of Tantalum during Electrochemical-Mechanical Polishing (ECMP)
(2012-02-14)
Electrochemical Mechanical Polishing (ECMP) has become increasingly important due to the continuous decrease of the device size in integrated circuit (IC) fabrication. Tantalum (Ta) is a promising material as a substitute ...
Detonation Diffraction into a Confined Volume
(2012-02-14)
Detonation diffraction has been, and remains, an active area of research. However, detonation diffraction into a confined volume, and specifically the transformation of a planar detonation into a cylindrical detonation, ...
Novel Intraosseous Device Performance and Longevity in a Goat Model (Capra hircus)
(2012-02-14)
Two studies were performed to assess the function and longevity of a novel
intraosseous (IO) catheter device. For the initial study, nine animals were assigned to
three study groups. The first group received a 25 mm ...
Gasification of Low Ash Partially Composted Dairy Biomass with Enriched Air Mixture
(2012-02-14)
Biomass is one of the renewable and non-conventional energy sources and it includes municipal solid wastes and animal wastes in addition to agricultural residue. Concentrated animal feeding operations produce large quantities ...
Adaptive Resource Allocation for Statistical QoS Provisioning in Mobile Wireless Communications and Networks
(2012-02-14)
Due to the highly-varying wireless channels over time, frequency, and space
domains, statistical QoS provisioning, instead of deterministic QoS guarantees, has
become a recognized feature in the next-generation wireless ...