Flow Structures that Affect the Transport Regime of Large Wood Pieces in a Stream Channel

These files are the dataset (csv files for contour graphics and FFT results) of our research that investigate the flow structures that affect the transport regime of large wood pieces in an open channel. Some files of this dataset which illustrates experimental results were originally published by Akahori et al. (2014). https://doi.org/10.2208/jscejhe.70.I_691 FFT results were corrected to fix units of vertical axes and some errors on lateral axes on 06/16/2022.</p

Comparison between exercise and control groups before and after an intervention.

Comparison between exercise and control groups before and after an intervention.</p

Flow of participants.

Flow of participants.</p

CONSORT checklist.

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Study protocol.

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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles with Remarkable Stability and Dispersibility for Antireflective Coatings

Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles with Remarkable Stability and Dispersibility for Antireflective Coating

Patient characteristics.

Patient characteristics.</p

Interfacial Conductivity Enhancement and Pore Confinement Conductivity-Lowering Behavior inside the Nanopores of Solid Silica-gel Nanocomposite Electrolytes

Solid nanocomposite electrolytes (nano-SCEs) that exhibit higher ionic conductivity than the individual confined electrolyte were investigated for high-performance solid-state batteries. Understanding the behavior of Li-ion conduction through the pores is important to design ideal nanoporous structures for nano-SCEs, which are composed of an ionic liquid electrolyte (ILE) in a highly porous (∼90%) silica matrix. To establish the relationship between the pore structure of the silica matrix and the ionic conductivity of the solid nanocomposite, the liquid electrolyte fraction was successfully extracted from the nano-SCE to reveal the fragile porous silica matrix. A careful drying using the CO2 supercritical drying method helps in sustaining the original structure, preventing its collapse due to surface tension. The pore size distribution, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area, and porosity were characterized using scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and N2 adsorption/desorption techniques. Our results revealed a wide size distribution of macropores and mesopores in the silica matrix. The pore size increased and the effective surface area decreased with increasing ILE/SiO2 molar ratio. The interface conductivity enhancement was found to increase with the thickness of the adsorbed (ice-like) bound-water layer on the silica surface, confirming that the strong hydrogen bonding of the adsorbed ionic liquid molecules on the bound-water layer causes the conduction promotion effect in the nano-SCE. In addition, a large number of small pores lead to a severe pore confinement effect that results in a decreased conductivity due to the increasing viscosity of the ILE filling the pores. The conductivity can be improved by realizing a nano-SCE with an optimized pore size to minimize the pore confinement effect