698 research outputs found
Built-in bleeder system in laminated plastic structures
Method is described for interplying resin absorbing, glass bleeder cloth with the layup for fabricating laminated nonflammable plastic structures with wrinkle-free surfaces
Different fixative solutions in the detection of mast cells in the canine and feline reproductive organs
Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the usability of different fixative fluids in the detection of mast cells in ovaries and uteri of female dogs and cats.
Materials and methods: Samples were fixed in 4% formaldehyde, Carnoy’s fluid, Mota’s basic lead acetate and isotonic formaldehyde-acetic acid (IFAA).
Results: Mast cells (MCs) were detected by acidified toluidine blue staining and counted for various parts of the ovaries and uteri. In the ovaries of both species, the numbers of MCs were significantly (p < 0.05) higher in Carnoy than in formalin. No significant differences were found between Carnoy and Mota (tested only in cats). In the uterus, numbers of MCs were significantly (p < 0.05) higher in Carnoy, Mota and IFAA compared to formalin (canine endometrium, feline endometrium and feline myometrium), in Carnoy and Mota compared to formalin (canine myometrium) and in Mota compared to IFAA (feline myometrium). The majority of MCs were formalin-sensitive in the canine and feline uterus, in the canine ovary and in the feline cortex ovarii. In the feline medulla ovarii, the majority of MCs were formalin-resistant. No formalin-resistant MCs were detected in the feline tunica albuginea ovarii.
Conclusions: Thus, using Mota‘s or Carnoy’s fluid in the canine or feline female reproductive organs is recommended. This study improves methodology for all studies which clarify the role of MCs in the reproductive organs of the domestic and laboratory animals
Operator Transformations Between Exactly Solvable Potentials and Their Lie Group Generators
One may obtain, using operator transformations, algebraic relations between
the Fourier transforms of the causal propagators of different exactly solvable
potentials. These relations are derived for the shape invariant potentials.
Also, potentials related by real transformation functions are shown to have the
same spectrum generating algebra with Hermitian generators related by this
operator transformation.Comment: 13 pages with one Postscript figure, uses LaTeX2e with revte
Molecules in clusters: the case of planar LiBeBCNOF built from a triangular form LiOB and a linear four-center species FBeCN
Krueger some years ago proposed a cluster LiBeBCNOF, now called periodane.
His ground-state isomer proposal has recently been refined by Bera et al. using
DFT. Here, we take the approach of molecules in such a cluster as starting
point. We first study therefore the triangular molecule LiOB by coupled cluster
theory (CCSD) and thereby specify accurately its equilibrium geometry in free
space. The second fragment we consider is FBeCN, but treated now by restricted
Hartree-Fock (RHF) theory. This four-center species is found to be linear, and
the bond lengths are obtained from both RHF and CCSD calculations. Finally, we
bring these two entities together and find that while LiOB remains largely
intact, FBeCN becomes bent by the interaction with LiOB. Hartree-Fock and CCSD
theories then predict precisely the same lowest isomer found by Bera et al.
solely on the basis of DFT.Comment: to appear in Phys. Lett.
Unscreened Coulomb repulsion in the one dimensional electron gas
A tight binding model of electrons interacting via bare Coulomb repulsion is
numerically investigated by use of the Density Matrix Renormalization Group
method which we prove applicable also to very long range potentials. From the
analysis of the elementary excitations, of the spin and charge correlation
functions and of the momentum distribution, a picture consistent with the
formation of a one dimensional "Wigner crystal" emerges, in quantitative
agreement with a previous bosonization study. At finite doping, Umklapp
scattering is shown to be ineffective in the presence of long range forces.Comment: RevTex, 5 pages with 8 eps figures. To be published on Phys. Rev.
Influence of severe plastic deformation on the precipitation hardening of a FeSiTi steel
The combined strengthening effects of grain refinement and high precipitated
volume fraction (~6at.%) on the mechanical properties of FeSiTi alloy subjected
to SPD processing prior to aging treatment were investigated by atom probe
tomography and scanning transmission electron microscopy. It was shown that the
refinement of the microstructure affects the precipitation kinetics and the
spatial distribution of the secondary hardening intermetallic phase, which was
observed to nucleate heterogeneously on dislocations and sub-grain boundaries.
It was revealed that alloys successively subjected to these two strengthening
mechanisms exhibit a lower increase in mechanical strength than a simple
estimation based on the summation of the two individual strengthening
mechanisms
Positron annihilation investigation of thermal cycling induced martensitic transformation in NiTi shape memory alloy
Thermal cycling of a Ni excess NiTi alloy was conducted between 50 C and liquid nitrogen temperature to induce martensitic transformations and to reverse them after. The starting point was an annealed and slowly cooled state, the end point a sample thermally cycled 1500 times. Positron annihilation lifetime spectra and Coincidence Doppler Broadening profiles were obtained in various states and at various temperatures. It was found that the initial state was low in defects with positron lifetimes close to that of bulk NiTi. Cycling lead to a continuous build up of a defect structure up to 200 amp; 8722;500 cycles after which saturation was reached. Two types of defects created during cycling were identified, namely pure dislocations and vacancies attached to dislocation
Summing Divergent Perturbative Series in a Strong Coupling Limit. The Gell-Mann - Low Function of the \phi^4 Theory
An algorithm is proposed for determining asymptotics of the sum of a
perturbative series in the strong coupling limit using given values of the
expansion coefficients. Operation of the algorithm is illustrated by test
examples, method for estimating errors is developed, and an optimization
procedure is described. Application of the algorithm to the theory
gives a behavior at large for its Gell-Mann
-- Low function. The fact that the exponent is close to unity can be
interpreted as a manifestation of the logarithmic branching of the type
(with ), which is
confirmed by independent evidence. In any case, the theory is
internally consistent. The procedure of summing perturbartive series with
arbitrary values of expansion parameter is discussed.Comment: 23 pages, PD
A collaborative comparison of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) standard setting methods at Australian medical schools
Background: A key issue underpinning the usefulness of the OSCE assessment to medical education is standard-setting, but the majority of standard-setting methods remain challenging for performance assessment because they produce varying passing marks. Several studies have compared standard setting methods; however, most of these studies are limited by their experimental scope, or use data on examinee performance at a single OSCE station or from a single medical school. This collaborative study between ten Australian medical schools investigated the effect of standard-setting methods on OSCE cut scores and failure rates.
Methods: This research used 5,256 examinee scores from seven shared OSCE stations to calculate cut scores and failure rates using two different compromise standard-setting methods, namely the Borderline Regression and Cohen's methods.
Results: The results of this study indicate that Cohen's method yields similar outcomes to the Borderline Regression method, particularly for large examinee cohort sizes. However, with lower examinee numbers on a station, the Borderline Regression method resulted in higher cut scores and larger difference margins in the failure rates.
Conclusion: Cohen's method yields similar outcomes as the Borderline Regression method and its application for benchmarking purposes and in resource-limited settings is justifiable, particularly with large examinee numbers
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