Kinetic viscoelasticity modeling applied to degradation during carbon–carbon composite processing

Kinetic viscoelasticity modeling has been successfully utilized to describe phenomena during cure of thermoset based carbon fiber reinforced matrices. The basic difference from classic viscoelasticity is that the fundamental material descriptors change as a result of reaction kinetics. Accordingly, we can apply the same concept for different kinetic phenomena with simultaneous curing and degradation. The application of this concept can easily be utilized in processing and manufacturing of carbon–carbon composites, where phenolic resin matrices are cured degraded and reinfused in a carbon fiber bed. This work provides a major step towards understanding complex viscoelastic phenomena that go beyond simple thermomechanical descriptors.United States. Air Force Office of Scientific ResearchNational Science Foundation (U.S.) (Joint U.S.-Greece Program

Generating transgenic reporter lines for studying nervous system development in the cnidarian nematostella vectensis

Neurons often display complex morphologies with long and fine processes that can be difficult to visualize, in particular in living animals. Transgenic reporter lines in which fluorescent proteins are expressed in defined populations of neurons are important tools that can overcome these difficulties. By using membrane-attached fluorescent proteins, such reporter transgenes can identify the complete outline of subsets of neurons or they can highlight the subcellular localization of fusion proteins, for example at pre- or postsynaptic sites. The relative stability of fluorescent proteins furthermore allows the tracing of the progeny of cells over time and can therefore provide information about potential roles of the gene whose regulatory elements are controlling the expression of the fluorescent protein. Here we describe the generation of transgenic reporter lines in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, a cnidarian model organism for studying the evolution of developmental processes. We also provide an overview of existing transgenic Nematostella lines that have been used to study conserved and derived aspects of nervous system development.acceptedVersio

Strategic Ballistic Missile Telemetry and START

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 25-28, 1993 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, NevadaThis paper provides a brief history of the role strategic ballistic missile telemetry has played in U.S.-Soviet and Russian arms control relations from the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) through the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II).International Foundation for TelemeteringProceedings from the International Telemetering Conference are made available by the International Foundation for Telemetering and the University of Arizona Libraries. Visit http://www.telemetry.org/index.php/contact-us if you have questions about items in this collection

EASTERN CHRISTIAN ELEMENTS IN THE CHRISTOLOGY OF KARL RAHNER AND JUERGEN MOLTMANN: CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT THOUGHT FROM AN ORTHODOX PERSPECTIVE

Among contemporary Roman Catholic theologians, no one comes closer to the Christology of mainstream patristic tradition than Karl Rahner. And from the Protestant side of Christian theology, Jurgen Moltmann offers fresh insights to the Doctrine of God in his Trinitarian thought and Theology of the Cross. This dissertation will examine some Eastern Orthodox elements in the theology of these two contemporary systematic theologians. Chapter One reviews the major literary responses to traditional Chalcedonian Christology, when the world commemorated the 1500th Anniversary of the Fourth Ecumenical Council in 1951. Through the writings of modern theologians such as Rahner and Moltmann, new methods of approaching Christology from below might necessarily be the desired rapprochement between post-Chalcedonian developments and modern advances in Christology. Chapter Two examines the Christian Theology of Creation, as it is intimately bound to the Incarnation of the Logos and His work of Redemption. Our conclusion in this chapter reveals the intimate connection between Creation, Incarnation, and Redemption, and how all three activities may be seen as one movement of God and man. Chapter Three introduces the theology of Karl Rahner. We attempt to show how Rahner is faithful to the Chalcedonian model, even in his alliegence to a Cyrillian interpretation of hypostatic union. In Chapter Four we examine the Christology of Jurgen Moltmann. Our study shows how Moltmann opts for replacing traditional Theopaschite language with his own idea of patricompassionism. The concluding chapter examines two theological principles that are inherent in Rahner and Moltmann, and form the foundation for a thorough understanding of their systems from the perspective of Eastern Christian thought. These two theological principles and perichoresis and enhypostasia. Finally, this dissertation concludes with a review of Rahner and Moltmann, and precisely where their Christologies converge with Eastern Orthodox thought

The Future of Telemetry as a Cooperative Measure in Arms Control

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 30-November 02, 1995 / Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, NevadaThis paper suggests possible applications of telemetry as a cooperative measure in potential, future arms control agreements related to missiles and space launch vehicles (i.e., an agreement leading to clarification of the ABM Treaty for theater missile defense, and a notional regional or global ban on ground-launched, theater-range missiles). The opportunities for telemetry as a cooperative measure in future international arms control agreements should certainly grow, as confidence and appreciation in its utility are realized from the on-going ballistic missile telemetry exchanges between the US and Russia in START implementation.International Foundation for TelemeteringProceedings from the International Telemetering Conference are made available by the International Foundation for Telemetering and the University of Arizona Libraries. Visit http://www.telemetry.org/index.php/contact-us if you have questions about items in this collection

Additional file 12: Figure S7. of MAPK signaling is necessary for neurogenesis in Nematostella vectensis

NvashA expression in animals with varied regiments of U0126 treatment. (A) NvashA expression in control animals, or in animals treated with U0126 continuously for 48 hours, or from 24 to 48 hpf. Unlike early stages when no NvashA expression could be detected (Fig. 3), NvashA expression was ultimately detected in U0126-treated animals by 48 hpf. Treatment with U0126 from 24 to 48 hpf reduced NvashA expression, but NvashA could be detected in many cells, albeit at reduced levels. (B) Levels of NvashA and Nvfgfa1 as detected by qPCR at late gastrula stage (48 hpf at 17 °C) in animals injected with the Nvfgfra MO or treated with U0126 or SU5402 from 24 to 48 hpf. Relative expression levels are compared to control MO- or DMSO-treated animals respectively. The red box defines 1.5 to −1.5 fold change region. Error bars are standard error. (TIF 11166 kb

Godetia amoena Lilja

原著和名: イロマツヨヒ科名: アカバナ科 = Onagraceae採集地: 千葉県 四街道市 千代田 (下総 四街道市 千代田)採集日: 1985/5/27採集者: 萩庭丈壽整理番号: JH026754国立科学博物館整理番号: TNS-VS-97675

Additional file 13: Figure S8. of MAPK signaling is necessary for neurogenesis in Nematostella vectensis

NvashA regulation of target genes in the embryonic ectoderm. Gene expression in NvashA morphants (A–C), control morpholino (D–F), and NvashA mRNA injected (G, H). Quantification below each image represents percent of embryos in each phenotypic class (see key in figure). All images except C and F are aboral views. C and F are oral views. Embryos were classified and quantified as the percent having normal expression, weak expression, or no expression.. The phenotypic class with the highest percentage of embryos is indicated. (TIF 21122 kb