Maladaptive behaviors are linked with inefficient sleep in individuals with developmental disabilities

The purpose of the current study was to assess the relations between nightly sleep patterns and the frequency of daily maladaptive behavior. Antecedent and consequential relations between sleep patterns and behavior were evaluated with time series analysis. Sleep efficiency and maladaptive behavior were determined for 20 female residents of an institutional care facility for adults with developmental disabilities. Daily maladaptive behavioral data and nightly sleep/awake logs were collected for 4 months for each participant. Efficient sleep patterns were significantly associated with lower frequencies of maladaptive behaviors. All lagged cross-correlations 8 days before and 8 days after an evening of sleep were significant. These findings suggested that inefficient sleep was associated with increased maladaptive behaviors and that the lagged associations reflected a chronic but not an acute linkage between sleep and behavior

Badania wysokotemperaturowego utleniania stopu TiAl8Nb

The goal of this work is to determine the effect of niobium on the kinetics and mechanism of Ti-Al oxidation in air. In order to compare the oxidation kinetics of Ti-Al and Ti-Al with the addition of niobium, isothermal oxidation was performed on Ti-48Al and Ti-46Al-8Nb (in at.%) alloys at 1073 K in synthetic air. Cyclic oxidation of Ti-46Al and Ti-46Al-8Nb alloys was carried out in laboratory air for 42 cycles (1 cycle, 24 hrs). The morphology, as well as chemical and phase composition of the oxidation products were investigated using X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy combined with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). From these investigations it can be concluded that niobium addition increases the corrosion resistance of TiAl and, furthermore, improves the adherence between the metallic substrate and the oxide scale. The oxidation mechanism of Ti-46Al-8Nb was studied via secondary neutral mass spectroscopy (SNMS) after two-stage isothermal oxidation (24 hrs in 16O2 followed by 24 hrs in 18O2) at 1073 K. From this analysis it can be assumed that the oxidation mechanism of Ti-46Al-8Nb alloy consists of simultaneous outward titanium and aluminum diffusion and inward oxygen transport.Celem pracy jest określenie wpływu dodatku niobu na kinetykę i mechanizm utleniania stopu TiAl w powietrzu. Dla porównania kinetyk utleniania stopu Ti-Al oraz stopu z dodatkiem niobu zostały przeprowadzone badania izotermicznego utleniania stopów o składach Ti-48Al i Ti-46Al-8Nb (w at.%) w powietrzu syntetycznym w 1073 K. Stopy Ti-48Al i Ti-46Al-8Nb poddano cyklicznemu utlenianiu w powietrzu laboratoryjnym w 1073 K obejmującym 42 cykle 24-godzinne. Morfologie oraz skład fazowy i chemiczny produktów utleniania badanych próbek przeprowadzono metodą dyfrakcji promieniowania rentgenowskiego (XRD) oraz skaningowej mikroskopii elektronowej (SEM) w połączeniu z metodą dyspersji energii promieniowania rentgenowskiego (EDS). Na podstawie tych badań stwierdzono, że dodatek niobu w stopie TiAl podwyzsza jego odporność korozyjną a ponadto polepszą przyczepność zgorzeliny do rdzenia metalicznego. Mechanizm utleniania stopu Ti-46Al-8Nb badano metodą spektrometrii masowej rozpylonych cząstek neutralnych (SNMS) po dwuetapowym izotermicznym utlenianiu (pierwszy etap w 16O2 przez 24 godz., kolejny w 18O2 przez 24 godz.) w 1073 K. Na podstawie tej analizy postuluje się, że mechanizm utleniania stopu Ti-46Al-8Nb odbywa się w wyniku równoczesnej odrdzeniowej dyfuzji tytanu i glinu oraz dordzeniowego transportu tlenu

Synthesis and physicochemical properties of yttrium oxide doped with neodymium and lanthanum

Transparent La0.1Nd0.1Y1.8O3 ceramics were prepared by use of the ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid gel process followed by sintering by hot isostatic pressing. The structure and morphology of the powders and bulk samples and the optical properties of bulk samples were investigated by use of x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy, visible and near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy, and study of magneto-optic (Faraday) effects. The powders consisted of many agglomerates of fine, oval particles. XRD studies of the powder and bulk sample confirmed their single-phase composition, and spectrophotometric and magneto-optical studies in the range 500–1000 nm revealed their potential for application as an optical materials