Reconfigurable nanomembrane metadevices

Dynamic control over metamaterial optical properties enables active metadevices. Here we demonstrate optically, magnetically and electrically actuated metadevices providing functionalities from giant nonlinear and magneto-electro-optical effects to on-demand gratings, phase gradient surfaces, beam steering and focusing of light

Effect of area ratio of the primary nozzle on steam ejector performance considering nonequilibrium condensations

This is the final version. Available on open access from Elsevier via the DOI in this recordThe formation and evaporation of nanodroplets in steam ejectors is neglected in many numerical simulations. We analyse the influence of a primary nozzle on steam ejector performances considering phase change processes. The numerical model is validated in detail against experimental data of supersonic nozzles and steam ejectors available in the literature. The results show that the first nonequilibrium condensation is observed within the primary nozzle, while under-expanded supersonic flow causes a second nucleation-condensation process to achieve a large liquid fraction of 0.26 in the steam ejector. The compression process of the supersonic flow results in a steep decrease of the degree of subcooling leading to droplet evaporations. The condensation and evaporation processes repeat alternatively depending on the flow behaviour in the mixing section. The increasing area ratio leads to the transition of the flow structure from under-expanded flows to over-expanded flows in the mixing section. The droplet diameter is about 7 nm in the constant section and the entrainment ratio can reach approximately 0.75 for an area ratio of 8, which achieves a good performance of the steam ejector.European Union Horizon 2020Independent Research Fund DenmarkInnovation Fund of DenmarkMAN Energy SolutionsNational Natural Science Foundation of Chin

Multiscale - Patient-Specific Artery and Atherogenesis Models

In this work, we present a platform for the development of multiscale patient-specific artery and atherogenesis models. The platform, called ARTool, integrates technologies of 3-D image reconstruction from various image modalities, blood flow and biological models of mass transfer, plaque characterization, and plaque growth. Patient images are acquired for the development of the 3-D model of the patient specific arteries. Then, blood flow ismodeled within the arterial models for the calculation of the wall shear stress distribution (WSS). WSS is combined with other patient-specific parameters for the development of the plaque progression models. Real-time simulation can be performed for same cases in grid environment. The platform is evaluated using both animal and human data

Implications of serial measurements of natriuretic peptides in heart failure: insights from BIOSTAT‐CHF

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Riociguat treatment in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: Final safety data from the EXPERT registry

Objective: The soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator riociguat is approved for the treatment of adult patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and inoperable or persistent/recurrent chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) following Phase

Multifractal scaling properties of daily air temperature time series

The aim of the current research study is to examine the scaling properties of the mean daily, maximum and minimum air temperature time series of a single coastal site, located at the island of Crete in Greece. The Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (MF-DFA) is used to examine the time series long-term correlation and the singularity spectrum to estimate the multifractality degree. The analysis reveals that the daily temperature time series exhibit a multifractal behavior, are positive long-term correlated and that their multifractal structure is insensitive to local fluctuations with large magnitudes. © 2017 Elsevier Lt