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Investigation of the influence of process parameters on productivity in the LPBF process for the material Inconel 718
The nickel-based alloy Inconel 718, which is used in aerospace technology, poses a great
challenge to conventional machining due to its high strain hardening and toughness. Here, the laser
powder bed fusion process (LPBF) offers an alternative with potential savings if sufficiently high
productivity can be achieved. Based on the parameter study carried out, starting from the SLM
Solutions standard parameters for the manufacturing of components, exposure parameters could be
developed to realize manufacturing with 120 μm and 150 μm layer thickness, with almost the same
geometric accuracy. For this purpose, the process parameters of laser power, focus diameter, hatch
distance and scan speed were varied. The negative defocusing of the laser showed a positive effect
on the density of the parts, realizing densities ≥ 99.94 %, with high dimensional stability and good
mechanical properties. Considering the reduced manufacturing time of up to 61 %, a significant
increase in productivity was achieved.Mechanical Engineerin
KiDS+VIKING-450 and DES-Y1 combined:Cosmology with cosmic shear
We present a combined tomographic weak gravitational lensing analysis of the
Kilo Degree Survey (KV450) and the Dark Energy Survey (DES-Y1). We homogenize
the analysis of these two public cosmic shear datasets by adopting consistent
priors and modeling of nonlinear scales, and determine new redshift
distributions for DES-Y1 based on deep public spectroscopic surveys. Adopting
these revised redshifts results in a reduction in the DES-inferred
value for , which decreases to a reduction when including a
systematic redshift calibration error model from mock DES data based on the
MICE2 simulation. The combined KV450 + DES-Y1 constraint on is in tension with the Planck 2018 constraint from the
cosmic microwave background at the level of . This result highlights
the importance of developing methods to provide accurate redshift calibration
for current and future weak lensing surveys.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, new appendix added including a simulated
analysis, version accepted for publication by A&A Letters, chains can be
found at https://github.com/sjoudaki/kidsde
Update of the pediatric hypertension graphic adjusted for gender and height percentiles: systolic blood pressure for boys, 1 to 17 years old
Factors affecting the disclosure of diabetes by ethnic minority patients: a qualitative study among Surinamese in the Netherlands
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Diabetes and related complications are common among ethnic minority groups. Community-based social support interventions are considered promising for improving diabetes self-management. To access such interventions, patients need to disclose their diabetes to others. Research on the disclosure of diabetes in ethnic minority groups is limited. The aim of our study was to explore why diabetes patients from ethnic minority populations either share or do not share their condition with people in their wider social networks.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We conducted a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with 32 Surinamese patients who were being treated for type 2 diabetes by general practitioners in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Most patients disclosed their diabetes only to very close family members. The main factor inhibiting disclosure to people outside this group was the Surinamese cultural custom that talking about disease is taboo, as it may lead to shame, gossip, and social disgrace for the patient and their family. Nevertheless, some patients disclosed their diabetes to people outside their close family circles. Factors motivating this decision were mostly related to a need for facilities or support for diabetes self-management.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Cultural customs inhibited Surinamese patients in disclosing their diabetes to people outside their very close family circles. This may influence their readiness to participate in community-based diabetes self-management programmes that involve other groups. What these findings highlight is that public health researchers and initiatives must identify and work with factors that influence the disclosure of diabetes if they are to develop community-based diabetes self-management interventions for ethnic minority populations.</p
The parent?infant dyad and the construction of the subjective self
Developmental psychology and psychopathology has in the past been more concerned with the quality of self-representation than with the development of the subjective agency which underpins our experience of feeling, thought and action, a key function of mentalisation. This review begins by contrasting a Cartesian view of pre-wired introspective subjectivity with a constructionist model based on the assumption of an innate contingency detector which orients the infant towards aspects of the social world that react congruently and in a specifically cued informative manner that expresses and facilitates the assimilation of cultural knowledge. Research on the neural mechanisms associated with mentalisation and social influences on its development are reviewed. It is suggested that the infant focuses on the attachment figure as a source of reliable information about the world. The construction of the sense of a subjective self is then an aspect of acquiring knowledge about the world through the caregiver's pedagogical communicative displays which in this context focuses on the child's thoughts and feelings. We argue that a number of possible mechanisms, including complementary activation of attachment and mentalisation, the disruptive effect of maltreatment on parent-child communication, the biobehavioural overlap of cues for learning and cues for attachment, may have a role in ensuring that the quality of relationship with the caregiver influences the development of the child's experience of thoughts and feelings
Comparison of antiplatelet regimens in secondary stroke prevention: a nationwide cohort study
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