Investigation of electrochemistry of high energy compounds in organic electrolytes, november 1, 1964 - april 30, 1965

Conversion by electrochemical process of chemical to electrical energy - high energy compounds in organic electrolytes and cathode material

Behcet\u27s Syndrome: Case Report and Literature Review

Behcet\u27s syndrome is a disease commonly found in Japan and in countries around the Mediterranean Sea. In the U.S., it is relatively uncommon. This report describes a 24-year-old Lebanese-American man with Behcet\u27s syndrome who presented with symptoms four months after he developed arthritis and who had been initially diagnosed as having incomplete Reiter\u27s syndrome. A literature review is Included

Duer Ranch, Morrill County, Nebraska: Contrast between Cenozoic Fluvial and Eolian Deposition

The Duer Ranch locality contains some of the finest and most easily accessible examples of different styles of alluvial cuts and fills in the Cenozoic rocks of Nebraska. It offers a unique area in which to examine the geometries and alluvial fills of several Miocene and Pliocene age paleovalleys and paleo-gullies. Good exposures of eolian volcaniclastic siltstones and a regionally important volcanic ash of the Oligocene age Brule Formation are also present at the Duer Ranch locality. In addition, Quaternary ephemeral stream development and deposits can be studied. Location and Accessibility Significance of the Locality Locality Information Measured Sections [I-IV] Selected Reference

Duer Ranch, Morrill County, Nebraska: Contrast between Cenozoic Fluvial and Eolian Deposition

The Duer Ranch locality contains some of the finest and most easily accessible examples of different styles of alluvial cuts and fills in the Cenozoic rocks of Nebraska. It offers a unique area in which to examine the geometries and alluvial fills of several Miocene and Pliocene age paleovalleys and paleo-gullies. Good exposures of eolian volcaniclastic siltstones and a regionally important volcanic ash of the Oligocene age Brule Formation are also present at the Duer Ranch locality. In addition, Quaternary ephemeral stream development and deposits can be studied. Location and Accessibility Significance of the Locality Locality Information Measured Sections [I-IV] Selected Reference

Geology of the Pre-dune Strata

Over the last 98 million years, four general geological processes have acted to shape the ancient landscapes buried beneath the Sand Hills. Three of these affected the area directly, either depositing sediments on the land surface or eroding it, while a fourth took place west of Nebraska, but affected the region nonetheless. Shells of clams, oysters, and numerous other kinds of creatures similar to forms that live today in the seas are preserved as fossils in the chalks, limestones, and shales that form the oldest rocks beneath the Sand Hills that will be described. These deposits indicate to geologists that seas once covered the area and that marine (oceanic) processes of sediment transport and deposition were active during this time. After the seas retreated, streams played a major role in depositing the strata overlying the marine sediments. Nonmarine fossils of plants and animals occur in alluvial (stream-deposited) sands, gravels, and silts laid down within the last 37 million years. The third process that actively shaped the area was eolian (wind-blown) deposition. Winds have played a major role in the geologic evolution of the entire Great Plains. They have formed the Sand Hills and considerable volumes of older, nonmarine strata. In addition, erosion by both wind- and water-related processes has helped carve the ancient landscapes buried beneath the Sand Hills. Volcanic activity far to the west and southwest of Nebraska is the fourth process that affected the Sand Hills. Fine-grained debris from volcanic eruptions was carried by high-altitude winds and deposited on the plains. The work of rivers, winds, and, to a lesser extent, volcanoes continues today. Ash from the recent eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington was carried eastward, and fallout from the eruption cloud was deposited far downwind, including a light dusting of the Sand Hills

Fiber optic gas sensor

A gas sensor includes an in-fiber resonant wavelength device provided in a fiber core at a first location. The fiber propagates a sensing light and a power light. A layer of a material is attached to the fiber at the first location. The material is able to absorb the gas at a temperature dependent gas absorption rate. The power light is used to heat the material and increases the gas absorption rate, thereby increasing sensor performance, especially at low temperatures. Further, a method is described of flash heating the gas sensor to absorb more of the gas, allowing the sensor to cool, thereby locking in the gas content of the sensor material, and taking the difference between the starting and ending resonant wavelengths as an indication of the concentration of the gas in the ambient atmosphere

Distributed high-temperature pressure sensing using air-hole microstructural fibers

We present spatially resolved Rayleigh scattering measurements in different polarization-maintaining (PM) fibers for high-temperature pressure sensing. The pressure-induced birefringence in the fiber cores is interrogated using polarization-resolved frequency-swept interferometry. The pressure responses of a PM photonic crystal fiber and a twin-air-hole PM fiber are investigated for a pressure range of 0 to 13.8 MPa (0-2000 psi) at room temperature and at temperatures as high as 800 °C. The proposed sensing system provides, for the first time to our knowledge, a truly distributed pressure-sensing solution for high-temperature applications. © 2012 Optical Society of America

Distributed hydrogen sensing using in-fiber Rayleigh scattering

This letter reports a fully distributed hydrogen sensing technique using Rayleigh backscattering in palladium (Pd) and copper (Cu) coated optical fiber. The local in-fiber strain changes due to Pd hydrogen absorptions are interrogated spatially resolved optical frequency domain reflectrometry measurements of the Rayleigh signals. Electrical power is used to induce heating in the Pd coating, which accelerates both the hydrogen response and the sensor recycling. This technique promises an inexpensive and truly distributed fiber solution for continuous hydrogen leak detection with centimeter spatial resolution at room and low temperatures. © 2012 American Institute of Physics

1972 Research Progress Reports, Fruit and Vegetable Processing and Food Technology

Evaluation of tomato cultivars / W. A. Gould, James Black, Louise Howiler, Shirley Perryman, and Stanley Z. Berry -- Effects of food additives on the quality of canned tomatoes / Wilbur A. Gould, John Mount, Jacquelyn Gould, Louise Howiler, and James Black -- Effect of storage temperature on shelf life of ascorbic acid fortified tomato juice / Gerald A. Pope and Wilbur A. Gould -- Survey of waste disposal practices of Ohio tomato processors / J. R. Geisman -- Evaluation of snap bean varieties for processing / Wilbur A. Gould, Jacquelyn Gould and Roberta Topits -- The effect of variety, size, and fermentation temperature on the quality attributes of cucumber pickles / Gary Flinn and Wilbur A. Gould -- Progress report on frozen corn-on-the-cob / James W. Swinehart and Wilbur A. Gould -- Progress report on cabbage lipids / Andrew C. Peng -- Effect of soybean flour on quality and protein content in the manufacture of doughnuts / Mohamed I. Mahmoud and Wilbur A. Goul