The Effects of blanket tension and squeeze pressure on slur and doubling using conventional and compressable blankets in sheetfed offset lithography

Dot gain is a printing characteristic which has an effect on printing quality, if it is not controlled. It refers to the physical increase in size for a printed dot during the transfer process between the film and the printed sheet. The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether varying squeeze pressure and blanket tension settings significantly affected directional dot gain (slur and doubling), therefore printing quality, using conventional and compressible types of offset lithographic blankets. The experiment was performed on the second unit of a two-color Heidelberg MOZP sheetfed offset lithographic press, bypassing the first unit. Directional dot gain was evaluated by density readings taken from four RIT Experimental Doubling Targets. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to determine whether statistically significant differences in dot gain values occurred. It was found that squeeze pressure was a significant factor contributing to the magnitude of slur for both types of blankets, while blanket tension was not. The Fisher test determined that each of the squeeze pressure settings (.006 in. and .008 in. for conventional blankets, .006 in. and .012 in. for compressible blankets) contributed the most towards the difference in dot gain values, while the type of blanket and the different settings of squeeze pressure also contributed to dot gain. Visual examination of the press sheets revealed that directional dot gain occurred at the higher squeeze pressure settings for both conventional and compressible blankets. When both squeeze pressure and blanket tension settings increased, larger dot gain values were detected on conventional blankets. As blanket tension settings increased, dot gain decreased in compressible blankets, since the increased tension decreased the squeeze pressure, by thinning out the blanket.This trend was also noticed on the conventional blankets at the low squeeze pressure setting

Ein binaurales Richtungshörsystem für mobile Roboter in echoarmer Umgebung

In diesem Beitrag wird ein binaurales Lokalisationsmodell für einen autonomen mobilen Roboter vorgestellt, das sich am menschlichen Hörsystem orientiert. Im Mittelpunkt steht die technische Umsetzung der neuronalen Verarbeitungsmechanismen der Olivenkerne des auditorischen Systems, die ein binaurales Richtungshören ermöglichen. Das System ist in der Lage, im Bereich des Sichtfeldes des Roboters eine Schallquelle in echoarmer, d. h. reflexionsarmer Umgebung anhand von Laufzeitunterschieden und Pegeldifferenzen zu lokalisieren. Die Möglichkeit des Richtungshörens verbessert die Wahrnehmung der unmittelbaren Umgebung des Roboters entscheidend und erlaubt z. B. die Ausrichtung des Roboterkopfes zur Schallquelle

Hydrocarbon pneumonitis following liquid paraffin aspiration during a fire-eating performance: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Hydrocarbon pneumonitis is an acute, intense pneumonitis resulting from aspiration of volatile hydrocarbon compounds with low viscosity and surface tension, most of which are members of the paraffin, naphthene and aromatic classes.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>Six hours after participating in a party for teenagers, a 16-year-old boy developed dyspnea, cough, a fever (39°C) and chest pain. A chest radiograph showed infiltration in the right middle lobe. The patient reported alcohol abuse during the party and an episode of vomiting a few hours thereafter. He also reported practicing a fire-eating performance at the party using liquid paraffin, but was unaware of inhaling any of it. The radiographic infiltration was diagnosed as an aspiration pneumonia and he was treated at the local health center with antibiotics. Five days later, because of clinical deterioration, he was referred to a pulmonary clinic. A chest computed tomography scan was performed which showed consolidation with an air bronchogram in the right middle lobe and areas of atelectasis and ground glass opacities in the middle and lower right lobes. Spirometry revealed severe restriction of lung function. A bronchoscopy revealed inflamed, hyperemic mucosa. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid revealed lipid-laden alveolar macrophages, which were detected by lipid staining, and neutrophilia. The patient was finally diagnosed with hydrocarbon pneumonitis and he was treated with systemic steroids and antibiotics. After 6 days of treatment there was complete clinical and significant radiologic regression.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Hydrocarbon pneumonitis should be included in the differential diagnosis of pneumonias. Recent exposure to volatile hydrocarbons provides a basis for clinical diagnosis, as symptoms and radiologic findings are not specific.</p

Equations of state with group contribution binary interaction parameters for calculation of two-phase envelopes for synthetic and real natural gas mixtures with heavy fractions

YesThree equations of state with a group contribution model for binary interaction parameters were employed to calculate the vapor-liquid equilibria of synthetic and real natural gas mixtures with heavy fractions. In order to estimate the binary interaction parameters, critical temperatures, critical pressures and acentric factors of binary constituents of the mixture are required. The binary interaction parameter model also accounts for temperature. To perform phase equilibrium calculations, the heavy fractions were first discretized into 12 Single Carbon Numbers (SCN) using generalized molecular weights. Then, using the generalized molecular weights and specific gravities, the SCN were characterized. Afterwards, phase equilibrium calculations were performed employing a set of (nc + 1) equations where nc stands for the number of known components plus 12 SCN. The equations were solved iteratively using Newton's method. Predictions indicate that the use of binary interaction parameters for highly sour natural gas mixtures is quite important and must not be avoided. For sweet natural gas mixtures, the use of binary interaction parameters is less remarkable, however

Cyanomethylene-bis(phosphonate)-Based Lanthanide Complexes: Structural, Photophysical, and Magnetic Investigations

10 pagesInternational audienceThe syntheses, structural investigations, magnetic and photophysical properties of a series of 10 lanthanide mononuclear complexes, containing the heteroditopic ligand cyanomethylene-bis(5,5-dimethyl-2-oxo-1,3,2λ5-dioxa-phosphorinane) (L), are described. The crystallographic analyses indicate two structural types: in the first one, [LnIII(L)3(H2O)2]*H2O (Ln = La, Pr, Nd), the metal ions are eight-coordinated within a square antiprism geometry, while the second one, [LnIII(L)3(H2O)]*8H2O (Ln = Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er), contains seven-coordinated LnIII ions within distorted monocapped trigonal prisms...