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The aggregation rate constant of the discrete population balance model in hot melt fluidized bed coating process
[EN] During hot melt fluidized bed coating, particle agglomeration leads to non-uniform particle size. In this study, Population Balance Model (PBM) is used to establish the conservation of the size of particles in the system. In order to solve the population balance model, it is discretized. The aggregation kernel of the particles can be described by the Equi-partition of Kinetic Energy (EKE) kernel based on the gas dynamics theory. The EKE kernel is incorporated into a discrete population balance (DPB) model, and the effective aggregation rate constant is obtained by fitting with the experimental data.The authors acknowledge Projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.21506163 & No. 31571906).Xin, W.; Yan, Y.; Qing, X.; Long, W. (2018). The aggregation rate constant of the discrete population balance model in hot melt fluidized bed coating process. En IDS 2018. 21st International Drying Symposium Proceedings. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 473-480. https://doi.org/10.4995/IDS2018.2018.7726OCS47348
Isostructural Phase Transition of TiN Under High Pressure
In situ high-pressure energy dispersive x-ray diffraction experiments on
polycrystalline powder TiN with NaCl-type structure have been conducted with
the pressure up to 30.1 GPa by using the diamond anvil cell instrument with
synchrotron radiation at room tempearture. The experimental results suggested
that an isostructural phase transition might exist at about 7 GPa as revealed
by the discontinuity of V/V0 with pressure.Comment: submitte
A possible method for non-Hermitian and non--symmetric Hamiltonian systems
A possible method to investigate non-Hermitian Hamiltonians is suggested
through finding a Hermitian operator and defining the annihilation and
creation operators to be -pseudo-Hermitian adjoint to each other. The
operator represents the -pseudo-Hermiticity of Hamiltonians.
As an example, a non-Hermitian and non--symmetric Hamiltonian with
imaginary linear coordinate and linear momentum terms is constructed and
analyzed in detail. The operator is found, based on which, a real
spectrum and a positive-definite inner product, together with the probability
explanation of wave functions, the orthogonality of eigenstates, and the
unitarity of time evolution, are obtained for the non-Hermitian and
non--symmetric Hamiltonian. Moreover, this Hamiltonian turns out to be
coupled when it is extended to the canonical noncommutative space with
noncommutative spatial coordinate operators and noncommutative momentum
operators as well. Our method is applicable to the coupled Hamiltonian. Then
the first and second order noncommutative corrections of energy levels are
calculated, and in particular the reality of energy spectra, the
positive-definiteness of inner products, and the related properties (the
probability explanation of wave functions, the orthogonality of eigenstates,
and the unitarity of time evolution) are found not to be altered by the
noncommutativity.Comment: 15 pages, no figures; v2: clarifications added; v3: 16 pages, 1
figure, clarifications made clearer; v4: 19 pages, the main context is
completely rewritten; v5: 25 pages, title slightly changed, clarifications
added, the final version to appear in PLOS ON
Hawking Radiation of an Arbitrarily Accelerating Kinnersley Black Hole: Spin-Acceleration Coupling Effect
The Hawking radiation of Weyl neutrinos in an arbitrarily accelerating
Kinnersley black hole is investigated by using a method of the generalized
tortoise coordinate transformation. Both the location and temperature of the
event horizon depend on the time and on the angles. They coincide with previous
results, but the thermal radiation spectrum of massless spinor particles
displays a kind of spin-acceleration coupling effect.Comment: 8 pages, no figure, revtex 4.0, revisted version with typesetting
errors and misprint correcte
Effects of charge doping and constrained magnetization on the electronic structure of an FeSe monolayer
The electronic structural properties in the presence of constrained
magnetization and a charged background are studied for a monolayer of FeSe in
non-magnetic, checkerboard-, and striped-antiferromagnetic (AFM) spin
configurations. First principles techniques based on the pseudopotential
density functional approach and the local spin density approximation are
utilized. Our findings show that the experimentally observed shape of the Fermi
surface is best described by the checkerboard AFM spin pattern. To explore the
underlying pairing mechanism, we study the evolution of the non-magnetic to the
AFM-ordered structures under constrained magnetization. We estimate the
strength of electronic coupling to magnetic excitations involving an increase
in local moment and, separately, a partial moment transfer from one Fe atom to
another. We also show that the charge doping in the FeSe can lead to an
increase in the density of states at the Fermi level and possibly produce
higher superconducting transition temperatures
The dissipation of the system and the atom in two-photon Jaynes-Cummings model with degenerate atomic levels
The method of perturbative expansion of master equation is employed to study
the dissipative properties of system and of atom in the two-photon
Jaynes-Cummings model (JCM) with degenerate atomic levels. The numerical
results show that the degeneracy of atomic levels prolongs the period of
entanglement between the atom and the field. The asymptotic value of atomic
linear entropy is apparently increased by the degeneration. The amplitude of
local entanglement and disentanglement is suppressed. The better the initial
coherence property of the degenerate atom, the larger the coherence loss.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure
Interactions of Candida albicans with host epithelial surfaces
Candida albicans is an opportunistic, fungal pathogen of humans that frequently causes superficial infections
of oral and vaginal mucosal surfaces of debilitated and susceptible individuals. The organism is however,
commonly encountered as a commensal in healthy individuals where it is a component of the normal
microflora. The key determinant in the type of relationship that Candida has with its host is how it interacts
with the epithelial surface it colonises. A delicate balance clearly exists between the potentially damaging
effects of Candida virulence factors and the nature of the immune response elicited by the host. Frequently, it
is changes in host factors that lead to Candida seemingly changing from a commensal to pathogenic existence.
However, given the often reported heterogeneity in morphological and biochemical factors that exist between
Candida species and indeed strains of C. albicans, it may also be the fact that colonising strains differ in the
way they exploit resources to allow persistence at mucosal surfaces and as a consequence this too may affect
the way Candida interacts with epithelial cells. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of some of the
possible interactions that may occur between C. albicans and host epithelial surfaces that may in turn dictate
whether Candida removal, its commensal persistence or infection follows
A TRPV4-dependent neuroimmune axis in the spinal cord promotes neuropathic pain
Microglia, resident macrophages of the CNS, are essential to brain development, homeostasis, and disease. Microglial activation and proliferation are hallmarks of many CNS diseases, including neuropathic pain. However, molecular mechanisms that govern the spinal neuroimmune axis in the setting of neuropathic pain remain incompletely understood. Here, we show that genetic ablation or pharmacological blockade of transient receptor potential vanilloid type 4 (TRPV4) markedly attenuated neuropathic pain-like behaviors in a mouse model of spared nerve injury. Mechanistically, microglia-expressed TRPV4 mediated microglial activation and proliferation and promoted functional and structural plasticity of excitatory spinal neurons through release of lipocalin-2. Our results suggest that microglial TRPV4 channels reside at the center of the neuroimmune axis in the spinal cord, which transforms peripheral nerve injury into central sensitization and neuropathic pain, thereby identifying TRPV4 as a potential new target for the treatment of chronic pain
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