Author(s): Stoyanov P; Merz R; Stricker M; Kopnarski M; Dienwiebel M;

In the search for achieving ultra-low friction for applications in extreme environments, we evaluate the interfacial processes of diamond/tungsten sliding contacts using an on-line macro-tribometer and a micro-tribometer in an ultra-high vacuum. The coefficient of friction for the tests with the on-line tribometer remained considerably low for unlubricate ...

Article GUID: 34300710

Author(s): Park JH; Kim YU; Jeon J; Wi S; Chang SJ; Kim S;

Impervious pavements exist in large proportions in most cities owing to the high-impact development of the transportation infrastructure. However, this type of pavement causes environmental issues such as waterlogging, floods, and urban heat islands. Pervious concrete (PC), which is a novel pavement material characterized by a porous structure that allows ...

Article GUID: 34293676

Author(s): Agrawal D; Tsang A; Chadha BS;

Two lignocellulolytic accessory enzymes, feruloyl esterase D (FAED_SCYTH) and ß-xylosidase (XYL43B_SCYTH) were cloned and produced in the Pichia pastoris X33 as host. The molecular weight of recombinant enzymes FAED_SCYTH and XYL43B_SCYTH were ~ 31 and 40 kDa, respectively. FAED_SCYTH showed optimal activity at pH 6.0, 60 °C; and XYL43B_SCYTH at pH 7.0, 5 ...

Article GUID: 34293687

Author(s): Ferland F; Blanchette-Martin N; Côté M; Tremblay J; Kairouz S; Nadeau L; Savard AC; L' Espérance N; Dufour M;

Consequences experienced by the partners of individuals with a gambling disorder are well documented. However, little is known about the deleterious effects experienced by other people than partners of gamblers. A better understanding of these consequences could help improve clinical practices. T ...

Article GUID: 34286413

Author(s): Raznahan M; An C; Li SS; Geng X; Boufadel M;

Oil spills are a serious environmental problem. To better support risk assessment and pollution control for oil spills, a good understanding of oil transport in the environment is required. This study focused on the numerical simulation of the nearshore oil behaviors based on computational fluid dynamics. Based on the Navier-Stokes momentum equations for ...

Article GUID: 34284211

Author(s): Luis Á; Casares P; Cuadrado-Gallego JJ; Patricio MA;

In many Internet of Things (IoT) environments, the lifetime of a sensor is linked to its power supply. Sensor devices capture external information and transmit it. They also receive messages with control commands, which means that one of the largest computational overheads of sensor devices is spent on data serialization and deserialization tasks, as well ...

Article GUID: 34283115

Author(s): Rampersaud E; Kang G; Palmer LE; Rashkin SR; Wang S; Bi W; Alberts NM; Anghelescu D; Barton M; Birch K; Boulos N; Brandow AM; Brooke RJ; Chang TC; Chen W; Cheng Y; Ding J; Easton J; Hodges JR; Kanne CK; Levy S; Mulder H; Patel AP; Puri L ...

Individuals with monogenic disorders can experience variable phenotypes that are influenced by genetic variation. To investigate this in sickle cell disease (SCD), we performed whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of 722 individuals with hemoglobin HbSS or HbSß0-thalassemia from Baylor College of Medici ...

Article GUID: 34283174

Author(s): Yue R; Raisi B; Rahmatinejad J; Ye Z; Barbeau B; Rahaman MS;

Membrane fouling is an ongoing challenge in the membrane filtration process. Herein, a photocatalytic membrane comprising a reactive layer was fabricated by engineering partially reduced graphene oxide/Ag nanoparticles/MIL-88A (prGO/Ag/M88A, pGAM) photocatalysts on the PVDF substrate membranes. Benefiting from the high conductivity of prGO and the surface ...

Article GUID: 34273782

Author(s): Feng Q; An C; Chen Z; Owens E; Niu H; Wang Z;

Coastal environment is one of the most important ecological and socioeconomic areas. However, increasing energy demand and economic development lead to a continuous gas and oil exploration, production, and traffics, which notably raise the risk of oil spill accidents in coastal areas. Sensitivity assessment aiming to determine the coastal features that wo ...

Article GUID: 34271360

Author(s): Ybarra M; Barnett TA; Yu J; Van Hulst A; Drouin O; Kakinami L; Saint-Charles J; Henderson M;

i>Background and Objective: Weight-related behaviors are determined by multiple individual and contextual factors, with recent evidence implicating personal social networks (PSNs). Greater understanding of these relationships could help inform healthy weight promoting interventions. We conducted ...

Article GUID: 34264758

Author(s): Jenner AL; Aogo RA; Alfonso S; Crowe V; Deng X; Smith AP; Morel PA; Davis CL; Smith AM; Craig M;

To understand the diversity of immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 and distinguish features that predispose individuals to severe COVID-19, we developed a mechanistic, within-host mathematical model and virtual patient cohort. Our results suggest that virtual patients with low production rates of infe ...

Article GUID: 34260666

Author(s): Olivier E; Morin AJS; Tracey D; Verma N; Dubé C; Gagnon C; Craven RG; Maïano C;

Youth with intellectual disability (ID) are at an increased risk of displaying fewer prosocial behaviors and more numerous aggressive behaviors in various environments. This study proposes a new multi-informant (youth, teachers, and parents) measure of social behaviors for youth with ID. The sample includes 348 youth with mild (51.41%) and moderate (48.59 ...

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