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High-Frequency Ignition Characteristics in a 4-Valve SI Engine with Tumble-Swirl Flows
No full textThe authors would like to acknowledge the financial support provided for this project by the Korean Government, through the scheme of the National G7 Project. They would also like to Messrs J.Y.Kim and J.H.Lee for their contribution to the experiments
Characteristics of the Al2O3 barrier with cofeb pinned layer in magnetic tunnel junctions
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Cell-to-Cell Heterogeneity in EGFR signaling revealed by single cell single-molecule analysis
No full textA Review on Automatic Generation of Architectural Space Layouts with Energy Performance Optimization
No full textGreen Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Climate Design and SustainabilityDesign InformaticsBuilding ServicesArchitectural Engineering +Technolog
Effects of fluid-structure interaction on the trailing-edge noise
No full textIn the present study, the effects of fluid-structure interaction (FSI) on the trailingedge noise are numerically investigated, particularly for the cases of wake instability and Karman vortex shedding. The trailing-edge is modelled as a flat plate with an elastic cantilever end and its flow-induced vibration is solved by an eigenmode analysis with the Galerkin method. The FSI analysis is conducted in a fully coupled manner with direct numerical simulation (DNS) of the flow and sound. Computed solutions for the wake instability show that when the first-eigenmode natural frequency (?n) of the cantilever is close to be resonant with the wake characteristic frequency (?c), the sound pressure level (SPL) is significantly reduced by -20 dB or increased by +15 dB, depending on the ratio of ?n/?c. For Karman vortex shedding, the flow and acoustic details are somewhat different but FSI also has considerable impacts on the SPL and directivity, if ?n is close to ?c
Les Fables de La Fontaine et Hitler
No full textI had known several of the designs in this book for years and despaired of ever finding them. Then I found them in the 2010 facsimile reproduction of the 1939 original by Nouvelles Editions Latines. I wrote when I catalogued that edition that I was all the more eager to find an original. I had never had one in my hand. I was amazed to find this copy on eBay and even more amazed when I won the auction. This original was published shortly before the German conquest of France and the consequent destruction of materials like this, materials critical of Nazis. Ten fables are presented with their La Fontaine texts utterly intact. The blurb on the back cover of the reproduction has it right: Cet album, textes et dessins, dénonçait la férocité et la mégalomanie du chancelier allemand. In this book it is the satirical illustrations that make the difference! Several seem to me to apply less well. Among those that may seem to stretch La Fontaine in order to criticize Hitler, I would list FC and GA. Who is that asking Hitler the crow to drop the cheese that is Poland? And I would never have envisioned Hitler as the artist grasshopper needing to ask the ants for shelter…. Several illustrations, though, hit the mark perfectly! Those that seem made for criticizing Hitler have the representations that I have seen and remembered, particularly WL and MM. Hitler as a milkmaid is a riot! Notice the doll or girl lying near the lamb in WL's illustration. The Wolf Become a Shepherd portrays the shepherd as the angel of peace sleeping in the pasture. One that seems more a prophecy than a critique is OR. Who is that goddess that sends the lightning down to uproot the Hitler-oak? OF similarly looks forward to Hitler's self-explosion.Language note: FrenchJean de La Fontain
Polymorphism near the IL28B gene in Korean hepatitis C virus-infected patients treated with peg-interferon plus ribavirin
No full textBackground: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) near the IL28B gene have recently been described as predictors of antiviral therapy responses in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype-1. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between genetic variation near the IL28B gene and treatment outcome prediction in Korean patients receiving peg-interferon (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin therapy. Study design: The allelic discrimination assay by Taqman real-time PCR was developed to determine genotypes of SNPs, rs12979860 and rs8099917, which were analyzed in 65 Korean patients with HCV genotype-1. Results: For rs12979860, the frequency of patients with sustained virological response (SVR) was 70.2% in those with the CC genotype and 25% in those with the CT genotype. Early virological response (EVR) in patients with the CC genotype (84.2%) was higher than in those with the CT genotype (25.0%). For rs8099917, patients with the TT genotype showed significantly higher in SVR and EVR than those with the TG/GG genotype (69.6% vs 33.3% and 82.1% vs 44.4%, respectively). With regards to the genotype frequency of the SNPs, the homozygous genotypes for rs12979860 (CC) or rs8099917 (TT) in Korean patients showed a significantly higher frequency as compared with other ethnicities; Caucasians, African-American, Hispanic, and Japanese. Conclusions: These results demonstrate that the genotypes rs12979860 CC and rs8099917 TT were more frequently observed in Korean patients compared to other ethnicities, and suggest that the genetic characteristics of patients may be prognostic factor that predicts antiviral response to PEG-IFN therapy for chronic hepatitis C. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Correction to: Graft immaturity and safety concerns in transplanted human kidney organoids
No full textAfter online publication of this article, the authors noticed an error in the Affiliation section. The correct statement of this article should have read as below. © 2020, The Author(s).11Nsciescopuskc
Remembering Corporal J.Y. Joyner : An Historical Fiction
No full textThis is a creative nonfiction narrative about the farm life and military service of a Nash County resident J.Y. Joyner. This narrative will be a combination of real-life facts reality-based situations and settings derived from extensive research and will be told from a fictional point-of-view. This style is influenced and inspired by the work of author/historian Stephen Ambrose (Band of Brothers Citizen Soldiers) Phillip Gerrard (Cape Fear Rising) William Faulkner (As I Lay Dying) and the books of Jeff and Michael Shaara (Killer Angels Gods & Generals The Last Full Measure). The work of these authors takes carefully researched time periods and settings factual events and in some cases -- particularly with the Shaaras -- uses a fictional character/observer/narrator to tell the story relate the events while adding interest and color. The projected length of this manuscript is approximately 50 pages. I will present this narrative in this format for several reasons. Joyner was killed in World War II and I first came across his name on a plaque at the Nash County Courthouse in Nashville NC listed along with other natives who died in wars. Years ago as part of an ongoing series of Memorial Day columns for the local newspaper I discovered I could find very little information about him. While working on a research project I discovered a headstone -- relatively new -- at Oakwood Cemetery in Spring Hope NC. As part of that project I was able to find out his unit where it was in action and where he was most likely killed -- just before the Battle of the Bulge. By using first person I will be able to disjoint time and present a unique approach and perspective to the narrative through the eyes of a detached observer. I want to use the first-person narrative to move Joyner from a name on a plaque to an identity of a young boy who was sent to war on a continent on the other side of the world. By closing the distance between the story and the narrator I intend to hold the reader's interest and involve them more deeply into the story. The narrative will cover the present in the form of finding this stone in the cemetery and seeing Joyner's name on a plaque at the Courthouse in Nashville; the time and place where Joyner was killed in action; and how his farm family back home dealt with the loss and also how it affected daily life on the farm -- which was very reliant on labor over machines at that point in history. The first part of the manuscript will be first-person from the point of view of the narrator who finds the marker in the cemetery; the second part of the manuscript will be from the viewpoint of Joyner's younger brother. The majority of my research will come from newspaper accounts websites unit records and books written about the war and the 1940s in America. Additional material will come from personal interviews of people who grew up on farms in southern Nash County era during this time. My interest in this project is to create a narrative that blends nonfiction and fiction but is researched based. By blending these genres filling in blanks where facts cannot be located I will create a narrative that will hopefully push boundaries and offer uncommon viewpoints and less stereotypical presentation of history -- especially with topics that have been written about so much: war the South and rural farm life
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