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Numerical Analysis Of Breast Cancer Cell With Gold Nanoparticles Necrosis By Laser Hyperthermia, Shna A. Karim, Yousif M. Hassan Dec 2020

Numerical Analysis Of Breast Cancer Cell With Gold Nanoparticles Necrosis By Laser Hyperthermia, Shna A. Karim, Yousif M. Hassan

Polytechnic Journal

Laser hyperthermia treatment of cancer tissue is widely used in cancer treatment to destroy cancer cells. This study focus on the mechanisms of heat transfer in biological tissues to minimize damage to the tissues resulting from extra heat applied. The important feature of this method is heating of specific region to raise its temperature to a threshold temperature and destroying cancer cells without to destroy surrounding tissue. In this study, we have used the combinations of laser light and gold nanoparticles to investigate the influence of nanoparticles on the spatial distribution of temperature in the tumor and healthy tissues. Accurate …


Numerical Analysis Of Breast Cancer Cell With Gold Nanoparticles Necrosis By Laser Hyperthermia, Shna A. Karim, Yousif M. Hassan Dec 2020

Numerical Analysis Of Breast Cancer Cell With Gold Nanoparticles Necrosis By Laser Hyperthermia, Shna A. Karim, Yousif M. Hassan

Polytechnic Journal

Laser hyperthermia treatment of cancer tissue is widely used in cancer treatment to destroy cancer cells. This study focus on the mechanisms of heat transfer in biological tissues to minimize damage to the tissues resulting from extra heat applied. The important feature of this method is heating of specific region to raise its temperature to a threshold temperature and destroying cancer cells without to destroy surrounding tissue. In this study, we have used the combinations of laser light and gold nanoparticles to investigate the influence of nanoparticles on the spatial distribution of temperature in the tumor and healthy tissues. Accurate …


Investigation Of The Moisture Binding Forms In Plant Raw Materials And Thermal Characteristics Determination, Tojiniso Raxmanova, Shaxnoza Sultanova, Jasur Safarov, Esra Capanoglu Dec 2020

Investigation Of The Moisture Binding Forms In Plant Raw Materials And Thermal Characteristics Determination, Tojiniso Raxmanova, Shaxnoza Sultanova, Jasur Safarov, Esra Capanoglu

Technical science and innovation

In this article, the forms of moisture connection and the thermal characteristics of plant materials are studied. Rosehip and hawthorn fruits were chosen as the object of research. In the heat analyzer, a decrease in the mass of the product and an increase in temperature were found when the temperature was controlled in a certain gas environment. The curves of the dependence of the dog rose and hawthorn samples on the mass and temperature are given. DTA-1/10 galvanometer sensitivity; sensitivity of the DTG-1/5 galvanometer; the maximum heating temperature is 300° С and the rate of change of the furnace heating …


Development Of Corrective Structural Schemes For Semiconductor Converters Temperature And Humidity, A. Rakhmanov, S. Kuznetsov, S. Rakhmatullaev Dec 2020

Development Of Corrective Structural Schemes For Semiconductor Converters Temperature And Humidity, A. Rakhmanov, S. Kuznetsov, S. Rakhmatullaev

Euroasian Journal of Semiconductors Science and Engineering

Corrective block diagrams for semiconductor temperature and humidity converters using new elements and devices of modern microelectronics have been developed.


Effect Of Temperature On Early‐Age Properties Of Self‐Consolidating Concrete Equivalent Mortar, Nima Farzadnia, Jing Pan, Kamal Khayat, Eric Wirquin Dec 2020

Effect Of Temperature On Early‐Age Properties Of Self‐Consolidating Concrete Equivalent Mortar, Nima Farzadnia, Jing Pan, Kamal Khayat, Eric Wirquin

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this study, the effect of ambient temperature during casting on fresh properties, hydration kinetics, and early‐age compressive strength of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) was evaluated. Concrete equivalent mortars (CEMs) with water‐to‐binder ratios of 0.41 and 0.45 were cast based on SCC mixture designs for building and infrastructure construction and precast applications. The CEMs were prepared at temperatures ranging from 8 to 36°C. Superplasticizer (SP) and air‐entraining agent (AEA) demand were evaluated for the CEM mixtures made with different supplementary cementing material (SCM) and limestone filler types. Test results showed that the ambient temperature can significantly affect the SP and AEA …


Specific Features Of Optical Fiber Cable Operation During Tension And Change Of Ambient Temperature, Dilmurod Davronbekov, Zafar Khakimov Dec 2020

Specific Features Of Optical Fiber Cable Operation During Tension And Change Of Ambient Temperature, Dilmurod Davronbekov, Zafar Khakimov

Bulletin of TUIT: Management and Communication Technologies

This article examines the effect of longitudinal and thermoelastic deformation of an optical module on the technological reserve of an optical fiber. Analytical expressions are given for determining the lower limit of the technological margin of an optical fiber for various types of fiber-optic cable section along the axis.


Environmental Variability In West Lake Mangroves: A Climatology Report, Gretchen M. Spencer Dec 2020

Environmental Variability In West Lake Mangroves: A Climatology Report, Gretchen M. Spencer

All HCAS Student Capstones, Theses, and Dissertations

Sea level rise, ocean acidification, increasing sea temperatures, and deoxygenation are all consequences of climate change that are impacting the ocean. However, nearshore environments are being affected by climate change at varying rates compared to the open ocean. Mangroves, environments which already see wide variety in their daily environmental conditions due to the natural physical and biogeochemical processes which occur in them, are habitats that are expected to change at a faster rate than other ecosystems. The goal of this study was to create a baseline understanding of the daily, monthly, and seasonal changes occurring in a local mangrove habitat, …


Effects Of Cooling And Postharvest Storage Methods On Broccoli Quality, Sarah Parker Dec 2020

Effects Of Cooling And Postharvest Storage Methods On Broccoli Quality, Sarah Parker

Masters Theses

Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) is a cool-weather vegetable that is grown for its edible flowering heads and stalks. Broccoli inflorescences are immature plant organs with high respiration rates, resulting in a rapid loss of quality after harvest. The effects of cooling and storage methods on postharvest broccoli quality were evaluated based on metabolite contents of broccoli samples stored for 0, 7, 14, 21, 28, and 35 days. Sugar and organic acid contents were measured for broccoli harvested Fall 2018. Contents were compared for two cultivars (‘Diplomat’ and ‘Arcadia’) and two temperature treatments (not precooled and stored at 6 …


Using Social Media To Assess The Impact Of Weather And Climate On Visitation To Outdoor Recreation Settings, Emily J. Wilkins Dec 2020

Using Social Media To Assess The Impact Of Weather And Climate On Visitation To Outdoor Recreation Settings, Emily J. Wilkins

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

When people post photos on social media, these photos often contain information on the location, time, and date the photo was taken; all of this information is stored as metadata and is often never seen or used by the individuals posting the photos. This information can be used by researchers however, to understand the total number of visitors to parks and protected areas, as well as specific places people visit within those parks and protected areas. The first study in this dissertation reviews all the ways social media has been used to understand visitation and visitors’ experiences in parks. Researchers …


Influence Of Lighting On Tenso-Sensitivity Of Silicon Doped With Manganese, A .B Kamalov, S A. Tursinbaev, Kh M. Iliyev, M M. Shoabdurakhimova Nov 2020

Influence Of Lighting On Tenso-Sensitivity Of Silicon Doped With Manganese, A .B Kamalov, S A. Tursinbaev, Kh M. Iliyev, M M. Shoabdurakhimova

Scientific-technical journal

This paper presents the results of a study of the effect of deformation on the photocurrent in silicon compensated by manganese at various illumination intensities. It is shown that the sensitivity of the photocurrent to deformation in silicon compensated by manganese increases significantly, and it is possible to use such a material in the development of strain-sensitive devices.


Temperature Effects On Unsaturated Soils: Constitutive Relationships And Emerging Geotechnical Applications, Sannith Kumar Thota Nov 2020

Temperature Effects On Unsaturated Soils: Constitutive Relationships And Emerging Geotechnical Applications, Sannith Kumar Thota

Theses and Dissertations

There has been an increasing interest in fundamental and applied research on emerging geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering applications that pose multi-physics problems involving non-isothermal processes in unsaturated soils. Properly studying these problems requires the development of analytical models to describe the constitutive behavior of unsaturated soils under non-isothermal conditions. However, major gaps remain in the development of unified models that can properly represent the temperature dependency of unsaturated soil behavior. The effects of temperature on the stability of slopes, lateral earth pressure, and pile resistance in unsaturated soils are also not well understood. The main objective of this study is …


Uncertainty Of A Manometric Method For Determining The Humidity Of Fibrous Materials, O.Sh. Khakimov, N.Sh. Muminov, J.A. Hamidov Nov 2020

Uncertainty Of A Manometric Method For Determining The Humidity Of Fibrous Materials, O.Sh. Khakimov, N.Sh. Muminov, J.A. Hamidov

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

A manometric method for determining the moisture content of fibrous materials is considered. The scheme and principle of operation of the device. A formula is given for calculating the moisture content of a material. It is emphasized that the two-chamber manometric method for determining the moisture content of materials is an indirect measurement. To determine the measurement result and its uncertainty, it is necessary to justify and choose one of the appropriate methods for determining the measurement results and assess their uncertainty - the linearization method or the reduction method. The main sources of uncertainty are identified. The pairwise correlation …


Investigation Of Affecting Some Climatic Factors On Distribution Of Plant Societies In Eastern Alborz (Ir‐Iran), Mohammadreza Tatian, Muhammad Ali Bahmanyar, Reza Tamartash, Hamid Jalilvand Nov 2020

Investigation Of Affecting Some Climatic Factors On Distribution Of Plant Societies In Eastern Alborz (Ir‐Iran), Mohammadreza Tatian, Muhammad Ali Bahmanyar, Reza Tamartash, Hamid Jalilvand

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

No abstract provided.


Enhancing The Visibility Of Vernier Effect In A Tri-Microfiber Coupler Fiber Loop Interferometer For Ultrasensitive Refractive Index And Temperature Sensing, Fangfang Wei, Dejun Liu, Zhe Wang, Zhuochen Wang, Gerald Farrell, Qiang Wu, Gang-Ding Peng, Yuliya Semenova Nov 2020

Enhancing The Visibility Of Vernier Effect In A Tri-Microfiber Coupler Fiber Loop Interferometer For Ultrasensitive Refractive Index And Temperature Sensing, Fangfang Wei, Dejun Liu, Zhe Wang, Zhuochen Wang, Gerald Farrell, Qiang Wu, Gang-Ding Peng, Yuliya Semenova

Articles

In this paper a Vernier effect based sensor is analyzed and demonstrated experimentally in a tri-microfiber coupler (Tri-MFC) and polarization-maintaining fiber (PMF) loop interferometer (Tri-MFC-PMF) to provide ultrasensitive refractive index and temperature sensing. The main novelty of this work is an analysis of parameters of the proposed Tri-MFC-PMF with the objective of determining the conditions leading to a strong Vernier effect. It has been identified by simulation that the Vernier effect is a primary factor in the design of Tri-MFC-PMF loop sensing structure for sensitivity enhancement. It is furthermore demonstrated experimentally that enhancing the visibility of the Vernier spectrum in …


Spatial Fingerprint Of Younger Dryas Cooling And Warming In Eastern North America, David Fastovich, James M. Russell, Stephen T. Jackson, Teresa R. Krause, Shaun A. Marcott, John W. Williams Oct 2020

Spatial Fingerprint Of Younger Dryas Cooling And Warming In Eastern North America, David Fastovich, James M. Russell, Stephen T. Jackson, Teresa R. Krause, Shaun A. Marcott, John W. Williams

Faculty Authored Articles

The Younger Dryas (YD, 12.9–11.7 ka) is the most recent, near‐global interval of abrupt climate change with rates similar to modern global warming. Understanding the causes and biodiversity effects of YD climate changes requires determining the spatial fingerprints of past temperature changes. Here we build pollen‐based and branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether‐based temperature reconstructions in eastern North America (ENA) to better understand deglacial temperature evolution. YD cooling was pronounced in the northeastern United States and muted in the north central United States. Florida sites warmed during the YD, while other southeastern sites maintained a relatively stable climate. This fingerprint is …


Influence Of Technological Parameters On The Chemical Composition Of Calcium Polyphosphates From Phosphorites Central Kyzylkum, Ulugberdieva Ziyada, Khujamberdiev Sherzod, Mirzakulov Kholtura, Usmanov Ilkham Oct 2020

Influence Of Technological Parameters On The Chemical Composition Of Calcium Polyphosphates From Phosphorites Central Kyzylkum, Ulugberdieva Ziyada, Khujamberdiev Sherzod, Mirzakulov Kholtura, Usmanov Ilkham

CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

The aim of the research was to study the effect of temperature, the ratio of P2O5EPA:P2O5PRM and the duration of calcination on the content of various forms of P2O5 in calcium polyphosphate. The effect of calcination temperature from 150 to 300 °C, the ratio of P2O5EPA:P2O5FRM from 2,15 to 4,50 and the duration of the process from 20 to 120 minutes on the changes in various forms of P2O5 were studied. It was shown that with increasing temperature to 200-250 °C the content of the total (ortho + poly) assimilable form of Р2О5 increases and then decreases, passing through a …


Effect Of Method Of Drying Piglets At Birth On Rectal Temperature Over The First 24 H After Birth, Katherine D. Vande Pol, Andres F. Tolosa, Caleb M. Shull, Catherine B. Brown, Stephan A.S. Alencar, Michael Ellis Oct 2020

Effect Of Method Of Drying Piglets At Birth On Rectal Temperature Over The First 24 H After Birth, Katherine D. Vande Pol, Andres F. Tolosa, Caleb M. Shull, Catherine B. Brown, Stephan A.S. Alencar, Michael Ellis

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

Piglets are born wet, and evaporation of that moisture decreases body temperature, increasing the risk of mortality. The objective of this study was to compare the effect of two commercially applicable methods for drying piglets at birth on piglet rectal temperature over 24 h after birth. The study was carried out in standard commercial farrowing facilities with 52 litters, using a completely randomized design with three Drying Treatments: Control (not dried); Desiccant (dried at birth using a cellulose-based desiccant); Paper Towel (dried at birth using paper towels). Litters were randomly allotted to treatments at the birth of the first piglet. …


Effect Of Drying And/Or Warming Piglets At Birth On Rectal Temperature Over The First 24 H After Birth, Katherine D. Vande Pol, Andres F. Tolosa, Caleb M. Shull, Catherine B. Brown, Stephan A. S. Alencar, Michael Ellis Oct 2020

Effect Of Drying And/Or Warming Piglets At Birth On Rectal Temperature Over The First 24 H After Birth, Katherine D. Vande Pol, Andres F. Tolosa, Caleb M. Shull, Catherine B. Brown, Stephan A. S. Alencar, Michael Ellis

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

Piglets experience a rapid decrease in body temperature immediately after birth, increasing the risk of mortality. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of drying and/or warming piglets at birth on rectal temperature over the first 24 h after birth. The study was carried out at a commercial sow facility using a completely randomized design with four treatments (applied to piglets at birth): Control (no drying or warming), Desiccant (dried using a desiccant), Warming Box (placed in a box under a heat lamp for 30 min), and Desiccant + Warming Box (both dried and warmed as above). …


Comparison Of Thermal And Hydrotime Requirements For Seed Germination Of Seven Stipa Species From Cool And Warm Habitats, Rui Zhang, Kai Luo, Dali Chen, Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin, Yanrong Wang, Xiaowen Hu Sep 2020

Comparison Of Thermal And Hydrotime Requirements For Seed Germination Of Seven Stipa Species From Cool And Warm Habitats, Rui Zhang, Kai Luo, Dali Chen, Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin, Yanrong Wang, Xiaowen Hu

Biology Faculty Publications

Temperature and water potential are two important environmental factors influencing germination and subsequent seedling establishment. Seed germination requirements vary with species and with the environment in which the seeds are produced. Stipa species dominate large areas of the Eurasian zonal vegetation, but comparisons of germination requirements between Stipa species from different habitats is limited. We investigated the effects of temperature and water potential on seed germination of S. grandis, S. purpurea, and S. penicillata from habitats with low temperatures and relatively abundant rainfall (cool habitats) and S. glareosa, S. breviflora, S. gobiea, and S. bungeana …


Study On Creep Characteristics Of Claystone Under Thermo-Hydro- Mechanical Coupling, Wei-Zhong Chen, Fan-Fan Li, Jiang Lei, Hong-Dan Yu, Yong-Shang Ma Sep 2020

Study On Creep Characteristics Of Claystone Under Thermo-Hydro- Mechanical Coupling, Wei-Zhong Chen, Fan-Fan Li, Jiang Lei, Hong-Dan Yu, Yong-Shang Ma

Rock and Soil Mechanics

As an alternative medium for the underground disposal of radioactive waste, claystone will be in the complex conditions of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling for a long time. In order to study the long-term stability of surrounding rocks, a series of heating-cooling drainage creep tests on claystone was carried out under different confining pressures and deviatoric stresses, and the following conclusions were drawn. The rise of temperature will increase the creep rate of claystone, and extend the time of decay creep stage. But during the cooling process, the samples mainly experience shrinkage deformation without obvious creep deformation being observed. The decrease of confining …


Infrared Heater Arrays For Warming Grazingland Field Plots, Bruce A. Kimball, Matthew M. Conley, Shiping Wang, Xingwu Lin, Caiyun Luo, Jack Morgan, David Smith Sep 2020

Infrared Heater Arrays For Warming Grazingland Field Plots, Bruce A. Kimball, Matthew M. Conley, Shiping Wang, Xingwu Lin, Caiyun Luo, Jack Morgan, David Smith

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of High Efficiency Building Technologies And Pv Generation On The Energy Profiles For Typical Us Residences, Evan S. Jones, Rosemary E. Alden, Huangjie Gong, Andrew G. Frye, Donald G. Colliver, Dan M. Ionel Sep 2020

The Effect Of High Efficiency Building Technologies And Pv Generation On The Energy Profiles For Typical Us Residences, Evan S. Jones, Rosemary E. Alden, Huangjie Gong, Andrew G. Frye, Donald G. Colliver, Dan M. Ionel

Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky Faculty Publications

The penetrations of high efficiency technologies and photovoltaic (PV) generation are increasing in the residential sector. Technologies such as improved insulation and efficient HVAC systems significantly affect the energy profile of a house. This effect varies due to climate characteristics, i.e. temperature, solar radiation, relative humidity, and wind speeds. The effect of other technologies, such as efficient water heaters, lighting, or kitchen appliances, is mainly governed by human behavior, which may be represented by a schedule. This paper studies the performance of both climate-influenced and scheduled household devices among different levels of efficiency through combined computational and experimental methods. Three …


Simulation Research On Influence Of Blood Flow On Heating During Hifu Treatment, Suqin Dai, Shengyou Qian, Yaosheng Gui, Xiao Sheng Sep 2020

Simulation Research On Influence Of Blood Flow On Heating During Hifu Treatment, Suqin Dai, Shengyou Qian, Yaosheng Gui, Xiao Sheng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: When blood vessel exists in the tumor tissue, and its boundary portion close to the vessel will be strongly influenced by the cooling effect of the blood vessel. This influence will lead to the incomplete cancer treatment. To study the influence of blood flow on heating towards the above situation, concave spherical transducer was used as the heat source, and sound intensity distribution was obtained by Rayleigh integral. Pennes equation was solved with finite difference method, then the dose distribution was calculated to determine the thermal damage degree of tissue using quantitative relationship between the heating time and temperature. …


Patagonian Aridification At The Onset Of The Mid‐Miocene Climatic Optimum, Robin B. Trayler, Matthew J. Kohn, M. Susana Bargo, José I. Cuitiño, Richard F. Kay, Caroline A. E. Strömberg, Sergio F. Vizcaíno Sep 2020

Patagonian Aridification At The Onset Of The Mid‐Miocene Climatic Optimum, Robin B. Trayler, Matthew J. Kohn, M. Susana Bargo, José I. Cuitiño, Richard F. Kay, Caroline A. E. Strömberg, Sergio F. Vizcaíno

Geosciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Fossil‐rich sediments of the Santa Cruz Formation, Patagonia, Argentina, span the initiation of the Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO), the most recent period of warm and wet conditions in the Cenozoic. These conditions drove the expansion of tropical and subtropical ecosystems to much higher latitudes, with the fossiliferous Santa Cruz Formation recording one of the southernmost examples. We collected new carbon and oxygen isotope compositions of herbivore tooth enamel from fossils ~17.4 to 16.4 Ma in age to investigate ecological and climatic changes across the initiation of the MCO. Enamel δ13C values are consistent with a C3‐dominated …


Thermal Stress-Related Spatiotemporal Variations In High-Latitude Coral Reef Benthic Communities, Nicholas P. Jones, Joana Figueiredo, David S. Gilliam Aug 2020

Thermal Stress-Related Spatiotemporal Variations In High-Latitude Coral Reef Benthic Communities, Nicholas P. Jones, Joana Figueiredo, David S. Gilliam

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

High-latitude coral reef communities have been postulated as the first areas to undergo reorganisation under climate change. Tropicalisation has been identified in some high-latitude communities and is predicted in others, but it is unclear how the resident benthic taxa are affected. We conducted a long-term (2007–2016) assessment of changes to benthic community cover in relation to thermal stress duration on the Southeast Florida Reef Tract (SEFRT). Thermal stress events, both hot and cold, had acute (thermal stress duration affected benthic cover that year) and chronic (thermal stress duration affected benthic cover the following year) impacts on benthic cover. Chronic heat …


Criteria For Obtaining Compensated Nickel Silicon, Sayfillo Saidovich Nasriddinov, Shuxrat Ismailov, Daryo Esbergenov, Muzaffar Mannonov Aug 2020

Criteria For Obtaining Compensated Nickel Silicon, Sayfillo Saidovich Nasriddinov, Shuxrat Ismailov, Daryo Esbergenov, Muzaffar Mannonov

Euroasian Journal of Semiconductors Science and Engineering

It is shown that, depending on the temperature, the concentration of electrically active nickel can increase by 1-1.5 orders of magnitude. It is proved that the introduction of nickel into silicon allows one to obtain a material with stable electrophysical parameters. The conditions for obtaining semiconductor materials are determined, diffusion regimes are established that make it possible to obtain samples with specific resistance ρ> 2ˑ105 Ohm · cm.


Clayoquot Sound Harmful Algal Blooms Investigation Of Herbert Inlet – 2019, Claire Byers Aug 2020

Clayoquot Sound Harmful Algal Blooms Investigation Of Herbert Inlet – 2019, Claire Byers

Environmental Science Undergraduate Theses

Clayoquot Sound of British Columbia, Canada is a protected biosphere that has been affected by Alexandrium, a known toxic dinoflagellate, that when consumed by humans can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. The “BLOB” events that heated the water in the Pacific Ocean in 2014 and 2019 created favorable conditions for these algae to flourish in this region. This study focused on analyzing and comparing nitrate, phosphate, and silicate levels, oceanic conditions, and water properties like temperature, salinity, density, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence, and transmissivity for Herbert Inlet in 2014 and 2019. Surface and bottom samples were collected and sent to the University …


Growing Season Air Mass Equivalent Temperature (TE) In The East Central Usa, Dolly Na-Yemeh, Rezaul Mahmood, Gregory Goodrich, Keri Younger, Kevin Cary, Joshua D. Durkee Aug 2020

Growing Season Air Mass Equivalent Temperature (TE) In The East Central Usa, Dolly Na-Yemeh, Rezaul Mahmood, Gregory Goodrich, Keri Younger, Kevin Cary, Joshua D. Durkee

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Equivalent temperature (TE), which incorporates both dry (surface air temperature, T) and moist heat content associated with atmospheric moisture, is a better indicator of overall atmospheric heat content compared to T alone. This paper investigates the impacts of different types of air masses on TE during the growing season (April–September). The study used data from the Kentucky Mesonet for this purpose. The growing season was divided into early (April–May), mid (June–July), and late (August–September). Analysis suggests that TE for moist tropical (MT) air mass was as high as 61 and 81 °C for the early and …


Thermoresponsive Self-Immolative Polyglyoxylamides., Amir Rabiee Kenaree, Quinton E. A. Sirianni, Kyle Classen, Elizabeth R. Gillies Aug 2020

Thermoresponsive Self-Immolative Polyglyoxylamides., Amir Rabiee Kenaree, Quinton E. A. Sirianni, Kyle Classen, Elizabeth R. Gillies

Chemistry Publications

Thermoresponsive polymers with lower critical solution temperatures (LCSTs) are of significant interest for a wide range of applications from sensors to drug delivery vehicles. However, the most widely investigated LCST polymers have nondegradable backbones, limiting their applications


Effects Of Period And Temperature On Quality And Shelf-Life Of Cucumber And Garden-Eggs Packaged Using Cassava Starch-Zinc Nanocomposite Film, Adeshina Fadeyibi, Zinash Delebo Osunde, Mohammed Gana Yisa Aug 2020

Effects Of Period And Temperature On Quality And Shelf-Life Of Cucumber And Garden-Eggs Packaged Using Cassava Starch-Zinc Nanocomposite Film, Adeshina Fadeyibi, Zinash Delebo Osunde, Mohammed Gana Yisa

Journal of Applied Packaging Research

Nanocomposite film can be used to prolong the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables. This research was undertaken to investigate the effects of packaging period and temperature on the quality and self-lives of cucumber and garden-eggs packaged using cassava starch-zinc nanocomposite film. Hundred grams each of cucumber and garden-eggs were wrapped in a 200× 350 mm size nanocomposite film and low density polyethylene (LDPE) of 2.240± 1.076 × 10-10 gm-1Pa-1s-1 water vapor and 1.568± 0.084× 10-10 gm-1Pa-1s-1 oxygen gas permeability. The products were stored at 10−27oC temperatures …