Thermotropic Optical Response of Silicone-Paraffin Flexible Blends.

Organic phase change materials, e.g., paraffins, are attracting increasing attention in thermal energy storage (TES) and thermal management applications.

Confidence-based Fall Detection Using Multiple Surveillance Cameras.

The major cause of serious or even fatal injury for the elderly is a fall. Among various technologies developed for detecting falls, the camera-based approach provides a non-invasive and reliable solution for fall detection. This paper introduces a confidence-based fall detection system using multiple surveillance cameras.

Iron-Catalyzed Oxidation of 1-Phenylethanol and Glycerol With Hydrogen Peroxide in Water Medium: Effect of the Nitrogen Ligand on Catalytic Activity and Selectivity.

The iron(II) complexes [Fe(bpy)](OTf) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine; OTf = CFSO) () and [Fe(bpydeg)](OTf) (bpydeg = , -bis(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl) [2,2'-bipyridine]-4,4'-dicarboxamide) (), the latter being a newly synthesized ligand, were employed as catalyst precursors for the oxidation of 1-phenylethanol with hydrogen peroxide in water, using either microwave or conventional heating. With the same oxidant and medium the oxidation of glycerol was also explored in the presence of and , as well as of two similar iron(II) complexes bearing tridentate ligands, ., [Fe(terpy)](OTf) (terpy = 2, 6-di(2-pyridyl)pyridine () and [Fe(bpa)](OTf) (bpa = bis(2-pyridinylmethyl)amine) (): in most reactions the major product formed was formic acid, although with careful tuning of the experimental conditions significant amounts of dihydroxyacetone were obtained.

Towards subpicosecond pulses from solid target plasma based seeded soft X-ray laser.

We investigate the coherence of plasma-based soft X-ray laser (XRL) for different conditions that can alter the electron density in the gain region. We first measure the source temporal coherence in amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) mode. We develop a data analysis procedure to extract both its spectral width and pulse duration.

[A quantitative and qualitative study of exclusive breastfeeding intention by high-risk pregnant women].

The scope of this research was to assess the breastfeeding intention among high-risk pregnant women and related factors. It is a cross-sectional, qualitative and quantitative study, with 1,118 high-risk pregnant women who attended the prenatal care unit at a specialized center of the Unified Health System. The dependent variables were exclusive breastfeeding intention, intended duration and conditions that might interfere with breastfeeding.