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Rev Sci Instrum
December 2024
X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA.
This paper presents progress made toward the overarching goal to adapt single-photon-counting microcalorimeters to magnetic fusion energy research and demonstrate the value of such measurements for fusion. Microcalorimeter spectrometers combine the best characteristics of x-ray instrumentation currently available on fusion devices: high spectral resolution similar to an x-ray crystal spectrometer and broad spectral coverage sufficient to measure impurity species from Be to W. As a proof-of-principle experiment, a NASA-built x-ray microcalorimeter spectrometer has been installed on the Madison Symmetric Torus (MST) at the Wisconsin Plasma Physics Laboratory.
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December 2024
Department of Electrocardiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, No.108 WansongRoad, Wenzhou, 325200, People's Republic of China.
Background: Ventricular separation is a multipart, extensive disease of the heart that hinders the electrical conduction of the cardiac system ventricular muscle, causing a bidirectional conduction block. The occurrence of ventricular separation suggests that the myocardium is in a state of severe ischemia, and the prognosis is generally poor. Herein, we present arescue case in which the extremely rare phenomenon of ventricular separation developed and was documented in realtime.
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December 2024
College of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China.
The corrosion resistance of nickel-titanium nitride (Ni/TiN) composites is significantly influenced by the operation parameters during the jet pulse electrodeposition (JPE) process. The effect of current density, jet rate, TiN concentration, and duty cycle impact on the anti-corrosion property of Ni/TiN composites were investigated and optimized using the response surface method (RSM). After the optimization of the operation parameters, the corrosion current of Ni/TiN composites decreased from 9.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHeliyon
December 2024
Department of Glass & Ceramic Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Rajshahi-6204, Bangladesh.
This study explored the structural, optical, antibacterial, and dielectric properties of TiO nanoparticles synthesized using two distinct approaches: sol-gel and biosynthesis. Density functional tight binding (DFTB+) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations were employed alongside experimental techniques to gain a comprehensive understanding of the electronic-property relationships. peel extract was utilized for the biosynthesis method.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWorld J Emerg Surg
December 2024
Diagnostic Image Analysis Group, Department of Medical Imaging, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Background: Acute abdominal pain (AAP) constitutes 5-10% of all emergency department (ED) visits, with appendicitis being a prevalent AAP etiology often necessitating surgical intervention. The variability in AAP symptoms and causes, combined with the challenge of identifying appendicitis, complicate timely intervention. To estimate the risk of appendicitis, scoring systems such as the Alvarado score have been developed.
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