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Oxidation behavior of Ferritic Alloys as Interconnect of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC)
(2012-05-04)
In planar solid oxide fuel cell SOFCs, interconnects separate adjacent single cells, and Cr-containing ferritic stainless steel alloys can be used for interconnects. Oxidation resistance under the SOFC high temperature ...
Oxidation of Glutathione, Cysteinesulfinic Acid and N,N-dimethylhydroxylamine Hydrochloride by Transition Metals
(2013-07-25)
The aqueous oxidations of glutathione (GSH) by the substitutionally inert outer-sphere oxidants [IrCl6]2–, [Fe(bpy)2(CN)2]+ and [Fe(bpy)(CN)4]– have been investigated at 25 °C and ionic strength (μ) = 0.1 M between pH 1 ...
Oxidative and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Response to Reproduction in the Female Mouse Brain
(2019-04-16)
Reproduction is associated with a significant increase in energetic demand, particularly among small female mammals. When these demands are high, or an animal is under stress, the cost of reproduction can reduce future ...
Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defenses in Lymphocytes Following High Intensity Interval Training
(2009-12-16)
A substantial body of evidence suggests strenuous exercise causes perturbations to the immune system and increases the formation of reactive oxygen species. Performing routine moderate exercise stimulates the immune system, ...
Oxidative Stress and Heart Rate Variability Following an Accute Bout of CrossFit
(2014-05-01)
The purpose of this Dissertation was to provide a better understanding of the physiological stress involved in the newly popular style of exercise named CrossFit, and compare these findings to a more ‘traditional’ mode of ...
Ozonation and Photodegradation of Oil Compounds by Surface Level Ozone and Engineered Catalysts in Marine Ecosystem
(2018-11-27)
Marine oil spill has been an environmental challenge for many decades. As the use of oil dispersants has become one of the main approaches to clean up spilled oil, the environmental behavior of dispersed oil remains poorly ...
Ozone Removal at Microsecond Contact Time using Microfibrous Entrapped Catalysts
(2015-04-29)
Microfibrous Entrapped Catalysts (MFEC) manufactured from 8μm diameter nickel fibers were engineered into pleated heterogeneous catalytic reactors to improve catalytic performance from conventional packed bed and monolith ...
P2Y2 Receptor Biased Signaling in Control of Vascular Inflammation
(2016-12-09)
Vascular inflammation plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of endotoxic shock and sepsis. Bacterial endotoxins like lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are biologically active substances that initiate the inflammatory response ...
The P2Y2 Receptor Control of Hyperglycemia-induced Insulin Resistance in Human Hepatocytes: A Unified Mechanism for Metformin
(2022-05-01)
According to the International Diabetes Federation, in 2021, 537 million adults were living with diabetes, and another 541 million adults were at increased risk of developing T2D (Facts & Figures, 2021.) Obesity, the most ...
Packaging of Silicon Carbide High Temperature, High Power Devices - Processes and Materials
(2006-05-15)
Silicon carbide (SiC) has unique electrical, thermal and physical properties compared to the Si and GaAs conventionally used in microelectronics as it can operate in the temperature range from 350ºC to 500ºC. However, there ...
Paired Pulse Basis Functions and Triangular Patch Modeling for the Method of Moments Calculation of Electromagnetic Scattering from Three-Dimensional, Arbitrarily-Shaped Bodies
(2008-12-15)
Due to an increasing emphasis on fabrication with composite materials, it is important
to be able to model accurately the electromagnetic properties of composite structures. In
this work, we demonstrate a new pair of ...
Paleogeographic Reconstruction of Part of Eastern Gondwanaland:Petrofacies and Detrital Geochronologic Study of Permo-Carboniferousgondwanan Sequences of India and Bangladesh
(2014-08-19)
This study has been carried out focusing on petrofacies and geochronology of Permo-Carboniferous Gondwanan sequences of Barapukuria, Dighipara, and Khalaspir coal basins in the Bengal Basin and Jharia Basin in the Eastern ...
Paleoseismic Investigation of the Relationship of Earthquake-Induced Liquefaction Deposits to Deformation at a Site in the New Madrid Seismic Zone
(2021-07-28)
Geophysical, geologic, and soil surveys were conducted at a site in the New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ) to explore the relationship of fluvial sedimentary deposits to earthquake-induced liquefaction features, such as sand ...
Palm Measure Invariance and Exchangeability for Marked Point Processes
(2008-12-15)
A random measure $\xi$ on a real interval $I$ is known to be exchangeable iff suitably reduced versions of the Palm distributions $Q_{t}$ are independent of $t \in I$. In this dissertation we prove a corresponding result ...
Palmetto Navy: Ironclad Construction and the Naval Defense of Charleston During the Civil War
(2015-05-07)
This dissertation traces the creation and operation of the Charleston Naval Squadron in the Civil War through a look at the different ships and construction strategies implemented within Charleston Harbor. Under the ...
Pannexin 1 Expression in Bovine Cumulus-Oocyte Complexes and Function During in vitro Maturation
(2019-07-03)
In this study we investigate the presence of pannexin 1 (PANX1) protein channels in bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs). Pannexin channels are a recently discovered family of proteins which have been characterized in ...
Parabolic-Elliptic Chemotaxis Models with Singular Sensitivity
(2022-07-25)
Chemotaxis describes the movement of biological cells or organisms in response to certain chemicals in their environments and occupies an essential role in coordinating cell movement in many biological circumstances such ...
A Parallel Implementation of Fault Simulation on a Cluster of Workstations
(2006-12-15)
Parallel simulation on a cluster workstations is one method by which fault simulation time for large circuits can be reduced significantly. To get near-linear speedups from parallel processing, parallelization methods ...
Parameter Estimation Techniques for Determining Safe Vehicle Speeds in UGVs
(2008-05-15)
This thesis develops simplified equations to predict a velocity in which vehicle rollover or tire saturation occurs. These equations are functions of different vehicle parameters that are important to vehicle handling ...
Parameters Affecting Bird Use of Stormwater Impoundments in the Southeastern United States: Implications for Bird-Aircraft Collisions
(2011-05-02)
Bird-aircraft collisions are a large and growing threat to aviation safety in the United States. Stormwater management impoundments in and around airports create conditions which attract hazardous wildlife species to air ...