Virtual Reality - One important feature of a neuropsychological test is its ecological validity, which defines how much patients’ test scores are linked to real-life functioning. However,... 相似文献
The astonishing development of diverse and different hardware platforms is twofold: on one side, the challenge for the exascale performance for big data processing and management; on the other side, the mobile and embedded devices for data collection and human machine interaction. This drove to a highly hierarchical evolution of programming models. GVirtuS is the general virtualization system developed in 2009 and firstly introduced in 2010 enabling a completely transparent layer among GPUs and VMs. This paper shows the latest achievements and developments of GVirtuS, now supporting CUDA 6.5, memory management and scheduling. Thanks to the new and improved remoting capabilities, GVirtus now enables GPU sharing among physical and virtual machines based on x86 and ARM CPUs on local workstations, computing clusters and distributed cloud appliances. 相似文献
The effect of highly hydrophobic emulsifiers, the palmitic sucrose ester P‐170 (hydrophilic/lipophilic balance (HLB) = 1.0), the stearic sucrose ester S‐170 (HLB = 1.0), the polyglycerol ester decaglycerol decastearate DAS 7S (HLB = 3.7) and the polyglycerol ester decaglycerol dodecabehenate DDB 750 (HLB = 2.6), on the nucleation of a high melting point milk fat fraction (HMF) and its blends with sunflower oil (SFO) was investigated by polarized laser light turbidimetry, X‐ray diffractometry and polarized light microscopy (PLM). Addition of polyglycerol esters accelerated nucleation, giving shorter induction times for the same supercooling. On the contrary, sucrose esters inhibited nucleation since induction times were elongated in all conditions selected. Addition of emulsifiers modified the polymorphic behavior in the blends with SFO. The β' form was promoted especially with the addition of S‐170. DAS 7S and DDB 750 promoted crystallization. PLM images showed many small crystals that did not appear in HMF images. Addition of P‐170 and S‐170 delayed nucleation and inhibited crystal growth. Crystals were notoriously smaller than the ones that appeared in HMF images. The Fisher–Turnbull model was used to calculate activation free energies of nucleation. In all cases, sucrose esters elevated the energy barrier for nucleation. Polyglycerol esters, however, if they had an effect on the energy barrier, lowered the values. 相似文献
The stability of an external ring fixator mainly depends on wire tension. Wire fixators should maintain the tension during both wire clamping to the ring and removal of the tensioner device. In the present study the loss in wire tension related to fixator clamping and wire tensioner removal using three different wire fixator designs was studied. The fixators were based on two different cannulated bolts and a washer. Effects from two different pretension levels in combination with three different bolt torque levels upon loss in wire tension were described. Emitted wire vibration frequency was used to assess the corresponding wire tension. Wire tension was determined after each wire fixator tightening and after the removal of the wire tensioner. Increased bolt torque led to a small decrease in tension for both pretension levels. A considerable higher tension loss was measured when removing the wire tensioner. In all cases, the combination of a new cannulated bolt and a washer maintained the highest tension. 相似文献
In this paper a detailed study of the (ZrO2)1‐x(Y2O3)x (x=0.025–0.15), (ZrO2)1‐x(Sc2O3)x (x = 0.06 – 0.11) and (ZrO2)1‐x‐y(Sc2O3)x(Y2O3)y (x=0.07 – 0.11; y=0.01 – 0.04) solid solution crystals grown by skull melting technique is presented. The structure, phase composition, and ion conductivity of the obtained crystals were investigated by X‐ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, Raman scattering spectroscopy, and impedance spectroscopy. Maximum conductivity as (ZrO2)1‐x(Y2O3)x and (ZrO2)1‐x(Sc2O3)x solid solution crystals is observed for the compositions containing 10 mol% stabilizing oxide, and the conductivity of 10ScSZ is ~3 times higher than for 10YSZ. Experiments on crystal growth (ZrO2)1‐x‐y(Sc2O3)x(Y2O3)y solid solutions showed that uniform, transparent crystals 7Sc3YSZ, 7Sc4YSZ, 8Sc2YSZ, 8Sc3YSZ, 9Sc2YSZ, 9Sc3YSZ, 10Sc1YSZ, and 10Sc2YSZ are single phase crystal containing t″ phase. It is established that a necessary condition of melt growth of (ZrO2)1‐x‐y(Sc2O3)x(Y2O3)y single‐phase crystals is the total concentration of the stabilizing oxides from 10 to 12 mol%. The addition of Y2O3 affects the (ZrO2)1‐x‐y(Sc2O3)x(Y2O3)y solid solution conductivity different ways and depends on the Sc2O3 content in the starting composition. The effects of structure, phase composition, concentration, and type of stabilizing oxides on the electrical characteristics of obtained crystals are discussed. 相似文献
The cover image, by Katia Sparnacci et al., is based on the Research Article High temperature surface neutralization process with random copolymers for block copolymer self‐assembly, DOI: 10.1002/pi.5285 .
Oxidative stress increase induces cellular damage and apoptosis activation, a mechanism believed to represent a final common pathway correlated to sarcopenia and many skeletal muscle disorders. The goal of this study is to evaluate if melatonin, a ROS scavenger molecule, is able to counteract or modulate myotube death. Here, differentiated C2C12 skeletal muscle cells have been treated with melatonin before chemicals known to induce apoptotic death and oxidative stress, and its effect has been investigated by means of morpho‐functional analyses. Ultrastructural observations show melatonin protection against triggers by the reducing of membrane blebbing, chromatin condensation, myonuclei loss and in situ DNA cleavage. Moreover, melatonin is able to prevent mitochondrial dysfunctions which occur in myotubes exposed to the trigger alone. These findings demonstrate melatonin ability in preventing apoptotic cell death in skeletal muscle fibers in vitro, suggesting for this molecule a potential therapeutic role in the treatment of various muscle disorders. 相似文献
Understanding the relationship between the growth and local emission of hybrid perovskite structures and the performance of the devices based on them demands attention. This study investigates the local structural and emission features of CH3NH3PbI3, CH3NH3PbBr3, and CH(NH2)2PbBr3 perovskite films deposited under different yet optimized conditions using X‐ray scattering and cathodoluminescence spectroscopy, respectively. X‐ray scattering shows that a CH3NH3PbI3 film involving spin coating of CH3NH3I instead of dipping is composed of perovskite structures exhibiting a preferred orientation with [202] direction perpendicular to the surface plane. The device based on the CH3NH3PbI3 film composed of oriented crystals yields a relatively higher photovoltage. In the case of CH3NH3PbBr3, while the crystallinity decreases when the HBr solution is used in a single‐step method, the photovoltage enhancement from 1.1 to 1.46 V seems largely stemming from the morphological improvements, i.e., a better connection between the crystallites due to a higher nucleation density. Furthermore, a high photovoltage of 1.47 V obtained from CH(NH2)2PbBr3 devices could be attributed to the formation of perovskite films displaying uniform cathodoluminescence emission. The comparative analysis of the local structural, morphological, and emission characteristics of the different perovskite films supports the higher photovoltage yielded by the relatively better performing devices. 相似文献
Drug delivery applications using biodegradable polymeric microspheres are becoming an important means of delivering therapeutic
agents. The aim of this work was to modulate the microporosity of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) microcarriers to control protein
loading capability and release profile. PCL microparticles loaded with BSA (bovine serum albumin) have been de novo synthesized
with double emulsion solvent evaporation technique transferred and adapted for different polymer concentrations (1.7 and 3%
w/v) and stabilizer present in the inner aqueous phase (0.05, 0.5 and 1% w/v). SEM (scanning electron microscope) and CLSM
(confocal laser scanning microscope) analysis map the drug distribution in homogeneously distributed cavities inside the microspheres
with dimensions that can be modulated by varying double emulsion process parameters. The inner structure of BSA-loaded microspheres
is greatly affected by the surfactant concentration in the internal aqueous phase, while a slight influence of polymer concentration
in the oil phase was observed. The surfactant concentration mainly determines microspheres morphology, as well as drug release
kinetics, as confirmed by our in-vitro BSA release study. Moreover, the entrapped protein remained unaltered during the protein
encapsulation process, retaining its bio-activity and structure, as shown through a dedicated gel chromatographic analytical
method. 相似文献