Structure formation in high-speed spinning of polyethylene terephthalate

Conclusions Commonness and differences in yarn structure formation by high-temperature and low-temperature stretching have been shown.Model concepts on the development of structure in high-temperature deformation during the process of high-speed yarn spinning have been examined.It has been found that, on changing the linear density of elementary filaments, the spinning speed, or the position of the lubricating device, the proportion of effective high-temperature and low-temperature deformations changes.Translated from Khimicheskie Volokna, No. 3, pp. 16–19, May–June, 1988.     

PROGRESS REPORT ON SPECIFICATIONS FOR REFRACTORIES1

Following a conference with producers and consumers of refractories, a series of proposed laboratory tests were conducted on forty-one commercial brands of brick. The work included reheating at 1450° and 1400°C, quenching, load test, fusion point determination, chemical analyses and petrographic examination. Results of tests are presented, They will be more fully discussed when correlated with service tests now under way.     

Computing access relevance for path-method generation in OODB and IM-OODB

A path-method (PM) is a mechanism to retrieve or to update information relevant to one class, in an object-oriented database (OODB), that is not stored with that class but with some other class. The PM traverses a chain of classes and connections that ends at the class where the required information is stored. However, it is a difficult task for a user to write PMs. This is because it might require comprehensive knowledge of many classes of the conceptual schema. But a typical user has often incomplete or even inconsistent knowledge of the schema. Currently we are developing a system, called Path-Method Generator (PMG), which generates PMs automatically according to a naive user's requests. One algorithm of PMG uses numerical access relevance between pairs of classes as a guide for the traversal of an OODB schema. In this paper we define the notion of access relevance to measure the significance of the (indirect) connection between any two classes in an OODB and present efficient algorithms to compute access relevance. The manual PM generation in an interoperable multi object-oriented database (IM-OODB) is even more difficult than for one OODB since a user has to be familiar with several OODBs. We use a hierarchical approach for developing efficient online algorithms for the computation of access relevances in an IM-OODB, based on precomputed access relevances for each autonomous OODB. In an IM-OODB the access relevances are used as a guide in generating PMs between the classes of different OODBs.     

Status and prospects for development of polyester fibre and yarn production technology

Current production schemes for polyester fibres and textile and industrial yarn and the prospects for development of their production technology are examined. Changing to economical direct melt spinning processes and to use highly efficient units for separate and combined spinning-drawing of fibres and yarn spun from melt and granulate, increasing textile fibre spinning and texturing speeds, and introducing continuous process and product quality control systems are the main trends in the evolution of modern plants. Most of the attention is being focused on creating flexible process lines that make it possible to raise the quality, rapidly change the assortment, and manufacture products that satisfy market requirements. __________ Translated from Khimicheskie Volokna, No. 4, pp. 28–39, July–August, 2006.     

Early neuroradiologic evidence of degeneration in Menkes'' disease

In 1955, the area infested by Aedes aegypti in Argentina was estimated as 1,500,000 km2; and in 1963, the species was considered to be eradicated from Argentina. In 1995, the Argentine Ministry of Health reported reinfestation by Ae. aegypti. During 1994-95, the Ministry of Health of Córdoba Province, Zoonosis Department, established a surveillance system for Ae. aegypti in Córdoba Province, Argentina. This report is a summary of results obtained thus far. In total, 74 localities in Córdoba Province were sampled during August 1994-April 1996, resulting in 5 positives (6.7%): Villa María city, Villa Nueva, and Córdoba city in 1995, and Juarez Celman and Jesús María in 1996. In Villa María and Villa Nueva, Ae. aegypti was present until June 1995 (autumn) and reappeared in December 1995. In Córdoba city, Ae. aegypti was eliminated from the only positive house in May 1995, but it reappeared in March 1996. Reappearance of Ae. aegypti in this temperate area in early summer may have been due to the survival of individuals during winter and not to reintroduction during summertime. The last previous active surveillance for Ae. aegypti in Córdoba Province was carried out more than 30 years ago.