Nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete hyperboloid cooling towers—II. Parametric study and results

In this second and final part of this series of papers the details of parametric studies conducted to assess the influence of various geometric and material parameters on the load-displacement response of three reinforced concrete hyperboloid cooling towers are presented. The material model adopted for the nonlinear finite element analysis is described in part I of this paper.     

Imaging of acute right lower abdominal quadrant pain

This article reviews the clinical diagnosis of appendicitis, indications and options for appendiceal imaging, compares appendiceal CT techniques, and describes the imaging findings with appendicitis and alternative conditions that can clinically mimic appendicitis.     

Influence of chromium and impurities on the grain- refining behavior of aluminum

The grain-refining behavior of high purity aluminum (HPA1) and commercial purity aluminum (CPA1) containing Fe and Si as impurities (<0.2 wt pct each) has been studied with and without the presence of Cr in small and large quantities (0.2 and 2 wt pct). The Al-5Ti-lB master alloy ingot (0.2 wt pct) was used as a grain refiner. The emphasis was on the influence of individual elements and their interactions with the other elements on the grain-refining behavior of Al. Good grain refinement with insignificant fading in CPA1 was observed in comparison to HPA1. Similar results were obtained with a small concentration of Cr in HPA1 in HPA1-0.2 wt pct Cr alloy. The CPA1 and HPA1-0.2 wt pct Cr alloy have given the best grain-refining results among all the cases studied. A combination of small quantities of Fe, Si, and Cr (CPA1-0.2 wt pct Cr) has shown early and significant fading. A large concentration of Cr (2 wt pct) has shown a poisoning effect irrespective of the presence or absence of impurities such as Fe and Si in Al. Thus, Cr was found to be beneficial for grain refinement at smaller concentrations in the absence of impurities. But at higher concentrations of Cr, it had an adverse effect,i.e., led to coarser grain sizes both in the presence and absence of impurities.     

Highly conductive buried n+ layers in lnp:fe created by MeV energy Si,S, and Si/S implantation for application to microwave devices

To obtain highly conductive buried layers in InP:Fe, MeV energy Si, S, and Si/ Simplantations are performed at 200°C. The silicon and sulfer implants gave 85 and 100 percent activation, respectively, for a fluence of 8 × 10¹⁴ cm⁻². The Si/S co-implantation also gave almost 100 percent donor activation for a fluence of 8 × 10¹⁴ cm⁻² of each species. An improved silicon donor activation is observed in the Si/S co-implanted material compared to the material implanted with silicon alone. The peak carrier concentration achieved for the Si/S co-implant is 2 × 10¹⁹ cm³. The lattice damage on the surface side of the profile is effectively removed after rapid thermal annealing. Multiple-energy silicon and sulfur implantations are performed to obtain thick and buried n⁺ layers needed for microwave devices and also hyper-abrupt profiles needed for varactor diodes.     

Lymphocytopenia and thrombocytopenia during treatment with risperidone or clozapine

The atypical antipsychotic clozapine is associated with several well-known abnormalities of blood cell count, whereas only rare reports are associated with the neuroleptic risperidone. This report describes lymphocytopenia and thrombocytopenia under treatment with risperidone which continued after changing to clozapine without other clinically significant abnormal hematological parameters. Within one week after discontinuation of both neuroleptics abnormalities of blood cell count reversed to the initial values. Abnormalities of lymphocytes or thrombocytes are rare side-effects under treatment with risperidone or clozapine.     

A¨nalysis of floating body effects in thin film conventionaland single pocket SOI MOSFETs using the GIDL current technique

Using a novel gate-induced-drain-leakage (GIDL) current technique and two-dimensional (2-D) simulations, single pocket (SP) SOI MOSFETs have been shown to exhibit reduced floating body effects compared to the homogeneously-doped channel (conventional) SOI MOSFETs. The GIDL current technique has been used to characterize the parasitic bipolar transistor gain for both conventional and SP-SOI MOSFETs. From 2-D device simulations, the lower floating body effects in SP-SOI MOSFETs are analyzed and compared with the conventional MOSFETs     

Hysteresis behavior in 85-nm channel length vertical n-MOSFETsgrown by MBE

Vertical n-MOSFETs with channel lengths of 85 nm have been grown by MBE. For drain-to-source voltages V_DS>3.3 V, these transistors exhibit hysteresis behavior similar to the reported behavior of fully depleted SOI-MOSFETs. Our results also show a gate voltage controlled turn-off of the drain current when the transistor is operating in the hysteresis mode. We have analyzed this behavior in vertical n-MOSFETs using 2-D device simulation and our results show a threshold value for the hole concentration across the source-channel junction which is required for the forward biasing of this junction. For a transistor operating in the hysteresis mode, we show that the potential barrier height for electron injection across the source-channel junction increases for increasing negative gate voltages during retrace. This results in a gate controlled turn-off of the drain current for SOI and vertical n-MOSFETs operating in the regenerative mode     

Bifidobacterium longum and lactulose suppress azoxymethane-induced colonic aberrant crypt foci in rats

Bifidobacterium longum has been shown to afford protection against colon tumorigenesis. Lactulose, a keto analog of lactose, serves as a substrate for preferential growth of Bifidobacterium. It is not known whether feeding lactulose along with B. longum will have any advantage over feeding of B. longum alone. To test this combination effect, 61 male Fisher 344 weanling rats were divided into four groups of 15 rats each (16 in the control group) and assigned to one of the following four diets for 13 weeks: (i) AIN76A (control, C); (ii) C + 0.5% B. longum (C+Bl, containing 1 x 10(8) viable cells/g feed); (iii) C + 2.5% lactulose (C+L); (iv) C + 0.5% B. longum + 2.5% lactulose (C+Bl+L). All animals received a s.c. injection of azoxymethane at 16 mg/kg body wt at 7 and 8 weeks of age. Colons of 10 rats from each dietary group were analyzed for aberrant crypt foci (ACF), which are preneoplastic markers. Colonic mucosa and livers from five rats were analyzed for glutathione S-transferase (GST, a Phase II enzyme marker). Results indicate that feeding of lactulose and B. longum singly and in combination reduces the number of ACF (P = 0.0001) and the total number of aberrant crypts significantly (P = 0.0005). The total number of ACF in diets C, C+Bl, C+L and C+Bl+L were 187 +/- 9, 143 +/- 9, 145 +/- 11 and 97 +/- 11 respectively. There was no significant difference in weight gain among treatments. Colonic mucosal GST levels were significantly (P = 0.05) higher in the Bl and L groups compared with group C. Initially there was a mild diarrhea in lactulose-fed rats. There was a positive correlation between higher cecal pH and number of ACF. Results of the study indicate that Bifidobacterium and lactulose exert an additive antitumorigenic effect in rat colon.