HPV Vaccination and Screening with High-Performance Test: Brazilian Evidence

A high-performance quartz sand insulation brick was prepared by using low grade quartz sand under different sintering process conditions. The optimum sintering process conditions were obtained by analyzing the relationship between microstructure and sintering process. Through the compounding, pulping, forming, drying and sintering processes, and the performance test of the porous brick, the following conclusions can be drawn, the comprehensive performance in all aspects, the porosity is similar, the preferred high compressive strength conditions, in order to get a best The bonding point, brick body sintering temperature of 1150 °C, porosity of 74.56%, compressive strength of 2.1 MPa of porous brick, and the pores are smooth, more uniform distribution. With the prolonging of the holding time, the porosity of the porous brick is reduced, and the performance is 1h, the porosity is 77.22% and the compressive strength is 2.05 MPa. When the raw material ratio is 60% quartz sand, 30wt% kaolin, calcium carbonate 9.6wt%, foaming agent 0.4wt%, water ratio 0.9 holding time at 1h sintering at 1150°C can get better porosity and compressive strength of the insulation brick. The porous material was sintered at 1150 °C, the content of foaming agent was 0.2wt%, the ratio of water to material was 0.9, and the compressive pressure and porosity were the better.

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Software Engineering Practices to Improve Code Quality and Prepare for Validation

ASME 2010 5th Frontiers in Biomedical Devices Conference and Exhibition ◽

10.1115/biomed2010-32042 ◽

2010 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elijah Kerry

Keyword(s):

High Performance ◽

Performance Test ◽

Product Recalls ◽

Embedded Control ◽

Control Applications ◽

Monitoring Applications ◽

Industrial Monitoring ◽

Costly Product ◽

Engineering Practices ◽

Code Quality

Programmers creating mission-critical applications — embedded control applications, industrial monitoring applications, and high-performance test systems — cannot afford to introduce errors or uncertainty into the system. The stakes are especially high in medical applications, where failure can often lead to patient injury and costly product recalls.

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A Framework for Efficient and More Realistic Haptics Applications

Volume 1: 23rd Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Parts A and B ◽

10.1115/detc2003/cie-48291 ◽

2003 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Cristian Luciano ◽

Pat Banerjee ◽

Thomas DeFanti ◽

Sanjay Mehrotra

Keyword(s):

High Performance ◽

Performance Test ◽

Test Bed ◽

Haptic Interaction ◽

Interaction Point ◽

3D Objects ◽

Scientific Exploration ◽

Cross Platform ◽

Object Interactions ◽

Penetration Depths

This paper describes the development of a generic framework for implementing realistic cross-platform haptic virtual reality applications. Currently, freely available Software Development Kits (SDKs) deal with a single Haptic Interaction Point (HIP), i.e. the tip of the haptic probe. However, many applications as path planning, virtual assembly, medical or dental simulations, as well as scientific exploration require object-object interactions, meaning any part of the complex 3D object attached to the probe collides with the other objects in the virtual scene. Collision detections and penetration depths between 3D objects must be quickly computed to generate forces to be displayed by the haptic device. In these circumstances, implementation of haptic applications is very challenging when the numbers, stiffness and/or complexity of objects in the scene are considerable, mainly because of high update rates needed to avoid instabilities of the system. The proposed framework meets this high requirement and provides a high-performance test bed for further research in algorithms for collision detection and generation of haptic forces.

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Freeform mirror fabrication and metrology using a high performance test CGH and advanced alignment features

10.1117/12.2001690 ◽

2013 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Sebastian Scheiding ◽

Matthias Beier ◽

Uwe-Detlef Zeitner ◽

Stefan Risse ◽

Andreas Gebhardt

Keyword(s):

High Performance ◽

Performance Test

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1307 Development of High-Performance Face Gears : Machining and Performance Test

The Proceedings of the Machine Design and Tribology Division meeting in JSME ◽

10.1299/jsmemdt.2010.10.105 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2010.10 (0) ◽

pp. 105-108 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Isamu TSUJI ◽

Hiroshi GUMBARA ◽

Kazumasa KAWASAKI ◽

Yoshikazu ABE

Keyword(s):

High Performance ◽

Performance Test ◽

And Performance

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Design of a Concentrator With a Rectangular Flat Focus and Operation With a Suspension Reactor for Experiments in the Field of Photocatalytic Water Splitting

Volume 1: Combined Energy Cycles, CHP, CCHP, and Smart Grids; Concentrating Solar Power, Solar Thermochemistry and Thermal Energy Storage; Geothermal, Ocean, and Emerging Energy Technologies; Hydrogen Energy Technologies; Low/Zero Emission Power Plants and Carbon Sequestration; Photovoltaics; Wind Energy Systems and Technologies ◽

10.1115/es2014-6546 ◽

2014 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Michael Wullenkord ◽

Christian Jung ◽

Christian Sattler

Keyword(s):

Water Splitting ◽

High Performance ◽

Performance Test ◽

Test Facility ◽

Angle Of Incidence ◽

Solar Concentrator ◽

Tracking Accuracy ◽

Photocatalytic Water Splitting ◽

Maximum Angle ◽

Production Of Hydrogen

Photocatalytic water splitting is a potential route for future carbon-free production of hydrogen. However catalysts still need to be enhanced in order to reach acceptable solar-to-fuel efficiency. In the context of the project HyCats funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany a high performance test facility for the evaluation of the activity of photocatalysts under practical conditions was established. It mainly consists of a solar concentrator and a planar receiver reactor. A modified linear Fresnel concentrator configuration was chosen based on ray tracing simulation results and improved concerning the number of different facets and the tolerance of tracking errors. It meets the major demand of a homogeneous irradiance distribution on the surface of the reactor. The SoCRatus (Solar Concentrator with a Rectangular Flat Focus) is a 2-axis solar concentrator with a geometrical concentration ratio of 20.2 and an aperture area of 8.8 m2. The tracking accuracy is better than 0.1° respecting both the solar azimuth and altitude angle. Its 22 highly UV/Vis-reflective flat aluminum mirror facets reflect the sunlight resulting in a rectangular focus with a nominal width of 100 mm and a nominal length of 2500 mm. The reactor is placed in the focal plane at a distance of 2500 mm from the mounting plane of the facets and allows concentrated solar radiation to penetrate suspensions of water, electrolytes and photocatalyst particles flowing through it. Corresponding to a maximum angle of incidence of 36.6° the Quartz window reflects not more than 5% of the incoming radiation and assures only marginal absorption, particularly in the UV-part of the sun’s spectrum. The material of the receiver body is PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) providing reflection coefficients above 90% concerning wavelengths of UV-A and UV-B. The design of the reactor features two parallel reaction chambers, offering the possibility to test two separate suspensions at the same irradiation conditions. A pump transports the tempered suspension to the reactor. The geometry of the reactor inlet and outlet minimizes critical regions with inadequate flow caused by vortices. Any evolved gases are separated from the suspension in a tank together with nitrogen introduced in the piping upstream and are analyzed by micro chromatographs. Numerous devices are installed in order to control and monitor the reaction conditions. First experiments have been carried out using methanol as a sacrificial reagent.

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