Utilization of mensiang (Actinoscorpus grosus L.) as a cellulose-rich material for furfural synthesis

SummaryBoth deep venous thrombosis and DIC are intermediate mechanisms of disease – both are a consequence of the deposition of fibrin-rich material in blood vessels some distance from the primary site of tissue destruction. The great difference in the sites of fibrin deposition may depend on the extent and site of activation of the clotting mechanism. DIC likely occurs in the fluid phase of the blood as a consequence of massive fibrin formation while thrombosis results from limited fibrin formation at the interface between blood and vessel wall. Leukocytes may be essential for attaching thrombi to the vessel wall in many places.

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Seeing, Touching, Holding, and Swallowing Tibetan Buddhist Texts

Postscripts The Journal of Sacred Texts and Contemporary Worlds ◽

10.1558/post.32531 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (1-2) ◽

pp. 137-160 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Cathy Cantwell

Keyword(s):

Tibetan Buddhism ◽

Sensory Experience ◽

Tibetan Buddhist ◽

Sacred Texts ◽

The Senses ◽

Rich Material ◽

Scholarly Attention ◽

Book Culture

The iconic dimension of holy books has drawn increasing scholarly attention in recent years (e.g. Iconic Books and Texts, James Watts, ed., London, Equinox, 2013). Asian Buddhism provides rich material for considering the ritualization of engagement with sacred texts. In Tibetan Buddhism, this aspect of book culture is perhaps especially pronounced (see, for instance, Schaeffer 2009, especially Chapter 6; Elliott, Diemberger and Clemente 2014). This paper explores the topic in relation to the engagement of the senses in Tibetan context, through seeing, touching, holding and tasting texts. It would seem that it is not the sensory experience in itself, but rather the physical experience of a transmission and incorporation of the sacred qualities from the books into the person which is emphasized in these practices. Parallels and contrasts with examples from elsewhere are mentioned, and there is some consideration of the breadth of the category of sacred books in the Tibetan context in which Dharma teachings may take many forms.

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Failure Analysis of Autoclave-Stressed SRAMs with Aluminum Fuses

ISTFA 1999: Conference Proceedings from the 25th International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis ◽

10.31399/asm.cp.istfa1999p0293 ◽

1999 ◽

Author(s):

Jamey Moss ◽

Sam Subramanian ◽

Vince Soorholtz ◽

Michael Thomas ◽

Mark Gerber ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Nitric Acid ◽

Fire Retardant ◽

Antimony Trioxide ◽

Back Side ◽

New Approach ◽

Eds Analysis ◽

Plastic Package ◽

Residual Aluminum ◽

Rich Material ◽

Static Ram

Abstract Several hundred units were subjected to autoclave stress as part of the qualification of a new fast static RAM. Many units failed after autoclave stress, and these parts recovered after conventional depotting using nitric acid and a hot plate. Based on the recovery of the units, the failures were determined to be fuse-related because the nitric acid cleared the fuse cavities during depotting. Chemical analysis after thermally extracting the die from the package revealed an antimony-rich material in failing fuse cavities. Source of the antimony was linked to antimony trioxide added to the plastic package as a fire retardant. However, it was unclear whether the antimony-rich material caused the failure or if it was an artifact of thermal depotting. A new approach that did not thermally or chemically alter the fuse cavities was employed to identify the failing fuses. This approach used a combination of back-side grinding, dimpling, and back-side microprobing. The antimony-rich material found in the fuse cavity was confirmed using SEM and TEM-based EDS analysis, and it is believed to be a major contributing factor to fuse failures. However, it is unclear whether the short was caused by the antimony-rich material or by a reaction between that material and residual aluminum (oxide) left in the fuse cavity after the laser blows.

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The Role of Biochar in Regulating the Carbon, Phosphorus, and Nitrogen Cycles Exemplified by Soil Systems

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13105612 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (10) ◽

pp. 5612

Author(s):

Shu-Yuan Pan ◽

Cheng-Di Dong ◽

Jenn-Feng Su ◽

Po-Yen Wang ◽

Chiu-Wen Chen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Soil Amendment ◽

Environmental Control ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Soil Environment ◽

Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽

Soil Systems ◽

P Mineralization ◽

Rich Material ◽

Pyrolysis Of Biomass

Biochar is a carbon-rich material prepared from the pyrolysis of biomass under various conditions. Recently, biochar drew great attention due to its promising potential in climate change mitigation, soil amendment, and environmental control. Obviously, biochar can be a beneficial soil amendment in several ways including preventing nutrients loss due to leaching, increasing N and P mineralization, and enabling the microbial mediation of N2O and CO2 emissions. However, there are also conflicting reports on biochar effects, such as water logging and weathering induced change of surface properties that ultimately affects microbial growth and soil fertility. Despite the voluminous reports on soil and biochar properties, few studies have systematically addressed the effects of biochar on the sequestration of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in soils. Information on microbially-mediated transformation of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) species in the soil environment remains relatively uncertain. A systematic documentation of how biochar influences the fate and transport of carbon, phosphorus, and nitrogen in soil is crucial to promoting biochar applications toward environmental sustainability. This report first provides an overview on the adsorption of carbon, phosphorus, and nitrogen species on biochar, particularly in soil systems. Then, the biochar-mediated transformation of organic species, and the transport of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in soil systems are discussed. This review also reports on the weathering process of biochar and implications in the soil environment. Lastly, the current knowledge gaps and priority research directions for the biochar-amended systems in the future are assessed. This review focuses on literatures published in the past decade (2009–2021) on the adsorption, degradation, transport, weathering, and transformation of C, N, and P species in soil systems with respect to biochar applications.

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A multiparametric extraction method for Vn96-isolated plasma extracellular vesicles and cell-free DNA that enables multi-omic profiling

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-87526-y ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Jeremy W. Roy ◽

Catherine A. Taylor ◽

Annie P. Beauregard ◽

Surendar R. Dhadi ◽

D. Craig Ayre ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Extracellular Vesicles ◽

Liquid Biopsy ◽

Small Rna Sequencing ◽

Isolation Method ◽

Protein Biomarkers ◽

Cell Free Dna ◽

Extraction Protocol ◽

Free Dna ◽

Rich Material ◽

Short Timeframe

AbstractExtracellular vesicles (EVs) have been recognized as a rich material for the analysis of DNA, RNA, and protein biomarkers. A remaining challenge for the deployment of EV-based diagnostic and prognostic assays in liquid biopsy testing is the development of an EV isolation method that is amenable to a clinical diagnostic lab setting and is compatible with multiple types of biomarker analyses. We have previously designed a synthetic peptide, known as Vn96 (ME kit), which efficiently isolates EVs from multiple biofluids in a short timeframe without the use of specialized lab equipment. Moreover, it has recently been shown that Vn96 also facilitates the co-isolation of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) along with EVs. Herein we describe an optimized method for Vn96 affinity-based EV and cfDNA isolation from plasma samples and have developed a multiparametric extraction protocol for the sequential isolation of DNA, RNA, and protein from the same plasma EV and cfDNA sample. We are able to isolate sufficient material by the multiparametric extraction protocol for use in downstream analyses, including ddPCR (DNA) and ‘omic profiling by both small RNA sequencing (RNA) and mass spectrometry (protein), from a minimum volume (4 mL) of plasma. This multiparametric extraction protocol should improve the ability to analyse multiple biomarker materials (DNA, RNA and protein) from the same limited starting material, which may improve the sensitivity and specificity of liquid biopsy tests that exploit EV-based and cfDNA biomarkers for disease detection and monitoring.

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Forming terrestrial planets and delivering water

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union ◽

10.1017/s174392131600572x ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (A29B) ◽

pp. 427-430

Author(s):

Kevin J. Walsh

Keyword(s):

Planet Formation ◽

Semimajor Axis ◽

Giant Planet ◽

Terrestrial Planet ◽

Giant Planets ◽

Asteroid Belt ◽

Terrestrial Planets ◽

The Earth ◽

Building Models ◽

Rich Material

AbstractBuilding models capable of successfully matching the Terrestrial Planet's basic orbital and physical properties has proven difficult. Meanwhile, improved estimates of the nature of water-rich material accreted by the Earth, along with the timing of its delivery, have added even more constraints for models to match. While the outer Asteroid Belt seemingly provides a source for water-rich planetesimals, models that delivered enough of them to the still-forming Terrestrial Planets typically failed on other basic constraints - such as the mass of Mars.Recent models of Terrestrial Planet Formation have explored how the gas-driven migration of the Giant Planets can solve long-standing issues with the Earth/Mars size ratio. This model is forced to reproduce the orbital and taxonomic distribution of bodies in the Asteroid Belt from a much wider range of semimajor axis than previously considered. In doing so, it also provides a mechanism to feed planetesimals from between and beyond the Giant Planet formation region to the still-forming Terrestrial Planets.

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Ruminal ammonia formation in relation to the protein requirement of sheep: III. Ruminal ammonia formation with various diets

The Journal of Agricultural Science ◽

10.1017/s0021859600044737 ◽

1954 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 270-273 ◽

Cited By ~ 68

Author(s):

E. F. Annison ◽

Margaret I. Chalmers ◽

S. B. M. Marshall ◽

R. L. M. Synge

Keyword(s):

Ammonia Production ◽

Protein Requirement ◽

Groundnut Meal ◽

Rich Material ◽

Protein Rich ◽

Ammonia Formation

1. Ruminal ammonia concentrations were measured in sheep receiving basal diets of hay and meals with various supplementary sources of protein. Ammonia production from groundnut meal was great and from maize products slight. Herring meal behaved in an intermediate way.2. The extent of ammonia production from a given amount of protein-rich material was decreased when the amount of starch or cereal meal fed at the same time was increased.

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The dynamic ejecta of compact object mergers and eccentric collisions

Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ◽

10.1098/rsta.2012.0272 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 371 (1992) ◽

pp. 20120272 ◽

Cited By ~ 58

Author(s):

Stephan Rosswog

Keyword(s):

Globular Clusters ◽

Gamma Ray ◽

Ambient Medium ◽

Compact Object ◽

Solar Mass ◽

Abundance Pattern ◽

Compact Binary ◽

Hydrodynamical Simulations ◽

Rich Material ◽

R Process

Compact object mergers eject neutron-rich matter in a number of ways: by the dynamical ejection mediated by gravitational torques, as neutrino-driven winds, and probably also a good fraction of the resulting accretion disc finally becomes unbound by a combination of viscous and nuclear processes. If compact binary mergers indeed produce gamma-ray bursts, there should also be an interaction region where an ultra-relativistic outflow interacts with the neutrino-driven wind and produces moderately relativistic ejecta. Each type of ejecta has different physical properties, and therefore plays a different role for nucleosynthesis and for the electromagnetic (EM) transients that go along with compact object encounters. Here, we focus on the dynamic ejecta and present results for over 30 hydrodynamical simulations of both gravitational wave-driven mergers and parabolic encounters as they may occur in globular clusters. We find that mergers eject approximately 1 per cent of a Solar mass of extremely neutron-rich material. The exact amount, as well as the ejection velocity, depends on the involved masses with asymmetric systems ejecting more material at higher velocities. This material undergoes a robust r-process and both ejecta amount and abundance pattern are consistent with neutron star mergers being a major source of the ‘heavy’ ( A >130) r-process isotopes. Parabolic collisions, especially those between neutron stars and black holes, eject substantially larger amounts of mass, and therefore cannot occur frequently without overproducing gala- ctic r-process matter. We also discuss the EM transients that are powered by radioactive decays within the ejecta (‘macronovae’), and the radio flares that emerge when the ejecta dissipate their large kinetic energies in the ambient medium.

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Experimental Study on Application of Boron Mud Secondary Resource to Oxidized Pellets Production

High Temperature Materials and Processes ◽

10.1515/htmp-2016-0009 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 36 (7) ◽

pp. 649-655

Author(s):

Xiao-Jiao Fu ◽

Man-Sheng Chu ◽

Jia-Qi Zhao ◽

Shuang-Yin Chen ◽

Zheng-Gen Liu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Blast Furnace ◽

Furnace Operation ◽

Blast Furnace Operation ◽

Fundamental Study ◽

Secondary Resource ◽

Oxidized Pellets ◽

Rich Material ◽

Boron Mud ◽

Better Than

AbstractIn order to realize comprehensive and massive treatment of boron mud secondary resource, fundamental study on boron mud applied to oxidized pellets production as additive was carried out in the paper under laboratory conditions. The effects of boron mud on the performance of oxidized pellets were investigated systemically, and boron mud was combined with other boron-rich material innovatively. The results showed that, within certain limits, boron mud can improve properties of oxidized pellets. The bentonite content decreased to 0.3 % when adding 1.0 % boron mud additive and the pellets met blast furnace requirements. With the combination additive content 0.8 %, bentonite content can be further decreased to 0.2 %, and the pellets properties were better than base pellet. Therefore, it was an effective way to reduce environmental pollution and optimize blast furnace operation by developing boron mud secondary resource as pellets additive.

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The Christian Hermeneutics of Cranmer’s Homilies

Journal of Anglican Studies ◽

10.1017/s1740355317000109 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 167-187

Author(s):

Richard S. Briggs

Keyword(s):

Rich Material ◽

The Right

AbstractThis article explores some of the hermeneutical resources of the two official books of homilies, authorized to be preached in the BCP communion service. The historical contexts and successive editions of the books are explained, and a focused reading is offered of the key texts relevant to the interpretation of Scripture. Some consideration is given to other related texts that highlight Cranmer’s hermeneutical approach. It is suggested that Cranmer’s use of Scripture is not in practice the approach he commends in the first homily, but is driven by concerns with attaining the ‘right’ doctrine of justification. A key issue is the interplay between readerly character, deferral to wise readers, and the pressure of the text against particular traditions. It is argued that the Books of Homilies here offer rich material for reflection upon the nature of Christian hermeneutics in one particular ecclesial tradition, and indicate an Anglican approach to Scripture that has much to offer.

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