Microturbines are energy generators whose capacity ranges from 15 to 300 kW. Their basic
principle comes from open cycle gas turbines, although they present several typi‐-cal …

This overview will focus on the direct fabrication of metal components by using laser-forming
techniques in a layer-by-layer fashion. The main driving force of rapid prototyping (RP) or …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a re-emergent arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) that causes
a disease characterized primarily by fever, rash and severe persistent polyarthralgia. In the …

The binding of six physiologically important long chain fatty acids to defatted human plasma
albumin was measured at 37 degrees in a calcium-free Krebs-Ringer phosphate buffer, pH …

The pore structure, the hardness and the mechanical properties of three-dimensional titanium
models formed by the selective laser melting method with a neodymium-doped yttrium …

In the present work single and multiple layer NiCrAlY coatings were produced by laser cladding
on (100) single-crystalline substrates of SRR99 Ni-based superalloy. Detailed structural …

Anthracene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) that presents a high pollution potential
and health risk and has been used as a model for degradation studies on PAHs because …

Iron may enhance polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) degradation directly by
increasing the activity of the enzymes involved in the aerobic biodegradation pathways for …

Flaking failure of rolling contact fatigue is known to originate from non-metallic inclusions,
where fatigue cracks occur at subsurface region of materials. It is fundamental to understand …

Understanding preimplantation embryonic development is crucial for the improvement of
assisted reproductive technologies and animal production. To achieve this goal, it is important …