Gaoyuan Yu¹, Yunfeng Lou², Hang Dong³, Junjie Li¹, Xianlong Jin^1,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.136, No.1, pp. 135-155, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.025166

Abstract Heterogeneous multicore clusters are becoming more popular for high-performance computing due to their great computing power and cost-to-performance effectiveness nowadays. Nevertheless, parallel efficiency degradation is still a problem in large-scale structural analysis based on heterogeneous multicore clusters. To solve it, a hybrid hierarchical parallel algorithm (HHPA) is proposed on the basis of the conventional domain decomposition algorithm (CDDA) and the parallel sparse solver. In this new algorithm, a three-layer parallelization of the computational procedure is introduced to enable the separation of the communication of inter-nodes, heterogeneous-core-groups (HCGs) and inside-heterogeneous-core-groups through mapping computing tasks to various hardware layers. This approach can… More >

Jiayu Chang¹, Qingying Ding¹, Chong Zhong¹, Yao Long², Zhuanquan Xiao³, Hai Luo¹, Yuling Yang¹, Zongde Wang¹, Shengliang Liao¹, Jinzhu Chen², Shangxing Chen^1,*, Ji Zhang^1,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.11, No.1, pp. 379-391, 2023, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2023.022535

Abstract (E) ω-formylcamphene was synthesized from α-pinene, the main component of turpentine, and then reacted with thiosemicarbazide to obtain (E) ω-formylcamphene thiosemicarbazide 3, which was reacted with 14 α-bromoacetophenone compounds to obtain 14 (E) ω-formylcamphene thiazole hydrazone compounds 5a–5n; the yields were all above 80%. The structures of the target compounds were characterized by IR, ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR, and HR-MS analyses. Then, 500, 250, 125, 62.5, and 31.25 mg/L drug solutions were prepared. Free radical scavenging experiments of 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2, 2-bis (3-ethyl-benzothiazole-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTS) were carried out with Trolox and L-ascorbic acid as the control samples. The scavenging… More >

KHESLLER PATRÍCIA OLAZIA^1,2, JULIANA SOUZA DA SILVA¹, GUILHERME SIRIMARCO DE SOUZA TONELLI¹, SÔNIA NAIR BÁO^1,*

BIOCELL, Vol.46, No.1, pp. 275-283, 2022, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2022.016603

Abstract In this study, the sperm ultrastructure of three species of Idarnes genus was investigated using light and transmission electron microscopy. Spermatozoon morphology of the three species was similar to that of most Chalcidoidea, with helicoidally twisted nucleus and flagellum. The head region consists of an acrosome and a nucleus; the nucleus-flagellum transition region characterized by the presence of mitochondrial derivatives and the centriolar adjunct; a flagellum region, which includes the axoneme with microtubular arrangement 9 + 9 + 2 and two mitochondrial derivatives. However, the sperm of these three species exhibit features that discriminate one species from each other: (1)… More >

LORENZO ALIBARDI¹, BERND NOECKER²

BIOCELL, Vol.45, No.4, pp. 1013-1022, 2021, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2021.013913

Abstract The differentiation of cells composing mature human hairs produces layers with different corneous characteristics that would tend to flake away one from another, as in the corneous layer of the epidermis, without anchoring junctions. It is likely that cell junctions established in the forming cells of the hair bulb are not completely degraded like in the corneous layer of the epidermis but instead remain in the hair shaft to bind mature cuticle, cortex, and medulla cells into a compact hair shaft. During cell differentiation in hairs, cell junctions seem to disappear, and little is known about the fate of junctional… More >

Mavra Mehmood¹, Ember Ayub¹, Fahad Ahmad^1,6,*, Madallah Alruwaili², Ziyad A. Alrowaili³, Saad Alanazi², Mamoona Humayun², Muhammad Rizwan¹, Shahid Naseem⁴, Tahir Alyas⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.1, pp. 641-657, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.013774

Abstract Clinical image processing plays a significant role in healthcare systems and is currently a widely used methodology. In carcinogenic diseases, time is crucial; thus, an image’s accurate analysis can help treat disease at an early stage. Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) are common types of malignancies that affect both women and men. The number of cases of DCIS and LCIS has increased every year since 2002, while it still takes a considerable amount of time to recommend a controlling technique. Image processing is a powerful technique to analyze preprocessed images to retrieve useful information… More >

Lifen Li¹, Zhigang Wu¹, Xuedong Xi², Baoyu Liu³, Yan Cao³, Hailong Xu³, Yingcheng Hu^4,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.9, No.2, pp. 219-235, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2021.012099

Abstract Lignin is an abundant renewable macromolecular material in nature, and degradation of lignin to improve its hydroxyl content is the key to its efficient use. Alkali lignin (AL) was treated with Brønsted acidic deep eutectic solvent (DES) based on choline chloride and p-toluenesulfonic acid at mild reaction temperature, the structure of the lignin before and after degradation, as well as the composition of small molecules of lignin were analyzed in order to investigate the chemical structure changes of lignin with DES treatment, and the degradation mechanism of lignin in this acidic DES was elucidated in this work. FTIR and NMR… More >

Ajay Veludurthi¹, Venkateshwarlu Bolleddu^2,*

Energy Engineering, Vol.117, No.4, pp. 237-248, 2020, DOI:10.32604/EE.2020.011304

Abstract Mechanical characteristics of small wind turbine blades of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) 63-415 series with different Univinyl (UV) foam alignments have been evaluated experimentally using Universal Testing Machine and numerically using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software ANSYS. The wind turbine blade models considered are selected from the NACA 63415 series to give a power output of 1 kW. The blades in this study are made like a sandwich beam structure. The outermost portion of the blade is made of glass fiber reinforced plastics with epoxy resin as composite and Uni-vinyl foam alignments are placed in the inner portion,… More >

RANDI ZUKAS¹, ALEX J. CHANG¹, MARIAN RICE², AMY L. SPRINGER^1*

BIOCELL, Vol.36, No.3, pp. 133-142, 2012, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2012.36.133

Abstract Trypanosoma brucei is a protozoan flagellate that causes African sleeping sickness. Flagellar function in this organism is critical for life cycle progression and pathogenesis, however the regulation of flagellar motility is not well understood. The flagellar axoneme produces a complex beat through the precisely coordinated firing of many proteins, including multiple dynein motors. These motors are found in the inner arm and outer arm complexes. We are studying one of the inner arm dynein motors in the T. brucei flagellum: dynein-f. RNAi knockdown of genes for two components of dynein-f: DNAH10, the α heavy chain, and IC138, an intermediate chain,… More >

LILIANA G. SOUSA¹, ELENA I. CUARTAS², ANA MARÍA PETRIELLA^{1, 3}

BIOCELL, Vol.29, No.1, pp. 25-31, 2005, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2005.29.025

Abstract The aim of this study is to describe the ultrastructure of the hepatopancreas of P. argentinus in intermoult. P. argentinus hepatopancreas was studied using standard TEM techniques. Each tubule consists of four cellular types: E (embryonic), F (fibrillar), R (resorptive) and B (blister like). E-cells have embryonic features and some of them were found in mitosis. F, R and B cells possess an apical brush border. F-cells have a central or basal nucleus, a conspicuous RER, and dilated Golgi cisternae. R cells show a polar organization of organelles in three areas: apical, with numerous mitochondria and sER tubules, a central… More >

K.N. Song¹, S. D. Hong¹

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.9, No.2, pp. 155-165, 2013, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2013.009.155

Abstract The IHX (Intermediate Heat Exchanger) of a VHTR (Very High Temperature Reactor) transfers 950° heat generated from the VHTR to a hydrogen production plant. The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has manufactured a lab-scale PCHE (Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger) prototype made of SUS316L under consideration as a candidate. In this study, as a part of a hightemperature structural integrity evaluation of the lab-scale PCHE prototype, a macroscopic structural behavior analysis including structural analysis modeling and a thermal/elastic structural analysis was carried out under the test conditions of a helium experimental loop (HELP) as a precedent study for a performance… More >