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Association of Birth Order with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Young Adulthood: A Study of One Million Swedish Men
(Public Library of Science, 2013-05-16)
Background: Birth order has been suggested to be linked to several cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, but the evidence is still inconsistent. We aim to determine the associations of birth order with body mass index ...
Mean Stress Effect on the Axial Fatigue Strength of DIN 34CrNiMo6 Quenched and Tempered Steel
(MDPI, 2018-04)
The present study consists of a theoretical and experimental investigation of the effect of axial mean stresses on the high cycle fatigue behaviour of DIN 34CrNiMo6 high strength steel in quenched and tempered conditions. ...
Secure Protocol and IP Core for Configuration of Networking Hardware IPs in the Smart Grid
(MDPI, 2018-03)
Nowadays, the incorporation and constant evolution of communication networks in the electricity sector have given rise to the so-called Smart Grid, which is why it is necessary to have devices that are capable of managing ...
Experimental Validation of the Kinematic Design of 3PRS Compliant Parallel Mechanisms
(Elsevier, 2016-11)
In this paper, a procedure for the kinematic design of a 3-PRS compliant parallel manipulator of 3 degrees of freedom is proposed. First, under the assumption of small displacements, the solid body kinematics of the 3-PRS ...
Optimizing Biodiesel Production from Waste Cooking Oil Using Genetic Algorithm-Based Support Vector Machines
(MDPI, 2018-11-01)
The ever increasing fuel demands and the limitations of oil reserves have motivated research of renewable and sustainable energy resources to replace, even partially, fossil fuels, which are having a serious environmental ...
Cosmological Perturbations in Phantom Dark Energy Models
(MDPI, 2017-03-06)
The CDM paradigm, characterised by a constant equation of state w = -1 for dark energy, is the model that better fits observations. However, the same observations strongly support the possibility of a dark energy content ...
Identification of a panel of serum protein markers in early stage of sepsis and its validation in a cohort of patients
(Elsevier, 2018-08)
Background: Sepsis is a life-threatening illness with a challenging diagnosis. Current serum biomarkers are not sensitive enough for diagnosis. With the aim of finding proteins associated with sepsis, serum protein profile ...
3-Form Cosmology: Phantom Behaviour, Singularities and Interactions
(MDPI, 2018-03-03)
The latest cosmological observations by the Planck collaboration (and combined with others) are compatible with a phantom-like behaviour (w <-1) for the dark energy equation of state that drives the current acceleration ...
Observation of an Excited Omega(-) Baryon
(American Physical Society, 2018-08-02)
Using data recorded with the Belle detector, we observe a new excited hyperon, an Omega*(-) candidate decaying into Xi K-0(-) and Xi K--(S)0 with a mass of 2012.4 +/- 0.7(stat) +/- 0.6(syst) McV/c(2) and a width of Gamma ...
University Social Responsibility towards Engineering Undergraduates: The Effect of Methodology on a Service-Learning Experience
(MDPI, 2018-06)
Service-Learning (SL) experiences enable University Social Responsibility (USR) to be worked on in engineering studies as a core of education for Sustainability. The combined use of such experiences with active student-centered ...