Nidipine has a strong affinity for silicon rubber tubing

The process by which young talents develop to become top-class players once they reach the age of maximum performance is influenced by numerous factors. Among the exogenous factors, the family plays a central role. In the context of a research project carried out in cooperation with the Swiss Football Association SFV, 159 former members of the national youth football team were interviewed retrospectively, among other things concerning their family circumstances. The study is interested in understanding two issues: 1) It examines which family conditions – compared with average Swiss families – lead to success in adolescence (nomination for a national youth team). 2) Since success in adolescence by no means guarantees top-level performance at the age of maximum performance, the heterogeneity of the sample’s adult level of performance is used to compare players who later achieve greater success to the less successful players. It is found that these players come from families with many chil-dren and a strong affinity to sports. Those players who are particularly successful at the age of maximum performance also felt they received more support from their parents and siblings during childhood and adolescence than the players who went on to be less successful.

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Applicability of UASB sludge to agricultural lands

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1998.0320 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 37 (8) ◽

pp. 153-159 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mehmet Ali Yükselen

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Lands ◽

Strong Affinity ◽

Laboratory Conditions ◽

Nutrient Value

Investigation of dewaterability and applicability of UASB sludge to agricultural lands were the objectives of this study. Under laboratory conditions, 90% of sludge moisture percolated in 4 days. Desorption of metals such as copper and lead did not occur under normal conditions. Desorption of metals occurred only at pH 1 or less. UASB sludges have strong affinity for metals. The nutrient value of these sludges are small compared to commercial fertilizers.

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A New Fluorescent Salen-uranyl Sensor for the Sub-ppm Detection of Chemical Warfare Agents

Current Organic Chemistry ◽

10.2174/1385272824999200930150313 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (20) ◽

pp. 2378-2382

Author(s):

Andrea Pappalardo ◽

Chiara M.A. Gangemi ◽

Rosa Maria Toscano ◽

Giuseppe Trusso Sfrazzetto

Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Fluorescent Sensor ◽

Chemical Warfare Agents ◽

Optical Response ◽

Chemical Warfare ◽

Lethal Effects ◽

Strong Affinity ◽

Chemical Attack ◽

Fluorescence Measurements ◽

Warfare Agents

Real-time sensing of Chemical Warfare Agents (CWAs) is today a crucial topic to prevent the lethal effects of a terroristic chemical attack. For this reason, the development of efficient, selective, sensitive and reversible sensoristic devices, able to detect by optical response ppm levels of these compounds, is strongly required. Here, the synthesis of a new fluorescent sensor based on a salen-uranyl scaffold, functionalized with two bodipy moieties, and its application for the detection of sub-ppm levels of CWAs is reported. Detection properties were evaluated by fluorescence measurements and selectivity tests demonstrated the strong affinity for CWAs.

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Restoration Theatre and the Novel

10.1093/oso/9780199580033.003.0026 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Jenny Davidson

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

Literary Form ◽

The Novel ◽

Cultural Transition ◽

Strong Affinity ◽

History Of ◽

Restoration Theatre ◽

Restoration Comedy ◽

London Stage

This chapter explores the broad cultural transition from drama to novel during the Restoration period, which triggered one of the most productive periods in the history of the London stage. However, when it comes to the eighteenth century proper, the novel is more likely to be identified as the century's most significant and appealing popular genre. The chapter considers why the novel has largely superseded drama as the literary form to which ambitious and imaginative literary types without a strong affinity for verse writing would by default have turned their attention and energies by the middle of the eighteenth century. Something important may have been lost in the broad cultural transition from drama to novel. This chapter, however, contends that many things were preserved: that the novel was able to absorb many of the functions and techniques not just of Restoration comedy but of the theatre more generally.

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Scalable fabrication of carbon materials based silicon rubber for highly stretchable e-textile sensor

Nanotechnology Reviews ◽

10.1515/ntrev-2020-0088 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 1183-1191

Author(s):

Xinlin Li ◽

Rixuan Wang ◽

Leilei Wang ◽

Aizhen Li ◽

Xiaowu Tang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanomaterials ◽

Electrical Performance ◽

Gauge Factor ◽

Multiwalled Carbon ◽

Silicon Rubber ◽

Smart Clothing ◽

Mechanical And Electrical Properties ◽

Highly Stretchable ◽

Textile Sensor ◽

High Level

AbstractDevelopment of stretchable wearable devices requires essential materials with high level of mechanical and electrical properties as well as scalability. Recently, silicone rubber-based elastic polymers with incorporated conductive fillers (metal particles, carbon nanomaterials, etc.) have been shown to the most promising materials for enabling both high electrical performance and stretchability, but the technology to make materials in scalable fabrication is still lacking. Here, we propose a facile method for fabricating a wearable device by directly coating essential electrical material on fabrics. The optimized material is implemented by the noncovalent association of multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT), carbon black (CB), and silicon rubber (SR). The e-textile sensor has the highest gauge factor (GF) up to 34.38 when subjected to 40% strain for 5,000 cycles, without any degradation. In particular, the fabric sensor is fully operational even after being immersed in water for 10 days or stirred at room temperature for 8 hours. Our study provides a general platform for incorporating other stretchable elastic materials, enabling the future development of the smart clothing manufacturing.

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