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Natural-Synthetic Hybrid Polymers Developed via Electrospinning: The Effect of PET in Chitosan/Starch System

Description: Paper discusses the results of studying the structural and thermophysical properties of chitosan + starch + poly(ethylene terephthalate) (Ch + S + PET) fibers developed via electrospinning.
Date: March 16, 2011
Creator: Espíndola-González, Adolfo; Martinez-Hernandez, Ana Laura; Fernández-Escobar, Francisco; Castaño, Victor M.; Brostow, Witold, 1934-; Datashvili, Tea et al.
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Virtualization Based Secure Execution And Testing Framework

Description: Article discussing the use of a virtualization software to build a Virtualization Based Secure Execution and Testing Framework for testing hardware secure architectures.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Kotikela, Srujan Das; Nimgaonkar, Satyajeet & Gomathisankaran, Mahadevan
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Plasma Treated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) for Epoxy Nanocomposites

Description: This article describes the depositing of plasma nanocoating of allylamine on the surfaces of multi-walled carbon nanotubes to provide desirable functionalities and thus to tailor the surface characteristics of multi-walled carbon nanotubes for improved dispersion and interfacial adhesion in epoxy matrices.
Date: December 19, 2011
Creator: Ritts, Andrew C.; Yu, Qingsong; Li, Hao; Lombardo, Stephen J.; Han, Xu; Xia, Zhenhai et al.
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Carbon Nanomaterials for Optical Absorber Applications

Description: Article describing optical absorbers based on vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), synthesized using electric-field assisted growth that show an ultra-low reflectance, 100X lower compared to the benchmark, a diffuse metal black - Au-black - from wavelength λ ~ 350 nm – 2500 nm.
Date: December 28, 2011
Creator: Kaul, Anupama; Coles, James; Megerian, Krikor; Eastwood, Michael; Green, Robert; Pagano, Thomas et al.
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Specialized Research Datasets in the CiteSeer˟ Digital Library

Description: This article provides an overview of some of the specialized datasets that were created for various projects related to the CiteSeer˟ digital library.
Date: June 14, 2012
Creator: Bhatia, Sumit; Caragea, Cornelia; Chen, Hung-Hsuan; Wu, Jian; Treeratpituk, Pucktada; Wu, Zhaohui et al.
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Sources Affecting PM₂̣ ₅ Concentrations at a Rural Semi-Arid Coastal Site in South Texas

Description: This article employs an advanced factor analysis technique with principal component analysis/absolute principal component scores and positive matrix factorization to apportion the sources influencing the PM₂̣ ₅ levels measured during 2003 through 2005 at a rural coastal site located within the Corpus Christi urban airshed in South Texas.
Date: November 22, 2012
Creator: Karnae, Saritha & John, Kuruvilla
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Towards Comprehensive Syntactic and Semantic Annotations of the Clinical Narrative

Description: This article discusses the creation of annotated clinical narratives with layers of syntactic and semantic labels to facilitate advances in clinical natural language processing (NLP).
Date: January 25, 2013
Creator: Albright, Daniel; Lanfranchi, Arrick; Fredriksen, Anwen; Styler, William F., IV; Warner, Colin; Hwang, Jena D. et al.
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Stress-Softening and Residual Strain Effects in Suture Materials

Description: This article focuses on the experimental characterization of suture material samples of MonoPlus, Monosyn, polyglycolic acid, polydioxanone 2–0, polydioxanone 4–0, poly(glycolide-co-epsilon-caprolactone), nylon, and polypropylene when subjected to cyclic loading and unloading conditions.
Date: May 20, 2013
Creator: Elías-Zúñiga, Alex; Montoya, Beatriz; Ortega, Wendy; Flores-Villalba, Eduardo; Rodríguez, Ciro A.; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael et al.
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Study of performance of high speed turning using the volumetric dimension coefficient of resultant cutting force

Description: This article describes the experimental study of the resultant cutting force evolution of two coating carbide and a cermet inserts, during the dry turning of AISI 1045 steel with 400, 500, and 600 m/min cutting speeds.
Date: July 2013
Creator: Hernández-González, L. W.; Pérez-Rodríguez, R.; Zambrano-Robledo, P. C.; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael & Toscano-Reyes, H.
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Polymeric Materials Reinforced with Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes: A Constitutive Material Model

Description: This article discusses the modification of an existing material model to take into account softening and residual strain effects observed in polymeric materials reinforced with carbon nanotubes when subjected to loading and unloading cycles.
Date: July 16, 2013
Creator: Córdova, René K.; Elías-Zúñiga, Alex; Elizalde, Luis E.; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael; Sánchez, José Antonio; Rodríguez, Ciro A. et al.
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Stress-Softening and Residual Strain Effects in Suture Materials

Description: This article focuses on the formulation of a constitutive equation to predict Mullins and residual strain effects of buna-N, silicone, and neoprene rubber strings subjected to small transverse vibrations.
Date: September 4, 2013
Creator: Elías-Zúñiga, Alex; Baylón, Karen; Martínez-Romero, Oscar; Rodríguez, Ciro A. & Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael
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