Suface passivation layers such as diamond-like carbon are often produced on laser windows, wind shields of hypersonic aircraft, fiber optics and many other surfaces. despite attractive properties of the coating materials, lacking of proper adhesion between host and coating material frequently limits… More

Recent recognition of the health hazard associated with severe and mild hypertension has prompted clinicians to consider drug therapy even in cases involving only moderately elevated disatolic pressure. consequently, an accurate determination of the diastolic pressure becomes increasingly important… More

Yuring practice maneuvers the armed forces frequently use chemical protective garments in which activated carbon, the operative component of cw garments, is rendered useless by dirt, exhaust fumes, sweat, smoke, and vapor poisoning. at present there is no non-destructive method of reactivating the… More