THE PATTERNS OF CHANGES IN THE DEGREE OF LUBRICATION OF THE CRANKSHAFT BEARINGS OF CAR ENGINES DEPENDING ON THE PARAMETERS OF THE LOAD-SPEED MODES OF OPERATION

The patterns of changes in the degree of lubrication of the crankshaft bearings of car engines depending on the parameters of the load-speed modes of operation

The practice of operating machines and mechanisms indicates that bearing wear is one of the main reasons for limiting their durability.This especially applies to the sliding bearings of crankshafts of car engines, where the intensity of wear of their working surfaces significantly depends on the properties of the lubricant.An experimental study of

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Impaired immune function in Gulf War Illness

Abstract Background Gulf War Illness (GWI) remains a serious health consequence for at least 11,000 veterans of the first Gulf War in the early 1990s.Our understanding of the health consequences that resulted remains inadequate, and this is of great concern with another deployment to the same theater of operations occurring now.Chronic immune cell

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Assessing Impacts of Unconventional Natural Gas Extraction on Microbial Communities in Headwater Stream Ecosystems in Northwestern Pennsylvania

Hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have increased dramatically in Pennsylvania Marcellus shale formations, however the potential for major environmental impacts are still incompletely understood.High-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene was performed to characterize the microbial community structure of water, sediment, bryophyte, an

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Objectivity, Social Sciences, and the Charge of Inferiority

This mz7lh3t8hmlt paper challenges the charge of inferiority, on the basis of objectivity, against the social sciences.The idea of objectivity is that facts about the state of the world and entities in it are observed or studied without a taint of personal bias, value judgement or particular perspective.The social sciences are accused of falling sh

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The Arabs in the Chronicle of Constantine Manasses

This paper looks into the piece by Constantine Manasses considering how it depicts the Arabs.It appears Manasses saw the Arabs primarily as bloody and cruel plunderers who invaded the viking k2 slide gate operator Byzantine lands.Indeed, they won some of the fights against the bjork corvette Byzantines but eventually had to accept their superiority

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