Significant friction reduction of high-intensity pulsed ion beam irradiated WC-Ni against graphite under water lubrication

Abstract Two types of commercial WC-Ni samples were irradiated with Magazines the High-intensity pulsed ion beam (HIPIB).Both the surface characteristics and tribo-characteristics of the non-irradiated and irradiated WC-Ni samples, sliding against graphite under water lubrication, were compared.Quite low steady friction coefficients (approximately

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A distinct species, Dodona formosana, detected in the Dodona eugenes species complex: clarification of the taxonomic status of the Punch butterfly in Taiwan

The Tailed Punch, Dodona eugenes, is widely distributed in East Asia with seven subspecies currently recognized.However, two of them, namely ssp.formosana and ssp.esakii found in Taiwan, are hard to distinguish from each other due to ambiguous diagnostic characters.In this study, their taxonomic status is clarified by comparing genitalia characters

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Exhausting, but necessary: the lived experience of participants in an intensive inpatient trauma treatment program

BackgroundIntensive inpatient treatment programs have shown robust results in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).How patients experience this treatment program and what changes they experience as a result of the treatment have, however, only scarcely been explored through qualitative studies.ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore

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