Influence Of Beads Research Articles

Analysis of the Harmony of Fashion Design Combining Balinese Songket and Chinese Style

The combination of several cultures into one beautiful and harmonious fashion work often presents its challenges. In this study, the researcher analyzed the respondents' reactions to the combination of Balinese culture which is rich in ornamental elements, and Chinese art and culture which is no less legendary. To add aesthetics to this fashion combination, the researcher adds woven ribbons and beads. Woven can be interpreted as uniting several different parts into a harmonious whole. Meanwhile, beads present affirmation, aesthetic enhancers, and motifs in fashion. The respondents obtained in this article are 60 respondents consisting of students, students, employees, housewives, and self-employed. Based on this study, it can be found that 26.9% of the influence of product design, 58.4% of the influence of songket woven fabric, 75.7% the influence of Chinese style, 23.4% the influence of woven ribbon, and 14.7% the influence of beads if assessed individually, in the potential for product purchase. It was also found that these variables will have a joint effect on the potential to purchase the product, which means that this product has achieved harmony between independent and dependent variables.

Influence of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Beads’ Geometry and Building Strategy: Mechanical and Structural Behavior of ER70S-6 Prismatic Blocks

Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) with high deposition rates has attracted industry interest for the demonstrated economic production of medium-to-large-scale metallic components. The structural integrity and mechanical properties of the built parts depend on the selection of the optimum deposition parameters and the tool path strategy. In this study, an alternate orthogonal deposition strategy was employed. The influence of the beads’ geometry and the associated heat input on the mechanical and structural behavior of mild steel (ER70S-6) were investigated. The influence of the bead width (BW) and the overlapping percentage (OP) between the adjacent beads on the average and layer-by-layer hardness of the blocks along the building direction were evaluated. Tensile strength was also characterized. The alternate orthogonal building strategy enhanced the geometrical uniformity of the built blocks and the microstructural isotropy along the building direction. Increasing the BW increased the total heat input per bead per layer, which significantly reduced the hardness and tensile strength of the built blocks by 19% and 17% compared to 8% and 7% when increasing the OP, respectively. Total heat input, number of heating cycles, and cooling rates triggered the phases formed, and their morphologies along the building direction were also characterized.

Encapsulation of a free-solvent extract of lycopene in alginate-Ca(II) beads containing sugars and biopolymers

BackgroundThe purpose of the present study was to enhance the stability toward isomerization and control the release of an encapsulated free-solvent extract of lycopene, obtained from a nonconventional natural source, by means of alginate beads containing sugar (trehalose) and biopolymers (chitosan, low methoxyl pectin, and arabic gum).MethodsLycopene was extracted from freeze-dried pulp of pink grapefruit obtaining a free solvent extract. Lycopene encapsulation was conducted by a double procedure consisting of emulsification and ionotropic gelation in alginate-Ca(II) beads, modified by the addition of sugar and biopolymers. The influence of beads’ composition was studied on lycopene stability and release, as well as molecular mobility and diffusion in the beads.Results and ConclusionsThe addition of a second excipient (besides alginate) in the formulation should be carefully conducted, since stability during alginate-Ca(II) bead generation could be even compromised, leading to high lycopene losses. Beads containing trehalose and chitosan were the ones that best preserved the lycopene content and minimized isomerization changes. This could be related to the reduced molecular mobility and lower diffusion coefficient of this system. Lycopene release was severely affected by the composition of the beads, allowing to modulate its release depending on a desired application. Then, a good strategy to obtain high lycopene formulations ready to use or for their incorporation in a subsequent technological process (such as freeze-drying or extrusion) was reported in the present study.Graphical abstractStability and release of encapsulated lycopene in alginate-Ca(II) beads

FATIGUE CHARACTERISTICS OF SM490A WELDED JOINTS

We compared the fatigue characteristics of weld metal with those of base metal heat-treated and non heat-treated. Also, we examined the influence of bead on fatigue life. From the experimental results of this study, it has been seen that the fatigue characteristics of welded specimens grinded the toe of bead are slightly better than those of welded specimens not grinded. Fatigue life is affected more by the stress concentration due to the profile change in the weld toe rather than by the residual stress, and heat-treatment had almost no influence on the fatigue characteristics.

Influence of head-neck rotation on static elbow flexion force of paretic side in patients with hemiparesis.

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the influence of bead and neck (HN) position in the transverse plane on the static production of elbow flexion force in the involved (paretic) upper extremity of patients with hemiparesis. Thirty-one patients who had experienced a cerebrovascular accident a mean of 44 days before testing participated in the study. Static elbow flexion force was tested with a hand-held dynamometer, twice with the HN rotated toward the paretic side and twice with the HN rotated toward the nonparetic side. Elbow flexion force did not differ with the HN in the two positions (F = 0.008, p = 931). Results of this study support the conclusion that HN position in the transverse plane does not influence the production of static elbow flexion force on the paretic side in patients with stroke. Clinicians, therefore, may wish to reexamine any emphasis they place on HN position for facilitating elbow flexion force production on the paretic side of patients with hemiparesis.