In this article, hyperelastic material models that state consistent polynomial expansions of the stored energy function are discussed. The approach follows from the multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient. Some advantages of the third-order expansion model over the five-parameter Rivlin model using Treloar’s experimental data are shown. The models are qualitatively and quantitatively compared to highlight these advantages of the discussed model.

This study presents data on the development and research of cryogenic-vibration grinding process modes which would ensure an efficient grinding process of complex composite systems with a high degree of heterogeneity of components in their composition of products such as fluoroplast, bismuth oxide and tungsten carbide. The general regularities of low-temperature processing and grinding of non-degassed elastomers are established. A method has been tested that establishes the regularities of cryogenic grinding and ultrasonic homogenization of a complex mechanical system, the microstructure and dispersed compositions of the ground material have been determined.

Reaction of N-cyanoguanidine with acid chlorides and aroylisothiocyanates gave the respective; N-(N-cyanocarbamimidoyl)aryl-2-carboxamides 1-5 and N-[(N-cyanocarbamimidoyl)carbamothioyl]benzamides 6-10, which have a Neonictinoid insecticide’s active group moiety (=N–CN). They have more toxicological activity against wheat Aphid (Schizaphis graminum) than Spodoptera littoralis.

Due to the complicated problems coming from excessive applications of insecticides, searching for safe substitutes to these insecticides has become a necessity. Thus, the insect growth regulators are candidates to be used in such concern. Comparative studies of the effects of three compounds, 2-benzoyl-N-phenylhydrazine-1-carbothioamide (1), 2-(cyanoacetyl)-N-phenylhydrazine-1-carboxamide (2) and N-(2-(2-cyanoacetyl)hydrazinecarbonothioyl)furan-2-carboxamide (3) (an insect growth regulator inhibiting chitin synthesis), were conducted on Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833). The compounds, orally administered, caused larval mortality proportional to the concentrations in the food source. larvae were unable to complete the molting process and died in the old larval cuticle. Larvae contaminated by sublethal doses completed their development to adulthood. N-(2-(2-cyanoacetyl)hydrazinecarbonothioyl)furan-2-carboxamide (3) is more active than the other compounds have LC50 17.082 ppm for 2nd instar larvae and 60.832 ppm for 4th instar larvae.

The beam-column joints are designed to have sufficient capacity under earthquake loads. This requirement needs design details of reinforcement that fulfill the seismic criteria and adequate compaction of concrete. Using Self Compacting Concrete (SCC) material can solve the difficulty of compacting conventional concrete due to the close reinforcement distance. This study aimed to analyze the behavior of the Exterior Beam-column Joints (EBJ) using SCC as materials with a variation of shear reinforcements to withstand cyclic lateral loads. The analysis was carried out using the ANSYS software and the Finite Element Method. The analysis included hysteresis curves, stress contours, ductility, stiffness, and structural strength. The performance of an EBJ without shear reinforcement (EBJ-S1 model) was compared to other EBJs using horizontal (EBJ-S2 model) and diagonal (EBJ-S3 model) shear reinforcements in the joint zones. The results showed that horizontal and diagonal shear reinforcement in the joint zones affected the performance of the EBJs in resisting cyclic lateral loads as the representative of earthquake loads. The EBJ without shear reinforcement could withstand compressive stresses of 3.33 to 17.22 MPa, while both EBJs using horizontal and diagonal shear reinforcement achieved the same compressive stresses range of 3.33 to 20 MPa. The EBJ with diagonal reinforcement performed a wider compressive area of stress contour than the EBJ of horizontal reinforcement. The EBJ-S3 model achieved the highest ductility value of 4.733 with diagonal shear reinforcements because it achieved the highest ultimate displacement of the other EBJ models.

In this review we systematized the theoretical and experimental data concerning the versatile approaches for the synthesis of N-acylphenothiazines. The aim of the study was to compile the literature reported worldwide in the past 20 years. This article also reviewed the analysis of pharmacological activities of these heterocycles as one of the promising chemotherapeutic objects for the modern bioorganic and medicinal chemistry. It has been hypothesized that the enormous biological potential of these moieties is due to the radical nature in the acyl moiety. Therefore, the present review will be a good contribution to the literature and will provide the platform for the medicinal chemistry researchers to carry out more studies aiming the N-acylphenothiazine moieties as the novel chemotherapeutic agents.

Peru is a country with plenty of renewable energy sources. However, its power demand depends on more than 50% of fossil fuels. Specifically, the power coming from the sun only represents 1% of the Peruvian energy matrix even though the territory has high radiation indexes. Therefore, the current analysis aims to search for the research situation of photovoltaic energy. Hence, this research looked for literature from RENATI and EBSCO, which provided 398 pieces of academic investigation. After applying the Prisma methodology to select the most relevant thesis and papers, we analyzed 48 elements. We found that the on-grid technology was the most viable in economic terms for projects related to business and electrification. At the same time, off-grid systems have been preferred for sanitation applications. Nonetheless, all the reviewed literature showed that photovoltaic technology positively impacted the environment and was as effective as conventional sources.

Biologically active organic compounds continue to attract great interest due to the wide variety of interesting applications observed for these compounds. This review results from the literature survey containing the organic compounds that are used as insect growth regulators with a focus on their mode of action and some synthetic routes.

The corner point singularity of surface cracks by finite element method (FEM) has become a numerical concern decades ago. The literature showed that the stress intensity factors (SIFs) at the corner points were often excluded. Further, most SIFs were reported for larger ratios of the crack depth over cylinder diameter. This paper presents the SIFs (Modes I, II and III) of a semi-elliptical surface crack at a solid round bar under torsion. The tetrahedral and hexahedral elements were used in the finite element modelling. The effects of the loading mode and the crack aspect ratio on the corner point singularity were discussed. The tetrahedral meshing was generally observed to be more suitable for modelling relatively small surface cracks, particularly in respect to the corner point singularity. For all loading modes, the SIFs away from the corner points of using the tetrahedral meshing were found to have fairly good agreement with those by dual boundary element method (DBEM).

Regioselective acylation of monosaccharides are highly significant for the preparation of both natural and non-natural carbohydrate compounds and their synthetic intermediates. In this respect, an efficient simple method for site selective 6-O-hexanoylation of octyl β-D-glucopyranoside (OG) at low temperature is described. The 6-O-hexanoylglucoside, thus formed, was then treated with five acyl halides and obtained novel corresponding O-acylglupyranosides at C-2, C-3 and C-4 positions with high yields. Activity spectra prediction for substances (PASS) indicated that these glucoside esters are potential against antimicrobials especially against fungi. In vitro antibacterial test indicated them as weak to moderate inhibitor of Gram-positive organisms. ADMET prediction indicated that these OGs are overall safe to use. Density functional theory (DFT) optimized electronic energy, enthalpy (ΔH), Gibbs free energy, entropy, dipole-moment (μ), and molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) are also discussed.