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Additional file 1: Figure S1. Neuroanatomic map of effect size of (A) groups main effect and (B) timepoints main effect of cortical thickness (CT)in MTBI patients with PTH and HCs. η2, Eta Squared Effect Size for ANOVA. Figure S2. Neuroanatomic map of effect size of (A) groups main effect and (B) timepoints main effect of cortical surface area (CSA) in MTBI patients with PTH and HCs. η2, Eta Squared Effect Size for ANOVA. Table S1. Statistics of groups effect, timepoints effect and groups-by-timepoints interaction effect of cortical thickness between MTBI patients with PTH and HCs. Table S2. Statistics of groups effect, timepoints effect and groups-by-timepoints interaction effect of cortical surface area between MTBI patients with PTH and HCs.

A special device is designed to measure the in-plane and through-thickness permeability of a preform for the vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) process. The device is composed of pressure control module, aluminum experimental platform, thickness test module, and pressure test module, which is controlled by a computer. Two kinds of experiments were conducted for carbon fiber noncrimp biaxial fabrics to verify the reliability of the new device based on constant pressure injection. The two experiments are composed of: (1) testing of in-plane permeability for 1, 5, 10 and 20 layers with the method of the line injection by comparing the two conventional methods; (2) testing of the through-thickness permeability for the laminate denoted as [±45] 20 with the central injection method. The results show: (1) the in-plane permeability decrease with the increase of layer number and the permeability for 20 layers is only 62 % of the one layer; (2) the in-plane permeability is an order of magnitude greater than through-thickness permeability based on experimental results of laminate denoted as [±45] 20. A good agreement obtained between the device and two comparison methods proves the validity of the device.

Carbon-in-pulp is the preferable technique for the recovery of gold from thiourea solutions. However, the underlying process fundamentals are still poorly understood. This paper discusses the kinetics of gold adsorption from thiourea solution onto activated charcoal, type YH-15, prepared from apricot pits. The influence on the rate of gold adsorption of a number of parameters, time, temperature, pH and the concentrations of gold and free thiourea have been examined. There are three gold complexes present in thiourea solution namely: AuTu + , AuTu 2 + and AuTu 3 + . In a “natural” solution (unadjusted pH) the complexes AuTu + and AuTu 2 + are the ones which are principally adsorbed by charcoal. It is postulated that increased gold adsorption would result from the addition of acid to the thiourea solution, as this would increase the number of activated gold complexes at the charcoal surface. It would also increase the percentage of the total gold complexes having the lower coordination, that is, those complexes more readily adsorbed. Adding more thiourea should have the opposite effect. Based on this suggestion, an analysis of the combined influence of hydrogen ion and thiourea concentration upon the gold adsorption has been carried out and verified by experimentation. This paper also discusses the kinetic rate equation and its applicability. The derived rate equation was able to predict the experimentally observed adsorption behaviour with time at 40°C if the initial gold concentration was known. The adsorption rate increased with temperature and an activation energy of approximately 61 kJ/mol was calculated. This was taken as evidence that the adsorption rate is probably controlled by a chemical adsorption step.