The Institute of Medical Science (IMS) was established as an institute within the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto in 1968 to serve as a graduate unit for the Clinical Departments in the Faculty...The Institute of Medical Science (IMS) was established as an institute within the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto in 1968 to serve as a graduate unit for the Clinical Departments in the Faculty of Medicine. In this role,the IMS offers a doctoral stream program in medical science leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Translational research,as a means of moving new discovery to improvement in patient outcome,has become a central theme of graduate education in our Institute. To this end,we have developed a curriculum offering which is intended to provide all new students with a defined skill set relevant to Translational Research and at the same time,to provide students with flexible offerings which would enhance their specific research programs. The course,spread over two years,will have three separate components:(1) there will be lectures focusing on research fundamentals and the basics of translational research; (2) there will be student presentations to hone presentation skills and get valuable feedback from fellow students and faculty mentors; (3) there will be elective modules,where students can select from a number of course offerings in order to round out training. These modules include subjects such as the fundamentals of clinical trials,the basics of qualitative research,an approach to the role of proteomics and genomics in research and the business of science. As part of this modular program,we have created a program 'clinical exposure for non-clinicians' with the hope that graduate students will be able to gain some understanding of the clinical relevance of their research activities. Over time,these modular offerings will be expanded based on a needs assessment from our students. The presentation will describe the IMS and its mission and will overview the structure and content of this course offering.展开更多
The research on the rock burst prediction was made on the basis of seismology,rock mechanics and the data from Dongguashan Copper Mine(DCM) ,the deepest metal mine in China.The seismic responses to mining in DCM were ...The research on the rock burst prediction was made on the basis of seismology,rock mechanics and the data from Dongguashan Copper Mine(DCM) ,the deepest metal mine in China.The seismic responses to mining in DCM were investigated through the analyses of the spatio-temporal distribution of hypocenters,apparent stress and displacement of seismic events,and the process of the generation of hazardous seismicity in DCM was studied in the framework of the theory of asperity in the seismic source mechanism.A method of locating areas with hazardous seismicity and a conceptual model of hazardous seismic nucleation in DCM were proposed.A criterion of rockburst prediction was analyzed theoretically in the framework of unstable failure theories,and consequently,the rate of change in the ratio of the seismic stiffness of rock in a seismic nucleation area to that in surrounding area,dS/dt,is defined as an index of the rockburst prediction.The possibility of a rockburst will increase if dS/dt>0,and the possibility of rock burst will decrease if dS/dt<0.The correctness of these methods is demonstrated by analyses of rock failure cases in DCM.展开更多
The seepage property of low-permeability rock is of significant importance for the design and safety analysis of underground cavities. By using a self-developed test system, both permeability and porosity of granite f...The seepage property of low-permeability rock is of significant importance for the design and safety analysis of underground cavities. By using a self-developed test system, both permeability and porosity of granite from an underground oil storage depot were measured. In order to study the influence of rock types on permeability, a tight sandstone was selected as a contrast. The experimental results suggested that the porosity of this granite is less than 5% and permeability is low to 10–20 m^2 within the range of effective stress. During the loading process, both exponential relationship and power law can be utilized to describe the relationship between effective stress and permeability. However, power law matches the experimental data better during the unloading condition. The stress dependent porosity of granite during loading process can be described via an exponential relationship while the match between the model and experimental data can be improved by a power law in unloading paths. The correlation of permeability and porosity can be described in a power law form. Besides, granite shows great different evolution rules in permeability and porosity from sandstone. It is inferred that this difference can be attributed to the preparing of samples and different movements of microstructures subjected to effective stress.展开更多
To study the mechanism of rockburst and its spatio-temporal evolution criterion,a rockburst simulation experiment was performed on granite specimens,each with a prefabricated circular hole,under different lateral load...To study the mechanism of rockburst and its spatio-temporal evolution criterion,a rockburst simulation experiment was performed on granite specimens,each with a prefabricated circular hole,under different lateral loads.Using micro camera,acoustic emission(AE)system,and infrared thermal imager,the AE characteristics and thermal radiation temperature migration were studied during the rockburst process.Then,the failure mode and damage evolution of the surrounding rock were analyzed.The results demonstrate that increasing the lateral load can first increase and then reduce the bearing capacity of the hole.In this experiment,the hole failure process could be divided into four periods:quiet,particle ejection,stability failure and collapse.Correspondingly,the AE signals evolved from a calm stage,to have intermittent appearance;then,they were continuous with a sudden increase,and finally increased dramatically.The failure of the surrounding rock was mainly tensile failure,while shear failure tended to first increase and then decrease.Meanwhile,damage to the hole increased gradually during the particle ejection period,whereas damage to the rockburst mainly occurred in the stability failure period.The thermal radiation temperature migration exhibited warming in shallow parts,inward expansion,cooling in the shallow parts with free surface heating,inward expansion,a sudden rise in temperature of the rockburst pits,and finally specimen failure.The initial reinforcement support should fully contribute to surface support.Furthermore,an appropriate tensile capacity and good energy absorption capacity should be established in support systems for high-stress roadways.展开更多
The split-Hopkinson pressure bar(SHPB)and digital image correlation(DIC)techniques are combined to analyze the dynamic compressive failure process of coal samples,and the box fractal dimension is used to quantitativel...The split-Hopkinson pressure bar(SHPB)and digital image correlation(DIC)techniques are combined to analyze the dynamic compressive failure process of coal samples,and the box fractal dimension is used to quantitatively analyze the dynamic changes in the coal sample cracks under impact load conditions with different loading rates.The experimental results show that the fractal dimension can quantitatively describe the evolution process of coal fractures under dynamic load.During the dynamic compression process,the evolution of the coal sample cracks presents distinct stages.In the crack propagation stage,the fractal dimension increases rapidly with the progress of loading,and in the crack widening stage,the fractal dimension increases slowly with the progress of loading.The initiation of the crack propagation phase of the coal samples gradually occurs more quickly with increasing loading rate;the initial cracks appear earlier.At the same loading time point,when the loading rate is greater,the fractal dimension of the cracks observed in the coal sample is greater.展开更多
Outwash deposit is a unique type of geological materials, and its features such as heterogeneity, discontinuity and nonlinearity determine the complexity of mechanical characteristics and failure mechanism. In this wo...Outwash deposit is a unique type of geological materials, and its features such as heterogeneity, discontinuity and nonlinearity determine the complexity of mechanical characteristics and failure mechanism. In this work, random meso-structure of outwash deposits was constructed by the technique of computer random simulation based on characteristics of its meso-structure in the statistical sense and some simplifications, and a series of large direct shear tests on numerical samples of outwash deposits with stone contents of 15%, 30%, 45% and 60% were conducted using the discrete element method to further investigate its mechanical characteristics and failure mechanism under external load. The results show that the deformation characteristics and shear strength of outwash deposits are to some extent improved with the increase of stone content, and the shear stress–shear displacement curves of outwash deposits show great differences at the post-peak stage due to the random spatial distribution and content of stones. From the mesoscopic view, normal directions of contacts between "soil" and "stone" particles undergo apparent deflection as the shear displacement continues during the shearing process, accompanying redistribution of the magnitude of contact forces during the shearing process. For outwash deposits, the shear zone formed after shear failure is an irregular stripe due to the movements of stones near the shear zone, and it expands gradually with the increase of stone content. In addition, there is an approximately linear relation between the mean increment of internal friction angle and the stone content lying between 30% and 60%, and a concave nonlinear relation between the mean increment of cohesion and stone content, which are in good agreement with the existing research results.展开更多
In order to obtain satisfactory mechanical properties for the cam used in high-power ship diesel engines, a new quenching technology was proposed by designing a two-stage quenching process with an alkaline bath as the...In order to obtain satisfactory mechanical properties for the cam used in high-power ship diesel engines, a new quenching technology was proposed by designing a two-stage quenching process with an alkaline bath as the quenching medium. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed new quenching technology, both numerical analysis and experimental study were performed. The new quenching technology was analyzed using finite element method. The combined effects of the temperature, stress and microstructure fields were investigated considering nonlinear material properties. Finally, an experimental study was performed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed new quenching technology. The numerical results show that internal stress is affected by both thermal stress and transformation stress. In addition, the direction of the internal stress is changed several times due to thermal interaction and microstructure evolution during the quenching process. The experimental results show that the proposed new quenching technology significantly improves the mechanical properties and microstructures of the cam. The tensile strength, the impact resistance and the hardness value of the cam by the proposed new quenching technology are improved by 4.3%, 8.9% and 3.5% compared with those by the traditional quenching technology. Moreover, the residual stress and cam shape deformation are reduced by 40.0% and 48.9% respectively for the cam manufactured by the new quenching technology.展开更多
University of Toronto is a comprehensive university with 17 Faculties and Schools. Most of undergraduate students (over 50 000) are studying in Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Health related occupation has becoming one ...University of Toronto is a comprehensive university with 17 Faculties and Schools. Most of undergraduate students (over 50 000) are studying in Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Health related occupation has becoming one of the largest industries worldwide. A Human Biology Program has been established at the University of Toronto,through which over 3 000 undergraduate students in Faculty of Arts and Sciences have been trained by Departments in Faculty of Medicine. One of such courses is translational medicine. Three professors from Faculty of Medicine are invited. One gives pathophysiological background of infection,inflammation,cytokine biology and cell death. One gives information about ischemia-reperfusion associated acute lung injury during transplantation and development of molecular therapies. The last professor discusses the application of novel therapies in organ transplantation. Through these courses,students learn how the cellular and molecular mechanisms discovered through basic research are translated towards clinical practice. There are several features of this course. First,the class is small,around 25 students,to encourage the interaction between the professors and students. Second,each professor is encouraged to have one post-doctoral fellow or senior PhD student to give a lecture. This will give these trainees opportunities to gain teaching experience. Moreover,student participation is very important. Every three students will be grouped to select a scientific paper,and to present it in the class as a journal club. Each presentation is 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes discussion. Students in this course are highly motivated and many of them are willing to be medical professionals or medical related researchers. Over the last decade,many Chinese universities have been merged with a medical university or developed their own medical school. To promote interaction between Faculty of Medicine and other faculties are important step for trans-disciplinary education. Pathophysiology is in the ideal position for this type of collaboration.展开更多
Difficulties with the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic pain conditions stem largely from uncertainties of the aetiology or pathogenesis of the conditions. Recent studies have provided some important new i...Difficulties with the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic pain conditions stem largely from uncertainties of the aetiology or pathogenesis of the conditions. Recent studies have provided some important new insights into the peripheral and central processes underlying pain, and this presentation will review some of the recent advances in our knowledge of the neural processes involved in pain of the orofacial region.展开更多
In this study,Mg-based composites,by the addition of ZnO,Ca_(2)ZnSi_(2)O_(7),Ca_(2)MgSi_(2)O_(7),and CaSiO_(3)as bioactive agents,were fabricated using friction stir processing.The microstructure and in vitro assessme...In this study,Mg-based composites,by the addition of ZnO,Ca_(2)ZnSi_(2)O_(7),Ca_(2)MgSi_(2)O_(7),and CaSiO_(3)as bioactive agents,were fabricated using friction stir processing.The microstructure and in vitro assessment of bioactivity,biodegradation rate,and corrosion behavior of the resultant composites were investigated in simulated body fluid(SBF).The results showed that during the immersion of composites in SBF for 28 d,due to the release of Ca^(2+)and PO_(4)^(3-)ions,hydroxyapatite(HA)crystals with cauliflower shaped morphology were deposited on the surface of composites,confirming good bioactivity of composites.In addition,due to the uniform distribution of bioceramic powders throughout Mg matrix,grain refinement of the Mg matrix,and uniform redistribution of secondary phase particles,the polarization resistance increased,and the biodegradation rate of composites significantly reduced compared to monolithic Mg matrix.The polarization corrosion resistance of Mg-ZnO increased from 0.216 to 2.499 kΩ/cm^(2)compared to monolithic Mg alloy.Additionally,Mg-ZnO composite with the weight loss of 0.0217 g after 28 d immersion showed lower weight loss compared to other samples with increasing immersion time.Moreover,Mg-ZnO composite with the biodegradation rate of 37.71 mm/a exhibited lower biodegradation rate compared to other samples with increasing immersion time.展开更多
文摘The Institute of Medical Science (IMS) was established as an institute within the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto in 1968 to serve as a graduate unit for the Clinical Departments in the Faculty of Medicine. In this role,the IMS offers a doctoral stream program in medical science leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Translational research,as a means of moving new discovery to improvement in patient outcome,has become a central theme of graduate education in our Institute. To this end,we have developed a curriculum offering which is intended to provide all new students with a defined skill set relevant to Translational Research and at the same time,to provide students with flexible offerings which would enhance their specific research programs. The course,spread over two years,will have three separate components:(1) there will be lectures focusing on research fundamentals and the basics of translational research; (2) there will be student presentations to hone presentation skills and get valuable feedback from fellow students and faculty mentors; (3) there will be elective modules,where students can select from a number of course offerings in order to round out training. These modules include subjects such as the fundamentals of clinical trials,the basics of qualitative research,an approach to the role of proteomics and genomics in research and the business of science. As part of this modular program,we have created a program 'clinical exposure for non-clinicians' with the hope that graduate students will be able to gain some understanding of the clinical relevance of their research activities. Over time,these modular offerings will be expanded based on a needs assessment from our students. The presentation will describe the IMS and its mission and will overview the structure and content of this course offering.
基金Project(2010CB732004) supported by the National Basic Research Program of ChinaProject(50490274) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The research on the rock burst prediction was made on the basis of seismology,rock mechanics and the data from Dongguashan Copper Mine(DCM) ,the deepest metal mine in China.The seismic responses to mining in DCM were investigated through the analyses of the spatio-temporal distribution of hypocenters,apparent stress and displacement of seismic events,and the process of the generation of hazardous seismicity in DCM was studied in the framework of the theory of asperity in the seismic source mechanism.A method of locating areas with hazardous seismicity and a conceptual model of hazardous seismic nucleation in DCM were proposed.A criterion of rockburst prediction was analyzed theoretically in the framework of unstable failure theories,and consequently,the rate of change in the ratio of the seismic stiffness of rock in a seismic nucleation area to that in surrounding area,dS/dt,is defined as an index of the rockburst prediction.The possibility of a rockburst will increase if dS/dt>0,and the possibility of rock burst will decrease if dS/dt<0.The correctness of these methods is demonstrated by analyses of rock failure cases in DCM.
基金Projects(11172090,51479049,11272113,11572110,51209075)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(BK2012809)supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,ChinaProject(201406710042)supported by China Scholarship Council
文摘The seepage property of low-permeability rock is of significant importance for the design and safety analysis of underground cavities. By using a self-developed test system, both permeability and porosity of granite from an underground oil storage depot were measured. In order to study the influence of rock types on permeability, a tight sandstone was selected as a contrast. The experimental results suggested that the porosity of this granite is less than 5% and permeability is low to 10–20 m^2 within the range of effective stress. During the loading process, both exponential relationship and power law can be utilized to describe the relationship between effective stress and permeability. However, power law matches the experimental data better during the unloading condition. The stress dependent porosity of granite during loading process can be described via an exponential relationship while the match between the model and experimental data can be improved by a power law in unloading paths. The correlation of permeability and porosity can be described in a power law form. Besides, granite shows great different evolution rules in permeability and porosity from sandstone. It is inferred that this difference can be attributed to the preparing of samples and different movements of microstructures subjected to effective stress.
基金Project(2017YFC0603003)supported by the National Key Research and Development Project of ChinaProjects(51974009,51674008)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China+3 种基金Project(201904a07020010)supported by the Key Research and Development Program of Anhui Province,ChinaProject(2018D187)supported by the Leading Talent Project of Anhui“Special Support Program”,Anhui Provincial Academic and Technology Leaders Research Activities Funding,ChinaProject(gxbjZD2016051)supported by the Excellence Talent Training Program of High School,ChinaProject(2019CX2008)supported by the Graduate Innovation Fund of Anhui University of Science and Technology,China。
文摘To study the mechanism of rockburst and its spatio-temporal evolution criterion,a rockburst simulation experiment was performed on granite specimens,each with a prefabricated circular hole,under different lateral loads.Using micro camera,acoustic emission(AE)system,and infrared thermal imager,the AE characteristics and thermal radiation temperature migration were studied during the rockburst process.Then,the failure mode and damage evolution of the surrounding rock were analyzed.The results demonstrate that increasing the lateral load can first increase and then reduce the bearing capacity of the hole.In this experiment,the hole failure process could be divided into four periods:quiet,particle ejection,stability failure and collapse.Correspondingly,the AE signals evolved from a calm stage,to have intermittent appearance;then,they were continuous with a sudden increase,and finally increased dramatically.The failure of the surrounding rock was mainly tensile failure,while shear failure tended to first increase and then decrease.Meanwhile,damage to the hole increased gradually during the particle ejection period,whereas damage to the rockburst mainly occurred in the stability failure period.The thermal radiation temperature migration exhibited warming in shallow parts,inward expansion,cooling in the shallow parts with free surface heating,inward expansion,a sudden rise in temperature of the rockburst pits,and finally specimen failure.The initial reinforcement support should fully contribute to surface support.Furthermore,an appropriate tensile capacity and good energy absorption capacity should be established in support systems for high-stress roadways.
基金Projects(51822403,51827901)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2019ZT08G315)supported by the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province,China。
文摘The split-Hopkinson pressure bar(SHPB)and digital image correlation(DIC)techniques are combined to analyze the dynamic compressive failure process of coal samples,and the box fractal dimension is used to quantitatively analyze the dynamic changes in the coal sample cracks under impact load conditions with different loading rates.The experimental results show that the fractal dimension can quantitatively describe the evolution process of coal fractures under dynamic load.During the dynamic compression process,the evolution of the coal sample cracks presents distinct stages.In the crack propagation stage,the fractal dimension increases rapidly with the progress of loading,and in the crack widening stage,the fractal dimension increases slowly with the progress of loading.The initiation of the crack propagation phase of the coal samples gradually occurs more quickly with increasing loading rate;the initial cracks appear earlier.At the same loading time point,when the loading rate is greater,the fractal dimension of the cracks observed in the coal sample is greater.
基金Project(2011CB013504) supported by the National Basic Research Program(973 Program)of ChinaProject(2013BAB06B01) supported by the National Science&Technology Pillar Program during the Twelfth Five-year Plan Period+2 种基金Projects(11772118,51479049,51709282) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2017M620838) supported by the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of ChinaProject(487237) supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
文摘Outwash deposit is a unique type of geological materials, and its features such as heterogeneity, discontinuity and nonlinearity determine the complexity of mechanical characteristics and failure mechanism. In this work, random meso-structure of outwash deposits was constructed by the technique of computer random simulation based on characteristics of its meso-structure in the statistical sense and some simplifications, and a series of large direct shear tests on numerical samples of outwash deposits with stone contents of 15%, 30%, 45% and 60% were conducted using the discrete element method to further investigate its mechanical characteristics and failure mechanism under external load. The results show that the deformation characteristics and shear strength of outwash deposits are to some extent improved with the increase of stone content, and the shear stress–shear displacement curves of outwash deposits show great differences at the post-peak stage due to the random spatial distribution and content of stones. From the mesoscopic view, normal directions of contacts between "soil" and "stone" particles undergo apparent deflection as the shear displacement continues during the shearing process, accompanying redistribution of the magnitude of contact forces during the shearing process. For outwash deposits, the shear zone formed after shear failure is an irregular stripe due to the movements of stones near the shear zone, and it expands gradually with the increase of stone content. In addition, there is an approximately linear relation between the mean increment of internal friction angle and the stone content lying between 30% and 60%, and a concave nonlinear relation between the mean increment of cohesion and stone content, which are in good agreement with the existing research results.
基金Project(50875268) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Project(CSTC2008AB3057) supported by Foundation of Chongqing Science and Technology Commission, China+1 种基金 Project(108107) supported by the Key Project of Ministry of Education of China Project(50925518) supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
文摘In order to obtain satisfactory mechanical properties for the cam used in high-power ship diesel engines, a new quenching technology was proposed by designing a two-stage quenching process with an alkaline bath as the quenching medium. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed new quenching technology, both numerical analysis and experimental study were performed. The new quenching technology was analyzed using finite element method. The combined effects of the temperature, stress and microstructure fields were investigated considering nonlinear material properties. Finally, an experimental study was performed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed new quenching technology. The numerical results show that internal stress is affected by both thermal stress and transformation stress. In addition, the direction of the internal stress is changed several times due to thermal interaction and microstructure evolution during the quenching process. The experimental results show that the proposed new quenching technology significantly improves the mechanical properties and microstructures of the cam. The tensile strength, the impact resistance and the hardness value of the cam by the proposed new quenching technology are improved by 4.3%, 8.9% and 3.5% compared with those by the traditional quenching technology. Moreover, the residual stress and cam shape deformation are reduced by 40.0% and 48.9% respectively for the cam manufactured by the new quenching technology.
文摘University of Toronto is a comprehensive university with 17 Faculties and Schools. Most of undergraduate students (over 50 000) are studying in Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Health related occupation has becoming one of the largest industries worldwide. A Human Biology Program has been established at the University of Toronto,through which over 3 000 undergraduate students in Faculty of Arts and Sciences have been trained by Departments in Faculty of Medicine. One of such courses is translational medicine. Three professors from Faculty of Medicine are invited. One gives pathophysiological background of infection,inflammation,cytokine biology and cell death. One gives information about ischemia-reperfusion associated acute lung injury during transplantation and development of molecular therapies. The last professor discusses the application of novel therapies in organ transplantation. Through these courses,students learn how the cellular and molecular mechanisms discovered through basic research are translated towards clinical practice. There are several features of this course. First,the class is small,around 25 students,to encourage the interaction between the professors and students. Second,each professor is encouraged to have one post-doctoral fellow or senior PhD student to give a lecture. This will give these trainees opportunities to gain teaching experience. Moreover,student participation is very important. Every three students will be grouped to select a scientific paper,and to present it in the class as a journal club. Each presentation is 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes discussion. Students in this course are highly motivated and many of them are willing to be medical professionals or medical related researchers. Over the last decade,many Chinese universities have been merged with a medical university or developed their own medical school. To promote interaction between Faculty of Medicine and other faculties are important step for trans-disciplinary education. Pathophysiology is in the ideal position for this type of collaboration.
文摘Difficulties with the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic pain conditions stem largely from uncertainties of the aetiology or pathogenesis of the conditions. Recent studies have provided some important new insights into the peripheral and central processes underlying pain, and this presentation will review some of the recent advances in our knowledge of the neural processes involved in pain of the orofacial region.
文摘In this study,Mg-based composites,by the addition of ZnO,Ca_(2)ZnSi_(2)O_(7),Ca_(2)MgSi_(2)O_(7),and CaSiO_(3)as bioactive agents,were fabricated using friction stir processing.The microstructure and in vitro assessment of bioactivity,biodegradation rate,and corrosion behavior of the resultant composites were investigated in simulated body fluid(SBF).The results showed that during the immersion of composites in SBF for 28 d,due to the release of Ca^(2+)and PO_(4)^(3-)ions,hydroxyapatite(HA)crystals with cauliflower shaped morphology were deposited on the surface of composites,confirming good bioactivity of composites.In addition,due to the uniform distribution of bioceramic powders throughout Mg matrix,grain refinement of the Mg matrix,and uniform redistribution of secondary phase particles,the polarization resistance increased,and the biodegradation rate of composites significantly reduced compared to monolithic Mg matrix.The polarization corrosion resistance of Mg-ZnO increased from 0.216 to 2.499 kΩ/cm^(2)compared to monolithic Mg alloy.Additionally,Mg-ZnO composite with the weight loss of 0.0217 g after 28 d immersion showed lower weight loss compared to other samples with increasing immersion time.Moreover,Mg-ZnO composite with the biodegradation rate of 37.71 mm/a exhibited lower biodegradation rate compared to other samples with increasing immersion time.
