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- Ankerfors, Caroline, et al.
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Final Report for the Source-Efficient Paper and Board Making Research Programme Area
- 2018
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This is the final report for the Innventia/RISE Bioeconomy research programme area “Source-Efficient Paper and Board Making”, which was executed 2015-2017.The overall aim of the Source Efficient Paper and Board Making was to improve the resource efficiency in paper and board production. This was achieved by combining paper chemistry, paper physics and process technology. A particular goal was to reduce raw material consumption through the use of stronger materials or creation of bulk, which are needed to maintain bending stiffness and mechanical properties if the grammage is reduced. The work in the project has been carried out in laboratory scale and in pilot scale using the FEX pilot paper machine and the dynamic flow loop.
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- Axelsson, Maria, et al.
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Estimation of the pore volume at the interface between paper web and press felt
- 2006
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In: Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal. - 0283-2631 .- 2000-0669. ; 21:3, s. 395-402
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A method for determining the water content at the interface between a press felt and a paper web has been developed. The water content was obtained by subtracting the estimated volume of the indented fibre web from the measured felt surface porosity of the press felt. The felt surface porosity was calculated from a topography map that was imaged with a Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (CLSM) method. Here, the press felt was compressed against a smooth surface using a stress in the range of 0 to 10 MPa. Artefacts in the CLSM images were reduced using an image analysis method. The indentation of paper webs into the measured felt surface pores at different applied pressures was estimated using another image analysis method, simulating a rolling ball, with different radii of curvature for the different pressures and grammages, rolling over the felt surface. The ball radii were determined for a low and a high grammage web using the STFI-Packforsk Dewatering model. The method was evaluated in a case study with four press felts that had batt fibre diameters in a range between 22 and 78 μm. The indentation was calculated for webs with a low (15 g/m2) and a high grammage (105 g/m2), respectively. The evaluation showed that a considerable amount of porespace is available at the interface between the web and the felt. In most cases, the volume of the water-filled pores accounted for approximately 50% of the total surface porosity of the felt. Assuming a complete water saturation of the web/felt interface, approximately 10 g/m2 of water for the finest felt surface up to 40 g/m2 for the coarsest felt surface, could be located at the interface between the press felt and the paper web at a load of 10 MPa. This implies that a considerable amount of water is available for separation rewetting.
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- Krochak, Paul, et al.
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The effect of felt-web structure interaction on press dryness variability
- 2019
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In: International Paper Physics Conference 2019 : preprint proceedings. - : TAPPI Press. ; , s. 175-180
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Laboratory trials were carried out in order to clarify the interaction between felt and web structure and its impact on dryness variability. Oriented laboratory sheets of 80gsm and consisting of 100% never dried unbleached softwood kraft were prepared using a dynamic sheet former. The sheets were pressed with two different orientations; aligned with the felt aligned in the machine direction or with web aligned in the cross direction. The wet web samples were immediately transferred after pressing to a hot plate and dried under restraint. A bench-scale method was developed using near infrared (NIR) imaging in order to characterise the interaction between felt and web structure during pressing and drying. It was found that the average press dryness had a low dependence on interactions between web and felt structure. Moisture variability in the interaction layer was found to be highly dependent on the web fibre orientation relative to the press felt. High levels of moisture variability on the web surface were observed with large differences in fibre alignment. It was observed that moisture variations in the web surface after pressing continued through the drying process and further increased the total drying time of the paper web.
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- Landen, Jaren W., et al.
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Ponezumab in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease : Randomized phase II PET-PIB study
- 2017
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In: Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions. - : Wiley. - 2352-8737. ; 3:3, s. 393-401
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Introduction The safety, pharmacokinetics, and effect on peripheral and central amyloid β (Aβ) of multiple doses of ponezumab, an anti-Aβ monoclonal antibody, were characterized in subjects with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease treated for 1 year. Methods Subjects were aged ≥50 years with Mini–Mental State Examination scores 16 to 26. Cohort Q was randomized to ponezumab 10 mg/kg (n = 12) or placebo (n = 6) quarterly. Cohort M was randomized to a loading dose of ponezumab 10 mg/kg or placebo, followed by monthly ponezumab 7.5 mg/kg (n = 12) or placebo (n = 6), respectively. Results Ponezumab was generally well tolerated. Plasma concentrations increased dose dependently, but cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) penetration was low. Plasma Aβ increased dose dependently with ponezumab, but CSF biomarkers, brain amyloid burden, cognition, and function were not affected. Conclusions Both ponezumab dosing schedules were generally safe and well tolerated but did not alter CSF biomarkers, brain amyloid burden, or clinical outcomes.
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- Malmberg, Filip, et al.
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Binarization of phase contrast volume images of fibrous materials
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In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications. - : INSTICC Press. - 9789898111692 ; , s. 148-153
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this paper, we present a method for segmenting phase contrast volume images of fibrous materials into fibre and background. The method is based on graph cut segmentation, and s tested on high resolution X-ray microtomography volume images of wood fibres in paper an composites. The new method produces better results than a standard method based on edge-preserving smoothing and hysteresis thresholding. The most important improvement is that the proposed method handles thick and collapsed fibres more accurately than previous methods.
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