Recently, Piccinini and Craver have stated three theses concerning the relations between functional analysis and mechanistic explanation in cognitive sciences: No Distinctness: functional analysis and mechanistic explanation ...

The polymerization kinetics of the reaction between diglycidylether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) and ethylenediamine (EDA) was analyzed, using dynamic scanning calorimetry, in both isothermal and programmed heating-rate modes. ...

The polymerization kinetics of a monoamine (p-toluidine), a diamine (4,4′-diaminodiphenylmethane) or a mixture of both amines reacted with an epoxy prepolymer, diglycidylether of bisphenol A (DGEBA), was analyzed using ...

Surrounded by intense anthropogenic activities, urban polluted rivers have increasingly been reported as a significant source of greenhouse gases (GHGs). However, unlike pollution and climate change, no integrated urban ...

Aiming to determine a suitable model to describe the curing kinetics of a commercial epoxy/anhydride initiated by a quaternary amine system used for the production of glass reinforced pipes, calorimetric and infrared ...

Although it has been argued that mechanistic explanation is compatible with abstraction (i.e., that there are abstract mechanistic models), there are still doubts about whether mechanism can account for the explanatory ...

Mathematical modeling has been extensively applied to the study and development of fuel cells. In this work, the objective is to characterize a mechanistic model for the anode of a direct ethanol fuel cell and perform ...

Embelin is a natural agent with antimicrobial, antifungal and analgesic activities. This work presents a mechanistic model for the release of embelin from a polycaprolactone matrix. Based on the results of embelin release ...

Abstract Imitating natural lakes, pond treatment systems inherit a high complexity with interconnected web of biochemical reactions and complex hydraulic processes. As such, its simulation requires a large and integrated ...