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Lithium-ion battery (LIB) technology further enabled the information revolution by powering smartphones and tablets, allowing these devices an unprecedented performance against reasonable cost. Currently, this battery technology is on the verge of carrying the revolution in road transport and energy storage of renewable energy. However, to fully succeed in the latter, a number of hurdles still need to be taken. Battery performance and lifetime constitute a bottleneck for electric vehicles as well as stationary electric energy storage systems to penetrate the market. Electrochemical battery models are one of the engineering tools which could be used to enhance their performance. These models can help us optimize the cell design and the battery management system. In this study, we evaluate the ability of the Porous Electrode Theory (PET) to predict the effect of changing positive electrode density in the overall performance of Li-ion battery cells. It can be concluded that Porous Electrode Theory (PET) is capable of predicting the difference in cell performance due to a changing positive electrode density.

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Oral mucocutaneous lymphoma is rare in dogs. Surgery and chemotherapy do not usually provide effective long-term control. The objective of this study was to retrospectively evaluate survival of dogs with localized oral lymphoma treated with radiation therapy. The medical database of three institutions was searched for dogs with diagnosis of oral lymphoma treated with radiotherapy. Dogs with evidence of systemic disease were excluded. Survival was calculated with the Kaplan-Meier method and prognostic variables analysed with log-rank test. Fourteen dogs were included in the study. Mean survival was 1129 days [95% confidence interval (CI) 711-1546] with median survival of 770 days. The overall response of radiotherapy was 67% (five complete and three partial responses). A survival advantage was seen in dogs with no evidence of lymph node metastasis (P = 0.002) and that achieved a complete response to radiation therapy (P = 0.013). Radiation therapy was a well-tolerated and effective treatment for localized oral lymphoma.