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Selective laser sintering of functionally graded tissue scaffolds
Since the emergence of tissue engineering (TE), numerous researchers, particularly in the areas of materials, biological science, and engineering, have aimed to provide viable substitutes for the repair and re...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effects of Tears and Repairs on Supraspinatus Strain Measurements
Aim: This study aims to simultaneously measure the bursal and articular strains on the supraspinatus and demonstrate the effect of tears and repairs with an intact glenohumeral joint.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Simultaneous Strain Measurements of Rotator Cuff Tendons at Varying Arm Positions and The Effect of Supraspinatus Tear: A Cadaveric Study
Aim: This study aims to measure strains on the different rotator cuff tendons simultaneously and demonstrate the effect of supraspinatus tear on other cuff tendons with an intact glenohumeral joint.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Significance of Age-related Variations in The Structure and Material Properties in Extra-cellular Matrices of Connective Tissues
The extra-cellular matrix of connective tissues is a composite material containing a hydrated proteoglycan-rich (PG) gel reinforced by collagen fibrils. We review recent studies at micro and nano-length scale ...
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Enzymatic degradation of nitriles by Klebsiella oxytoca
Klebsiella oxytoca, isolated from cyanide-containing wastewater, was able to utilize many nitriles as sole source of nitrogen. The major objective of this study was to explore the ability of K. oxytoca to utilize...
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Patellar resection during total knee arthroplasty: effect on bone strain and fracture risk
Patellae in small knees, or after severe patellar erosion, may be vulnerable to fracture after resection during arthroplasty. The patellar remnant may be thin, while the polyethylene component has a standard t...
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Development of a Stereolithography File Interface with ArtCAM™
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An integrated experimental approach to link a laser digitiser, a CAD/CAM system and a rapid prototy** system for biomedical applications
This study is carried out to develop a direct link between a laser digitiser and a rapid prototy** system for biomedical applications. Two CAD/CAM systems, DUCT and Pro-Engineer, are investigated and the DUC...
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A study of the state-of-the-art rapid prototy** technologies
Each rapid prototy** (RP) process has its special and unique advantages and disadvantages. The paper presents a state-of-the-art study of RP technologies and classifies broadly all the different types of rap...
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N-Butyl benzenesulfonamide: a neurotoxic plasticizer inducing a spastic myelopathy in rabbits
N-Butyl benzenesulfonamide (NBBS), a plasticizer used commercially in the polymerization of polyamide compounds, is neurotoxic. Young adult New Zealand white rabbits, inoculated repeatedly with NBBS by the intr....
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Muscle fiber type differentiation and satellite cell populations in normally grown and neonatally denervated muscles in the rat
To examine the neural influence upon fiber type differentiation in develo** muscles, newborn rats were subjected to sciatic nerve dissection, and the denervated extensor digitorum longus (EDL) (white) and so...
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A new model of congenital hydrocephalus in the rat
Hydrocephalic neonates were observed in a small breeding colony of rats. Normal rats from this colony were obtained and brother-sister mated for seven generations. The overall prevalence of hydrocephalics was ...
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Werdnig-Hoffmann disease: Proposal of a pathogenetic mechanism
Light and electron microscopic study and morphometric analysis were performed on the spinal cords and roots from six cases of acute Werdnig-Hoffmann disease and four control cases, in search of the pathogenesi...
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Autoradiographic studies of protein turnover in motoneurons of IDPN-treated rats
Autoradiography was performed in order to envisage the turnover of H3-leucin labeled protein in the perikarya of spinal motoneurons and in the axonal balloons formed after repeated administrations of IDPN (β-β′-i...
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Kuru-plaques in a case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Numerous periodic-acid-Schiff positive plaques occurred in the cerebellum of a patient diagnosed as having Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Microscopic and submicroscopic structures of the plaques were identical wit...
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“Megaconial” mitochondria observed in a case of chronic polymyositis
Bizarre configurations of muscle mitochondria containing paracrystalline inclusions were demonstrated in a clinically and pathologically typical case of chronic polymyositis with Raynaud's syndrome. The probab...
