Morphology and mechanical performance between the skin surface of Rana dybowskii and Bufo gargarizans

271 Cardiac re-synchronization may have a beneficial effect on right ventricular mechanical performance

EP Europace ◽

10.1016/s1099-5129(05)80191-6 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 65-65

Keyword(s):

Beneficial Effect ◽

Right Ventricular ◽

Mechanical Performance

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Enzymatic Determination of Hydroxysteroids in Human Skin Surface Lipids1

Journal of Investigative Dermatology ◽

10.1038/jid.1963.51 ◽

1963 ◽

Vol 41 (5) ◽

pp. 265-268 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Thomas J Cook ◽

Allan L Lorincz ◽

Alan R Spector

Keyword(s):

Human Skin ◽

Skin Surface ◽

Enzymatic Determination

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Validation and inter-rater reliability of inexpensive, mini, no-touch infrared surface thermometry devices as an assessment tool for prediction of wound-related deep and surrounding infection

WCET Journal ◽

10.33235/wcet.39.1.18-22 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 18-22

Author(s):

Hiske Smart ◽

Eman Al Al Jahmi ◽

Ebrahim Buhiji ◽

Sally-Anne Smart

Keyword(s):

Temperature Difference ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

Predictive Ability ◽

Skin Surface ◽

Infrared Thermometry ◽

Health Care Clinics ◽

Primary Health ◽

Wound Assessment ◽

The Times ◽

Assessment Modality

Industrial infrared thermometry devices are large and, despite being less expensive than the current gold standard Exergen Dermatemp medical infrared thermometer, are still not affordable enough to ensure unrestricted and consistent use of this assessment modality in regular wound-related day-to-day practice. An increased skin surface temperature differentiation of 3°F associated with a wound has a positive predictive ability to detect deep or surrounding wound infection. This study hypothesised that inexpensive, pen- or pocket-sized, no-touch surface infrared thermometry devices will be equal in ability to detect a 3oF increased skin temperature compared to the Exergen Dermatemp infrared device and be reliable in the hands of any wound assessor. The odds of the control and other thermometers to detect a 3oF temperature difference, irrespective of the raters, were achieved in all five of the mini thermometers tested, with a correct temperature difference prediction that occurred in 90.933% of the times (odds determined 9/10). As a result of this study mini, no-touch infrared thermometry, to detect a 3oF temperature difference in wound assessment to determine tendency, could be implemented into primary health care clinics, rural clinics, day-to-day hospital practice and standard outpatients departments at a small financial cost, regardless of which thermometer is put to use.

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The Mechanical Performance of Carbon Fibres- Addressing the Role of Microstructure

10.33599/nasampe/s.19.1459 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Peter Peter ◽

Claudia Creighton ◽

David Fox ◽

Pablo Mota Santiago ◽

Adrian Hawley ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mechanical Performance ◽

Carbon Fibres

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Microstructural and Mechanical Behaviour Evaluation of Mg-Al-Zn Alloy Friction Stir Welded Joint

International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering ◽

10.15282/ijame.17.3.2020.08.0612 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 8150-8159

Author(s):

Kulwant Singh ◽

Gurbhinder Singh ◽

Harmeet Singh

Keyword(s):

Heat Treatment ◽

Friction Stir Welding ◽

Magnesium Alloys ◽

Mechanical Performance ◽

Fuel Efficiency ◽

Research Work ◽

Grain Structure ◽

Tensile Fracture ◽

Friction Stir ◽

The Impact

The weight reduction concept is most effective to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from vehicles, which also improves fuel efficiency. Amongst lightweight materials, magnesium alloys are attractive to the automotive sector as a structural material. Welding feasibility of magnesium alloys acts as an influential role in its usage for lightweight prospects. Friction stir welding (FSW) is an appropriate technique as compared to other welding techniques to join magnesium alloys. Field of friction stir welding is emerging in the current scenario. The friction stir welding technique has been selected to weld AZ91 magnesium alloys in the current research work. The microstructure and mechanical characteristics of the produced FSW butt joints have been investigated. Further, the influence of post welding heat treatment (at 260 °C for 1 h) on these properties has also been examined. Post welding heat treatment (PWHT) resulted in the improvement of the grain structure of weld zones which affected the mechanical performance of the joints. After heat treatment, the tensile strength and elongation of the joint increased by 12.6 % and 31.9 % respectively. It is proven that after PWHT, the microhardness of the stir zone reduced and a comparatively smoothened microhardness profile of the FSW joint obtained. No considerable variation in the location of the tensile fracture was witnessed after PWHT. The results show that the impact toughness of the weld joints further decreases after post welding heat treatment.

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