Perioperative hypothermia is a common and serious complication of anesthesia and surgery and is associated with many adverse perioperative outcomes. It prolongs the duration of action of inhaled and intravenous anesthetics as well as the duration of action of neuromuscular drugs. Mild core hypothermia increases thermal discomfort, and is associated with delayed post anaesthetic recovery. Mild h...

Fibroblast migration is essential to normal wound healing and pathological matrix deposition in fibrosis. This review summarizes our understanding of how fibroblasts navigate 2D and 3D extracellular matrices, how this behavior is influenced by the architecture and mechanical properties of the matrix, and how migration is integrated with the other principle functions of fibroblasts, including ma...

This paper presents an interactive 3D graphical system which allows the user to visualize different bullet path hypotheses and stab wound paths and computes the probability that an anatomical structure associated with a given penetration path is injured. Probabilities can help to identify those anatomical structures which have potentially critical damage from penetrating trauma and differentiat...

In this paper, we introduce a compositive model of fabrication cost, network throughput and power consumption, to explore different 3D design options of 3D NoCs. The model allows partition of IPs across different dies in 3D stack. Based on the model an estimation tool, 3D-Partition, is created and validated by comparing its results with those obtained from NIRGAM. Effects of various 3D NoC arch...

We present a new integrated tool, DERMA, which allows to measure and assess the time evolution of chronic wounds. A laser triangulation 3D scanner is used to acquire the wound geometry with high precision and to capture an RGB image aligned to the geometry. DERMA provides a single and uniform interface to: manage patient data, 3D scanning of the lesion region, and to perform different kinds of ...

Three-dimensional (3D) ZnO–CuO core-shell nanorod arrays have been synthesized by a three-step process on silicon (100) substrates. A hydrothermal method was used to grow 3D ZnO nanorod arrays, followed by deposition of Cu nanofilm using sputtering, which was oxidized subsequently at 400 C to form CuO shell surrounding ZnO nanorod core. The control over oxygen flow and pressure during the Cu na...