industrial production of thermoset composite components involves the application of a vacuum bagging and autoclave pressure to minimize void percentage, usually to less than 5%. phenolic resin systems generate water as a reaction byproduct via condensation reactions during curing at elevated temperatures. in this paper, vacuum bagging and simple manufactured autoclave curing systems are used fo...

BACKGROUND The application of computer-aided design computer-aided manufacturing (CAD CAM) technology in the fabrication of complete dentures, offers numerous advantages as it provides optimum fit and eliminates polymerization shrinkage of the acrylic base. Additionally, the porosity and surface roughness of CAD CAM resins is less compared to conventionally processed resins which leads to a dec...

Experiments were performed to enable the development of a new theoretical model for the enhancement in CHF commonly observed with flow boiling on concave heaters as compared to straight heaters. High-speed video imaging and photomicrography were employed to capture the trigger mechanism for CHF for each type of heater. A wavy vapor layer was observed to engulf the heater surface in each case, p...

BACKGROUND Appropriate antibiotic therapy is critical in the management of severe sepsis and septic shock to reduce mortality, morbidity and health costs. New methods for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing are needed because of increasing resistance rates to standard treatment. AIMS The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of a novel microfluidic method and the potential...

The simian myxovirus SV5 multiplies in a continuous line of baby hamster kidney (BHK21-F) cells causing extensive cell fusion, followed by cell death. After inoculation of 15 PFU/cell, the latent period was 7 hr, the doubling time approximately 60 min, and the yield 7 PFU per cell. Giant cell formation began about 6 hr after infection and rapidly progressed to the formation by 14 to 18 hr of a ...

They are runners-up in the Current Biology photomicrography competition. During normal development of the nervous system in Drosophila, a process called 'lateral inhibition' ensures that only a single neural precursor is selected from a group of initially equipotent cells. Where lateral inhibition fails, excess neural cells develop, as shown in the image above, where a 'tuft' of thorn-like bris...

OBJECTIVE Titanium tetrafluoride (TiF4) is a topical agent used in the control of dental caries; however, it is highly acidic. To minimize this effect, cyclodextrins (CDs) are used. This study evaluated the in vitro potential of TiF4 and β-CD on remineralization. METHODS Forty bovine enamel blocks were selected by microhardness and randomly assigned to four groups (n = 10 per group): control ...

As a sample of semen contains spermatozoa of various types depending on their normality, stage of maturity and degree of cytolysis, a quantitative study of the structure of the sample must consider the frequency of the different morphological types in a representative sub-sample. The effects of treatments may be determined by comparing different sub-samples. Since the methods that have been des...

Human reticulocyte-rich blood incubated 4 h at 37 ° in 02-C02 (95:5, v/v) with 3Hor 14C-tagged amino acids revealed incorporation of the label into carbonic anhydrase I and II, Hb A, and in one patient, into Hb S. No radioactivity could be detected in normal, nonreticulocyte-rich blood similarly treated. From this, it is concluded that the anucleate human reticulocyte synthesizes carbonic anhyd...

The cylindrical cells of Schizosaccharomyces pombe grow in length by extension at the ends and not the middle. At the beginning of the cell cycle, growth is restricted to the 'old end', which existed in the previous cycle. Later on, the 'new end', formed from the septum, starts to grow at a point in the cycle that we have called NETO ('new end take-off'). Fluorescence microscopy on cells staine...