introduction: laser tissue soldering using albumin and indocyanine green dye (icg) is an effective technique utilized in various surgical procedures. the purpose of this study was to perform laser soldering of rat skin under a feedback control system and compare the results with those obtained using standard sutures. material and methods: skin incisions were made over eight rats’ dorsa, which w...

background: honey has been shown to accelerate wound healing, which is especially important in the management of patients with full-thickness wounds of skin in dermatologic surgeries.   objective: to evaluate the effects of honey in accelerating healing of full-thickness skin wounds in mice.   methods: two groups of male nmri mice (n=12) were subjected to full-thickness skin wounds under genera...

The surprising incidence of nonlethal skeletal fractures implies that many organisms operate near their upper performance limits, yet we know little about the loads at which biological structures break or about the material properties of those structures. In addition, biologically realistic estimates of how closely normal maximal loads approach breaking strengths (i.e., safety factors) remain e...

Two experiments conducted on laying hens, aged 50 and 52 weeks, were carried out to evaluate the effect of dietary Mg and its relationship to the Ca : NPP (non-phytate phosphorus) ratio using a various grain-size of limestone. The Ca : NPP ratio in each experiment was 12.8 and 18, respectively. Two Mg levels were evalued in the first (1.56 and 4.0 g/kg) and the second experiment (1.52 and 4.0 g...

We show that the Einstein-Hilbert action for the gravitational field can be derived as a linear low-energy approximation for the dynamical massless fields in the theory with the lagrangian quadratic in the gauge field strength-tensor of spin connection under the spontaneous breaking of symmetry by a vacuum state with nontrivial background strength-tension.

BACKGROUND Anastomotic dehiscence and leaks are major problems in gastrointestinal surgery and result in increased morbidity and mortality. The ideal device to create anastomoses should ensure good serosal apposition without requiring either transgression of the bowel wall or the presence of foreign material for an extended period of time. OBJECTIVES The aim of this experimental study was to ...

Scale invariant theories which contain (in 4−D) a four index field strength are considered. The integration of the equations of motion of these 4− index field strength gives rise to scale symmetry breaking. The phenomena of mass generation and confinement are possible consequences of this.

We show that the Einstein-Hilbert action for the gravitational field can be obtained as a linear low-energy approximation for the dynamical massless fields in the theory with the lagrangian quadratic in the gauge field strength-tensor of spin connection under the spontaneous breaking of symmetry with a vacuum state described by an ansatz for nontrivial background strength-tension.

The present study deals with the modification of the human skin biotribological behaviour after tape stripping. The tape-stripping procedure consists in the sequential application and removal of adhesive tapes on the skin surface in order to remove stratum corneum (SC) layers, which electrically charges the skin surface. The skin electric charges generated by tape stripping highly change the sk...