Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is an effective treatment option for patients suffering from limb loss or severe disfigurement. However, postoperative courses of VCA recipients have been complicated by skin rejection, and long-term immunosuppression remains a necessity for allograft survival. To widen the scope of this quality-of-life improving procedure minimization of immunos...

aim: despite the evidence suggesting the positive impact of the immediate mother-newborn skin-to-skin contact (scc), it has not yet been adopted to use for healthy newborn in iran. no study has explained the reasons. this study aimed to survey midwives' opinions about the predisposing factors in scc at birth in tehran hospitals in 2014.method: the samples, in this cross sectional descripti...

Skin wounds are one of the most common injuries for human body; they can lead to an infection and cause tissue necrosis even life-threatening injuries. Therefore, it is urgent task develop skin scaffold materials meet various needs restoring skin’s structural integrity. In this research, kaolinite nanotubes silver nanowires co-doped silk fibroin gelatin composite porous fiber films were fabrica...

Skin drug delivery systems with controlled release are suitable means for the local transfer of pharmaceutical compounds to the damaged and healthy layers of skin. Nanofibrous membrane prepares uniform moisture in the wound environment with less accumulation of fluid secretion due to its variable pore size. Electrospinning takes advantage of using herbal extracts in the form of electrospun nano...

Skin drug delivery systems with controlled release are suitable means for the local transfer of pharmaceutical compounds to the damaged and healthy layers of skin. Nanofibrous membrane prepares uniform moisture in the wound environment with less accumulation of fluid secretion due to its variable pore size. Electrospinning takes advantage of using herbal extracts in the form of electrospun nano...

BACKGROUND In the United States, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has emerged as the predominant cause of skin infections. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) and clindamycin are often used as first-line treatment options, but clinical data are lacking. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of outpatients with skin and soft tissue infe...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the polymerization temperature of a bulk filled composite resin light-activated with various light curing modes using infrared thermography according to the curing depth and approximation to the cavity wall. MATERIAL AND METHODS Composite resin (AeliteFlo, Bisco, Schaumburg, IL, USA) was inserted into a Class II cavity prepared in the Tef...

Abstract The aim of this paper is to present a plane-stress damage model based on the Classical Lamination Theory (CLT), developed for polymer fibre-based composite. proposed numerical utilises mechanics methodology coupled with fracture predict composite failure, particularly under quasi-static and dynamic loadings. In addition, constitutive equations consider single secant modulus describe it...

This paper presents multifunctional electronic skin (e-Skin) with a stack of pressure and temperature sensors arrays. The sensor layer comprises an 8x 8 array capacitive using soft elastomers as the dielectric medium sensing 4 x4 conductive polymers based resistive sensors. Three variants were developed two different materials (PDMS Ecoflex) to find best combination performance softness. Ecofle...