Interest in reconstruction of the interosseous ligament (IOL) of the forearm in the setting of longitudinal radio-ulnar dissociation has increased in recent years with hopes of improving clinical outcomes. This increased interest has been accompanied by research on biomechanics of the IOL. However, little is known about stress and strain in the IOL under externally applied forearm loads. This i...

The paper presents the first known longitudinal study of the relationship between loneliness, depressive symptoms, and suicide ideation in adolescence, in a stratified sample of high school students (Time 1 N = 1009; 57 % female; Time 2 N = 541; 60 % female). Cross-lagged structural equation modeling indicated that depressive symptoms led to more loneliness across time, whereas loneliness did n...

BACKGROUND Adolescents' sleep duration and subjective psychological well-being are related. However, few studies have examined the relationship between sleep duration and subjective psychological well-being longitudinally across adolescence - a time of profound biological and psychosocial change. The aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate whether shorter sleep duration in adolescents...

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Incisional wounds were made on the backs of 6to 11-week-old epidermal-specific integrin knockout and wild type mice. A mechanical loading device was mounted, and the impact of several factors was analyzed, including: device type (distractor, stent), incision orientation (transverse, longitudinal) and suture material (nylon, stainless steel, adhesive skin glue). In the cas...

A 714-MHz RF system for the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) damping ring has been constructed and commissioned. The RF system comprises two higherorder-mode (HOM) damped cavities, a 50-kW klystron, a WR-1150 waveguide network and low-level RF electronics. By using HOM-damped cavities, longitudinal and transverse coupled-bunch instabilities can be avoided even at a maximum beam current of 600mA....

conclusions alterations in consumption of whole grains, vegetables, and added sugars are associated with body weight change, suggesting that it could be helpful in weight control. results in men, weight loss was significantly predicted only by decreased intake of added sugars (or: 2.21, 95% ci: 1.06-4.63). in women, weight gain was significantly predicted by decreased intake of whole grains (or...

Samples of descending mid-thoracic aortas were obtained from human autopsies and experiments were performed to determine the effect of strain rate and direction of loading on the failure properties of the tissue in uniaxial tension. The tests were performed at quasi-static strain rates in the range 0.01 s-1-0.07 s-1 and dynamic tests in the range 80 s-1-100 s-1. Ultimate stress and extension ra...