Pattern recognition (PR) analysis of acoustic emission (AE) signals for classifying the source mechanisms involved, is a widely accepted practice, if the signals are directly picked up from the test specimen. However, there is an apprehension for the same, when a waveguide (WG) is used to pickup the signals. In the present paper, the validity of PR analysis has been studied on burst AE signals ...

The Miles operation is every day more in the limelight. The abdominoperineal resection compared to anterior resection results in increased rate of circumferential resection margin (CRM) infiltration, increased iatrogenic tumor perforation rate and poorer quality of the mesorectum. These worse results may be caused by excessive dissection between the distal mesorectum and the plane of the levato...

INTRODUCTION During laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection (APR) for low rectal cancer, it is difficult to resect the levator muscles and remove a cylindrical specimen without venturing close to the rectal wall to ensure negative circumferential resection margins (CRM). To solve this problem, we developed a needle-guided, laparoscopic, abdominoperineal resection (LAPR) technique. AIM To pres...

0010-938X/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.corsci.2011.10.014 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 3365 3748. E-mail address: [email protected] (A. Atre The influence of alloying on the ignition and flammability was studied. One end of a cylindrical specimen was exposed to a free diffusion flame. Ignition required at least partial melting. Burning extinguished once th...

Compressive properties of sperm whale dentin were measured as a function of orientation of incremental lines. With respect to the general incremental lines' direction, three specimen orientations were selected: longitudinal, oblique (45°) radial and transverse radial. The machined cylindrical specimens were compressed in a mechanical testing machine. A load cell provided with the force values d...

The concrete community in the United States has reached the point where it needs a standard test for measuring the fracture toughness of concrete. A concrete standard might be obtainable by adapting existing standards for cemented carbides and rock. These standards use the short rod specimen geometry and two associated test methods. The combination of specimen geometry and test methods may have...