When extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) was administered to the equine metacarpus/ metatarsus, there was subperiosteal and subendosteal hemorrhage, but no microfractures were detected. No damage to the surrounding soft tissues was detected. The principle of ESWT and the acute effects of ESWT on equine bone and soft tissue are explained. Authors’ Addresses: Department of Veterinary Clinica...

Abstract Recent researches have proposed the use of enhanced geothermal system reservoirs consisting dense networks microfractures, created by hydraulic and/or thermal fracturing in superhot/supercritical environments, because their suitability for energy harvesting. During and extraction, fracture are exposed to cooling due injection cold fluid into reservoirs. Previous studies showed such res...

Porous and permeable crystalline rocks have the potential of being hydrocarbon reservoirs. In many cases, reservoir properties are created by rock-altering physico-chemical processes occurring in near-surface environment. Hydrocarbon reservoirs altered granitoids may comprise both arenaceous (clay-poor) argillaceous (clay-rich) palaeoregoliths, hence outcrop analogues from various environments ...

A homogenization result is given for a material having soft inclusions arranged in a periodic structure, under the requirement that the interpenetration of matter is forbidden. According to the relation between the softness parameter and the size of the microstucture, three different limit models are deduced via Γ-convergence.

BACKGROUND For nearly a century, the mechanical failure of calcified heart valves was attributed to a passive degenerative process. Recently, several case reports described bone formation in surgically excised heart valves and suggested an unexpected process of tissue repair. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied the prevalence and pathology of heterotopic ossification in 347 surgically excised hear...

PURPOSE to assess the efficacy of associating the microfracture technique with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections in the treatment of chondral lesions to promote acceleration and optimization of the healing process compared with the traditional microfracture approach. METHODS from September 2011 to August 2012, 20 patients (9 males and 11 females, aged 30-55 years) were treated. All presen...