Additive Manufacturing offers an innovative route for producing high-quality parts in various fields. A bi-material system, consisting a NiCrAlY bond coat deposited onto Ni-based Alloy 625 substrate, was manufactured by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). Test samples were prepared and included sol-gel ceramic ZrO2(Y2O3) top coats as well specific grain boundary serration (GBS) heat treatment promo...

Coats' disease is characterized by retinal vascular telangiectasia and subretinal and intraretinal exudation. A relatively benign form of the disease that occurs in adults is referred to as adult-onset Coats' disease. Involvement of macula in the form of macular edema and exudation are the common presenting features in both forms of the disease. We describe a rare case of adult-onset Coats' dis...

OBJECTIVES Design, construct, and characterize an apparatus to evaluate dermal protective clothing for resistance to polymerizing materials. Specifically, we evaluated the permeation of the most common glove material used in automotive collision repair (0.10-0.13 mm or 4-5 mil latex) with representative isocyanate-containing clear coats. Our ultimate goal is to make informed recommendations on ...

In Africa, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with Burkitt lymphoma. We measured levels of EBV DNA in saliva and buffy coats from 233 asymptomatic Ugandan children with sickle cell disease and their mothers by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. EBV DNA was detected in saliva from 90% of the children (median [interquartile range [IQR]] level, 5.2 [4.2-6.0] log(10) copies/mL of...

BACKGROUND Uniforms are potential reservoirs for hospital organisms, potentially reinfecting the hands of health care workers (HCWs). The study aimed to determine the association between the bacterial contamination of HCWs' hands and uniforms (white coats and scrubs). METHODS HCWs working in 5 intensive care units had cultures obtained from their hands and uniforms (white coats or scrubs). Pa...

AIM This study tested the null hypothesis that there is no difference on microleakage of dentin-bordered composite restorations using single or double coats of adhesive from one-bottle adhesive systems. METHODS AND MATERIALS The enamel surface was removed from freshly extracted bovine teeth, and standardized Class V cavities (3 x 3 x 1.5 mm) were made at the cervical areas of buccal surfaces....

It is not surprising that the literature on British business history has paid special attention to J. & P. Coats, the Paisley-based cotton thread manufacturing company. The company created ahighly profitable conglomerate with an efficient management structure after 1896, thereby providing a good example for the other amalgamations of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. J. & P. Co...

BACKGROUND The Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus replicon system was used to produce virus-like replicon particles (VRP) packaged with a number of different VEE-derived glycoprotein (GP) coats. The GP coat is believed to be responsible for the cellular tropism noted for VRP and it is possible that different VEE GP coats may have different affinities for cells. We examined VRP packaged ...