accumulative roll bonding (arb) was used to fabricate the cu-zn multilayer and cu-zn solid solution. a lamellar structure with the hardness of about 130 vhn was formed after eight arb cycles. following to the suitable heat treatment, a solid solution with a uniform microstructure and hardness of about 57 vhn was produced. the dominant wear mechanism in the arb processed multilayer was found to ...

BACKGROUND Injury to the peritoneum during surgery is followed by a healing process that frequently results in the attachment of adjacent organs by a fibrous mass, referred commonly as adhesions. Because injuries to the peritoneum during surgery are inevitable, it is imperative that we understand the mechanisms of adhesion formation to prevent its occurrence. This requires thorough understandin...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of surgeon training on adhesion formation in a laparoscopic mouse model. Laparoscopic surgery and bowel manipulation was demonstrated to enhance postoperative adhesion formation. DESIGN Prospective randomized, controlled trial. SETTING University laboratory research center. ANIMAL(S) 200 BALB/c and 200 Swiss female mice. INTERVENTION(S) Adhesions were in...

Accumulative roll bonding (ARB) was used to fabricate the Cu-Zn multilayer and Cu-Zn solid solution. A lamellar structure with the hardness of about 130 VHN was formed after eight ARB cycles. Following to the suitable heat treatment, a solid solution with a uniform microstructure and hardness of about 57 VHN was produced. The dominant wear mechanism in the ARB processed multilayer was found to ...

Presumptive myoblasts from explants of chick embryo pectoral muscle proliferate, differentiate, and fuse to form multinucleate myotubes. One event critical to multinucleate cell formation is the specific adhesion of myoblasts before union of their membranes. In the studies reported here five known inhibitors of myotube formation--trifluoperazine, sodium butyrate, chloroquine, 1,10 phenanthrolin...

Bacteria adhere to almost any surface, despite continuing arguments about the importance of physico-chemical properties of substratum surfaces, such as hydrophobicity and charge in biofilm formation. Nevertheless, in vivo biofilm formation on teeth and also on voice prostheses in laryngectomized patients is less on hydrophobic than on hydrophilic surfaces. With the aid of micro-patterned surfac...