Although articulated cement spacers are frequently used in a staged approach of an infected total knee arthroplasty (TKA), no data are available on the incidence and type of spacer-related problems in these patients. A retrospective analysis of 154 patients who underwent a two-stage revision procedure for an infected TKA was performed. All patients received an articulating cement spacer at the ...

The spacer grid has a significant impact on the thermal-hydraulic characteristics of rod bundle channel, which directly determines possibility boiling crisis. multi-phase flow model coupling is proposed to acquire secondary and void fraction for subcooled in fuel assembly. Compared with experimental data, RNG k–ε turbulence selected current research. In addition, parameters 5 × are studied focu...

The spiral-wound element is an industry standard because of its high membrane area packing density, low cost of manufacture, and extensive installation base worldwide. Plastic mesh spacers create a feed-channel between facing membrane leafs and promote turbulent flow, which aids to reduce solute concentration polarization and related scaling and fouling phenomena. Computational and experimental...

Process, device, and mixed-mode (device/circuit) simulation-based approach is presented for 0.1m gate length CMOS technology optimization and sensitivity analysis. The disposable spacer-based 0.1m NMOS and PMOS transistors with excellent short channel characteristics are designed using process and device simulations. The implant-dose sensitivity of the device parameters around the nominal value...

In this paper, we successfully fabricated Gate-Overlapped Lightly-doped Drain (GOLD) polycrystalline silicon thinfilm transistors (poly-Si TFTs) with selectively deposited spacers. Under appropriate deposition conditions, tungsten (W) films can be selectively deposited on poly-Si gate electrodes to form spacers without any additional etching process. Compared to the conventional poly-Si TFTs wi...

InP high electron mobility transistors (InP HEMTs) with different spacer thickness 1 to 7 nm in the InAlAs-InGaAs heterostructure have been fabricated and characterized at 5 K respect electrical dc rf properties. The HEMT noise performance was extracted from gain measurements of a hybrid low-noise amplifier (LNA) equipped discrete transistors. When biased for optimal operation, LNA using HEMTs ...

Flavobacterium columnare is an important pathogen of freshwater fish, implicated in skin and gill disease, often causing high mortality. An outbreak of skin disease in fingerling and adult Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.), cultivated in a recirculation system, was investigated. Four strains were isolated and characterized by biochemical reactions, enzyme production, fatty acid profile a...

Background and Aim: Inappropriate transfer of pressure during final impression making in fabrication of complete denture can result in ridge resorption. This study aimed to assess the effect of vent size and spacer thickness on pressure produced during maxillary edentulous impression making by different impression materials in vitro. Materials and Methods: This experimental study was carried...

OBJECTIVE To verify the efficacy, side effects, and cost of treatment of acute asthma attacks, using different inhaler devices. METHODS This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Salbutamol was administered via a nebulizer, a metered-dose inhaler (attached to a commercially available spacer device), a homemade non-valved spacer device, or a dry powder inhaler. Assessments w...

Thermal-induced two-phase flow instabilities could badly slow the runtime performance of systems, such as boiling water reactor core, and even endanger safe operation. Hence, many researchers have carried out numerous researches on instability characteristics, but few publications cover effects local throttling in open-channel systems coolant rod bundle subchannel with spacer grids nuclear core...