With increasing structural and functional applications of 3D printed materials, their mechanical performance is highly demanded. So far, stressand strain-based experiments have been used to characterize the mechanical properties of fused deposition modeled (FDM) samples. In this work, a fracture-mechanics-based methodology was developed to characterize the interlayer adhesion of FDM 3D printed ...

BACKGROUND Numerous studies have reported favorable outcomes using drug-coated balloons (DCBs) for treatment of symptomatic peripheral artery disease of the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries. However, the treatment effect compared with an uncoated balloon has differed greatly among the randomized trials, with better outcomes observed with higher-dose DCBs. This European trial was desig...

This paper presents the multicasting capabilities of a multi-plane Deflection-Routed Circular Banyan (DCB) network based ATM switch for B-ISDN. The DCB switch has a cyclic, regular, self-routing, simple architecture. Its performance is improved due to reduction in blocking by twodimensional path-multiplicity of the proposed architecture. A simple analytical model based on Markov chain has been ...

1,2-, 1,3and 1,4-Dichlorobenzene (DCB) have been identified in at least 281, 175, and 330, respectively, of the 1,662 hazardous waste sites that have been proposed for inclusion on the EPA National Priorities List (NPL), respectively (HazDat 2005). However, the number of sites evaluated for these DCB isomers is not known. The frequency of these sites can be seen in Figures 6-1, 6-2, and 6-3. Of...

Planet BP 19.4 0.97 1.83 5.26 0.17 0.51 1.71 6.65 12.1 14.7 4.17 10.7 10.6 Yoon & Kweon 32.8 1.38 1.85 6.90 0.71 1.19 6.13 7.88 13.3 18.6 3.97 9.79 8.26 Full-kernel DCB 47.7 3.96 4.75 12.9 1.36 2.02 10.4 9.10 15.9 18.4 3.34 9.60 8.26 Y&K (our GPU impl.) 48.2 4.39 5.29 8.10 1.30 2.07 8.31 9.39 16.3 18.4 3.68 9.96 8.42 Dichromatic DCB Grid 52.9 4.28 5.44 14.1 1.20 1.80 9.69 9.52 16.4 19.5 4.05 10...

The genotoxicity of p-dichlorobenzene (DCB) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) was evaluated in primary cultures of rat and human hepatocytes. DNA fragmentation was measured by the alkaline elution technique and clastogenic activity by the increase in micronucleus formation. In rat hepatocytes, exposure to concentrations of DCB ranging from 0.56 to 3.2 mM and of HCB from 0.1 to 0.56 mM did not induce ...

In industrialized countries, people spend more time indoors and are therefore increasingly exposed to volatile organic compounds that are emitted at working places and from consumer products, paintings, and furniture, with chlorobenzene (CB) and 1,2-dichlorobenzene (DCB) being representatives of the halogenated arenes. To unravel the molecular effects of low concentrations typical for indoor an...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the clinical and economic impact of drug-eluting endovascular treatment strategies for femoropopliteal artery disease compared with current standard of care. DESIGN Systematic literature search to pool target lesion revascularisations (TLR). Model-based per-patient cost impact and quasi-cost-effectiveness projection over 24 months based on pooled TLRs and current reimbu...

BACKGROUND Clinical outcomes of the drug-coated balloon (DCB) procedure in high-risk patients with femoropopliteal (FP) disease have not been investigated sufficiently. METHODS This retrospective, single-center study analyzed 87 patients (39% dialysis) and 97 affected legs (64% critical limb ischemia [CLI]) that underwent DCB for symptomatic FP disease from March 2013 to September 2014. Risk ...