Diabetic retinopathy has been examined in dogs made diabetic by bovine growth hormone or alloxan, and in humans. The thin-walled microaneurysm is a simple expansion of the circumference of the capillary with basement membrane thickening. The thick-walled microaneurysm represents the deposition of considerable debris between layers of thickened basement membrane, as well as compression phenomeno...

Repeatable and accurate evaluation of flaws from the inaccessible sides of thick-walled structures is still remained as one of the hurdles in the field of NDE of flaws. The present paper describes the development of an effective DC potential-drop measuring system for evaluating the response of rear wall flaws, especially in thick-walled structures, in which an ideal averaging scheme is introduc...

The negative pressure in the extradural space is the result of the interaction of hydrostatic forces created between the vertebral canal (a stiff-walled cylinder) and the dura mater, with its content of cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF), which behaves as a cylinder that can collapse according to the position of the subject. In order to corroborate this hypothesis, we have designed a model formed by a ...