A Comment on Adhesive Tabs Cracking in Sputter Coaters

Keeping tabs on fructose

Too much fructose in the diet can worsen metabolic problems via a process that involves thioredoxin-interacting protein.

Spring Tabs on Frise Ailerons

Drug delivery: keeping tabs on nanocarriers.

T he unique geometry of carbon nanotubes allows them to be used as drug-delivery vehicles or ‘nanocarriers’ in cancer therapy and other areas of medicine1. Nanocarriers work by bringing drugs directly to diseased areas of the body, thereby minimizing the exposure of healthy tissues while increasing the accumulation of the drug in the tumour area. This reduces both the dose necessary for treatme...

Shoulder Manipulation After Distention Arthrography: Does Audible Cracking Affect Improvement in Adhesive Capsulitis? A Preliminary Study.

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether an audible cracking sound during shoulder manipulation following distention arthrography is clinically significant in patients with adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder. METHODS A total of 48 patients (31 women, 17 men) with primary adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder completed the study. All participants underwent C-arm-guided arthrographic distention of the g...

a study on rate making and required reserves determination in reinsurance market: a simulation

reinsurance is widely recognized as an important instrument in the capital management of an insurance company as well as its risk management tool. this thesis is intended to determine premium rates for different types of reinsurance policies. also, given the fact that the reinsurance coverage of every company depends upon its reserves, so different types of reserves and the method of their calc...