By performing Vickers identifications in the area of weld bead and areas adjacent to it, degree plastic deformation can be assessed, highlighting different hardness case welding base material. During this work, welded specimens were made central with a double V-shaped cord. One was loading until breaking, noting that rupture occurred an further away from area. Another 13 required at varying deg...

BACKGROUND In recent years, some experimental and clinical studies on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) have been conducted. TAVI is indicated in patients with calcified pure or predominant aortic stenosis. The risk of this technique is still high. Aortic valved stent implantation above the coronary ostia might avoid blocking the coronary ostia. METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty healthy...

Background: Achilles tendon rupture is a common injury, which can frequently affect young, active people. Consequently, there are important socio-economic implications in choosing the correct treatment. There is considerable debate in the literature concerning surgical versus non-surgical treatment and most surgeons would elect not to repair a rupture within the muscle belly above the musculote...

Introduction:  Parking areas that are gathering places for tank trucks are potentially dangerous places. This study analyzes accident consequences of oil products carriers, to check and compare the hazard radius with recommended separation distances. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was carried out in 5 stages, including: scenario selection, determination of the accidents source para...

Uterine rupture usually occurs in a scarred uterus, especially secondary to prior cesarean section. Antepartum uterine rupture in an unscarred uterus is extremely rare. We report a case of spontaneous rupture of an unscarred gravid uterus at 32 weeks of gestation in a primigravid woman. Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a bulging cystic lesion communicating with the intraute...

Anomalous groundwater changes started three months before the 2011 M9.0 Off the Pacific coast of the Tohoku Earthquake (Tohoku EQ), Japan. Groundwater level and temperature decreased almost simultaneously in a 2000-m well at a spa, Goyo-onsen, in Iwate Prefecture, 155 km northwest of the epicenter. Since the source of Goyo-onsen, located above the edge of a coseismic rupture area of the Tohoku ...