Total limb amputation is quite common in small animals, although most of the indicated pathologies do not need such a restrictive procedure. Exo-endoprosthesis suggested alternative for enhancement biomechanical situation these patients. 3D printing internal part exo-endoprostheses polyether ether ketone (PEEK) evaluated. Two different shapes this part—one radius’ and other cylindrical medullar...

We present a novel visual attention tracking technique based on Shared Attention modeling. Our proposed method models the viewer as a participant in the activity occurring in the scene. We go beyond image salience and instead of only computing the power of an image region to pull attention to it, we also consider the strength with which other regions of the image push attention to the region in...

Abstract Polymer-impregnated carbon fabric is used as an alternative to metallic reinforcement bars in cementitious materials, which then termed textile-reinforced concrete (TRC). In this study, the bond strength between cement-based matrix and was enhanced by decorating polymer (an epoxy) coating with hydrophilic micron-size particles (cement or silica) nanocarbons (functionalized nanotubes gr...

The behavior of single-asperity microand nanoscale contacts in which adhesion is present is important for the performance of many small-scale mechanical systems and processes, such as atomic force microscopy (AFM). When analyzing such problems, the bodies in contact are often assumed to have paraboloidal shapes, thus allowing the application of the familiar Johnson–Kendall–Roberts (JKR), Derjag...

different amounts of nanoclay were incorporated into the acrylic resin matrix at 0, 1, 3, and 5 wt.% loadings. the coatings were applied on low carbon steel plates. optical microscopy, sedimentation test, transmission electron microscopy, and x-ray diffraction were employed to investigate the dispersion of nanoclay in matrix. the corrosion resistance of coatings was evaluated by electrochemical...

I feel somewhat relaxed and freer since I resigned from the position of Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs about a month ago. At least now I don’t have to worry about what I say about the yen/US dollar rate for the wire people who used to follow me all over the world. I would like to remind you that what I say today does not necessarily reflect the official views of the Japanese...

Introduction Geriatric patients and their relative fragility with respect to younger patients represent a surgical dilemma for the general surgeon. This has led surgeons to adopt "tailored" techniques and strategies to treat them. The rapid increase of this aged population has given the clinician the chance to push forward the knowledge on this subset of patients and challenge previous concepts...

In this paper, we propose a numerical model to describe the adhesive normal contact between glass spherical indenter and viscoelastic rough substrate of PDMS material. The accounts for dissipative process under assumption that losses are localized at (micro)-contact lines. Numerical predictions then compared with experimental measurements, which show strong adhesion hysteresis mostly due viscou...