The application of the epicutaneous antigen oxazolone results in persistent induration and erythema; however, the relative changes in lymph and blood flow in the inflammatory skin are largely unknown. To define the contribution of lymph and blood flow to the clinical appearance of cutaneous inflammation, we studied the sheep ear after the application of oxazolone. As a model for the study of th...

PURPOSE To describe morphometric details of the human aqueous humor (AH) outflow microvasculature visualized with 360-degree virtual castings during active AH outflow in cadaver eyes and to compare these structures with corrosion casting studies. METHODS The conventional AH outflow pathways of donor eyes (n = 7) and eyes in vivo (n = 3) were imaged with spectral-domain optical coherence tomog...

ALEXANDRU NISTOR1#, AGNETA MARIA PUSZTAI2#*, MIRCEA CONSTANTIN SORA3, BOGDAN HOINOIU1, MIHAI IONAC1, PETRU MATUSZ2 1 Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Department of Microsurgery, 2 Eftimie Murgu Sq.,300041, Timisoara, Romania 2 Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Department of Anatomy, 2 Eftimie Murgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania 3 Morfology ...

In this work, polyvinylchloride (PVC) membrane prepared via casting solution technique and phase inversion method. N, N dimethylacetamide (DMAC) was used as primary solvent and Tetrahydrofuran (THF) was used as a co-solvent. The effects of parameters such as membrane thickness, evaporation time of casting film before immersion precipitation and addition of polyethylenglchol (PEG) on PVC membran...

aluminum is very sensitive to oxidation reactions. if a fresh surface of melt is exposed to air, it oxidizes quickly and an oxide layer covers the melt surface. new oxide films formed in a very short time during casting are thin and folded. the metal surface can be folded and create a double-oxide film as a result of the melt turbulence. the entrance of this double-oxide film into the melt is o...

Since Bra�nemark et al published the results of a 10-year study on osseointegration in 1977, dental implants have increasingly been used to replace missing teeth. The use of osseointegrated implants had become a successful procedure for the treatment of complete, partial edentulism, and single-tooth replacements in both the anterior and posterior regions of the mouth. Although improvements in m...

In this article we address the problem of catching objects that move at a relatively large distance from the robot, of the order of tens of times the size of the robot itself. To this purpose, we adopt casting manipulation and visual-based feedback control. Casting manipulation is a technique to deploy a robotic end-effector far from the robot's base, by throwing the end-effector and controllin...

An accelerated technique for casting a direct-pattern post and core restoration for use in fixed prosthodontics has been previously described. Similar techniques for use in removable prosthodontics show potential for clinical use, specifically for the fabrication of radicular stud overdenture attachments and their corresponding copings. The procedure uses a chairside technique and readily avail...