Cartilage Repair In article number 2101127 by Lewis W. Francis, Francesca Taraballi, and co-workers, a biomimetic immune tuning scaffold is implanted in full-thickness chondral defect rabbits. The early inflammatory infiltrates changed the treated animals resulting better cartilage homeostasis at longer timepoints. This work represents first approach of reaction with bulk material to achieve re...

We prove that the 3-state Potts antiferromagnet on the diced lattice (dual of the kagome lattice) has entropically driven long-range order at low temperatures (including zero). We then present Monte Carlo simulations, using a cluster algorithm, of the 3-state and 4-state models. The 3-state model has a phase transition to the high-temperature disordered phase at v=e;{J}-1=-0.860 599+/-0.000 004...

Peeling is one of the first operations in the manufacture of whole peeled and diced tomatoes, and the peelability of processing tomatoes is significantly affected by the presence of various tomato defects, in particular yellow eye and blossom-end rot. Tomato maturity also impacts both the percentage of peeled fruit and yield. Immature fruits are typically undercolored and small in size. Sunburn...

Channel (ridge) waveguides are produced in bulk 4.5 at.% Yb3+:CaF2 crystals by “deep” diamond saw dicing. They possess a rectangular profile with high aspect ratio (a width of 10–50 ?m and depth 200 ?m) good verticality. The r.m.s. surface roughness the diced side walls is only 0.5 nm. waveguide propagation losses as low 0.13 ± 0.05 dB/cm at ~1 (for 40 wide TM-polarization) they slightly increa...

A novel technique for low-temperature bonding of GaAs wafers using an interboundary Teflon film is developed. A fabricated stack of ten 25x25 mm2 diced wafers demonstrated 75% transmission of a 10 microm CO2 laser beam. Modeling of these Teflon-bonded (TB) structures as sequences of Fabry-Perot etalons gives a good agreement with transmission measurements. A 20x20 mm2 quasi-phase matched struct...

1. The degree to which disruption by mastication affects the glycaemic response to four different carbohydrate foods was investigated in healthy human volunteers; each food was eaten by six subjects. 2. Subjects ate meals of sweetcorn, white rice, diced apple or potato on two occasions; on one occasion they chewed the food thoroughly, on the other occasion they swallowed each mouthful without c...

introduction: laryngotracheal stenosis can be caused after traumatic injuries to the neck from the subglottic larynx to the trachea. patients with laryngotracheal stenosis often need a tracheotomy and occasionally may become tracheotomy dependent. different procedures have been described for the management of these lesions. management options include techniques of endoscopic dilation, laser res...

background: recent studies have provided evidence that integrins play roles in recognition of mechanical stimuli and its translation into a cellular response. integrin signaling may be regulated by a number of mechanisms including accessory proteins such as cd98 (4f2 antigen). objectives: to determine cd98 expression by human articular chondrocytes and its involvement in human articular mechano...

Objective- Current trends emphasize the acceleration of fracture healing on the ground that in doing so, the limitation of mobility and complications associated with recovery period are reduced. The present study aims to compare autogenic costal cartilage with Chitosan scaffold in canine humeral defect healing. Design- Experimental study Animal-15 adult male dogs Procedures-...