PURPOSE To establish neuronal connections in the rod and cone pathway between laminated rabbit retinal transplants and the host retina. METHODS Fourteen adult rabbits received a complete full-thickness embryonic transplant. After survival times of 3 to 10 months, the retinas were studied under light microscope and with immunohistochemistry. Antibodies against protein kinase C (PKC), parvalbum...

This full-scale research pavilion exercises the application of timber and polymer concrete in architectural production (Figure 1). It attempts to develop and test a new hybrid construction technique using composite joints [as introduced in Schober et al. (2014)] within a modular geometric system and no need for formwork. The structure was designed and erected by students and instructors of the ...

Multiscale computational techniques in space and time are developed to study the impact response of thin, elastic, laminated composites. The displacement field is approximated using asymptotic expansion in space and time. Using the homogenization procedure in space and time, nonlocal membrane and bending equations of motion are derived. The nonlocal equations are stabilized to filter out the hi...

Expressions were presented which can be used to estimate the strengths of continuous fiber reinforced composite laminates containing pin-loaded holes. The expressions apply to laminates containing either a single pin loaded hole, a single row of pin loaded holes, or two parallel rows of pin loaded holes.

A mathematical model for analyzing horizontally polarized shear surface (SH) waves propagating in laminated plates is presented. All the layers are assumed to have monoclinic symmetry. Three types of boundary conditions imposed on the outer surfaces of a plate are considered. A variant of the modified transfer matrix (MTM) method is developed. Closed form dispersion relations are obtained for p...

This work addresses nonlinear finite element analysis of laminated structures with weak interfaces. Considered first are shallow laminated beams subject to arbitrary large displacements, small layer strains and moderate interface slippage. Under these requirements rigorous development of layer-wise kinematic field is performed assuming First order Shear Deformation Theory (FSDT) at the layer le...

The resistive superconducting fault current limiter is well known for its simple structure and outstanding current-limiting effect, it broadly applied in power grid systems. second-generation high-temperature superconductor (HTS) tape, of higher structural strength greater room-temperature resistance, suited application limiters. quenching caused by overcurrent the HTS tape a complexed coupling...