Pitting corrosion is an insidious form of localized corrosion a ecting characteristics of various engineering metallic alloys. Currently very limited literature exists with regard to systematic characterization of pitted surfaces or the efficient use of numerical methods to assess its effect, i.e. fatigue life reduction caused by the state of a corroded specimen and particularly through the stu...

In this paper, the level of corrosion and the corrosion rate of 304 stainless steel induced by sulfatereducing bacteria were studied using electrochemical noise. The noise data were analyzed by time domain and frequency domain combined with the observations of optical microscope. And the corrosion was divided into four categories: passivation, pitting induction period, pitting and uniform corro...

Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting oedema (RS3PE) is a rare rheumatologic condition frequently missed but easily treated. We describe a case of RS3PE and explore the literature surrounding this arthritis.

Complete disruption of the lunate from both dorsal and palmar ligamentous attachments caused by palmar dislocation has rarely been reported. The authors present two cases and discuss the surgical treatments performed. They conclude from these cases that the lunate is at risk for remaining avascular after such trauma, so that proximal row carpectomy should be considered as a surgical option in t...

BACKGROUND Strength training has been proposed by several authors to treat Lateral Epicondylitis. However, there is still a lack of information concerning muscle weakness and its relationship to imbalances and fatigability of forearm muscles during dynamic conditions in subjects after epicondylitis recovery. AIM To analyze the relationship between lateral humeral epicondylitis, and forearm mu...

BACKGROUND The management of distal radial fractures is guided by the interpretation of radiographic findings. The aim of this investigation was to determine the intra- and inter-observer reliability of eight traditionally reported anatomic radiographic parameters in adults with an acute distal radius fracture. METHODS Five observers participated. All were routinely involved in making treatme...

Austenitic stainless steel sheets have gained wide acceptance in the fabrication of components, which require high temperature resistance and corrosion resistance such as metal bellows used in expansion joints in aircraft, aerospace and petroleum industries. In the case of single pass welding of thinner sections of this alloy, Pulsed Current Micro Plasma Arc Welding (PCMPAW) has been found bene...