A new concept for CNC polishing pads is given by the gradient index (GRIN) pad tools. Instead of gluing foils as a layer onto metallic tool holders that have spherical surface to be polished, 3D-printed GRIN are applied directly axis.

The rewarming benefit of anterior torso heat pad application in mildly hypothermic conscious adult trauma patients remains inconclusive in this randomized comparative clinical trial. There was no between-group rewarming gain in ear canal temperature when an anterior torso chemical heat pad was compared with blankets. Patient awareness, and favorable perception of, being administered the active ...

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD), diagnosed by decreased ankle-brachial index (ABI), is a major clinical problem, affecting 8% of people 60 to 69 years old and at least 18% of people over age 70 (1). A substantial minority of patients with PAD report intermittent claudication (IC) (2). As the population ages, IC is an increasingly common cause of disability, particularly in elderly women (3). ...

Kingsbury, Inc., Philadelphia, PA 19154 In this paper dealing with the tilting pad journal bearing, experim'ental results are presented which show that, at higher shaft speeds, the leading-edge-groove (LEG) design has significantly lower operating temperatures to those of the conventional design of tilting pad journal bearing. Subsequent theoretical analysis has shown that this reduction in pad...

BACKGROUND Peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a slowly progressive atherosclerotic disease affecting vital organs of the body, is increasingly recognized as a health burden worldwide. Epidemiological information on peripheral arterial disease is scarce in Sri Lanka. The present study intended to estimate the prevalence and associated factors of PAD among adults aged 40-74 years in Gampaha distr...

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) refers to occlusion or narrowing of the upper and lower extremity arteries, causing insufficient blood flow to the limbs. Patients with PAD often present with symptoms, such as claudication, ischemic rest pain, ischemic ulcerations, and limb loss. These patients are also highly predisposed to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. PAD is underdiagnosed, and li...

The study aimed to investigate whether we can stop antibiotic therapy when signs and symptoms have resolved in diabetic foot infection (DFI) patients with different grades of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and those without PAD, and to determine whether the severity of PAD and infection has an effect on antibiotic therapy duration. A prospective randomized controlled trial of DFI patients wa...

AIMS Vascular disease is included in a risk scoring system to predict stroke in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF). This post hoc analysis of ROCKET AF aimed to determine the absolute rates of stroke and bleeding, and the relative effectiveness and safety of rivaroxaban vs. warfarin in patients with and without peripheral artery disease (PAD). Peripheral artery disease was defi...

CONTEXT Many styles of foot pads are commonly applied to reduce immediate pain and pressure under the foot. OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of 3 different foot pads on peak plantar pressure (PPP) and mean plantar pressure (MPP) under the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ) during slow running. DESIGN A 4 (pad) x 4 (mask) repeated-measures design. SETTING University athletic training cl...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a broad term encompassing a range of atherosclerotic and aneurysmal conditions of the extra-coronary arteries [1]. PAD is estimated to affect up to 15% of the population aged over 65 years, and is predicted to become increasingly common in parallel with an ageing population [2]. Indeed, recent data suggest that global abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) related mo...