in order to determine outcome of pregnancy with lui in patients with unexplained recurrent miscarriage whose husbands have low hypo-osmotic swelling test scores, a prospective clinical intervention was performed at a university referral clinic of recurrent abortion. out of 56 patients whose husbands had abnormal hypo-osmotic swelling tests, 43 patients underwent lui, from which only 14 patients...

PURPOSE To examine whether corneal hydration control is impaired in corneas with endothelial morphologic changes (increased variation in cell size and cell angularity) due to long-term low gas-permeable contact lens wear. METHODS Twenty-one long-term wearers of low gas-permeable contact lenses (mean age, 41 years +/- 8 SD) and 18 age-matched controls (mean age, 42 years +/- 8 SD) were studied...

Case 1. Indian woman, aged 25 years-Four years before admission noticed swelling over the inner end of the right clavicle extending gradually over the shoulder and upper arm, associated with aching pain made worse by movement. She had one living child ; there had been two miscarriages, one at two months and one at three months. On examination there was generaiised swelling and tenderness over t...

A polyethylene/wood-fiber composite loaded with nano-ZnO was prepared by a facile hot-press method and was used for the photocatalytic degradation of organic compounds as well as for microwave absorption. ZnO nanoparticles with an average size of 29 nm and polyethylene (PE) powders were dispersed on the wood fibers' surface through a viscous cationic polyacrylamide (CPAM) solution. The reflecti...

This study investigated the use of waste chicken feather (barbs and rachis) as reinforcement in cement-bonded composites. A series of composite boards consisting of various proportions of waste feather, cement, sand, and chemical admixtures were prepared. Mix workability decreased significantly as the proportion by weight of feathers or ground feathers increased from 5% to 20%. Boards containin...

buccal mucoadhesive films have attracted great attention among mucoadhesive systems due to their ability to adhere and remain on the oral mucosa and to release their drug content gradually. the aim of the current study was to formulate the ziziphus jujuba aqueous extract as buccal bioadhesive film, which continiously releases the drug at sufficient concentration for reducing the frequency of th...

Hydrogel Based Metronidazole Bioadhesive Tablet (HMBT) was prepared as a novel vaginal delivery system to achieve Controlled release of drug from the tablet for vaginal candidiasis. The highly swollen hydrogel were prepared by dissolving chitosan in acetic acid solution containing drug, followed by neutralisation with sodium hydroxide and characterized by SEM, DSC and FT-IR and evaluated for % ...

The safety of lithium-ion batteries has to be guaranteed over the complete lifetime considering geometry changes caused by reversible and irreversible swellings degradation mechanisms. An understanding pressure distribution gradients is necessary optimize battery modules avoid local bearing risk safety-relevant changes. In this study, two fresh pouch cells was measured with an initial preload f...

This study aims to investigate the feasibility of producing OSB from softwood species used in Eastern Canadian lumber industry context overcapacity chips traditionally produced for pulp and paper industry. Balsam fir, black spruce, jack pine logs were make 15 mm thick panels with a target density 600 kg/m3. The manufactured at temperature 210 °C during pressing cycle 300 s. Strands different th...

A compact setup for in situ solvothermal vapor annealing of thin polymer films the temperature range from room to 70 °C is presented. The design optimized avoid solvent condensation tubes and other components. consists a chamber, gas delivery system, commercial film-thickness measuring device, concentration sensor. chamber equipped with heaters thermometers thermally insulated. It has windows a...