The piezoelectric properties of bone play an important role in the bone remodeling process and can be employed in clinical bone repair. In this study, the piezo-voltage of bone between two surfaces of a bone beam under bending deformation was measured using an ultra-high-input impedance bioamplifier. The influence of shear stress on the signs of piezo-voltages in bone was determined by comparin...

Introduction Ultra-thin chips of less than 20μm become flexible, allowing integration of silicon IC technology with highly flexible electronics. This combination allows for highly intelligent products of unprecedented thinness, flexibility and cost. Examples include sensor systems integrated into food packaging or healthcare and sport monitoring tags as wearable patches or even directly in clot...

OBJECTIVE To compare the mechanical properties of two stabilization methods for ostectomized equine third metacarpi (MC3): (1) an interlocking nail system and (2) two dynamic compression plates. Animal or Sample Population-Ten pairs of adult equine forelimbs intact from the midradius distally. METHODS Ten pairs of equine MC3 were divided into two test groups (five pairs each): caudocranial fo...

The most complex issue related to the design of high efficiency composite materials is behavior reinforcing component during bonding process. This study presents numerical and experimental investigations shape change in inlay an aluminum-steel mesh-aluminum roll-bonding. A flat material consisting two outer strips EN AW 1050 alloy expanded C10 steel mesh was obtained via hot roll with nominal r...

Figure 1 . a) Optical images of the carbon cloth with TONWs, left-inset and right-inset show the optical images of a carbon cloth with TONWs under slight bending and severe bending, respectively. b,c) SEM images of the carbon cloth before and after growing TONWs, respectively. Inset [∗] X. H. Zhang , Y. Z. Cao , X. Xiao , W. M. Sun , Prof. Y. H. Gao , Prof. J. Zhou , Prof. Z. L. Wang Wuhan Nati...

Monolayers composed of colloidal nanoparticles, with a thickness of less than ten nanometers, have remarkable mechanical strength and can suspend over micron-sized holes to form free-standing membranes. We discuss experiments probing the tensile strength and bending stiffness of these self-assembled nanoparticle sheets. The fracture behavior of monolayers and multilayers is investigated by atta...

Background: Breast screening programs and increased self-awareness has led to increased identification of early breast cancers. Up to 25% of mammographicaly identified lesions are nonpalpable, which require a precise technique to localize and excise completely. Radio-guided occult lesion localization (ROLL) is a technique, which uses hand held gamma probe to accurately localize and completely e...

This chapter presents a successful implementation of PID controller for a pneumatically actuated active roll control suspension system in both simulation and experimental studies. For the simulation model, a full vehicle model which consists of ride, handling and tire subsystems to study vehicle dynamics behavior in lateral direction is derived. The full vehicle model is then validated experime...

To compute spatially correct smooth pursuit eye movements, the brain uses both retinal motion and extraretinal signals about the eyes and head in space (Blohm and Lefèvre 2010). However, when smooth eye movements rely solely on memorized target velocity, such as during anticipatory pursuit, it is unknown if this velocity memory also accounts for extraretinal information, such as head roll and o...