Self-healing cementitious composites provide an alternative to labour-intensive and costly manual repairs. While a blend possesses inherent ability repair its own damage through autogenous healing, enhancement of the self-healing capacity can be obtained inclusion superabsorbent polymers (SAPs). The implementation such innovative materials within construction industry requires proper evaluation...

The ureolytic bacteria and nutrients were immobilized in the artificial functional carrier (AFC) self-healing cement mortar, based on AFC-encapsulated bacteria, was prepared for this paper. crack effect of mortars with without under different exposure environments (standard curing, dry–wet cycle water curing) investigated by visual observation surface internal cracks, permeability tests, mechan...

Chronic wounds represent a significant health problem, especially in diabetic patients. In the current study, we investigated a novel therapeutic approach to wound healing--whole body low-intensity vibration (LIV). LIV is anabolic for bone, by stimulating the release of growth factors, and modulating stem cell proliferation and differentiation. We hypothesized that LIV improves the delayed woun...

A fracture in bone results in a dramatic change of mechanical loading conditions at the site of injury. Usually, bone injuries heal normally but with increasing fracture gaps, healing is retarded, eventually leading to non-unions. The clinical situation of these two processes with different outcomes is well described. However, the exact relation between the mechanical environment and characteri...

a systematic review was conducted covering the action of red laser, infrared and combination of both, with emphasis on cutaneous wound therapy, showing the different settings on parameters such as fluency, power, energy density, time of application, frequency mode and even the type of low-power lasers and their wavelengths. it was observed that in general, the lasers brings good clinical and hi...

Optimising the results of fracture treatment requires a holistic view of both patients and treatment. The nature of the patient determines the priority targets for outcome, which differ widely between the elderly and the young, and between the victims of high and low energy trauma. The efficacy of treatment depends on the overall process of care and rehabilitation as well as the strategy adopte...

On average one in two people will sustain at least one fracture during their life. The majority of these fractures heal quickly. Unfortunately, however, some fractures are slow to heal and may remain un-united for several years. Currently non-union fractures are mainly categorised according to their X-ray appearance. Hypertrophic non-unions are often considered to be biologically active and vas...

This paper focuses on social work’s understanding of how posttraumatic counselling may help or hinder recovery from trauma. A qualitative case study was conducted using an autobiographic memoir that provides in-depth personal narrative one woman’s experience trauma, stress disorder, the helping environment, and healing journey. Inductive thematic analysis uncovered themes align with existing li...

A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) consists of a large number of randomly deployed sensor nodes. These sensor nodes arrange themselves into a cooperative network and perform the three basic functions of sensing, computations and communications. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are increasingly being used to track objects and monitor various phenomena or region of interest (RoI), where the main task...