A systematic study of the mechanical deformation and failure of transparent ceramic aluminum oxynitride (AlON) has been conducted using a depth-sensitive nanoindentation technique combined with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Raman spectroscopy. Although discrete displacement bursts appear in the load–depth profiles at high applied forces, a detectable high-pressure phase transition ...

Abstract: There is an ongoing drive to transform rigid, glass-based flat-panel devices (e.g., displays, solar cells, organic LEDs) into flexible devices on plastic substrates in order to improve flexibility, reduce weight, and reduce cost. The high cost, brittleness and slow coating process (<0.01 m/s) of the standard transparent conducting material, indium tin oxide (ITO), is limiting realizat...

We evaluated nine semi-transparent plastic window-tinting films for their ability to block ultraviolet A (UVA) and infrared (IR) radiation and transmit therapeutic blue light (400-520 nm) for treating jaundiced newborns. For indoor testing, three light sources (TL/52 special blue fluorescent, Black Light UVA and IR heat lamps) were positioned above each film and measured successively using a th...

An outline of the lesion was drawn on transparent plastic to evaluate the results; an estimation of the area of the ulcer was achieved by measuring the largest cephalocaudal (CC) and mediolateral (ML) lengths. The initial area of 1.5 cm2 was reduced by 80% to 0.3 cm2 with treatment: 60% in length and 50% in width (Figures 1 & 2). Hydroxyurea improves the antioxidant defense of patients with sic...

Interlamellar plastic discs inserted into cat corneas provide a means by which segments of the cornea can be studied with regard to swelling and water movement in vivo. The corneas are physiologically normal as demonstrated by their transparency, swelling properties, and histologic structure. The observation that one disc causes no change in the hydration of the stroma anterior or posterior to ...

We report a comprehensive study of transparent and conductive silver nanowire (Ag NW) electrodes, including a scalable fabrication process, morphologies, and optical, mechanical adhesion, and flexibility properties, and various routes to improve the performance. We utilized a synthesis specifically designed for long and thin wires for improved performance in terms of sheet resistance and optica...

African pit latrines produce prodigious numbers of the latrine fly, Chrysomya putoria, a putative vector of diarrhoeal pathogens. We set out to develop a simple, low-cost odour-baited trap for collecting C. putoria in the field. A series of field experiments was carried out in The Gambia to assess the catching-efficiency of different trap designs. The basic trap was a transparent 3L polypropyle...

INTRODUCTION: During the 2015–2016 academic year, plastic surgery residents accounted for nearly 4.2% of surgical residents and 0.8% of residents overall. While the number of residency programs and allotted residency positions in plastic surgery have been steadily increasing in recent years, little information exists regarding residents who are accepted for plastic surgery residency but never m...

BACKGROUND Plastic surgery is the most competitive specialty in medicine. We sought to identify factors associated with the successful match of generation Y applicants into integrated plastic surgery residency. METHODS We utilized the most recent data from the Charting Outcomes in the Match published by the National Resident Matching Program in 2011. We had data on US senior or independent ap...

BACKGROUND The plastic surgery literature is vast, consisting of a plethora of diverse articles written by a myriad of illustrious authors. Despite this considerable archive of published material, it remains nebulous as to which precise papers have had the greatest impact on our specialty. The aim of this study was to identify the most cited papers in the plastic surgery literature and perform ...