PURPOSE To investigate the changes in Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT) and Ocular Response Analyzer (ORA) measurements with corneal edema induced by contact lenses. METHODS Twenty-five healthy, normal subjects (age, 23 ± 2 years) had central corneal radius (CCR), ORA, GAT, and central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements performed in both eyes before a thick, soft hydrogel contact lens wa...

hydrogel nanocomposites based on alginate polysaccharide were prepared by graft copolymerization of acrylamide and itaconic acid in the presence of carbon nanotube, using methylene bisacrylamide and ammonium persulfate as crosslinker and initiator, respectively. the synthesized samples were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis and scanning electron microscopy. the ...

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...

DESCRIPTION A 56-year-old woman with previous breast cancer underwent a muscle-sparing transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap to her left breast. She developed marked flap swelling postoperatively and episodes of pyrexia. A breast wound swab grew Escherichia coli and Acinetobacter baumannii. This strain of Acinetobacter was multidrug resistant, including resistance to meropenem.

A 68 year old, previously well woman presented with dysphagia, weight loss and a neck swelling. Investigations revealed a right-sided thyroid abscess with fistulous connection to the upper of two oesophageal carcinomas, a previously unreported association. The resistance of the thyroid to infection and the mechanisms of thyroid abscess formation in this patient are discussed.

A simple self-crosslinking strategy, without the needs of a separate crosslinker or a catalyst, is reported here. The crosslinking drastically lowers the water swelling ratio (e.g., 5-10 folds reduction) and provides excellent solvent-resistance. The self-crosslinked membrane (DCL: 5.3%) shows the highest IEC-normalized hydroxide conductivity among all crosslinked HEMs reported.

Muscle injury has been related to resistance exercise and prolonged endurance exercise paradigms both leading to significant local mechanical constraints followed by focal disorders such as sarcolemmal damage and leakage of intracellular proteins, oedema, myofibrillar disorganization and microtrauma-triggered inflammation. These unfavorable events lead to variable soreness, swelling, loss in mu...

Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) is the main forest species of Algeria occupying more than 35% total area country. However, physicomechanical and thermal characteristics Algerian P. wood are not well-known. This research investigates physical (moisture, density, swelling, shrinkage), mechanical (bending strength modulus elasticity), (mass loss under combustion pyrolysis as well conductivity...

Chemical modification as a non-biocidal treatment is an effective method to improve physical and biological properties of wood. Poplar fast growing species but has poor dimensional stability durability in addition low mechanical properties. Low molecular weight Dimethylol dihydroxyethyleneurea (mDMDHEU) was used the poplar mainly decay resistance. Results indicated high anti-swelling efficiency...