Abstract This work investigates the technology of pottery production at Chalcolithic site Radovanu-La Muscalu (first half fifth millennium BCE), in southern Romania. The excavation this settlement yielded a rich and well-contextualised archaeological assemblage that represents last phases development Boian material culture, phenomenon spread throughout lower Danube area end sixth BCE first BCE....

OBJECTIVES Our study aimed to examine not only the incidence but also the impact of noise from two types of total hip replacement articulations: ceramic-on-ceramic and ceramic-on-polyethylene. METHODS We performed a case-controlled study comparing subjective and objective questionnaire scores of patients receiving a ceramic-on-ceramic or a ceramic-on-polyethylene total hip replacement by a si...

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We present a case of a 71-year-old woman with unexplained instability of her total hip arthroplasty 12 years after implantation due to loosening of the ceramic component of a sandwich ceramic in polyethylene liner. She experienced in total 2 dislocations in 6 months. These events occurred without fracture of the ceramic liner. Sandwich ceramic liners were introduced with the idea of combining t...

Coal Petrography is for many a black science using terms that are for some not only incomprehensible but also in flux. For utilization purposes, the organic component of coal is generally broken down into reactive and non-reactive macerals, often with little further differentiation of the macerals. The main incentive to differentiate further is the recognition that the degree of reactivity in v...

This article describes a case of severe metallosis in a 67-year-old woman who initially underwent primary total hip arthroplasty with a ceramic-on-ceramic articular bearing. This was subsequently revised to a metal-on-polyethylene articulation due to ceramic liner fracture. She presented with severe hip pain and a pelvic mass. Infective workup was negative. Perforation of the cobalt-chrome femo...

Early generation ceramic articulations were problematic in terms of ceramic implant fracture and wear. Although the mechanical properties of ceramic material have improved during the last three decades, ceramic component fracture remains an issue. Many authors have reported fractures of the ceramic head, and a few have described ceramic acetabular insert fracture. However, these complications a...

Fjo De Ridder,* Rik Pintelon, Johan Schoukens, Jacques Navez, Luc André and Frank Dehairs Department of Electricity and Instrumentation, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. Tel: 132 2629 36 64; Fax: 132 2 629 28 50; E-mail: [email protected] Section of Petrography-Mineralogy-Geochemistry, Royal Museum for Central Africa, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium Analytical Che...

Hydroand glaciovolcanism are processes that have taken place on both Earth and Mars. The amount of materials produced by these processes that are present in the martian surface layer is unknown, but may be substantial. We have used Mars rover analogue analysis techniques to examine altered tuff samples collected from multiple hydrovolcanic features, tuff rings and tuff cones, in the American we...