Glass is a brittle material. Its use in constructing structural elements of civil engineering can still be considered as an innovative technique. In order to take a full advantage of its principal qualities (transparency, aestheticism, durability, etc.), architects are pushing the conception of glass structural elements towards the adoption of more and more slender elements, entailing necessari...

The transparent property of glass makes it a favored choice of material in the design of structures because it maximizes light and creates an illusion of larger spaces. However, it is a very brittle, making it difficult to use as a common building material. Laminated glass significantly improves the strength through a layer of resin called polyvinyl butyral (PVB). Laminated glass is typically u...

to investigate and compare the amount of fluoride release of conventional, resin modified and nanofilled resin modified glass ionomer cements.tablets of glass-ionomer cements were immersed in deionized water and incubated at 37°c. after 1, 2, 7, 15 and 30 days, fluoride ion was measured under normal atmospheric conditions by fluoride ion selective electrode. buffer (tisab ii) was used to decomp...

“This study illustrates that we have the potential to prevent muscle wasting and promote muscle growth in cell and animal models,” says corresponding author Dr. David Glass, Executive Director in Musculoskeletal Disease at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. “We’re now testing BYM338 in the clinic.” This is an Investigational drug that is being tested in the clinic. Therefore safet...

And a stylish duckegg plate I brought From one of my adventures— Free and full of guff and gravitas And mortgaged to the hilt Of her gritted, contending heart— The plate for hanging up She trussed with a ragged strip Of worn out sheet before consignment To a drawer bottomed with curtain hooks, medals, florins, a calendar page In a cursive, rushing hand, noting the birthdates Breed and sex of fo...

The envelope of a CRT consists of three glass parts. Since glass is a brittle material these parts are sensitive to the stress level produced during processing and in use. Maximum stresses occur during safety impact tests. In order to improve the reliability of the frit process and later processes it is important to know the cause and magnitude of the stresses during and after the frit process....

Low skid resistance of road marking paint is one of the major issues in the safety of vehicle drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians when traveling on the city streets. Among the variety of marking paint, two-component paint is widely used at intersections and roundabouts. Therefore, the paint used should have adequate skid resistance. The object of this study was to evaluat...